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The Washington times., 1926-03-25
Sweeping Investigations OF
District Government

Resolutions Congress call for sweeping lnvestgauons
of District affairs ranging from Commissioner Fenng al
legged legal activities and including the Woman bureau OIL
the Police Department Everything and everybody connected
with the District Government would be subjected TO g1ng
processes which usually accompany sweeping IN
vestigations.
Responsible committees Congress which pass upon such
resolutions should insist finding out what there 70 IN
vesticate before investigations finally authorized facts
the committees OF Congress That there IL
derecon duty maladmnistraton then an
viii be sied and then it should be confined to those under
suspicion and made wdeopen affair that wiz subject
all officials to the nuendoes and that are always
part of Congressional and official Investigations
comparatively easy thing to ruthlessy attack punhc
officials and gain public sympathy and support Human
nature always believes the that reads or hears Be
sides mankind dearly loves huabaloo and the throwing OF
final analysis little out OF such nyestiga
tons except the mud ana the juscs oOne .hose
ons Of public officials might wisely be more frequent CON
fined to official responsibilities and actions and not lead 70
Sentiment in Washington at this time would unqnestonaby
back investigations and would want them unlimited 10 scope
without thought Of the njustces that might be done such
The thing about investigations is that they give sore
heads and dconn who no tangible Or other facts
worth consideration desired opportunity to unload gossip
and trash nuendoes and base aspersions which
leave nothing but trails Of slime.
The District Committees Of Senate and House entitled
to know everything the administration Of the District
the methods and policies Of its officials i Is
proper that these who shape legislation for the District
information through investigation but the other hand
they would obtain much that vaueles and which, in the
Of dstatcn would smear many people not deserving
what we need for District problems constructive leg
ation thought and suggestions Any directed g
methods and the elimination Of dishonesty and idiocy
be apparent may help things One that viii accomplish
suspicion admitting extraneous things viii hurt local ad
inistration and decrease effectiveness Much viii depend
vestgatng committee and their intence upon pertinent
facts and truths
The Washington times., 1926-03-25
"BOrnbaSt"

"HIGH' talk, or Dragging or
Ia boAsting, or the use of
high falutin' language that Is
too inflated for the occasion, is
sometimes called "bombast.' 1t
comes from an old word meaning
cotton, and. also, wadding or
stuffing.
A person VINO talks big" Is
called sometimes, by writer's, a
"Bombastes Furioso." This is the
name Of the hero OF a mock opera
by William Barnes Rhodes, an
Englishman. IT was produced in
1910, and was intended to parody
the famous "Orlando Furioso," an
epic poem by the Italian Ariosto.
Bombastes Furioso is a general
who is Tilted by a young woman;
whereupon the valiant soldier
hangs his boots on a tree and
places this sign on them:
"Who dares this pair OF boots dis
Must meet Bombastes face to
face"
There are various other bur-
lesque scenes, in which men are
KILLED but in the end they all
arise and dance and promise the
audience that If agreeable, they
will die again tomorrow.
The Washington times., 1926-03-25
ONCE-OVERS
PERsONAL GRIEVANCE


Aren't you mighty small when you turn down man
for membership in your lodge account Of personal
grievancef
The rules of your state that black ball against
is be for other than personal
grudge.
When you joined order you said you would be gov
erned by it's rules.
Now when you have chance to get even with man,
of your own do all you keep him
order with which he wishes affiliations Then
would try make believe that you not prejudced
The iLfeelng you have for this may period
of years
But what have you gained through harboring TT
It robbed of many hours which you might have
enjoyed Thoughts of vengeance have brought you misery
and turbulence of spirit.
You really Furnishing yourself more than the to
whom you unfrendly.
You may get acertan satisfaction out of the thought that
YOU kept him your lodge but you did get whole
some pleasure out of it.
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And what more logical place to
harbor In than in the church?
weren't you ever hypocrite or
a weakling, Sid, not even for one
little. teeny moment? Sure you
were. Then didn't you long in that
moment, as you'd never longed be.
fore for honesty, and strength?
No one appreciates the shining
beauty Of honesty like hypocrite
no one loves strength as much
as a weakling. And il such poor.
self-cheated souls cannot attain
the reality, why carp if they seek
the illusion? If God can stand
them i'm the church. Sid, why
should you raise such fuss?
And you want me to acknoW-
ledge that the church is falling
down? All right, I'll acknow-
ledge it, Feel better? But why
pick on the church? Is there
any part of our old social order
that isn't falling down? But why
act SO bilious over the fact? All
il not gloom. II the church
is falling down, it's also build
ing up. If its power is lessen
ing in the building with the
crosses on top of them, it's
growing in the buildings without
the crosses. The church isn't a
matter of four walls. It's a living
principle. That principle can be
expressed quite as well In juvenile
courts, rescue homes, vocational
schools and public Fairgrounds
as it can in chapels.
That's why / don't attack
churches, Sid. That's why it
won't do you any good to attack
churches. For an attack on
churches is a boomerang. 1t al
ways comes right back to the
bird who sent it. If there's weak.
ness In the church it's because
man himself is weak. But, by
the same token, IL there's strength
in the church--and there IS
it's because man has the seeds
OF strength within him.
For man Is the ultimate
church. The other ID only q
symbol. =.
The Washington times., 1926-03-25
!. MEDIT TIONS
OF A WIFE
-RY Holm R0MIand

t-0y 0OlSM AOWAeAsAs
TF flaming youth has any
thing on the thrilling thirties.
the nirtatious forties and the
frivolous fifties, these days we
fail to perceive It.
The hardest thing on earth for
4 pretty woman to find and keep
is a man friend.
The average man can just pass
THROUGH a room, and leave IT
looking as though Kansas cy-
clone had struck it.
The modern bachelor Is like
a plotting pad. He can soak UP
all the flattery, sentiment and
devotion a woman offers him,
without ever splitting a drUD.
A man IL never 50 pathetic
and so funny-as when he sails
in to show his wife how easy
and simple 1t Is to serve q meal,
clean a house, or put the baby
to sleep.
1t may be foolish to marry a
struggling young man-but then.
there isn't any other kind. When
it comes to marriage, they all
struggle until their strength gives
out, and they hear the minister
pronouncing the blessing,
A girl doesn't really want
every man she flirts with to kiss
her. She only wants him to
WANT to kiss her-if you get
what we mean.
Marriage never turns out quite
as wonderful as a girl dreams it
will be-nor quite as terrible as
man fears it will be-.
The greatest luxury tax on
earth-Alimony:
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POLITICAL
MALTA"
MOT long ago a newspaper

MOT long ago a newspaper
IN writer referred to a political
organization, in one of our larg-
est cities, as political Malta. :"
BY Malta" (spelled sometimes
"Maffia'D is meant a dangerous
secret society Of Sicily, which,
from one point of view, represents
sort Of rough popular justice
and a degenerate chivalry, but
which. in its worst aspect, Is no
more than a gang of criminals op.
posed to all established order and
government. Like the Camorra.
a similar organization Of Naples,
It is organized for the purpose of
securing immunity for it's mem
bers from the consequences Of
their crimes.
In recent years the Italian gov
eminent has made vigorous ef-
forts to combat the Malta. the
Camorra and kindred societies.
In America much was heard about
the Malta about 30 years ago,
when members OF the organization
were accused of numbering the
chief of police of New Orleans.
and there were riots, directed
against Italians. in the Louisiana
city.
The Washington times., 1926-03-25

IA !
harm and that the people who go
to them are sentimental weaklingS
or hypocrites. Then why don't
YOU come out honestly and say
20? II you were really fighting
for truth, as you claim to be,
YOU would. Why don't you
acknowledge that the church Is
falling down?
So YOU know" all these things
about the churches, do you, Sid?
All right, boy, hang on to your
knowledge IL you like that brand.
but count me out. For DON'T
know them and / WON'T admit
them.
Are superstition and bigtory TO
be found in the church,?
They are. They're to be found
wherever human nature expresses
itself. You can find them in any
living room, in any smoking car,
in any office. in any police sta
ton, in any clubhouse. They
are to be found in all these places,
not because men prefer to be
stupid, cowardly and cruel but
because men are weak. We're still
very imperfect creatures and hon
est thinking is an irksome habit.
We like to peer timidly from our
Jungle bush and make the other
fellow do as we say. And we have
a strong aversion to situations
which won't permit us to mutter
and grab.
We like hokum because hokum
covers our mental inadequacy.
Also because 1t helps us to make
the other fellow afraid Of US.
II there's hokum in the churches
and there IS-that's why. And
why should you be surprised at
that, Sid? Why should you ex-
pect human nature to be suddenly
transformed simply because it
passes the threshold Of a house
which is theoretically the house
of God?
God is in that house, as Hc is in
all other houses. His honor and
strength, wisdom and justice, free
dom. and love are to be found in
that place, as they are to be found
in all other places. But
Wen find them only in
The Washington times., 1926-03-25
That Irritating Noise

Physicians psychologists and psychatts have Joined
movement that has It's object the elimination of noises that
the nerves. loss Of sleep and impair the hearing
made by trolley subways trains stations
industrial plants will be measured by delicate instruments
80 determine their effects on the human system.
Always ready contribute our bit to science odestly
suggest that they will find the most persistent destroyer
seep the left hand Of the bedroom dressethe
alarm clock.
The Washington times., 1926-03-25
DIR. FRANK CRANES
DAILY EDITORIAL
~ nR. FRANK CRANE
IUO Human Books

1.-TWO little books of verse have come to my taDl
They are not great books. About the on
The Washington times., 1926-03-25
MFR. SIDNEY
MI HOFFMAN

MR Ho srD1fAS
has been reading
this department
for some years.
He liked most OF
Ii. But he wants
to register one
kick.
You're 50 ad.
vanced and cOur-
ageous in many
ways, Elsie, /" says
he, why do you
pussy.foot when
1t comes to dis
In g tn 9
churches? Z o u
know as well as
I do that the
churches are not.
beds Of supersti-
ton, intolerance
and dogma-Lhat
they do no earth.
Iy good and a
q
The Washington times., 1926-03-25
SAYINGS OF WISE MEN

dental, least OF all that of which
the intention 10 so clearly evident.
Leasing
Genius means the transcendent
capacity of taking pains. Carlyle.
II a book comes from the heart
it will contrive to reach other
hearts; all art and authOrcraft are
of small amount to that. Carlyle.
Unless YOU bear with the faults
of friend, you betray your own
Syrus.
There is no consolation except
in truth alone. ascais
The Washington times., 1926-03-25

MEN are immortal till their
IV work is done.-Livingsto
We never know the true value
of friends. While they live, we
are too sensitive of their faults;
when we have lost them, we only
see their virtues. Hare.
Health is the second blessing
that we mortals are Capable OF:
a blessing that money cannot buy.
Walton.
There is nothing good or evil
save in the -Epictetus.
Nothing under the sun is acci'
The Washington times., 1926-03-25
LISTEN, WORLD!
By ELSIE ROBINSON

the measure Of
our own capaci-
~ to seek and
understand. And
h u m an capacity
to seek and un
derstand, honor
strength. wisdom,
justice, freedom
and love is as
vet limited.
But why blame
1t on the church ?
Also why blame
the church for
the weaklings and
hypocrites I h a t
l1arbor in it's
midst?
II you're go
to eliminate all
h u m an institu.
tons that harbor
hypocrites a n d
weaklings w h a t
will you have
Jaff1
The Washington times., 1926-03-25

Thew ss are not Great books About tie only thing
you can say about them i that they are human.
Strangely enough one comes from the Atlantic coast and
the other from the Pacific One is By John e a Msave1
assume the nom-deplume IF Virginia Church, g los
Angeles . .h.
poetry Of ideas and not Of words
What be finer paraesm than this between pon
Of candy and youth A girl gets box OF candy one 500
She resolves next time g save q
IN make Il sst ths time md won't get sick
But mice got IN and ants, and il was ruined
An there 70 way yoa can do with Soz 8 ssn0y'
Oh has i always got e 9. bs too fast 81.
g. hs gsas ssns s s6d as ssts III s
Has il got 70 be always either one e sne osner
sans because they are always leaning out q he
dow. The girl describes her experiences as follows
W.. get 1 pillow apiece and rest Il down
On the window and Ma puts her arm around me-
And We can see everything like reglar movie
III the poem s.Fory.eight Hours from June subtly
depicted The call Of beauty which leads girl to
tragedy. Il winds up:
what happens afterwardl only have
One life N goin' to lvel Where y
Flowers, and birds, and grass ~.
Dear M Kirby, : IS
This the sort Of thing that does not overload the
imagination but gives enough suggestion to carry = IT,
Virginia Church book i equally suggestive + con
LESSONS Of the intimate thoughts Of school We
learn from u how human mistress be ard ha
teachers are people, which the of the book For
instance the poem Intercepted runs as follows:
Jimmy sits IN the front row
Across the aisle IS Flosse
Today ais turned from the board
intercepted i look
Holy as altar fires,
That famed from youth to youth.
caught my breath
All afternoon I've felt old and lonesome r.
That peculiar affection that young may have f0r
older one, which Of experience IS told "a the
poem called 4 Jennie:
Sc singulary fortunate Ia having
Some little wren-like person always ready
To take under her wing.
1T concludes
This morning she ventured to suggest
That maybe might still get married
If / tried hard enough
Her advice to the critics point She describes the
younger generation struggling in world that has been
wished on the present day youth.
Problems industrial, POLITICAL moral,
Surge in the air.. : Z new environment
Like mighty rushing torrent
Is sweeping the world
The younger generation
Kneedeep In its waters,
Is trying valantly
To utilize the energy of the current,
While stand the shore
Wringing hands,
And criticize their bathing suits "
There many flashes of genuine humor also the book
Altogether these two books really human. Mrs.
Church describes pupil saying sGee Miss Brown,
you re a bit like teacher You're human y
/ NHYrn0e
The Washington times., 1926-03-25
INITIATING
HER LINEN
-Mrs. Cornelius BeeclklnaEl-

nEAR MRS. BEECKMANs
~ what initial should an en-
gagged girl use when initiating
her linens? Also what initial on
silver, the girls last initial or
the man's2 H. Fl.
A girl should initial her linens
with the last initial or the two
or three initials OF her maiden
name
The silver, too, should be mi
tailed or monogramed with the
initial or initials Of her maiden
name All wedding presents also
should be mon0gramed with the
initials of the brides maiden
name.
nEAR MRS. BEECKMAN.
~ Will you please settle an
argument? A claims that a gentle.
man never takes a lady's arm, but
always offers his.
b claims that gentleman offers
a lady his arm when taking her in
to dinner and on similar occasions.
but always takes her arm assisting
her across the street or in crowd.
MRS. H.
A wins. That is, a gentleman
never should take lady's arm.
3 is correct when he maintains
that a gentleman offers his arm TO
lady when he il taking her in at
a formal dinner. when he is taking
her in to supper at a ball, or when.
as an usher at wedding. he is
showing her to seat. When a
gentleman is walking with a lady
and there Is any reason for assist
ing her "a crowded sidewalk or
crossing. an Icy pavement, or steep
steps,, the gentleman offers his
arm
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-28
HIGH SCHOOL PAPER
REFLECTS EDITOR

Pauline Rochester was reelected
editor-in-chief Of the Breckenridge
Times for the last half of the 1926
&c school term. Augusta Neuman
also was reelected associate editor
Wilson Elkins was named sporting
editor, Margaret Mclean and james
Morgan. club editors; Lillian Barton
school editor, Carita Hart and Vida
VanI'reese. literary editors; Alice
Payne, news editor; Marjorie De
Marsha, business manager; Lee
Herndon. advertising manager, and
Joe PEREZ. circulation manger
Miss Florence f. White is instrue-
tor in Journalism and sponsor Of the
Times.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-28
ASKS EARLY RIDE,
is DRIVEN TO JAIL

Gimme ride" 22-year-old Mex
lean hailed Detective Littlepage, as
he was driving on South Prcsa street
Thursday.
: Sure" replied the detectives,
Jump right in.
Driving to the Jail he had the Mex
lean youth booked ON vagrancy
charges because of conflicts in his
explanation of his business during
the wee sma' hours.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-28
TWO HIGH SCHOOLS
RESUME CLASSES

Both the senior high schools, Brack-
enridge and Main Avenue, opened
with a full attendance "Wednesday
Assignment cards we're distributed
quickly and students reported to their
rooms and teachers without confus-
ion.
Entrants from the junior schools
were assembled at Breckenridge Tues
day morning and under the guidance
of members Of the Congress Club
we're put through the rules and sys-
ten at that school.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-28
A Florida Deal

A Brocktoa Mass, newspaper pub
fishes letter from a Brocktonian
now in Florida, who tells the following
story as illustrating how many deals
are made in. Florida
"There Inns been a boy ON our street
corner the past two weeks with mon
greI pup, although the boy says it's 81
thoroughbred. He wanted $4,000 for
the dog; which led me TO tell him il
was doubtful price. The lad, how
ever maintained that he would get II.
Yesterday saw him on the corner
without the pup. Inquiring. the hoy
said: Yes, he's gone Did you get
S10,O0O?' asked. YES, SIR was the
answer. Il traded him for two 5000
CATS"
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-28
THIEVES CONCENTRATE
ON FINE WATCHES

Toll of San Antonio jewel thieves
mounted Wednesday night when bur-
glars entered two San Antonio homes
and took valuable watches.
Entering through a rear window
thieves took a valuable watch and
chain from the house of S. l.. Stem
berg, 1044 West Huisache avenue.
Mrs. Stella Hawkins, POI Carson
street, reported the theft of an ex-
pensive wrist watch.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-28
At LAST! |DEAL
\ j { b A n D
HAS BEEN
FOUND
Here Are Requirements ::
He Must Love Wife
Despite ln-laws.
Enter the ideal husband !

Enter the ideal husband
Those who never were aware that
such a creature exists, or who said
they didn't believe it, must take
back seat in the face of statement
by Robert Whitley, clerk of the Sew
enty-third District Court of Bexar
County.
|. The Seyenty-third District Court.
presided over by Judge Robert w. Il.
Terrell, handles more divorce cases
than any other Bexar court, and Mr..
Whitley. being clerk of that court,
has ample opportunity to render a
verdict on the ideal husband.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-28
S. A. OFFICERS ASKED
TO RECOVER SADDLE

If you see COW puneher ride into
the city seated in an army saddle.
decorated with red strings on his
~paiut hoss notify police.
NJ NJ. Parks. Austin. told police ~
a long distance telephone mesase
Wednesday night his saddle wa
stolen off his horse aud be believes lh'
Jhicf is headed for sau Antouio.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-28
THIEF STEELS GUITAR

His love for music overcoming his
fear Of the law n thief took a guitar
from the car of Lieutenant II. X.
Greenlaw, Brooks Field, parked in
front Of downtown restaurant,
Wednesday night.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-28

imprisoned fervor and oratory, did
they urge the merits of their own
school to a group of the Juniors gath
cred on the school grounds or at some
impromptu meeting place.
On the surface the campaign WIS
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-28
CHINA TE
BEST g. A.
ASSET
city's Natural Advantages
Greatest Of Any Town
in Country.
By.J. H. KIRKPATRICK

1t doesn't take climate TO build q
city or TO insure its prosperity. Evil
dences of this are numerous: London
has a wretchcd climate; Berlin, Chi
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-28
'Soapbox' Orators Sing
Praises Of Hi School
Breckenridge, Main Pupils
Seek Recruits From
Junior Ranks.
Enroll at Breckenridge"
"Come to Main Avenue"

Dignifiedly on the rostrums of the
auditoriums of the various schools girl
and boy speakers from the two senior
high schools, Breckenridge and Main
Avenue, extended a welcome to and
proclaimed the virtues of. their re-
spective schools to the graduates of the
eight junior public schools of the city.
Not quite so dignifiedly. but with
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-28
That's Good

Little Girl to Neighbor: Please,
Mrs. Smith, one of the eggs ma Dor
rowed from you was bad, so she
sent it back."-The Progressive
Grocer. 81
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-28

cago, st. Louis, New Orleans, aud
others too numerous to mention, are
great cities so far as population and
industry are concerned, and their eli
mates have never been featured as 4
definite asset. But on the other hand,
you give a city a genial climate,
coupled with the other elements that
go toward making and maintaining a
large city. and You have in your eli
mate the asset that goes far toward
lEnntinnnd IN pnnn on DIRT .
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-28
Ought to Be Mutual

A move is on foot to make ayia-
tion safe for filters. That's the
right thing to do, as it already is
safe for. Notifying officials,
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-28
Our Handicap

The population OF the United States
is now 1Ii.340.O00. There's no telling
what IL might have been II automobiles
had not been invented.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-28
They're Different

Papilloma is the newest disease of
the feet and it is attributed to what
is called the Charleston shuttle.
Now don't get papilloma confused
with La Paloma.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-28
They All Do

The Duchess Of Rutland says she Is
coming TO America TO paint. but there
will be no novelty in that for us. All
the women do il here.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-28
No Wonder

Observation-Disclosures is new cure
for the hOOkwOrm disease. II scares
the hOOISworms to death.