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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-05-05

WHO fed me from her gentle breast
w And hushed me in her arms to rest,
And on nv cheek sweet kisses prest?
My mother.
When sleep forsook my open eye,
Who was it sung sweet lullaby
And rocked me that | should not cry?
My mother.
Who sat and watched my infant head =
When sleeping in my cradle bed,
And tears of sweet affection shed?
My mother.
When pain and sickness made me cry,
Who gazed upon my heavy eye
And wept, for fear that should die?
My mother.
Who ran to help me when | fell
And would some pretty story tell,
Or kiss the part to make it well?
My mother.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-05-05

Approximately $6,OO0,0OO eof the
errors were in favor of the tax
payers, while bad figuring resulted
in an over-payment in taxes OF
$500, 900.
THE Government already mas
taken steps to collect the under
payments. and to refund taxes 10
citizens who were too liberal.
Officials said preliminary
audit Of the 1926 tax returns would
be completed by early June. after
which disputed cases would De
submitted to Washington for adj
justment.
About 664. 900 cases of tax .itiga-
iton involving incomes of billions
OF dollars and taxes of probably
more than $500, 900, 900 are pending
before the Bureau of Internal Rev
enue. More than $4,000 cases
have been closed since July /,
1926.
In the three months ending
March 81, $4,000 actions were
closed which involved incomes of
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-05-05
D j FL PICTURE
ON EXHIBIT

Lovers of pirate lore will be par
ticuiarIy interested to know that
1.-THE Duel on the. Beach. new
oil painting by N. c, Wyeth, will be
on exhibition in the promenade 81
the Mayflower Hotel for the nex'
few nays.
The picture is a realistic represen
ration of a tense scene from the
pirate life of the seventeenth cen
turt. and the artist has put into
It all Of the dash and color that
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-05-05
CAROLINA WARS
ON EVDLUT ton

CHARLOTTE, N. c., May S.
Plowshares were idle on the hill
sides of Northern Carolina yester-
day as the preachers led their rural
flocks to this city, known through
out the South as the CITY of
Churches" to attend mass meet
ing of fundamentalists from all
parts of the State to urge elimina-
ton of the teaching of evolution in
schools supported by the taxpayers.
Turbulent scenes developed when
a little group Of non-conformists
opened a rapid fire of heckling,
This drew forth chorus Of "boos, !"
and kissing, interspersed with fer
vent ''amens'' and ..haIlelujahs''
from the belligerent disciples OF the
old-time religion
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-05-05

Who taught my infant lips to pray,
To love Gods holy word and day,
And walk in wisdom's pleasant way?
My mother.
And can | ever cease to be
Affectionatc and kind to thee
Who vast so very kind to nc
My mother.
Oh no, the thought | cannot bear;
And if God please my life to spare
| hope | shall reward thy care,
My mother.
When thou art feeble, old and gray,
My healthy arm shall be thy stay,
And l will soothe thy pains away,
My mother.
And when | see thee hang thy head,
Twill be my turn to watch thy bed,
And tears of sweet affection she'd
My mother.
(AuthOr UMltnoWn)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-05-05
70 REMOVE DAEDRUFF

Get a 35-cent bottle of Danderine
at any drug store, pour a little into
you hand and rub well into the
scalp with the finger tips. BY
morning most, if not all, of this
awful scurf will have disappeared.
Two or three applications will de.
stroy every bit of dandruff; stop
scalp itching and falling hair.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-05-05
IARGo LEAGUE TO DANCE
AT b. G. JEWISH CENTER

Argo Lodge. No. Alb, Indepensent
Order of B'Nai Birth, will hold It's
annual banquet and dance tonight
at tie Jewish. Community Center
on sixteenth Street.
Alfred d. Cohn, international
president, and DR.. b. d. Began, Of
Cincinnati, will address the ban.
aueters. Sol Herzog will serve az
toastlnaster. The sister lodges OF
the order OF Baltimore, Cumberland
and Eagerstown will participate IN
the event.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-05-05
District Couple Welded

ROCKVILLE, Nd, May "a
certificate has been received by
the clerk of the circuit court here
showing that Emerson r. Fallcr
and Miss Viola E. Roper, both of
Washington. were married a few
days ago at Thurmont, Nd, by
the Rev. J. A.. Brosius
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-05-05

Rome wasn't built in day.
but, that was before Classified Ads
were on the Job. These days yOl
can get most anything yOu want III
d day or SO BY using Times and
Herald Classified Ads.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-05-05

more than $4,000 annually. In
that period S54,500,OOO was recon-
mended for additional assessment
against taxpayers 49, $I,06e, 900
refunds authorized
Out of the pending cases in only
$500 does the Government aIlege
criminal fraud
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-05-05
Errors Of Taxpayers
Are Made Carefully

By ROBERT s. THORNBURGH

The American publcs bad arithmetic responsible for
errors of about $65O0OO0 Federal income returns filed
March Bureau of Internal Revenue revealed today
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-05-05

Repetition Makes the Reputation.
Advertise The Times and Herald
Classified Way and YOU will DC re.
paid a hundredfOld.
The Washington times., 1926-08-24
WISE SAYINGS

Anger is a transient: or, at
least, very like it.. Seneca.
The we'll of true wit Is truth
itself.-Meredith
Confidence of success is almost
success.-Moir.
Diffused knowledge immortal
ICES itself.-Mackint
When there is room in the
heart there is room in the house.
Moore.
Think all you speak. but speak
not all you think.-Delaune.
A man that is young in years
may be old in hours IL he has lost
no time.-Bacon.
Liberty is to be subserved,
whatever occurs.-Whitman.
When We desire anything, our
minds run wholly on the good
circumstances of 1t; when tits
obtained, our minds run wholly
on the bad ones. Swift.
However strict a hand Is to
be kept upon all the desires Of
fancy, yet in recreation fancy
must be permitted to speak.
The Washington times., 1926-08-24
DIR. FRANK CRANES
DAILY EDITORIAL
Copyright, 1925. New York
$500 Fl 4. 4. P 81; = snc.
The Basis Of .JOb8
By DIR. FRANK CRANE

4 SLIGHT furry the New York Stock Exchange
"A few weeks ago caused drop In stocks
The depression lasted for about week The grocers
and mkmen felt not at ALL But during that time four
night-supper clubs went into bankruptcy
One group catered to the human necessities of society the
other to its foibes.
One soldly grounded the other rested upon vac
lating unstable foundation.
This calls attention the basis upon which job rests
Occupations which supply human necessities always
soundest basis while those which classes and
groups wealth and luxury, to whims and foibles
most uncertain.
various jobs rested shown
The farmers carpenters and butchers found that
there demand for their services just the Their
jobs lasted in spite Of hard times.
People had eat and have houses depression de-
preston.
But those who engaged in entertaining pleasing
the actors artists poets permers and dealers the
the expensive and the uxures of ewere the who
found their living cut from under their feet.
Jean Jacques Rousseau when he wrote Emile, >" his
famous child training decided to train his imaginary
charge carpentry his life work would be based on
something solid and lasting
Nations we'll individuals influenced by the basis
upon which their income rests.
One reason given why the financial recovery Of Great
Britain took place before that of France is that the former
has sounder basis of income.
Her exports greater degree basic necessities
steel OIL rubber and such materials France the other
hand for and depends to greater extent for her
income upon production Of uxues and fashions
wines perfumes silk and similar commodities.
In world depleted in buying power the nation dealing
in human necessities always has the frmer basis of pros
perity. ~ - 49,, - 49,. ..
The Washington times., 1926-08-24
Prohibition and Prison

Those who believe that prohibition in addition to developing
hooteggng hjacng and crime also makes life prosaic will
read with interest this anecdote published British
paper:
The temperance orator holding forth the park "What
want friends he said I place where smoking is not allowed
and drink is unknown Where one need about food and
such place. That's easily found the
1--WE just from doing twelve months in one
The gentleman needless say had just from prison.
unpopular resort with all the requirements mentioned by
the temperance orator.
Real temperance is beautiful thing. Prohibition that sub
sutes bootleg whkey for the comparatively harmless light
beer and wine is not beautiful.
Regular living and regular hours admirable and de-
sirable, when they of choosing
But You shall do what don't want you do too
much like prison for the He wants be
and live sensby because HE WANTS TO DO IT. because
says to him IF you don't live you live
III put you in JAIL
The Washington times., 1926-08-24
Police Proficiency in Pistol
Workmanship Is Needed
Then We Will Have Fewer Street Battles with Criminals

Al various times in the history of the Washington police
department there activities directed toward pistol
practice to improve craftsmanship Of Washington police
men, These activities have been more less sporadic al
though such practice is still given in the police school, with
Lieutenant Burke as instructor
At any rate policemen are not highly regarded as
markmen with pistols and recently have been warned against
indiscriminate and wild shooting
police school about 30 80 men are given lnstruc
tions in the police manual other ways for about 80
days at time and then replaced by similar number of
other The school Is having its summer recess
To lessen of shoongs in Washington and
the dangers therefrom it would be advisable for
Chief Hess of the department to require continuous pistol
practice every policeman until each reaches maxi
of efficiency marksman These activities should be
made mandatory and no officer should excused his
f our policemen become deadly in the of pistols
will shootngs and less danger TO innocent
people in the ones that do occur
Proficiency in pistol Workmanship begets confidence and
GOODNESS the part of an officer The psychology OF that
proficiency that he will not draw pistol until he has to-
and that when he does shoot he will reach the right target
and not the wrong
ency dead shot officers the wild days of the West
were always feared by the bad Their word and orders
went further than the written law.
Washington criminals are no different the
past they know that policemen trailing them wonder
m about starting pistol battles they escape without
shooting they will surrender.
We must face conditions in this city Bootleggng has
brought about widespread increase in criminal activities In
hgpowred the criminals seek to escape officers
fumes they resort handy pistols knowing that policemen
under instructions to be exceedingly careful about using
pistols reply Let these criminals understand that they
shooting they going be targets for deadly
marksmen and they viii cease this sort of thing.
Washingtons streets must not be backgrounds for
criminals and policemen but there must be fighting let it
end quickly and in favor of protectors OF the public and de-
tenders of law
Soft pedal policies not going 70 impress Washington
criminals. Sure craftsmanship will
Chief HessC doing the right thing in demanding that
Washington policemen the Of clubs unless necessary
and that they shall be uniformly and helpful the
public They not always dealing with confirmed criminals
and bad and they felt confidence in their
ability protect themselves in emergency they would not
resort to clubs often and there would be fewer complaints
this score
Chief Hesse also right in forbddng ndcrminate of
pistols If his know HOW to them well when they
have to then will not have many shoongs in this CITY, and
the criminal element will be less inclined than toward
engaging in pistol battles.
The Washington times., 1926-08-24
STAR MAGNITUDE By Garrett T. Serviss

the absolute magnitude Of any
star may be calculated and COM
pared with that OF any other star.
For instance, our sun is q star,
but so near to US that when it is
in sight it swallows up all the
other stars in its oVerpowering
blaze of light.
But If he could push the sun
away to that standard distance
of 10000, 900 900 900 miles, which
corresponds to parallax of one
tenth of second of arc, it would
almost disappear, and you would
have to look sharp to distin-
guish it among the crowd of faint
stars which it would have joined,
for its magnitude would be
shrunken nearly down to the
fifth, which is but one magni-
tude brighter than the naked
eye! The suns distance would
then be increased about 2.00O,-
900 times, and two million
square or 1000 900 900 900, =
would be the denominator of the
fraction representing its bright
ness as compared with that
which it now shows.
Brighter Than Sun
On the other hand, If we take
a star too faint, through distance,
to be seen at all without the aid
of powerful telescope and bring
it up Calculating by the law of
inverse squares) to the standard
distance of 10000, 600, 900 900
miles, or a parallax of one-tenth
Of a second, it may appear hun.
dred or thousand times bright
er than the sun at that same dis
lance! Indeed, we know that there
are many stars. only visible with
telescopes, whose absolute mag
nitudes exceed the suns at least
ten, or twenty thousand times.
The star Campus in the south
ern hemisphere, not a telescope
star, but standing next to Sirius
in naked-eye brilliance, would
outshine the sun 10000 times at
the standard distance, while Sirius
at the same distance would be
only 40 times brighter than the
sun. If the parallax of all the
stars were one-tenth of a second,
the blaze Of the midnight heav
ems, composed of the mingled
rays of hundreds of millions of
lucid stars with their enormous
range of relative brightness,
would paralyze the imagination.
The Washington times., 1926-08-24
NEGOTIATIONS
OF A WIFE
BY Helen Rowland
The Monday Roast

The Monday Roast
THE rustic of silk petticoat
was once a part Of woman's
subtle charm; but, it would take
more than wOman'S ingenuity to
get a rustic out Of a one-p1ece
bathing suit or pair of Knockers.
The average mans heart, like
a dog, Is forever fancying that 1t
Is being called" and running orr
in answer to every imaginary
whistle.
Many a man who says. Il am
what the Lord made me" is I'M
consciously crediting the Almighty
with a very keen sense OF humoc,
or awfully poor Judgment.
A woman falls in love head
first; but a man merely puts
his foot in it," and then Is as
founded to discover that he can't
pull out"
A permanent wave" lasts only
until new hair grows in-but
then, eternal love" lasts only
until a new interest creeps In.
When 1t comes to making a
choice among girls, these days,
every man feels like a small boy
in a lollypop shop, with only one
penny TO spend
The surest way to awaken
mans interest in AN1THlNG,
from a new play or a new idea
to a new girls to begin y
denOuncing it.
A mans heart is a fearful and
wonderful thing. He can meet
woman, fill in love with her, and
marry her, all in the same week
and then spend the rest Of his
life in leisurely hating her.
The saddest thing about the
life of a modern girl is tbat she
has to chaperone herself-to ne
her own little matchmaker, self
advertiser and ballyhoo-man. She
has taken over the job of "chas-
ing Charlie" which used to ~
done so gracefully and skillfully
by Mother or Mrs. Wordly-Wise
and Is making q fearful bungle
Of it.
Woman's idea Of life is
DUET-man's is a SOLO, with a
very faint feminine obbligato.
Love:-An electric spark struck
out by the contact Of two uninsu
lated Vanities.
Copyright, 1928. King Features
Syndicate, Inc.l
The Washington times., 1926-08-24

known as a fact OF observation
that a distance OF about 10000
600, 900, 900 miles would correspond
to a parailax of one second. That
Is to say, from star 10000, 00O,-
900 900 miles away the radius OF
the earth's orbit (which is equal.
to it's distance from the sun, or
$4,000, 900 miles, would present an
engle. or parallax, Of only one
second of arc.
Vary in Brightness
Put the star 10 times farther
away. or 1870 900 ,O0O, O0O, 900 miles,
and the paralax would shrink to
the 10th CT a second of arc. Here.
then, we are arrived at the ideal
distance which the astronomer
has chosen as a standard for COM
The Washington times., 1926-08-24

pairing the absolute magnitudes
of the stars.
You know, no doubt, that the
stars not only appear to be of
very different magnitudes, or de-
grees of brightness, but that this
disparity is due both to difference
of actual size, or brightness. A
star that is really brighter than
another may appear fainter be-
cause 1t is more distant. The ap.
parent brightness varies inversely
not only as the distance but as
the square OF the distance, so that
II the distance is double the de-
crease OF brightness. or magni-
tude. will be quadruple.
This reveals the reason for the
choice Of an arbitrary standard
Of distance by the aid of which
The Washington times., 1926-08-24
By ELSIE ROBINSON

For they alone, of all that
grand display, were Living
Beauty, part Of His own lace.
And they alone were bona De-
tween my lowly life and His vast
source of strength. These only
made me feel at home with Goa;
these, my small neighbors or the
field. brothers with me in all the
dust and storm.
And their frail lives were filleo
with the same mystery as mine,
and with the answer to that 1nys-
terry, too.
They lived and loved and bred
for what? And yet they lived
and loved and bred, and God had
set the sunrise on their leaves
and placed sweet smelling gold
within their hearts and bound
the climates and bees to serve
their need.
We call them weak-and yet
that small, furled bud was strong
enough to heave its way through
stone. Within those slender
stems the tides of life went back
and forth. Humble they were,
and overlooked by men. Yet
nothing in Gods endless ether
was more rare. And notnlhg
was more intricate or strange.
They withered-yet their life
went on and on. On, on to what?
l could not tell.
1 could not tell, but this 1 saw
in that uplifted hour-lf those
wild flowers could hold His sec
ret Soft they were flooded with
His beauty and His peace, His
strength and truth and everlast-
ing life-why should l feel that
| was all alone? Why should /
feel that my life had no plan!
Copyright. 1925. King Features
GYndteRtNi fnes2
The Washington times., 1926-08-24

blue shadows, rays of light cut
in flaming swords-lighf-frOm the
windows, scarlet, amber, amethyst
and jade. Great swords Of color
slanting through the glOom-on
guard before the altar which rose.
dim and tall, heavy with gold
and lace and jeweled with tiny
points of light that burned un-
ceasingly before the Host.
A proud and splendid church,
its very silence like a noble,
'brOidered robe.
And there I knelt, shabby,
lonely soul, seeking a hand to
guide me through the night.
l had no part with windows
set with jewels-with swords of
light stained with rich amethyst
and jade-with priceless laces and
old carven wood-or with white
candles wrapt in flaming peace.
1t made me feel more strange
and set apart-that splendid
church. 1t made me feel rs If
our God must walk on streets of
pearl, forgetting us small folks
who crawl below.
] turned to go.
And then | saw upon the altar
a small bunch Of flowers.
Such flowers as some working
person might have picked--or
little children playing in the coun-
try fields. Daisies and blue bells
and sweet meadow grass-Wild
flowers upon the altar Of the
King.
No hot house lilies, nor rare
orchids, or frail roses grown
under glass--just common flowers
from a country field, still smell
ing Of the earth and rain and
The Washington times., 1926-08-24
ONCE-OVERS
ARE YOU THE MASTER OR THE SERVANT OF
YOUR EMOTIONS?

How are your sprits-way up way down?
One day detected, the next elated you know not
whats .
Do YOU allow little things to have too great effect
upon you in making you either sad or happy?
And you wonder why it is that people never seem
especially iubiant discouraged depressed
1t is because they have control of their emotions
masters of themselves
You are quite the You blown about wated,
with the wind of good il-filling
Why not train yourself be bigger than the little daily
worries.
Everyone meets misfortune and discouragement-exas-
nern and really serious situation but most
folks control their emotions. . ,c
You would be happier you would get yourself under
control.
Why dent yeu do set
The Washington times., 1926-08-24

A SLIGHT furry on the New York Stock Exchange .
"a few weeks ago caused drop in stocks.
The depression lasted for about week The groceTs
The Washington times., 1926-08-24
Buses for Railroads
Intelligent Idea

Railroads discover that motor omnbues things that
railroads cannot do. The Baltimore Ohio loses right
it got from McAdoo send trains into the
York through the Pennsylvania tunnel
Mr. Willard, thinking railroad man, finds way to
get terminals in great cities His passengers unoaded in
Jersey City the Hudson from New York will be put
motor busses the finest yet constructed and delivered
passenger station the Waldorf Astoria close
vana Station and another passenger station directly
site the New York Central Terminal
The Baltimore Ohio shows that obtain terminals in
great cities without buying rights of way politicians and
without building tunnels underground The vehcular tunnel
under the Hudson River will make this very New
York.
The Washington times., 1926-08-24
66XHHAT do they mean by abb I
w soIute magnitude of

66XKTHAT do they mean by alb
w solute magnitude of a
star?" asks a reader.
BY absolute magnitude" the
astronomer means the brightness
that any star would present If
placed at q certain chosen dis
lance from the earth. This dis
lance is arbitrarily fixed as that
corresponding to a parallax OF
one-tenth of a second of arc.
But don't turn away; this isn't
Greek, or il it seems so for the
moment it will become plain Eng.
lish after a little simple explana-
ton. First tackle the word
'Parallax." That means, in this
case, merely the angle subtended
by the radius Of the earth's orbit
as it would appear when seen
from a star-any star, though the
size of the angle would be less
as the stars distance was greater.
Now, a second Of arc is the
3.600th of a degree, and 1t Is
The Washington times., 1926-08-24
LISTEN, WORLD!

Wild flowers
as common as
my tangled life.
Dust stained as
l was-ragged at
the edge. Yet
there they lay
between the can
die glow, upon
the pric e less
lace, behind the
jeweled swords
there at the
heart of all the
pride and pomp,
before the very
symbol of the
Living God, wild
flowers lay.
And my hurt
heart, that found
no . comfort in
the gliding and
the lace, found
healing in that
bunch Of wild
flowers
The Washington times., 1926-08-24
II WAS sad and
Il went into a

church.
It was not my
church. l have
no church.
But / have a
great loneliness
and need and /
thought t h r e
might be COM
fort in t h a t
quiet, hallowed
place.
The sha doyvs
lay IN q Dlu6
mist upon the
dark oak carV-
ings and the
pictures of the
saints. Ben cath
the high, carved
c eilin g they
thickened into
v / OIL ct pricked
with gold.
Through the
The Washington times., 1926-08-24
Come Here, Mr.. Nolan

NJ Nolan, police commissioner of st. Thomas in the
gin Islands says the only crime in his baiwick the fact that
he accepts salary commissioner Of police his
conscience for there crime in the Virgin Isands-no
need Of police commissioner That policeman might earn
money conscienousy in various American cities where we
have good deal Of crime in spite of prohibition which was
70 make Zen sober and thus end crime.