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The Washington times., 1926-12-13
Washington AS the Art Center
of the World

message Congress- President Cooaoge salo
that Washington the Capital City OF the naEon snouo
.express the soul of America
Instead wasting money upon excessive ornaments ne
suggested money should be spent the making OF
beautiful Capital City"
Then the President declared that Washington should De
not only the art center of our country but the art center
Of the world Around it should center all that IS pest III
science, in learning. in letters, and in art
Mr. Coolidge will often have opportunity while in the
White House. use influence toward the bringing about
Of his wishes city If he will watch the proceed
ngs Congress- will observe policy there especially on
the part House coterie in the Committee Appropria
lions to stunt and parayze the great future OF washington
by limiting shamefully small the Federal Govern
financial part toward the upkeep of this city He Will
determination the part Of this coterie to force the
Taxpayers of Washington furnish the money that to make
Washington what the President and other patriotic Americans
wish it to be.
Almost concident with the Presidents hope that Washing
will become of the world is the hint OF
Senator smoo in the Senate wealthy Americans stand
ready $o0O0OOO for the erection and main
kenance here of wonderful National Art Gallery.
Presumably the prospective donors Of this big OF money
viii expect the Government to provide SITE and Senator
Shoots hint the gallery coupled with his urgent
that Congress promptly acquire the properties
south of Pennsylvania Avenue necessary for future build
and the opening of notable from the Capitol to
The Lincoln Memorial and the Memorial Bridge.
President is doubtless Of the from which
the sic 900 donation will come Judging from the words
Of his message Congress he will cooperate for any egsla
ton necessary this money for National Art Gallery
which would almost surely be followed by movements for the
erection National Institute Science which would
for advancement and development in this most important field
sngness of Congress toward the District Of Columbia
will stop leading Americans from aiding in the future
greatness Washington but their desires in that direction
would take shape rapidly Congress itself exhibited
more patriotic attitude toward the Capital City.
The Washington times., 1926-12-13
''MOON BIRDS
By Garrett P. SerVisS

must, by radlan measure. be Al
q distance from the observer
eyes equal to about 170 times its
actual length. To obtain an esti.
mate of what that actual Length
was we must make a guess at
the speed of the flight through
the air. Twenty miles per Sec
ond is perhaps not unreason.
able. That would be over 70
feet per second. But they were
in sight against the moon for o
second and a quarter, in which
time they would travel about Sc
feet. Now, with this in mind,
so back to what we said above
the actual distance of a line
third OF degree long. That dis
lance must be 10 times the
actual length of the line. Well,
then. 10 times SO gives US 6,120
feet for the distance from your
eye of the filters over the moons
disk. That is about one mile and
a sixth.
Lesser Speed
II the speed was greater the
distance would also be greater.
But suppose the speed was less.
say only 10 miles per hour. or
about IL and two.thirds feet per
second. Then the distance ira.
versed in a second and quarter
would be about 1S and one.third
feet. and the distance from the
observer 3.115 feet, or three
fifths OF a mile.
Not only have flights OF birds
across the full moons face, cen
in a telescope. been mistaken for
meteors, but 1t is probable that
such astronomical legends as that
of the existence Of a planet oro-
visionally named Vulcan" re.
volving around the sun inside
the orbit of Mercury have in
many cases arisen from the oh.
servation of some distant object
In the earth's atmosphere tenn.
porarily seen In line with the
sun Not only birds. but other
opaque objects in the air may
be mistaken for celestial bodies
whent they happen to get in line
with the solar or lunar disk. for
the telescope observer is no
more insured against receptions
of the sense of sight than Is he
who depends on his unaided
vision.
The Washington times., 1926-12-13
Christmas Trees

Christmas trees about ten million of them will carry Yue
tide American homes this year The figures
based the assumption this symbol of the is dear
hearts of the ownups and youngsters has been
for centuries
The peoples Christmas tree bill will be around five million
dollars for the growing of the trees is industry.
Cut your Christmas trees properly for conservation is wise
nse says the American Tree Association of Washington
"For month the harvest that much Joy to
youngsters and grownups has been adds Charles Lhrop
Pack. president of the association
But this when done properly thinning the forest
needs Christmas trees for which make annual call
upon the forests to be gen their brief and
thrown away but they have served gladden. the holidays
for old and young. "
Properly gathered for the market these do not
represent drain upon our forest resources
The Washington times., 1926-12-13
DR.. FRANK CRANES
DAILY EDITORIAL
~ DR.. FRANK CRANE
Is America d ShyLOck?

n y
vice president has printed little booklet in which
he forcby demonstrates that European idea Of Amer
being bloosucker in accordance with the facts
It may prove interesting reading to Americans.
II il hard to see how America is to blame for Europe
financial condition To sure have committed about
the greatest offense that one commit toward
other We have prospered and Europe has not; we
rich and they are poor everybody knows that the rich
man is naughty and poor is the favorte OF the
gods.
We do recognize this idea merely as the working out
of the nferiory complex, but much or our legaton IN
accordance Herewith.
We are in favor Of any which taxes the rich and
lets the poor CO. without reference to justice. but only
with reference who has the most easily available FUNDS
be taken.
The causes Of Americas prosperity may be found 70
large outside Of the and anything that mas 90 40
with war We have an immense virgin terrory we nave
free opportunity have tariff barriers that restrict
internal traffic. have intelligent, ambitious ana
Woodworking popuace And we have no class system sucn
prevails abroad work continual trouble between cap
alt and laborer Besides this We pay our DEBTS ano
Uncle Sam 4 money worth hundred cents to dollar
anywhere you to 60.
All this would spell prosperity entirely aside from war;
And what happened during the warY We sent thousands
give up their lives Europe and we spent several
billion dollars We lent money to France freely Tor what
purpose the point is France never paid
It back promised e pay i back and probably nas
intention of paying hack This makes us Responsible
for all of France s disaster. sst .s
It is hard 10 see how anyone outside Of Bedam could be
convinced by this logic.
the outcome the Great Britain received $4,000
square miles in Africa and controls that continent from
Egypt to Cape Town She got mandates amounting to con-
troll Of territory covering $4,000 square miles in Asia Minor
which very rich oil fields Besides this sne
GOT the former German island such the Bismarck Arch
reaco the Samoan and the Kaiser Wilhelm Islands
France got with its large steel mills ana
coal mines
italy benefited the expense of Austria She got the
important harbor of Trieste and other things
ncle Shylock America did not receive one foot o.
TERRITORY and none Of the other loot of the She only
1An14 hocn nth
money. which she did.
She was not dsnterested spectator sitting on the fence
as were Norway Sweden Denmark Switzerland and 50
forth but she pitched in and helped the Allies Now she
paving the price
Because America has lent vast sums OF money to tLr
European nations which she audacousy asks to De pa
hack some time hurry i-she is called Uncle Shyock
and M Cemenceau dramatically declares that France NOT
for sale which implies that America wants to France
We do not want to France nor any other country
have much territory We simply want to MIND
business and to trade with the other countries
That is about all there is to It,
NJ Strassburger gives concisely the opinion Of most
Americans.
Copyright. Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate
The Washington times., 1926-12-13
PRIVILEGE OF
THE HOST
Mrs. Cornelius Beeckman.
DEAR MRS. BEEcKMAN:

II D.
Should girl. when in a res.
taurant with man. order what
she wishes to eat by telling the
waiter. or by telling the man?
r. B.
The girl should by all means
make a special point Of telling
the gentleman her order, and he
gives her order with his. to the
waiter. The girl who gives her
OWL order to the waiter is not
showing honor to the gentleman
who is her host. And she should
not be deferred from this course of
giving her order 10 her host and
not to the waiter by the fact that
the waiter will proba bly,. look at
her for her order. The trained
waiter of former days would not
consider indicating that he ex.
pected to receive his order. or part
of it. from the woman with a man.
He would he trained IN the tradi.
ton that his order comes from the
host But nowadays walters h;rve,
In the mann, lost thtS tradition,
and they take the order from
whichever person happens to indi-
cate ii first. And. truth To state,
the casual women Of This time are
in the main to blame for this.
They carelessIy disregard the fact
that some honor should be given
to the gentleman who is their
host. or else they do not know this
rule OF ordinary courtesy. And /
have great sympathy for the gen
tlemen whost hostship is thus dis
regarded. II must be peculiarly
humiliating tn man to have the
girl pass him by when she is inlpo.
litely giving her order to the
waiter
The Washington times., 1926-12-13

I'm OCTOBER IL. at 1924
~ y m. was studying the
moon through a pair of very
powerful field glasses. and was
startled to see a small. dark OBJ
ject cross the moon at tre-
mendous rate. then focused
telescope of considerably higher
power on the moon and twenty
five seconds later saw a body Of
similar dimensions cross the SUR
face at right angles to the origi-
nal course. These objects were
OF kite shape and each took
about a second and quarter to,
make the crossing.-L E. L. j.,
New York"
1t is a ten-to.one bet that they
were birds Amateur astronomers
have often been deceived by slch
objects. and once in while an
observer OF considerable expert
ence is mfsled in similar way.
The kite-like form that you give
to- your drawing of the objects
that you saw is quite consistent
hypothesis that they were night
flying birds. Their crossing the
HlOOU al IiSHI dnEIeS 10 OuS an
other Is also fact pointing TO
the same conclusion OF course.
it might have been an airplane
disportins in the moonlight.
Your noting OF the time taken
for the traverse and the lines OF
direction as projected on the
lunar disk shows that you have
in you the making OF, an astron.
omer II your thoughts tend that
way. It Is possible from the data
which you thus furnish to calcu.
late. approximately the distance
of the objects and their speed of
flight From your drawing i ap.
pears that In each case the line
OF flight crossed nearly two.
thirds of the moons angular
diamenter. In other words, the
objects were visible while travers
ing an angular distance at right
angles to your line OF sight Of
about twenty minutes of arc or
one.third OF degree
Guess at Speed
This distance. by your estima
ton. was traversed in one second
and a quarter. Now, line 90
minutes of arc long, seen at
righA Augles TO its direction,
The Washington times., 1926-12-13
PRAISES u. S.
ENVOY

4 FINE tribute TO the ability
"A of the present American Am.
bassador to Mexico is paid by
Sidney Sutherland in an article
Oh Mexico in this weeks Liberty.
Sutherland who has recently
spent considerable time in Mexico
gathering material for series
OF articles, says in this. the con-
Guiding instalment:
I cannot stop without paying
The Washington times., 1926-12-13
HumanisnS

Baron Kaysant able Briisher leads the world in shipping
Buying the White Star Line from American gives him
total OF 538 ships Kaysant perhaps the biggest shipping
individual since jacques Occur Frenchman got
of ingratitude from the French King
Uncle Sam the price and if he knew how HE would
be the big ship But he is represented by gentlemen
that find it easier to sell than manage and again his flag
gradually fading from the Too bad after the hundreds
Of millions spent fox shipping during the war.
The Washington times., 1926-12-13
SAVE THESE
OLD TREES

TT is not generally known that
one Of the finest and largest
OF the few remaining groves of
big sequoias the Redwood Noun
tain Grove. is still. in private own
ership. and may be cut, for lum'
Der at any time its owners de,
eide upon sucn course.
This grove. says Nature Mag
azine. Is situated with its center
just midway between the Sc
quota and General Grant National
Park in Tulare county. California
and will be near the highway
TO 30 built connecting those parks.
By some it is claimed 10 he the
largest grove still standing.
The Washington times., 1926-12-13
LISTEN, WORLD!
By ELSIE ROBINSON

do on listen
and try to find
out what 1t Is
all about? Do
gu ay to
yourself. Here's
a chance to find
o u I something
interesting. I'm
glad for TIL | S
opport unity. Il
will give m c
something n e W
to think about.
Do y o u & q y
b at to your.
self? You d o
not. At the very
mention nf that
vile word youf
b Lo . Il thickens
and heats. You
feel II pressure
on your tonsils
and the hack of
your neck. Your
w h ole system
The Washington times., 1926-12-13
ST NEARLY
i a ! W d v $

SGT NEARLY
i al wa v $
agree with you
but | must say
tn a / yo u dis
appointed me III
la st n ig h ( :
paper"
Frequently my
letters b e e n
that way. The
writet q G n
w a r M y Up to
the subject and
proce G d . to
show me h o "
I've proved that
I'm a low grade
nlorcn unfit for
the benefits ot
civilized society.
: Invariably he
reproof is All,
ministered in a
spiri; of amazed
re Sc n I III e n I.
w n If t3i1 4
The Washington times., 1926-12-13
NEGOTIATIONS
OF A WIFE
BY Helen Rowland.
Woman's GIorified Love

WOman's GlOrified Love
nNE of the greatest gifts that
~ God has bestowed upon WON
an is her ability to glorify love.
II she couldn't glorify. magnify
and sanctify the prosair and mum
dane emotion which the average
man offers her. there would be
no such thing as love.
n she couldn't glorify Ter lover.
no woman could lose her heart
and head over the hungling crea
tlIre with the stubby chin. con
Wet haircut. casual caress and
robust appetite for roast .heef-rare
whom she calls her Darling.
Adorable nabykins" was what
Mrs Eleanor Mills called the
pudgy. sensual and somewhat pig
gish-looking Doctor Hall. whom
she glorified into Sir Galahad
and divineIv inspired servant OF
the Lord
a woman In love can see golden
dreams and beautiful spirituality
in the eyes Of man who is mere
ly thinking what neat ankles she
has
She can see brilliant intellectual.
lty through Il pair Of horn-rIm.
med spectacles and find glowing
genius In four.lined stanza of
limping dogEerel written in a
school-boy hand
She can see Hyperion's curls
In a few sparse locks scattered
across mans shiny foreh4ad
and Herculean strength and
beauty in a pair OF padded shnul.
ders.
Through the rose .colored glasses
OF love. u bald head looks only
nice and clean" to woman.
and even a pair OF number ~
golf-shoes strikes her as gor.
geously big and mannish."
A combined scent OF shaving.
soap. hairtonic and tobacco is
incense in her uostrils when she
puts her cheek against rough
serge coat.
This is why woman seldom
really loves more than once in
a life.tim She may admire, re
spect and even marry another
man; but once she has glorified
ONE man. she never again can
scr ipe together enough illusions
to cover any man with perfec
ton.
A woman's love Is NOT blind.
Oh no! 1t is merely astigmatic.
myopic and positively cock.eyed'
1t gilds and enlarges all the
charms and attractions a man
possesses and credits him with
a lot that he doesn't possess.
When a mans eyes rest on
woman. he sees only what be Is
LOOKING AT! But when WON
an looks at man. she sees 3
vision of nobility. strength,
beauty. brains and spirituality.
such as never inhabited a dinner
coat. or a suit OF tweeds.
tVoman's love Is mixture OF
divine Illusion maternal tender.
ness, childlike Inconsistency. and
sublime idealism. 1t is born of
ecstasy-and dies In agony!
A woman falls In love through
her imagination man through
his senses-and yet they both call
an affair of the HEAHTg'
The Washington times., 1926-12-13
Will They Wed?

ltays national experiment in taxing bachelors going to
be watched with interest.
Will the single rush in droveS get marred Will
they continue in solitary bliss and for the privilege?
Mussoin has accomplished the impossible than
Whether he boost marimony by force ques.
ton AT least he should establish precious masculine free
dom is to its poSSessors.
The Washington times., 1926-12-13

mean by daring to advance an opin.
ion which differed from his. OF hers?
This il interesting. It's inter.
esting not because il occurs in
my correspondence but because 1t
occurs with increasing emphasis
In our national attitude AS
nation we're becoming more and
more indignant If people disagree
with us. We view such people
with suspicion and animosity. We
organize societies to keep such
people down. All thought must
be standardized. d NC a 4 or
thought, political thought, relig.
lous thought even the common
neignborhood patter must run
along the same lines
II can't agree with you!' We say
with lowering brow and hurt tone.
Now why in the world should
we be. hurt il we can't agree with
other people?
Why should we act as II they
had desecrated shrine when
they differ with us about The
personality OF George Washington
Or the. possible status Of the
future life or the desirabllIty OF
a tax on oleomargarine?
We do act that way. We
prickle with indignation il any
one disagrees with us or ad
vances theory which violates
our preiudices. We take 1t as a
personal insult.
For example-supposs that the
strange young man in the slue
department should suddenly tell
you that he Is Communist and
proceed 10 enlarge upon the
beauties of Communism.
You. yourself, know nothing OF
the facts Of Communism. But
you have been warned that 1t is
Very Bad Medicine Just look
at Russia" they say You don't
know much about Russia either
but you remember that they shot
the whole royal family. And at
any rate they're foreigners.
That enough for you. The very
name of Communism Is anathema.
SO when tine strange young man
begins to talk about Communism
homage to James X. Sheffield.
the American Ambassador For
the first time, in years the Ameri.
can citizens of Mexico have i'm.
plicit confidence In their repre-.
sentative. And the fact that he
is bitterly Eietested by the Mexi.
The Washington times., 1926-12-13
Strong Medicine

must be admitted that the Soviet when it undertakes
reform goes at it Fundamentally
The Russian government campaigning just eliminate
graft in public institutions So Siberian bank employees
convicted of embezzement have been sentenced death
Civilized nations learned long ago that hanging
stealing doesn't stop theft The soviets setting of
back to the Middle Ages will accomplish useful purpose
The Washington times., 1926-12-13

a woman In love can see golden
dreams and beautiful spirituality
in the eyes Of man who is mere
ly thinking what neat ankles she
has
The Washington times., 1926-12-13
Hard Luck

sad disappointment the failure of Sir Alan Gotham
British long fier to hop from the Homerc
York.
Here really spectacular entrance No visiting celeb
fty ever devised better Then plane that refused fly
spoiled ALL and Sir Alan arrived gnominousy
Of tow-line instead of triumphanty via the air.
But he got advertising for his lecture tour
The Washington times., 1926-12-13

becomes charged with luminosity
and adrenalin.
You llsten-but you do moi
listen for information. You listen
in order to dispute and contradic:
and expose the fouinesS OF Com
munism and OF all people that
advance Communism.
But hasn't the young man
right to believe In Communism
if he so desires?
Yes. you'll agree that ne has
the right. Just as he has the
right to take hop or guzzie moon
shine or indulge IN any otneT
vicious degradation If that the
way he wants to treat his body.
That's the way you regard his
thought-as vicious aegIaiA
ton And you immediately
begin to warn your friends
against \ young man with such
ideas
THAT fellows a nut-he be
lieves in Communism, Won say.
Look out for him!'
OF course. you're not always 81
aroused. A difference Of opinion
doesn't always stamp q man as
a criminal. Sometimes Il merely
marks him as an idiot--a harm
less fana tic-or a merely maize
ious meddler. But always you
feel that there's something wrong
about that contrary opinion ald
the one who holds It, 81 nttkIES
that falls short of you; Ideal
disgusts or disa ppoInts YOU
That's absurd There 10
reason on earth why new or
contrary idea should. "dlsd pa'Oint"
or why we should be suspicious
of one who holds that kieb. His
ideas do not make him queer
any more than our ideas make
US queer" And the argu-
ment he offers us is an ex-
perience In the rich adventure
of thought rather than per
sonal affront
Then why do we take IL as an
affront? Because. we ale still
semi.apes--,low browed cave dwell
ers. gibbering with alarm at all
strange things.
can government Is the encomium
that most commends him to me.
Most Of our diplomatic repre-
sentatives have been too friendly
with the Mexican authorities and
correspondingly unfit to protect
American rights and persons.
The Washington times., 1926-07-16
SICK SON CALLS
MISSING NAN


nittle five-year.old Drummer SAL
veto. OF 1916 II ST. II. f.. is call
ing for his father, Umberto salvetto.
who left home five weeks ago and
has not been heard from since, ac-
cording to the mother. Rachael
salvetto, who has asked The wash
ington Times to heir. locate her
husband.
Salvetto, who is mechanic, left
his home Here five weeks ago. his
wife says, to get work in New York
city. He has not been heard from
since.
Meanwhile, the little boy, who
loves his father dearly. has besil re-
fusing to eat and getting si.lSer and
weaker every day the mother says,
and she is afraid he will die un.
less she can locate the father.
Salvetto left home with only So
in his pocket He left So with his
wife to support a 22-montils d
baby, a five.y ear-old boy and a is.
year7old boy.
He Is described by his wife as q
man Of medium size, of dark COM
piexiOn. curly hair and brown eyes.
He is 81 years old.
The Washington times., 1926-07-16
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