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The chances are one hundred to
and ugly, because they are con.
strained position.
a word OF warning, however:
Do not make the change from
high to low heels quickly, pc.
cause if you have been wearing
high heels for q number. Of years
your muscles may have become
adjusted TO the abnormal ten
sion and should be gradually re-
stored ia, their normal functions.
otherwise you win have aching
muscles and joints.
But Il, gradually, you acquire
the habit of wearing low or
moderately high.heeIed shoes OF a
comfortable and suitable last, re-
serving high heels FOR dress occa-
sions, you win find. L am sure,
that your legs, and especially
your knees,-Will improve In SYM
rnstry and you win also feel
stronger and more fit.
It is only fair to add that, after
all, modern fashion suggests
rather than demands. You can
u you take the trouble to look,
find distinguished models Of
sh0es and slippers with lower
heels. You may even find ready
made coats and frocks in your
size long enough to cover your
knees, whether you are walking
or sitting. In wearing these
skirts, brief enough to clear dust
and mud even in climbing .tecp
steps, yet long enough to cover
your knees when you walk in
the wind, you viii really be ex-
clusively fashionable. For the
best-dressed women, both here
and abroad, modify extreme modes.
such as the short skirt, to suit
their own ideas of individuality.
beauty and cecoruIn.
Here is an exercise which should
timber and slenderize your knees,
u you practice It faithfully every
day. Also, it will help you to
work off superf1uous pounds from
your legs, thighs and hips:
Stand erect with your heels to-
gether, your feet pointed straight
ahead, your weight over the balls
VI yON1 ISCts yOUt AcA1uS UH yuuI
hips, fingers turned toward the
back.
Squat as low as you can and,
ut the same time, extend your
right leg as far back as you can,
keeping your right knee straight.
Return to first position. Repeat
this exercise 10 times. then aler-
nate 10 times by squatting with
your left leg stretched straight
back Of you.
You will enjoy his exercise
when you become proficient In it.
because it gives a fine pull to the
exercised muscles and starts the
blood circulating vigorously. And
It will 90 far toward making your
limbs, Including your knees. lovely
In their supple symmetry.
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ADVICE 10 THE
LOVELORN

NEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
~ I have been going with ! cer-
tain young man. q year. He s.
% and am is.
We have been engaged three
months He says that he lcves
me and know he IL sincere.
Pm sure that ! love him.
There Is Just one fault thu
he finds about me. and alE0
find the same trouble with, him
--it "a about disagreeina. Now,
it seems to me that I agree 20
everything he says but he takes
me up on little petty things. Yet
he Is considered to have = good
disposition.
of course. we have 4 little
argument once in q while, but
that's ell Ii amounts to. Now
what would you advise me II
do ia d case Ike this, please
Also how can we avoid these ar
gflments2 BETTY.
Let him have the last word 4
my dear. 1t is far wiser To
agree with him and avoid being
opinionated and argumentative
IL you can't honestly agree with
him, remain silent or change the
subject. Nothing Is gained anG
much is lost BY duarrellng With
the dearest man." il you refuse
to quarrel. there viii be no quar-
rels. Good luck and happiness
to you both.
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FIGHT AGAINST
VAST ARMY
OF PESTS

DEAEEAfBER these figures whs
~ you h8ar 81 campaigns % XII
birds wholesale. Mature aims al
! balance ana man should siys
careful thought before ~ tries q
upset that balance.
Because of an outbreak or grass
hoppers. crops over q large arce
in Oregon were destroyed aonl,
years ago. The vast horaes att
their way over thousands Of sore
Of land. killing every living plant
The farmers were organized or
q war basis III the effort ID save
their crops, says Nature Magazine
The following supplies were gath
cred in a hurry:
Two thousand sacks Of bran z
300 sacks Of sawdust, 2 carloads
OF n1OlaBses, $4,000 pounds of white
arsenic. so gallons OF aHnyl acetate
80 cases Of lemons; a. total Of 6Sb
600 pounds Of poisoned bait mixed
and distributed
Tho cost Of this bait was e1O, 900
The battle against the srasshop
pers was carried on tn 20 districts.
Three hundred and twenty-five
farmers fought the plague. Some
OF them stopped al other work for
80 days Ut & time IA an effort to
save their young grain.
In addition to the use Of poisoned
bait, special haane-tnrOwers were
constructed. Crude oil was fairly
effective: 5000 gallons Of various
grades were used.
BY digging holes SIX feet deep
IN advance Of the grasshopper
horaes. EnyriaIs were trapped.
From one of these holes. Is gallons
OF grasshoppers were taken after b
part Of the army had passed on
Nature Magazine concludes this II
rather an expensive lesson when
lakes dry up and birds depart.
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By L. Lamar Matthews

ny IL. LoLHdE N1aLCLL0WS
ok HUNDRED school children
~ marched into the assembly
hall and took their seats with the
usual amount Of joyousness and
disorder. They had come in to hear
two speakers who had good cause
to present. Now, those youngsters
didn't especially care for an ad.
dress. but the assembly was at
least a change from the monotony
of the class room. So they wei.
coined the visitors with much ap,
plause.
The first speaker arose and
smiled upon them. Then she put
on her most patronizinR air and
for 20 minutes talked down to
what she considered the level OF
their intelligence. At the close OF
her address the children were
squirming and whispering and
laughing. She might as we'll have
stayed at home for all the good
she did.
The second speaker arose and
plunged, into her subject without
any preliminary remarks. She had
nothing to say about mice little
boys and girls" She did not talk
down" to them. She did not as.
sumo any particular air toward
the children. She seemed to recog-
niZe the fact that those boys and
The Washington times., 1926-12-27
Cod Liver Oil Is Recommended for Tuberculosis

research workers to try the same
treatment in tuberculosis.
The experiments Of various
scientists proved that the effect
OF injection OF acids extracted
from cod liver oil on people SUI
ering from tuberculosis, was very
similar to that observed In
leprosy. In these cases also
violent general reaction super
vened. Temperature rose. Elk
pectoration was increased and
blood stained. But in some cases
all these symptoms gradually dis
appeared, and the condition Of
the patient became much better
than 1t was before treatment. An
Improvement could be observed in
50.75 per cent Of cases. I'm
fortunately, in $3.50 per cent OF
cases the state OF patients was
aggravated by the treatment.
You will see from the beneficial
results already achieved in these
two classes OF cases. how legiti-
mate experimental science is
laboring to rescue humanity from
two of its most ilnplacable foes.
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fore. Rodgers extracted out of
these oils various fatty acids and
infected them simultaneously in
sufferers from leprosy. Expert
ence has shown. that Of all acids
those extracted from cod liver oil
had the best effect. After the in.
lection OF these acids. local re-
action supervened at the place OF
injection, characterized by pain
and swelling. A general reaction
may also be observed. Tempera.
ture may rise to 40 degrees G Goa
degrees FL. Debility nausea. ETC.,
may last for several days. But
The Washington times., 1926-12-27
HOUSEHOLD
HINTS
Cooling OdOr

Cooking OdOr
There Is no cooking odor that
is more unpleasant in a small
house or flat than that which is
left behind after the cabbage has
been boiled. There are two RENE.
dies which are unfailing IL at
the same time the window is kept
open and the door closed. Place
a small piece OF charcoal in the
saucepan. This effectually de-
odorizes the strong smell. The
second remedy is to tie o small
square OF stale bread in a piece
of clean muslin and place in the
saucepan with the greens.
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losis in the size and staining re.
action. Both microorganisms are
surrounded by a waxy capsule
which renders them ''acid-tast"
which means that acids are un-
able to decolorize them after they
had been stained with aniline
dyes.
1t has long been known that
chaulmoogra oil as well as cod
liver oil has a beneficial effect
upon leprosy. but that these oils
cannot be taken In sufficient
quantities through the mouth. be-
cause they provoked irritation Of
the stomach and intestines. There
The Washington times., 1926-12-27

with people suffering from Ieprosy
has again drawn the attention of
the medical world to this complex
medicated oil.
Leprosy liz a chronic infectious
disease due to a germ called
bacillus leprae," and is charac.
terized by the, appearance OF infil-
trations and swelling in the skin
and mucous, membranes, and by
similar inflltration of nerve trunks
causing paralysis and actual
changes in the nutrition of tissues.
The bacillus leprae closely re.
sembles the bacillus of tubercu-
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girls had as much sense as she
had.
The language she used was
simple and plain. She had mes.
sage to bring TO those young PEG.
pie and she delivered it with the
same force and sincerity that she
would have used in speaking to
older people.
The children felt her attitude to-
ward them. They realized that
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the most important changes were
observed in the infiltrations Of the
skin, which are characteristic of
the disease. After infection, these
infiltrations at first became con.
gested, swollen and painful, but
soon after were reduced in size
and, in some favorable cases. they
completely disappeared.
The microscopic examination OF
the heterogeneous OF leprosy
and tuberculosis. and the old
empirical notion Of the curative
effect Of cod liver oil in
pulmonary consumption, induced
The Washington times., 1926-12-27
By Chas. A. L. Reed, M. d
Former President Of the American
Medical Association

Won are still liable to that dis
i appearing disease, tubercu-
Iosis.
There is the bare possibility,
very remote, that you may con.
tract leprosy, of which there are
known to be several thousand
cases in America.
GOD liver oil is an old and well.
known remedy against pulmonary
consumption. In the old days it
was one OF the favored drugs EN-.
ployed In the treatment of this
disease. although we did not know
exactly why we gave it. Later, IL
was somewhat abandoned, but re-
cent researches upon ricketts,, of
which / have written, has ex.
planned the why and how of its
usefulness.
The experiments of Sir Rodgers
The Washington times., 1926-12-27
REDUCE LOBO
WOLVES

TIE large gray. or lobo, wolves
Il have been 50 reduced in the
stock-raising regions Of the West
by the unremitting activities of
the Biological Survey of the
United States Department OF Agri-
culture against them that their
depredations are almost ended.
whenever the presence OF scat
tered individual wolves ID reported
by stoclEmen, the best available
hunters Of the district are sent to
trap or poison the animals.
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wears I II q III
out Of center
and place a
c o n tin u a !
strain on the
muscles of her
back and the
joints of her
legs, especially
of her knees.
1t is safe to
a s s u m e that
any wo m a n
who makes a
prac tice Of
wearing very
high heels is
- Err %0oT
trouble, as well
as backaches.
The Washington times., 1926-12-27
BATTLE JAP
BEETLE

nNHE new attractive agent ger.
4 anoil, developed by the Bureau
of Entomology Of the United States
Department OF Agriculture as an
aid in it's control work against
the Japanese beetle, has been.
found very successful.
Methods have been worked out
whereby this material may be used
to concentrate the beetles in a.
relatively small area.
The Washington times., 1926-12-27
DO YOU KNOW
THAT

The word starboard comes from
the old Saxon steorboard-steor
meaning either rudder or steer,
and board. side. Starboard gets its
present meaning from the time
when vessels were steered oy a
paddle or sweep worked from the
right side.
The United States Army, during
the past fiscal year, sold rags.
rubber, tin cans. bottles and
other junk valued at more than 4
million. dollars.
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she expected them to understand
what she was saying, and they ap.
preciated the compliment.
There was not sound Of dis
order in the hall while she spoke.
and at the end of her 15-minute
talk they were so interested that
they almost forgot to applaud.
It is an error that half the
grownups in the world make
The Washington times., 1926-12-27

des co. The baby girl would have been
pleased with him he with her!
That's wanteda little blonde girl With cus Later
little of short skirts She would sit In
his and him drive the car She would help and hinder him
dorabIy. would Sunday School with little soft hand
tight in his Ae moments Of delight With little Girl eaasty
direction And she would love him Of nothing else
this world had "Eyen he sneaked secretly him.
self than my Missy doesl"
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Man-Eaters

TNHE blue shark and its sO.fooI
4 relatives, the white shark and
the tiger shark are known as
imam eaters" says Nature MagE
kline. 1t is not claimed that map
is preferred article in the diel
OF these sharks, but that he has
been attacked simply because he
happened to be handy.
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WE'LL BIT Of that The baby girl Wasand
dd-just that. Except that shs FIVE.
Five girIs And he and thay the greatest pals
world.
Five girlsbut do you Though and silk stock.
ings Tor tive breathessy expensive and he worries over
modern things they still HE'S THANKFUL FOR them an
Thanksgiving day rolls around.
fellow ID
GET just ONE away from himl NELL BRINKLEY.
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MI boy when the and
IN
Of the unknown third of family thar has only been wildly
happy two
Not everybody OF is the genter the
always wants what the bigger of the Because she
wants him to be happy.
And many mes--oh ioy-he girl
knew who did The very type Of manly honorable
whom little girls hang and sit confde
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: Salient Facts

The Dead Sea is highly impreg-
mated with mineral matter and the
bather can float easily. He finds
difficulty in swimming. however,
as his feet tend to fly up out of
the water.
The Washington times., 1926-12-27
COURSES IN
SAFETY

A COLLEGE course in accident
"A prevention for the training Of
safety engineers and public
safety directors is offered for
this year by New York Univer.
sity. New York City, in ,co-opera.
ton with the American Museum
of Safety.
The curriculum includes indus.
trial and public safety, and the
course in accident prevention will
be open to graduates and under.
graduates of the university. en-
ployes in industries which Gre
members of the Museum of Safety
insurance safety inspectors, Gov
eminent officials and employees.
industrial safety committeeman
and others professionally inter
ested in accident prevention.
Diogenes, famed for centuries
as the searcher after truth, has
come down to our generation
under the shadow of a lie, modern
researchers declare. He never
lived in a tub at all. The allu-
sion was made by a biograpker,
who remarked that a man so
grabbed fought to live in a tub,
like dog"
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Famous Beauty
Says: Timber
En- Up!''
By Maria Jeritza
Rrinaa Donna Of the Metropolitan
Opera Company and One Oh
the Most Beautiful Women
Of the Day

FASHION DEGREES shapely
u knees. But Dame Fashion is
not always consistent in her
demands.
This season, for instance, heels
like stills have made their appear
ance on modish slippers and shoes.
These tall, narrow heels throw
, the body of the woman who
The Washington times., 1926-12-27
Protecting Autographs

4 ROCK known a. FL MORO National Monument in New
n Mesco It old autographs and Writings
which are valuable To protect these sugGsson
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This Day in Our History

IN o. 1882 c. Calhoun Vice Presiden OF the
~ United States administration of President
Jackson resigned only resignation of the office
throughout the history of this country.
The Washington times., 1926-10-29
OPENS FIGHT ON
: PHONE RATES

The fight Of the Chesapeake and
Potomac Telephone Company to
prevent the Public. Utilities Commits
sion from reopening rate hearings
and enforcing its order for reduc-
lions advanced to new stage in
District Supreme Court.
Counsel for the company and for
che utilities commission presented
arguments to Chief Justice Walter
]. Mccoy.
Arguments were on the amended
motion of the Public Utilities Com
mission, recently filed with the
court. This would lift the. injunc.
tlon granted by the court in June,
1925, to prevent the utilities COM
mission from putting into effect its
order for realignment of rate sched-
,,Ies because of increase in net earn
inRg. by the telephone company.
George r. Hoover, for the COM
many. said no evidence had been
presented showing the interest too
nigh. Corporation Counsel Stephens
eepeaaentaA the epmptssaoa.
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TRUNK ACCUSES
EVANGELIST
Mrs MePHERsON
BY International Vows Service

Los ANGELES, Oct. %
The sensational Aimee Semple
Mcpherson case was blown
wide open again here today.
On the very day her attorneys
rested their case, after the
preliminary hearing Of the
evangelist, her mother, Mrs.
Minnie Kennedy, and Mrs. Lor-
raine Wiseman-Sielaff, all
charged with conspiracy to
manufacture false evidence,
had dragged through five
weeks, the State exploded q
bombshell by announcing that
Kenneth g. Omissions trunk
had been discovered in New
York.
Expected Soon
The trunk was expected to ar
rive at the district attorneys office
at any time. Ormiston. former
radio operator at Angelus Temple,
is alleged to have been the COM
panion of Mrs. Mcpherson at q
cottage at Carmel, CAL, while her
followers thought her drowned.
In Ormiston's trunk, according
to the district attorney, is suf-
ficient evidence to make q settle
ment of the case. quickly and con-
clusively.
1t is crammed with women's wear
ing apparel, dainty frocks, expensive
shoes, imported lingerie, silk stock.
ings-and a silk ''evangelistic" robe.
The trunk also contained lace
boudoir cap. In this cap was q sim
Continued an Rsgs Z. Celunan -
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Gen. Lincoln c. Andrews,
Assistant Secretary Of the
Treasury. has requested Col.
=. q. Mutt, Of the narcotic di-
vision, for an investigation of
reports that narcotics are
being /" Illegally" used in
Walter Reed Hospital
Fl. Keith Weeks, assistant
20 General Andrews, said to-
day that Col. Mutt had re-
ported that information had
come to him Of illegal use of
narcotics In the hospital. Cen
eral Andrews in turn asked
for more complete information.
Probe Is Secret
Colonel Mutt would not disclose
today any of the results of his
Investigation, pending his report
70 General Andrews, but admitted
that the situation is such that it
Is being watched by his division.
Reports have seeped through.
outside Of official sources, of the
violation of the narcotic laws in
the hospital and it is understood
that court-martial Of men in the
hospital service have resulted.
Kerr Denies Report
Major r. w. Kerr, of the Walter
Reed medical service, when called
BY q Times reporter, branded as un-
true reports that narcotics were be-
ing Illegally used in the hospital
he declared that there has been no
court-martials held in connection
with dope"
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BY International News Service
SANTIAGO, Chile, Oct. 20.
After hearing the claims Of an
inventor that he had perfected
a poisonous gas capable of
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May HAV
BENCIJT
OUT
y Int 81 News services

SOMEE LILLE Oct
20. InYssti tora of the HIl-
Mills murder declared
today that tie two bullets ex-
tracted from che exhumed body
Of Mrs. Eleanor r. Mills choir
singer who was slain four
years ago with her lover, the
Rev. Edward r. Hall, viii have
an important bearing at the
trial next week Of the Rev.
Halls widow and her brothers,
Henry and Willie Stevens,
charged with the murder.
Tongue Is Missing
Whether two reyolyers were used
IN the dual Staying long a moot
ed question may be established
by . study Of the bullets, inves-
tigators said. Three bullets were
fired into Mrs. Mills head, but
one passed through and was not
found.
Examination of the body by DR.
Otto II. Schultze, noted autopsy
surgeon, also disclosed that the
tongue was missing-a recently
reported fact which FASTENED Spe-
ciaI Prosecutor Simpsons decision
to order the elimination.
Probably Cut Out
DIR. Schultze intimated that the
tongue had been cut out, although
he said it might have disintegrated
during the long period the body
had lain in its grave.
The body of Mrs Mills was re-
buried In its grave this morning.
This was the second time Mrs. Mills
body had been exhumed and an au-
topsy performed.
The autopsy revealed that the
necklace" wound on the throat,
which nearly severed the head, be-
gan at the back and was slight
at its inception, increasing in width
as it continued. The physician sug-
gested that pair Of shears might
Continued on Page 2, Column 81
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HITS
D|SCORD TALK
BY international News Service
ABOARD QUEEN MARIE'S STE

ABOARD QUEEN MARIE'S SIZE
CIAL TRAIN. Oct. 29.-King Fer
dinand, of Rumania, in a message
to her majesty, Queen Marie, on
the occasion of her birthday. today
definitely set at rest reports that
he was suffering from i'll health.
Marie: I send you loving birth.
day wishes and greetings from the
royal palace, which is white with
SNOW" the cablegram read. "I am
feeling so well that I am going
downtown on Sunday" ..
The message also definitely killed
rumors that his majesty was not
pleased by the Queens reception
here by adding:
eve are all extremely interested
in the news from your journey and
l am utterly pleased at your sue
cess. Don't Overture yourself.
fondest love. Ferdinand"
Queen Marie said the message
was "the best birthday gift of all. I"
RULE FOR PICK UP
When Queen Marie arrives in
Fargo, N. D., she will begin her
day of freedom and mix with the
great middle class life of America
that she longs to know.
She will meet farmers and their
wives. cowpunchers and cattIemen,
and ride Cowgirl" fashion at Ne.
dora, where a rodeo will be in
progress.
When the royal party reaches
Minneapolis, Princess IIeana and
Prince Nicholas will also have their
day of freedom. The Princess will
play tennis like any other girl of
II and the Prince will visit the
flour mills in oVeralls, If he desires.
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Amt Life
Funny?

by international News Service
BORDEAUX, France, Oct. -.
Nineteen different Uintages Of
IDine uOere served at a banquet
RiUsn here for a group Of neups-
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BANDIT KILLED,
8 WOUNDED

DETROIT, Oct. 29.-one bandit
was Killed. one was wounded.
policeman was shot in the stomach,
and a citizen was wounded in the
leg during an attempted holdup of
the Bank of Detroit. 7461 Michigan
Ave. shortly before noon today.
From 20 to 80 shots were fired,
Three bandits took part in the
holdup. One of them escaped. The
dead man has not been Identified.
l. No loot was obtained.
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