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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-12
TACTFULLY
PENNED
Mrs. Cornelius Beecknnan
nEAR MRS. BEEcKMAN:

nEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
~ / have received a birthday
card from a young fellow whom
do not like. 1t happens that he
is in another city, so I am not
thanking him personally. Now,
dear Mrs. Beekman, what would
be the proper way OF thanking
him for the card without encour-
aging him? c.. C.. G.
This is quite a novel request,
for usually the young ladies want
to know what to do to encourage
the young man! I am proud Of
you, too, that you have the fine
feeling that the gallant should
be thanked, even though you do
not wish to make it an enthusi.
astic thank-you. So many girls
would have the high-handed
point of view-and mighty bad
taste it is--that they would not
even thank this kind acquaint.
ance. How would this note do:
My Dear Bob:
lou were HloSL hIHu 10 TelneHl'
her my birthday, and to send me
SUCH a friendly greeting as a
birthday felicitation. Thank you
most heartily for your thought.
fulness-I appreciate it very
much.
Best wishes to you and the
! hope that all goes well with you
in California.
Yours, very sincerely.
MARILYN
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-12
WISE SAYINGS

Resentment is a union Of cor
row with malignity; a comblna-
ton Of a passion which all en-
deavor to avoid with a passion
which all concur to detest.--John'
son.
The truest wisdom, in general,
is resolute determination
Napoleon,
All may do what has by man
been done.-Young.
The more you speak OF your
self, the more you are likely to
ie.-Zimmerman,
The end of doubt is the begin.
ming of repose.-Petrarch.
The praises Of others may be
of use in teaching us, not what
we are, but what we ought to be-
Hare.
Atheism Ia rather in the life OF
man than in the heart of man.
Bacon.
Sloth, like rust, consumes faster
than labor wears, while the key
often used is always bright.
Franklin.
True craftsmanship Is the art
of changing a nation from what
1t is into what 1t ought to be.
--Alger.
What IL In conformity with jus
1 tice should also be in conformity,
10 the laws ~4Seerateso
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-12

never was dull minute while
Effie was around. OF course.
she was sort of high pitched and
unreliable, and apt to do fmpl1l-
sive things. But she certainly
had a good time. And now lookit
her! She just mopes around all
the time. I actually believe shes
going into melancholia. Isn't it
terrible what life does to women
after forty? Changes 'em entirely.
You never can tell what will
happen"
That's what Effie's friends say
about poor Effie. That's what
all the world says, and believes
about the Woman Over Forty.
No tradition is more firmly en-
trenched than that which main
tains that Mysterious Menace
awaits women during the years
between forty and fifty. And
large numbers of Mature Mamas
do their hysterical best to prove
that it's true. With the melting
of the last candle on the thirty.
ninth birthday cake. they get all
ready to be Nervous Wrecks.
Thenceforth, God help the family!
l have the deepest sympathy for
woman who is really i'll, but pro-
test in rude, raucous roars that this
Middle-Age- Menace is The Bunk.
Life doesn't jump out and slug
ladies at forty-five.
YOU ARE AT Is WHAT YOU
PLAN TO BE AT %.
Nipe.tenths Of the melancholy,
turmoil and fear of the middle
years is caused by the stupidity
and selfishness and plain cussed.
ness Of the years which preceded it.
II you're a silly. selfish young
fool you're going to be a silly,
selfish old fool. With this diff.
ference. You can get by with
it before you're forty. But you
can't afterwards.
The world excuses youth and
offers youth many rich rewards
and distractions. That's because
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-12
VENUS AND SUN
By Garrett P. Serviss

marked Evening sky and the
lower portion Morning sky"
How. suppose the position OF
the earth some time before the
conjunctions described above to
be at "E1," that of Venus at
"V1" and that of Saturn at
"Sat.1." Venus being nearer the
sun than the earth is, travels
faster, so that while the earth Is
moving from EEL" to "E2."
Venus moves from ''V1" to 'V2, ;"
and on reaching that point is in
conjunction with the sun; !. e.,
the line of sight from the earth
to the sun now continues on
through Venus also. Venus. as the
diagram shows, has overtaken the
line of sight, because she has
moved faster than the Earth.
Look next at Saturn. whose
relative distance from the sun is
really much greater than it could
be represented in SO small a dia-
gram. Because of it's great dis.
lance, Saturn travels very slowly
in it's orbit. moving only from
"Sat. L" to "Sat2" while the
Earth moves from eel" to ga"
The consequence is that the line
of sight oyertakes Saturn instead
of Saturn overtaking the line Of
sight, as Venus did. Saturn,
therefore, appears to move back
ward with reference to both he
sun and Venus.
It might seem from this that
the conjunction OF Venus and
Saturn should occur sooner than
that with the sun, instead OF
after, but this involves details rot
explicable by our diagram.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-12
WHATDO YOU
THINK?

A RE men better sports in shop
"A ping than women? Shop
keepers think so. because as one
of them says, as reported in an
article by Eleanor Gilbert in this
weeks Liberty. "a man knows
what he wants when he goes
shopping, and once he's made
up his mind he sticks to 1t.
All he asks is that the garment
fit well--and. incidentally, on that
point think men are more
fussy than women.
He won't hesitate to complain
promptly about an imperfect fit.
But he won't return anything be.
cause he changed his mind when
he got home and guessed he'd
rather have another color or
another pattern" ..A,.. O.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-12
| NEGOTIATIONS
OF A WIFE
BY Helen Rowland

Ginger Snaps
"HEN man comes in late with
w his shoes all dusty, his wife
sometimes wonders for moment
IL he has had to walk back
home" to escape some wild girls
embarrassing attentions.
Marriage is becoming such a
temporary and uncertain affair
that, until the first two years have
been safely weathered, a bride won
ders whether it is worth while to
unpack her wardrobe trunk.
Even after she is passe, a woman
can count upon the devoted atten-
tons Of at least four member
doctor, her dentist. her oculist and
her beauty specialist.
Some women don't know what to
do with their widowhood and their
life insurance money, when they
get them-but there is nearly al.
ways some kind man around to
convince them that HE is really
the only gilt-edged investment for
them both.
In 1900 a man used to live on
stolen kiss for whole month; but,
nowadays, a whole evening of pet
ting doesn't seem to last him more
than "a hours.
At first a man pays his allmony
gladly, then reluctantly. then re-
sentfully-and finally with all the
enthusiasm of a man paying rent
on a house he has vacated.
Time was when a woman could
hide a little run in her stocking or
a little mole on her back; but, these
days, her hose and her vertebrae
must be above reproach. no MATES
how dark she may keep her past
and her character.
Dreams that come in a bottle,
like compilations that come in a
box, are colored with artificial
roses, which look awfuHy sickly
next morning.
Love is what makes a man drive
around the block three times look
ing gor his lost nerve before ring
ing a girls doorbell.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-12
Feathery

It seems that elaborate ostrich fans waved langudy
again gtteng boxes at the Metropolitan Opera
ing.
So rejoicing among the dealers ostrich feathers
long fallen thin times Though their gadness based
hope rather than fact. Will the fashion back?
It Queen Marie It's said, who started ostrich
vogue again. FANS the purveyors of the curly
feathers then why not pumes hats in boas remember
them?) and trimming generally for miladys get-up?
Perhaps Except that modistes and milner have been
trying for the last few to reestabh fuss and feathers
and the women cling TO simplicity u spite Of all the plots
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-12

ruler Peter the Great by borrowing ideas
and help Europe He said have thrown
board Trotzky's dream of WORLD REVOLUTION, to be
managed by Russia. He wants prosperous Russia
it be true that this wants to borrow money to buy
raw materials and import skilled indusralsts from cap
tat countries he may be the to bring about recogn
ton of Russia by the United States. -
That recognition would probably cost Russia about hun
millions of money enough redeem the bonds
that chdhly foolish international financers purchased
when the Gear his last legs and Kerensy marry
Ing his young theatrical lady in the Winter Palace.
Such childish bankers ought swallow their medicine and
take their lesson But they have nflte with the United
Government hundred millions isn't much for
try as big Russia.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-12
ONCE-OVERS
BY J. j. MUNDY
Are You a Grouchy and Rude Host?

Are always dsagreeable when your wife relatives
friends come to visit you?
If you wife, you not just about your
husbands friends when you have to entertain them for
few days7
Because do not particularly for them you fail
do your part in making them welcome.
Are constantly making it evident that your enjoyment
has been nterfrred with and have had to of
your habitual pleasures just because of the guest?
You very selfish when you will not give up few
hours sport to make it agreeable for chance guest
You lack the spirit of good fellowship.
So why wonder you get the dscourtesy when you
a guest?
DOM be slave your form of amusement to such
extent that you have interrupted without de-
veloping Crouch.
Be master of yourself and don't be child in your love ct
play.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-12
LISTEN, WORLD!

the world needs
t h . fresh
siren tn and
eager curiosity
Of youth But
he Judg lnent
day waits. We
reap what we
SOW. If we SOW
richly in youth.
there's 81 ar.
vest of sireng tn
and conte n {
later on. If we
neglect to SOW.
there will be
lean and bitter
years ahead.
That's what's
the matter with
Elite whit
comb.
No d VI ( q !
Nemesis has
overtaken Effie
She is reapIng
whaf Sl1a has
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-12
EFFIE WHIT.
IN CONF II

ElFFIE WHIT.
n COM is
Forty.five. And
miserable.
The st Ut e.
m e mt s are
synonymous to
most women.
Forty-five Is
the black magic
age. You can't
tell what will
happen to you.
why. loDkit
Effie,' = cry her
fri en- d s. "Re-
member what a
lively girl she
used to De Al
" a VS. starting
so m g t hing. so
full OF pep.
There wasn't d
girl in town
who had so
m q ny sweet
hearts. There
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-12
Novel Buttons

TRINOID, the material, made
II from CONCEALED milk which
has been used for buttons and
knife handles in the past, IS now
being employed for making fancy
heels for ladies' shoes.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-12
This Is Stain, Russia's Boss
An Interesting, Powerful Face

You the Of powerful Lenn the high cheek bones
broad forehead the that wiped out the Cars by the
shortest possible route.
The Cars men had killed his brother That must be re-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-12

This is a
typical Russian
face, as was
Lenin's.
The interest
ing thing about
Stain is his plan
70 initiate an
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-12

dots; those of the Earth and
Saturn by small parts Of dotted
circle. The small curved arrow
near "E2" shows the direction Of
the EIarth'a daily rotation, and ID
introduced In order that the
reader may perceive why the up.
per portion OF the diagram 10
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-12

You know the
strong face of
Trotzky, " b o
has just been
kicked out Of
ell share in Rus
sia's Commun-'
ist government.
Here you see
the new Rus
sia ruler,
Stain, a power
full man, who
has worked his
way up and now
is in control of
the great north
eastern power
of Europe; that
spre ads into
Asia, and sends
its propa gan
dist e n ergie )
over all the civ
ilized world.
New Britain herald., 1926-09-24

under construction, detour one-half mile.
 Bethel-Newton road, state aid, grading and macadam construction is under way. No detours necessary.
 New Milford d-Gaylordsville bridge route 134, work on the new bridge and approaches are under way. no detours necessary.
 Norwalk-Danbury road, route 126, grading and concrete construction is under way. Detour or northerly traffic over Belden Hill as posted.
 Ridgefield- Main street and Dan- bury road, route 136. concrete con- struction is under way. A short de- tour Is posted.
 Greenwich Boston Post road, route l, concrete is under con- struction at Byram bridge. Pave ment is open to traffic in both di- rections.
 Norwalk- Boston Post road. route l, Peat Swamp section is being raised. Slight delay to traffic.
 New Canaan, Poundridge road, route 184, is under constructor. No delay to traffic.
 Fairfield-Center, Boston Post road, route l, concrete road is un- der construction. Short detour through center of town.
 Westport and Fairfield Boston Post road, route 1, grading is under contract from blacksmith shop to round house. No delay to traffic. Westport-Wilton road is under construction. Short detour around point where asphalt is being applied.
 West Haven, Milford and Orange Milford turnpike, route 1, is under construction. Through traffic Mill ford to New Haven should take 1 Shore road.
 Naugatuck- Rubber avenue is un- der construction. No delay to traf- l fic.
 Waterbury and Cheshire, Cheshire Waterbury road, route S23. is un- der construction. One-way traffic l past mixer.
 Middletown-Du Durham, Middletown
New Britain herald., 1926-09-24
at Mechanicsville Open

constructed at Mechanicsville. Open to traffic. Eastford, Eastford- -KenyonvilIs road is under construction, short de- tour around bridge. Woodstock, West Woodstock South Woodstock road is under con- struction, grading is being done, | open to traffic.
 Chaplin. route 1o1, bridge at South Chaplin is being reconstruct ed. No detour.
 Bridge over Quinebaug river at Wauregan, route IA, is under con- struction. Temporary bridge is in use.
 -Simsbury road, route 11e, Is closed to traffic and detour has been posted.
 Bloomfield, route 10, road is closed to traffic; detours posted.
 Marlborough, on Hartford New London road. route IT, resurfacing is being done. One way traffic for short distance during the day.
 Harwinton-Plymouth, Poland Brook road, no route number, road is under construction, traffic pass ing through. Windsor-route 110, resurfacing of concrete on route 110, from Hart ford city line north, one-way traffic during daytime. Vernon and Holland, Holland Turnpike, no route number, is under construction. Road closed, detour.
 Rocky Hill, Dividend road, no Iroute number, is under construction, but is open to one-way traffic.
 Windsor Locks, route no, bridge is under construction, no delay to traffic.
 Pennington, Scott Swamp road Is under construction. Road is closed to traffic. Detour is posted.
 Bloomfield, Bloomfield bridge, route 10, is under construction. No delay to traffic.
 Bloomfield, Wash Brook bridge is under construction. No delay to traf- fic.
 Harttord-springfield, route no.
New Britain herald., 1926-09-24

 In the Towns of Windsor and Windsor Locks road Is under con- struction. Through traffic from Hartford to Suffield and Springfield detour at Windsor going through Poquonock and Suffield over the re- gently finished state road.
 Manchester, Center street, route 8, is under construction. Road clos ed, detour.
 Newington, Newington-New Brit ain road Is closed to traffic. Good detour over macadam road.
 Newington and West Hartford, Willard stret and Newington road is under construction. but is open to traffic. Short detour at north end.
 East Windsor. route 2, bridge is under construction. No delay to traffic,
New Britain herald., 1926-09-24
GIRL SCOUT NEWS

4 Girl Scout camp reunion open to all girls who have attended Camp sprague during 1924. 1925 and 1926 will be held Saturday. October 2, at the camp site, Jobs pond,' Portland. Parents are cor dially invited to attend and enjoy the outing. People should provide their own box lunches, but hot chocolate will be served. All girls who cannot go with their parents or camp friends should make ap- picaton for transportation at the Scout office immediately.
 Captains and lieutenants of every troop are invited to attend apd as- sist with the program. Games, baseball, boating. swimming and campfire will make a happy day which any girl who has ever been to camp would want to miss.
 The reunion will be postponed one week in case of storm.
 -------
 Major Oliver Stewart, British air man, declares women are too fear less to make good airplane pilots.
New Britain herald., 1926-09-24

Durham road, route 112, is under construction. One-way traffic past green concrete. Best route for through traffic from Middletown to Durham is through Middlefield.
 Branford-South Main street is under construction. Detour via Main street.
 Willimantic-Putnam road route 3, ~is under construction in Wind ham. Open to traffic for those pro- ceeding from North Windham to- ward Willimantic. Traffic from Willimantic to North Windham will follow detour.
 Willimantic-Ha Hartford road, route 8, section of concrete pavement just west of Willimantic is being recon structed and widened. Traffic going east may use regular route. Traffic from Willimantic west, should fol- low detour via Coventry to Bolton.
 Willimantic-P Putnam road, routes and 101, is under construction in Chaplin. Open to traffic, shoulders incomplete.
 Norwich Putnam road, route 12, grade crossing is being eliminated in Plaifield, short detour.
 Norwich-New London road, route 12, is under construction in towns of Norwich and Montville. Open to traffic. Shoulders incomplete.
 Norwich-New London road, route 12, in towns of Waterford and Montville Is under construction. Open to traffic. Through traffic will avoid this work by using the Nor wich-Groton road on the east side of the Thames river. Norwich Willimantic road, route 32, is under construction in Frank lin. Open to traffic, shoulders in complete.
 East Lyme, route 1, on the Post road the Golden Spur bridge Is De- ing reconstructed. Detour posted
 Hallville, road in Preston, route I79, grading is being done. Detour posted.
 Thompson, route 12, the Putnam West Thompson road is being re-
New Britain herald., 1926-09-24
Road Conditions
 In Connecticut

lss6 conditions and detours in the etats of Connecticut made nsessaxy by highway construction and rspairs, announced by the State Highway department as of Sept. 37nd, ts as follows:
 Canaan, South Canaan-Lime Rock Road. route 134. Is under construction. Detour on South Canaan end.
 Burlington, Burlington Center road is under construction. Short dstour around two bridges.
 HartlAnd, East Hartland Mount ain road. route 133. is under con- struetion. Present road is open for travel.
 New Hartford, Village of New Hartford, route IT. bridge Is under construction. Short detour arAund bridge.
 Salisbury, Lakeville- Millerton road, construction will soon com mence.
 Norfolk, Canaan road. F. A. P. route 1s-C, construction work will soon commence.
 Thomaston, approaches to Key holds bridge, Waterbury road, con- struction is under way. No detours,
 Torrington. TorringtonNorf road, route SIP, bridge is under con- strucuon. Short detour around bridge.
 Torrington. Torrington-Gos road, R. L. bridge at West Torring- ton. Detour established.
 -Watertown, Water bury -watertown-Th -Thomaston road routes 334 and $50. shoulders are incomplete. Open for travel.
 Saybrook- Route 175, Winthrop road, shoulders incomplete. road open.
 GuiIford, Guiltord Cutoff, route i. grading Is being done, does not intsrfGrs with traffic.
 Guilford, no route number saehsm's Head road, one mile il
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1926-02-04

FOR SALE-Five room house with
water and lights; two screened in
porches; two blocks off Main st. Earl
Pangburn. Phone 306 W.-39 If.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1926-02-04
ADVERTISE IN THE HERALD

St. Paul = Indian Commissioner
Burke has ordered a special investi-
cation into reports that the Chippewa
Indians in northern Minnesota are in
distress and almost faced with IA
mine. The inquiry was directed on
the basis of letters received by Sen
ator King, Democrat, Utah, from In
dian families at Beaulieu, saying that
moneys due from the government
have been withheld and that many of
the Indians are without proper
amounts of food.
MInneapoIis-More than $15O,00O
will be spent to advertise Minnesota
and it's cities to tourists, convention
visitors and prospective new resi-
dents during 1926. The total will be
the largest fund ever spent to adver-
tise Minnesota and will be done by
the following groups: The Ten Thou
sand Lakes association, advertising
campaign and tourists service, $40,-
900. The Arrowhead association, $780,
900. The Minneapolis Civic & Com
merce association, committee on con-
yentions and publicity, including the
tourists bureau, $4,000. The St.
Paul Association, committee on con-
ventions and publicity, $4,000.
st. PauI-Complete financing Of the
Upper Mississippi River Barge Line
corporation was assured when the
Greater st. Paul committee agreed to
underwrite that city's quota of $48, 900.
The Minneapolis quota of $4,000 has
been underwritten by the committee
Of 100, and down-river cities have
agreed to provide their share Of the
$4,000 being raised by this method.
Wheaton-Frank w. Murphy has
been elected member at large OF the
all-agricultural marketing advisory
committee which was named at the
cornbelt farm relief conference In Des.
Moines.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1926-02-04

FOR SALE-600 size Queen chick
brooder; 1000 size Buckeye chick
brooder; 800 egg Capital Incubator ;
140-egg Standard Reliable incubator |;
New Emerson walking pillow; No. 6
$50 Lib. capacity Melotte Cream
Separator. new; One horse Linhart
farm wagon complete; single driving
harness; set of work harness; single
heavy work harness; corn shelter,
new; Jersey COW, years old, fresh
ened about Dec. 1 Guernsey COW, 5.
years old, fresh March 3rd. One
Guernsey heifer fresh March a; ;. corn
cultivator; hand potato planter. Leon
Veeder, Sank Centre, MINI. 36-37.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1926-02-04

FOR SALE-Seven room modern
house, corner of Birch and Fifth.
Telephone BAT for appointment. 36tf
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1926-02-04
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FARM FOR SALE

In order to close a Trusteeship, I
l must sell an improved farm of
200 acres located in Stearns (
county, FIVE miles from Sank (
Centre. The land is level, free (
from stone or brush and all of (
it can be either plowed or used (
for hay. No waste land. Legal (
description is as follows: The (
S. E. a and the S. E. n of the I
S. w. a section 4, township
126, Range IS. Price very low, (
terms reasonable. This is your I
chance to buy a good farm at
rock bottom price. - u. w.
Lundsten, Trustee. Excelsior. !
Minnesota. 1886
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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1926-02-04

FOR RENT room house, garage,
barn and wood shed and two lots. For
particulars see Frank House. SO pd.