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The Washington times., 1925-05-07
Prolific Fish

About the most prolific fish is
ling. The average number of
eggs spawned in a single season
by one female create a family
of some eight millions.
The Washington times., 1925-05-07

forget what a
real kiss is
like II they did
not go to the
movies occa-
sionally for a.
fe w vicarious
thrills and an
ocular demon
tstration.
The Washington times., 1925-05-07

Better be the apple of a plain
mans eye than the flower in a
woman-tamer's coat lapel.
The Washington times., 1925-05-07

gu an t
gauge a wona-
ans charms by
the number of
Ainnnn nhn has
The Washington times., 1925-05-07
| NEGOTIATIONS
OF A WIFE
BY Helen Rowland


This Marriage.
MO MAN was ever "vamped"
IN who wasn't willing, waiting.
or hoping to be.
Marriage is the miracle that
turns a first-prize beauty into
a third-class cook, and a first
class dance partner into third
rate provider.
Most married women would get
nara1Ysfs of the emotions and
The Washington times., 1925-05-07

paralysis Of the emotions and
The Winslow mail. (Winslow, Ariz.) 1893-1926, 1925-05-19


and confidence by the commanding
officers and gradually advanced
until they are in important posi-
tions, and may even attain to the
rank of commissioned officers if
they so wish.
Many petty officers have passed
through several enlistments and are
among the most valuable men in the
service. We have been especially
pleased to note the fine spirit of
cooperation and loyalty which ex-
lists between the officers and men
on this ship. Everywhere among
the men we have heard words of
commentator for the officers, and
among the officers there seems to
be a uniform desire to help the men
in every way proper.
The Winslow mail. (Winslow, Ariz.) 1893-1926, 1925-05-19
French.nan Would Strip
Laurel From Columbus

French SavantS are investigating
the thorny question Of who discOv-
cred America. In a paper read be-
fore the College de France. paper
which the French press terms "sen-
sational," Professor Meillet states
that it was not Christopher Colum-
bus. The famous voyager merely
rediscovered a continent which was
known long before his day to other
navlgators, as the New York
Herald-Tribune says.
Up to the present, says Professor
Meillet, no serious study of the in
digenOus languages of America and
of other regions has ever been
made, but the ground now is being
broken by French students and a
comparison of the vocabularies of
a group of. California languages and
certain Pblynesian languages has
brought to light satisfying and
numerous coincidence"
THE vocabulary of the In
digenous races of Patagonia" the
lecturer told his colleagues of the
College de France, "shOws striking
resemblances to that of Australian
races. And it is interesting to note
that these linguistic resemblance
parallel almost identically similar
resemblances in the arms, domestic
utensils and other objects used in
the same epoch in America and
other regions. But these similarl-
ties do not date from the time when
these continents were connected by
land instead of vast oceans. There
fore it is to be concluded that navi-
gators sailed over these immense
spaces"
The Winslow mail. (Winslow, Ariz.) 1893-1926, 1925-05-19

Lyons, his wife, ct al, defendants.
c. ]. Spellmire and J. A. Lyons,
cross compliments and defend
ants.
NOTICE is hereby given that the
undersigned, j. S. Dodson, was
duly appointed receiver in the
above entitled action on the 5th day
of December, 1924, and has quail
fled as such receiver and that on
the Both day of April. 1925, an or
der was entered in the above en-
titled cause requiring all creditors
of SpeIlmire & Lyons, a co-partner-
ship, and Shevelon Sheep company,
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a corporation, and to all persons
having claims against said Spell
mire & Lyons and Shevelon Sheep
company, to present their claims to
the undersigned, as such receiver,
at his office at Winslow, Ariz., on
or before the 10th day of June, 1925
and that all claims not so presented
on or before said date will be for
ever barred.
Dated at Winslow, Navajo Coun-
ty, Arizona, this 5th day of May,
1925.
]. S. DODSON,
2l-2-4-6 Receiver.
The Winslow mail. (Winslow, Ariz.) 1893-1926, 1925-05-19
EXPERT TAXIDERMY.

A woman entered the shop of a
taxidermist. In her hands was a
stuffed parrot.
do you remember" she asked,
"the bird you stuffed, for me last
autumn? Well, the work was done
so badly that the feathers are
simply falling out
"That, madam" replied the ex-
pert, lis a triumph of art. We
stuff our birds so well that they
mott at the right season"
The Winslow mail. (Winslow, Ariz.) 1893-1926, 1925-05-19
TO THE POINT.

A Scottish farmer, being elected
to the school board, visited the
village school and tested the intel
ligence of the class by the question:
"Now, boys, can any of you tell
me what nothing ISL"
After moments silence small
boy in back seat rose.
Its what ye gid me the other
day for holding yer horse"
The Winslow mail. (Winslow, Ariz.) 1893-1926, 1925-05-19
NOTICE TO CREDITORS TO FILE
CLAIMS.

In the Superior Court of the State
of Arizona, in and for the County
of Navajo:
VIM, H. Dagg, plaintiff and cross
defendant, VS.. Babbitt Brothers
Trading company, corporation; z.
J. Moran, James B. Herndon,
Thomas K. D. Madison, G. j. Bah
bitt, David Rabbit, VIM. Babbitt,
Doe Babbitt, Arthur Miller, G. j.
Spellmire, ]. A. Lyons, Josephine
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-29
BURNING OF
CLAVIE is
OLD RITE

TTTIE burning Of the clavie is
Il rite that cannot be traced
hack to It's origin, but it still
survives in all it's glory. The
fact that it is celebrated on the
eleventh of January, the last day
of the year, according to the old
calendars, is indicative of the age
of this custom.
On the evening of this day, all
the fishermen Of Burghead, on
the south shore Of Moray Firth,
Morayshire, Scotland, assemble.
They then go to some shop
where they demand a strong
empty barrel. If they do not get
it Immediately, they take it by
force and then proceed to an
other shop, where they make the
same demand. When they have
the two barrels, they collect
quantity Of tar in the same way
Then they bore a hole through
the bottom of the stronger barrel
and put a heavy pole through 1t.
This barrel is filled with tar and
set on fire. The other barrel Is
broken into bits and used as food
for the flame.
When the fire is we'll alight.
the barrel or clavie is carried
through the town. Up and down
through the streets of the town
the fishermen carry the claVle.
No landsman or stranger is per-
mitted to join in the ceremony.
At the end of every street the
bearer is relieved by another
fisherman.
The procession ends at the
Durie, a little mound, the remains
of an ancient fertilization. This
mound is carefully preserved for
use during the burning OF the
clavie. When it is reached, the
pole is planted in the earth and
the clavie is allowed to burn Oh
through the night. Then it is
broken up and the embers arp
scattered. There is a mad rush
upon them, for it is considered
a token Of good luck for the com
claVie.
There is a peculiar superstition
that anybody who falls during the
ceremony will not live to see ans.
other clavie. This belief is so
powerful that If the bearer falls
on the way. the clavie is imme-
diately snatched from his hands
and the crowd rushes on. even at
the risk of trampling him under
foot.
1t is believed that the ceremony
was originally a means of fright
ening witches. The embers were
carried about through the year
as a talisman against the possible
evil spells that might be cast up
on it's wearer.
Whatever the original purpose
OF the ceremony may have been,
Il Is still carried out with almost
religious devotion. 1t is one of
the important things of the year
In the little failing village Of
BurEhsAd-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-29
GARRETT P. SERVISS SAYS TO
LIVE LONG KEEP COOL
Those Who Cherish Life Should Watch Their
Thermic Coefficient

A MONG the innumerable the
"A cries to which modern inves
tigation of the mystery of life has
led, none Is more curious than
that of the late Jacques Loeb,
based upon "the thermic coeffi-
Gent" which is explained as fol-
lows:
At a given temperature chemi-
cal reaction takes place with
certain speed; then, for every
elevation OF ten degrees In the
temperature the speed increases
a certain number OF times. and
the increase is called the thermic
coefficient of the reaction. In
general. this coefficient in chemi-
cal reactions lies between and 8,
while in physical reactions it Is
less than 2. Now, many vital
manifestations have a thermic co.
efficient of about 3, and this has
been used as an argument to
prove that the phenomena of life
and of death are of a chemical
nature.
To illustrate what is meant,
take these facts of observation:
An egg develops about three times
as fast at temperature of 26
degrees centigrade as at Is de.
"r''""9. A plant grows about three
times as rapidly at rs degrees
"a 1T Is degrees. An ant runs
about three times as swiftly at 25
degrees as at Is degrees. In all
OF these cases the thermic coeffi-
cfent closely corresponds with it's
mean value in chemical reactions.
Fxkronoo n1xo,.~o.~~
Now Loeb pointed out that If
the processes which bring about
the death Of an animal or plant
are OF the same nature as those
which govern it's DEVELOPMENT
as others had affirmed-then the
coefficient Of temperature re-
lated to the duration of life ought
10 be the same as that related to
the rapidit% Of its development
But observation showed that
there was, no such coincidence,
but on the contrary an extreme
divergence. He found in his ex.
periments with sea "urchins that
with each single degree of eleva-
ton of temperature the duration
or life was cut nearly in half.
Thus, at a temperature of 81
degrees the larvae lived twenty
four hours; at 90 degrees ten
hours and a half; at 80 degrees
six minutes; at 81 degrees three
minutes; at 80 degrees, a minute
and a half. This gave as the
thermic coefficient related to the
duration of life the enormous
figure of 1000, which is 1913
times greater than that shown
in chemical reactions.
So Loeb rejected the doctrine
that both the development of a
living creature and it's death lac
cidental causes eliminateO are
the result of a long series of
chemical reactions. all of the
same nature He left the char
acter of the destructive causes
leading to cd age and death UNI
explained, but inspired to a flight
of what will surely be called
scientific imagination il ever The
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-29

HWyHERE people VINO are Feduy anu "lnins ~
90 to any extremes in order to defend their peculiar
form of faith
Many of these people do not recognize that the pest way
to propagandize is to show your faith by your works
Mrs Lucia Ames Mead recently said:
How many clergy before closing their churcnes Ior the
summer have taught their congregations how to carry re-
ligion into their vacations9
'tGo motoring and big dinners usually characterize sun
day observance in most resorts
Too many people let their children run loose ABANDON
their churches and indulge IN Godless oaDDatn 40 P
of their vacation.
Mrs Mead recommends that give superfluous DOCKS
or periodicals those who probably cannou buy tnem
and that learn much of the real problems OF the
people by inviting the poor to dinner and trying 20 learn
something from them.
She saws that three months Of doing nothing but having
good time spiritual loss resessness and rresponsl
bity.
The best way to propaganda your religion, if it implies
Of helping the other fellow to do something con-
stantly for those that around you.
It is to remember that the bellboy and the chambermad
much interested your personal interest IN your
tips.
The best way propaganda religion is to show It's
influence by actions rather than being stubborn or
obstinate about your belief.
way propaganda and make popular your kind
of religion to show people that it makes the right
kind Of person. for the thing that would make them
want to have the kind of religion you have that they
may be the same kind of person as you.
Being good and doing good vastly superior talking
good reasoning good and of particular
carry beliefs actions and conduct would
need much carry out beliefs with
ing powers
After ALL it is reasoning aud logic, but life
that affects other people
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-29
SAP AND SALT
BY Bert Moses

Big lies find more ready be-
levers than little lies.
II one doctor figures in your
will, get your medicine from an.
other.
The modern way for stopping a
small evil is to substitute a
greater one.
Women understand men much
better than men u n d r s t a n d
women.
What a prize fighter sees is
per cent glory and 95 per cent
gate receipts.
The man who won't argue is
the one who wins the argument.
If we didn't have neighbors,
the chances are our regulations
would be better.
Birds have their sanctuaries.
and the autos are making it
necessary to provide something
Of that sort for people.
Hez Heck says: 1.-TWO big men
in small town is worse fer it
than a spell o. typhoid fev"r."
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-29
NEGOTIATIONS
OF A WIFE
Helen Rowland

WE are becoming a nation of
w thrill-hunters with the flap
per leading the pack
Whether it's flying an airplane.
speeding motor-car, racing
around the world or just making
love, we no longer ask, rs it
safe?" but rs it thrilling"
"A thrill a day keeps boredom
awayr' says the flapper. ION
with the thrills! Life is short
and tomorrow We'll all be over
twenty-five
Youth dances, motors, talks,
smokes and pets-daringly!
You can't get a girl to take an
interest in any picture your fancy
may paint unless you paint a
MAN-or lot of men-some-
where in the foreground. She
can't SEE a thrill in anything
that doesn't wear white flannel
trousers and plaster "stay -set"
on its hair.
Well-men ARE thrilling. But
there are lots and lots of thrills
in the world that don't come in
a kiss or a pocket flask-lots of
nice wild thrills" that have
nothing to do with sentiment or
sex. Oh yes, there ARE!
If you're born to be thrilled,
you'll never be bored.
There is the thrill, for instance,
of learning to swim! OF feeling
yourself lie on top of the water
for the first time-of floating out
lightly as a cloud. over the blue!
Exhilarating? Delicious? WIDOW!
There never was kiss LIKE it
take it from ME-!
And there is the thrill of learn
ing to run your own car-of mas
ing the Jingle of power in your
you skim along over the world.
Conquering sheik, or even a
man, is tame sport beside it,!
And there's the thrill of max.
ing a home" out of a house,
with just a few yards of stuff,
a few sticks, and a few pots Of
paint; of seeing the thing develop
a personality and begin to glow
right under. your hands.
And the thrill of planting mas
turtiums and watching the little
things push their way up to the
sun and actually GROW.
And above all, there is the thrill
of WORK-the thrill of DOING
the thing you have set out to do,
whether it's making a fortune,
making n picture. making a liv-
ing, making pie, or just making
a man happy!
There are all the thrills Of
CREATION-for each of us is
born a creator" in his way. Oh
yes. the flapper is right! Life IS
short-toO short, indeed, to en-
joy all the thrills it holds out
to US!
But, if you aren't played out
or burnt out, you can go right
on thrilling" down to the grave.
If you're born to be thrilled, you'll
NEVER be boredi
Copyright. 1925, by King Features
Syndicate. Inc.)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-29
DR.. FRANK CRANES
DAILY EDITORIAL
Nv DOCTOR FRANK CRANE.
PrOpngav1dizing Your

UyHERE are many people who are ready and Wlling 70
90 to any extremes in order to defend their peculiar
- form of faith
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-29

she was radiant. Made me
ashamed of all the carping things
I've said about marriage. And
now I've just had tea with
Florence, and I wanna go out
and YELL
For three solid hours I sat in
Florrie's pretty room and drank
tea from Florrie's pretty cups
and listened to Florrie's pretty
voice wander on and on. And
in all that time she didn't give
utterance to thought that
would have strained the mental
capacity of ladybug.
The sole topic of conversation
was THE PEOPLE NEXT DOOR.
DID he or didn't he drink? Did
she or didn't she have affairs on
the side? Gobs of damaging evil
dence to prove she did. What
they bought at the grocer's.
When they paid the butcher.
How they treated his mother.
And the washing was never done
until they didn't have another
rag in the house. / ought to see
it hanging out. Holes in every
thing. Simply rags. And the
way they neglected the two
smaller children. And the older
bow was simply going to the
dogs. She'd heard him coming
in at four, staggering.
For three hours I listened to
the bilge. There were a thou
sand subjects we might have dis
cussed-subjects that would have
delighted Florrie once. New
poems and plays, amusing bits OF
political gossip, an amazing book
bv an infamous woman, a lovely
pageant, an interesting water
color exhibition, Rita's classic
dancing. Florrie was interested
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-29

two groups of friends who visit
about from house to house. play
ing cards and sewing. But on
these occasions F1orrie and her
friends have but one topic in
which, they are keenly interested
and that is THE PEOPLE
NEXT DOOR.
This isn't harmless gossip"
It's DRY ROT.
When a mind gives itself over
to such considerations, it begins
to deteriorate. Just as a blight
into the sound growth Of a tree
until all the healthy tissue is
attacked and consumed, so does
this DRY ROT OR IDLE SPEC
ULATION eat into the thought
tissue, weakening it, swapping it
of its sturdy impulse, wrecking
it for all noble action.
There is 10 more pitiful confess
sion of a futile, aimless life than
an absorbing interest in THE
FOLKS NEXT DOOR.
The most dangerous thing
about mental dry rot is its In
sidious character. We never
think that WE, ourselves, are in
it's grip.
But when it comes right down
to brass tacks, what do we talk
about at night over the round
steak
The Situation in Mexico
or
THE PEOPLE NEXT DOOR?
(Copyrighe9 1925, by King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-29

; conclusion to which it led is
finally confirmed, he suggested
that 1t might be possible to
greatly increase the duration Of
the life of the higher animals by
simply inducing a slight lower
ing Of the internal temperature
of their bodies.
Blood Temperature
For some reason the tempera-
ture of human blood is always,
in a state Of health, about SO or
SO degrees Fahrenheit. At that
temperature the human machine
runs during a maximum time Of
100 years. Lower it l degree
Centigrade and the machine
would (perhap9 run during 200
years No man can foresee all
the consequences in human af-
fairs that would result from
doubling the duration of life.
But, supposing the effect to be
as predicted, how could the low
ering of internal temperature be
brought about? Would continued
residence in a cold climate eff
feet such result. There is an
observation Of Loeb's which
might be thought to indicate that
he had some such idea. for he
calls attention to the fact that
the number of individuals among
the animals inhabiting the polar
seas is large probably because
the length of life there is rela-
lively long.
keep cool'-that is, avoid
heating the blood by undue ex-
elements an immemorial popu
lar prescription for inducing long
life. Perhaps we might now
write it, Keep an eye on your
thermic coefficient"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-29
ViCariOuS Love

Many have written letters the Daily complain
ing OF brazen methods used by modern girls attracting
the attention of the male These writers object skirts
double garters feshcolored stockings and lingerie
There poignant psychology behind these complaints The
men really lonesome. They suffering vicarous
love. Consequently they jealous.
They would have the girls put fifty years in style and
mentality that they and they only have opportunity
TO appreciate the feminine charms they rail at
And then they would the height
OF fashion-after they could prove ownership
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-29
ONCE-OVERS
vnnR DEFICIENCIES SHOULD NOT SCARE YOU.

You like most folk, have weak spots in your work
You cannot do things proficiently your
ployer could wish
Do not let knowledge of your deficiency make
so nervous that you cannot do any of it well.
By losing control of yourself you become in
efficient.
With constant effort you should improve
1t is only by doing the same thing and over that
anyone becomes expert
If you could realize that your general of work
kept down by these little points in which stumble,
YOU would try harder to overcome your Mistakes
It may that it is your failure to meet requirements in
some small ways which keeps you in underlings po
son.
be brilliant in ways but fail to meet the
required SO others advanced your head
Specialize few tasks and that may compensate for
the things you cam do well.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-29
Did You Contribute?

In spite of Blue Sky laws and less feeble efforts
protect poor fools that know hcw to MAKE money but NOT
how to keep it, the getrchquck schemers took THOUSAND
MILLION DOLLARS from their victims the year.
And these fraudulent transactions do include the big
sums involved IN perfectly respectable enterprises
the receivershp Of the st. Paul railroad the wping
common stockholders in New York great subways issuing
new stock to the inside gentlemen
However, New York politician said THE people
are there to be robbed why not rob them7'
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-29
An Unusual Parade

On their golden wedding anniversary the other day Mr. and
Mrs Harris Brewer OF Lndenhur L. T. reviewed parade
Of their 100 descendants Among them great grand
children.
How different from the usual parade hear Of There
gold lace here and military strutng. There
pandering to official vanity.
There simply the spectacle of modest old couple
tmpang the results Of half century devoted bearing
raising important part of the nation.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-29

I'VE just had
i'll tea with Flor
ence. Three years
ago Florence was
teaching in the
grammar grades.
She was the
prettiest. liveliest
girl you can inn
agine, interested
in local politics,
athletics, dancing,
music, books - a
lady go-getter if
ever there was
one. We all
prophesied great
things for Flor
RE. Then along
came Irwin, and
In six months she
was Mrs. Seton.
/ saw her once
after that, just
before the baby
was born, and
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-29
LISTEN, WORLD!
By ELSIE ROBINSON

In all these things
three years ago.
She kept herself
vivid and versa
tile by her in
terest in these
things. But the
only topic that
touches her heart
now is THE
PEOPLE NEXT
DOOR.
Is this the
fault of mar
riage?
NO IT ISN'T.
There's nothing
in F1orrie's mari
tai line up which
8 b o uld h a v e
robbed her mind
Of it's originality
and stunted her
spirit in this
way.
GIL A.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-28
DUCKLING
DELICIOUS DISH

Cut off the head and legs, SINCE,
draw, neatly wipe and truss a fine,
tender duckling of about five pounds,
keeping the liver. Place in a small
roasting pan with half gill water, half
ounce shortening, well divided over the
bird sprinkle one teaspoonful salt and
half teaspoonful white pepper over it.
Set il in a moderate oven TO roast for
fifty minutes; turn it several times
while roasting TO get a good brown
color all around, not failing to basic il
occasionally with its own gravy. Re
move il from the oven, untruss, dress
on a hot dish. Skim the fat from the
surface Of the gravy. Strain the gravy
over the duck, decorate the dish with
watercress, and send to the table with
apple sauce separately.