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The Washington times., 1926-05-29
Dumb Dora in the Bath
Not 50 VERY Dumb, Perhaps Ask Mr.. Carroll

According 70 testimony ii court theatrical man Earl
Carroll paid girl seventeen years DID, promised 20 pay
500 for disgracing herself and public decency
The girl was persuaded appear before crowd of men
and entirely naked Ii bathtnb alleged 70 have been
partly filled with The girl the witness stand
confessed that she drank some of the bath and that It made
her drunk Others testified that the tub contained intoxicating
drink they know because they TASTED IT. They have
been most refined personalities.
Evidence IN the dscloses the fact that young women
employed BY Mr. Bathtub Carroll known the inside
management BY initials put opposite their the pay
roll indicating their characters Opposite the Of Miss
joyce HaWe the old champagne baher
the letters D. ID.
These initials it appears stood for Dumb Dora NOT
complimentary reference to the intellectual status Of Miss Haw-
ley, the bathtub girl
Joyce Hawley Of the bath may not be supernaturay In
fegent that had been her mental rank she would hardly
have promised for 500 to disgrace herself and her without
at least getting cash in advance.
But she certainly not the Inferior intellectually or other
wise Of the individual FOOL enough and VICIOUS enough
TO plan the disgraceful exhibition.
Dumb Dora win probably stay Of JAIL although the
poor ignorant creature first brbed then made drunk proba-
bly, broke the law Certainly she should be last to 20 to
jail Of that entire bathtub party.
The question that decency asks Is this:
Why Earl Carroll the bathtub host indicted only for
PERJURY? not Illegal to persuade girl seventeen years
old MINOR to disgrace herself? Is it illegal to plan
Ind present at mixed gathering shameful and indecent
hibition? ...,sl .e#..
The Washington times., 1926-05-29

SCIENTIST not primarily who knows some
thing but primarily he s that Is aware Of what
- he does not know.
II viii be found that the ignorant processes posi-
tiyy and absolute knowledge Of things that he cannot pos
sibly understand.
Thousands Of people know that God is Of three persons
that there Is he'll that Eve out Of Adam rb and
that Jonah swallowed whale, notwithstanding that no
one can prove any of these things.
Nineehs of the state of having exact knowledge con-
sists ia fixing exactly the boundaries Ct our knoNe0ge
knowing what we cannot know.
Every true scientist il aware that what he knows e M
fitcsinaaly small compared with what he does not Know
or Carlyle says Our floats upon our great SEQ
of nescience al 3 mere superficial film
Dr. Samuel il Holiness eminent scientist @ q esekn
university put the question the other y ~ science
ever Be able to prol0ng human Lite ndetnlte say y 0A
hundred two hundred years for average
Answering this question he said that ct course there arc no
limits to possibility We imagine anything Dut ~
science there such thing as the exact 9kAtn shsks
only prep0nderance Of probability.
The number 81 centenarians living today s probably no
greater than ii former time Death has come inevitably m
the past and will doubtless continue to DO SO 70 tne
The chances 81 increasing the Ct lite against tne
chances 0f its being increased ~ the rato g anou
one to one hundred.
great many people think that science deals m exact
statements that SAYS that such and such things g Jaws ak
SO and mvariabe
Science does nothing the kind E deals q exact facts
1T SAYS that such and such facts 90 and leaves every
man Is draw his own conclusion from them The laws q
science are nothing but preponderan probabilities Trey
are Interchangeable long the facts are
new facts are discovered new laws must Be found
The Washington times., 1926-05-29
Important Local Legislation
Pending In Congress

Although the Senate somewhat behind the House il inn
81 doing business rapidly efficiently toward the close Of
sessions and win doubtless maintain IS record ~ acting upon
local matters already voted In the House
The four foremost local s before the Senate
A mothers pension law.
Amendments to existing traffic laws.
The erection Of new police court building
The establishment 81 Public Utilities Commission
Conaideraion Of the mothers pension law by the Senate
Thursday night indicated disposition the part Of that
body substitute the House blu for the blu reported ~ the
Senate committee.
sure mothers penson law tho Senate committee bill
should pass there would have 70 Be conference with newt
able clash between House and Senate and possible failure
0f good wise and humane legislation.
Entirely too much emphasis being put On local opposiCn
e wns csa e .s w or at D.ao ~
large number o. them Just favorable TO the New York
ea 70 what i known IS the District proposition Of Senate
The advantage 81 tie legislative situation Is 80 clearly with
needed Legislation 10 attempt substitute The Senate for
the House biz.
About ire only between Tie two measures Is that
che House b provides Tor ths administration Of The law
through Mothers Aid Board composed 81 District people
The Senate bin would put Che amnisaOn u the hands q
newly created Public Welfare Board which Is 10 adj
minister al charitable and correctional matters
s ssps ~ os aboud ot - S q ebs OL
II should be public duty It should not be cassed with cor
regional matters connected with confessional and criminal
baIk 81 having themselves and their little ones labeled as
charity bsnsficiares TIE stigma might fellow Che children
Deserving mothers who have known better days and who are
struggling keep their children with ths should have public
aid public charity.
Better traffic conditions m The District VIM not BE- assured
there s failure % put through wise traffic amendments
Ihe amendments asked have been found ~ experience BE-
necessary.
And ~ all means should have police court build
fit citizens who hauled there for minor
traffic offences e ntO The present building . public
diSgEacs, yerit.hle nightmare.
Public Utilities Commission IS practically assured m
less conditions IA the Senate become too congested
re District has snd good friend chairman d ne
Senate District Committee. Senator Cappa viii put forth
every effort g Do the right thing Tor this city II pending
legislation.
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AMERICANS
By Garrett r. SerViss

TH4E Mayas are decidedly Ii
ii fashion at present among
the archaeological. OF students
Of ancient things. The British
are now following the American
lead IN the investigation OF those
half-forgotten inhabitants OF the
western world who left astonish-
Ing reminders Of their progress In
art, science and religion, scat.
tered over the central parts OF
our double continent. The Brit
ish are hunting in Honduras
while we hunt in Yucatan.
It Is an absorbing search. It
{ IL an effort to penetrate one OF
the darkest mysteries In all hui
man history. When Columbus
and his followers arrived IN
America they everywhere found
the land already occupied BY q
race. or races, Of men unfamiliar
to Europeans.
They differed from all OF the
inhabitants Of the old world, and
contemptuously rejected the kind
of civilization that the invaders
offered. They were satisfied with
their own, which in some OF Its
forms was as good as that which
was offered in replacement. But
they were relatively few in num-
Der, and inferior In resources and
development, and they went
down before the new Corners,
most Of them being either abb
sorbed into the blood OF their
conquerors or passing into prac-
teal extinction. But they left
indelible marks of their former
presence and achievements.
Origin Unknown
The remote yet striking re-
semblances Of many of the re-
mains OF their art and industry
to the works Of various peoples
OF the old world were long re-
garded as proofs that these
things had originated on the
other side of the Atlantic or Of
the Pacific. Some brought them,
in imagination, from Egypt, some
from China, some from India,
some from the archipelagoes Of
the Pacific ocean.
But the leading authorities on
this subject at the present day
generally think that the early
Americans developed their own
various forms OF civilization on
their own soil, the res smbIances
with the old world work being
far less striking than the differ
ences. Nevertheless wlilo these
people are supposed to have
brought about their own develop.
nent independent Of tho old
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world influences, e is head that
they themselves descended from
an Asiatic source. "A report Of
the recent discussion Of this sub
ject at q meeting Of the American
Philosophical Society, which was
founded by Benjamin Franklin,
sums up the opinions expressed
by Professors Tozzer, Mead and
Ales Hrdliclxa thus:
1.-THE various American clviIiza.
lions were all described as inde.
pendent developments by Amer.
lean Indians. and the American
Indians were described as being
exclusively composed OF the de-
gcendants OF primitive Asiatic
tribes who dribbled slowly from
Siberia to Alaska Q few thousand
years ago"
We may reasonably ask some
questions about this. First, II
the assertion Of the Aslatic origin
OF the primitive Americans 20 be
regarded as q demonstrated and
tncontrovertible fact, or is II
only O more or less probable, and
more or less complete, hypothesis?
Second, Is It so superior 10 the
rival theory OF influx fron1 Asia.
across the Pacific by way OF ifs
island groups, ana by ala Of its
ocean currents Tor even across the
Atlantic), that the latter should
be put quite out Of court in favor
Of the Alaska route?"
Third, Is there sound evidence
that anything resembling a ''Iand
bridge" has existed between
Siberia and Alaska within the
last few thousand years: and if
such a bridge did exist, is there
any convincing indication that
the remote. cold. sparsely.in-
habited northeastern parts of
Siberia, narrowing as they stretch
up toward Behring Strait and
the Aleutian islands, ever fur.
nished a route Of emigriation lead.
Ing from one continent to another?
Fourth, is It absolutely neces.
sary to assume that there was
no other possible locus Of origina.
ton for the human race than
Asi9Y Man being a product OF
evolutionary processes, is It In
conceivable that he could be de-
veloped Independently in SO rich
ly endowed a region OF the earth
as the twin continents OF Ameri-
ca?
Perhaps all of these questions
can be triumphantly answered by
those who maintain the Siberia.
Alaska theory Of the populating
of America; but II so, It would be
interesting to see the answers
succinctly and convincingly stated.
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SAYINGS OF
MRS. SOL ONION
sounebOdy's Daring

Somebody's Darling
MY Daughter, I have gone
NI down into the market place
and up into the tabernacle, that
might observe men ct work and
Ct worship.
But not until I went unto the
Cabaret and beheld them at
PLAY, did / know them in al
their infinite variety.
10, there were little men who
bullied the walters and big men
who sought to jolly the check
room girls and to be Gippant with
the omnibus.
There were wealx-chinned youths
In borrowed dinner coats, who
sought to appear blase and world
weary-and stout old gentlemen
who .ogled the flapper and sought
10 be boys forever"
There were huge men who ate
greedily, as IL upon q wager 20
increase their girth and anaemic
men who sent away their food
and made the lives OF the walters
more terrible than the lives Of
martyrs.
There were men who made love
to the women they had brought
and men who flirted with the
women whom other men had
brought.
There were bald men with
blonde. infants, who called them
Big Boy!'-and half baked youths,
with fat widows, who hung upon
their words, and treated them as
"men-of-the-world. .
There were husbands with their
own wives, who yawned and
glanced nervously at their
wAtches--and husbands with
women NOT their own wives, who
kept repeating, THE night is still
young!'
There were men who had
that. they might bring their wives
thither-and men who had made
their wives dine upon a sandwich,
that they might bring their ste
nographer thither.
There were men who sang off
the key and encored themselves
might Ily-and men who told an
Client jokes and laughed tnereat
heartily.
There were men who seemed
striving to live UP to their silk
hats-and men who seemed bent
The Washington times., 1926-05-29
WIDOW RULE
IS CUSTOM

WTHEN q man dies in Armenia
v leaving q widow she Il I'M
mediately raised to the exalted
position Of the head Of her house.
Her house, IN this instance,
means her entire family, includ.
ing the sons and daughters with
their wives or husbands and all
the grandchildren. These various
branches constitute little COM
munfty where the widowed mother
il regarded in the light Of 2
queen.
Upon her death, sometimes the
family breaks up and each group
forms q small community OF its
own. AND sometimes they re-.
group themselves under the lead
ersl1ip Of one OF her daughters.
* Il is only the members OF her
household who ever really behold
the Armenian woman's charms.
For. when she appears In public
she Is muffIed and Pwathed until
she gives the impression OF an
animated bag In curious weaves
and colors.
In the ease and privacy Of their
own homes, Armenian women
often appear graceful and attrsc.
tive. They are clad in bright
coIored trousers; chemise, that
is fastened at the waist with q
gold. silver or velvet band; and
an embroidered Waistcoat that is
secured with q string just above
the waistline. 1t is only when
visitors appear that these women
put on shoes. And In addition to
the ugly shoes they wrap them
selves about in a gaily .coiored
silk gown that bulges and ~bulks
in q most awkward style.
It Is quite likely that the edu-
cation and religion, which are
part and parcel OF the high-class
Armenian. Is responsible for the
respect shown to their women.
For all over the world the cul-
ture and civilization Of q country
can be measured by the treat.
ment accorded its women.
One OF the oldest translations
Of the Bible Is in the Armenian
tongue.
One OF the most celebrated
monasteries In the East Is on the
Island OF San Lazzaro In Venice.
The Armenian monks acquired
this island more than 200 years
ago, and since that time this
church body has maintained a po-
sition Of Importance. This mon
astery has a library of about
10000 volumes. and the knowl-
edge therefrom is distributdd
among Armenians In every part
o9 tlAo world 80.
The Washington times., 1926-05-29
BY ELSIE RUBIN s ON


F4h fne agony Of srAekaE 49,
rifh Co.. dingy with my IS,
And vel again. i - p,sas7ss.'.t
white with prayer s
whatever comes. :
weave ana weave Al that
- ~ rnea there. into my rug
Tor DAYS I WIN weave pkzsaAls -,
NE soI1e proud master e nv
rraft. Ana then my fingers SAD
srd an the plan - TnaxTea
or aneriIy / snaEl the Snkeee
with bitter hands ana CT Aso11 .
vvifIn hatred OF that LOOM ana g
fl1at plan which may nstst
zee connDlete. nor II my pressle
darlxnees. understand
yet. after have anarled the
thread / work again, ! know
not how my rug WI look e
those who see. I know not how
i may have spoiled the firsA
bright plan. But am hoping
that the ONE who gave the loom,
ana stretched the warp On which
I was Is weave. WIN take the rag
ged product when my day Il done
and say: ..shs wrought some
beauty, though her eyes wera
blind.
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TIa n1areirls are not even and "A
Iftf1e places the design has gone
astray as though the weaving
fingers biundered on the loom.
The one who made that rus
AN day that weaver sits ana
weayes those vivid strands
through the duh warp Outspread
before his darkened face. He mas
s chart, and numbered pegs py1
which he gropes his way. And
80 he works and Weaves WITHIN
hia endless night, building q
thine 81 mingled shade and song
a beauty strip which shows the
Artist light that CLOVIS within bis
aolIl. although his eyes are DARK.
But sometimes he forge 1is
fingers sIipor he IS tired ana
puzzled By It ail-or maybe raii-
inr 81 the fate that shuts him -.
Ana then the margins so aWxy
a. the design Is married.
So weaves my weaver 80 weave
For /, too, work In darkness
which cannot pierce.
And I, too, make q pattern
when cannot zee nor understand
And blunder az ! tumble Tor the
vVnv
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Orphans for Servants?
Not in Modern Houses

Housewives in Paris can't find servants wages that they
afford and ask permission TO take orphans from the
try and make servants Of them The authorities refuse
legng that Paris place for IAN unmatched female
orphan
That Isl perhaps wise decision although lola other
Erenchmen have shown that big cities really better
morals than the country.
Charles Fourier, really great Frenchman recon
sructed society would have had children first then
wait upon their elders listening improving conversation
Perhaps he would change bis plan he heard modern
conversation. -
The Washington times., 1926-05-29

upon living down to their diges-
tons,
There were dubious silly old
men, and blobby, conceited young
men; dancing gigolos and men
who could not dance; Tired Bust
ness Men and poppy nearbohe-
mians; withered antiques, and calf
faced undergraduates
And. I said in my heart: VeZ.
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HAvE rus

HAVE = rug
81 my noor
II Is d small
rug hand govell
1T III a8 beaut
ful as sOnethan
pIaited BY the
wind and sun ana
ear I'll.
The warp =
dull like old ana
n ellie n 8 q soil.
Through r there
runs $ wool o.
~ gray ard
heat her purple
with linfs Of
green and gold
and blue Some
times theirs 3 even
= = UI1r -.
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ONCE-O Frs
1urTrN Won let sUpERsTTTIoUs FEARS DESTROY
YOUR PEACE or MIND

Something is going happen. You are sure OF Y Tor you
chad bad dream last night and i has haunted Jon ever
since
unpleasant, ehf
You would not stand for It to be called superstlous
Pnt Won ret little il is the wealth
a. sometimes wild dream sometimes the unfortunate
marks Of who thoughtes and that sets you of
Immediately and You shiver with dread
You have always interested yourself IN signs
You say you don't believe in them Of but
never fail to acquaint yourself with al the old sayings o
queer people or the sooth-sayers.
You don't believe in fortune eers but occasionally
90 to one, just for fun.
And then you always looking for the blackeyed mis-
chief maker who your enemy and blackeyed
son You meet is possible enemy.
sign Of weak mentality when Influenced by
the thirteenth day the wrong side Of the bed the
= tea leaves in your cup.
The Washington times., 1926-05-29

O. nR. TRAlIK CRANE
ScieTlce

SCIENTIST Is not primarily one who knows some
thing but primarily he s that i aware IF VIA
he does not know.
The Washington times., 1926-05-29

lily. verify, Is not the heart 81 4
woman . strange and mysterious
thing?
For, 10, among all OF these.
there Is not one Specimen who 8
not Somebody's Darling. and some
woman,s IDEAL. wherein she
drapeth her dreams and ntakekh
her happinessl''
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j LISTEN WORLD!

The loom s. the
dulf1rameWork q
ny days Tne
warp - the taut
web 81 daily tcAs
= did not place
that warp upQN
che Iooxn The
Master had Il
waiting when
came that way
And lI1rou 4 that
warp / weave the
pattern of my
IFS Sometimes
E.I2 RIA +.
and green e.
peace SQNle llknes
it's scarlet IKE 3
liktls flame when
sons brave work
81 tai adventure
tights my day
some I mes Il .
purest gold e
gold Of love
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-18
We may continue
to give yoU tn e
G. r E A T E S T.
VALUE fOr every
dollar yOu bring to
PIGGLY WIGGLY

1928 was a pig year
for San Antonio and
Piggy Wiggly. 1926
will be a still greater
and more prosperous
year for San Antonio
and the constellation
of cities that lie in the
rich Rio Grande Val
ley and extend to the
north, west and east
of the Alamo City.
Piggy Wiggly has
. played no small part
! in this prosperity, ex-
tending to all a serV-
ice and quality OF
merchandise that are
great factors in the
building of Greater
San Antonio.
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DRAKE FIVE
PRACTICES

Drake Glass of Calvary Baptist
Church, which will represent this
church in the Sunday School League
is holding it's first practice Wednes-
day night at o'clock in the boys
y. M. G. A. gymnasium.
Calvary may be strong contender
for the championship title judging
from the material that now exists
in the class. Most Of them are we'll
known in basketball circles having
played with prominent teams in
Washington in previous years.
The following players are request
ed to be present at 7:45 p. m. sharp
at the boys Y. M. c. A. for first
practice on Wednesday evening, Oc-
tober 90:
Joseph Croson, Ben d. Thomason,
Ernest Mcneil, Ferd K. Hermann,
II. o. Grow, Chas. r. Prince, Walter
Brown. Preston Ellis, Emory
Shanks. Lloyd Kirby. Fred Kline
Marion Kirby, Austin Swartwodt
Joseph Motyka, Robert Clark, Ear
Bowman, Charles Riddle, Paul Fox
and J. A. Patterson.
All other members OF the class
who are DESTROYS of playing are also
invited. There will also be a prac
tice held with DeMolay on Thursday
evening at new Eastern High School
at 3 y. m.
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ROBBIE Is RETAINED
AS ROBIN MANAGER

NEW YORK. Oct. 19.-Wilbert
Robinson will direct the affairs or
the Brooklyn Robins. the team he
bought into worldwide notice by
winning two National League pen
nants, in the season Of 1927
Uncle Robbie" If he has his
own way. will retire as President
and go back to his old place as
manager 1t may be that he will
be forced to continue as president,
but he will surely be the boss of
the club again on the field, it was
learned from those close to he
Ebbets- McKeever factions which
have been at odds regarding the
control of the club.
There has been a tempest in a
teapot unbeknown to the Brooklyn
fans for almost month. The
Ebbets shareholders were for Robin
son, while Stephen w. McKeever,
who controls his own 25 per cent.
of the stock of the club, and that
OF his brothers estate, also 25 per
cent, had attempted to make a
change in the executive personnel
Of the club.
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trast that sort of spirit with the
modern day formalities. The day
of the Dempsey fight I called on
Jack and we had a visit which
further cemented our friendship.
Boxing need not be brutalized to
make it interesting for the public.
The days of eye-gouging, bone
breaking and slaughter have given
way to clean, scientific work in
the ring and this Is due to the
encouragement given the sport by
the right sort of fans, officials and
boxers. When George Bernard
Shaw wrote "Cashel Byron's Pro
fession," in which James J. Cor
bett starred for sojGe time, Shaw
was regarded as having idealized
the prize fighter too much. But
Shaw merely was looking ahead to
the time when sports in general
would be recognized as a national
and international necessity.
Peculiarly enough. it was boxing
that brought me friends in high
places. Bankers, lawyers, writer's.
professional men of all walks and
artists of ability have permitted
me TO associate with them and
learn about the finer things of life.
To Be Continued Tomorrow
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TERRAP ms
Die IN

University of Maryland's football
team yesterday began preparation
for its first big home battle of the
campaign-that with North Carolina,
one Of it's dearest rivals, at College
Park, Saturday.
The Old Liners, who have but
ter-fingered away three games in a
row, feel that they can regain much
lost ground and prestige Of they can
turn back the Tarheels, and they
have a very strong feeling that this
can be accomplished if they can get
into the habit of holding on to the
ball.
The clash with North Carolina Of
fers Maryland a chance to kill two
birds with one stone, so to speak,
as the Tarheels defeated South
Carolina week after the Old Liners
tossed a game into the Gamecocks'
lap.
In addition to fumbling, the Mary
land ends have given Coach Curley
Byrd something to think about, but
IL the loose handling Of the ball is
eradicated and the wings bolstered
the Old Liners have the potential
power to give teams, no matter how
strong, a run for it's money. These
two problems will be given the main
attention in preparing for the Tar
heels.