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The Washington times., 1926-10-25

old. readers of Dumas remem-
" Der the dramatic effect with
which that master of story telling
brings in at critical points the
unlimited credit" possessed by
his hero. Monte Cristo, with every
bank that he chose to honor by
his patronage. No opposi o
could stand against a man who
could instantly draw for all he
wanted.
Recently the. leaders of as
tronomic, geologic and biologic
science have opened what may be
called an unlimited credit at the
Bank of Time-a financier against
whose tight-fisted disposition they
had at times made bitter COM
plants. Now, they are drawing
literally for all they want; and not
unnaturally, their wants appear
to grow with the extent of their
apparent credit.
It seems only yesterday that
demand was made for not less
than two hundred million years,
to cover the time expenses OF
scientific speculation and explora-
ton in the broad field of evolu-
ton. and that a check for that
amount was fatty marked over,
drawn" by Lork Kelvin, then re-
garded as a sort Of bursar for old
Saturn. The drawers were told
that they could have 90, or pos.
sibly 80. million years. but not a
day more.
Mystery Dissipated
But that 1.4s before the aston
fishing results Of the discovery OF
radioactivity and the electronic
constitution Of the atom. When
knowledge of radium entered the
field a change at once began.
Many HUNDREDS # millions Of years
were Immediately added to the
calculated age of the sun and the
earth on the basis of what seem
we'll secured facts and theories
about the energy locked up in the
atoms.
Thereupon great mystery
was dissipated that had hung like
a fog as long as no time resources
other than those afforded by the
old contraction theory OF Helmholtz
could be found to balance the
steady energy loss OIL the sun
through it's enormous radiation.
And since then has rapidly grown
up the present vast credit of
science at the bank of Time.
which If not truly without limit.
mistakenly furnishes certified
checks for not hundreds merely
hut thousands OF millions OF years.
Astronomers. biologists. biologists
and evolutiouists in general ore
all extremely content and luxuri.
ant speculation flowers the ex-
banding fields of science.
Matter Is Energy
When the best explanation that
could be offered Of the sturdy
activity of the almost unvarying
sun pictured the great orb as
squeezing Che necessary energy
out OF its shrinking globe by
virtue of avitational pressure
there was some doubtful head
shaking. which became very pro-
nounced after Lord KelVin's de-
cree refusing to honor the time
demand that such theory re-
quired. But nobody Is expected
to feel doubtful about the new
theory. with its profound chrome.
logical background.
1t may be roughly summed up
The Washington times., 1926-10-25

My friend Is dead.
w He was such a quiet friend
that I'm afraid took him rather
for granted while helived. There's
such a difference in the love Of
friends, isn't there?
The love OF some friends excites
YOU stimulates you, The love Of
other friends acta almost like an
irrftant-and yet 1t stimulates
YOU into new thought and action.
The friends who argue with you,
and criticise you--they are like
that. And there is still another
type of love that leads you to
heights of which you had not
dreamed-a serious solemn love,
that doesn't fit into your every
day mood but that transfigures
your whole life at times.
The love of my friend, who is
dead, was not like any of these
loves. His was a gentle, under
standing, comradely love that
didn't force any mood on me, but
accepted me whatever my mood.
He seemed to always understand
me. Rather. he did not even
seek to understand me. He was
quite willing to let me be anything
/ wanted to be, however myster-
ious, provided let him love me.
If I was peevish, and ! often
annie cast in his lot with mine.
1 do not know quite how he man
aged to make me feel that he did
so. for his was never a very
demonstrative spirit. But in some
strong, yet subtle, way he would
come close to me and make me feel
that he was in the fight with me.
Never once did he hold out on
me-or stand off and criticize me
and show me where / was wrong.
We were friends. That was
enough. Right or wrong. he re-
manned my friend.
When I was merry, he under
stood me as no one else could. Nor
did he ever waste any time about
it. That, perhaps. is the greatest
test of a friend. Friends who will
grieve with you, speedily and eff
fusively, are common enough.
But it is much harder to find a
friend who will rejoice with you
wholly and Internationally. Even
the best of friends are little apt
to grudge you pleasure-perhaps
because you don't need them quite
ais much when you are happy as
when you are sad. But my dead
The Washington times., 1926-10-25

EW members Of royalty have visited America who lef
4 better impression than did Crown Prince Gusta
Adolf of Sweden.
The Washington times., 1926-10-25
WATERLESS
COOKING

Nov that vegetables are eaten
IN for their minerals as well as
for their appetite appeal. the
thoughtful housewife looks
askance at the quantity of water
in which she was formerly wont
to soak out valuable food values
while the food itself cooked. To
conserve minerals ir foods and
retain flavor, waterless cooking
has come into vogue. This is &C.
complished in cookers so ION
structed for cookery that no
extra water need be added-the
food is simply cooked in its own
juices. OF course, those FOODS
which swell in being cooked, such
as rice and dried fruits and ali
cereals, require the addition OF
liquid.
One class of cooker is con-
structed with double walls. An
air space between allows perfect
circulation of heat around rhe
sides and bottom of the vessel
and prevents burning II the
cooker is properly used. There is
a tight-fitting lid to prevent
escape of moisture. The vessel
is heated thoroughly. the food
inserted and then the flame
underneath is turned down as
low as possible.
Considerable saving in fuel is
effected in using this cooker be.
cause only short length of time
is required for cooking most foods
and the fire is always kept
turned down very low,
The Washington times., 1926-10-25
WISE SAYINGS

LIVERY fiction that has ever
II laid strong hold on human
belief is the mistaken image of
some great truth. -Martineau.
The first step to knowledge is to
know that we are ignorant.-Cecil.
Reflection is q flower of the
mind, giving out wholesome fra
GRANGE; but reverie Is the same
flower. when rank and running
to seed.-Tupper.
Language is the dress of
thought.-Johnson.
Remorse is the echo Of a lost
virtue.-Bulwer.
A laugh is worth a hundred
groans in any market.-Lamb.
AS the sword of the best tenn
pered metal is most flexible. 50
the truly generous are most plant
and courteous in their behavior to
their inferiors.-FulleT.
The Washington times., 1926-10-25
WATCH FOR
METEORS

MARS Is going away from here
1V4 for a 15-year trip. so polish
UP your glasses for a last good
look. According to the American
Nature Association, Mars will be
only 1926, 900 miles away, Of
Wednesday, the nearest it will be
to the earth. Perhaps as a fire
works send off two meteor show
ers, the Leonids and the andre
medes, occur. Their greatest dis
play will be between November
20 and Is.
The Leonids will be. found
>radiating from the direction or
the Sickle in Leo about November
Is. To observe them one must
be up several hours before sun
rise, when Leo will be found high
in the western sky. As the earth
meets this swarm head on" Its
individual members are very rapid
in their motion. and in color are
bluish-white or green.
Mars will be in opposition TO
the sun on November and that
is the date on which to train
your glasses on the traveller. AT
the time of opposition when sun.
earth and Mars will be in line,
with the earth between the sun
and Mars, the planet will rise at
sunset, be on the meridian at
midnight and set at sunrise. Its
distance from the earth then Will
be 43,117 900 miles.
The last week of October and
the first two weeks in November
Mars and Jupiter will be almost
exactly in brightness and over 80
per cent brighter than Sirius, the
brightest Of all the stars.
The distance of Mars from the
earth on November 10, Nature
Magazine points out, will have
decreased to about 45.50O,0OO
miles. BY November 80 will have
.receded to a distance OF 51,SlS,OUO
miles. BY that time it will show
a noticeable drop in brightness,
the American Nature Association
points out, while Jupiter will con-
tinue to be practically un-
changed in brightness through
out the month.
In the November evening sky
these two planets will be by TAR
the most conspicuous objects.
Jupiter in the western sky, in
Capricornus. and Mars in the
eastern sky. in Aries. On Novem-
Der II Jupiter will be due south
at sunset. No one should miss
an opportunity to observe these
two fine planets through the
telescope this month.
Due to the various phenomena
presented by its satellites and it's
ever-varied belts and coloring,
Jupiter is always a most inter-
esting planet. Mars, because of
its snow caps, changing color
with the seasons. and the pos
sibility that life exists upon its
surface, always makes it of in
terest to the millions on the earth.
The Washington times., 1926-10-25
TINES "BANK"
By Garrett P. Serviss

this way: Matter is a form of
energy, and is made up Of atoms.
There are about ninety-two kinds
ninety-two kinds of matter. called
elements. The atoms are made
up OF smaller particles called
electrons, and the number OF
electrons in an atom determines
the element to which 1t belongs.
But. also. the atoms Of the vari.
Gus elements differ in weight.
Thus il the weight Of an atom
of hydrogen (the lightest) be
represented by 1.0077, that OF an
atom of helium will be repre-.
sented by exactly 4. and Of oxy-
gen by 16.
Now. it is believed that in the
interior of the sun, light ele-
ments like hydrogen may be
transformed into heavier ones
like helium. But from what Is
said, just above. it appears that
the transformation would require
the disappearance of four hydro
gen atoms to make one of hell
UNI, and in that case the weight
of the helium atom ought to be
1.0077x4, or 4.030S instead of just
four, as it is. In other words.
about one.thirty-second of the
weight of the hydrogen vanishes
in the transformation. Now, the
theory holds that this apparent
loss of weight means simply that
the missing atomic mass has been
changed into radiant energy. ana
other calculations indicate that
this would fully account for the
observed radiation Of the sun dur.
ing thousands of millions of years!
The Washington times., 1926-10-25
Is Years 5 Words

Thirteen years ago Prof Delabarre of Brown University
became interested in rock at Dighton Mass bearing
inscription that had defed translation for centuries
He studied the rock deved into its history pondered
the chseled writing After reading than 900 books he
of his ownHistory of Dighton Rock" in three
volumes
But the puzzle remained unolved until recently when the
professor announced that the rock bore the record Of
Portuguese explorer who sailed for the New World in 1902
and never heard of again.
While you marvel at the monumental patience of this
scientific accomplishing what may appear nconse
quental achievement don't scott Undoubtedly he enjoyed
his labors.
The person possessed of hobby that hold his
terest for thirteen years is fortunate
The Washington times., 1926-10-25
Queen and President

"Dadem--a CROWN says the dictionary.
&c. Marie of Rumania of those things the
White House dinner, crowned Queen sat the right Of
the President of this republic in his official homean
cedented occurrence.
Some people may get excited about it. But the formal
entertainment of royalty by the nations Chief Executive is
interesting, nothing
Fifty years ago such event would have stirred remen-
dous clamor doubt America still hated and feared kings
Today nobody takes soveregns very seriously What
there left in the world shine largely by vrture of regal
glory reflected from the past.
In dining Queen Marie President Coolidge just being
pota-couducting exercise in international courtesy
The Washington times., 1926-10-25
ONCE-OVERS
Why You Should Not Envy the Rich Man Who Has Made
Money nishnnestlv

His Money Dishonesty
always been matter of pride and comfort to you
to that what little you have accumulated of this
worlds goods is honestly yours.
No unfarness be laid at your door
You and you have worked for what You have
But recently another thought has crept in.
You have begun balance your clean against the
known rascaty of certain you know who placed
themselves weltodo circumstances through their dis
honesty.
They seem to be having far better than you with
their opportunities travel and mng with prosperous
peop1e-and you wonder if honesty pays.
Those Of INSCRIPTIONS methods to have hosts
of friends
And then you begin consider all the wealthy men you
and you perhaps form the opinion that must be
little shady to gain riches
years. you have been happy in the thought of
square dealing; you could be happy if you exchanged
places with dishonest man, though else dis
covered your crookedness,
clear conscience is the best thing any have
Unfair methods are in the flesh of retired
man who is trying yainly to atone,
The Washington times., 1926-10-25
Why Gambling?.

66TAMBLING Is an age-old
VI means of escape from drab
life" says Merryle Stanley Ru-
keyser in an article in this weeks
Liberty. "It Is a device whereby
those of low sensitivity and
stunted Imagination set up ar
tificial hazards in order to get
kick out Of life"
Evening star., 1926-05-24
BOARDS SHIP SALE
T0DOLLAR ARGUED
Puget Sound Line Counsel
Tells Court Here Higher
Bid Is Ready.

Chief Justice Mccoy of the District
Supreme Court today heard argu-
ments of counsel on the injunction
proceedings brought by the Puget
Sound Oriental Line and residents of
the States of Washington and Oregon
against the Shipping Board, to pre-
vent the closing of the sale of the five
President ships to the Admiral ORR
entail Line, of which r. Stanley Dollar
is president.
Attorney Frederic D. McKenney, for
the plaintiffs, said the Dollar Corpora
ton was favored by the Shipping
Board in the matters of changes to
specifications relating to the sale or
the ships, which changes reached the
Pacific slope too late to permit the
plaintiffs to alter their bids and take
advantage of them He also asked the
court to direct the board to reopen
the sale and take into consideration a
bid of the Puget Sound Oriental Line
to pay $4,6O0.0O0 for the vessels. an
increase of 100000 over the bid of
4,5O0, 900. accepted by the board from
the Dollar Co.
Chief counsel for the Shipping
Board, c. G.. Parker and Attorney o.
p. NJ. Brown. represented the Ship
ping Board, and Judge b. $. Grosscup
of Seattle and Ira l.. Ewers of Wash
ington arneared for the Dollar IN
tereStS. Icy said due notice was
given of the change in specifications,
and that the Dollar bid, being the
highest, was accepted.
Counsel for the Admiral Oriental
Line, the successful bidder, also assert
that any reopening of the transac-
ton would be unfair.
Evening star., 1926-05-24

While DR.. w. B. Caldwell, of Mon
ticello, ILL.,, practicing physician for
AZ years, knew that constipation was
the curse of advancing age, he did
not believe that purge" or
'physic" every little while was nee
essary.
To him, it seemed cruel that so
many constipated old people had to
be kept constantly stirred up" and
half sick.
In DR.. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin he
discovered laxative which helps to
regulate" the bowels OF old folks.
DR.. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin not only
causes gentle, easy bowel move
ment but each dose helps to
strengthen the bowel muscles,
Evening star., 1926-05-24

Slavic Societies and Parishes, but
large number of strikers We're present
at both. No strike leaders were
present.
Joseph Manowski Of Clifton. mem
ber Of the Slavic committee that went
to Washington last week to urge
speedy action on the proposed Senate
investigation Of conditions in the tex
tile industry in this district. asserted
the committee could not see Senators
Edge or Edwards or Representative
Seger. Cat-calls and boos filed the
air when the speaker mentioned their
names.
Manowski urged the strikers to OBJ
tain political power through the bal
lot.
Evening star., 1926-05-24
Finds $4,000 in Jewels.

NEW ORLEANS, La. May "a Up).-
Shortly after taking three passengers
to a hotel here yesterday, Andrew c.
Apple, a taxicab driver, found $1.500
in currency and diamonds valued at
$4,000 in his machine. The money
and jewels were returned to MIR. and
Mrs. Fred A. Tomlinson of Man
chester. England. Honesty profited
Annie $50
Evening star., 1926-05-24
FEUD FATAL TO ONE.
Two Others Wounded in Arkansas
Battle in Mountains.

BATESVILLE, Ark, May "a R).-
One man is dead, two are wounded
seriously, and a fourth is under arrest,
as the result of Il mountain feud
battle.
George and Alvie Moore and
Charles and Robert Linebarger met
in Pleasant Plain, near here. late
Saturday night, and fought it out
with pistols, knives and rocks.
Charles finebarger was shot seven
times and killed. Robert Linebarger,
unhurt, surrendered.
Evening star., 1926-05-24
EDGE AND EDWARDS
JEERED BY STRIKERS
Representative Seger Also Derided
When $4,000 Passaic Slavs
Hold Demonstration.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PASSAIC, N. j.. May 24.-The
names of United States Senators Edge
and Edwards and Representative Sc
ger Of New Jersey were greeted with
derision yesterday at a mass meeting
of $4,000 textile strikers and sympa.
thizers. The meeting took place after
a parade of 10000 sympathizers and
strikers through the streets. The
strike entered its eighteenth week
yesterday.
The parade and meeting were held
under the auspices of the, Associated
Evening star., 1926-05-24
Policeman Called
To Church on Riot
duty breaches Love
By the Associated Press.

CHICAGO, May "a. - Chicago
policemen are not always chasing
criminals. Sometimes they preach.
One gave a brief sermon Sunday on
brotherly love at the Beth Eden
Colored Baptist Church, after
he had been assigned to attend the
service at the request of the regu-
lar preacher, who feared a riot be-
cause of a controversy with some
members Of his flock.
Evening star., 1926-05-24
Green Denies Offer.

President William Green of the
American Federation of Labor last
night denied having offered 100000
to aid the striking employees Of the
Cuba Railroad.
He said he had made no expression
on the Cuban strike, nor had he COM
municated with any one in regard
to it.
Evening star., 1926-05-24
Fakir at Vanderbilt Home.

NEW YORK, May a G%l.-Quite a
number of the Vanderbits and other
elite, including Countess Sslm, are
wondering over magic. An Egyptian
fakir gave a Sunday performance at
the home of Mrs. w. X. Vanderbilt
Evening star., 1926-05-24
Plane Designer browns.

NEWARK, N. j., May "a R).-
Paul U. Daniels. airplane designer,
drowned Saturday when he fell over
board from his motor yacht. cruising
in the Delaware River near his home
Daniels designed the first United
States air mail plane
Evening star., 1926-05-24
''Purges' > and
~Physiics" Bad
for Old Folks

shortly establishing natural "regu-
larity." 1t never gripes, sickens, or
upsets the system. Besides, it is
absolutely harmless and pleasant to
take.
If past fifty, buy a large 60-cent
bottle at any store that sells medi-
cine and just see for yourself.
Evening star., 1926-05-24
GREEN DENIES OFFER
TO CUBAN STRIKERS
Rail Brotherhood Announced A. F.
Of L. Had Promised 100000
to Union.
BY the Associated Press.


HAVANA, Cuba, May 24.-An-
nouncement was made yesterday by
the railway brotherhood that Presi.
dent Green Of the American Fedora
ton of Labor had offered 100000 to
aid the striking employees Of the Cuba
Railroad. simultaneously with this
announcement came rumors Of plans
Of calling another general railroad
strike in support Of the claims Of the
Cuba Railroad employees.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-12

and he came over on a troopshtp and
made a brief visit OF his grandmother
Mrs. Story, and his brothers and Sis
ters. Jean CASTOR also came once
or twice during the war. and botn
boys spent some time here with Mrs.
Story and with their uncle, Mr.. John
p. Story, jr.. and they accompanied
the children back to their home near
Antwerp.
The younger boys. Michel and
Robert, are still at college. both pur.
suing a course in the remodeled and
much enlarged University OF Liege
Beatrix, who was a sad little figure III
her black garments when she lett
Washington I'm 1919. now is tai
handsome girl Of II, who has been re-
ceiving the most careful education IN
Paris. She will continue her studies
this Winter. but in all probability she
will come to Washington the follow
ing year, when her aunt. Mrs. John r
story. jr., will take care of all the
details of her debut. Miss Jacqueline
Story, the third daughter of the
younger John story. is but a Re"
months older than her cousin.
Count Francois de Buisseret pre-
pared for his fathers career in OK
ford, where in 1924 he received the
ABB. degree. He then entered the
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Tales of Well Known Folk
In Social and Official Life

continued from Thirteenth Page.)
take part in the controversy about
the purchase of the Chantry House
in Essex. England, where in 1920 the
proposed exodus WAS discussed and
definitely determined. Some Ameri-
cans who have a penchant for find
ing historic treasures, discovered this
fine old timbered house, almost
abandoned and in an advanced stage
Of disintegration and assuming that
it was of no particular value to its
owners offered a fair price for it with
the intention of moving it to this
country and placing it possibly some
where near Plymouth. Mass. But a
tremendous outcry followed the pub
LEGATION of such an intention and even
the British Parliament has taken
heed of the Clamor and has passed
even more stringent laws than 1previ-
ouSly existed about the sale and re-
moval of houses wholly or in part.
OF course, the Society of the May
flower would heartily welcome such a
contribution to its historic treasure
as TINS CnantrV House IN Essex could
not fail to be. but it does not intend
to become embroiled in international
complications. and on the whole, the
descendants of the Pilgrims are con-
WINGED that their chronicles on this
side of the water are more valuable
than the proceedings in England and
50 they are, so to speak. sitting tight
on this controversy. But there are
British statesmen and scholars who
see the justice of permitting the May
flower Society to own a house of such
significance in their annals and it may
be that after the tumult and the
shouting has died away. this Chantry
House will become the property of the
descendants of the men who took
counsel in it in 1920.
DR. and Mrs. Walter Stanley Niles
have recently entertained on the
280th birthday of their home, the
Hollyhocks, built in 1916 as pro.
| claimed on the corner stone and the
oldest house standing in Southampton
| Long Island. This fine old mansion
stands right on the road so that the
| well-wOrn path which leads to the
front door ends within a few feet o.
the BRASS knocker 1t is of the type
! familiar to those who have inspected