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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-29
By Gordon Sayre

HiHE girl was defiant, white,
erect. Though but 20 she had
the look, somehow for the first
time, of a grown woman. Her
mother eyed her in amazement.
4 moment before she had swept
into the room literally breathing
. strange difference that her
mother had sensed instantly. Even
before her daughter spoke, she
knew that there was something TO
be faced.
anything came up, that was too
like nl6 to come to you first You
promised that if / did, you'd not
take advantage of the situation
In any way"
Yes, dear" her mother an
swered, her hand trembling in
spite of all that she could do
as she forced herself to go on.
brushing her hair. She looked at
the reflection in the glass. That
splendid young body. Straight,
WHloWy. InoSe eyes, always so
. bright. brighter still, now, with
excitement What could it pos
sibly be? She prayed that there
might still be time to avert a
catastrophe.
''I'm in love, mother, with a
married man. Now, of course,
the obvious thing for you TO
say viii be youth have to give
him up, but it isn't as easy as
that. I hope, mother dear, that
you won't be obvious. I've
needed you as / never have be-
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS try to under
stand that I CAN'T give him up.
That's out, right now. Her
mother went on stroking her hair
steadily. She felt weak Help
less. but she forced a calm tone.
What of his wife 2"
She's horrid old thing,
She
How old, really, lis she?"
"Oh, thirty or forty-awfully
old"
I'm forty-five, dear
"Oh. mother, you know l."
However. if it's a thing to be
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-29
Noted Authority
Gives Views On
Marriage
By Beatrice Fairfax,
An Authority on the Problems
of Love and Marriage


An Authority on the Problems
of Love and Marriage
TT is a hopeful sign of the times
4 that men and women are TAX
Ing profound interest in ways and
means of making marriage more
successful, love more enduring.
Happy marriage is so very near
and dear to the heart of humanity
that no care can be too great, no
preparation to 'painstaking, which
will help girls a4.d young men to
mate wisely and successfully and
to prove more useful, as well as
infinitely happier and better, be-
cause of the gracious gift Of
love-"
Now and then it happens how
ever, that a girl receives so much
advice regarding marriage and is
so eager not to MAKE Il mistake
that she loses confidence in herr
self and love, and almost fears to
marry.
Perhaps the only emotional mis-.
fortune that can befall girl as
grave as rushing into an unwise
marriage is to consider and re-
consider every offer of marriage
she receives, and finally not
marry.
y. e. B. who writes me the
following letter, is wisely taking
time to decide whether she and
the. man who interests her are
suited to each other:
Dear Miss Fairfax:
Eddie is IS and l am %. We
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-29
Real Friendship.
Safe Basis For
WedlOCk

You have known each other 50
long that there is congental
friendship, as well as love be-
tween you.
You are always happy and com.
Portable when you are together.
I'm inclined to think that IL YOU
are so foolish ais to permit your
selves to die of mental stagna.
ton after your marriage, you
would be idiotic enough to. die o.
stagnation regardless OF whom
you wed or whether you married
at ALL
Keep wide-awal1e and alert.
That is UP to you two.
AS understand the situations,
your mother is not attempting
in any way to forbid your mar
rage She win give you her
blessing In case you decide to
wed.
don't quite understand what
you mean by 1--WE haven't
great deal in common. It seems
to me that two persons who ae
as congenial as you two, must
have many interests and enlhl-
yiasrns III common. AS for briE
lance and wit. 1 doubt whetiiel
these qualities, entertaining
though they are. ever made suc
cess OF any marriage that had
not spunder foundation Of suit
ability.
Under all the circumstances my
advice to you two lucky people
Is marry, by all means, found
family and, prove to yourselves
and the world that your marriage
stands for wide-awake growth and
progress as well as comfort apd
joy.
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4 Narrative From Real Life

it might as well be done as as
Gently as possible nothing to be
gained BY your snealxing off. I
think that the Bermudas, this tinae
Of year. would be lNcly."
Really. Mrs
my husband Is a lawyer, you
know; probably he can see 70 your
business while you're away and
handle the matter Of q divorce i
you wish eventually to marry Iasy
daughter. I'd get off right away
il / were youbest thing to 90
with these affairs Is to get them
over with, one way or the other
remember ! was tempted once,
and / decided to do differently
from what you two are going %.
but until had made my decision
life was a burden.
"But, really. this is positively
disgraceful- objected MI
Humphrey weakly. II ha dn'tl
thought of--that is"
'You mean you didn't really
went to run off with my daughter
at all-you just wanted to lead her
on, make fool out of her BY
using that romantic wedge -sures
Iy, Mr.. Humphrey, you're more
man than that; why. I've always
rather liked you-I can't believe
it."
Presently Humphrey rose IN
wild confusion. The girl sprans
toward him.
.'Hal-'' she pleaded. watching
. his face.
.Hell!'' he said furiously. 81
didn't mean for you to take nesEO
damn seriously: this is awful.
Good-by-- don't. for Gods sake,
ever lets see each other again.
Perspiring and wiping his faCe
frantically, he rose and fled.
.'Are they al like THAR" wept
the girl. on her fathers shoulder,
after it was all over.
Most of those who talk about
running away from their obliga
tions are" confirmed her mother.
Always come to me about these
things, won't you, dear?"
There will never again be any
need to- sobbed the girl.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-29
BY Chas. "A. L. Reed, MD:

Former President Of the Amer
lean Medical Association
You may have found out that
= to keep any part of your
body under a ng-sustained strain
induces fatigue and pain and an
instructive demand for rest. That
is natural law.
If this demand is not needed
you violate the natural law and
pay the damage in more or less
permanent damage to your health.
efficiency and happiness.
This principle applies with
particular force to, your eyes. 3
Hardly anyone without medi-
cal training realizes that people
can and often do suffer from eye.
strain without experiencing any
difficulty in seeing.
Most people think that il they
"see all right there cannot be
anything wrong with their eyes.
Let me explain:
The eye is provided with lens
and a system of muscles and
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-29
THEY WORKED T,OGETHE1Rl.

met four years ago. both working.
iii the same place. We are both
good-looking and were physically
attracted, to one another.
@"Our friendship was congenial,
though not particularly intelli-
gent or exciting. We are just
ourselves and comfortable in one
another's society.
Since I've known Eddie Two
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-29
GIRLS EAGER
TO LEARN

NEARLY twice as many women
AZ students >as men took advan-
tage last year of extension and
correspondence courses for col
lege credit offered by land-grant
colleges in the United States.
In 27 of the So colleges, offer
ing college credit extension
courses, II sol women and 6.093
men students were enrolled. In
the 20 institutions giving corre-
spondence courses for college
credit, 1889 women and S,695
men students were enrolled
School Life.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-29

netism now was not particularly
in evidence, however.
Had you thought of any par
tfcular place to 90 to first2" In
quired Mrs. Mcintyre. II thor.
oughly disapprove Of this whole
thing, and would do anything on
earth TO prevent it; but, since
you've both made up your minds.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-29
Salient Facts

Declaring that he thought
minister should not be paid more
than the average income of the
people of his congregation, the
PASTOR of a New York State
Presbyterian church refused with
thanks a salary increase Of $780,,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-29
AND FOUNDED "A HAPPY HOME.

for instance. In the way Of your
narriage2
Judging by your letter it would
certainly seem my dear, that you
two are well suited to each other
and have every chance of max
ing success Of your marriage.
You are both old enoughy to
know your own minds and to
realize just what you are doing.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-29

people are born with, or develop
slight faults in the structure of
their eyes.
These faults make it more diff
ficult for the particular eye to
focus in one way or the other,
either for long or short distances,
according to 8he nature Of the
fault.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-29

their own beloved children that
were just as damaging and fool
ish as that.
Aladdin's poor mother thought
he was ruined because he would
not follow the trade of tailor. as
his father had done. 1t never &C.
CURED to her that he might have
talents that were more valuable
than that of plying a needle.
II have done everything
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-29

elastic fibTes which alter the
shape of the lens and eyeball so
that near and distant objects, re-
spectiveiy. cans be focused clearly
at will.
This is called the power Of
accommodation.
The normal eye is so shaped
that it can focus in either direc-
ton without strain. but many
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-29
The Ruthless Moment

Eyes, dear, / am going to try
to understand, and though ] don't
in the least approve, help. Phone
him, and tell him to come right
over-you needn't tell him that
you've told me-just tell him to
come. If he loves you he'll
come"
You won't treat him
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-29

II shall merely help him to
arrange things--that's all. And,
while you're waiting for. him.
I'll help you get your things
ready"
For an hour, following the
phone call, they worked packing
wardrobe trunk with things.
When Humphrey arrived an hour
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-29

When these faults are marked
the sufferer finds it quite iIn5
possible to focus for distant or
for near objects as the case may
be. He then finds that he can
not see them without effort, gives
up the attempt and admits that
he lis long or short sighted.
On the other hand, when the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-29

later looking remarkably silly,
he was ushered at once into a
sitting room, and mother and
daughter met him.
How do you do. Mr.. HUMPHREY"
said the older woman politely.
My daughter tells me that you
and she have decided to run
away together. / just wanted to
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-29

hoille.s Eddiess mother approves.
MY mother likes Eddie very
much and thinks he'd be sweet
and good to me. But she thinks
our love is just physical and that
we would both die of mental stag
nation after marriage.
It's true we haven't great
deal in common and our CONVEX
sations aren't brilliant or men
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-29

faults are slight the owner Is.
stili able, by making a certain
amount Of effort. to see near or
far objects. He does not realize
that he is making this effort be-.
cause, after the unconscious eff
forts, he sees just as well as a
person with normal sight.
His nervous system, however,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-29
Insure Teachers

A MOVEMENT is on foot in
"A Porto Rico to- insure teachers
while on their way to distant
barrios in the performance of duty.
Bad roads, inadequate transporta-
ton facilities, and other condi-
tons make accident frequent and
jeopardize those lnLrusted with
carrying TO the country the mes.
sage of modern culture and prog.
resS.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-29

faced, I suppose it must be faced
and that's all there is to it. If
you are going to run away with
him anyway, / suppose that the
least can do is to make it as
easy for everyone concerned as
possible
Mother! Are you really going
to try to understand, too
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-29

could and I just can't do a thing
with him." How. often have you
heard mother say that?
Why should she blazon forth
the boys faults and then seek to
excuse herself. If she would only
keep quiet. perhaps no one else
would find them out.
just what is it that prompts a
mother to lament her child's short
comings in the presence of out -sid-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-29
PHOTOGRAPH
STUDENTS

NEW students are photographed
~ upon registration at Penn
sylvania State College. Under
the plan inaugurated this year
five prints will be made.
One of these will be attached
for Identification to the students
records in the office of the regis
trar; others are for use of the
college physician, the dean OF
men or of women, the dean and
the head of the department in
which the student is enrolled.
A nest of the rare surf bird,
sought for $50 years by ornitholo-
gists, has recently been found. Tt
was 1000 feet above timberline
on Mt. Mckinley.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-29
THEN THEY WERE MARRIED.

) Tally stimuIatlng. But we are
happy and very satisfied just to
be together.
Mother seems so positive in |
her zopinion that we viii tire of
each other after marriage, but.
1t seems to ME that we can't 20
wrong after knowing each other
and still being happy and in love.
What do you think? Your
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-29
Better Than Soda

For fifty years genuine Phillips
Milk of Magnesia' has been pre-
scribed by physicians because it
overcomes three times as much acid
in the stomach as a saturated solu.
ton of bicarhonate OF soda, leav-
ing the stomach sweet and free
from all gases. Besides, 1t nsu.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-29
AND BECAME FRIENDS.

had many other young men
friends. and for various reasons
I've broken off with most of
them. But Eddie and / never
seemed to have cause to quarrel.
And now we are very much in
love.
I'VE became engaged six
months ago and are anxious to
marry and have our own little
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-29
Do You Know

Semaphore and wigwag signal
ing, which has been used since 260
B. c., is to be discontinued in the
United States Army. Develop
ments in radio and Geographic
communications have rendered it
unnecessary.
ADVERTISEMENT e..
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-29

aHsWei VIII be glN8li much con-
sideration. -. r. B,
Are you sure your mother has
no other grounds for objecting
to your marriage than those stat
ed In your letter?
is the man you love able to
take care of you? Is there any
serious obstacle, such as beg lth
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-29

talk over the details with YOU.
-
What on EARTH gasped
Humphrey, turning scarlet and
sinking into a chair. He was d
man of 40 or As. Well set up,
vigorous, dressed below his age,
clean shaven, magnetic; his mag
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-29
Try a CSC Bottle

Insist upon Phillips" Twenty.
five cent and fifty cent. bottles
any drug store. milk of Magnesia
has been the u. S. Registered
Trade Mark of The Charles IA
Phillips Chemical Company and
it's predecessor Charles HI. Phillips
since 1875.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-29
4 f. o. S!to1'ach
PHILIPS Milk
" Of Ma8nesia

tralizes acid lamentations in the
bowels and gently urges this sour
ing waste from the system withou:
purging. 1t is far more pleasant
to take than soda.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-29
EDUCATION IN
BRAZIL

DARTICIPAT1ON of the Federal
II Government of Brazil in the
diffusion of nary education was
est 2blished by Il recent Executive
decree. WHICH organized national
department of education and re-
organized secondary and higher
education. Heretofore public edu'
cation has been controlled by the
several States. and not by the Fed
eral administration.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-29
''There Is Gold In the Sea"

water but in such small
W titles that it will wealth. Fritz
Haber chemist the discovery but found three
e-mlionths of a ton of water.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-29

Instead of soda hereafter take a
little Phillips Milk of Magnesia"
in water any time for indigestion
or sour. acid, gassy stomach, and
relief will come instantly.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-29

A statuette of the Babylonian
Venus having bobbed hair with a
fringe or bangs in front has been
found.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-29
Egg-T Timing Device

automatic timing operated by gravity which keeps
n eggs boiling Just long it set for IS feature Of
eggboe It fits the kettle and pulls the when
they done.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-29

ADVERTIsEME EMIT
The Washington times., 1926-07-23
STOCK
GAINS LOST
Rr rnterratIonaI News service

NEW YORK, July 2S.-After
registering an overnight gain Of
4 point or more, the industrial
stocks encountered further selling.
pressure in early trading today
and the trend Of prices was again
THE opening rally was based on
the distinct Improvement in the
French situation, the strength Of
the foreign exchanges and the i'm.
provemer1t shown in the weekly
Federal Reserve Bank report,
coupled with the action Of the
directors Of the New York IN.
stitution in declining to advance
the rediscount rate to per cent.
American Can forged to the
front as the leader in the tor
ward movement, and duplicated
its former high price for the
year at 59H United States Steel
sold above 40, and General Mo-
tors At 16S. But selling orders
crowded the market after the first
period and practically all Of the
advances were wiped out.
There was slight increase OF
speculative activity in; the rail;
road shares, where stocks OF the
Southern Railroad properties were
III the best demand. Atlantic Coast
Line led b moderate forward
movement and reached 215 for q
point gain. -.
southern Pacific. Southern Rail-
way. Missouri Pacific and the
Nickel Plate stocks also received
some attention. Fractional ad.
vances in the Independent OIL
stocks were taken as an 1ndica.
fion that professional selling Of
the oila had been completed, and
s more substantial basis created
for the stocks in this group.
Cotton sold up 10 points as the
result OF pre-bureau report short
covering and trade buying. Grain
and commodity markets continued
unsettled. Call money was url.
changed at 4 per cent.
The Washington times., 1926-07-23
SWIM CHANNEL
Or SINK Def
b International News Service

CAPE. GRIz NEZ, France, July
2s.-..If don't make Dover, they
can take me from the water dead.
/ am going to succeed this time. "
This brave prediction WAS made
to-day by Nine. Sion, the French
woman swimmer. who announced,
at DunIkirlI, that she will start her
attempt to swim the English Chan
mel al 8 o'clock Monday night.
Nine. Sion win lead q field Of
swimmers in the attempt Monday.
for Helmy. the Egyptian, and
Onaer Perrault, the Canadian. plan
TO. start at the same time.
Gertrude Ederle will accomnanv
Helmy. SWIMMING with him part u
the way.
Lillian Cannon, OF Baltimore,
who il also training for the at
tempt, win accompany Nine. Sion,
swimming with her occasionally
ana directing her at other times
from a boat.
The Washington times., 1926-07-23
CHICAGO Live Stock

CHICAGO, July 2s.- -Hogs-Re-
ceipts, 1900; market steady to Zoe
higher. Bulk, $10.60@13.60. top.
1885; heavyweight, $I2.2O@13; me-
dunn weight. $12.60@13.70: light
weight. $13@13.s0; light lights.
91310@13.S5; heavy packing sows..
smooth, .$10110.S5; packing sows,
lrough. s9.75@9.s5; pigs. $Is.259
F13.s5.
cattle-Receipts. 5000; market
steady. Calves, receipts, 1000;
market steady; choice and prime,
$S.75610.50; medium and good,
sS.5009.50: good and choice. $10@
1866: common and medium, $70g:
butcher cattle, heifers, $5@10.30:
cows, $4.75@S: bulls, $5@7.50; can
ners and cutters, COWS and heifers.
43@5. 08; veal calves Qight and
handy weight1, $11.50@14; feeder
steers. $6@8.5O; stocker steers
$5.500S; stocker COWS and heifers,
34.5096; stocker calves. $5.500S.25.
Sheep Receipts. 1000; market
strong. Lambs, fat, $14@15; lambs,
culls and common, $13.0S; yearIings,
$10@12.50: yearling wethers. $500
3; ewes. 1907; ewes. culls and com.
mon. $395.40; feeder lambs. $139
1875.
The Washington times., 1926-07-23
COTTON CRGP IS
FAVORABLE

The condition of the United
states cotton crop on July 16 was
fIO.1 per cent of normal, indicating
q crop Of 1868, 900 bales. of 800
pounds gross weight, the Crop Re-
porting Board of the Department
OF Agriculture announced today.
The acreage In cultivation on June
IS, was as, ,s9S, 900 acres.
II developments during the re-
mainder of the season are as un-
favorable to the crop as during
1921, 1922 and 1928, a total pro-
duction of abouI 13,476, 900 bales
might be expected on the estimated
acreage. On the other hand, II
later developments are as favor
able to the crop as during 1924 and
1925. total production OF about
a6,628, 900 bales might be expected.
If the per cent OF cotton. area
abandoned during this season should
be equal to the average OF the past
ten years, the area which would
remain to be harvested in the
United States this year would De
Il, ,153 900 acres. Upon that acreage
the crop of 1865. 900 bales indi-
Gated by the July 16, condition
would approximate yield OF 1923
pounds OF lint cotton per acre.
The yield in 1926 in 1925 was
1872 pounds. The total production
last year was 16,103,679 bales.
Foreign Exchange
The Washington times., 1926-07-23
WIFE ALLEGES
DIVORCE PLOT

Charges that Gordon w. Ben
son. 1880 Kenilworth Ave. n. -,
conspired with Naomi Matthews.
nov known as Naomi Benson, 70
obtain Al Illegal divorce in Chi
cago. August IL. 1925. n order
that the parties might be free ~
marry are contained n affidavlts
filed il the District Supreme Court
today By Mrs. Gertrude M. Beii
son. wife No. i. of 174s North
Capitol ST
II IL alleged BY Mrs. Benson, No
1. represented BY Attorney Ray.
nlond Neudeckers that BenSon lett
his employment here some time
III 1924, went to ChicasU aIl1 a1ter-
wards secretly instituted ulvoEce
action against her giving 2 Ialse
address In the District 70 Wnicn
notice of the proceedings was sent.
n il further charged that Mrs.
penson1 No. 2, who was married
n Benson In Chicago September
04. 1925. left her job In the Vet
ara1iss Bureau here on Or anotlt
0ctober 1. 1924. and Te'w' -
C.Ilicag0 until about October
19nE when she was transferred U
the Washfngton office again.
panson. after the ceremony, re-
turned to Washington with ssife
10. 3 and set up housekeeping
q the KeniIworth Avenue adqre ess.
4 fact which Mrs. Benson, No. 4,
SAYS she ascertained after nearing
reports among mutual friends fhat
her husband had arIlexed 2 new
wife.
The affidayits filed BY Mrs. Ben
son. No. il, are In connection With
her apDlfcation for a1lnony pend
inw her suit against Benson foI
absolute divorce In which wife No
Is named as the co-fespo pondent
The Washington times., 1926-07-23
Liverpool Cotton

LIVERPOOL, July 2S.--Trading
in spots was light with prices
easier. Sales tota1ed 5000 bales;
receipts, S.40O bales of all American.
Midlands fair, was quoted at
$11 .3s; strictly good mids, $10.S8: good
mids., $1O.5S; strictly mids., $1O.3S;
mid, $9.9S; strictly low mids., 1928;
low mids.. 1928; strictly good ordi-
nary, $7.3S; good ordinary, $6.58.
Futures opened quiet with Octo-
ber at 1921: December, $9.OS; Janu-
ary, $9.09; March, $9.16.