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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-09-17
LIGHTNING PERIL By Garrett P Serviss

within a radius of mile during
any such storm, and comparing
1t with the damage done. Often
a tremendous peal that startles
you out of your seat. and shakes
the ground, turns out to have
been innocent of any discover.
able harm, except perhaps the
shock to your nerves. Lightning
Is exchanged between clouds, or
cloud layers, oftener than be-
tween clouds and earth.
City Immunity
City dwellers enjoy compare.
tive immunity in the ratio of
about one to nine as compared
with inhabitants OF the country.
But the latter are usually quite.
safe If they keep away from dan.
gerous locations. such as wire
fences and tall, isolated trees.
DR.. Humphreys. in his book OIL
the Physics of the Air." makes
this statement-and he knows q
great deal about thunderstorms
IF one has to be out of doors
and exposed to q violent thunder
storm, 1t is advisable, so far as
danger from lightning is con.
cerned, to get soaking wet, be-
cause wet clothes are much bet
ter conductors. and dry ones
poorer. than the human body.
In extreme cases, it might even
be advisable to lie flat on the
wet ground"
That means that the wet
clothes might serve as kind OF
armor against electric darts. like
the steel frame and metallic roof
OF a building. If you are Excess
sively fearful OF lightning, you
could seek peace of mind by sit
ting on an insulated platform In
side an iron cage on moist
ground whenever thunder.
storm comes up.
Perhaps the ancients were
more philosophical, II less scien.
tific, than We are, when they re-
garded thunderbolts as Jupiter's
javelins.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-09-17

the room the fragrance like
great, rich flower. But more WA.
derful than the fragrance Is the
flavor. What is this strange,
piquant sauce-thls tang rnat
leases your tongue and intoxi.
Gates your palate You taste, you
smack, you throw etiquette to
the winds and gobble and stuff
while Nino and Rosina laugh
great. hearty chuckles in cneir
deep brown threats.
You like heem"
Like heem? You are ravisi1ed,
transported! Never have you
tasted such food But how
comes this dish for emperors on
the table OF an organ grinder?
Do chance pennies provide wealth
for such fare as this? Then you
too will fare you forth with n
monkey.
But there Is no financial mys.
terry involved. There never was
a cheaper or simpler fooG tan
polenta. The body of the disA Is
simply a stiff mush Of coal Sc.
yellow corn meal. The sauce
boasts no nightingale tongues or
peacOck's liVers. A scrap OF TIE
cheapest beef, a handful OF ltal.
Ian garden herbs, tomatoes,
leaf of bay. an onion Drowned IN
olive oil, a few dried mushrooms
Is VoV desir0-that 70 all.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-09-17

costly pleasures, luxurious sur
roundings, strange excitements
by guarded. carefree years
which know no shame or dis
appointment, no fears or tears
or racking griefs.
And, indeed. such experience
does often produce vivid results.
But they're usually brittle results
and sour easily. Like French
Pastry.
Not so easily is the human
spirit brought to full SAVIOR. But
through long testing as by fire.
BY failure, loss and ridicule-by
the hard yoke Of patience under
strain-by fear which clutches
like strangers hand-by lone
Illness and labor and abuse-su do
we gradually reveal the strength
within ourselves.
And as the hardness of our
egotism is rent apart. then does
the good. clean flavoring of life
find entrance in. Then mere
comes humor - sympathy - phil.
osophy-a salty understanding OF
our fellow mantle punscnt
tang of rare, mellowed soul.
So life makes polenta Of us, II
we'll stand the gaff.
That's why some old folks are
like long cooked food-heady az
mellow wine and full Of healthy
ViSOr aS ground yellow meal
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-09-17
DIR. FRANK CRANES
DAILY EDITORIAL
Do Gentlemen Really Prefer Blondes?

NITA LOoS' book has brought the preference of
gentlemen for blondes into discussion al over the
- - country.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-09-17

nected with the ground. espe.
cialIy moist ground. 10 to afford
an easy path for an electrical
discharge from the clouds. 1t
doesn't drive the lightning away
and 1t doesn't, properly speak
ing, attract it. butt opens a
gate to let the charging bull pass
harmlessly through.
But, perhaps. that Is rather too
picturesque way of stating the
facts. In strict reality, the con-
ductor is. theoretically. at least,
more like safety valve. 1t
opens q way of escape for the
increasing electric pressure as
soon as the strain approaches a
dangerous limit. There is no ex-
plosive action. The bull does not
charge because he never gets to
be a Uniformed bull.
That the bark OF a thunder.
aaDrm Is worse than its bite is
q fact continually in evidence.
You can convince yourself by
counting the number of lightning
flashes and peals that occur
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-09-17
A MUSICIANS
MOTHER
IN the life of the great German

TN the life of the great German
i composer, Felix Mendelssohn,
the influence of his mother, his
family and his home was most
marked. In the first place, he
inherited his musical genius from
his mother, who was a woman or
many accomplishments. She
played and sang well, she knew
English, French, italian and
Greek, and she drew with ex'
quisite skill.
But while these attainments
did much to make her the in
telligent guide that she was. 1t
was her womanly charm and her
unbounding affection for her
home and her children which
made the Mendelssohn household
so attractive.
Leah or Lila Solomon was born
on March 26, 1777. she was a
girl who never suffered privation
i'm any form and her outlook on
life was therefore cheerful and
optimistic. She married Abraham
Mendelssohn against the wishes
OF her parents, who thought a
mere clerk could not make
their daughter happy. 1t was
not long before they were con-
WINGED, however, that no one
could ever make her happier.
The Memberships settled In
Hamburg and lived there until
1911. 1t was there that Fanny.
Felix and Rebecca, three Of their
four children were born. Fanny
and Felix Mendelssohn showed
decided talent for music even In
their early childhood, and their
mother was their first teacher.
She devoted her whole life to the
training of her children and to
the study of their individual
talents. And she made Of her
home a gathering place for the
great wits Of the Underwriters,
composers and artists.
when she died she was given
le.e,thy obituaries in all the
prominent journals, but perhaps
the most valuable obituary she
ever received was the eulogy from
her husband: "The best and mob
lest of mothers, whose whole life
VAS devotion. charity and love-"
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ponds upon the manner Of APP
plying the rods and their access
series. And theory still holds
the whip hand. In this matter
what some regard as efficient,
others think is inefficient. Sta.
tistics, which, like the law OF
probabilities, depend for their
reliability largely upon the ex.
tent of the field that they cover,
appear to show that the protec-
ton afforded to properly rodded
buildings is very decided. A pub
LEGATION at Washington on PRO
lection of Life and Property
Against Lightning may be con.
suited on this point.
"Safe'' Houses
An important consideration IL
that buildings with metallic frames
and roofs that are properly con.
nected with the ground have as
much protection as they would
derive from lightning rods. 1t
must be remembered that what
a pointed rod does, when con-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-09-17
LIVERY summer many inquiries
- come concerning lightning. It

LIVERY summer many inquiries
- come concerning lightning. It
is not practicable to answer them
individually or in detail. The
startling nature OF the phenome-
non and the accompanying peril
to life and property give ii a
unique place in popular interest.
The interest in the stars and
other celestial objects is more
continuous and inspiring, but
lightning. with it's voice of thun-
der, holds the palm for power to
instill terror. Statistics show that
on the average about $500 peo'
pie are struck by lightning every
year in the United States.
BY being struck means being
killed in only about one case in
three. The distinction conferred
by this dangerous accolade from
the sky might conceivably tempt
some persons to desire that sort
OF knighthood, il it could be oh.
tanned by seeking. 1t sometimes
marks its surviving victims with
a characteristic tattoo that re-
mains for life.
Many inquiries relate to the
value of the lightning-rod as
protection for buildings. think
that only a provisional answer
can be given. A great deal de-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-09-17
NEGOTIATIONS
OF A WIFE
BY Helen Rowland

Is Woman Cheating Herself?
MEN. declares a masculine
1V1 writer, are suffering from
emotional starvation. And all on
account Of woman's wild ways!
Women, he complains, are be-
coming hard-boiled, while men
are becoming soft-boiled. Chival.
~, sentiment, and all the finer
and more beautiful phases of love
are disappearing.
"Red Hot Mamma" has taken
the place of "Baby Miner; and
Good OLD Thing" is the tender
appellation that has replaced
Lovely Lady"
Big brothers sport clothes may
be cut down for little sister; and
there Is positively no difference
in their collars. their silhouettes,
their slang, profanity and man
ners.
Men are suffering from emo.
tional starvation - because they
have nothing to "emote" over. to
idealize. or to cover with their
illusions,
All OF which. If true, is sad.
But, he does not shed one tiny
tear for WOMAN'S emotional
starvation
Whether she has 6seNght It on
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-09-17
courtship and the self-sacrifice Of
q big church wedding.

courtship and the self-sacrifice Of
q big church wedding.
To him. love making U Just .
lot of red tape through which he.
has to 60 in order to win the
woman he whats. And. one Of
the hardest crosses he has to
bear is woman's propensity for
deluging him with her emotions
IL the woman is deliberately re.
ducing the amount OF fred tape"
and letting man slip back into
his aboriginal methods OF WOO
ing, II IL SHE, not he, who win
do the suffering" II she is
turning love from "a fencing
match into q wrestling match,
1t is SHE who Is going to get
hurt.
II she IL banting away all the
beautiful accessories OF love max
ing, cutting all the sweets out Of
her sentimental diet, 1t Is SHE
who will die Of emotional Starya-
toni Woman Is cheating herself.
For a mans soul can feed on
ambition. work. play or physicai
pleasures-but woman lives on,
by and for LOVE. alone And.
when the last sweet illusion has
died out OF mems eyes, i -
WOMAN who will weep Over ite
gravel
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herself or not, woman's sufferings
must be ten times greater than
man'si
For. q man may consume more
clans. roast beef and potatoes
than a woman can; but NO man
can consume, feed on. hunger for.
and relish half so much EMO.
TON as q woman does.
A woman simply MUST emoteI
The most hard-boiled flapper that
ever did q Charleston MUST
have her portion Of sentiment,
love and romance! She must
have something to drape her H.
lusions on and weave her dreams
aroundl
A woman MUST have beauty
in her life and in love affairs!
Men would never have stopped
for courtship and romance, il
woman had not demanded It Of
them,
Man would still be grabbing
woman by the hair, knocking her
senseless and dragging her back
to his tent. IL woman had not In.
sisted on his learning more
subtle and graceful way Of ex.
pressing his love. and gradually
trained him up to the finesso OF
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-09-17
LISTEN, WORLD!.
By ELSIE ROBINSON

.TH e Italian
i folk who 1--we
down Spaghetti
Alley cook a
certain dish call
ed "polenta."
It Is an old
G o n try dish
and at evening,
when the green
a n d oran & .
striped curtains
are drawn close
and the hand
organ monkey is
asleep b Q h In d
the stove, you
may be quite
sure of finding
the platter OF
polenta steam
ing beside the
bottle Of vino
and the loaf OF
twisted. crusty
bread.
All through
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-09-17

But here's the
s e ere t. + O r
h o urs t h a {
homely mixture
h a g simmered
over the fire.
it's lie m e n I 8
softening in the
long hot trial
until the flavor
of each simple
part is finally
distilled into the
one rich whole
that makes a
sauce for kihgs.
I wonder X
t h e rio h Q S t
values are not
distilled fro m
human life by
Just su C n a
process.
We're apt to
think that lifa
1 8 m a d e rich
and colorfui by
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Stop EN-

Tom Garrison Hyatvie county officer boasts that he
flying machine from which he drops circulars approving his
candidacy for sheriff This plan is not of but it
shows the ofce-seeker keeping with the times
Distributing campaign literature from the clouds
limitations and not likely supersede the old methods
chief Of which public speaking and advertising
newspapers The trouble with circulars thrown from
aeropane that they seldom land the place desired Most
Of them are dad loss.
Evening star., 1926-02-07
CARD FOR THE WEEK

TUESDAY.
Basket balI-North Carolina at
Maryland; Davis and Elkins at
Catholic University; West Virginia
at George Washington.
WEDNESDAY.
Track - Georgetown team in
Western Union games in New
York.
Basket ball-Ieorge Washing
ton at Catholic University.
Track - Georgetown tie a III III
Newark Athletic Club games.
FRIDAY.
Basket ball-Penn state at
GEORGETOWN; West Virginia at
Maryland: Duke University NJ
George Washington: Catholic NJ
yersity swimmers VS.. Garden SWIM
ming Club at Philadelphia.
SATURDAY.
Basket baIl-West Virginia at
Catholic University; Duke Cnver-
sity at Maryland.
Track-GeorgetOw and Mary
land teams i'm Wilc0 games In New
York.
Roxing-Washin and Lee al
Catholic University.
Swimming - Catholic University
at Swarthmore.
Evening star., 1926-02-07

The Cavaliers got off to a six-point
lead and easily had the better of the
first half which ended, Is to s. The
second half furnished the fireworks.
With the count standing 90 to II,
Linkous, who had succeeded Ensor.
started a drive similar to the one he
made against Virginia on the grid
iron last Fall, two quick shots cutting
down the Orange and Blues lead to
five points.
Adams, Boys and Troxell followed
with clever field goals and for
moment the Old Liners were on top
by one point.
Wrenn stepped into the breach,
however. with two fancy shots, and
Capt. Hollands goal from the sideline
brought the score to % to "a in Vir-
ginia's favor. Walp later made good
on two tries from the foul line and
goals by Wrenn and Holland cinched
the contest.
Cabel, substituting forTyler. played
great game at center, while Capt.
Holland and Wrenn led in the attack.
Mackall and Walp guarded closely.
Three of the Maryland players.
Supplee, Boyd and Linkous, stood out
prominently on attack. -
Evening star., 1926-02-07

Practically every one of the basket
ball games Of the week should be in
teresting. although the clash between
Maryland and North Carolina doubt
less will be the hardest battle of them
all. Carolina now holds the Southern
Conference championship, which it
! has held for the past two years. and
| Maryland Is rated among the two or
three teams which may take the title
away from the Tarheels.
| Then, too, Maryland and Carolina are
great rivals and at the same time the
best of friends and always stage a
fine, sportsmanlike contest in any
sport in which they meet.
Several of the basketers who will
play for Maryland against the Tar
heels will be competing against their
old coach, II. F. Sanburn. While ut
Tech High he tutored some of the
boys who now are performing for the
Old Liners, notably Donald Adams,
who has been playing SO we'll re-
Gently.
Maryland and Catholic University
teams each have three hard games. In
addition to the Tarheels, Maryland
will meet formidable opposition in
West Virginia and Duke. The Brook
| -
Saturday after playing Davis and
F.lkinS on Tuesday and George Wash
ington on Thursday. This makes the
going rather rough for the Brookland-
ers and Old Liners, the latter being
forced to perform on successive nights.
Davis and Elkins probably will pre-
sent the next strongest team to North
Carolina, which will visit during the
| week and this is said in all Difference
| to West Virginia and Penn. State and
the others. The small college in West
Virginia always turns out forml-
dable court aggregation and has play
ed some mighty fine games with
Catholic University in the past. 1t is
| a pity that two of the biggest con-
tests Of the week should fall on the
same night.
West Virginia's first appearance
here will be against George Washing
| ton, on Tuesday. The next day the
| Mountaineers will so over to Annapo-
lis to play Navy. Then they will rest
on Thursday before tackling Maryland
on Friday and Catholic University on
| Saturday. The West Virginians doubt
| less will go sightseeing in Washing
ton on their day off.
Penn State. which will play the Hill
toppers on Friday, always has gooc
quint, and this year is no exception
While the Nittany Lions have not wor
all their games they have been meet
ing with success as a whole against
strong opposition.
While Georgetown will have some
Evening star., 1926-02-07
NAVY BEATS TARHEEL
QUINT IN OVERTIME

ANNAPOLIS, Md, February G.
Staging one of those clase and eXcit-
ing games of basket ball for which
the local season has been noted, the
Navy defeated the University of
North Carolina today, 81 to 80, in a
contest that required two extra
periods of five minutes each to de-
eide.
Navy led at the end of the first
half by 10 to Is but the score was
tied at % each when the regular play
ing time was completed.
Both teams scored field goals in
the first extra period.
In the second extra Howard and
Jones scored field goals for the Navy.
while North Carlonia's total, a foul
goal by Deven and a field toss by
Dodderer yielded one less point.
North Carolina secured lead early
in the game, first, to 0, and later,
6 to 2.
Twelve minutes after the game
started the Navy forged ahead,
Craig's long shot bringing the score
TO to Z.
Toward the close, the Navy led
by IA to 7. but rally by the visitors,
In which Cobb and Dodderer figured.
made the score 10 to IS as the half
closed.
The teams never were separated by
more than two points in the second
half, the lead alternating
With the visitors leading, Jones
tied the score Just before final time
with shot from the sideline.
Evening star., 1926-02-07

master OF the situation throughout.
Peewee Walker was kept we'll COW
red by Central's captain and the mid
get guard, who recently earned the
sobriquet 'Stonebreaker" for his abil-
ity to hit the basket from the center
Of the court. was held to lone court
goal and Il free toss. Macdonald, on
ths e,ner hand. led both teams in the
scoring, getting three goals from
scrimmage and four foul counters in
six shots from the free throw line.
CARRIER Plays Well
1t was Don CARRIER younger broth
er of Ray CARRIER, all-around star at
Western last season. who earned most
Of the plauditS of the Georgetown
rooters. He registered only two bas-
kets from the floor, but both of these
were scored with the SHOOTER stand
ing near the center circle. Earl Mo-
ser of Central ran Macdonald close
second in the race for high mark in
the scoring column. He accounted for
a quartet of double counters and one
foul goal in three tries.
Lefty Crouch evidently has earned
himself a regular berth on the Blue
and White quint, for he was sent in at
ward position vacated hv Dunn and
played through the entire game, Civ
ing good account of himself.
Central piled up 6-to-1 lead during
the opening period, Capt, Heagy scor-
ing Westerns only point on foul
try. A court goal and & single free
toss We're the results of the George
toWnerS' efforts during the second
quarter. while their opponents were
registering the necessary points to
make the count 13 to 4 at intarmis-
sion. at the three-Quarter mark the
score stood 20 to 8.
Heeke Is in Form.
EaStern's victory over Business was
due in a good mea sure to the accurate
shooting of Angus Heeke, former for
ward, who has been shifted to center
TO take the place of George Madigan,
who was dropped from the squad dur
ing the past week.
Heeke alone scored enough points
to defeat the Stenographers, a total
of seven field goals and three foul
shots being credited to him. He also
held Frank Davis, the opposing CEN
ter. scorelesS.
Radice, Hogarth and Cappelli also
had hand in the Eastern scoring,
lsadice getting three goals from scrim-
mage and the others getting two each
Cappelli made one of his baskets on a
back-handed shot from beneath the
back board just a fraction of a second
before he stepped over the line.
Evening star., 1926-02-07
Central and Eastern Fiu Win Again Busy Week Local Coll
SEVERAL STRONG CUNTS
WILL VISIT FOR BATTLES
North Carolina, Davis and Elkns. Penn State, Duke
and West Virginia to eAppear-George-
town and Maryland in Meets.

BUSY week ahead OF the local bail
~ having the center OF the will
North Carolina, which
battle with Catholic University will
Virginia, Penn State Davis also show
their
Then Catholic University Washington
eogetowns track also will plenty being
Jake three about New York.
further honors
swimmers at Catholic Uniyersity will