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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-11-12
REORGANIZATION of Government
Departments and Bureaus
By BILL PRICE

Congressman MARTIN B MADDEN has hit upon the right
plan ongneeded reorganization OF Government depart
ments and bureaus.
He proposes to give President COOLIDGE blanket authority
to completely reorgane all activities placing bureaus where
they belong and making changes will benefit good
administration and the public the efficient service
o. which worth something
The reorganization proposals by the special
mission appointed by the late President HARDING have en-
ccuntered so auch opposition doubtful Congress will
them into law. Yet the allotment OF govern
activities would the Government money through
consultations make for efficiency in service Particularly
is this Congress authorizes the construction OF nece
say Federal buildings here through which offices and Du
engaged closely related work may be housed in the
buildings and scattered all over Washington as at
present
Congress is not proper body undertake the consoda
ton offices of various departments and bureaus doing over
apping work. The of the Government the
best judges reorganization the greatest difficulty being in
reaching agreements Should Congress pass reorganization
would apply only to conditions then existing These
conditions change New offices and bureaus are created at
each session of Congress They allotted by that body to
whatever department deems best Experience may demon
strae that Congress did not make the allotment
made goes uncorreced for years. Correction
would call for further legislation There would be the usual
wrangle and no action.
The President United States responsible for
administration of the executive branch the He
comes with that branch every day When ne finds
that there are two offices different departments
doing similar work that they should be placed de-
paren should have the to make the change That
would the good of the service It would save money
through reduction of force.
Congress hates to give up full control matters that
must make appropriations for So created the special
mission consisting mainly Presidential appointees wholly
unfamiliar with departmental and bureau activities Though
the commission carefully into its duties its recommends
tions have not solved the problem.
President Coolidge has man in the White House who
hrs more about executive work than
in the United States without exception He valuable in
that respect President has been able to get along
without him This man is RUDOLPH FORSTER, executive
clerk whose worth recognized and appreciated by
Presidents for thirty years
Mr. Forster thoroughly and intimately familiar with
tapping work offices and bureaus He splendid
and tact and be depended upon to wisely ad
wise the President as to reorganization The respect in which
he held by all officers and all public for that
matter wouId insure reorganization without friction
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-11-12
Master of the House?

Pudonh valentino has decided sheik off the
as well
Master of house he will be or know the reason why
There will he no career HIS wife One in HIS
home enough he says and makes it plain that he will
supply that -.
So far his argument sound from the masculine viewpoint
Pint can Rudy maintain the masculine role outside of the
movies? We will admit he is the hairy ape far side
burns 60 But going to laugh off that bracelet
And that soulful look?
MANY truck driver and plumber, with three days
growth of sdeburn running under the chin and the
other side has announced himself master of the house And
along Maggie!
Cut Rudys pay down to $18 week and put his wife $
hands in the Monday mornings soapsuds AND THEN
WATCH HIM SHEIK.
That would be movie!
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-11-12

herself into a stew.
No one can deny that this 10
day Of struggle and tension in
which it is necessary to keep
ourselves fit.
If a woman has an important
business position, she is forced to
keep up certain contacts which
bear directly on her business. II
she is home woman. 1t is
equally necessary to keep up
certain social and educational CON-
facts which bear directly on her
home and the lives of her chill
dren and her husband.
But nine-tenths of the contacts
WHICH jostle us and grip us aren't
bearing directly on anything.
They settle nothing. create moth
ing.
THEY ERELY WASTE
TIME, MAKE A LARGE NOISE
AND GIVE THE PEOPLE WHO
PARTICIPATE IN THEM THE
FEELING OF BEING EX.
TREMELY IMPORTANT.
OF course, it's all right for you
to be noisy and to feel that
you're Extremely Important, UN.
LESS YOU TAKE 1T OUT ON
THE OTHER FELLOW. But
most of these agitated ladies DO
take 1t f.. out on the other fellow.
They fill their homes and doctors
offices with their restlessness,
peevishness and nervous re-
actions. Then we wiring our
hands and curse this modern
world with it's incessant demands"
That's all bunkl
The demands ara inceseant, but
we don't have to heed them.
It's still possible for the buNi-
ness person to construct q sanA
healthy program. JUST SAT- YoJ
WON'T GO, THEN DON'T co.
There's the whole solution to the
problem.
But how many Of ua vast q
solution to the problemi
It's so much more Fun %
imagine that we're the huh ~
the universe and So whiFisnm
round and round ana 'FxAHna
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-11-12
All in the Days Work

The other day New York policeman dived into the East
River rescued drowning and then went back to
patrol his territory.
Almost every day runaway horses stopped
~ a policeman risk of his life.
fire a policeman makes sure needlessly
dies often patronan loses his life in rescuing
and children
Incidents without number could be cited to the
daring n finest Still, most Of look upon the
policeman simply person who tells gruffy TO move
ar ~ who asks ungente II deef can
ehsu we ~ traffic signal
n 30 truth known, the policeman much
a#Hafaa han nut - al In the day work for him
HssnH ~ funf ~ drug vid eflmiua stopping
fsffFHH hHaltr Through five ksspnR traffic In order
.#.aaah tshff them ail fnf granted
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-11-12
GARRETT P. SERVISS ON Elm
STEIN AND DOG STAR
Study of Sirius Companion Has Led to Remark
able Conclusions Concerning It's Great Density.

than third as wide as its own,
Is nearly fifty years. At pres
ent its apparent distance from
Sirius is between II and IL sec
onds of arc, so that even a
small telescope would easily show
1t but for the binding splehdor
of the greater star so close at
hand.
Density Of Star
One estimate that has been
published Of the density of this
star appears almost incredible.
A pint Of its substance would
weigh twenty-five tons. Turn
that over in your mind. A pint
contains about thirty cubic inches.
Then one cubic inch taken from
Sirius heavy weight little com
rade would weigh no less than
1856 pounds and one cubic. foot
would weigh 2.S7S.S43 (Thnds
A cubic foot Of gold weighs only
1000 pounds. If the quoted esti-
mate Ia correct. then Sirius com
panion must weigh about 2,400
times as much IN 1t would il
composed of solid gold.
We have to go inside the ton
to find any matter within our
reach Though even then we can
not see. handle or experiment
with it,, that can be at all COM
pared with such density. Ac-
cOrdinR to Rutherford's estimate
the nucleus Of the atom of gold
is a hundred and fifty thousand
million times denser than the
metal gold. But, then. the mn
cleus of an atom Is a hundred
thousand times smaller than the
atOm--it Is so minute that no
microscope can make it visible
In the companion Of Sirius, on
the contrary, we have sun. but.
because Of it's wonderful density
II Is such a little giant of gravita-
tional power that our orb Of day
placed In Its vicinity would have
to dance to the piper with a
vengeance. The astronomers are
certainly holding their own in
the race for wonders.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-11-12
By ELSIE ROBINSON


ma all about It in a long, hectic
letter which you're positive was
interrupted by dozen phone
calls. AS you read you get a
picture of the pretty, popular
writer, with her charming home
and devoted family. A delight
full picture! SO modern. so pro-
gressive!
Then YOU listen a little harder
and you hear the lady pant.
She is painting because II SO
hard to Keep Us With II All
And vet she must Keep Up WIN
1t All because No One would
Dream OF Doing Anything Else
Nowadays.
She is very sorry for herself as
she thinks how tired she is, now
nervous. how hurried ana Wof~
ried and hustled about.
But it's plain that she's also
proud of herself.
She feels that she is quite the
Livest Wire in her crowd
She wants US to be very, VERY
aorrv for her and her poor haTas-
sed family. all victims to the
Dizzy Whirl of the Modern
World.
But she also wants us to be ex-
tremely proud of her. to praise
her and pat her on the back.
And she's very sure that that
Is exactly what I'm going to do
because / so obviously admire
energetic ladies.
DO admire energetic ladies,
my dear.
VIDED they're putting
their energies to some good use.
But I DON'T think that you
and your like are putting your
energies to a good use and I'm
most certainly NOT going to adj
mire you, for it.
am 4 business woman, and
also a home woman. know
how necessary it is for both the
business woman and the home
woman to keep UP vital contacts
with the world Of affairs.
But | do NOT believe that the
sort of vital contacts" listed in
Mrs. Sears program are bit
more elevating or intelligent than
the title tattle Of the rocking
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-11-12
By Garrett p. Serviss
Noted Astronomer and Writer on
Scientific Topics Of Popular
Interest

A Ii owners of telescopes know
"A that Sirius, the brightest
star in the sky, whose splendid
coruscatiOns may be seen close to
the eastern horizon between 10
and ! r. p. m. at the beginning OF
November. has a faint companion
of a peculiar chara cter, sirius
itself is about ten times as bril-
liant as standard first magni-
tude star, and about 1000 times
as luminous as its curious com
panion. Nevertheless, the latter,
in spite of it's faint light, ia 80
heavy that it drags It's great
comrade about their common
center of gravity in an orbit so
large that the consequent motion
of Sirius was detected before any
telescope had revealed the com
panion. The Russian astronomer,
Struve. studying this motion in
1850. declared that 1t must he
produced by An unseen companion,
and twelve years later the Amer
lean telescope maker, Avian
Clark. discovered the companion.
Lately special study OF Sirius
COMPANION has led TO some re-
maTk1DIP CONCLUSIONS tOIltCl IliIiS
It's aStOnishingly great density;
and this, in turn, has brought this
ponderous little star into the lists
in defense Of the seriously endan-
gered Einstein relatively theory.
Physical Proof
One Of the few physical proofs
of his theory that Einstein sug
gested as possibly attainable was
a certain shifting Of the lines In
the EpeCtra Of the sun and stars.
due to the retarding effect of the
sun or the stars own gra aviation
upon the light emitted from Its
surface This effect would he
larger in proportion as the body
from which the light came was
heavier /. O.. denseT. The sun
proved 10 he not dense enough
to produce any certainly detecta
hlc effect and then the heavy
companion Of SIRIUS was thought
~ Observations upon It's spec
rrunI mndo hy Charles r. St
lnhu uu Mount Wilson. are said
~ uuEo established the cXistenc"
- tbe predicted shifl Ia accord
nu,r Win EIugiciu calculation
bttri uisrINrIa elsewhere. how
even awe obtained different 9"
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-11-12
SAP AND SALT
BY Bert Moses

High society seems composed
Of folks who consider II vulgar 20
make Yourself useful
broom makes great golf
stick FOR woman, and the Inside
~ house an ideal golf course
uewshuv v"lls his hend If
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ls mHdr 70, suDnLluE Hruuud uu
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-11-12
PROPER
GREETING
Mrs. Cornelius Beeckman|

nEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
~ Will you please settle
friendly dispute? A says when
introducing a man and woman
one should say:
Mr.. Brown. meet Mrs. Smith.
B says one should say:
Mrs. Smith, allow me to pre-
sent Mr.. Brown.
A also says that "allow nee to
present. should only be used
when introducing one in a high
station in life. NJ. s.
Indeed, I am glad to settle the
dispute, and l thank you for Civ
ing me the privilege. One of the
constructive signs of the times
in the United States Is the In
Creasing number of disputes"
about questions OF etiquette.
And isn't ii surprising and inter
estinG how much one can learn
by arguing these points?
The expression Meet Mrs.
Smith" is never in good form.
and it should always be avoided
1t causes a large percentage Of
jokes in funny papers and vaude-
vile shows.
May I present Mr. Brown"
is better than Allow me to pre-
sent Mr.. Brown" Mrs. Smith.
may l present Mr.. Borwn?" is
always good form when introduce
ing a gentleman to a lady. The
station in life makes no differ
ence. If at times you think that
this formula for introduction Is a
bit too formal, 1t is perfectly cor
rect to mention only the names.
Mrs. Smith. Mr.. Brown" These
forms that | have mentioned are
she two forms most in use now.
nEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
~ I have been planning for
some time to have a little party.
inviting only young girls and
that It would he improper to
my house before. AS | know the
girls | do not think it would be
improper to invite their boy
friends. Would you kindly advise
me in this matter?
(2) The boy who would like
to invite has never been to nv
house before hut 7 have known
him for two years as he and I
have gone to the same school
Kindly advise me also whether he
should or should not come 10 my
party T. r,
In those informal and friendly
DAYS. Il would he proper for you
to invite the boys who are good
friends ~ the girls whom you
are Inviting even N they have
not before been To your home.
what Ia advise YOU tn do IL
90 ha," the girls give YOU their
pidr,ssrs aud then Vuu Wrtta
'nrdlHI little NOT" - Invitation
to lh'W 40 como ~ the marty
Tlru IhU, VII hr run, iured that
|H. Br" a welt brrd huatsHs aa
Hr H. huapitHhl' une
II HUi HuT' |hvT D.. uuuld
.t N.IuI WtIirI u iN, mtn
HHH urit H uu IrHHuu Why Kou
shUlll uut lu,Ila kaia
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-11-12

assiaHsf ftffrtg imraftsa ffam rsr add realism ~
fk# ##Ef@f IA EEL tn as ha -
H1asl Aaafts ftuisa b. sih ~ ne
is fsfIaa
lIaaa ga eaHisd Hlhi ia hsf psn as pouf air she
fflasEa a. ht aTsss ths ralf called Toe
Aa8ieu rlfiufta poet
- theY getting ~ teach sfhan rrf about paiHt
- pswasf AR0hsr effort ~ sid The ly ~ ~ tptah
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-11-12

A Spanish les
IA son, t W
Bridge Clubs, a
lunch with Ethel,
a matinee with
Jane, two lessons
in French and a
manicure, gym
nasium, a dance
at the Inn and a.
lecture in the
Auditorium. COM
mittee meetings
on this and con-
ferences on that,
three books to
review and two
papers to write
This, says Mrs.
Sears, Is a small
part Of her week.
And, in addi-
ton to this. there
is her regular
work as house
wife and mother.
Ghn hao Told
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-11-12
LISTEN, WORLD!

chair brigade Of
grandma q day.
I do NOT think
that all these
meetings and con-
iferences and lee
lures and reviews
are necessary or
admirable.
/ T H / N K
THEY'RE MOST
LY BLAH.
Emotional cart
wheels.
Hysteria.
GU do e
HAVE to run
around this way.
You're just
showing off and
il you get sick
you're no martyr
to feminine adj
vancement; you're
just a silly. ex-
citable ( 9 m ale
who has w0rkAd
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-11-12
JUST 20 YEARS AGO
(Ced From The Washington Tne Fs' - TsaFs A. FAaNi
Nv WILLIAM MOORE

About this time the Russian
troops were making rhafuH'
house In lcWrv RBhhI HiWnH
hittatI, assaulted ihe powarilrF ~
tho soldiers Vhu alrw 600
h,lul,sa l,Wr m frur Hlta
than lhet tiIlod lHpIn.s' 'H ans
lpar un the fuld " tatua.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-11-12

part IL IL n SI5h
love Is beyond the help of a pull
motor.
There always comes a day when
a woman wishes she had responded
to the kisses of at least one Of the
men she disCouraged-and won
ders if he MIGHT have proved
her Prince Charming.
"Nagging. housekeeping and
mot hers-in.law are offered by a
college paper az the reasons why
men leave home" But, dear boy
they never leave permanently. an
less there is another reason
somewhere around the corner
A brides FIRST disilIusionment IL
not being lulIed to sleep by
gentle snore-but being aroused
in the hiss of the steam radiator
inst cad Of by kiss. as she had
always dreamed. Her second is
her discovery that a man can put
his big toe through a silk sock
in one day--and prefers holes to
darns in his heels.
For the first six months a nrlde
regards the telephone with anticl-
pation-after that she begins 10
look upon il with suspicion.
Few men enjoy seeing love
affair through 10 the finish, or
smoking cigar to the end. AS
soon as II burns their fingers they
want 10 drop it.
A woman ran forgive man for
almost anythinR-excent for not
giving her ANYTHING to forglN"
him for.
4 woman hurns candles " Nom
81, before the tombs ~ her dead
loves. hut man replaces MS loves
As ,hild replaces its first Ie"th-
nu. uIway~ Just cr"wds the other
uyt
ru man. d'rad" ~ merely
tru .rarH bui 20 u woman D. H.
..t Eulf between Youth hud
.fNua
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-11-12
NEGOTIATIONS
OF A WIFE
Helen Rowland
Lightly Grilled

AN AUTHORITY on love and
"A marriage is usually a woman
who can explain just why she got
along so unhappily with her fret
two husbapds.
When a man and woman part
bitterly" there Is always hope OF
a reconciliat ton, but when they
part amicably," 1t is a sign that
love is beyond the help of a pull
motor
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-11-12
DIR. FRANK CRANES
DAILY EDITORIAL
By DOCTOR FRANK CRANE
The Helmet of MGmbriIlus

IN one OCCASION the story goes, Don Quxots engaged
in a conflict with barber who wore basin on MS
~ head instead of helmet.
Evening star., 1925-07-19
Sees Federal Growth Apart
From Federal Aggression

tional Government an authority so
plainly national in It's nature. so un-
mistakably calling for uniform prin-
ciples and rules of administration. CO.
extensive with our entire national do
main?
When Dissatisfaction Is Justified
The just dissa tisfaction of the Ameri-
can citizen with the Federal power
begins only when the long -esta blshed
boundaries between matters of na-
tional and matters OF. local moment are
invaded by congressional enactment.
judicial construction or constitutional
amendment in other words. 1t springs
up when the Federal hand is thrust
into the purely domestic concerns Of
the States. such as educa ton. the care
of children, marriage and divorce, and
sumptuary restraints, and pro
duces the irritatio resentment, de
rangement and discord which never
fail to follow the attempt of a cen
tral government to prescribe general
and infiexible rules of conduct for com
munities widely separated from each
other in point of historic traditions.
social usages and habits, and economic
wants. What is wholly agreeable or
beneficial to one of such communities
may be wholly, obnoxious or prejudi-
cial to another.
Leave to the Federal Government
the care of all the interests too uni
versal. too continental. too national to
be reconcilahle with mere local pre-
possessions, prejudices or peculiarities,
and leave the rest to the States. That
Is the line of partition originally
drawn by the Federal Constitution
though now marked by more than one
melancholy detection; and no safer
line can ever he traced for the guild.
ance Of the American people.
Evening star., 1925-07-19
BY WILLIAM CABEIL BRUCE,
Senator From Maryland

In making out a case against the
recent strides of Federal authority
II Is not an uncommon thing for the
thoughtlessly to pass beyond the real
scope of his own objections to Federal
aggression. The mere fact that the
operations of the Federal Government
have been enormously enlarged is not
a thing at which State jealousy needs
take alarm. With the vast increas sc
that has taken place In the population
and wealth Of the United States, this
enlargement was inevitable.
Nations Business Volume Cited.
The volume of the national business
could not be expanded without a cor
responding expansion in the Federal
agencies by which that business was
transacted Even, therefore. il the
circle of Federal activities had not
been greatly widened by congressional
legislation the decisions of the Su-
preme Court, constitutional amend
ments and the stealthy growth of
Federal bureaucracy. the present or
ganiza ton of the Federal Government
would necessarily be highly complex
and imposing. Nothing has impaired
more power, dignity and usefulness to
the National Government than the
original authority conferred upon 1t by
the interstate commerce clause OF the
Federal Constitution. which gave to it
the control of all the leading instru-
mentalities. by which intercommuni-
alton between the United States and
foreign countries and between the
several States Is maintained. But
what thinking man begrudges the Ma.