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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-03
By ELSIE ROBINSON

Saturday night. A kindly, good
natured. Woodworking husband
But don't you think that after
ten years he might learn to pick
up after himseIf?" grunnbIes his
indignant wife. Maybe it seems
a little thing to you, Elsie, but
it's awfully aggravating to q
wife to have to keep picking up
after q great. big, able-bodied
man.
ST am neat woman and I am
proud of my house. It humiii-
ates me to have some Of my
lady friends drop in for q cali
and see Wills hat on the piano.
Last week a caller came and
there was q dirty collar and tie
right in the middle of the daven-
port. I could have sunk through
the floor.
II told him II he cared for me
he wouldn't make things so hard
for me. But ] can't make him
take anything serious. He
laughed as IL 1t was good joke,
about Miss Cox coming in and
seeing the mans collar. He said
it was probably a treat for thu
old hen.' suppose you will
make a joke Of it. too, but /
donn't think you should. You
ought to try to make men rea.
lie what 1t means to a woman
to keep up q nice home and then
have them upset everything"
No, I'm not going to make q
joke OF 1t, sister. I. too, have
picked up after a man" and I
know exactly how aggravating
such chore can be. And like
you, I've staged riots and hum
ger strikes to break this pernici.
GUS practice-all to no avail. I'm
not staging them any more. I'm
wiser now. I've discovered sew
eral things about men and women
and hats on the piano. And I'm
going to hand my tip to you.
II you were trying to catch a
wild beast, sister, how would
you bait the trap? Would you
leave all the steel teeth and the
dead falls exposed-or would you
choose the pet diet of your
beastie and make your trap as
alluring as possible? You'd make
your trap attractive, of course.
Well, that goes for holding g
man as well as for trapping a
bear.
No. I'm not. saying men are
wild animals or that homes are
traps. But. take it from me. sis.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-03
HELIUM'S ORIGIN
By Garrett P. SerViss

nation can WELD. From the Jour-
nal of the American Society Of
Naval Engineers one may learn
much Of the nature Of the work
done at Fort Worth.
Separated Easily
In principle the preparation Of
helium from natural gas consists
in eliminating the undesirable
gaseous elements by the simple
process of cooling them below the
point at which, under pressure
they become liquid. Helium, for.
tunately. does not liquefy at so
high a relative temperature as
the hydrocarbon gases and nitro
gen with which it is associated in
the natural gas. Consequently
these alien elements are with
drawn as they become liquid,
leaving the helium In the gaseous
state.
The helium Is stored in special
steel tanks. While it costs much
more than hydrogen, it has the
great advantage that it can, IL
needed, be liquefied and recuper-
ated in the gaseous form to the
extent Of 80 per cent. High as its
cost still is, it has receded from
$1,000 per cubic foot. the primi-
tive rate. to 21a cents. However,
hydrogen is easily prepared, while
helium must be prepared at no
very great distance from the
natural gas wells. The engineers
may sometimes look with longing
eyes at the many "helium stars"
that astronomers point out, but
which are as unattainable as the
mountains of sugar candy that
children sometimes see in their
dreams.
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MRS. s1DDoNs CON THE LEVEL,

f somebody asked "Can you make fine picture Of a
woman with all your lines from left to right right
lines up DOWN. you would say "No, probably This
picture shows that you do ANYTHING you know how
is reproduction all in parallel nes Of Gainsborough
famous portrait Of the great actress Mrs Sddons.
She the wonder Of her age and many famous artists
painted portraits Of her. Mr. Huntington in his fine house
Pasadena California has of the interesting
these portraits he has Of interesting portraits
Of the famous Lady Hamilton who added gayey and sunshine
TO the life Of the great sea lord Nelson
Take piece Of paper and copy little Of this picture
VIII easily how it is done No line goes up and down,
they all parallel the picture The effects are pro-
duced by making the lines HEAVIER and LIGHTER in GER
tain places.
Everything is IN KNOWING HOW, as the plumber said
when he charged $40 for turning off the that flood
ing the street.
Fifty cents for my time said he; nineteen dollars and
fifty cents for knowing how"
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LISTEN, WORLD!

TIE leaves his
IL hat on the
piano. And his
b. v. DIS on
the bathroom
floor. And he
never yet has
been known to
put away his
safety raz or.
Or pick up a
Sunday paper
o II t 8 Id 8 OF
that he's a won
derfuI husband.
Doesn't dissi-
pate. Has held
the same job
in one Of the
big department
store 8 ever
since they were
M rrie d, ten
years ago. And
he always gives
her his pay en-
ve1oDe aVery
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-03
Dining Customs

THE so-called European or Eng.
i lish manner of eating has
been accepted and practiced by
socially prominent Americans both
abroad and at home. and the Gus
tom is becoming more widespread
all the time. BY this new method,
after the meat is cut the knife re.
mains in the right hand and the
piece Of meat is pierced by the
fork with the tines down and con.
veyed to the mouth by the fork in
the left hand. Several awkward
shifts peculiar to the American
method are thus obviated and the
whole process is more efficient
and easier than the old way
From Delineator for November.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-03

much, Il not actually more than
When your husband wooed
you, 1t Ii probable that he want
ed home as much as he wanted
you, lady. IL he was the aver
age young man he had been lfv-
ing around In boarding houses.
All day he had to obey rules and
at night he went home to an at.
mosphere equally rigid and cheer
less. The thought of q home
where he could ''let go and do
as he liked" was a. veritablc
dream OF paradise to him. That
was the bait to the irksOu1e, ex-
pensive trap OF domesticlty.
So you were married ana ne
began to leave his b. ". DIS on
the bathroom floor and his hat
on the piano. To you that act
was merely piece Of gross, IN.
sonsiderate, aggravating untidi-
ness. But to him it was the sym
Dol of new. blissful existence.
Only a tired worker. who obeys
rules eight hours Of the day
knows how bIissful such relaxa.
ton and carelessness can seem.
How heavenly good it Is to do
as you please. IN defiance Of law
and order!
Your man married largely be-
cause he wanted and needed that
sort OF life. You did your best
to convince him that you UNI
derstood that craving. And now
that You have him you want
to throw away the bait and leave
the trap bare. Look out, sister:
That nice orderly faulinine in.
stinct has wrecked many d home.
The women you cali bad"
know this secret about men. You
think that men go to such wom
en- because males are innatelY
wicked. You're wrong. Such
women know how to make a
man comfortable. They don't
care IL he leaves his hat on the
piano or scatters the Sunday pa.
pars over the floor. It wouldn't
hurt many q tidy wife to take q
tip from their book.
And let me tell you one thing
more. old giri-the thing that
pray you may never have to
learn by experience. There's
something harder to bear than
picking up after an untidy man. i
And that'a~tlot having to pick
up any more. Walking through
rooms that were once living and
warm with disorder. But now
are still
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-03
Congress and. Our Zoo

The large collection Of wild animal life brought the
Washington Zoo by the Smithsonian Chrysler expedition
lends renewed hope that Congress will provide
cent appropriations for the enlargement of this plant
one of the most important in the world.
The Washington Zoo has long been without adequate ap-
preparations from Congress It's finest animals the
gifts Of wel-to-do friends who knew the parsmony
Congress toward the institution There should
tons sufficient enable the purchase new animals and
to properly house and for those there.
This Zoo should be national in its scope just the
great public buildings here Americans Washington
by hundreds of thousands each year
the Geological Park They entitled to their Ma
tona City Zoo unsurpassed in beauty and in its collection
Of rare beasts birds and reptiles
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-03

HO romance" of chemistry
IN excels in curious interest the
story of helium. Nowadays the
name of this remarkable gas
runs as glibly off everybody's
tongue as that of water or air
or any universally known sub
stance or element. But it Is only
about 30 years since the first
known helium was found hiding,
as 1t were, in a laboratory, and
revealed only by the skill Of
famous chemist. In fact, it is
only 5S years since the existence
OF what we now cali .lelium was
detected anywhere in the uni
verse. 1t was found in the sun
by the French astronomer, JAMS
sen, In 1868. The :. ectroscope
unveiled its Zines and estab.
lished its individuality. Though
nearly a hundred million miles
beyond the reach Of human
hands, this stranger was dra-
gooned into the ranks of the
chemical elements and assigned
a place in line. But nobody then
thought that 1t would ever be
drafted to the earth.
Great was the surprise, then,
when, in 1895, an English chem
list, Ramsey, found it, as already
related, in his laboratory. Care
full examination disclosed that it
existed in all but infinitesimal
quantities in our atmosphere. 1t
became a curiosity of the lab.
oratory''; then it was discovered
that the strange "alpho particles"
shot off from radioactive sub
stances were in reality atoms of
helium. Helium seems to be a
final product from the spontane-
Gus decomposition of that mother
of elemental mortality, uranium.
Helium a Safe Gas
But we are not going into the
chemical history of helium. It is
it's Importance in the develop
ment Of aerial navigation that
gives 1t, at present, the WIDEST
popular interest. Being next to
hydrogen in = lightness, helium
stands high as a means Of max
ing great airships float. Non-in-
flammable, while hydrogen is
dangerously inflammable, it ranks
ahead Of the latter in practical
usefulness and availability for
aerostation.
The use Of helium for this pur-
pose depends upon the fact,
utilized late in the World War.
that 1t can be prepared from
natural gas in sufficient quantity
to fill large balloons. Since man
is certainly going to develop much
Of his future history through his
mastery of the air as a universal
highway and field Of nanoeuv~e
in both war and peace, the pro-
duction of helium becomes an in.
dustry Of national Importance.
The United States Government
has encouraged this work, recog.
nizing that practical science has
become the mightiest arm that a
picks up the booty" in the form
of alimony!
But don't pity the husbandl
ANY man prefers to be deceived,
Jollied or grated on, rather than
to make a "sordid business con.
tract" of marriage.
And the kinder a husbands
heart, the more he loves to play
L
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-03
SAYINGS OF WISE MEN

IF you would convince a man
L that he does wrong. do right.
Men will believe what they see.
Let them see.
-Thoreau.
A reputation for good judg-
ment. fair. dealing. truth and
rectitude, is itself a fortune.
III. w. Beecher.
There are few things reason
can discover with so much GER
tainty and ease as its own in.
sufficiency. Collier
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-03

ter, no bear or
b D be at w q D
ever more sus.
pici0us OF 8
cage Liam q he-
man Ii Of d
lovely, feminine
ON e. That
age means just
about the same
thing to the
b o b &C q { that
such d home
means to q
man. It goes
against all hi@
rough Wild In
stincta
DO / mean To-
say that n1em
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honest r ar
from tt I am.
convinced that
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-03

MOT every woman who wants
IN to know how to get money
out OF man is gold-digger.
Lots of perfectly good little
wives are continually asking me
Tor the secret combination that
will open the lock on married
mans pocketbook.
OF all the popular methods OF
Observation-Disclosures, the sim
plest is that of the amateur.
who waits until he goes to sleep
and then creeps out of bed and
goes through his pockets like a
thief in the night. But this
small-time stuff is almost obso-
lete in these days of high f.
nance,
A later way Is the method Of
the confidence woman. who lures
her husband to go shopping with
her, and makes a secret treaty
with the prettiest saleswoman on
the floor. When they have fin.
ished, he is lucky If he still has
his taxicab fare home.
Then there is the way of the
bandit-Wife, who holds her bus
his pay envelope away from him,
as he enters the front door-and
thereafter doles out his lunch
money and car fare to him.
And there is the way of the
embezzler, who gently pads the
accounts, and has secret treaties
with the grocer and the furrier
and the milliner, who initiate the
bills, and divide booty with her,
so that she may occasionally
have little change for a mani.
cure.
And there Is the method of the
diplomat, who sweetly assures
her wonderful darling that "as
the wife Of a Great Big Impor-
tant Man." she simply MUST
have all the latest imports" and
a few sables and diamonds, be.
cause she yearns to "be a credit
to him." And what will people
SAY If she doesn't!
There is the way Of the gentle
blackmailer, who capitalizes her
husbands little weaknesses and
careless slips. and trades upon
his falls from grace. All her
jewels are the wages of sin-His
sins!
Whenever he imbibes little
too much. or gaZes a minute too
long at a blonde, or burns a hole
in the draperies with a cigarette.
or stays out too late at a poker
game. there Is wild weeping and
waiIing and gnashing of teeth.
until he comes across with the
hush. money! The price Of
peacei
And there is the way of the
octopus or clinging vine. who
squeezes the money out Of her
noble. generous Big Boy" with
flattery and helpless little ways,
and continuous paeans of thanks.
giving for her good fortune in
being married to such a GEN
EROUS mani"
And there is the last resort,
when all these combinations fail
the method Of the SAFE.
BLOWER, who lights a stick Of
GAanaAta Under her beloved. and
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-03
BEST MANS
DUTIES
Poo HIGH!
Mrs. Cornelius Beeckman

nEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
~ A suggests that best man
provides the flowers for a wed.
ding. B suggests that the groom
does.
Will you please let me know
which one is right?
SKEEZIX.
The groom sends his bride her
bridal bouquet. The flowers Of
the attendants are usually pro-
vided by the parents Of the bride.
who plan them as part of the cos
tunes Of the attendants. Or
sometimes they are sent by the
groom. The best man does not
provide any Of the flowers for the
wedding. nor is he expected to
have any other part Of the ex-
pense Of the wedding.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-03

In the commerce Of speech use
only coin Of gold and silver,
--Joubeyt.
The virtue OF prosperity is
temperance. but the virtue Of
adversely Is fortitude; and the
last is the more sublime attain.
ment. Bacon
Language is the armory' ot the
human mind. and at once ail-
tains the trophies Of its mas. ind
the weapons OF its tn IL
quests -~t ,,ttiti
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-03
Encouraging Crime

Two more unprotected girls in New York. carrying large
amount Of money have been held and robbed Their
poyer didn't deserve his good luck when thieves
was arrested and most of the cash found.
The man who sends unarmed unguarded messengers into
the streets with large not only risks loss of the
and pers the lives of his employees but also helps to
swell the total Of holdups.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-03

And there is the last resort.
when all these combinations fail
the method Of the SAFE.
BLOWER, who lights a stick Of
GUAanaAha under her beloved. and
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-03
NEGOTIATIONS
OF A WIFE

MOT every woman who wants
IN to know how to get money
out OF man is a gold-digger.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-03

A later way is the method Of
the confidence woman. who lures
her husband to go shopping with
her, and makes a secret treaty
with the prettiest saleswoman on
the floor. When they have fin.
ished, he is lucky If he still has
his taxicab fare home.
Smyrna times., 1926-06-09
KENToN
Items of Personal and Social Mention
Cleaned About the Neighborhood

Kenton, June 8-The Ladies Aid
Society was delightfully."- entertained
on Wednesday evening, June End, by
Mrs. T. E. Sylvester and Miss Helen
Sylvester.
Personals.-Mr. John N. Cook and
daughter Miss Irene Cook, have pur-
chased a Ford coach Miss Ruth
Clark and Mr.. Frank L. Burrows were
quietly married on Tuesday evening,
June 1st, by the Baptist minister at
Wyoming Helen Hudson spent
the weekend with her grandparents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Crossley.-Mr.and
Mrs. Williams, Mrs. Ella Hutchison
and Mrs. Cavender Hutchison spent
Sunday with Mrs. G. A. Gregg
Kennard Wooleyhan spent last We'd
nesday with Mrs. Charles Warner
Mrs. E. H. Walker and Mrs. S. G.
Walker and daughter Mary Kathryn,
spent last week in Wilmington and
Philadelphia.-Mrs Della Turner and
grandchildren, Of Philadelphia, have
been visiting DR.. and Mrs. E. F. Smith
Miss Naomi Clark and Miss Anna
Wilds spent last Saturday in Harring-
ton.-Miss Bessie Cook spent the week
end in Betterton, Md.-Mrs. J. George
Knots spent a couple Of days last
week in Philadelphia and Mrs.
w. B. Guthrie entertained company on
Sunday.-Miss Emma Walker of Will
mington, spent the weekend at her
home.-Mr. and Mrs. George 0. Smith
Of Washington, D. o., have been visit
ing her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. w.
Attix.-Mr. AL bigger, ST., of Belmar,
N. j., has been visiting his brother,
Mr.. Leonard Biger.-Mr. J. F. Clark
Of Harrington, has been in town sew
eral days.-Mrs. Lee Deakyne of
Smyrna, spent Tuesday with her
mother, Mrs. Laura Downes.
Smyrna times., 1926-06-09

William H. Boyce; benediction, the
Rev. Daniel Given. ~
At the annual meeting of the direc-
tors of the Delaware Railroad, held in
Dover, Monday, Frank deli. Janvier
and William II. Heald were elected to
succeed Joseph Bancroft and Henry p
Scott, as members of the board.
Messrs. Bancroft and Scott resigned
to assume similar positions with the
Pennsylvania Railroad the parent
company. A resolution was adopted
thanking Messrs. Bancroft and Scott
for the efficient service given the com
pany.
]. Earl Pryor and Kenneth J. Given,
Clayton, and Francis w. Barkley,
of Wilmington, son of Mrs. John
Barkley, formerly of Clayton, and
Owen Evans of Cheswold, were among
those who graduated Monday from
Delaware College, University of Del
aware.
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Hoffecker and
son, John, and Mrs. Evelyn B. Onley,
of Laurel, were recent visitors with
friends in Clayton.
Nowland Bennett is recovering af-
ter having his adenoids and tonsils
removed.
Mrs. Ella Shortall and son, John,
have returned from visit in Delmar.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Boyer and
daughter, Mildred, were recent week
end visitors with Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam H. Chambers in Philadelphia.
Mrs. William Wroten visited her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Marcy Cooper
in Greensborough, Md, last week.
Mrs. T. L. Downing has returned
from a visit with her children in New
York city.
Miss Reba Brothers has returned
from visit in Philadelphia.
Mrs. George H. Cole, who has been
seriously ill, is recovering.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Tunis, Jr., of
Clayton, have opened their cottage at
Woodland Beach for the summer.
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Buffalo, N. Y, and points in Canada.
Miss Edith ]. Maloney has returned
from a trip to Panama and San Fran
cisco, Calf.
Daniel b. Jones is attending the re-
union of the class of 1884 of Dickin-
son College.
Townsend Grammar school gradu-
ated a class of seventeen on Thursday
evening the largest class on record.
The exercises were as follows: Open
ing song by eighth grade; salutatory
address, Pauline Donovan; oration,
"Why l want to go to High School"
Clarence Reihm; The class grumbler,
Frances Reed; oration, George C.
Heinold; class history, Louise I.Webb;
duet, "Auld Lang Syne," Irma Reyn
olds, Harriet Wilson; defamation,
Mrs. Canal has taken Cold" Charles
Money; the class prophecy, Edna At
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children.
The County w. C. T. u, of New
Castle County, will hold their annual
convention in Scott M. E. Church on
Tuesday, June Is. An interesting
program has been arranged and lunch
will be served by the ladies of Town
send and Blackbird.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Schwatka
and children were Wilmington visitors
on Saturday.
Mrs. Cora Heinold is in Philadelphia
this week attending the commence
ment exercises of Philadelphia College
Of Pharmacy, where her son Ralph is
one of the graduates.
Miss l.. Ethel Taylor has returned
to Washington.
Mrs. Susan Davis, who has been
spending the winter in Wilmington,
has returned.
Smyrna times., 1926-06-09

Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Smith and
Herbert Jr., of West Chester, were
Sunday visitors with Mrs. Cora Helm
old.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elwood Rheims, of
Bear, spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs.
J. w. Webber.
w. C. Ford, who has been on the
sick list, has entered the P. and S.
hospital of Wilmington for treatment.
Miss Fannie Guessford and Mrs.
Eva Stinchcomb were Wilmington Wis
itors last week.
Smyrna times., 1926-06-09

we'll; the class poem, BE- Bs''Iss 5
Sgrt Sirtb sViis' Grade; twenty d9n,iI n N
years YEAR; eighth grade, BSa,SI BESa.i,Ir
the class will, Harold i, DaD'ie ~
tory address, ROsal.s a.io, N
bye bv president of school ..;g,s -,' 4
uV(H th Grade; a play, "A f'' j
by Seventh Grade. :. Rslse
cinai. ai9 was presented W.. WV g
flpa,, 6I members mIe Of the cl1,s. 1p.n5s
hers bs Of the class were were Ioss
ovan, Frances R. RTssI EN-. y
BeuiaN bou Marvin n. McGinnis,,. is.,as
Clarence SIn, nee G. Reihn.
continued % f''
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BLACKBIRD

Items of Personal and Social Interest
Cleaned About the Neighborhood
Blackbird, June 8.-Children's Day
service will be held at Scott M. E.
Church on Sunday afternoon, June 13
at 2 o'clock. Come out and hear the
Smyrna times., 1926-06-09
TOWNSEND

Items of Personal and Social Interest
Cleaned About the Neighborhood
Townsend, June .S.-Mr. and Mrs.
James A.Hart are spending some time
with relatives and friends in Kane,Pa.
New Britain herald., 1926-05-28
MORE CRITICAL

There vas a time within recent memory wu.n 'he toragn nations making ua The League Of Nations and those who ors members of the Wor'I Court would 20 10 any lengths 10 p'a~af- h- United States in the effort 10 induce us 10 join either the League or the Court That time, t' appears is past
 The League oc Nations is o go- ing concern without 'ha United States as a member. True, there continues 10 he an empty chair at inc Council tablr awaiting tho time when this great nation sees fit 10 forget politics and join the Lcaguo; but evidence is accommodating that inc League is not going 70 change its rules or otherwise yield special privileges as an induccment for American adherence.
 The same holds good Of the World Court. Word rom Geneva is to inc effect that the fifth resorya- ton of inc r.. g. Senate may result in refusal 10 admit the United States. This reservation reads that