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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-11
DIR. FRANK CRANES
DAILY EDITORIAL
Inspiration
81 pocToR FRANK cRANE

NsPIRATION does come by the brain nor the pro-
cesses of reason.
~ The brain is an analytical instrument Z crltclzes
takes things apart destroys them Il does not Dd up
Michael Pupin says that the only source for inspiration
bodily contact with nature Instinct is the transmitted
record 81 former contact but instinct is dormant until
aroused BY contact Man has power only Wnen he comes
ii touch with actual phenomena
If Is experience then that the mother OF nspraton
Creative minds do not operate by logic ew ldeas 40
al come IL rs along such methods, but strike us like bolt
from the bue we know whence. Oliver Wendell Holmes
Sad that new thought strikes like the ping OF bullet
in the head
SAXON and the Latin peoples is that the AngoSaxon works
through pictures while the Latin works by logic.
For this reason the AngloSaxon has the most progressive
and inventive mind
All progress lies In dsrus OF logic and authority In
former time content to quote authority and man
was dubbed into silence by quoting authorities to him
Nowadays what authority has said before
man does believe thing until he has learned 1t Dy ex
perience.
Without this check Of constant experiment. is apt
to be cratic.
Many aborers capitalists and suspect them for
the simple that they have theory which Logically
compes them do lie they knew the capitalists better
and understood their better they would be een
in social life the poor distrust the rich Sometimes
they hate them.
The cause of this all due to the very fact that they do
know them Actual experience with any people tends
TO soften judgment.
1t is the same in religion
Conclusions and creeds that arrived at BY sheer logic
are apt be cruel and But creeds that are
by experience and dealings with others
are more liable to be generous, hospabe and liberal
Experience is liberal minded. Logic is cruel minded
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-11
Willy T. F. Ryan,
Has He Handed Mr. Morgan Another s0ne

Syndicate formed to control the world output of
diamonds and of regulate the PRICE The idea
to push out the diamonds slowly
It is suggested that Perpont Morgan is interested in
this and that's possible
If he is it perhaps handed to him by that ancient
fox of Wall Street F. Ryan He has been in the
mond business years the first bring dia
monds out of Africa by flying machine
Perhaps he is tired it. and thinks it about time
it to Morgan got tired of New Yorks
subway system MIXED pretty dry he handed that Morgan
The stockholders forget it for awhile Every dollar
they had invested in common preferred stock
wiped out just 100 per cent.
Thomas r Ryan knows enough when to let Morgan have
something
The great weight the chests of the poor diamond
ants distributors and price uphoders
quantity diamonds that the BosheviH found among the
treasures of the Gear and the Grand Dukes.
These have been pedded at cut prices to raise gold for
Russia and while high morality asked: How you bear
TO buy diamonds murdered MANI the Bolshevih re-
piled stole them from his subjects and on
selling them
That load of diamonds said to have been digsted
and perhaps Mr. Ryan will this got too
soon rs Nobody knows unless the thing goes
to smash When that happens wise r Ryan is IN
Ask the ghost of August Belmont Ryan handed him
thing-once
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-11
GARRETT P. SERVISS COMPOSES
OLD AND NEW ROADS
Sees Where ETERNITY" Roman Roads Would
Have Been Ruined BY Automobiles.

road, scanning the soil of the
empire like buried walls.
But it did not need the coming
OF the automobile to demonstrate
that the mighty Roman roads
were too solid to stand the wear
of heavy and continuous traffic
combined with the disintegrating
action OF the, weather. AS early
as the time of King Phiilp
Augustus in France the modern
type of road began to be devel.
oped. 1t took two forms in the
des Noettes, viz, that of stone
ballasting or metalling (empier,
rement, and that of paving
(pavage) The latter consisted of
two layers, the lower one of
sand. or even of soil, and the
upper one of heavy cubical
blocks matched together and in
crusted In the sand which luted
the joints.
THE paved roadway differed
from the Roman in principle, in
technique. and in practice. Thanks
+. to the Elasticity of the sand it
was little affected by the shrink
age and dilatations caused by
changes OF temperature and re-
sisted well the alternatives OF rain
and frost"
But it was much costlier than
the metalled roadway. Both types
have continued In use to our day.
But at the end Of the eighteenth
century the ScOtchman MacAdam
perfected the old ballasted or
metalled roadway into the famil-.
lar modern macadam road.
Now the automobile age calls
for a still more enduring type Of
roadway, for the soft-treading
pneumatic foot Of mans latest
locomotive slave has taught en-
gineers unexpected lessons in the
science of wear and tear.
Caesar, riding in a Rolls Royce
at fifty miles an hour, and being
as much engineer as conqueror,
might reform modern road build
ing as successfully as he reformed
the ancient calendar.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-11
By ELSIE ROBINSON

thusiasm, Claire. has certainly
raised Cain. One glance at that
interior would send con-
noiseur into commissions. rrr,
NEV ERTH e T. ES s The
yAIJTE OF THAT HOME AND
THE LIVES WITHIN 1T HAS
REEN INCREASED 1000 ~
THOSE ATROCITIES.
CIaIre's happier. healthier
stronger, wiser woman TO-DAY
ca,1se she DARED TO REACH
OTTT She didn't want a hack
neyed life or Al hackneyed home.
She wanted to build new beauty
into her life and Joe's. she
wanted to make Big Adventure
~ # instead of a copy of every
one else's program. So, although
she knew very little, she went
boldly ahead
The result is botch and Claire
knows it. She'll have to repaint
that kitchen and take out most
Of that cretonne. But she has put
something into her spirit when
she won't have to take out, some
thing which will enrich her whole
life-she's put a courage and IN
dependence and hunger for beauty
which will mean more to her than
the deluxe job of interior decora-
ton could ever mean.
We need more of such spirit
in our American life. Go through
the middle class American homes.
How mark of them show a spark
OF originality? They are comfort
able. convenient and furnished In
fair taste. But someone else de-
vised that comfort. planned for
that convenience and directed that
taste. It was contracted for.
ordered and bought-but 1t has no
intimate relationship to the lives /
it serves. If mulberry mohair"
is the thing, we all break out in
rash of mulberry mohair,
whether it suits us or not. If
pink taffeta is decreed, we all
have pink taffeta. AND AS A
CONSEQUENCE, WE PROB
ABLY HAVE LESS ARTISTIC
ORIGINALITY PER SQUARE
HUMAN THAN ANY PEOPLE
ON EARTH.
And it's the same in most of
our other ideas. We're afraid to
be different. We want to shape
our lives to the latest pattern.
We boast that we're the cleverest
people in the world. AND TO
PROVE 1T WE'RE ALWAYS
BORROWING SOMEONE ELSE'S
How ORIGINAL are YOU? How
DIFFERENT do YOU dare to be?
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-11
By Garrett P. Serviss,
Noted Astronomer and Writer on
Scientific Topics Of Popular
Interest.

Interest.
TThappears after all that the
famous Roman roads, built
for eternity" were not as good
as ours They would have been
quickly destroyed by our automo-
bile traffic. Even as it was their
surfaces were not very durable,
and once broken were seldom re-
paired The underpart, buried
deep in the earth. was indeed as
lasting az rock, being composed
Of solid concrete, but the cover.
ing, having no elasticity soon be-
gan to deteriorate, and could not
readily be mended.
So rigidly was the road surface
cemented together and united, as
in a single piece, with the solid
substructure. that after 1t had
once been broken and worn INTO
ruts and cavities, repairs were
almost impossible, except a little
here and there, and these being
done with cement. which did not
firmly attach itself to the older
parts. were not durable.
AS to any extensive repairs"
says Count Lefebre des Noettes
in special study of this sub
ject, they were not thought OF,
or anyhow were made at such
long intervals that they were en-
registered as memorable events,
shedding glory upon their au-
thOrs.
The present rough aspect Of the
lava paved streets of Pompeii,
Nalence, etc. is thought to show
the condition in which the Roman
roads were generally left after
traffic had once broken and chan
neled their unyielding surfaces,
The distinguishing difference
between the Roman and modern
roads is found in the great depth
and extreme rigidity of the for
mer contrasted with the slight
depth and great Elasticity of the
latter. The Roman roads were
truly built for eternity az far as
the foundation was concerned.
That consisted of "A block OF con
crete often d yard in vertical
thickness, and ten or twelve feet
wide at the bottom, where ii
rested on II platform Of flat
stones. On top of this the road
way of masonry was firmly ce-
mented.
The cost OF such work would
he prohibitive In these days, even
IL 1t were desirable. But when,
after every foreign war. speHula.
tors like Crassus, whose buyers
followed In the footsteps of the
legiOns. brought tens of thou
sands of slaves to Rome, where
they were sold at price below
that of lambs--while the govern
ment had as many as II could
use for nothing-there was no
lack of cheap main d'oeuvra 20
construct thousands of miles OF
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-11
ONCE-OVERS
WHY EXPECT A NEW EMPLOYEE TO GIVE
PERFECT SERVICE?

Give that new emplOye fair chance.
The person with honest desire to work, may be a bit
new job and this result in of judgN
m and execution.
There few persons competent that they start
job without misgivings of their ability
requirement of the position in hand
True, the unusually competent seldom out of job.
The exceptionally skilled may feel that they require
higher remuneration than willing pay You
expect service when your offer carries less
service should bring.
The girl whom you hire stenographer will, only in
exceptional meet all of your requirements.
Dschargng her without giving her fair chance I'M
kind and unjust we'll
If you satisfied that she wants to give good service
she should have trvou under favorable
possible during the first few days.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-11
SAYINGS OF
MRS. SOLOMON
BY Helen Rowland
Little Grains Of Jolly"

Little Grains Of Jolly"
MY daughter, charge thee,
I1 consider the way of man
with a woman; for the woods
are full OF jolliers and the jolliers
full of subtility.
Behold,s of jolly. there be seven
time seven varieties and not one
of them is hard to swallow.
Lo. there is the bluff and
hearty Jolly of the 'platonIc
friend" the mice little PAL and
good old scout" line of jolly;
the pat-on-the. back nd-carry.your
own-suitcase variety, wherewith
he warneth the heart and dis
armeth the suspicion,
Likewise, there is the subtle
and cautious jolly of the artful
dodger, wherewith he seeketh to
please a woman's vanity but
committeth not himself. He re
membereth the dress which thou
worest the night before last; he
knoweth the EXACT color of
thine eyes; he gazeth long and
approvinEly at the dimple in
thine elbow. He is full OF signs
and chances and Vagueness.
And there is the gentle jolly of
the married flirt, who seeketh to
charm thee with the thoughtful
act" He removeth the stone
from thy path; he lifteth tn. bur
den from thine hands he car
ryeth thy parcels. He doeth the
"I'H take care Of yOu-little-girl'
stunt. He is so fatherly!
Yea, and the frank and inten
sive jolly of the Don Juan, who
stoopeth not unto hints and IN
situations. but openly pralsath
the beauty of thy hands and the
wonderful curve of thy lips; who
knoeth the CLINT Of the sun upon
thy hair and raveth over the re
Election of the. moonlight in thine
eyes.
And the pa tronizinR jolly ri
the sheik who congratulated
thee upon thy charms, as one
who would say. "Oh, thou lucky
little woman. Behold, who ad-
thee worthy Of his attention.
Even I, the collector of hearc5
and tanner OF women"
And the feeble jolly of the
youth with line" which .s
made up of canned compliments
and stale flowers OF praise.
Verify. verify. there be many
kinds of jolly, and each man
snail offer thee his own faVorile
brand. Yet he not deceived by
their wiles: for all roads lead Il
Rome, so do all varieties Of jolly
lead to a kiss.
And with little drops of apple
sauce and little grains Of jolly
will they continue all their days
10 lead the soul of woman and
stimulate her vanity.
For they know her weakness!
SE3AAG
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-11

q perfectly lovely velvet rug.
There were pink shades over all
the lights. And the hall had q
console table OF mahogany with
q gilt frame mirror above 1t hang
ing by cords and tasSels. Mr.. Har-
ris. the young man In 1l1e Acme
Furniture Store, helped Mrs. War
sren pick it out, ans every one
agreed that 1t was the Very
Latest.
You'd have thought that any
young wife would have lSeen wild
with gratitude. Yet from the
minute she saw it, Claire acted
dissatisfied. No, she didn't exact.
ly say anything. But you could
see she didn't like 1t. And before
she'd been there month shed
started changing everything
around.
First, she painted the wood
work; daubed the mest awful
green and lavender. all over the
kitchen and paintea the break
fast room set ofAnge and blue
with purple birds. And put
coat of bright blue paint over
the nice new linoleum! Then she
attacked the living room. Thank
goodness, she didn't try to paint
that. But she did everything
else. Took down the expensive
blue brocade hangings and put
up the Queerest cretonne with
parrots and pineapples and sum-
mer squash and sunbursts all
over it. = Ripped the gold cover
off the lamp and put a paper
thing with naked dancing girls
cut out of black paper pasted on
it. Actually indecent! After that
she sold the rug and just waxed
the floors and put down some
dirty, ragged strips with purple
flowers on them that she said
came from India. Then she
covered the furniture with more
cretonne-all different kinds, each
worse than the other. And had
the lights taken down and put
big drippy orange candles around,
and incense burners and flowers
made of pine cones, painted.
Painted the bedroom set. too
that lovely gumwood! The queer
est yellow green, and put black
curtains at the windows and dyed
the rug black. AS II anyone ever.
heard of black in a bedroom. 1t
actually looked dirty.
You can imagine what everyone
Is saying. And, of course, Mrs
Warren is furious.
81 don't see why" obnimenfs
Claire. "Of course. think 1t was
sweet of Mothef Warren to spend
all that money on us, but. after
all, it's our home and no one else
can know just what we like. |
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-11
CORRECT
MANNERS
by Mrs. C. Beeckman--
For October Wedding

S~AAhAAAt9
NEAR MRS. BEECKMAN
- Would you kindly suggest
what sort of dress would be ap-
proprIate for a bridesmaid at an
October wedding? The wedding
is to take place in church, IN the
morning. the bride attired in the
conventional white dress and
veil. A few suggestions regard
ing material and color would GER
tainly be appreciated.
would you consider this
paper correct for young girls
stationery?
S-Don't you believe a type
written letter can be made as
cordial as one written with a
pen? A. 7. M.
T AM happy to give you sug-
j gestions, A. Y. NJ, but of
course it is the bride who decides
every detail and plan for the
costumes of her attendants. So
you must talk it over with her.
The bridesmaid does not plan her
own costume: the bride tells her
just what she Is to wear.
The usual colors that the brides
maids wear are the pastel shades
light pink, light blue, lavender,
light yellow or light green, A
rainbow" wedding, of course,
combines them. Often with a
dress of one shade is combined a
detail of another shade--in the
hat or the girdle.
This year the chiffons are 80
lovely that l cannot see how
bride resists having them for the
costumes OF her attendants A
lightweight crepe is good. too,
though not so soft looking as the
chiffon. Taffeta is chosen by
some brides.
2-Your letter paper is ap-
propriate for a young girl to use.
1t Is of a good white and is dig
nified and well bred" looking
However, since your letter was
typewriter. I cannot determine
whether or not the paper is of E
good size in proportion to your
handwriting. Is it?
3-I'm not. very good person
to ask that question. I'm of the
fashioned school that main
tains that a social letter should
not be typewfitten. Now. whether
or not it may be made as cordial
as a written one, no one can, /
should think. answer that ques-
ton. The question of cordiality,
in manner or in letters, Is such
a personal one that it can be
answered only for each person.
Copyright. 1925. by Premier Syndicate,
Mrs. Beeckman will be glad
to answer questions ON etiquette
submitted by readers.)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-11
Common Sense

We have modern miracles interesting than the old
The simple of small village Metz be-
heved they had a miracle vouchsafed to them
Every afternoon at certain hour the Virgin appeared
church yard Father Beht in charge of the parish did
encourage the Authorization settled with good
explaining the peasants that they had been deceived
by the shadows of trees and he added:
eve must expect TOO MANY miracles. We haUe
Witnessed Of the greatest miracles of all tnes-he
of Lorraine FrGnce-and afford uDat
a little wlile' for another"
There spoke religious teacher of miracles and intelligence
The radio is enough of miracle to satisfy any
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-11
Like Days of Yore
A Saint S Body Comes to America.

Bishop Schremb of Cleveland and Bishop Gallagher of
Detroit Monsgnor Schneider Of Akron Ohio will sail
day from Cherbourg the Hoperc accompanying the body
of St. Christina the Virgin which is to be deposited in the
Roman Catholic Cathedral in Cleveland
Bishop Schrembs says this is the first sacred relic taken
to the United States by the direction of the Holy See
journey of the saints body, from Rome Cleveland
Ohio all the recalls ancient crusade days Re-
turning crusaders brought with them relics of saints and other
holy pesonages that them valuable than all the
golden treasures Of the East
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-11
Imperial Headquarters in
Canada

Bruce Premier of Australia attending the Imperial Confer
enc in london left in the British mind before he sailed
plain talk He told English that THEY need the great
domnons empire than the domnions need THEM
Old Britain still the headquarters and until recently the
absolute dictator British Empire begins to feel the
old father feels grown tell him what to do
how to do it. and in what respect he is old fashioned
,;t; 1ner;al Headquarters will be IN CANADA one of
these days of probably there will be other
centers ch as Australia South Africa Then old Britain
will merely be the European branch and headquarters of the
great Imperial business.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-11
SAP AND SALT
BY Bert Moses.

1t must be awful!Xs trying on a
girl when she rs pIOposed To by
a fellow who suffers.
Tears are hand TO shed at the
funeral Of an aunt who has re-
membered you generously in her
will.
UeZ Heck saws: Some folks Is
always loOkin' for new move
ments,' so dhey AN have some
thinL to lead.
The distinguished thing about
Peace is the number of Quarrels
1t creates.
Is there any JOY greater TO the
average man than being able to
hire someone else to do his work?
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-11

To be a well.fa vored man is
the gift of fortune; but to write
and read comes by nature
Shakespeare.
Men deal with life as children
with their play,
Who first misuse. then cast their
toyH AWaI-CoWpeE.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-11
TvHE neighbors
4t.4tTuf--

HyHE neighbors
III say thax Claire
w arren has
made hesr house
a sight. I" 1t was
such e. pretty
house. too. Old
Mrs. Warren fur
nished It for Claire
and Joe for q
wedding present.
There wRaa hand
some ret Of over
stuffed furniture
in the living room
I'm u ! b cry mo-
hairwith q We
lour rug to match
and blue silk
hangings. and a
floor lamp with
gold cloth cover
ing. The bedroom
was furnis h ed
with one of those
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-11

guess It Isl q lit
tie odd, but Joe
and i like odd
things. We cant
bear to have
things like every
one else. II
doesn't e x a 6 t ~
suit me yetTn
4 little sorry i
had the rug dyed
black 1t does
show the dust 81
lot, doesn't it,
But it's such fun
trRing. to express
Yourself and be.
different.
But the neigh
bors sniff and say
the house ID a.
SIGHT. As q
matter of art,
the neighbors are
right. Out Of her
a~c an
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-11
Judge and Criminal

An exconvct parole arrested for striking his
The learned Judge says II would like to have you tied
the thumbs and dashed one hundred times"
With learned judges regretng that law forbds torture
will have ex-convcts beating their mothers The two go
together
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-11
SAYINGS OF WISE MEN

Think not silence the wisdom
of fools, but, il rightly timed. the
honor OF wise men who have not
the infirmity of taciturnity.
Selfishness is a vice utterly at
variance with the happiness O:
him who harbors it. and, as such.
condemned BIZ self-loye.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-11
Save Candle Ends

NEVER throw away odd ends
IN of candles. Added to starch
they help to make thas linen
glossy
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rNspIRATION does not come by the BRAN nor the Pro
cesses Of reason.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-06-29
HERE'S HOW TO SEE
SEATTLE IN A DAY

GEE Seattle IN a day.
~ This comprehensive trip Is
taken from the prize winhing
letter In Seeing Seattle contest
ran by The Star recently. 1t
features The public conveyance
and is printed for the con-
venience Of summer visitors.
Starting al 1880 a. M, stroll
business district for an hour.
Next tour waterfront and curio
shops, giving intimate glimpse of
Sound shipping. foreign freight
ers loading cargoes TO all parts
OF the world--romance OF the sea
with olympics In background.
volunteer park next for piano.
ramic view from water tower.
Back 10 town and lunch. Ballard
car 10 government locks, second
largest in the world. Five p. m.
sightseeing tour OF boulevards.
Lake Washington and other
parks, taking hour and is
minutes and costing approx
mstcly 81.
Dinner and short rest. Com
plete the day by boat ride or
ferry trip across the Sound,
showing Seattle skyline and city
lighted at night.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-06-29
DISPLAY MONKEY
AT CHURCH
Liberal Congregation Holds
Bible Creation Ridiculous

DENVER. Colo. June 20 A
sleepy monkey blInksd in cage atop
the pulpit in the Liberal church.
Inc, here Sunday. as Bishop Frank
II. Rice. church founder. plunged
into lengthy dissertation OF the
evolutionary bugaboo
This congregation is free TO be.
lieve all or none OF the complicated
assertions emanatinE from the Oar.
win and antEDarwiu barracks. -
Bishop Rice declared. gesturing ma.
jcstlcaily with both hands and giving
the monkey sldelong glance.
In this congregation. Bishop
Rice continued. ''the sky and the
constitution OF the United States are
tho limits. Your views are your
own
The meeting then resolved itself
into an open forum. and adjourned
by arriving at the conclusion that
1.-THE Biblical story OF creation was
one Of the most ridiculous things in
prtnt--a story all intelligent preach.
ers are abandoning.
Bishop Rice expressed disappoint.
ment that five gallons OF butternilk.
to have been served at communion,
failed to arrive.