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The Washington times., 1926-12-22

YyE village smithy disappearing from under the spread
ing chestnut tree He being chased out By TIE stto
mobile.
The town Georges Mills il NewHampshire, advertised
for blacksmith recently Their only smith because his
business ruined By automobiles and for the first time u
half century the town was without smithy.
This typical instance q what il happening every
where
In England they announcing plans tor transforming
village smite into uptodate repair shops which will bear
little resemblance to the odfashioned blacksmith shops
Many who ate now children win grow maturity and cd
age never having seen blacksmith.
This smithy picturesque character brawny and
sturdy and many of Us viii remember when barefoot
boys oafd ii his shop and watched him pound horseshoes
The horse alas going and the garage j. replacing
the horse-shoer.
Somehow the automobile mechanic i not picturesque
figure the blacksmith who preceded him. He may be
honest but his reputation equal that Of the smithy
al goes to show how the life Of The community chang
ing many cang which heretofore been hereditary
are disappearing.
With the stage coach Of hostlers swept into
oblivion and their place taken BY engineers and braren
Life becomes complex, but is necessarily harder
upon The working for the conductor Of railway Ean
much than tie driver of stage coach used
earn and the garage mechanic better paid than his
predecessor she blacksmith
isss ~ rhs MecnEs synais.s
The Washington times., 1926-12-22
AMERICAN MAN
By Garrett r. Seryiss

r. Is the majority of savants
believe. Asia was the birth.
place and original home of the
first efficient humans. from which
they migrated to adjacent conti-
nents. peculiar and independent
route was found for the peopling
OF America IL you look at q map
OF the Arctic regions. or the north
ern end Of q globe. you ere struck
BIZ the remarkable reaching out
toward one another Of Asia and
North America until heir stretched
fingers almost clasp between
Alaska and KamchatlSa Bering
Strait, less than so miles wide,
along separates them. From points
but little elevated above sea level,
the two great continents. which
represent the opposite poles Of hui
man development, can plainly see
one another's shores. Half way
between Cape Prince OF Wales In
Alaska and East Cape in Siberia,
lie. two little rocky islands, the
Diomedes, inhabited by few peo-
pie who may be the descendants
or the very first human beings
who crossed from the "OId World
to the New World
These people, and others resem-
bling them, who live on different
i1tercontinental islands. and on
the two opposed mainlands, make
nothing today of crossing between
Asia and America In their simple
skin-coVered boats, when the sea In
and around the Strait is as smooth
as glass, and the sky blue and
cIoudless. In few hours OF easy
navigation, they discount the vast
breadth Of the mighty Pacific,
which sl1oves the nearly meeting
continents 5000 miles apart as II
expands southwark.
Ground Frozen
But for one great circumstances
the Alaska .FSamchatka route
would be the chief Of all highways
between the Eastern ard Western
halves OF the globe. That circurf1.
stance Is the fact that the route
lies inside OF the Arctic Circle,
where, below a couple of feet, to
which the effects Of the solar rays
penetrate at certain times of the
year, the soil Is externally frozer
TO d depth that has never been
measured. Neither Alaska nor
eastern Siberia has ever, apparent-
", been able to support per-
manently numerous population.
Both OF them lie at a long and
dreary distance from the densely
inhabited parts of the world. And
yet, IL such students OF the distri
button OF humanity over the earth
as DR.. Ales Hrdlicka are not mis-
taken, this was just the way
chosen for the peopling Of what
we call the Western continent.
And the people who found and FOL
lowed the way were the ancestors
turb the peace and set the world
a-wageinR IL dwindling. Every.
thing han been done over and
over again, from publicly bath
lng in champagne 90 shooting
your grandmother
About the only thlna that a
Rifl could 80 ~ awe lhnan hiang
modern men brand now lnli
would ~ 90 WHlN ~ me way
f0#n Fifth Avenue nI HNIH
MlffFI Hu. nnf An IHF nude ~
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The Washington times., 1926-12-22

$3.50
pened IL you had done differently,
boring people with emotional
p0st-naOrtems an that doesn't
prove your ren0rse or forward
your progress It only wastes
adds to the original offense. SO
dry your tears and cease your
walls and co AT7EADl
GOOD DEEDSi
Recounting your good deeds u
even more fatal than recounting
your bad deeds doubt X there's
more pernicioua practice than
this moral auditing Of 'cne good
deed daily It's the one fatal
weakness In the Boy Scout pro.
gram BE d Boy Scout In every
other particular. but II YOU do
one good deed daily. don't check
it up. Forget Ii as fast as you
possibly can. and II YOU can't
forget It. at least don't talk
about 1t. All the good deeds you
might ever 10 won't begin to
balance YOUR fundamental Stiffness
and cussedness. Remember that
and walk softly In the realization
OF the terrific balance against
you.
DON'T LOOK BACK on sOR-
ROW!
You can't erase old pain by
crawling into It's shadow again.
You can't bring back the dear
dead by invoking their ghosts.
You viii break your heart over
again III you keep feeling the
The Washington times., 1926-12-22

OF the American red men and 81
the Eskimo Of the snowy North
DR.. Hrdlicka, who has just
spent four or more months III
Alaska seeking for the landmarks
OF this ancient migration, returns
convinced that this Is the final 90.
Tuition OF the long standing prob.
lem OF the orogin Of the sIndian"
tribes who sparsely occupied this
continent before Columbus voy.
ages.
Asian Invasion
He makes clear the continuance.
OF the intercourse between Alaska
and Kamchatka. and between the
Islands intervening, and shows
that the valley or the Yukon River
has from time innnlenorial been
inhabited by the same old race
Of people that gave America both
its Indians and It's Eskimo. He.
speaks vaguely as to detailsl OF
"a serious armed invasion in the
middle Of the last century which
reached as far as the eastern end
OF Salt Lake on the Seward PENN
suia, and was thwarted only be.
cause the natives on the American
side united and defeated the in.
trnders. Z
He also found evidence OF the
existence OF dead villages and
iIabitatfons scattered along the Yu-
kon valley, some OF which have
persisted within the memory ofthe
now living inhabitants, but others
back OF remembered time. Fossil
implements OF ivory. specimens of
rude pottery, and articles Clipped
from stone, are found at these an.
Gent sites. not onlv In Alaska but
on the Asiatic side.
Dr. Hrdlicka Is right In suggest.
ing that money would be well
spent In promoting the exploration
and excavation OF these foot.
marks Of the men and women
whose ancestors may have been
tf.a first An1eric ms.
The Washington times., 1926-12-22

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The Washington times., 1926-12-22
ONCE-OVERS
BY j. j. MUNDY
Answer That Childish Question

Your children curious.
So are other folks children
Your children ask you questions they want answered
And your neighbors children asking the things
at their home How do you parents themf
It not light and frivolous matter to the children who
want to know lot Of things they cannot explain to them
selves.
Some fathers and mothers too, them in careless
way, such Run along and don't bother now"
What question for child to askl''
Is any wonder that the children put their heads together
and talk things among themselves and thereby get the
wrong idea Of lief
Instead Of putting off the questioning child. sit down al
and find out what Is troubling him.
n il perfectly sensible the child part 10 be curious
Encourage your children 10 think and impress them with
ho feet that you only glad onlehten them and
b. responsible Tor aud beauiiu Of what
fern lfnf secrets"
The Washington times., 1926-12-22
PICKERING
FOLKS

ISN'T Il distressing TO be IN the
4 company OF those who are
addicted to quarrollns and blck.
orlng9 Blckering Jars upon the
nerves nike a series u blows with
a pick upon q hard around. w
10 derivation mo word "olcher"
implies lhln nlanlnoanca, M n
Gomez from lhn nnnlIah nlrN.
uIebnT. IA An ftln a. nIIA ana
0|tI0. A. I.HI.
The Washington times., 1926-12-22

had bobbed bandits before, but like this
specimen from the great open spaces Of Texas.
Mostly they turn out rather tough hardbcied persons
with nothing picturesque about them except cheap bravado
damseI-who has admitted walking into bank and
taking thousand dollars the point Of psolmght be
anybody sister She is product Of the University Of Texas
(which implying that banrobbing Is part Of the
rouluml, and the wife Of rising young lawyer
Now what do you make out Of that7
Besides hodup which led Rebecca Bradleys capture
he authorities charge her with another attempt bank.
n they right this college girls plunge into crime WASH
nsi bt o. whimsical deviFy she must have leanlngb
ward bandliry q business
aaeene generation, fun % ingenuity and courage
when msappned Modern youth viii have 20 shoulder
~ blame Coz ~ Texas gun fr phenomonon along with
af ether maIIoa which sBt laT M course bnf there
ss4Inl seem sa# le2la e.T lo explain herr
The Washington times., 1926-12-22
QUESTIONS OF
ETH EIIE
Formal wedding Attire
rAEAR MRS BEECTkN An:
Mrs. Cornelius Beecknian

NEAR MRS. BEEcKAfAN:
am 10 be bride soon
The wedding ii 70 take place II
hotel al 5 o'clock III the eve
ming. IS il necessary for the
bride and also the maid az honor
to wear hats during the ceremony
and also at the dinner table IL
so, do the guests wear their hats
also? M. M.
At an evening wedding Ia
hotel the bride and her atten-
dants and the women guests do
not wear hats.
The Washington times., 1926-12-22
MEDITA IIONS
OF "A WIFE
By Helen Rowland
VIZ GIrIs e sIlocking

IN mid Victorian days. the hard
est task Of girls life was to
avoid shocking Mrs. Grundy.
Now her hardest and most
triumphant achievement is to do
something to make the world
catch its breath and hold up its
Hands. Something to catapult
her into the IimeIiglt!
She has her knees hand painted
and her shouIde blades tattooed,
gets married lii an airplane ard
!, divorced In submarine, and
would clleerfully stand on her
head In the middle Of Broadway
land YET. the world refuses to
be startled!
Nothing shocks Us. any more!
Nothing makes as sick!
We have lost one 81 LIES most
delicious thrills our ability TO be
Mortified.
The photograph Of = bevy OF
society girls. half.nude. dancing
the Hula-huIa merely causes Us
TO suppress q yawn.
The news that an across has
just divorced her eighth million.
aire, makes Us weep tears Of
boredom into our coffee.cups.
The picture Of g. fat dowager In
g. half-piece bathing-suit causes
up to close our eyes YEARLY and
try to think Of sonnething pleas
ant.
It's all IN the days Publicity.
That sweet old slogan, 1T pays
to advertiser Ii the inspiration
at the bottom Of everything a
woman does. Every lady Is her
own press.agent!
The horrible fear Of showing
your ankle has been exchanged
FOR the horrible fear that some
other woman may show MORE
than you do.
You've got to make q catchy
display, as the window dresser
says. if you want to get attention
these days. Men don't know
what they want until you TELL
tllen1i You have to do more than
catch the public eyeyou've got
to PUT 1T OUT
You've got to "popularize your
self, like q new race.cream, or a
washing powder. M
The mechanism OF the mascu-
line heart and imagination seems
20 have run down. and you've got
TO startle IL into action again.
Il only works when you give Il
a JAR And that's about all Il
gets these days!
It's the girl who throws the
biggest bluff and does the most
audacious things who gets the
most advortislnR--and the most
masculine attention.
a nlco.l0oklng murderena or a
bobbod.h haired bandit who carried
her OUn elH.shooior and drives
nor own hlNh.powerod ear rns
colNea more proposals m marriage
than = dozen sweet, oldiaanlone1
n1mn1iN
naf. alae. tho nam1ar ~ lhlnf1
lNAt q u1ssan go ~ A. Nf1.
The Washington times., 1926-12-22

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The Washington times., 1926-12-22

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The Washington times., 1926-12-22
Pleasure d the Dance

=
NEAR MRS. BEECKMAN
Would you please tell me
nice polite answer for q girl
when a boy says something like
ellis. Thank you very much for
the dance. Babs''? This has been
my worry at every dance.
Thank YOU, BABS.
/ know how you feel. Babs. for
this is one OF these Big Little
questions that come up so often in
everyday life One doesn't want
to make q comment that IS too
casual and still one doesn't want
to make q formal speech 1T
was delightful" or THAT was
delightful dance. Bob, 3 or II en-
joyed that dance so much. Bob =
are comments that are really
enough to indicate that the pleas.
ure of the dance has been mutual
and to indicate that you are q
courteous person.
/ read In an old.fashioned book
the other day that. after the hero
Inc had danced with the hero. she
"curtsied and said with 4 pleas
ant smile. How sSelI our steps
have accorded = This certainly
has the fragrance Of the Virginia
reel-but 1t is hardly appropriate
for our casual dancing!
Evening star., 1926-11-14
CONGRESS TO FIX
EMERGENCY PLAY
Permanent Radio Legislation to Be-
Tackled Later-Conferees
Meet This Week.

Emergency radio legislation Is to be
given preference over the more intri-
cate details Of a permanent radio bill
when conferees Of the joint Senate and
House committee convene in Washing
ton this week.
According to present indications the
committee will report back to the two
Houses of Congress a resolution, sim
liar to that agreed upon at the close
of the last session to give the Depart
ment of Commerce control over the
broadcasting situation until such time
as a permanent bill may be enacted.
Growing dissatisfaction with the
radio bill of last Winter and the dis
turbed radio situation throughout the
country, it is understood, has de-
stroyed whatever hopes were held OF
rushing a constructive radio measure
through the forthcoming short session
of Congress.
Coincident with the assembly Of the
| congressional conferees in Washing
ton, representatives of practically
every branch of the radio and broad.
casting industry are expected to be on
hand in the Capital. The National AS
sociation of Broadcasters will be rep
| resented by l.. S. Baker, executive
secretary of the organization.
Evening star., 1926-11-14
John Smith and His Radio
BY FREDERICK C. RUSSELL

which, despite the finest design and
most expert construction, usually is
imperfect measured by the ideal.
Condensers are well named "vari-
able" AS a matter of fact, the So
called fixed condensers might also be
called variable, because they often are
anything but constant. Because they
operate with such low capacity values
and cannot be altered by the radio
operator to meet varying conditions,
they are rather vital and should be
replaced when under suspicion.
Cheap ones are always a source Of
trouble because they are just so much
farther from the ideal and are subject
to just so many more vagaries. They
should also be handled carefully, just
as in the case of the strictly variable
type.
It is a very good thing to be able to
vary the capacity Of a condenser to
meet the requirements of adjusting
for different wave lengths-in fact, it s
vital-but there should be a. definite
limit to the variability Of a condenser.
1t should not be variable to the point
OF being capricious.
Copyright by the Ullman Feature Service.)
Evening star., 1926-11-14
HINT TAX ON u. S. PLAYS.
British Producers See $5, ZOO, 600
Annually Paid in Royalties.

LONDON, November 13 @.-A
scheme to tax American plays pro-
duced in England is being discussed
by British producers.
Fully $5,000,000 a year is sent to
America in royalties on plays in Lon
don." according to Col. Harry Day.
M. P. IF they are taxed, as British
authors royalties are taxed in Amer
lea, the benefit to the exchequer would
be between 100000 and f250,000.
"1n IL months alone Rose Marie
and No, No, Nanette,' between them
paid 100000 royalties to American
holders of the rights"
Evening star., 1926-11-14
Missed Opportunity.

From the American Legion Magazine.
The village bank had been forced to
close its doors, and Ike, although the
towns champion ne'er-do-well, was
loudest in his denunciations.
law, what are you kicking about?"
growled a. comparatively large deposi-
tor. "You couldn't have had more
than q couple of dollars in there
"Well," retorted Ike, "if I'd known
this was gonna happen, 1 could OF
been overdrawn, couldn't II"
Evening star., 1926-11-14
Chinese Drug Revived.

A 4,000-year-old drug is just coming
back into favor. Physicians have
again started to use ephedrine, pow
erful aid in raising blood pressure and
treating asthma and colds. Ephedrine
was a favorite Chinese household rem
edy as far back as history carries.
Evening star., 1926-11-14
cu~~~ - MuTucTAMn
CHARLESTON DEMANDED
Footwear Will Endure WHggling
and Not slip OF Being
Sought.
By the Associated Press.

..@.noer 13.-Special
footwear which will not slip off during
the wriggling foot movements of the
Charleston Is in growing demand now
that the modified Charleston has be-
come one Of the most popular dances
in London bathrooms.
Shoes have been fitted with safety
garters which slip on over the toe and
sole and hold them firmly in position.
Charleston teas are slowly replac-
ing tango teas, which have had such
a vogue, and in order to be up to date
many London girls and women are
having special lessons in the intri-
cacies of the steps of the Charleston.
At the same time the new dance Is
somewhat firing for the feet and many
beginners have had to visit the CHR
opodists and masseurs for advice and
treatment.
The broad ax., 1926-10-23
Hon. Joseph Has, the Honorable Recorder Of Deeds Of
Cook County, Who Is Being mporned on All Sides to Be-
an Independent Candidate for Mayor Of Chicago in 1927

Hon. Joseph F. Haas, whose hon
orable name has become a household
word throughout the city Of Chicago,
the state Of Illinois and the county Of
Cook, was born in Chicago, November
18th, 1857, AMI educated in the public
schools of this city. His first employ
ment was with the firm of Jameson
& Morse Printing Company; in 1873
"a he emit red the employ Of J. S.
Barnes & Company, hatters and fur
riers, as errand boy and became part
mr. in 1890. He was elected clerk OF
the Sanitary District in 1898 and
stepped aside from his business in 1900
on account Of the illness q his p'rt-
ner.
In 1902 Mr.. Haas was elected state
The broad ax., 1926-10-23

senator from the 18th senatorial dis
trict and as such he was instrumental
in passing many important measures
Among the important bills which he
introduced and are now laws are the
bill creating the municipal courts OF
Chicago; this abolished the old police
justice system; the bill creating for
est preserves which makes possible the
conservation of the woodlands in the
country for public parks system, and
several other bills giving to the park
boards the power to maintain and con-
troll the boulevards and parks; a bill
which fixes the time limit under which
persons could sue a municipality for
personal injuries, a law which saved
Chicago and other cities several hun
bred thousand dollars. In 1906 Mr.
Haas was elected county clerk and
filled that responsible Office with great
The broad ax., 1926-10-23

Hon. Charles Scribner Eaton, men,
Der of the City Council from the new
Fifth Ward and who is one Of the best
City Fathers that can be found in two
days travel, was born at Palmyra,
No, the SHOW me" state, August
"a, 1873.
He was the honored son of Joseph
Warren Eaton and Mrs. Emma Louise
(Scribner) Eaton who were direct de-
scendants of one of the earliest fam
lilies to settle in this country, one
member coming in 1920 on the May
flower and the other members in 1850
and settling in and around Plymouth
and Boston, Mass; he was the great
grandson of Lieut.. Nathan Eaton, one
Of the Minute Men at the Battle Of
Lexington Common, who afterwards
served as lieutenant in the Northern
Army of the Revolution under General
Washington.
Alderman Eaton came to this city
with his parents when he was mere
boy and received his education in the
public schools Of Chicago at the old
West Division High School and the
Lewis Institute; later on he graduated
from the University of Chicago with
high honors, with the degree of A. B.,
and from the Harvard University with
the degree Of IL. B., in 1908
On October E, 1904, Alderman
The broad ax., 1926-10-23
HON. WILLIAM D. MEYERING,
WHO WILL BE REELECTED
TO THE CITY GIL,
FROM THE NEW EIGHTH
WARD, IN THE SPRING OF
1927.

Hon. William D. Meyering is one
of the far-famed favorite sons Of
Chicago and one Of the best and most
influential members of the City Coun-
Gil.
He is a member of the following
important committees: Local Trans
portation, Railway Terminals, Public
Health, City Planning, Parks and
Athletics. Alderman Meyering always
records his vote in the City Council
in the interest of all the citizens of
this great city.
He firmly believes that the affairs
of this city should always be conducted
along economical lines and in a bust
ness-like manner He at all times
stands ready to join hands with those
who are in favor of a greater and a
more beautiful Chicago.
Alderman Meyering is highly hon
ored veteran of the World War, hav-
The broad ax., 1926-10-23

Eaton was happily united in marriage
to Miss Helen Davida Harper, the
beautiful and highly accomplished
daughter OF the late DR.. William
Rainey Harper, President Of the Uni
versity Of Chicago. He was admitted
to the Bar in 1908, and entered prac-
tice in association with Thomas S.
McClelland; entered partnership with
Thomas Bent and Russell Whitman,
which continued until March, 1906.
Alderman Eaton is member OF the
Illinois State and Chicago Bar Asso-
Citations, Illinois Society of the Sons of
the Revolution, Alpha Delta Phi fra
ternity, Union League Club of Chi
cago, Harvard Club Of Chicago. high
Mason.
Alderman Eaton is chairman of
committee on efficiency. economy and
rehabilitation, member of judiciary.
police and municipal institutions and
railway terminals.
Alderman and Mrs. Eaton and the
rest of the family reside in beautiful
home at 5744 Kimbark avenue and are
held in high esteem by a wide circle
of warm friends.
He is a warm friend of the editor
of this newspaper and one Of its
strongest supporters and with pleas
ure it can be truthfully stated that
he will be reelected to the city coun-
Gil from the First ward in 1927.
The broad ax., 1926-10-23

credit to himself and to the people in
general.
Mr.. Haas is a member of the fol-
lowing fraternal organizations: Maple
wood Council No. 1924, Royal Ar
canum; Enterprise Council No. So
Royal League; Kilwinning Lodge No
All, A. F. & A. M.
To the everlasting credit of Mr.
Haas it must be said that he employs
more colored clerks and stenographers
in the county recorders Office than all
Of his predecessors combined.
If Mr.. Haas should decide to be-
come an independent peoples candi-
date for mayor of Chicago in 1927, he
would stir up the political waters as
they have never been stirred before
and start the big and small fry poll
ticians on the dead run in every d.
rection.