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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-08-03
BY Lucy Lowell

UTHEN Annette was 10 years
old she married 3 gentleA
man vagabond.
OF course marriage did not re-
!. form the man and neither did it
change lazy, luxury-loving An
nette into a model wife. Self-in-
diligence and continual idIeness
took away her strength, while
wine, woman and song took
away his ability TO earn money. So
before very long Annette found
herself UP against stone wall
with no visible way out.
Then one dark night. just 10
years after the marriage. they
brought the vagabond home
dead
And it was shortly after this
that Annette stumbled upon an
old doctrine in new guise
Anyway, It was the gospel of
hope and good cheer and faith
in a Divine Power that makes
all good things possible. An.
nette succeeded . in getting that
thought firmly fixed in her con-
sciousness. ~ ~
But Annette had sense enough
to know that inspiration. and
spiritual ftupIift would not suf-
flee, without intelligent effort
along practical Zines. She be-
gan studying shorthand at home
alone. And at the same time
she deliberately went, about get.
ting back her health and strength.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-08-03
DO YOU KNOW
THAT

An extension lever for automobile
horn buttons mounted on steering
columns has been invented to enable
d driver to sound his horn without
removing hand from the wheel.
According to an Australian gov
eminent expert there are 100000
acres OF land in Victoria on which
tobacco equal to the best grown
anywhere in the World can be
raised.
Operated by an electric motor. a
mortising I. machine has been in
vented that. can be clamped to the
wood it Isl to cut and that has an
automatic gauge to stop it at a
set depth.
An Englishnan has invented q
textile material thattcan be made IN
many designs to cover automobile
bodies to save the expense Of paint
ing
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-08-03
Summer lay dreams or Her ETJnce o. LOUe

tanREAMS, day dreams of the
- wonderful prince who will
come riding to claim her for his
own. Her dainty little head is
/ filled with visions of a wonder
! full figure on milk-white
charger, clad in a cleaning suit
Of armor, with plumes floating
{ from the helmet, and flashing
sword in hand, ready to snatch
her from all danger and better
still, from the other suitors who
Fare laying siege to her heart.
iisAnd cIasped close in his arms,
the two will ride out into the
world, forgetting all else except
their wonderful love and the
thrill and Joy of being together!
All, me! Is there girl in
the world who doesn't yearn
for the good old days of ro-
nance, when princes and kings
rode in disguise and one never
knew whether her beloved was
q pauper or a CrOesus? I've
never known one.
But even though the days of
princes are over, Romance still
stalks this old earth. In a
modern guise, it's true, but
nevertheless it's still the same
old. Romance, prompted by the
same old Love as it was GEN.
turtles ago.
But they're wonderful dreams
at any rate, and what harm Is
there in them? None that
can see, unless one lets such
medieval romances blind her
her to the real Romance that
lies so close within reach.
Don't,let your dreams SO over
shadow the modern realities Of
life rs to blind you to the OPP
portunities which Romance and
Love present even in these mod
ern days. For you're ever sur
rounded by them, meeting them
on every side. and it's up to
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-08-03
BY Chas. A. L. Reed, MD.
Former President of the American
Medical Association

VoU doubtless at one. time or
4 another have experienced
pain low down In your back with
q tendency to extend down your
legs.
The attacks may have been
slight or severes persistent or re-
current. They may occur only
under certain conditions, at Ger.
tain times, or they may come on
drregularly and without apparent
cause.
pain low down in the back
may have any one OF many diff
4erent causes.
It may be and frequently Is
due to Inflammation of the mus
cles of that region depending in
the first instance either upon Ii
etrain or upon poisons absorbed
from tonsils or teeth or infected
einuses or sluggish bowels.
It may be and frequently Is
caused, especially in women, by
displacements of internal organs
with consequent pressure upon
important nerves.
It may be and frequently is
caused in both sexes by chronic
constipation with consequent me-
chanical pressure from the over.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-08-03
METEOR DISPLAY SOON

will. be found. They are Saturn
in Libra and Jupiter in Capri
cornus, Nature Magazine points
out. Saturn will be in quad
nature or. ninety degrees from the
sun, on August IS, and will then
be due south at sunset. This is
an excellent time to observe
Saturn through the telescope
Jupiter comes into opposition
with the sun on August Is and
will then rise in the southeast
at sunset and be visible through
out the night. Mars rises before
midnight and is becoming a re-
markedly brilliant object as At
draws toward the earth. 1t is
distant from the earth 1880, 900
miles. and by August 81 will be
only 60,016,000 miles.
Mercury NAV be seen as
Morning Star for a few days be-
fore and after August Is. when
it reaches its greatest western
elongation, or greatest distance
west of the sun. 1t will be
found then little north Of east,
bit above the horizNa just be-
fore sunrise.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-08-03
Test Your knowledge With
Times Daily Dozen
by A. L. WiIbert. M. "A,

8. GEOGRAPHY. The hiiItops
OF New England have only 4 thin
covering of soil because most OF
the soil was carried southwark
and into the. sea by the great
continental glacier.
4. BUSINESS. IS estimated
that the total wealth OF the
United States, at present, amounts
to four billion dollars.
5. MANKIND. st. Valentine is
I the patron saint Of love and
marriage.
6. HUMAN NATURE. Nothing
can bring you peace but yourself.
Nothing can bring you peace but
the triumph of principles. Elmer
son.
Z. GENERAL SCIENCE. The
most outstanding development in
the construction of the modern
locomotive is the introduction of
three cylinders; it gains thereby
more power, saves COIL and costs
less in general repairs.
&. LAW. Factors are agents to
whom goods are consigned to SELL
Factors are more frequently called
commission merchants.
9.tCIVIGS. The United States
has overS 10000 miles of post
routes,
1O.sART. Benjamin Paul Akers
(1825.1866), the American sculptor,
is said Ato@ have been the model for
the character of Kenyon in Haw-
thorne's famous novel, "The
Marble Faun."
II. MUSIC. Ca1liope. the muse,
was the Greek goddess of music.
II. HEALTH. A good appetite
when eating. gives rise to vigo-
rous secretion of the most active
juices in the stomach; where
there is mo appetite, this is lack
ing. J
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-08-03

A UGUST Is great month for
"A star gazers. "A fine display Of
meteors is on the sky gazer's pro-
gram. One OF the best known OF
the annual meteoric swarms, the
Pergeids. is due, says Nature
Magazine with the greatest dis
play between August IL and 16.
These meteors are travelling in the
same orbit as Tuttle's Comet.
which returns to the sun every
100 years.
The meteors move with mod
crate speed for such objects, and
come from the direction of the
constellation Perseus, which rises
in the northeast late in the eve
-. ming the early part of August,
AS members of this swarm appear
in considerable numbers over a
period Of more than three weeks,
you should see several Of them on
almost any cellar, dark night,
with best results to be expected
the middle of the month after ffr7
moon has set.
In the evening sky, two planets
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-08-03

i. LITERATURE. which four
poems entitle Milton to rank
among the great English poets,
even If he had never written
Paradise Lost?
2. HISTORY. Which incident
precipitated the Spanish-Am American
War?
). GEOGRAPHY. which region
has the largest natural deposit
OF asphalt?
4. BUSINESS. What is the
chief argument against "truth-in-
fabric" legislation?
5. MANKIND. Which HINDU
woman has been recently chosen
leader of the Indian Nationalist,
in place of Gandhi?
6. HUMAN NATURE. What
is meant by saying Of "a person
. that he is round peg in
square hole?
I. GENERAL SCIENCE. Which
is the largest and most poisonous
snake in the world?
5. Law. What is meant by
8. cIvIcs. who has the sole
power, in the United States, to
declare war?
10. ART. Who is the greatest
exponent in America of the Gothic
style in architecture?
II. MUSIC. Who was the COM
poser of the delightful compost
ton for the piano called The
Harmonious Blacksmith?
~. LTH. What is the
most frequent cause Of the tired
feeling?
TO Yesterday
QUESTIONS
1. LITERATURE. The sonnet
is considered the most perfect OF
verse arrangements.
2. HISTORY. Jefferson Davis
was the President Of the Confed.
crate States of America. 3
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-08-03

loaded lower loop of the large
bowel and by the absorption of
poisons from the intestinal con-
tent.
In many cases, as pointed out
By Ellington, low back pains are
caused by errors in posture as
unequal length. bow. legs, knock
knees. round back, often with re-
laxed ligaments and lack of nor
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-08-03
Starfsh Flop"

IF a starfish is turned over upon
4 its upper surface it rights itself
by banding two arms backward
until they are beneath the disc
and then lifting until it fails on
its lower surface. says Nature
Magazine. If the nerve.ring, which
encircles the mouth, Is severed
the animal cannot right itself.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-08-03
AN UNUSUAL
BATTLE

TRAPPING mouse in his web.
4 a spider battled for more than
nine hours to win victory over
mouse, according to Nature Mag.
azine of Washington, which re-
counts report from Martin J.
Arvin of Indiana. Il sou have
seen any such struggles in ma.
lures world, Nature Magazine
would like to know about them.
In his report Aryin says:
The half grown mouse was
found caught in the SPIDERS web
behind a. leg of the kitchen range.
The spider had succeeded in hold.
ing the mouse by means of a
score of strands Of the web
wrapped about Its tail, and the
whole web had been anchored to
the stove. When my attention
was called to it. the mouse was
suspended at an angle. of 45 de-
grees, and was desperately scrap
ing the floor, with its fore feet. :.
The spider tried several times
to hoist it's catch aboYe the floor
by drawing a strand around the
mouses head and neck. but each
time the game little animal broke
the strand by a paw with one of
its fore feet. Then the spider
took a position at the base of the
mouse's tail where the skin was
tender and evidently sunk It's
mandibles into the victim, which
was noticed to finch several
times.
This was about 7:so a. m.
When returned about 4 p. M,
the mouse had been lifted into
the web to a aeight of an inch
above the floor and, of course,
was dead. Things remained I'M
disturbed until the following
morning. The mouse had then
been raised to a height of IN
Al,n Rlnnn. -
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-08-03
Queer Creature

nNE of the most abundant spe'
" cies on rocky coasts IL the
barnacle, sedentary form which
looks more like a mollusk than
crustacean, says Nature Magazine.
When it Is covered by the tide the
two top plates of the shell open
like a little door and the animal
feeds by waving minute organ
isrns into its mouth with Its
feathery feet.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-08-03
Salient Facts

For water sports rubber balls
have been invented that can be
folded and carried in a pocket. be
ing inflated when they are to be
used
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-08-03
Watch
Your
Breakfast
Eat food thatsupplies
balanced" ration
after nights fast

II OW you feel all morning de-
i i Ponds largely on what you eat
for breakfast. Thousands have un-
Energetic forenoons because of wrong
breakfast eating.
To feel right, you must have a
well-balanced, complete breakfast
ration. At most other meal.-lunch
and dinner-you get it. But break
last is hurried, often badly chosen.
Thus Quaker Oats, containing l61o
protein, foods great tissue builder;
$50 carbohydrate, its great energy
element, plus all-important vita
mines and the bulk" that makes
Iaxatives seldom needed, is the die
tetic urge of the world today.
1t is food that Stands by" you
through the morning.
Don't deny yourself the natural
stimulation this rich food offers you.
Get Quaker Oats today. Groeers
have two kinds: Quick Quaker,
which cooks In 5 to S minutes, and
Quaker Oats.
O,,akorOafc
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-08-03
FASHIONS
FANCIES
uuEAD to Foot"

GsuEAD to Foot"
seems to be the order in
which thef latest novelty shoe
buckles are developed, for one OF
the oldest shows a girls head,
developed in rhinestones. Rhine
stone pendant earrings add q
most realistic touch.
Not at AN Sinister
lis the spread of the black hand
when that hand is merely a
friendly one clothed in the black
kid gloves with novelty white
kid trimming upon their turn
down cuffs. 1t is prophesied that
these black gloves, with cut-out
designs over white, will be one
of the most popular types for fall
street wear.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-08-03

with proper eating and sleeping
and exercising and thinking It
was not q difficult thing to do.
Three months later she offered
her services to lawyer In ex .
change for the experience II, would
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-08-03
If Our oil Wells Should Run Dry

of Mines offers the COM
forting that petroleum wells all become dry
couny deposits -beang shales will supply America
need for generations. .sss
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-08-03
Ribbon Ruchings

are one of the latest trimming
notes on youthful dance frocks of
georgette. One. of the most pop
ular combinations is that known
as the Dresden effect--pale pink
and blue. Double ruchings, COM
bining both these delicate shades,
are daintily used on pink or pale
blue gowns of the same. tone.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-08-03

An automatic machine has been
invented to sort cigars by color.
the various shades causing electrical
reactions in a photo-eleetric cell that
direct them to various compart.
ments. -. $1,000 - =
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-08-03
Mercury Wings

were the ancient symbol of
being fleet-footed. The latest
novelty In Partisan evening Slip.
pers also have feathers. Fleet
in leading all other shoe fashions,
these slippers are smoothly COW
cred with the brilliant plumage
of tropical birds.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-08-03
Builds Church Single Handed

REMARKABLE been accomplished by italian
"A mason who has single handed in 32 he
bricks day. At 6s he has just finished
his gigantic task. ss
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MUSIC CLUBS READY
FOB BIG HYMN CONTEST

The District of Columbia Fed
Grafton of Music Clubs has plans
completed to launch the nationwide
hymn memory contest tomorrow IN
local Sunday schools ana during the
following week In other organi.
cations.
IT il the hope Of the board that
1t viii be possible to bring all com
peting Organizations together IN the
spring for b hymn festival.
Schools Of the following have
entered: Chevy Chase Methodist.
Chevy Chase Presby terian, Vermont
Avenue Christian, First Baptisg.
Luther Place Memorial, Mt. Vernon
Place MI. H., fayetteville Baptist,
Reform Church. and the following
organizati tons: The Y G.
ChiIdren's Home Of the Gospel Mis-
sion, Children's Emergency Home
Of the Central Union Mission. Noel
House, Friendship House, and
Neighborhood House.
WRC has agreed to broadcast one
hymn each week Information win
be gladly furnished BY Miss Beatrice
s. Goodwin, chairman. Cleveland
629: Mrs. George Gravatt Cleveland
2329-J, or Miss Esther Linlxins local
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hoy and seemed To grasp the posi-
biIities of that left turn as soon as
! made It.
had pulled that turn automatic
ally, To prevent spill, and to keep
going. And ! switched the lights
or because ! hoped the officer would
run to the pace where he last saw
them. And then I would be some
where else preferably DIT the fence
along the lane, cutting the wires. i
wanted to reach Cunningham before
he surrendered, and / wouldnt
stand much chance with a punctured
tire. i had an extensive acquaint
ance with barbed wire. too.
On q hard, level surface that car
would make about rs miles an hour.
Running down hill through eight
inches Of Maryland mud, Il was
making about S5 Or 40, I should
say.
when I had gone far enough 50
/ didn't care whether the officer
saw our light or not, switched
them on again. was three or four
carlengths from a fence, but not
the one along the lane. It was the
one at the back end Of the field,
few yards up from the corner.
At the speed / was going, and down
hill. there was no possibility Of
stopping in time. In switching off
the lights had fooled the officer,
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perlaa Ds. but i had fooled myself
more. undoubtedly
At the corner Of the fence i've
yards Or SO To the left Of my
course. 80 gate came into view.
apparently the twin brother q
fi1e one I had assaulted ~ Or
he seconds before.
And then recognized that cate.
L felf that had seen It before:
and had known all along, subcons
sciously that II was there. was
making for that gate all the time,
and was too excited to realize II.
The best / could do, now. was to
land on it with d very glancing
blow, perhaps powerful enough to
break through, perhaps only enough
To defect my course and straddle
tho post at the corner.
heard the glass from my right
head lamp tinlS1e to the ground and
d terrific side thrust tore ear
drums as the gate gave way before
us.
/ threw on my brakes and skidded,
cater. cornered, halfway across the
lane. Mother cop, said Joe. snp-
pressing yawn.
no He Continued Monday
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Fl AN T0DECEIVE DRYS AL NG PIKE NEARLY FI0PS
Rum Story Filmed
By Washington
People

The more than one hundred
photographs illustrating s Rum
Running in Washington were
taken at exact spots where such
scenes occurred. The action Of
tRum- Running ii Washington
has been posed BY the Thomas
Herbert Stock Company Of the
Wardman Park Hotel Theater,
photographed by Joe Roberts
and directed BY Kirk Miller, Of
The Washington Times staff.
Thus, the Washington puDllc IS
given the illustrated story Of
the decade story Of Wash
ington, carried out by Washing
tonians and embracing q great.
national issue concerning every
SPOT IN America IN proportion.
Is it's population with WASH
ington's s.
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and bump the gate before they
arrest US, Hurry. Jonesy.' she
was counting on few hours in
jail as q sort OF desert to top Off
with.
I kept 40 near as could to the
left side OF the road, and leave
room for Cunningham to pass.
Choking down to q crawl watched
the headlight creep slowly along
the fence. When the white culvert
showed dinly / stopped. IL Barker
and his men were looking up the
road, their eyes were pretty well
''Nowl' Lynch advised (the ex-
clamation point is minel. gave
my engine all the gas she'd take
and headed for where the gate
should be, In a wide swing as
Cunningham swept by like a
shadow.
The fIimsy woodwork went down
before the heavy car like SO much
pastebOard. but with cracking
boom like q nearby tllunderbolt.
When do / yell, Jonesy? When
do yell? Now?" / was searching
| the path ahead-the fence might be
nearer than we thought. Full in the
beam. $50 yards ahead, was the
second convoy car. Leaning against
| 1t, one leg over the saddle OF his
motor cycle, was Maryland State
| police officer.
do yell now? DO -
And then Josie yelled, and yelled In
| good earnest. She didn't need any
one to tell her. A fusilade Of shots
rolled along the road like a burst
| of applause and Jose bowed low 70
| it as we hit the bad stretch. We
| couldn't back out Of that mudhole
before the middle Of June, at the
| most favorable estimate.
The next Is seconds was a
| Christmas stocking packed with
heppenings-packed tight. didn't
notice what order they came in,
and the best can do is give an
| inventory of them.
| / had only one idea that can
put my finger on, so to speak. The
others. II had any, are all blurred.
| That idea was to keep the acceler-
ator down as far as the floor board
would permit,
/; We were still under way from the
! 4O-mile clip we We're going when the
gravel drive terminated and our left
WheeIS SDlaShed into the mudhOle.
Josie yelled and swung to the
left and switched the lights Off
wanted the officer to think we were
still coming toward him. ] had q
wild kind of hope that If we could
get clear Of the slough we could
make it--down hill-across the field.
Knew All About Mud
That was stretch. should say.
600 feet long and eight inches deep.
on the average. From my years
work in France / knew all about
mud, I know all its moods and
vagaries. I'm what you might fairly
cali deep-mud driver The down
ward slope would help lot, felt
my course was about the same as
running from the Senate wing OF
the Capitol to First and r North.
west, say. 1t would take pretty
deep mud to stop you If you started
at a 40-mile jump.
We bounced out of the slough
and joe leaned over from the back
seat and put muffler on Josie's
screams. He was a quick-witted
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et d different place. It was a very
methodica1 rum.ring was worlSing.
with
We picked up the refresIlment
wagon at HaiethOEpe. rs had ZEN
CINE trouble. = and man was
probing under its hood for the
trouble 2 He found IL as soon as
gave one long and two short
honks. and was under way in go
seconds or so.
Josie's tongue didn't wag lit rotat-
cd. 1T rotated in perfect time with
the engine. which. at 20 miles an
hour. was making 1900 revolutions
ner minute / won't knock OFF a.
single revolution. What on earth
the child could find TO keep her
tongue in high about, for all that
distance don't know to this day.
Joe All Keyed Up
.'Allen place ahead, z Joe an.
nounced. with the emotional stress
1T an office boy buying 20 cents
worth OF stamps at postoffice win.
ow. better slow down. z
Josie stopped talking long enough
to say, ''Oh, how thrilling Hurry
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afraid, because / didn't pull black
mask out of my pocket, adjust it
carefully over nay british features,
and flourish a large and CLUMSY
revolverperhaps fire a shot or
two before stepping into the car !.
To Josie, the whole proceeding ives
blood curdling drama, arranged
by Uncle Tom for her to seer in.
After several Il believe now I'M
necessary twisting and turnings, we
arrived at narrow, steep street
paved with cobblestones. The houses
were built out to the edge of the
four-foot sidewalk and in one OF
the houses a dim light was burning.
Pull up here, she whispered.
'sSh-sh-h-i1 The joint may be shad-
6wed. =
Jaw, dem guys ain't got nott-n
on US, / breathed, out of pure
blindness OF heart wanted Josie
to get her moneys worth elet 'em
start stump 'n-dat's all. See ~"
The door Of the house with the
light in it opened and Lynch came
cut along with the man who had
always taken my machine back to
Washington. Each night met him
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Rum Running True
Story n Ever
Particular

.'Rum-R Running in Washing
ton" is q true story throughout.
The retired bootlegger who has
given the intimacies Of his for
mer profession to Donald Nc
DougaI, the author, and many
Of the other characters are liv-
ing in and around Washington
today.
Every fact OF this story deal
ing with the highly organized
system Of defeating the Eight
eenfh Amendment is part Of
police and prohibition records.
Proper names, only, have been.
substituted.