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The Washington times., 1926-02-05

WHyODAY when America network OF railroads ana tne
railroad business is grown to enormous proportions
few Of us realize that railways but one hundred
years old in America
It was hundred years ago that George Stephenson drove
his little locomotive twenty-five miles ut track with
man going waving flag and heradng the approach
ing wonder. -,
In 1880 America had miles OF railroad track
or about one mile to every 42650 people To-day sne mas
about one mile of railroad to every 40 people
Before the DAYS of railroads people travelled p norses
Philadelphia Stage coach paid SIX cents mile
Folks used carried before the day Of u
ordinary day heated By stove 81 eacn enc TOT
sleep the passengers had to make themselves as
possible The ventilation was poor ana II
the sitting
IN 1850 the rail which replaced the ola IRON
strap rail.
III 1863 Congress authorized the construction Of the Union
Pacific Railway which linked the East and the Vest At
Promontory Point Utah. 1886 miles away from lts starting
point at OMAHA gang met the other construction gang
which had laid rails $50 miles from Sacramento
the locomotive whistle heard every part Of the
United States.
Last year we had 6535S locomotives 55042
cars and million and half freghtcarryIng
n 1880 there were 9s267 miles Of railroad line and u
1928 there were 250222 miles.
list of those prominent in railroad building includes
some Of the great Of the United States Vanderbilt
Pullman Dodge Huntington, Jay Gould, George Wesng
house Cassatt Hartman and Hill among the number
The growth of the railroad system has kept with the
growth of the United States
Raroading is the largest single enterprise ~ this country
The railroads owned by some lSOOOOO stockholders
They constitute Of the basic forms Of business OF this
country.
The Washington times., 1926-02-05
GREEKS USED
SLANG

NNHE ancient Greek classicist
i used slang in the same man.
ner as contemporary Americans,
according to "Mr. Smith, the
mysterious essayist who writes
for the international Book Re-
view. But the same authority
cautions against the use of baser
idioms as they indicate loose
thinking.
1.-THE metaphor of our slang is
often a quickening of forgotten
etymologies, and runs parallel to
the speech patterns of such lido
matte languages as French and
Greek" he states. "Aristophanes
and Plautus, and Plato, for that
matter, are full Of American
slang.
$50 we are in good company.
But that way danger lies. 1t is
as perilous to be slovenly or ever
careless in language it is in
dress. The ideal is over the
speech of the people in the
mouth of a scholar.
Even if we reject the verbal
tabus of the linguistic manicur-
lists, we must never forget that
there are memorable standards
from which we depart onlv to
our inevitable loss.
: "The best English is none too
GOOD for us Americans. That
some OF us content ourselves with
the worst is evident by the loose
lanruage used by some of our
contemporary novelistsa
The Washington times., 1926-02-05
LAW OF GRAVITATION
By Garrett P. Seryiss

Noted Astronomer and Writer ON
Scientific Topics Of Popular
Interest
my understanding is that the
moon is accounted for on the
ground that 1t was once part or
the earth which was thrown off
into space. The thing that has
never been clear to me is this:
Why would not the suns attrac-
ton Dull such a mass into the sun
itself? ]. c. r. NATCHEZ.
NHF sun could only have done
i that by pinning the earth
fast in space while 1t was snatch
earth's mibility that saved the
mother by letting the thief see
her child. She had the law of
gravitatian on her side, prevent
ing separation.
The fact is that at the present
time the suns attraction upon
The moon is actually more than
twice as slrong as the earth's.
and vet he can't take the moon
away. He fails even when, as
during solar eclipse, or at any
new moon time, the moon Is be-
tween the earth and the sun, and
, nearly a quarter Of a million miles
nearer him than the earth is. He
fails because the earth yields to
his pull nearly as much as the
moon does and he is unable to
sever the bond between them.
If the earth stood fast, and tried
her strength directly against the
runs she would lose the moon.
He would ear 1t from her grasp,
in spite of all her efforts. He is
intrinsically. by virtue Of his
greater mass. 332 900 times gravita-
lionallv stronger than she is. But
the effect of gravitation dimin
ishes inversely as the square of
the distance. and the sun Is about
$50 times farther from the moon
than the earth is. So, If YOU will
square 800 and divide 332.O0 by
the product. you will see that the
suns effective power over the
moon is reduced by distance to
only two and fraction times that
Of the earth. But that would be
quite enough to give him the vic
tory in straight out-and-out pull
Only Difference
But now note the effect Of
little judicious yielding. or of pro-
viding room to maneuver, so as
to set off advantages against dis
advantages, and to utilize favor
able circumstances. One would
almost say that the law of gravi-
tation was the work Of some
great pragmatic philosopher. For,
in consequence of the fact that
the sun has to pull the earth as
well as the moon, and that both
move at the same time, the tables
are turned against the sun.
And this is the reason, viz,
that 1t Is only the difference be-
tween the suns pull upon the
moon and its simultaneous pull
upon the earth that is effective
in separating those bodies, and
thatsdifference, even in the most
The Washington times., 1926-02-05
By ELSIE ROBINSON

Bart, who's 10, is equally out
of the things at school Doesn't
go in for athletics. doesn't belong
to any boys society. He likes to
hang around a gang of young
men down at his fathers factory.
They are all a. good deal older
than he is and he enjoys their
stories OF prize fights and hunt
cause he is "the boss kid.
They're queer youngsters, the
neighbors say. Kids Of tina. age
ought to be out playing with the
other youngsters Marie ought to
be thinking of beaux and Bart
should be trying to make the
football squad. Why, you'd think
they were a hundred tho way
they hang around the older folks.
If they We're my youngsters I'D
make them mix in"
Some Of this gossip has reached
Mr.. and Mrs. Stratton and they
are very indignant.
How outrageous, they cry,
Just because our children are too
clean and wholesome to join in all
this modern jazz they say they're
abnormal. They're nothing Of the
sort They are sensible, polite, de-
cent children and we're glad they
win have nothing to do with the
carryings-on of the young people
in this neighborhood. Take Bart
already he's showing manly
interest in his fathers work. He's
always down at the factory ask
ing questions of the young fellows
there and getting a line on condi-
tons. And Marie has the most
beautiful ideals. No indeed, we're
not worrying about our children.
We're proud of them"
Which is but another demon
stration of paternal blindness
Mama and Papa Stratton wouldn't
be proud of their children il they
were diseased or crippled. And
yet. mentally, they are in as
grave a condition.
Bart and Marie are not shun-
ming young people sbecause they
are sensitive and idealistc. They
are stunning them because they
The Washington times., 1926-02-05

and Marie II mas IoNSehASN 1853
They shun young people be
cause young people make lie dlA.l-
cult for them. Young people sub
iect them to uncomfortable fesfs
and competitions. When they
ara with Youngsters Of their own
age they must be as amusing %
daring or charming or original
a. the others OF their own age.
They must work hard for popu-
Iarity. They must run the FISK
OF ridicule or razzing.
Their tin1id natures shrink from
these things. They have been 90
pampered and shielded IN their
home that they cannot bear the
rough usage of their contempt
raries. So they turn to society
where they viii not have to en-
dure competition-wh where, they are
flattered or petted or treated with
consideration.
The flattery of his fathers EN-
ployes pIeases Bart. who. can
win no compliments from boys OF
his own age and social plane. Fhe
condolences of the Social Service
workers, who treat her as
sweet young girlp' please Marie,
who can gain no condolences from
girls OF her own class. She likes
to be received by her mothers
friends as q Model Girl.
So Bart and Marie manage TO
escape discomfort Of adjustment
to people their own age. And
the effect on them is quite as
deadly as IL they had escaped
food or water or sunshine. Tor
their minds need that adjustment
as desperately as their bodies need
food. without such adjustment
they viii go through life as weak
lings. They will never attain
power or popularity will al
ways be rated as queer" and for.
gotten or Stunned by those OF
their own age. And the parents
who aid and abet this escape
are helping to cripple their chill
dren as surely as though they
locked them in chains and placed
them in dungeons on bread and
water diet.
The Washington times., 1926-02-05
Police Court Leniency in Grave
Traffic Violations
nv Bill PRICE

On Iannav al there were two traffic deaths in the District
of Columbia both iue in the opinion Of traffic authorities
who investigated t facts to fragrant violations OF traffic
laws
On February the were traffic deaths at
least apparently du to speeding wide street
where there was no traffic congestion
on February nth Police Court the records show these
sentences for speeding the innumerabe accidents and
much i'll feeling:
% miesan hour, personal bonds taken.
80 miles IN hour personal bonds taken.
80 mleI an hour, So fine
35 mile an hour So fine
80 mleEsan hour personal bonds !
SO mile an hour So fine
40 mile an hour, So fine
records do lot indicate whether these first second
ar third The law provides fine Of from So to $40
@ first bfeue $50 to 500 for the second 500 $500
for the third wit not over 80 days imprisonment and
collation. Of drivels permit.
e cases wei booked BY traffic officers who longer
d & make cases to improve their records APP
the onlmotve was enforcement Of the law and the
bringing about ofsafer driving.
The court reco several days before this show equal
lenency in speed iolations
sna5inO IN Wilmington particularly when streets wet
or is recklessiss of worst and gayest kind Unless
It IS beyond question that tatfic oflcer Is
mistaken speed oAnders should be punished to the full extent
If the law In soc the charge should be changed from
shedding to for speeding IN most cases nothing
but the most dansrous recklessnsss -.
viii never be reeed minimum until traffic Officers ana
the cOopse in drastic enforcement and
naturally dscoued when they make and the lenent
sentences mposee the idea that they have fasfed facts
We all know at speeding IS rampant and that = oe
Iiheray Ifudespite almost daily newspaper accounts Of
pedestrians beinallled and manned.
Every official I'D judicial agency this city should work
together to brea up speeding carelessnes failure to give
right of way andriving while intoxicated It IS but natural
that there shoube eniency speeder who escaped acc
dents but he evertheless potential killer and wrecker
he doesn't reize that he should be made to DO The
lives Of innocentseople are at stake.
Director Ede cannot be held accountable Tor bad TRAFFIC
conditions here The is not warmly supported
freely std that two of the three police court judges
do look oey upon speeding They want safer driving
conditions The,ther Judge no doubt does So but is
probably nclineto be kindly hearted degree that is
runous to the Of greater safety to life and limb
Washington s5uld be marathon field for speed
There re few any, Of justification for
speeding above miles hour Fines Of So for speeding SO
and 40 miles amour nothing but licenses burn the
wind The sennces that should be handed out the full
extent of the Law including imprisonment.
The Washington times., 1926-02-05

. favorable circumstances amounts
to force ninety times less than
the searth's pull upon the moon.
So, let the giant tug as he will.
! since he can't let go OF the earth
he can't take the moon away.
In order that the earth should
have lost the moon (supposing
the latter to have been formed,
according to Darwin's hypothesis,
from thrown-off mass) the We
locity OF departure would have
had to be sufficient to free the
body entirely from the earth's at
traction. Even at a velocity not
much less, than that the moon
would have remained circling
around the earth within its sphere
Of control, which, according to
the calculations Of r. r. Moulton,
has minimum radius Of about
$4,000 miles and maximum of
about $4,000. Within those limits
the sun could not deprive the
earth Of It's satellite.
Theory Of Curved Space.
And even If mass shot off
from the earth passed beyond the
earth's sphere of control there
would be a very little chance of
it falling directly into the sun.
It would almost inevitably be.
come q tiny planet revolving
around the sun in a more or less
elongated elliptic orbit, and re-
turning at regular intervals TO
the neighborhood Of the earth's
orbit, its place of departure.
Without any regard to the the
DRY of curved space, it is prac-
tically impossible for bodies mov.
ing in interplanetaary space to,
travel in straight lines. You car
see the beginning of that close at
hand on any baseball field. Over
and above all the cunning curves
impaired by the pitcher presides
the inevitable curve impressed
by the earth's gravitation. Every
ball, swift or slow, and no mat
ter in what direction thrown,
must fall 16 feet toward the CEN
terry of gravity of the earth in
the first second after it leaves
the pitchers hand.
The Washington times., 1926-02-05
NEGOTIATIONS
OF A WIFE
Rowland
BY Helen

by HELEN nOWlahu-
Not to Be Taken Seriously
NNHE emptier a mans head, the
more apt he is to spend his
evenings filling it with head
aches.
Perfect wife-that which q
married man always fancies he
might have gotten, il he had
married the other girl.
Before marriage, when a man
brings you flowers, it is plea
for your forgiveness for some,
thing he has done; after mar
rage, it is sign that he is
going to do something for which
YOU will have to forgive him.
A "settled -4nan" is so often
one whose emotions have grad
ualIy gravitated to the bottom
of Iife's glass and crystallized
there, until nothing, from a flap
per's smile to a wife's Mysteries,
can stir them up.
To fIatter a man. do not. bother
to tell him he is brilliant or noble
or wise; tell him that he is mis-
understood" that he is differ
ent," or that he works too hard
and afford him the golden op.
portunity to feel sorry for him
self.
Living with an emotional
woman is like living near a vol
cano; ustj as a man settles down
peacefully at her feet, she sud
denly bursts into tempera-
mental eruption, and pours a
shower of hot sparks all over
him.
At twenty, we eat most of the
frosting off Loves cake; at
thirty, we cut right through the
heart of it; at forty, we cheer
fully swallow the crumbs.
Love in a cottage has given
place to experimental marriage
in a studio apartment-andl life Is
becoming just one matrimonial
rehearsal after another.
The Washington times., 1926-02-05
WARNING TO
WOMEN

WHEN women try to write like
w men they sound like nothing
so much as women trying to
write like men. When women are
able to write as women feel they
do something that no man can do
any more than a woman can
think as a man thinks.
It isn't question of better or
worse, but one of difference In
kind rather than a difference in
higher degrees; and once women
write as women feel, you realize
that women may differ from
each other in degree almost as
much as they differ from men in
kind.-Donald Douglas in the In
ternational Book Review.
The Washington times., 1926-02-05

y Jack London planned his now
famous world trip in Small sail
ing vessel. I'm just going TO
Write-and fight seasickness,
Jack told reporters.
Congressmen were insistent In
their demand for a probe of the
alleged coal combine" Coal
parons, it was charged, We're de-
iiberately robbing helpless Ameri-
ian families in the biggest
swindle this country has ever
known
While John d. Rockefeller was
engaged in tanning the elusive
dollar. his brother Frank Rookie
The Washington times., 1926-02-05
WISE SAYINGS

It has come to be practically
a sort of rule in literature that
a man, having once shown him.
self capable of original writing,
is entitled tnenceforth to steal
from the writings of others at
observation-disclosures
Things that have a common
quality ever quickly seek their
kinds. -Aurelils.
-
II a man could half his wishes
he would double his troubles.
Franklin.
Discretion of speech Is more
than eloquence; and to speak
agreeably to him with whom we
deal Is more than to speak in
good words or in good order.
Bacon.
Faith is q higher faculty than
reason. Bailey.
The Washington times., 1926-02-05

are afraid of
them Both Marie
and Bart are sui
fering from an
Inferiority Com
pick.
We hear much
about the inferi-
GRITTY complex
these days that
hidden, fostering
hurt which gives
the victim d con
slant sense Of In
feriority or un-
fair treatment.
Sometimes an In
ferority Complex
reveals itself in
excessive b as ~
fulness In ex
IRENE sensitive
ness iii irritabiI-
ityin b tend
ency to suIk or
to bully. In
the case Of Bart
= =
The Washington times., 1926-02-05
JUST 20 YEARS AGO
Years Ago TOdas)
washington Times rates ~
Rv WILLIAM MOORE

Teller, found coptentmenI .Iiu
recreation tanning wild animals.
British art circles were aroused
over purchase by +. Pierpont Nor
gan of Sir Thomas Lawrence's
portrait of Miss Croker The
painting should have been kept
in England . said the ultra-ultra
ones. >"Thest FOREIGNERS will buy
the cream q Btitlsh art Il we
don't watch out
This advertisement was noted
in the classified columns: John
Halloran wants a wife-one to
weep over him when he is dead.
That's ALL
The Washington times., 1926-02-05
Children Could See 1t

Witnesses bere the comic opera trial of Colonel Mitchell
confirm his stment that the Panama Canal is in danger
from foreign aack through the air. An intelligent child
might know th but unfortunately the and
largely by accent dodos not by intelligent children Our
army and navy realize the danger the Panama Canal
after the locks ave been blown up Then they will tell you
all about it.
The Washington times., 1926-02-05
mH d stratton
youn 8 5 tiers

0On { ukS OIuCA
young folk.
Marie, who Is
IL, 8 avs she
doesn't approve
OF the way the
other girls at
high school act.
she never goes
to their dances,
never joins their
giggIing groups
In c0rners. has
no girl chum.
She likes to go
with her mother
to social service
meetings. T. h .
old er w o m Q n
praise her a great
deal for her
stand. They con-
/ Y -
fide In her and
give her errands
The Washington times., 1926-02-05
Paying for the Wedding
AEAR MRS. REECxKMAN:

Paying for the Wedding
NEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
~ Kindly settle this dispute:
A says the groom should defray
the expense Of the wedding. B
says the girls parents pay for
everything but the ring and bridal
bouquet.
Which is correct?
JOE AND FRED.
ID is correct. It is the most
ID terrible form for the bride to
allow the groom to pay any ex-
penses of the wedding except
those that he is expected to cay.
The obligations of the groom
are: The marriage license, the
bridal bouquet, the marriage ring,
the cleryman's fee.
The Washington times., 1926-02-05
SHAKING
HANDS
I-Mrs. Cornelius BeecI1man-
nEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:

nEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
II There is a dispute among
few girls as to this question.
A says that when a woman
shakes hands with her glove on
she should say, Pardon my
glove
b says that one should pun 1t
off quickly before shaking hands.
or. IL possible, to let it go without
saying anything.
proper for a woman to shake
hands without either excusing her
glove or pulling it off.
Which is correct? NJ z.
n is correct.
The Washington times., 1926-02-05
DIR. FRANK CRANES
DAILY EDITORIAL
By DIR. FRANK CRANE
RAILROADS

when America Is network Of railroads and the
railroad business IS grown to proportions
few Of us realize that railways but one hundred
The Washington times., 1926-02-05

At twenty, we eat most of the
frosting off Loves cake; at
thirty, we cut right through the
heart Of it; at forty, we cheer
fully swallow the crumbs.
The Washington times., 1926-02-05

Love in a cottage has given
place to experimental marriage
in a studio apartment-and life Is
becoming just one matrimonial
rehearsal after another.
Evening star., 1926-06-10
u. S. ADVANTAGE SEEN
IN LAUSANNE TREATY
Turkish Foreign Minister, Hoping
for Ratification Here, Cites
Favorable Terms.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
ANGORA. Turkey, June 10.--The
Lausanne treaty, signed on August
s. 1929. gives the United States ad-
vantageous conditions in Turkey
such as have been granted to no coun-
try of Europe, in the opinion of DR..
Tewfik Rushdi Bey. Turkish foreign
minister, as expressed to a correspond
ent for the Associated Press.
The foreign minister believes that
if the United States Senate fails to
ratify the treaty no future govern
ment in Turkey will grant America
such favorable terms.
America has an opportunity of he
coming. through this treaty, conn-
try of commanding influence in Tur-
key" he said. land | hope the Amer
ican Senate will not ignore that op-
portunity. Indeed. so confident are
we that the treaty will he ratified
that we are sending a charge dat
faires to Washington and have
already assigned a consul general to
New York"
Evening star., 1926-06-10
LOUIS SHERRY, FAMOUS
RESTAURATEUR, DIES
Internationally Known Caterer
Was 70 Years Old-Started
With $1,000 Capital.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, June 10.-Death yes
terday ended the career of Louis
Sherry, restaurateur of international
fame. whose name has long been
revered wherever bon vivants have
gathered He died after several
weeks illness in the Sherry apart
ment in the Hotel Amba ssa dor.
He was born in st. A1bans about 70
years ago.
Mr.. Sherry was one Of New York g
most noted bonifaces. The restau-
rant hearing his ma me At Forty-fourth
street and Fifth avenue was for years
a center about which the social life
of the old 400 revolved The name
Sherry's was synonymous with social
success and the gathering place of
epicures.
The original Sherry's came into
being at Thirty-eighth street and
Sixth avenue. 1t was started with
a capital of $1,000. Fame and for.
tune came rapidly to Mr.. Sherry and
in 1919 he retired as one of New
York's best known caterers.
His name will be perpetuated
through Sherry's, Inc, which is now
a leading Park avenue restaurant.
Evening star., 1926-06-10
SHOT HITS THREE
|NSTR|KEPARLEy
Overseer and Wife Held After
Shooting at Meeting to
End WaIkout.
Rr the Assnciatcd Press.

AUGUSTA. Ga. June r0.-Three
persons. two women and a man. We're
wounded Yesterday when an unknown
person fired into a gathering of strik.
ing textile workers. A. r. GoSsetj. .
overSeer of the Sihley Manufactures
CO.. and his wife have been arrested
in connection with the shooting.
The wounded were Miss Annette
Morris. Miss Alma f.. Baird and j.
Isdel of Sihley. mill operatives.
Only one shot was fired. the bullet
striking the three persons and inf1ict
ing flesh wounds. none of which We're
considered serious.
The shooting occurred when the
striking operators met to take action
on an agreement reached between the
mill officials and the strikers commit
tee The strikers. weavers. quit work
Monday last following the inaugura-
tion Of new system which thev
claimed required more work without
increased pay.
The Gossett home is near the place
where the strikers met. Police say
they found revolver In the home
and that one chamber was empty.
The Sibley Manufacturing Co. today
offered a reward of $500 for apprehen-
sion of the person who fired the shot.
The Gossetts deny any connection
with the shooting. police said. hut will
he held pending an investigation.