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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-02-06

- BSERVE the next people you pass on the street
six Of them will have their lips parted. lney als
- probably mouth breathers
when nature was manufacturing you she bored two
holes il your nose for you to IN breathing. Jour
mouth was made for eating drinking and talking and nos
to convey the air to your lungs
The nors are especially fitted up with mcfoDe catcn
ers The open mouth is germ nest ,,
Breathe through and you are not e liable e
catch cold. Isl.
Also you will not snore. T is common mistake g
suppose people snore through the They really snors
because they do breathe By the nose they would
shut the mouth they would cease the noise
When You get the habit of keeping the mouth shut n
has most benefcent reflex action upon your soul a on
don talk SO much Talking process BY which we get
trouble Keeping the mouth shut is the trick by which
we get out Of trouble.
Sometimes.
General Grant was said to be able to keep his mouth
shut in seven languages most envable reputation!
When we talk, people find out how little We know;
whereas the Wisest Man said:
Even fool is wise when lie holdeth his peace.
One Of the biggest numbskuls ever knew vas elected
ao him e ssy during s ea@pg
always better to have people wonder what you would
say than wonder why you said it
For this the best of rendering the rattle
brain durber harmless when he has gone
religious political economic theory, to hire him hall
Silence is the most formidable eloquence It offers
nothing interfere with the bystanders imagination They
may think whale keep still They lend
their wisdom, when they cannot find out yours.
Keeping still Is the best way to make love. Why
gaba Just hold hands # you 60 to explaining you may
Keeping the mouth shut is most valuable business
asset Let the other fellow talk Then he is taking all the
chances And if don't say anything all You won't
say anything you wish afterward you hadn t said.
Of courses there IS such thing being silent Men
may call you gm You must speak tte So You better
learn about three harmless phrases and repeat them when
your turn; like Edward Everett Hales legislator
who won fame by saying upon OCCASION only IT quite
with the gentleman the other side of the house.
and There has been much said and well said that
feel I can not add further'-or something Ike that
And, personally, Angel Face you no danger Of
being too tacrn Pardon plain Speech but you
know much and keep your mouth shut people
discover it.
anyway, it, bad habit to set your mouth going and
then to 60 off and leave it, as you do.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-02-06
ANNOUNCING
ENGAGEMENT
Mrs. Cornelius Beeckman-

nEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
IL I am planning on announc-
ing my engagement soon, and
wish to ascertain the correct form
of making the announcement out
side of the family.
2. Is it still correct form to
send out engraved cards?
3. I have heard that II is Gus
tomary for the bride-elect to
present her fiance with an en-
gagement present. Will you please
inform me il this is correct?
Thank you for your kindness
and courtesy. H.
TTIE most charming way to en-
nounce your engagement to
your friends is to write them
personal little notes containing
the happy news. And nothing is
In such good taste and in such
good form as this informal
method.
The best method of announc-
ing an engagement is to an
nounce it with regard to de
grees" of closeness of relation
ship and friendship. That is,
girl goes to see her close rela-
tions and very old friends OF the
family and tells them the news.
Her closest friends she naturally
sees and tells, too. Then to the
friends who are in the next
"Iayer" of closeness in friend
ship she writes notes, short ones
but most friendly, in the spirit of
"I want you to know, the news
one of the first" BY this time
she has told the ones who are
most interested, and told them in
a friendly, intimate way that does
honor to their friendship and re-
spects all the laws of natural
courtesy.
The rest Of the world-the
world that does not count SO in
timately to her but still the world
that she wishes to inforn1-she
informs by means OF having. a
formal insertion in the newspa-
pers. Her mother sends this item
to the newspapers, and the an
nouncement is made by the
mother and father. 1t reads some
thing like this:
"Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Bush
announce the engagement OF
their daughter, Rose, to Mr.. VIII
liam Brooks. Mr. Brooks is the
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Walter. Lor-
ing Brooks. of No. 3 Home Ave,
Cleveland"
IL never has been the correct
form to send out engraved cards.
dear II. And it is not now good
form 10 send engraved cards for
such an announcement.
While it Is not exactly Gus
tomary for a fiancee to give her
fiance an engagement present,
il is perfectly good form for he
to do so. The fact that there iE
an engagement means that she
has the right 10 give the kind Of
presents that she may not give
10 her betrothed before the en-
gagement.
you are very welcome. rCome
again" pleased
Mrs. Beecl1man will be glad to
answer questions ON etiquette
submitted by readers.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-02-06

striking resemblance to the Ma
gellanic Clouds. But it is at .
vastly greater distance than
those remarkable objects. The
distance is estimated to be not
less than 214,00O parsecs, which
corresponds to about 100000
light years.
The distance of the sun from
the earth being about eight light
minutes, we see that to visit this
outside universe we should have
to travel about forty.five-thou-
sand-million times as far as IN
going to the sun. A thousand-mile,
an-hour aeroplane, fitted for
travel in the ether, could carry
us to the sun in about ten years
and eight months-but to get to
that other universe. twinkling
through a star-window in the
corner of Sagittarius, would take
4,800 million centuries!
Bold Spectator
A hobo would never get there
except in an Einsteinian sense,
which may now be said to have
displaced the "Pickwiclkian sense
invented by Charles Dickens.
One of those bold spectators in
the free mathematics was aSSur-
ing us only the other day that
when we see a star that astron-
omers reckon to be trillions OF
miles distant, we touch our eye
balls against the star, aid that's
what makes it Enthusiastically
1t does not appear that the uni
verse in N. G. c. 1922 is of our
order Of size, and we might be
tempted to conduct ourselves
somewhat patronizingly If we
could get to it. you have a very
pretty little universe here We
should, perhaps, say to the in
habitants, in a lofty moment.
"A maximum length of 1900 par
secs Is very respectable, very.
Now we have in the Milky Way
system a maximum of mot TO
overstate it, some 100000 par
secs; but, then, we have been in
existence a great many bi!Iion
years. and it takes time to grow
up. You are really doinA very
promisingly."
Nevertheless, 6,822 has got a
large number or suns that would
make our orb Of day rank as
very tiny potato. And, except
that its distance is "a quantity
of new ORDER" 1t does not ap-
pear that things are very differ
ent in that far-off isolated sys-
tenn from what they are IN our
neighborhood, or on our shore
of the cosmical ocean.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-02-06
Helium in Russia

Russia the socaled outlaw among nations has discovered
natural heium gas wells the shores of Lake BakaE
Already rich in natural resources Russia with its dis
covery has into veritabe fortune Bureaucrats in
America who bee diigbles and other flying machines will
nothing significant in generous supply Of the valuable
gas Russia They know of that hem is the best
for arsps that it is nammable that and
expensive But what of that?
We surely don't need the gas they argue because
haven't any drgibles left to fill and don't want any.
But Russia that sleeping giant of the Old World wakes
long enough to call its new discovery important.
In all probability Russia will need its helum and aircraft
will you consider actual defense
time the only need. And she will have both
There much interest in Japan in the Russian find.
Only America is indifferent.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-02-06
SAYINGS OF
MRS. SOLOMON
-By Helen Rowland-
what Money Won't Buy

What Money Won't Buy
MY DAUGHTER, consider the
WI things which money viii
buy, and the things which il VIII
not buy For, the first are innu-
merablebu the second are IN
dispensable!
Behold, the damsels Of Baby
lon have set covetous eyes upon
the pockets of the rich; and the
butter-and-egg man is their de-
light.
Yea, they have cried out in
their hearts, "Oh. Lord, send US
human Santa Claus, who VIII
cover us with pearls and sables
and hose OF spun silk! For, love
may satisfy the heart, but money
payeth the beauty doctor and the
milliner and keepeth the big car
going"
Go to. Love bringeth kisses
and heartaches and thrills and
Establishments; but money bring
eth friends and heartsease and
glad rags and gayety!
Money buyeth the plaudits of
walters and the devotion of bell
hops: the love of grafters and the
homage Of snobs. But, what doth
love within q cottage profit thee,
IL the wolf howleth outside the
door, and the creditor clamoreth
at the window?
Verify, verify, the damsels of
Babylon have reasoned wisely,
but not well.
For 10, riches may bring luxury
and leisure, but not all the money
in the world will purchase me
dunn soft-boiled egg in popular
restaurant, nor an honest portion
of butter upon drugstore sand
witch!
Nay, not all the riches of Solo
mon will buy slender figure
and not all the wealth Of Tut
Ankh-Amen. a dimple in the
knee.
Not all the treasure Of Ptolenly
will purchase freedom from rheu.
matism and surcease from red
nose!
A permanent wave may be
bought and paid for, but, alas,
no money can buy a good diges-
ton or a spontaneous kiss.
The stuff that causeth the
headache may be bought with
gold, but not rubies and sapphires
can purchase an appetite for
breakfast, upon the morning
after"
Verify, verify, these things also
money will not buy:
An easy conscience and a good
nights sleep.
Freedom from bores and immu.
nifty from dimwits.
A perfect instep and a fascina-
ting twinkle In the eye.
Charm of manner--and a grace
full wit
A loyal friend-and eternal love.
A solid tooth-and everlasting
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-02-06
Ter me cARPU
no SHARE.
BY ELSIE ROBINSON

the garage guy and about fifty
other institutions that serve the
Missis and the Kids. But not so.
Such effort is merely commercial.
1t leaves the Heart of Woman
Hungry-says the Visiting Lady
Celebrity.
If you don't know how to kiss
her hand, you're a flat tire and
you might as well draw up your
alimony budget forthwith.
Yep, that's how she views US.
Women desire men who are at
home in an illusionary world or
romance" says she, "men that do
silly things like bringing flow
ers or kissing their hands. Your
American gentleman acts like q
bashful schoolboy if he happens
to venture as far as to kiss his
lady's hand. Women like to be
dominated like to be led and
want to make idols out of their
men. But if husbands continue
to be strong and silent and not
aware of the beauties pertaining
to a ridiculous chivalry then
predict the future of marriage to
be a very sad one indeed.
Just so! And l bet that about
1882, 1866 Misunderstood wives cut
that passage out and handed 1t to
their particular John Henry when
he came home, all covered with
unehivalrous CRIME of boiler
factory.
Now Tn one of those hungry
hearted American females my
self. | admit that I'm better
qualified to drive a steam shovel
than / am to do minuet, but
nevertheless even ! have my coy
moments when / long for some
guy to spread his coat beneath
nv Number Seven shoe and kiss
my calloused hand. But they are
sonly moments. And. personally,
I can imagine no worse fate than
youth.
New hair on a bald spot-and a
new set of Illusions
WHY then, do the damsels of
Babylon sigh for riches? For the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-02-06

to be hitched for
life to something
that wanted to
be perpetually
acting like Sir
Walter raleigh.
Once in D while
it's all right. Once
in q while I'm
perfectly willing
to sit down in
the twilight and
sigh while some
one tells me that
I'm his guiding
star, even though
l. know darned
well he's string
ing me. And I'm
even willing to
scrub the print
er's ink off my
d ig its long
enough to permit
a few sanitary
snaacks, IL anyone
feels taken that
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-02-06
LISTEN, WORLD!
TH z Visiting
II Lady Celeb

TH = Visiting
il Lady Celeb
rity says that
American hus-
bands make won
derful adding
machines, but as
lovers they are a
total failure. /"
Hitherto John
Henry has stun
bIed along under
the delusiOn that
he was doing his
bit IL he paid the
landlord. the gro
Ger, the dentist,
the doctor, the.
minister, the tax
collector, t h e
garbage man, the
butcher, the hab-
erdasher. I h e
milliner, the dry
goods merchant,
the shoe man,
the hair dreRaaJs
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-02-06
WISE SAYINGS.

TT is not good sleeping hound
to wake.--Chaucer.
Nothing can work me damage
except myself; the harm that /
sustain | carry about with me.
and never am real sufferer but
by my own fault.--St Bernard.
The first and worst of all
frauds is to cheat oneself.-BaiIey.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-02-06
JUST 20 YEARS AGO
Washington Times Files 20
By WILLIAM MOORE

headline. For confirmation read
the magazine section OF the Sun
day Herald.
DIR. Harvey w. Wiley, noted
War.IIorse of food reform, DECLARED.
that more babies were killed in
the last fifty years of the nine
teenth century from overdosing
OF soothing strip than all the
hero dead of Americas wars.
Jiu-jitsu was getting a half
Nelson" on schoolboy athletes.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-02-06
DIR. FRANK CRANES
DAILY EDITORIAL
AZ Dr.. FRANK oRANE
Keep Your Mouth Shut

- BSERVE the next ten people You pass on the street
Six Of them will have their lips parted. They are
- probably mouth breathers.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-02-06

"Bsrnard Shaw Dying" said a
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-02-06

Old Mohawk. patriarch bison at
the Washington Zoo. posed for the
likeness or the buffalo on ten-dol-
ar bills,
King Edward received word
from the court physician that ne
Rad bette eut*1own on his food.
You're in danger Of apoplexy,"
said the physician. Porridge-and
that's about all--was the mon
arch's chief diet from thencefor'
ward.
Bernard Shaw Dying" said a
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-02-06
Music and Beer

London proudest bartender after thirty years watching
the British learn to drink poisonous American cocktails and
other connections says that what drinks depends
great deal on what kind of music he hears.
After seeing and hearing "Carmencita," a mild
Britsher is apt to ask for glass of brandy
On the other hand when Wagners music played every
body drinks beer between the acts Johann Strauss
thirst for wine, and Richard Strauss makes listeners ask
for hardened spirits.
There may be something in the theory but probably not
much Those that listen to Wagners music drink good
deal of beer because every Wagneran concert there
bound to be Germans people Of that ancestry and
they have brains enough drink beer and let spirits alone
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-02-06

way. But why on earth should
any two-fisted, Defeating female
want to be compared to q star or
get her hands kissed az a steady
practice?
Let's go even further - how
could any woman with q. sense of
humor endure a husband who
wanted to make love to her all
the time? And how could any
man with an Intelligence Quota
above that OF a sQuid, stand the
task of doing Romeo nightly
after nine hours of tooth-and.fang
competition with bloodthirsty
world?
This Romeo stuff was invented
by an eau de cologne aristocracy
who toiled not neither did they
spin and had nothing on their
minds but sachet. They had 10
fill the time somehow so they
did lit by kissing hands. II was
a harmless sport for none Of the
real people cared what they did
with their faces anyway.
But American men have much
better uses for their faces-and
American women have much bet
ter uses for their hands. The
American marriage is based on a
finer ideal than this Pierrot and
Pierette standard. 1t is based on
the ideal Of service-an ideal tha-
swings far above the crude fm
itations of sex and makes all &C.
ton noble and beautiful il IT be
done with love.
We should hear more about
that ideal. We should learn to
see the beauty of some sweat
stained, clumsy, inarticulate man'a
struggle to support his family, or
some faded, wrinkled woman's
sacrifice for her man and babies.
For that is the true romance
the only romance that is worthy
of honest men and women.
things which money viii buy are
only luxuries the things
which it will NOT buy are the
hearts NECESSITIES
SELAH.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-08-19
STOCKMEN ASK -
MOVING RATES

KANSAS CITY. Aug. 19.-tPD-De-
claring that the drouth In West
Central aKnAs necessitated the
shifting Of large herds 70 more fav-
orable grazing lands. about forty
acttlement from the southwest con-
ferred here today with representa-
tives of rail lines in that region ask
ing fifty percent reduction in feed
er and transit freight rates The
cattle men were principally from
Kansas and Texas.
In their plea TO the rail repre-
sentatives. the stockmen pointed out
that the blue stem grass in pasture
lands throughout the drought area
had been shortened BY the bot
weather adm drought that had lasted
virtually from May and thus had
lost IT, fattening qualities. In num-
erous instances, il was said, the
grass had entirely dried up, necessi-
tating the transferring of herds 10
better land.
Representing the majority of tho
stockmen from outside Kansas was
Lee Bivins, Amarillo. Texas. widely
known ranch owner, who is feeding
10000 head Of cattle.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-08-19

Tat GuaymaS, on the west
coast, had been ordered to
MeXicali to join a garrison Of
equal strength there.
Estrada and the leaders in his
move 10 seize Lower California with
its rich farm lands and profitable
border resort towns were arraigned
before United States commissioner
here yesterday. charged with violat-
ing the neutrality of the United
States. The general was held under
bond of $4,000. his chief aide.
Aurelio Sepulveda. a former Mexican
army officer, under bond Of $4,000,
which bail for other members Of the
staff ranged from $1,000 to $4,000.
None Of the prisoners posted bond.
All of the prisoners, including ll5
or the rank and file Of the army who
were arraigned Tuesday. were still
held today az the marine barracks
under guard Of the navy. but ar
rangements were being made 20 en-
ploy civilian guards. following a
telegram from Washington to the
United States marshaPs office at Los
Angeles that the navy cannot law
fully guard the men.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-08-19

Gives Sensational Mar
rative of KILN g s
And Escapes; Sur
renders to Woman

TEXARKANA. Ark. Aug la.-'P
-Kecnie Wagner. %. alias Harvey
Logan, alias "Texas Slim admitted
in the Miller county jail this morn
ING that he has accounted for five
in gunfights in addition TO the Sc
rious wounding of two Others who
however. did not die.
These killings occurred AZ Kings
port. Tenn. where he killed two Of
ficers named Webb and Smith. and
wounded third man; az McClain
in Greene county. Mississippi. where
after running over the sheriff Of
the county 10 escape from jail. ne
killed 4 deputy named Mcintosh
when the officer tried to stop him
with a shotgun: at the Williams
farm near Fouke. last Tuesday night,
where, while three brothers named
Carper. were endeavoring 20 beat him
up. he again used his gun with fatal
Continued on page twO.)
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-08-19
.KILLSDEPUTY
IN GUN BATTLE
Kennedy Men Settle Old
Feud by Resorting
To Shotguns

kennedy. Texas, Aug. l9.-tPl-
Louis Pullin Il being held here N
connection with the fatal shooting
Wednesday of Deputy Sheriff +. l..
Lewallen. Lewallen was shot when
the two men met in their cars on y
side street. Both men used shot
guns and several shots were fired by
each. witnesses said.
Pullin received flesh wound in the
leg and one finger was shattered. a
bullet nipped his ear.
Bad feeling had existed between
the men since an alteration at a
dance some months ago when Pullin
was wounded in an exchange ot
shots.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-08-19
WORKSTARTED
ON STRUCTURE
TOSPAN RIVER
Construction Of Sec
ond International
Bridge Here Will
Be Rushed

Actual construction Of the new in
ternational bridge between Browns
willie and Matamoros is under way.
Workmen are building tool house
near the Fourteenth Street inter
section of Levee Street and have
gone TO work preparing for the foun-
dation for the approach on the
American side Of the Rio Grande.
Engineers are working on the
Mexican side Of the river Also pre-
pairing for the foundation of the ap-
proach near Santa Cruz.
WI r. Callahan, president Of the
construction company which ~ build
ing the structure for the Gateway
Bridge Company, il expected To ar
rive here this week and take charge
OF the work, according to x. b.
Creager, president Of the corpora
tion. Mr.. Callahan has wired Mr.
Creager from Los Angeles saying
that he will be here soon. He has
made several previous visits TO
Brownsville in connection with this
work.
The work being done consists Of
testing ground 10 determine the
character of the foundation that will
be necessary. The buildings are to
house machinery, equipment and ma
terial.
The bridge is to cost in excess Of
Sj50,000 and will he Of steel and
concrete TO accommodate both vehIc-
ular and foot traffic. Ornamental
lights will be installed its entire
length.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-08-19

MONEY TRAIN
Revolutionists Active
In Nicaragua, Is
Report

WASHINGTON, ID. a., Aug. l9.-
LPi-The Nicaraguan government IS
mobilizing and despatching troops
"all over the country" 70 suppress
revolutionary outbreaks, Lawrence
Dennis, American charge at Mama
qua. advised the state department
today.
Mr.. Dennis reported that revolu-
tions had broken out apparently in
Leon. Chinadega and Corinto and in
bordering communities.
All telegraph wires have been cut
and railway operations have come to
a stop.
State department officials have
not yet received the reported request
for American gunboat protection at
Bluefields If precautionary meas
ures are found necessary for protec-
tion Of American lives and property,
however, adequate action will be
taken.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-08-19
SCREEN SHEIK I
PASSES CRISIS
Rudolph Valentino Re.
ported Improving
Slowly

NEW YORK, y. VI. Aug. 19-OPl
Rudolph Valentino appeared today
TO have passed the crisis of a dan
gerous illness that sent him "a n
hospital Sunday for an operation.
A special medicine. metephen, was
IT hand however. for emergency use
If local blood poisoning should
spread. The metephen, a mercurial
antiseptic developed by DR.. George
W. Raiziss. professor Of chemo-
therapy at the University Of Phila-
delphia, was sent from Philadelphia
BY special messenger last night.
The screen ac>er's doctors said
that he probably would recover un-
less there were unforeseen develop
ments. Previously they had said
local peritonitis. or poisoning, had
followed his operation for appendi-
citis and a gastric ulcer. and that he
would die il it became general.
Valentino yesterday took the first
nourishment since he was operated
ION. Last night he slipped chicken
broth and later peptonized milk and
vichy water were given him.