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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-09-12
DIR. FRANK CRANES
DAILY EDITORIAL
Cities That Dim the Stars

aver city like New York the night sky IS not the
wide cool kindly spaces of the countryside
" II is feverish filled with reddish cast, humid from
the million lights below.
Men who great cities look up ana see dueT STATS
The lights they have lit all about them reflected on the SKY
have Iessened their effulgence
The city dims the stars.
Those who only and hueless conscientious are APT
to underestimate the power of nature.
They are apt to lose sight of ultimate sources
Men who turn polished man-made faucet and out foWs
water hot or cold as they desre who open tap and
warmth theirs press button and flood the
room with lght-are apt get exalted view OF mans
place in the universe
The majesty and Importance of the ultimate sources Of
power recede liable loom larger than causes
The forget that money IS good only SO long
as the present balance of nature continues
disaster up all transportation and the big city pc
comes helpless there food the with which the
man feels 'safe" is useless much dirt.
When catastrophe enveloped Germany only the farmer
who produced his and had his IN nature
with fundamental powers was safe Inc
owner Of stocks and bills had nothing.
lie the mighty forces of nature give little shake or
heave who dim the stars running around Ike
frantic ants among the debris of their buildings
It is well in while think out beyond the man
created systems machines to the ultimate sources OF
power upon which they depend
1t tends to make humble.
And humility, told is the beginning OF all virtues
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-09-12
GARRETT P. SERVISS TAKES UP
MYSTERIES OF SCIENCE
Writer Deals With Readers Letter On
"Levitation' Experiments.

knocking it into cooked hat
with a pillow.
In the case Of deviation" re-
ferred to the modus operandi in.
sisted upon involves a careful
synchronizing Of the breathing OF
the person to be levitated with
that of the levitarors. The lat
ter usually affirm that they are
aware of no effort in lifting the
subject of the experiment. They
also say that unless they succeed
in keeping their respiration per
fectIy timed, and in all holding
the breath simultaneously the
"Ievitation" will not occur.
Common sense, then, says to
any one seriously investigating
the phenomenon: There probably
lies the key to the deception.
The attention Of the levitators. Is
so exclusively fixed upon the
synchrOnizing of the breathing
and of the breath holding that
thew are unaware OF the effort
thew actually make in lifting.
The careful synchrOniZing pro-
duces unity of effort which
otherwise would be absent. and
the unity, by greatly diminishing
the amount of force required from
each litter, breeds the deception.
Now, to detect this, manifestly
the investigator should study the
effort made, and should not allow
his attention to be absorbed by
the expedients of the mystifica-
ton. He should hold firm his
faith in the law OF universal
gravitation, and if he is going to
believe anything beforehand, let
him believe with all his mind
that no substantial thing can be
lifted without the exertion of
physical force, and that if a
weight of $50 pounds is TO sbe
raised against the force of grav-
ity, then, somehow or other, a
force of $50 pounds must be op,
posed to gravity.
AS matter of fact it is not
difficult for the eXperimenter.
whether acting as "levitator' or
'IeVitated, " to sVnchronize his
breathing and at the same time
to keep aware of what his mus
cles are doing, or of what effort
the muscles of others are exert
ing upon him. From whichever
side viewed the experiment has
always failed in my case. But it
Is pretty parlor game.
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good money when dear Milly and
Harold are out of work?
Yes, she admits that Miliy and
Harold have been somewhat of
drug on the domestic market for
a number of years. Milly's
darling girl and viii do Wonder
fully il given a chance. But
she's so shy and sensitive and
people always misunderstood her.
Naturally that makes her little
hard to get along with.
AS for Harold-Uncle Dick al
ways said when Harold was just
a baby of three that that young
ster would make his mark in the
world OF course, Harold's
twenty-one now, and so far has
failed to carve his initials on
any part of the universe but
don't you think very brainy
people are often that way?
Backward when they're young
dreamy like. Sometimes folks
come right out and say that
Harold is plain lazy and solid
cement above the ears. But
that just shows how little they
know! If Joseph will. only give
him a chance
Moreover. someone's got to do
1t. The Old Folks can't keep on
supporting them forever.
But why pick on me?" walls
Joseph. why should wreck
my perfectly good business just
because the Seton family pro-
duced a coupIa dumbells and
married their sister,"
You're perfectly unreasonable
as we'll as insuIting" snaps Mrs.
Joseph They won't wreck your
business and you know it. You
take other young people In as
clerks and stenographers and
train them. Why can't you train
Harold and Milly the same
way?"
Because | CAN'T! You can't
mix relatives and business. They
always expect a little better treat
ment than the fellow that's not
related to you. Milly would be
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-09-12
By Garrett P. Serviss
Noted Astronomer and Writer on
Scientific Topics of Popular
Interest

Interest
A READER in San Diego writes
"A me with reference to d re-
cent article in which l described
nv failure to get any results
from experiments in deviation
DO you think it possible that
the reason for your failure was
that the attitude Of your mind
was one of doubt, that is. that
instead Cf concentrating all your
attentions on the breathing you
endeaVored to observe your eff
fort? If you should make any
further experiments would it not
be worth while to try it once
along this line. and leave the
matter of determining the effort
involved in later analysis?"
There is a general principle in
Volved here which applies to all
investigation OF occult phenomena.
including the performance of spir-
itual mediums and their mana
gers and assistants. To start.
with. the phenomena are admit
tedly mysterious, /. e., unexplained
by the known laws and ordinary
Operatio of nature.
Then, the question to be set
tied is whether these phenomena
really do violate natural law. or
only appear to do so. lnasmucB
as everybody knows by EVERYDAY
experience how deceptive the
senses are-thOusa nds Of persons
have seen imaginary ghosts. and
had other startling experiences.
afterward plainly proved to have
been illusions and deceptions of
the senses-the proper attitude OF
mind in the presence of any ap-
parently ineXplicable occurrence
is that of doubt and OF critical
attention.
E;|er!- easnninE person would
admit that this is so whenever
there is ground for suspecting
fraud or cOllusiOn; but it is no
less so when the experimenter
has only to guard against mis-
+''kec o. his own. There is in
human nature a powerful current
sweeping the nina toward mys-
ticism. 1t may arise from an
ancestral trait, barking back to
the time when men dwelt in the
shadows OF caVerns, and when
reason, the child of experience.
had not yet bitted the magma
ton.
If you suddenly wake up on a
night when the moOnbeams drop.
ping through the window lattice
turn a pile OF garments on a
chair into an old crone with q
white cap on her head staring at
you from fiendish eyes set in a
spectral face, the best antidote
to the chill in your spine, as well
as the surest road to the truth. is
to doubt" with all your might,
and perhaps to demonstrate the
/ substantial basis Of the ghost by
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-09-12

JAMES, remember your nap
kin. No undar-the-tabl
tactics, dear. Show our guests
how gracefully you can use your
napkin and your fork, and you
will get nice, big bonbon after
dinner"
How often have you heard your
friends admonish their children
In this fashion. Although the
napkin, just as other necessarles
of the dinner table. is in every
day use, the art Of welding i;
unobtrusively is not always con-
uuered by children. Since the
napkin has been in common use
for centuries, it would seem that
its deft manipulation were in
stinctive, but ask any mother
whether it is!
According to records and books
now extant, the napkin was even
more necessary in ancient and
mediae val times than it is at
present. This was due to the
late introduction of the fork,
which only came into use years
after the napkin. Gentlemen who
used their fingers to convey food
to the mouth frequently found
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-09-12
By Ell Sic ROBINSON

; Nothing doing-I won't take
them in-so you might as well
quit naggin' me-"
So. Mrs. Joseph has quit
nagging Joe and has turn
ed on me. instead. Won't I write
an article about the unreason-
ableness of husbands that won't
take their wives relatives into
the business? Won't I make
them see how selfish and stub
born they are-and what a mean
way they're acting to their
wives?
No, i won't, sister.
1 think such husbands have
exactly the right dope
And instead of razzing them
I'm going to doll up a special
wreath of honor to park on their
brows.
There MAY be relations that
can ccme into business without
scrambling the whole works.
Just as there MAY be hus-
bands that like to wash dishes
and wives that are always on
time for appointments and httle
children that never put anything
over on ma and other super
natural phenomena
They seldom happen outside
fairy tales.
nerally speaking--whlcn
means 999,999 times out of
1 600, OOO-THE HUMAN WHO
TAKES A RELATION INTO
HIS BUSINESS IS WISHING
IMPORTANT TROUBLE ON
HIMSELF.
And there's a good reason
The relation who forces such an
issue on you is usually too much
of a sap or snake to land or
hold a job elsewhere. He Is
congeniaI flat-tire and the only
use he'll ever be to you is TO
materially reduce your income
tax. VERY materially. If you've
GOT to provide for his future
somehow. hire a keeper or call
a COP. BUT DON'T TAKE HIM
INTO THE BUSINESS.
Copyright, 1925. by King Features
Syndicate. 1nc.)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-09-12
The Widening of Important
District ThOrOughfares
Bv BILL PRICE

There does not seem any serious opposition to the an
nounced purpose District Commissioners to ask congress
for annronratons for the widening of Eleventh street from
Pennsylvania avenue New York and portions OF
Connecticut avenue in the congested section
The widening of Thirteenth street has great public
benefit and added to the Identification of this city has
contr immensely the betterment OF tra1c conoon
so much as invite because of the pleasures OF driving
over ha horougar irritating congestion in the busy hours
of the day.
The widening Eleventh should be equally beneficial
to the community and pleasing all citizens Getting rid OF
the old Belgian block paving in the between and
viii mark progressive step that will be welcome 70
everybody.
The widening of Connecticut should contribute much
to the relief of traffic conditions that thOroughfar
The cost of street widening falls quite heavily property
owners heavily in view of the fact that such Improvement
is for the everybody The cost of anything done for
the the people generally should be borne by all the
people
Business establishments located wdened profit to
by the increased OF those streets and tne
atraceness the people the community but the Dene
are not in comparison to those enjoyed by people
Washington business public spirited and broad
this there would be much objection to the
heavy involved changing the width of streets through
narrowing unnecessarily wide sidewalks Whatever is
undertaken for the upbudng and Identification of Washing
ton business in the lead freely meeting the costs
spirit manifested by all the interests of Wash
ington would be much complaint as to the bad
conditions of streets
The increasing use of the automobile requires that
should be much widening of streets taxpayers and
property will stand for and that the engineering
department of the District SHALL in the creation
and opening of adopt policy Of making them as
wide possible to begin with.
Recent figures show that oneifth the population Of
Washington rides to and from work in its automobiles
The other four ffths occupied in lodging the cneh
give the onefh better street facilities the will
be safer.
aplanes finally developed that everybody
his her little flying machine, and to and from work
in it, will still need all the street space get for
lighting places Very many people viii prefer to stick to
fma and autos their legs but those who do like
the higher attitudes will want places to park their machines
unless the roof tops.
Fifteen twenty years from now may autos and
little flying machines parked alongside each other Eleventh
and Thirteenth streets and elsewhere the aplanes be
made rise straight in the air will the dangers
of being backed drive down horoughfaes
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-09-12
NEGOTIATIONS
OF A WIFE
Helen Rowland
A Mans House


IF mans taste in women were
i only as good as his choice in
houses!
If only he would select the
woman with whom he is going to
live forever with the same care
and judgment that he shows in
buying a house, which he may
sell in six months,
A mans house. What differ
house!
YOU know what kind of a
house woman likes-dainty
cosy, chummy, frivolous. A house
full of clothes closets and little
''conveniences," and blue delft
kitchen-ware. A tiny nest, filled
with antiques, and silver, and pho
tographs and embroidered linens,
and crowded with silk cushions
A house that can be kept Just
so"
But MANS HOUSE is as diff
ferent from this as a police dog
from a silly little lap-dOg. 1t is
far more human and substantial
and lovable.
A man likes house big and
shoes.
He likes to be able to see from
one room to another. He likes
long vistas and hearty, honest
fireplaces that burn without
smoking. and big. broad verandas
to Toll on.
He likes big. whole portion beds
not just fluffy, apolegetic day
beds that look as though they
We're ashamed Of being beds and
trying to deny it.
He likes big. old-fa shioned bath
rooms that he can splash around
in without hitting his elbows or
running the ceiling"
He doesn't care whether the
kitchen is blue or white or pea
green-but he doesn't want it so
dainty that he can't go in it and
throw things around and make
mess every time he gets a
cooking complex.
He likes floors that he can walk
around on without skidding. and
chairs that don't look as though
they would break under him; and
he doesn't care whether the vase
on the shelf is gruby or Satsuma
or cloissOnne, so that it will hold
burnt matches and stubs and bits
of string.
A man likes everything work
able-furnaces. chimneys, chairs.
doors, windows. locks and touches
made to sprawl on. He hates
tricks and camOuflages and things
just put there for show"
A woman buys a house. as she
buys hyaCinthS-tO feed her ewes
and her sOul-but a man wants a
house to LIVE in! A lovable. liv.
able. hearty, honest house, with
no air or deceits nor make-belieVes
about it,
What a. pity he hasn't the same
taste in cAosing wife!
And what pity more wives
don't keep "a mans house in
stead Of Junk shop.
Copyright. 1925, by King Features
Syndicate, Inc.) eR
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-09-12
Have You Rheumatism?
Read, but Don t Hope

doctor standing Vienna head of the Austrian vacc
nation institute hundred rheumatism
by innoculation.
That should interest this country where many having
teeth pulled buying patent medicines and trying all
of diets to fight rheumatic pains.
Britain the real home of rheumatism since onethrd
all Britain suffer from in form, particularly
interested.
100000 weeks of British working lost every year.
100000 sick benefits paid out by British insurance
companies account of rheumatism.
Don't DEPEND the vehnese vaccination your
YET. No actual germ of rheumatism has been
discovered and there may be dozen different kinds germs
interfering with the circulation of the blood otherwise
causing what call rheumatic pains" q
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-09-12
ORIGIN OF THE TABLE NAPKIN

it advantageous to disguise traces
of this custom by using their nap
kins as a sort of finger towel.
Although history tells us that
plebians. like the nursery
"Goops," did not hesitate to lick
their fingers, no Roman patrlcian
or medieval lord ever INDUCED
in this odious practice.
Because the napkin was In con
slant demand during d meal, the
Romans, who often provided their
guests with two or three az Il
time, made their hand towels and
table linens very decorative.
Their beautiful linens soon arous-
ed the envy of their neighbors,
and not infrequently an un-
scrupulous guest could be seen
tucking his napkin in his coat
pocket.
There is story about Hermo-
genes. who was invited to n
sumptuous banquet. For some
unaccountable' reason napkins
were not served that evening and
the irate guest of honor avenged
himself by running off with the
very expensive tablecloth.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-09-12
CORRECT
MANNERS
by Mrs. C. Beeckman-.
!Addressing . Wedding Envelope

"huUTcSSAnk u "euulHS ELHNCAOPC
nEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
~ When addressing we'd
ding invitation envelope to wild
dow with a single daughter, is 1t
proper for the outer envelope to
read: Mrs. John Jones" and
the inner envelope Mrs. John
Jones and daughter Mary?
t2) Is it proper for the groom
to present my bridesmaids with
their bouquets or each of the
groomsmen? r. S.
No, this would not be correct.
The best way is TO send a sep
arate invitation to each one. Ad-
dress the one to the widow Mrs.
John Jones'" and the one TO her
daughter, Miss Mary Jones"
(2D 1t is not correct for the
groomsmen TO present the bou-
quets to your bridesmaids. In
giving the bouquets to the bridal
attendants only two things are
correct. The bride or her family
may give them, and this is the
usual way, since the bride plans
them to harmonic with the
bridesmaids costumes and the
decorations of the church. The
other permissible way is for the
groom to give the bouquets, and
he may do this if he and the
bride understand that he wishes
to have the privilege of showing
a special courtesy TO the attend
ants of the bride.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-09-12
Full Dress or TuredO?

DEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
~ Is full dress or Tuxedo the
correct thing for the men prin.
clpals to wear at IN evening
wedding teight o'clock, where
The brlde will wear train and
veil?
2D If Tuxedo is equally cor
rect. can a white vest and tic
be worn with it?
Mrs. a. X.
EVENING clothes are the cor
n rest dress for the gentlemen
Of the wedding party and the
gentlemen guests at an evening
wedding. Tuxedo suits are not
correct. The wedding that you
describe is to be formal, with
the bride dressed formally and,
therefore, it is imperative that
the gentlemen dress formally IN
order to be consistent.
(2l When Tuxedo is worn
il is correct to wear white
vest with it, end this is very
fashionable now. But it is not
correct to wear a white tie. \
black silk bow tie is cOrreCi
with a Tuxedo, a white tie with
evening clothes.
Mrs. Beeckman will be glad to
answer questions Oh etiquette
submitted by readers.)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-09-12

~ YER city like New York the night sky Is not tn'
wide cool kindly spaces of the countryside.
" Il l. feversh filled with reddish cast, humid from
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-09-12

getting misunder-
stood and weep
ing all over the
office and raise
C in generally
every time / ask
ed her to do a let
ter over. Harold
would spend half
his time playing
craps down in
the b a S e m e n t
with the elevator
boy.
n e y q a G I
Xix e a c o u pla
spoiIe d pups
bot h of them.
And they'd de-
moraIize the rest
of the force. If
] let them get by
with stuff like
that how can +
fire someone else
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-09-12
SAP AND SALT
BY Bert Moses

You can tell whether a pleasure
IL good or bad by the taste in
the mouth the next DAY.
Law is an arrangement that
employs police forces to catch
criminals, and then employs jurias
to turn them loose.
Men want to marry the most
money, while girls want 10 marry
the best dancer.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-09-12
MR.. 10 Sc p H
w + r EST Q N

HARD mas crash
ed in with an s.
o. 8. Joe's in a
bad way. After
six years of sue
c e s full haber-
d a sh cry, Wife
wants to wreck
t h e s h o w b y
b oos tin g h err
brother and sis
ter in as hired
help.
Ac co r d in & to
w I fl e, it, 8
Joseph's Sa C re d
Duty to provide
the family de-
pc n d e n to with
paying jobs. Why
should he hire
two outH de RS,
perfect strangers,
4hnno
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-03-25
War Dept. Officials
To Probe Effect of
Cutting Down Drills

washington, March 24.-War de-
partment officials are making a care
Iul investigation to determine the eff
iect upon national guard efficiency and
training that might result from denial
TO the guard of the deficiency appro.
rriation of s1,322,0O0 for armory drill
payments between now and June 30.
President Coolidge has directed
that, pending study of the question, no
aiiotments shall be made nor expend-
lures authorized under that appropri-
alton, which was in excess of budget
recommendations to Congress.
The war departments examination
OF the situation seems likely to touch
upon legal aspects of the question as
well as to develop the degree to which
the efficiency of the state troops might
suffer it the full schedule of armory
drills should not be carried out 1t is
considered possible that claims
against the department for national
guard payment might be made on the
theory that guardsmen, upon enlist
ment, entered into a contract with the
government which imposed obligations
upon both parties. including payment
for services rendered under the law.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-03-25
Chapman Sharply
Watching Selection
jury in His Trial

Hartford, Conn.,, March Z4.-(by
A, P.)-Gerald Chapman went on
trial in superior court today for the
murder Of Patrolman James ..
Skelly in New Britain last October.
Eighty six talesmen were examln-
ed, but only five of them were chos-
On in the two court sessions aggre-
eating five and q half hours. it was
only after Chapman, sprawled into
a chair in the midst of his counsei,
had nodded his head affirmativeiy
that each Of the five was accepted
by his counsel. Others over whom
his attorneys seemed doubtful were
dismissed on peremptory challenges
at negative signs from the prisoner.
Chapman virtually had a voice In
every important action taken by the
lawyers. Chances between the ac-
cused and his chief counsel, Freder-
fck J. Groehl, Of New York. were
exchanged before e;.ch decision. And
it was Chapman's glance which boss
ed the situation on number OF I'M
portant occasions. An order for an
augumented panel Of talesmen to be
in court when the trial is resumed
at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning was
made by Judge Newell Jennings who
supervised the selection of the new
names. Summonses were served to-
night. \