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The Washington times., 1925-11-14

In the year, we set, Of course, =
displacement corresponding to the
diameter Of the earth's orbit. but
for the purpose Of calculation
this In reduced one.half, or to
radius, In order to get 1t in terms
Of the earth's distance from the
sun as . unit.
A. already said. what is meas
ured IL not a linear distance, but
an angle. What. then, II the size
of the angle corresponding to the
standard OF distance called
parsec? 1t is one second Of arc.
Without going into details, let Us
just say that any line viewed at
right angle to its direction, II
situated at 4 distance equal to
2O6,205 accurately 2O6,264.Sl times
its own length, will appear one
second long in angular measure,
that In, 1t will "subtend" an angle
OF one second Of arc.
No Known Star
Form this it follows that the
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one second Of arc. when the
radius OF the earth's orbit is the
basis of the angular measure.
must be 2O6,265 times the earth's
distance from the sun, or 2O6,265
times $4,000, 900 miles. This dis
lance. called q parsec, equals
1S,1s2,6 54, 000.0 900 miles, usually
reckoned approximately az 10
million. millions, or 19 trilIiOn
british style, 10 billion miles.
There is no known star whose
distance is so small as q single
parsec. The nearest approach to
1t is in the case OF Alpha Cen.
taurt. whose parallax is three
quarters Of a second, correspond
ing to a distance 275,O0O times
that Of the sun from the earth,
a little more than 'one-and- a third
parsecs. TIE vast majority OF
the stars are many times farther
than that. There Is a star clus-
ter, N. G. C. 1922, estimted by
Harlow Shapley, director of the
Harvard Observatory, to be dis
tant about $780, parsecs!
The light year'-the distance
travelled by light in one year
Is often employed In stating the
distance OF stars. A paraAc 10
about 3.273 times as long a. q
light year.
Light Varies
Let us now consider how our
sun would look If, instead Of be-
ing distant only one 2O6,265th Of
q parsec, its distance were one
whole parsec. Inasmuch as lignt
varies inversely as the square of
the distance. the light Of the sun
at distance Of one parsec would
be reduced the square of EOS, 265
times. In other words, it would
appear more than forty-two thou
sand million times less bright
than 1t does at Its actual distance,
Now 1t has been estimated that
q standard first magnitude star
gives US about one 10000. 900 ,0OOth
as much light as the sun. The
sun, therefore, II pushed away to
the distance Of one parsec would
shine In the starry heavens with
a little more than twice the bril-.
liancy of a first magnitude star.
But don't jump to the conclu-
sion that the sun would be the
cock 'o-the.walk in the night sky
for Sirius. the Dog Star, would be
five times as bright, and Arcturus,
Vega, Capella and several other
leading stars among the constella-
tions would outshiue the sun.star,
although all of them are many
parsecs distant, + put as far
away as Vega, for instance, the
sun would be seen with difficulty
an =. noonltt utghkA
The Washington times., 1925-11-14
DIR. FRANK CRANES
DAILY EDITORIAL
Hobbies
q poCYQR YRANK ORANE

NAN avocation il important as bis vocation
There has recently come to Onr desk book On hob
The Washington times., 1925-11-14

MY DAUGHTER, Of love and
lyl Of pearls, there are more iEni'
tations than of all things else In
the world.
The Washington times., 1925-11-14
DISTANCE OF STARS

the human foot, well, q parsec
originated from the angular length
OF the line joining the sun and
the earth as It would appear
from a star situated at certain
distance.
OF course, we cannot see that
line from the star, but we can
The Washington times., 1925-11-14
LISTEN, WORLD!
Rr EI CIE RnRTNCON

And then he
knew 1t wasn't
any use going
on.
So he'd scooted
down the alley
and got that bot.
tie of poison
whore he'd hid
den in Dutch
Schwartz garage
and
And now the
doctors t h In X
they MAY pull
Jimmy through.
But Jimmy isn't
sure he wants
to be pulle d
through. For he
knows he'll only
go on breaking
Mas heart.
Yes, It's a real
story.
The papers told
The Washington times., 1925-11-14
TNHE d oct ora
i think they'll
- .NV

i think they'll
be able TO pull
Jimmy through.
ct h ere was
poison enough in
that bottle to kill
q couple of men, "
says the head
nurse, "but some
times a fourteen
year-oId boy has
as many lives as
q cat. +"
Jimmy doesn't
know whether he
wants to be pull
ed through. He's
in q dizzy black
maze Of misery,
in which every
thought hurts
like a jagged
knife.
Sometimes when
the sickness let's
LIN for q hit il
The Washington times., 1925-11-14
By Garrett P. Serviss

see it from the earth. reproduced
In the sky, as IN q mirror, by
the shifting Of the stars position
when viewed alternately from OPP
nosite sides OF the earth's orbit.
This shift is called the stars
parallax. As we measure 1t by
observation at two opposite times
The Washington times., 1925-11-14
By Garrett P. Seryiss
Noted Astronomer and Writer on
Scientific Topics Of Popular
Tnf0reak

Just what do astronomers
mean by q 'paraec'?"
PRACTICALLY the same thing
that carpenters mean by q
foot-it il a standard aof distance.
a beam is 50 or so many feet
long; q star il 30 or 20 many par
secs distant. 1t IL believed that
the measure called . foot origi.
mated from the linear length OF
New Britain herald., 1925-04-20

Breakfast -- stcwed prunes s, cooked wheat cereal ham toast, crisp rye toast, milk, coffee,
 Luncheon - Cheese ramelins. lettuce sandwiches, pineapple souf- llc milk, tea.
 Dinner - Broilcd sirloin steak, mashed potatoes, new carrots In or ange cream sauce, curly endive with bacon dressing, sour cream pie, whole wheat rolls, milk, coffee.
 Needless 10 say the members Of family who are under school age will not partuko of the sour cream pie suggested to tickle the palates Of father and big brother.
 With this exception the menu for tho day can be served as planned 10 all members of family.
 ChCsc Ramckins
 Two tablespoons butter, table spoons flour, 1-2 cup milk, 1-2 tea spoon salt, Is teaspoon pepper, 1 tablespoons grated che eggs.
 Melt butt,r, add flour and stir until perfectly blended and smooth. Scald milk and add slowly to first mixture, stirring constantly. Add salt, pepper and cheese. Remove from the fire when the cheese is melted, Add yolks of eggs well leaten. Let cool while beating the whites Of the eggs until stiff and dry. Fold whites into cooked mix ture and turn into buttered rame-
New Britain herald., 1925-04-20
Why Dicky Objected To Madgc's
 Plan.


 Plan.
 Katherine's dismayed little gcs. ture and exaggerated exclamation only increased my belief that she was conccaling something from me concerning the mysterious girl whom Lillian had brought to the farmhouse and entrusted to her care. l was sure that she had no such objection to Mother Graham's immediate arrival as sho had voiced, and I felt that her only req son for dissent was an attempt to divert my attention from the inad- Vertent little comment she had made concerning her patient.
 For an instant l was conscious of a distinct feeling of piQue, of which in another second was thoroughly ashamed. If she were reprcssing some comment it concerned some thing of which she, herself, was not yet sure - 1 knew her well enough for that -- and 1t behoovod me not only to put speculation concerning it out of my mind, but to catch her camouhagng cue and return i'
 I made q nasty calculation CT the days remaining until the end of the week, which I had given the tramp who called himself Steve" and ad- dresse my mother-in-law as Mother" I must got Mother Gra- ham to the farm, and hear the story she had promised 10 tell me. Only by being armed with every scrap of information she possessed could l deal successfully with the man who 1 suspected of being blackmailing impostor. Although his gestures and mannerisms reminded me elusively of Dlcky, and turned me fairly ill with the fear that his claim might prove q true one.
 That Will Be Splendid'
 She must have a days rest, at least, however, before she would be fl for the ordeal of another in- teryiew with the man she had ad- dressed as Steve" This would give me about four days margin. and l said as much 10 Katherine. Then l said that I would telephone the Durkees at once and enlist all their powers Of persuasion 10 keep Mother Graham at the other end of Long Island for four more days.
 That will be splendid" kath- crime rejoined, distinct relief in her voice. Tt will give me time 10 de- termine - certain things about both of my patients before the ar- rival of any dlstraCting influence what's the matter?"
 For my tell-tale face had mir rored a sudden dismaying thought which had come to me, Dicky eX- pccted me to come after his mother upon the morrow. He had been so
New Britain herald., 1925-04-20

"WolI, I hope vo have seen the last Of ;hc little fat man. He was such bother every time he came herc." Toofe. the little magician sail to Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy as the two rag dolls sat upon the counter Of Inc little magic groc- cry store and ate cookies while they waited for the tired carpenter to return The tired carpenter lad been put in charge of the magic grocery store by Toofe cause he needed someone to help the little woodland creatures select their groceries. And, while the magic grocery store was always supplied with everything in a magical way and there Was no danger of running cut of sunpli.s still Toofc knew, if he diI not have someone to wait Apon them when taoy came in, the uttIo woodland creatures would climb upon tH" shelves and I"lp 1homse}1es -o things and g"t 1h" store al topsv Hrty CT course, Toofe did no. charge anything for the goodies in Lts stor". because ho lad built th1 tiny town Of nice little cozy I7u-a5 for 4" little crna- Iuros and f was a. gr.at pleasure 10 give lhn7 @t their food and nice things 10 oa' and War, But when rhe fat 1nJr rosa. au1 .ri-I 10 chase TooGo and sae~.oa ..s, away from tie tiny town. "oo". l;d no, like it. Neither l.l Ea-ErIy Ana and Raggcdy Andy a"I rnr :at man seemed 10 tulrE . was f4.jr eDsrla, ,ault if hc 20. h.. uou9.n vhcn he tried to rap,n. h i,a=-yIys
 And l hope h. HaE,r returns 'o bother you a4I fre 4J'lc woodland creatures" Eaeg ..E trir said as ho and Eaggedy Ann rrrparrd tc leave Toofo and Star 4ut iu search of mOrs adventures. Ii. F w.rc just waiting to say goOdtyc 10 '.c tired carpenter when h. returned when who should come trampihz Hrn fine store hut inc title fat man 1 1 h. laughed harsh'y and loudly IS hr saw th7 surprise on the fares of n, RaszeLys and their friend Toohs.
 "Ha ha. au." h" Aughai ." spcct YOU di1n't wish to sct me thi' soon,"'
 No, we di@n', wish to sc you.' Toofe said. Then when he heard : lot Of scuTins upon th" porch Q the magic grocery h. asked of ia'
New Britain herald., 1925-04-20

kins, Bake 20 minutes in mod. crate oven,
 Pineapple Souflic
 One cup shredded pineapple. l.. cup sugar. whites 1 eggs, table. spoon lemon juice. few grains salt
 Shred fresh pineapple and bring to the boiling point in its own Juics Remove from the fire and add hall the sugar, Beat whites of eggs un- til stiff and dry, gradually beating in remaining sugar and lemon juice and salt Fold in pineapple and turn into a huttored baking dish, Bake 25 minutes in a moderate oven. Serve with custard sauce made with the yolks of the eggs or with whipped cream.
 New Carrots in Orange Cream
 sauce
 One bunch new carrots, cup cream, 2 tablespoons orange juice, teaspoon grated rind. teaspoons sugar, 1-4 teaspoon salt
 Wash and scrapc carrots. Cut in matchlikc pieces and cook in slight ly saltcd boiling water until tender and the water is cooked away. Add orange juice and grated rind and cook over hot water until the juice is absorbed. Add cream, sugar and salt and simmer over hot water for 30 minutes. Serve sprinkled with minced parsley.
 Copyright, 1925. NEA Service. Inc.)
New Britain herald., 1925-04-20
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! had done everything she could for her daughter when Porter Breed | 1 attentions became conspicuous.
 Alice told me this as matter of course and, when l said, Do you love Porter Breed?" What has that 10 do with it?" she answered, Marriage and love are two en- tirely different things. Love is gloriously unreasonable, something that comes and goes without your knowing from whence it comes or whore it goes. Marriage is q busi- ness and should only be gone into r asonably. IL is the greatest busi- moss of life for a girl. Ii is the real fight between inc sexes. Men are always fighting to keep out of it and women arc always fighting to get them in. I've got to marry 10 live. l like Porter - perhaps I love him -- I don't know, Leslie, what this thing is that people call love and rave so much about. l have never known q man that could not dismiss for another if necessary.
 Porter has enough money 10 in- dulg me in my widest oXtraVa- glnc"s. shan hc perfectly success ful in woman's natural and in- c,itablc business, if I marry him."
 Copyright, 1925, NEA Service, Jnr.)
New Britain herald., 1925-04-20

thought.
 You said last night that you'd had a sort of childish love affair with Wayburn," he said. Did you ever care for him as much as you do for me"
 Glory drew long breath.
 "No wonder you're a good law yer, Dick" she said. You can think up more questions 10 ask a person than anybody else in the world, I'll bet Yes, l did think a lot of Stan once upon a time but it wasn't in the way l care for you"
 She got up and walked over to the window. She did not want Dick to sec her face. She felt as if all her thoughts were written on it for him to read
 Just how much do you care for me-" His voice was bitter.
 "You ought 10 know .. I mar ricd you, didn't r." Glory asked.
 She turned from the window and sat on the arm of Dicks chair. She
New Britain herald., 1925-04-20

insistcnt upon her homecoming, citing the inconvenience her preS- cnce must cause in the Durkce household, during the strcssful time following the arrival of the baby daughter, that did not know how was to appease his certain wrath at our change of plan. But kath- crime - who has the trained nurse attitude toward anything which intorfcres with her plans for her patients - promptly disposed of this possible objection.
 If Mother Graham Is able to make q journey of cighty-nve miles out here, 1t surely won't hurt her to go twenty miles 10 New York city, Cant you think up some cx- cusc for Dicky 10 take her to ho- tol for few days"
 Madgc Phones Dicky
 l whirlod upon her with q relief so great that l fairly stammcrcd my answer.
 "0f course I can,' l cried You know the original plan was for Mother Graham 10 accompany Leila 10 her great aunts home in North Carolina. You see Leila wished the baby 10 be born in the old home Of her mother, of which Aunt Dora Paige is now the chatelaine. The baby chose differently, however. and staged her bow 10 the world up North. However, there is nothing more certain than that Leila will take her tiny daughter down there for the winter months, and for many reasons it is advisable that Dickys mother should adhere to her original plan. That will mean shopping it's shame to inflict it upon Dicky - but it will keep his mother occupied and contcnted until it is practicable for her to come home"
 "T fancy Dicky will be able to stand up under the strain,' Kath- 1 crime said dryly with an intonation which betrayed her secret opinion that I was altogether too cheerful in padding the rough places of life for my temperamental husband,
 "Oh, I'm sure he won't mind" ] said hastily, with a miserable con- yiction that I was speaking any thing but the truth. 'I'll get him on the telephone right away" I hurried down the stairs, glad to escape from my little kinswom ans searching eyes. But I was ex' trcmcly dubious of Dicky's reaction toward my proposal and when over the telephone l briefly outlined my request to him, he barely waited for me 10 finish before exploding into a wrathy ultimatum.
 NO! Nix. Nothing doing! Wha' the deuce do you think I'm made of? Twenty dollar bills?"
New Britain herald., 1925-04-20

| food.
 Craving for sweets is acquired this way, and the child, after he has grown up, continue eating candy, making his coffee half sugar and refusing to eat fruits If they are not swcetened to the limit,
 The body requires certain amount of sugar in some form. But it is better 10 take more of this sugar in the form of its natural state in fruits and certain vege- tables.
 Cane sugar is somewhat irritating to the digestive tract. It easily un- dorgoes fermentation when the digestion is impaired, thus causing the formation of gas.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-20
Letter from Leslie Prescott to
 Ruth Burke

letLCr lGDn LtSlN IEfSCOtt to
 Ruth Burke
 Dear Ruth - l am a little bit worried 10 know what called you 10 New York in such a rush that you could not even phone mo.
 Yesterday morning they tele- phoned mo from the little shop that you had gone and that they did not feel that they should eX- tend any more credit to Alice Hart ley without the 0. k. of either you or mr. l hope you will approve Of what I decided in the matter. l told them to give her credit 10 the extent of $1,0Oo. As her account stands now, she owes them S45o. That will allow her to buy her S550 more "pretties."
 Poor Alice! She was the prottiost girl in Albany when I came here. They tell me that sh" had been a rival in the contest of beauty with IauIa Perior, although Alice was a society girl and Paula an artists model.
 She came over 10 my house last night and told mo she hoped 10 marry Porter Breed. Porter you know has hccn hanging around her for wars and c}oryonc expected them to marry whom her father din1.
 Shr told me that Porter had seemed 10 grow cold at the time shc b'camc suddenly poor, but late 1r ha had given her reason 10 be- 1joy" that his interest in her had kirdIol again.
 She said she was at the end o' thc little money her father had left after his debts were paid anl unless Tor',r proposed 10 Ter within the loX' month or two shc would be absolutely p0nioSs,
 WIS terribly shocked, Ruth, You know that Alice has no more llea of mon"y than baby. She has always had someone 10 take care Of her. Someone 10 pay hcl lills I do not believe that she has ,Nra ronh'I her own hair ol Gresss h."srf in all her life. Shl was brought up hy h'r mother to ! mak, rich marriage. and her mota.r u,! pea, fully thinking shc
New Britain herald., 1925-04-20
ABUSE OF SWEETS DANGEROUS

One hundred years ago the con- sumption of sugar was only about Il pounds per person, Mrs. Mann learned in her study of sweets,
 Today the annual consumption has reached S6 pounds per person. and the price is going up all the time.
 In European countries less than one-third of this amount is con- sumed.
 "The abuse of sweets is the be- setting dietctic sin" Mrs. Mann quoted.
 Much of this sugar is consumed in the form of candy. Mothers give their children candy when they should give them plain nutritious
New Britain herald., 1925-04-20
he Aav2ntur&>5 EaggsdyApn Q aud Ra!99e4yAn4y R l{ss5Da 9y 1shnny Sru<lle aI7
ly 1okmny VrueMe

fat man, "Who Is that out in front scuffling and shuftlng about?'
 "IIa, hal" the fat man laughed iu reply. T said the next time l came you would be sorry! These are not make believe bears this time, 1 have brought three cougars 10 help mo capture you. After we capture you, shall destroy the tiny town and have the magic grocery for my very own,'
 You say that you have brought three cougars 10 help you?' Toofe asked with smile at the corners of his mouth.
 "Ycs sir" the fat man answered, "1hrte of the widest tIercest Cou- gars you ever cared to meet. They could tear you 10 pieces in almost q minute, maybe if they wanted to. have 10 hold them real harl 10 Ec"p th"m from oating everybody up,'
 Toofc just smiled moro widely as . he askcI, "MiS'cr fat man. have thrsc fcrce vild cougars great big long teeth and real sharp claws"' My goodness, Sak"S alive, ycs.' the ia, man replied. "Thcy are very very wild ones. Cougars, you know. ] jc told RagCody Ann anl Raggody Andy, "aro just like wild cats, only thy arc much larger and "iidor.'
 "EIa hJ, ha,' Toofi' the magj- can laughed as he felt the magic charms in his pocket "Those are i 'uuny locking cougars you have ! lTr. Fat Man. never s"w such , funny ones in all my lif,.' "Jusf yon take a look at thcse cougar," tho raf man said. "T)l bot you will shakc h. your boots, Too nc'"
 So Toofe sail, "WelL lets sec" anI h. and 'hc Raggedys and 'ho fat man walked out on the porch . fo th. grocery and there sat 'hrce large rubber. foot all cougars.
 "Why,," the fat man cried
 something las larpcn,1 10 my fierce, will oougarS,'
 Tooh ron up 10 tho first rubu,, slotbll oouE7r and gaNo it d kick '3.ump." wh~a sont it sailing ur m tn. air and lol!jng across th' ground. Then n- HI thc samo thing 70 tn" o'h.r two while the fat man ookcI on in surprise. Then whc Tooi" ~tar1rl to run towards 'h' lat man as If ho would kick him inc same way ta" fat man cri"l "l shall not stay here and bc kiakn. about as you have kicked my 0"rco wild cougars" and away h. ran Then To0tjo turned 10 r0o Rag galys ana Wiukw.
 NOW watcn;" h" sa5d. .or lu stnl had his fne rs on his mazt, charms in his porkrt And as n said this tho ruhh,r football rou gars changed from ru5L-r in;o real live. fierce. wild cougars. And will q howl, they ran after taa fat man
 "NVa win teach you jo bring IL 10 a pace wher" there is d maEi cjau," they howlrd. And the ia man. afraid tho cougars woul catch him. ran for his home fast than he hlI ever run tcfore.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-20

TOMORROW - This letter con- tinucd.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-20

laid her cheek on his dark hair She vas just a bit afraid of Dick when he was in a suspicious mood like this.
 Then she kissed him. That. she knew, was the surest way 10 re- move all doubt of her from his mind!
 "You see, Dick" Glory went on T knew, from the minute I met you, that you were going to be my husband. And in the same way ] always knew Stanley Wayburn and l were never going to be more than pIaymates. A girl always sizes mon up that way"
 And just how long were you and Wayburn paymatcs"' Dici asked.
 "Oh. for two or three monuis last winter . just before l mct you," the girl answered. Look here Dick. l don't cross-question vol about every girl you ever were 1T love with before you married m" What are you trying 10 get at, aa' ing me all thes' questions?
 Glory laughed neryously.
 Dick turned in his chair and tC her in a grip of iron.
 "IIl tell you what I'm trying l' get att" he said. I'm trying 10 gci at the truth about this Wayburn the man saw leaving. HC was Wayburn, wasn't he? You lie' to me when you said he was {; decorator from the furniture stor' didn't you?"
 Gro Be Continued TomOrrOw)
New Britain herald., 1925-04-20

"Who was that on the tele- rbone Q" Dick asked carelessly.
 He did not look at her. He stood by the chifIonier, lighting a cigaret. "One of my friends Gloria stammered. "Who?"
 "Docs it natter" Glory asked Ut mat CTS very much to me- Dick said. H" came toward her.
 .It was Wayburn, wasn't it?' he asked.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-20

The whipping post as a method Q punishment still is used in Delawart and Maryland.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-20

The first telephone was installed in ,ho White House in 1881, when Grant Ras president
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-10-09
CONDEMNS PRICE CUTS
AS UNSOUND BUSINESS

NEW YORK, Oct. S.-"Price CUT
ting is not healthy stimulant for
business" declared j. E. Tregoe, ex-
ecutive manager of the national asso-
citation of credit men.
Nothing appeals to me as more
imprudent, unsafe and unbusiness-like
than the slashing of prices for the
purpose of making sales. Business
executives should be valiant and pru-
dent to keep this unsafe feature of
business constantly in mind and to
urge their debtors to abstain from
it. Not many business operators are
foolish enough to skate on thin ice
when they are told the ice is thin"
Mr.. Tregoe's views are approved
by newspapers that resent a similar
position by organized workers, who
also declare that wage reductions
sis not healthy stimulant for bust
ness"