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The Washington times., 1926-12-14
Do Christmas Shopping Now
M vorR CHRIsTMAs SHOPPING EARLY
Early Visits Stores Will Be Kindness to Salespeop
and Delivery Men

at this time this appeal heard Every year there seems to
be some slight Improvement but still thousands OF residents
of the CITY wait the last few days to do their shopping
This is like the yearly rush for automobile license plates 1t
seems to be human nature wait until the last moment
DO YOUR CHRISTMAS SHOPPING EARLY. It means less
congestion stores less strain upon the saespeope Inc
Christmas season. delightful to thousands of families no
treat to the and overwoed and women behind the
counters Help by ssenng the frantic work OF the last
few days. -.
DO YOUR CHRISTMAS SHOPPING EARLY This season
of the year. which ought to be pleasant for all OF u.s. is
only nightmare harassed and ovrburdened delivery
men and carriers They have to work long hours
distribute the great volume of bundles They VIII thank
YOU to distribute load days possible
Do YOUR CHRISTMAS SHOPPING EARLY. This is a
kindness yourself well as to the sales force and the
delivery men damned sidewalks and overcrowded street
cars mean overstraned and too great fatigue Why
nunish yourself? much of your shopping done before
the rush is possible 5000 - .
DO YOUR CHRISTMAS SHOPPING EARLY. This is the
appea of all large and small stores of Washington OF all
the TRANSPORTATION people, of the police who have to handle
the big crowds all who responsible in for the
safety and comfort of the public.
Do YOUR CHRISTMAS SHOPPING EARLY.
The Washington times., 1926-12-14
BY ELSIE ROBINSON
Be Proud!

Not a failure nor a success
Not a beauty or a wit. or
saint or a sinner. All these
things are but the surface veneer
ON what you really ARE.
You ARE a part OF God.
A great philosopher once sal0
this 'rYou are a distinct portion
~ the essence of God and contain
a certain part Of Him in your
self. Why. then. are you SO !gnor'
amt of YOUR noble birth? why DO
vou not consider from whence
Won came? Why do not you re-
member. when you are eatlns.
who YOU are who eat. and whom
Won feed2 When you are in the
Company Of women. when you
are conversing. when you are
exercising. when you are disput'
ing. do not you know that II Is
god YOU feed. a god you exer-
else? YOU CARRY A GOD
ABOUT WITH YOU. WIRE ECA'
AND KNOW NOTHING OF II:
Do you suppose I mean some goa
without you. Of gold or silverT II
Is within yourself you carry nun
and profane him, without being
sensible Of It. by impure thought
and unclean actions. If even the
image of God were present you
would not dare to act as you 40;
and when God himself Is within
YOU and hears and sees an ale
not YOU ashamed to think and act
thus, insensible to your own
nature and hateful TO God?
If God had committed some
orphan to your charge would you
have been thus careless OF hinif
He hath delivered yourself I'D your
care and says. i had no one
filter TO be trusted than you: pre-
serve this person for me, such as
ne is by nature: modest, faithful
sublime, unterrified. dispasslonate
tranquil And will you not
preserve him?"
The man who said that lived
long ago. He was not Christian
He was a Greek named Epictetus'
but he had seen q glimpse OF
the eternal God who always mas
been and always will be.
That God is in you now ~
BE pEou6 ,.------,----.--.----.-----.,
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your keen mind as you had to
do with making your excellent
BODY. You inherited your mental
equipment as you did your bodily
equipment. You may deserve
some credit for the things you
have done with that Mid. But,
after all. the things you haven't
done with your mind SO far out
number the things that you have
done, that you should feel deep
humility rather than pride. IFS
a very shallow mind that takes
pride in its own excellence.
Nor should you be proud OF sue:
cass. Success, in this muddied
world. Is a very doubtful thing.
Maybe you fully deserved that
success but the chances are that
it was built on the failures OF
other men, on the fads or fluc'
tuations OF the market, on chances
and accidents and conditions with
which you had nothing whatever
to do. SO why put laurels on your
brow because Of It? Moreover. al.
though you may have succeeded
in a certain particular, think or
the aspects OF life In which you
are a total failure? Think OF the
things you can't do
Do not be proud OF your social
position. One social position Is no
more valuable than another social
position. They are all mere frame
works for life. 1t Is not the
frame which counts. 1t is the
use to which you put that frame
work. You deserve no credit be-
cause you have three servants
or membership In the best
golf club or a house on the
best avenue or an office In the
best building. These things OF
themselves, mean nothing at all.
It Is as silly for a human being
to boast that he possesses such
honors as 1t would be for the
frog to boast that he sits under
a de luxe toadstool. Such things
are simply furniture. and, nearly
always. they are cumbersome. OBJ
structive furniture. The vital
fact is not what sort Of furni'
ture you possess, but how you
possess yourself in that furniture.
There is no occasion In any Of
these things for pride. GelthsE IN
The Washington times., 1926-12-14
Constitutional ReappOrtion'
ment of the House of
Representatives

Members of the House of Representatives who
ing scheme reapporton the membership OF that
body will not become effective for at least SIX years
from now until of 1880 should again study
the Constitution of the United States which they often
and so eloquently refer.
Section of Article l. of the Constitution says that Repre-
sentatyes and direct SHALL be appooned among the
several States according respective numbers opu
lation).
That same Section distinctly provides The actual
enumeration of popuation) SHALL be made within three
years after meeting of Congress- and within every
subsequent of ten years. in such manner as they sna
by law direct
In other provisions of the Constitution quite often stated
that CONGRESS shall have the power to do certain things Ito
borrow money examp but does not say that SHALL
borrow money.
As to REINFORCEMENT of House of Representatives the
Constitution says that Congress SHALL make such apporon
en according the respective populations OF the States
does state elsewhere, that Congress shall have tine
power to do
The last census was made 1920 six years ago. It was
made legally as provided by Congress- but the House has not
been reappooned among the several States according TO
their respective numbers Section Article mace nat aP
portonment mandatory.
The Constitution has been plainly violated and is quite
fortunate that the legality Of the House has
not been questioned in the courts before this
violation of the Constitution does not complete the story
The very principle of democracy representation according
to numbers, is repudiated.
This disregard of the Constitution and the principles
which republics are founded continues that members OF
that body may draw illegal salaries from the treasury OF ne
reapporonment of the House. based its present mem
besh will lose from two to four representatives Tor some
States and gain that many for others.
Illinois Representative for every 100000 inhabitants
South Dakota for every $4,000 inhabitants Michigan
Representative for 2SOOOO citizens INDIANA one
for every 225,000 citizens
California with her 3426861 people in 1920, has eleven
REPRESENTATIVES in House. Iowa. with population OF q
or more than 100000 less citizens than California
has the number of Representatives as the great Pacific
Coast State.
Ten million people the United States robbed Of their
lust rights in Congress millions of others have far more
than their just rights.
This same unrepresentative situation will apply to the
Electoral College in future Presidential elections until the
House constitutional in its composition for each
State electoral votes equal to the number OF its Repre-
sentatives added to number of its Senators (two)
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SIGNING YOUR
NAME
MRS. Cornelius Beecknna
TEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:

$4,000
TEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
~ How should a married
woman sign her name to q bust
ness letter? ].
Yours, very truly.
MARY SMITH BROWN.
MRS. JOHN BROWN.
This is the general method Of
signature-and 1t 10 most import
ant that a married woman know
this. for by her method of sign.
ing a letter she Is judged
The Mary Smith Brown part
OF the signature may vary. but
this form of her name-the first
and last names of her maiden
name combined with the last
name of her married name-is the
usual form that women choose.
She may. however. prefer to use
the form MARY 8. Brown" or
Mary Brown. or lit. say. she mas
been known by two names). mary
Jane Smith Brown" MARY Jane
Brown). Any OF these forms IS
correct. but not so often chosen,
and | think not so good. as the
first form. The first form-Mary
smith Brown-contains all the
elements, it seems to me-that
are most important to tell read
~er: her first name, the last name
Of her maiden name. and the last
Then. in a letter that Is onsl'
ness letter or one 70 any
who must be informed OF neF
formal name, to be used' Tor IN
stance, in addressing an enVeIope
for an answer. she must VIZ
her formal name: Mrs. Jonn
Brown. ,oo.
for her to use this formal nahie
In the direct signature: as yours
very truly. Mrs. John Brown
The woman who uses this sigma
ture Is laying herself open 70
criticism, for 1t Is one Oh the
most serious errors she can com
NIT In the world of manners
And how many Of them do lt0
DEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
~ Please tell me II the girrs
family is under obligation for the
entertainment expenses for the
engagement and weddingT
A. B. S.
Yes. II an engagement party
ia given by the brides parents
they of course pay the expenses
for the hospitality. And the
brides parents are the hosts OF
the wedding. and therefore, OF
course. pay the expenses OF the
wedding. 1t Is not at an neces'
sary to have an engagement an
nouncement party. and, II the
brides parents feel that they can
not afford a large wedding the
wedding can be eimplified as
much as possible. But whatever
kind 1t is the brides parents
should pay for 1t. For the bride
groom to bear any OF the ex,
penses of the wedding, except the
few like the payment of the
clergyman's fee and so forth, II
is exceedingly bad form and -
never done by. paople with taste.
The Washington times., 1926-12-14
SAYINGS OF WISE MEN

He who purposes to be an author
should first be a student.-Dryden.
He who forgets his friends mean.
~ to follow after those OF q
higher degree Is a snob.-Thack-
cray.
It Is a dark sign when the own.
or is seen to be growing poor and
his steward ls found to be grow
ing rich.-Spencer.
Rapidity does not always make
progress and hurry Is akin to
wastes-C. A. Stoddard.
The Washington times., 1926-12-14
A Big Country
And Some Big Counties

Few who small Eastern States realize the real size
If this nation For instance Wisconsin has dozen counties
every one of bigger than the State of Rhode Island and
several Western States haven't single county smaller than
the State of Connecticut.
One county in Nebraska large the State of Rhode
and and Connecticut combined San Juan County in Utah
is bigger than New Jersey and socorro County, in New
Mexico bigger than Maryland Rhode Island and Delaware
combined.
Farmers have cultivate all this great territory using it
to 115000000 of Americans And what then is the
fact that eight little Eastern States with their sixteen votes in
the (Rhode Island has much in the Senate
gigantic Texas) able to control farm legislation and pre-
the Government trying to do something for farmers
as it does so successfully for railroads. !
The Washington times., 1926-12-14
HE LIKED HIS
WORK

GROVER CLEVELAND ALEX.
N AMBER. the baseball pitcher
who had been discarded after long
and valuable service by the Phila'
deIphia and Chicago teams, proved
his worth in the last world Sc.
ries. which was won by his
pitching for the st. Louis Car
dinals. largely as a result Of his
faith In himself.
i've found out that, no matter
what his business is, a man is
better at doing something he
loves than he would be at any
thing else says Alexander in an
AnteryieW In this weeks Liberty.
The Washington times., 1926-12-14

Our distinctions do not lie in the
places we occupy. but In the gca.
and dignity with which we I'LL
them.-Simms.
Man Is a social animal, formed
TO please and enjoy society,"
Montesquieu.
The perfection OF art is to con.
ceal art,--Quintilian.
Revere Is when ideas float In
our mind without reflection or
regard OF the understanding
Locke. 49,
The Washington times., 1926-12-14
DE proudI

DE proud!
ID Not be-
cause of your
beauty, il you
happen to be
beautiful. You
had nothing &c
do with t h e
making Of your
beauty. 1t is
no credit to you
IL you have a
w ell 8 h a p e 4
nose. a dainty
ankle. a lovely
throat. You did
OF make I h e
machine which
h o u S e 8 you.
then why should
you be proud
Of It?
Nor Q h o u / d
you be proud of
your mind. You
had as little to
Hi AYp1vA -
The Washington times., 1926-12-14
LISTEN, WORLD!

beauty, nor wit.
nor charm, nor
skill. nor luck.
nor position. nor
h e alt h. n o r
prosperity. Not
even in happi-
ness. Or good
ness. There is
only one thing
of wnicn y o u
have any right
to be proud. and
YOU have a right
to be proud of
tn at whether
YOU are rich or
poor, beautiful
or ugly. good
or bad bright
or stupid. a fall
ure or a sue.
cess. You C a n
be proud OF
what you ARE.
w h at A r E
UolI2
The Washington times., 1926-12-14
MEDTTATIONS
OF A WIFE
BY Helen Rowland
And StiD We Love Them

And Still We Love Them
At 90. marriage Is an adven-
ture; at 80. a compromise: at 40.
an accident; at so. an expert.
ment-and at so. refuge.
A man is not hopelessly in love
until he discovers that some wom-
ans kisses have ceased to be a
luxury and have become an abso-
lutte necessity,
A strong man." these days, IL
one who can hold lot Of wine and
a lot Of love at the same time,
without losing his equilibrium and
getting coiled into a foolish entan.
clement.
You can't argue a man into low.
ing you just by proving that he
OUGHT to- but you can nearly
always tempt him into 1t II you
can manage to convince him that
he Ought NOT to-"
The difference between dancing
at 20 and dancing at 40 Is the diff
ference between feeling a mans
'fervid breath upon your cheek"
and being conscious only Of the
painful putting" above his heav.
ing diaphragm.
1t makes a man almost as in.
dignant not to be allowed to break
his dates. his sentimental prom.
ises, and his New Year vows, as it
makes a small boy not to be al
lowed TO smash his own Christmas
toys.
A woman Is always asking a
man embarrassing questions. Be.
fore marriage she wants to know
why he loves her. and after mar
riage she wants TO know why he
ever married her!" And no man
can give her the answer to either
Of these deep mysteries.
A man always says that he loves
a girl because she Is different
which. translated, usually means
because she is INDIFFERENT.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-03-06
FRANCE ON THE CARPET


The League of Nations at last has called France
to account for her conduct III Syria. That is the
Leagues BUSINESS because France is III Syria under
League mandate govern that country its
beneut. 1he mtermnable troubles accompanying
French occupation seem to have come from treaCng
Syria IKE conquered PROVINCE TO be punished and eX
pIoIted.
France will hardly suffer much for the action of
her army III shooting up Damascus and otherwise
nlng anuck. he League not IN position to dlScl-
pine the major powers which created it and SIT
Its Council he inquiry, too, handicapped by the
TACT that onIy controversy neara;
Syrlans nave representation at Geneva.
e. the accused power is
brought d OF international publicity mucn
to the backward populations a1Iected such cases.
World morals improving Civilization little by
little increases the pressure OF its judgment raises
civilized standards.
1t IS because Of this publicity power rather than
any prospect of punishment by League that
France withdrawing armed forces, putting the
syrian administration d CIVILIAN basis and dealing
more literally with the Syrian population.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-03-06

selected your product as the most
suitable for our purpose. Captain
wilkins will keep you informed as
to results obtained from your fuel
during the flight. y
The gasoline was rushed by the
Richfield company by boat and rail
to Nenana, Alaska. Thence was
taken by snow motor to Tolovana,
Alaska-900 miles from the hopping
off point. 1t will be freighted by
monoplane from Tolovana to Point
Barrow.
The expidition, conJointly backed
by the National Geographical So
ciety, Detroit Aviation society and
the North American Newspaper al
lance, has the backing of such men
as Edsel Ford, William Il. Scripps,
William b. Mayo and other promi-
nent Detroiters, and the written en-
doresment of President Coolidge.
The purpose of Captain wilkins
and his party is to discover new
lands, if possible, and to occupy
them for the L. s. A. They will also
seek to locate and photograph the
socalled lice pole
Imperial Valley press., 1926-03-06
WILKINS POLAR
FLIGHT TO Use
RICHFlELD GAS

LOS ANGELES, Mar. 6-Calif for
MIA is to Have the most vital share
i'll the great aerial Arctic expedition
which starts the latter part of this
month into the ice bound north to
plant the Stars and Stripes on un-
chartcd land in the desolate polar
seas. For it was to this state and
one of its major products--a product
most essential in 1900 mile non
stop airplane flight-that engineers
of the Detroit Arctic expedition
turned when they laid their explora-
tion plans.
That California product WIS gaso-
line.
FIRST disclosure that the all i'm
portant fuel which will power the
polar planes is the celebrated Rich
ticld gasoline of power famous
for its victories on the speedways
of Europe and America, came today
when c. NJ, Fuller, president of the
Richfield Oil company, made pub
lie correspondence with II. G. Me
Carrell, assistant manager of the
expedition.
McCarrell, ordering immediate
shipment of 5000 gallons of Rich
field TO be delivered to Capt. George
Hubert wilkins, commander of the
flight, which starts from Point Bar
row on the Arctic ocean, stated:
" After an exhaustive study of
the various gasOlincs available, we
Imperial Valley press., 1926-03-06
Bedtime Stories
BY HOWARD r. GARIs
Copyright. 1926, by Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate
UNCLE WIGGILY' ORANGE
TREE

Uncle Wiggily couldn't 20 tc
Florida. or, at least he didn t have
time, though he knew it was love
ly place. 50 he said to himself:
"If l cant go to Florida, why
Florida shall come to me.
What do YOU means' asked
Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy. the musk
rat lady housekeeper who helped
Mrs. Uncle Wiggily give the dishes
their bath three times day.
"Oranges grow in Florida, so l
have been told,'' spoke the rabbit
gentleman, and since I cant 60 to
Miami or Palm Beach l will have an
orange tree herein my hollow stump
bungalow. 1t will remind me of
Florida. -
SO Mr.. Longears bought himself a
Florida orange and after eating all
but the skin, he took out the seeds
and planted them in a pot of earth
and set it in sunny window near
his easy chair.
easy chair and wait for my orange
tree to grow and have big, juicy
yellow oranges on it, said the rab.
bit gentleman. .'They tell me things
grow very fast in Florida, so if l
take little sleep, by the time l
wake up | ought to be able to pick
oranges and give some TO all my
friends who are not as lucky as l
am. @
Uncle Wiggilv twinklcd his pink
nose, poured a little water on the
earth i'll the pot where he had plant
Imperial Valley press., 1926-03-06
THE GASOLINE ROAD TAX.

The American people paid Sl-O,OOOO00 last year
IN gasoline taxes S6OUUU,OU0 more than the year be-
lore. Forty four contributed.
1t is lot OF money, added to all the other taxes
But the nation has the money to pay and doesnt
1t much because dTlbbles out lew cents at time
ana IS proba0Iy as falr tax as any, when applied
as 1t should be in every building and maintain
ing good roads
When the cry first arose, Let those who use the
roads pay Tor them, 1t wasn't altogether Just 1t
made automobllistS pay often undue share OF the
cost OF roads which served whole community, and
WHICH raised real estate values for many who were not
contributing. But now that nearly everybody owns
and drives car the discrimination vanishes and the
tax becomes simply convenient way to the good roads
that everybody wants
Imperial Valley press., 1926-03-06
SNOW MOTORS STALLED

Snow motors" built in Detroit for use in Arctic
exploration set off recently from Nenana, Alaska in
hlgh hopes They were to conquer the icy wilderness
and make dog sleds obsolete.
Now the canine "huskies' are laughing at them
The snow motors, screwing their way forward with
trailing sleds OF gasoline and other supplies took two
weeks to go % miles. They might have arrived at
their destination, Point Barrow the motorists re-
ported but would take their whole cargo of gasoline
and the fuel was wanted for IN the actual expor-
ing expedition, farther north SO dogs were called on
to come and rescue the gasoline
That, however, doesn't finally settle the question.
Inc flrst wheel motors were not very successful.
Neither were the first air motors Nor in all probabl-
n.y. the first OK carts or dog seds. Give them little
time.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-03-06
VALLEY PICTURE
SCENES LAID in
WILD JAZZ BELT

Fresh from the master hand of u
W. Griffith, featuring Carol Dcmp,
! ster. w. c. Fields, James kirkwood
and Harrison Ford, comes a stirring
mclodrama Of contemporary life in
the Chicago underworld and Jazz
! belt. And if its title, THAT Royle
Girl, has a reminiscent ring, it is
, because the picture is based on Paul
Schofield 5 adaptation of Edwin Bal
mcr 5 widely read serial story in
the Cosmopolitan magazine.
Particular interest attaches to
this new Griffith production, which
opens at the Valley thcater Sunday,
due to the fact that it deals with
those types of ndividuals-gang-
sterS, bootlcggcrs, and the .iazz-mad
fast Sct-WhO have been very much
in the public eye during the past
few months.
Those who have had an advance
look at the picture claim that WOW
en- into the warp and woof of its
plot are Incidents as thrilling, rs
startling and as sensational as any
that have been chronicled in the
front pages of the newspapers. One
OF the outstanding features of the
him Is dramatic murder trial. with
Harrison Ford as the accused, James
hlrkwood as the prosecutor, and
Miss Dempstcr as the girl accom-
pdce, suspected of providing the
motive for the crime.
Following the Griffith tradition
of picturing some elemental strug-
Gle, the director has filmed Il cy-
clone that furnishes the elimaetlc
high spot in the production, and
which Is said to be the most terrific
storm ever captured by motion
nicturn camnrn
Imperial Valley press., 1926-03-06
FIRE CUTS FRESNO STORE

FRESNO. Cal, March s. = The
largest Chinatown department store
in Fresno, kamikawa brothers, was
partly guttcd in Il spectacular fire
yesterday. \ restaurant and jewel
~ store were also damaged. While
il was declared possible that fire
may have originated in the restau-
rant, fire officials were inclined TO
believe that it was caused by
tramps who had taken refuge in Il
stairway. Damage was 100000.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-03-06
MAY INCREASE
STRENGTH OF
CALF. GUARD

SACRAMENTO, Calf, Mar. O.
Strength of the California national
guard may be increased between 800
and 60O men after June 30. when ad-
dltlonal federal aid will be avail
able, says r. f. Mittelstaedt. state
a.diutant general
There are now 523S officers and
men IN the organization compared
with 5493 two wears ago.
The adjutant general also hopes
to complete organization of the 4oth
national guard division composed of
California and Utah units.