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The Washington times., 1926-01-06
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No Need of Friction Over
Mothers Pension Law
By BILL PRICE

The most humane just local legislation before Congress is
that of mothers pension law
All of Congress and everybody else for It, and yet there
are indications of possible friction unmportant and
minor details.
Although strictly local for needy and deserving
mothers of the District welfare workers from New York and
elsewhere are here trying influence the shaping OF the
bill to accord with ideas the experiences OF
New York other laws
we need not resent this Aid for needy mothers and little
ones is what we should and matters little how the
hin orded SO long as the object sought is achieved
district ueope are quite accustomed to outsiders rusnng
here to tell us what should do Unfortunately the more
of them who advise Congress the greater the fc
ton and conflict In the of making the present ta
So 1are Congress called in experts all directions for
advice Now congressman charge that was made of
things.
IF we had suffrage delegate in Congress to stand
for what the District needs woudnt have SO many
nertsn inflictinp their theories upon
In the matter of mothers pension law though the Dis
tt does want all information that useful and helpful
We want modelled after those That DO the most good
aiding helpless women ana the little ones tney snou nave
the rearing Of.
Oubbling over what agency should administer the law is
too insignificant to interfere with speedy passage The Board
Chdren Guardians the proper agency until Congress
enacts as it should law recognizing welfare work in the
District putting everything under welfare board thereby
doing away conflicts in authority that inevitable
because of boards and officials charge of
public welfare work here.
# Is confidently believed that Congress will pass the
legislation asked for by the Commissioners and
the committee of citizens which studied the local problems
and advised Capitalization under welfare board Whether
this legislation passed. mothers pension law should go
through should provide adequate relief The people
of washington will not begrudge paying taxes that will
assure living pensions.
IF we are to stint needy mothers and their little
retired Government employees snted under the existing
retirement law we better stick to the Anticipated and
umbled methods have been following so long.
The Washington times., 1926-01-06
DIR. FRANK CRANES
DAILY EDITORIAL
BY DIR. FRANK CRANE
TuO and TUO Make FOuI

Of the most revolutionary earth shaking discoveries
made BY man was that two and two make four.
~ Just who the ry-pawed ancestor of modern man
was who made this intellectual find probably will
know.
How the revelation took place likewise shrouded IN
mystery But its effect is far flung and basic IN modern
civilization.
If none knew that two and two make four the whole
system Of calculation by figures and Of higher mathematics
would be impossible
Only the most documentary could be made
nothing Of mathematical calculation. tepee an igoo
be constructed by leaning poles together png chunks
of ice top Of each other
But Woolworth Building be built only by the aid OF
infinite figuring is first projected in the minds OF the
architect and builder who calculate the strength OF Orders
and the thickness of walls with the utmost
Without understanding that two and two make four we
would civilization possessing Of the maryes Of
scientific invention which have BEEN based upon mathemat
cal accuracy.
We would have civilization with large buildings, no
rapid travel and worldwide mercural communication
We would civilization without railroad trains, street
cars automobiles submarines ner moving
pictures aeropanes radios typewrers and skyscapers
We might still be believing that could catch the as
it sank the hills at night For only by the empoymen
of intricate mathematical calculations has scientific astrono
my been made possible.
We might still think that disease caused by devils For
the discovery of bacteria depended the production OF
the accurately calculated microscope.
To ask what sort Of civilization this would be It the
knowledge that two and two make four had never been
understood Is like asking what kind Of orange you would
juice
It is hard conceive fully how much has depended
the fact that discovered that two and two make
four.
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Sayings of Mrs. Solomon
TODAYS PHILOSOPHY IN YESTERDAYS WORDS
Pu un1 land
by Helen Rowland

boldly, as a gold-mesh bag, and
longeth to DISPLAY it.
r. A man is selfish with his own
secrets, and striveth to guard
them jealously from @other mems
eyes.
But a woman is generous with
her own secrets, and yearneth to
SHARE them with every other
woman!
Alas, a secret in the mind of
woman is as Loose pea in a pod.
It rattleth around and annoyeth
her until she hath got 1t OUT.
But, a secret in the heart of a
man is as deeply buried as Tut
Ankh- Amen; and thou canst only
EXHUME it with much digging
and Anwinding.
Verify. verify, a man hath been
known to carry secret to his
grave!
But if any woman ever carried
a secret to her grave, 1t was be-
cause she lost consciousness at
hearing it, and did not recover In
time to TELL 1t!
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had almost as good a position
with the brush manufacturing
concern. So the Prince bought
the Princess a platinum wedding
ring set with blue white Install
ment diamonds and they set forth
to the Land of Enchantment.
Lets have a Regular Home!
said the Prince. "All my life I've
wanted a regular home. / grew
up in hotels and you can't know
Hon. how a fellow looks forward
to the day when he'll have a real
home of his own with all the fix
ings and a sweet little wife wait
ing at the door every evening for
him and perhaps a garden and
WYATT a minute. darling9 CUR
gled the Princess. That's just
the sweetest idea and OF course
I'm crazy for a real home, too.
I'VE never done any housework.
but l know / would be simply
mad about it. And / lust adore
flowers Only you know. dearie.
ever since l fell in love with you
I've dreamed of helping you get
on your feet after we're mar
ried-"
But, Hon, you talk as if I was
a bankrupt. I'm on my feet. or
course, / know you won't have
quite as much to spend on yolr-
self alone as you've had, but sure
lv YOU won't mind that. And /
couldn't bear to think of my wife
working-you don't know how 1t
gets guy to think of his wife
working"
"Of course it does, darling. And
| won't dream OF working a sin
gle minute after we once get a
nice start. But for the first few
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N her clothes.
By ELSIE ROBINSON

her clothes.
But
That's all it has come in handy
for!
Hamilton's salary goes into the
] family budget or the hank. But
Edith's goes on her back or into
her own cute beaded bag.
Things haven't been so good for
Hamilton lately. Once or twice
he has tried to remind Edith
about that 5000" agreement. that
real partnership promise. And
once he came right out and asked
Edith what she thought she was
giving him in return for his
money which she was sharing.
Whereat Edith became Extremely
Hurt, and it took a long time to
explain to her that he was just
ioshing her.
Hamilton is beginning to have
vague feeling that he has been
gypped Several thousand other
husbands are beginning to have
vague feeling that they too have
been gypped. What are they
getting out of this kind of mar
riage anyway?
Why doesn't the wife's wages
belong to the common fund an
much as the husbands?
If she refuses wifely service
shouldn't she hand over her
money as a substitute?
Why should marriage double
her profits and halve his?
IL she's husky and independent
enough to bust into a mans game,
why shouldn't she adopt a mans
viewpoint and bear mans re-
sponsibilities?
The Washington times., 1926-01-06
CORRECT SIZE
y OF CARD
MRS. Cornelius Beeckman

DEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
~ What is the correct form
for a young mans visiting card?
Is it correct to have only the
name of the city in which one
lives on the card? What should
the dimensions of the card be!
2. Is this acceptable stationery?
A GENTLEMAN'S card is long
"A and narrow, from 2A to 3A
inches long and from IA to 1Ss
inches wide. The card is of
white ungIazed bristol board OF
medium thickness. The engraV-
ing is usually shaded block. A
visiting card should never be
printed.
The street address is usually
ner in letters smaller than those
used in the name. 1t is not cor
rect to use only the name of the
city, since there would be little
point in this. Many unmarried
men often use the name OF q club
instead of the address, but 1t Is
not customary for a married man
to do this.
/. is best form not to use
initials on a visiting card. And
in this country the Mr." should
not he used.
2. No. Your good-looking hand
writing deserves better-looking
letter paper than this. You
should not use ruled letter paper
and the paper should be of a
more conventional kind.
DEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
~ I am planning a simple wed
ding for my daughter with
family dinner Immediately after.
VIII you please suggest
simple menu? and how to serve
it?
Is it correct for a relative to
act as waitress? T.. e.
Mrs. BPeckman will be glad to
answer questions of etiquette,
submitted by rcaders).
The Washington times., 1926-01-06
Sinful Waste

Henry Ford wizard of industrial management, says
greatest sin today is waste.
I'VE waste more than use he says in article in
the current System I'VE waste men, waste material
waste everything.
Ford speaks with authority his subject Before he be-
came power in the automobile world motor building
wasteful pastme He changed all that
big organizations constantly fighting against
waste They have keep up the fight to stay in business
The is of individuals you wasteful you
will suffer Throwing away money isn't the only form of
waste Squandering time is really sinful There is
practically limit to the amount of money
late
But don't forget the days of your life numbered "
Don't waste precious time
The Washington times., 1926-01-06

CONSIDER the way Of a man
~ and the way OF a woman
with a SECRET, my Daughter.
For, 10, a man considereth the
guardianship of his friend a Sc
cret, as a sacred trust, even as
the guardianship of an orphan.
But, unto a woman. a secret is
as a borrowed book, which she
yearneth to pass ON, that others
may enjoy 1t.
Go to. Who Is so uncomfort-
able as man that hath had a
secret THRUST upon him, or
been asked to hold a. strange
baby?
But, unto a woman, a baby
and a secret are life's sweetest
treasures and she delighteth 10
be entrusted with them,
Behold, a man hearkeneth unto
his friends confidence, with re.
luctance, and would gladly lock
his secret away in a safety.Vault
and forget 1t.
But, unto a woman, "A secret is
as fascinating as a loose tooth.
She CANNOT forget it, neither
can she leave II alone; but rolleth
it. around her tongue, until it
slippeth out, and she is RID of it!
When thou accusest a man OF
possessing a secret, he Is COW
cred with embarrassment and
bushes and hideth it in the back
of his mind even as he hideth
scented love-note at the bottom
of his desk.
But a woman is filled with
pride in. possessing another's sc.
cret. even as in the possession
of becoming mole upon the
knees. She carrye1h it around
"A
The Washington times., 1926-01-06

what kind dispute could have with other nation that we would
willing adjudication by the World Court OF the League Ma
tons not be willing submit the already existing Hague
tribunal for international arbitration and Why?
You Americans still believe in the wisdom Of WasngtOns admOn
The Washington times., 1926-01-06
|SHUNBEARDED
| LAWYERS |

TNROM Paris comes word that
II boards are bad for the bust
ness of lawyers wanting share
of the American divorce trade,
for American women seeking ad-
vice on their martial affairs will
have nothing to do with bearded
advocates" preference that
should play directly into the hands
of BARRIERS. But from the first,
American women have supported
the open-faced movements hus-
bands as we'll as in watches-and
now to find that taste expressed
in their discussions of divorce
only confirms belief that inter.
national law will take proper
recognition of the American prin-
ciple of open covenants openly
arrived at. Nations Business
Magazine.
The Washington times., 1926-01-06

ton, Avoid entangling foreign alliances" shO
who are advocates Of our entering the World c
of Nations.
You should insist upon categorical answer I
reply that avoids the real issue.
The Washington times., 1926-01-06

months - until
Wen share every
thing $3.50. 1t
viii be @ Real
Partnership. Wen
save a little and
get that car you
want. And It will
be ever so much
cheaper to take a
small furnished
apartment in the
center OF town
and"
So Of course
they took q small
apartment n g ar
the c en- er of
town and the
Princess kept her
job.
That was three
years ago. Edith
is still keeping
her job. The
money has come
in so handy for
The Washington times., 1926-01-06
JUST TWENTY
YEARS AGO
BY William Moore

Some Of the antiques" which
were being ground out by a
Mexico City factory found their
way into the art collection at
Smithsonian Institution, according
to Prof. William II. Holmes, the
institutions archeologist.
Speaking of strikes, the printers
of the Capital City decided to lay
down their rules and strike for an
eight-hour day.
Washington was in the grip of
a warm wave during the opening
days of 1906. OF this The Times
said: Until the weather man
turns off the steam, it is impos-
sible to, give the coal strike first
page position"
The Washington times., 1926-01-06
Com e r H ING
ntyoar is han

- queer Is hap
pening in the
Wilson home. It's
also happening in
the Edwards home
and the nFarshal
home and the
Richardson home
and in thousands
of other homes
in the goth CEN
ury America.
And SO it's time
for us to give 1t
serious considera-
ton.
Edith and Ham
ilton Wilson were
married t hr e e
years ago. Edith
had a splendid
position as the
private secretary
to the head OF an
insurance c o m.
many Hamilton
The Washington times., 1926-01-06

Of the revolutionary earth shaking discoveries
made by man was that two and two make four
~ just who the hairypawed ancestor Of modern man
was who made this intellectual find probably will
The Washington times., 1926-01-06
SAP AND SALT
BY Bert Moses

by Bert MOSES
When a. man soaks up more
culture than he can hold, he
automatically evolves into
boob.
II Nature could be prohibited
from allowing things to ferment,
the enforcement of the Eolstead
law would be sinlplified.
Eventually the auto will elimin
ate everybody whose brain doesn't
think quickly.
The Washington times., 1926-01-06

IF fortune favors you do not be
elated; IL she frowns, do not
despond. -Ausonlus.
Our prayers should for a sound
mind in a healthy body.
~ uvenal.
The Washington times., 1926-01-06
SAYINGS OF WISE MEN

Most of us allow what little
happiness we have to get away
before we are through with it.
Sometimes a man uses his ig-
noranne so skillfully that he
makes money out Of It
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The National Gallery.

Announcement is made of the dona
ton TO the National Gallery of TWEEN
ty.one portraits of notable persons
whose names are associated with the
story Of the Great War. These are
the work of an eminent artist, being,
In fact, studies in oil for the large
canvas which depicts the signing OF
the Versailles treaty in 1919, now
hanging in the gallery. This Is a
valuable addition and in line with the
development Of the national collection
But the fact Of moment is that there
is no space in the main gallery for
the hanging of these pictures, and
they must be displayed in room on
the third floor of the building quite
separated from the gallery proper.
This is the latest evidence of the need
of a new building distinct from the
National Museum for the housing of
this important collection.
The National Gallery is already rec
ognized as one of the important Amer
lean assemblages of paintings. In
indeed choice 1t is assured of rapid
growth along the same lines of high
artistic standards when space is pro
vded for a proper display. Gifts to
the gallery are pledged on the basis
of a new structure the need of which
Is recognized in Congress and provi-
sion for which, it is hoped. will soon
be made.
There are now stored away at the
gallery a large number Of portraits
of early Americans of different periods
that cannot be identified. The paint
ers neglected to mark them, and there
At present no means of exhibiting
them in the hope of Identification.
They are mostly works OF high grade
in art technique and are in all cases
interesting examples of American por-
trait painting of the earlier times. In
a new gallery building there would be
opportunity for their exhibition and
possible identification.
This need of proper housing for
the National Gallery should be pressed
upon Congress at the next session to
the end of legislation for the erection
OF the building without further delay.
The Governments building program,
now starting, should include, in at
least the second group of structures
authorized, a suitable home for this
truly American gallery of art.
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Greenwich Village in Panic.

An illustration of the slowness with
which some big improvements are adj
vanced in this country is afforded
by situation in New York. climax
ing today. 4 good many years ago
a plan was projected for driving a
tunnel under the North River to &C.
commodate vehicular traffic. After a
long time the scheme was approved
and financed. Its execution took sew
eral years. Now the tunnel is COM
pleted and viii soon be ready for use.
AS the work progressed il became evil
dent, with the great growth of the
traffic meanwhile. that special facil-
files would be needed at the New
York end for approaching it, to pre-
vent congestion 1t was there upon.
after protracted consideration, decided
to establish a series of wide thor
oughfares converging upon the tun-
mel. One of these was Sixth avenue,
to be extended south for nearly two
thirds of a mile from its present
southern terminus, across a series of
angling streets. This region IS the
southwestern section of old Green
wich Village, teeming with population.
Months ago it was definitely an
Suounced that the street widening
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feat. The experiences of each swim
mer are helpful to the others. Better
training methods are developed. 1t is in
this matter as it is in all other lines
of sport. A steady development of
skill is in progress. The popular
games are better played today than
they have ever been before. In base
ball. in foot ball. in tennis and in
golf. higher skill is shown through
special training and assiduous devo-
ton to the chosen game.
With three successful Channel swims
this season, all of them in lower
time than the best previously made,
it does not follow that Channel swim
ming will lose it's lure, though it may
slacken in novelty. Swimmers, both
men and women, will continue to
train and. try with the purpose of
lowering the record. Vierkoetter, yes
terday's Channel victor, has already
announced that he proposes to swim
the round trip another season, and
his friends claim for him that he is
capable of making the one-way swim
in ten hours. Those are two high
marks at which to shoot. Some day
both will be attained.
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THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

| have said too much already. Yet
we love the animals; they are SO
| fine and outstanding, so honest ana
| upright, so unaffected.
| You will never find q snob among
the animals, whether among horses,
cows, pigs, elephants, wolves, foxes,
bears, cats, dogs, or what not. None
| of them lies awake whining about
his duty toward God, as Whitman
said.
We hope that none of the children
| of Washington will make the mis-
| take of looking down upon the
giraffe, simply because he is an ami
NAL. We mean in. the mental sense,
of course, for no one could look down
| upon a giraffe in any other way,
| unless he climbed a tree or got upon
a stepladder.
Your new Zoo pet, children. will
be worthy of your highest regard and
emulation, Think of some of the
things he will not do:
The giraffe will not lie.
| He will not be mean.
| He will not sneak
|, He will not play practical jokes. y
| He will not hurt other people S
feelings.
He will not sneer, or laugh at
others, even at the comical monkeys.
| The giraffe will not think it. his
duty to tell folks unpleasant things
to their faces, merely for the sake
of Saying what he thinks
He will not say one thing to one
person and exactly the opposite to
another.
He will not say yes, yes" to ev-
erything that is said to him, whether
he believes in it or not.
| He will not stay where he is not
| wanted, either.
* x x X
Let no cynical "grown-up," chill
dren, inform you that an oyster
would not do the same things. We
are not discussing oysters. but sim
ply that dear, delightful giraffe, and
he, we assure you, would not lie,
or steal, or be mean.
| The giraffe Is a good scout, q true
Boy Scout. He believes in being
manly and in doing a good turn
every day, if no more than a turn
around his Enclosure. Now here are
some of the good things the giraffe
as negative:
| The giraffe will stay out in the
open air as much as he can, for he
! knows that fresh air is good for him.
! Owing to the fact that he comes
| from Africa, a hot land, he will be
kept indoors during the Washington
| Winters, of course, but he prefers
to be outside, thank you.
He will eat the foods that nature
provided for him, and will not seek
to eat foods that are not good for
| him.
| 1t may be stated as Il positive fact
that he will refrain from using to-
bacco or spirituous liquors. These,
his instinct tells him, are not good
for CRATES, any more than they are
for children.
He will get plenty of sleep. He
knows nothing at all about parties
and the like, there being nothing
along that order in the land where
; he comes from.
He will be appreciative of the care
| of his keepers. and will learn to
| know and be kind to the man who
| feeds him, after he has gotten over
| the fright of his long sea voyage.
He will come to like the children
of Washington, who will love him
for his beautiful coat, his interesting
neck. his kindly habits and ways
and all the good qualities enumerated
above
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would begin on the LIST of September
and the. residents of the buildings
that lay in the line of it must move
by that day. Nearly all of them are
right where they have been for years,
with no appreciate start made to-
ward moving. Delegations have ap-
pealed to the authorities to postpone
the forced migration. Contracts have
been let for the clearing of the way.
A few of the business concerns in
the affected district have started to
build or acquire properties elsewhere,
but almost all of the people have
trusted to luck to postpone eviction.
A spokesman for a group of the Pc
titioners in his argument said:
This talk about razing the houses
is not new. 1t has been going on
for nineteen years and nothing has
ever happo ned. Consequently, when
we We're told that the city was going
to tear down the buildings many of
us regarded it as just more talk.
This proposed extension Of Sixth
avenue involves an expenditure by
the city of s3.620,Ooo for property
taken and 100000 for railroad con-
struction. 1t will be 5000 feet long
and 100 feet wide, crossing sixteen
streets which angle up from the
North River. About 10000 people, it
is estimated, are involved in the de-
struction OF. the houses that stand in
the way of this approach to the tun-
mel. and now that they are confronted
with the actual destruction Of their
homes and places of business, despite
the long-continued warning, they are
in a panic, which is merely another
evidence of the leisureliness with
which civic works are executed in
America.