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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-07-19
NEGOTIATIONS
OF A WIFE
BY Helen Rowland,

The Monday Roast
MOTHER said, ~ defy any man
Wk to kiss me, when I set my
mind against it," Daughter says.
1 defy any man to resist kissing
me. when I set my mind to IT.!
Every woman wants love as a
steady debut. a man regards
it merely as life's little seasoning.
When a man finds that he can
no longer stop a woman's argu-
ments with kiss. he begins to
suspect that she's going to be
unreasonable"
It is so much easier for girl
to find a man who would be Will"
ing to "leave home" for her. than
it is to find one who will stay
home for her.
When a man asks q girl to
change her name, somehow he
never mentions all the other
things he expects her to change
with it-her haircut. her meal
hours, her doctor. her lawyer. her
politics. and her taste IN coIorS
and jokes.
A false alibi in a mans mouth
is like a false tooth: you can
always distinguish it because it
appears so unnaturally pure and
perfect.
The women a bachelor re-
members most tenderly are those
who made him happy-by letting
him slip through their fingers.
Most Of the unhappiness be-
tween q husband and wife arises.
not from their faults-but from
their mutual determination to
CURE each others faults.
The continued devotion OF "the
man before the last" is a tribute
to a won1an's charms-but. to q
man. thS continued devotion OF
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my finger. in his little picture.
But oh, sometimes. Elsie-some-
times I want more. It's SO terri
bly, hard-do you understand?
Won't you write something?
DOROTHY.
Yes, I understand. Dorothy.
too have lost. If 1 had not
would not dare try to answer that
letter. Only those who have
bought wisdom at a great price
such as yours.
too know what it means to
want something more" The
happy. loving pressure of a dear
face next to mine. The feel OF
warm. rumpled hair under my
fingers. and the sound of a glad.
young voice calling-calling-and
all the blessed peace and fun of
being near. know, Dorothy.
Time does not dull that memory.
as they say. Tears but wash the
picture clearer. We who have
lost go hungry always, listening
for a voice that does not come.
reaching for a hand that has
gone.
ana yeL' Qear-there Is COM
fort.
After all. what was it made the
touch Of that hand so dear. the
sound of that voice so precious?
1t was not the mere pressure
Of living flesh. or any other hand
would have done as we'll. It was
not the vibration of spoken words.
or any other voice would have
thrilled us equally. 1t was the
LOVE behind the hand. the
LOVE behind the voice that made
our hearts leap.
And where did that love reside
while your darling's body lived?
In his skull-in that little dynamo
Of flesh you called his heart? No.
No surgeons knife. however. keen.
e could haW@. 6Ollndt4 Love- in,A tIaal
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-07-19
By ELSIE ROBINSON
Keep the Way Open
~ n -

a Spirit that came and went in
that body-a Spirit which your
Spirit recognized EVEN THOUGH
YOU HAD NEVER SEEN EACH
OTHER FACE TO FACE.
Even though you had never
seen each other face to face-say
that over and over to yourself,
these days. For it is the truth,
Dorothy. You never did see each
other-your REAL selves-face to
face. You only saw the houses
through which your selves came
and went. And the gestures and
conversations which filled your
hours together-they were not the
REAL bond between you. They
were sounds, and notions-but
the real speech of your hearts
could not be measured in words,
nor could flesh and bone ever
caress as you caressed each other.
You never saw your REAL
lover. nor heard his voice nor
touched his yearning clasp even
while he lived. Dorothy. That
which was REAL to you was the
outpouring Of his loVe-not the
existence Of the flesh. You knew
this. And yet you did not let the
mystery and the darkness worry
YOU then, little girl. Then why
should they worry you so now?
Yes-I know the hunger and the
loneliness. But let's not think OF
hunger and loneliness IN terms Of
agony. Let us think of them
rather as a SHINING CHAL-
LENGE TO THE LOVE THAT
LIES IN US.
Are you great enough, Dorothy?
Are you great enough to thrust
aside your own body. as death has
thrust aside his. and open tho
door of your love TO him? Are
YOU great enough to keep faith
burning like a lighted candle
through the long night? IF YOU
ARE, LOVE WILL SURELY
H. COAGE AGAIN 's"'ASS''' =" N'''"'' ("
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-07-19
Buying Ill Will
Mr.. Quackenbush's Poor Idea.

Mr. Quackenbuh learned attorney for the New York Inter
borough subway company has plans punish motomen and
switchmen that presumed to strike
Asking injunction against them excellent to
little people dislike courts and judges And that is NOT
good thing for Mr. Quackenbushs employers He the
striking wormen for large and tells the reporters that
necessary to collect the money he will attach the homes Of
the strikers.
he wouldn't get anything out Of that effort Trial by jury
would that and the plan attach the houses
Of striking wormen wouldn't please intelligent corporation
owners that hire corporation lawyers Those
it ISM wise To- can gst il ssslZ enough
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-07-19

.NE of the strangest anomalies Of modern ii
realm established by Henry Ford.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-07-19

chemical C M
position Of his
head or heart.
Love was some
where else -- It
came to you
through t h a t
body. but 1t did
not live in the
b dy. A n d
though you low
ed that body. as
YOU loved any
thing that be-
longed to him
his coat. his
pipe, his we'll
thumbed book
your real love
was for some
t hing greater
than that body,
wasn't it. Dor
othy? It wasn't
the body you
were going to
~ q VsVsNy tt moe
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-07-19

An object in possession seldom
retains the same charm that 1t
had in pursuit.
-Pliny the Younger.
"the woman before the last" is
merely a nauseating reminder Of
his follies.
Making love and meaning it is
just q quaint old custom OF the
dear old "nineties." But. ali me.
what a lot OF things girls MISS
these days!
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-07-19
SAYINGS OF WISE MEN

Error is the force that Yields
men together: truth Is communi.
Gated to men only by deeds a
truth. -Tolstoi.
Mems weaknesses are often
necessary to the purposes of life.
--Maeterlinck.
Reason is not measured by
size or height. but by principle.
--Epictetua.
The Golden Rule works ike
RFavitatiens -Doaes
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than half the velocity than would
be necessary to free similar pro-
jectile from the control of the
earth's attraction. In that sort OF
warfare they would, therefore.
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ing projectiles that might reach
the earth. They would only need
to imparr to such projectiles an
initial velocity of about three miles
per second, which is much less
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-07-19
ENROM 8 o m e.
Il where, this

cry
Dear Elsie:
Won't you
write something
to comfort me?
/ have lost my
sweetheart and
he meant so
much. MY friend
my pal our
friendship and
love was so fine
and beautiful
that's why 1t
couldn't last I
suppose. Such
happi n e IS as
ours was only
fit for heaven.
/ am n o t
afraid to finish
life. ] know he
will never leave
me. He lives
in fha ring on
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drive through the bthe blank
The Washington times., 1926-05-07
PETER WILK

Shirley ar I'd any other girl who
walked the good green earth.
She made up her mind that she
must have lost him because OF
something else that she lacked.
Something that Fay had. Per-
haps the Wild, high spirits that
were the chief charm Of Fay,
Fay who could roll 3 cigarette
was one hand like an Arizona
cowboy, who could dance like 3
gypsy queen, and reel off stories
ana songs like b sailor.
Fay ran across the street to
see you for minute tonight.
Peggy, Aunt Agony was saying
as she stood before the bedroom
fireplace and shook out Peggy's
wet stockings. she said she
wanted to see you about some
thing awfulIy important.
She interrupted herself long
enough To give q ScornfuI snort
before she went on: Humphl i
wonder what she considers ifnp0r-
tant except her beatis and that
face Of hers. wish you could
have seen II tonight. all painted
up like q Spanish shawl
no BE Continued Tomorrow.
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PEGGY STARR

must be my fault that he doesn't
herself humbly when she had
drunk the hot chicken broth that
Aunt Agony had brought to her,
and was sitting on the edge Of
her bed with her feet In q hot
mustard f0otbath that Aunt Agony
had got ready for her. II wasn't
thrilling enough for him, or pretty
enough, guess.
But across the room her re-
Election in the mirror Of the
dressing table told her that she
was pretty enough to hold any
man. III beauty was all that
counted, she had 1t.
The lovely oval OF her face was
luminous ivory and her dark hair
was blue-black In all It's deep
polished waves. The thick Iashes
curled up all around those violet
gray eyes that should have be-
longed to 4 born flirt and never
to q one-man girl Ike Peggy
Starr.
No, II sheer good looks could
keep man faithful, Peggy was
perfectly sure that she never
would have lost Ranny to Fay
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His voice went on: Things
have been getting pretty thick be-
tween US lately and, and we've
just about made up eur mind
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ASe4@ 49, = - ~t-~
that We can't set along without
So that was 1t. The cold fact.
You mean you want to marry
E'ay?s she asked; and her voice
sounded far away and faint IN
her own ears.
He gave 8 short, quick nod
How soon?
''In june he answered huslxily.
In June.
why, June was the month
when she herself had promised
to marry Rannyl She had q cedar
chest OF linens at home, al mono
grained and laundered! And the
bottom drawer Of her dresser was
half full OF soft, bridey-lo0 king
things for her i1oneymOonl ~
breakfast coat Of white silk, q
chiffon petticoat, little band OF
lace and rOsebuds to WeAr around
her hair In the mornings before
II was done up for the day.
She had tried them all on be-
fore her mirror twenty times ct
least since she had bought them.
trying to see herself with Ran
nysa eyes when he should first
behold her In those lovely, soft
cOlOred things. And only this
very afternoon she had broken
the news to Miss Hope. the head
librarian. that she expected to
be married In JuneI
But these things didn't matter.
Not really.
The only thing In the world
that did matter was that Ranny
didn't love her any more. That
he didn't want to marry her.
Ranny, her RAINY
She looked at him. He had
stopped the car at the side OF
the wet street and was sitting
punched over the wheel, per.
fectly motiOnless.
She Bursts with Tears
I'D rather have been drawn
and quartered than to have to
tell you this" ne was saying in 4
liteleSs sort OF way. "You know
think you're the sweetest thing
that ever lived, but-you were
always too good for me, and I
knew it-Good Lord, whatever
you do, don't cry's
For Peggy had suddenly put
her head down on her knees and
began to shake with dry, raclxing
gobs. My threats sore," she
mOaned; "I'm crying because my
threats sore. II achesI sat too
long, In the rain, guess
And without knowing clearly
just what she was doing, she
opened the door OF the car and
got out. Inside her head there
seemed to be q great wheel that
raced around and around so fast
that she couldn't think. She
knew simply that she had to get
away from Ranny away from
everybody be alone in the
kindly dark and the rain for 4
while. Not to try TO think things
over, but just to keep on walk
ing and walking until she was
too tired to do anything but
sleep. and forget what had hap
pened to her.
A DisiIlusloned Girl
It was o'clock before she
found herself before the little
house In Elatbush, where she
lived with Aunt Agony.
Aunt Agony had been chris.
toned Agnes long ago in her sour
babyh0od, but no one had called
her that for many years. The
nickname agony" lifted her per.
fectly, somehow or ether.
She was an old maid Of s., and
instead Of fading and wrinkling
as she reached middle age, she
was simply drying up az bread
dries up when 1t gets old.
She was tall and spare and
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colOrIess, and she hapitua1iy wore
q look Of panied disgust at the
silly world around her. When she
smiled she smiled acidIy. She
was born gossip and q man
haterand the man she most de-
tested was Ranny Phelps.
There were only two living
creatures for whom Aunt Agony
had q spark OF warm, human at
lection. One OF them was her
niece, Peggy Starr, and the other
her Persian cat, Judith Of Bethu-
liz.
As Peggy stood In the murrnlr-
GUS rain looking up at the tall,
dark house that was all the home
she knew, the front door Of +
opened suddenly. Aunt Agony
stood there, outlined against the
orange light in the hail behind
her.
''That you, Peggy, isn't IT." she
called, peering out into the black
ness. You get in here this min-
ute! declare TO goodness I've
been worried crazy about you'll
wherever have you been all this
time? Ny starsl Look at your
selfl''
For Peggy's clothes were sod
den with rain and there were
yellow mudstains all along the
bottom OF her coat and on her
under the hall light water ran
down from the brim Of her hat
and dripped on the floor.
Laughing wildly
She began to laugh wildly. II
look like mud puddle, don't In"
she asked skriIly Al mud pud-
die or a duck pond, or something
awfuIly wet, don't I. Aunt
Agony?''
Aunt Agony didn't say d word.
Her lips snapped together like d
steel trap and her eyes narrowed
with the questioning look she
gave her niece. 1T was 81 look
that took In the bright flush on
her niece's cheeks and the swollen
mouth and eyeIids.
Hmm. been crying, haven't
your" she asked, frowning, and
then, as Peggy made no answer,
she went on:
"All right, stand there like =
craven image II you want to, but
you can't fool me, young lady!
I know you've been crying and 7
know you've been somewhere
with Ranny and he's made you
CRY! And you just go ahead and
marry him II you want to, but
don't say didn't warn you not
to! II he makes you feel like
this before he's got you, what
kind of life do you think he'll
lead you when you're married to
him, eh?"
Peggy shrugged her shoulders
helplessly and started up the
stairs, gripping the rail with her
hand to steady herself as she
went.
She knew that this was the
moment to tell Aunt Agony that
she was not going to marry
Ranny Phelps after all, but the
words wouldn't come.
She knew, too, that as soon as
her aunt found out that Ranny
had given her up she would say
all manner Of sharp and unkind
things about him, and she felt
that he didn't deserve them, some
how. It wasn't his fault. was It.
that he didn't love her any more;
and loved Fay Shirley instead2
Love wasn't a thing that could
be forced, like Q dollhouse plant.
It blossomed, wild and sweet, In
the most unexpected places, and
It wiIted and died at q breath.
Its not Ranny's fault. It
want me any more" Peggy told
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three ounces Of
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which any druggist
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few cents. Shake
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and you have a
whole quarter-pint
of the most won.
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New Britain herald., 1926-09-20
DECENTRALIZATION" ISSUE
 IN CONNECTICUT
Springfield Republican,

Decentralization has universal support in Connecticut, judging by the platforms of the Republican and Democratic parties adopted this week. Yet the Democrats claim to be the only sincere advo- cates of it; they scathingly con- demn "the hypocritical and con- tradictory attitude" of the Repuh- licans. Whatever the truth is, one is bound to observe that neither party is specific enough in attack ing centralizing tendencies.
 Just what functions now being performed by the federal govern ment should be passed back to the states? It is futile to declaim against centralization unless one names the animal. A beginning must he made at some definite point if the government of the United States is to be disintegrated to any extent. Where shall the re- distribution of functions begin; what particular right of the states, now usurped, shall be restored?
 The eggs. probably, will never he unscramblcd. The present de standardization movement may sue coed in checking the further inte- grafton of powers, or functions, fin Washington, but what has been done will not be undone. This is the history Of federalism, or na- tionalism, as some prefer to call it. in America.
 How confused the parties are today in their principles is revealed by the failure of the Democrats to get the jump" on the Republicans in assailing standardization. The party founded by Jefferson was at swords points on this question with the party founded by Hamil- ton. The Fcderalists and their sue party of Roosevelt and Taft. stood for strong central government. The reaction against centralization in our own time came with the aftermath to the recent war; why did Inc Democrats find themselves unready to take swift advantage of this movement against federal aggrandizement?
 The war against Germany was directed by a Democratic adminis- traitor that is the outstanding reason. Under Wilson. Demo- cratic President, inc integrating tendency reached lis continuation. An attack on centralization. conse- quenuy, meant an attack on his conduct of the government. The Democrats were in no position to play their traditional Jefersonian role
 Even the opposition party, the Republicans, have been empar- rassed in raising the c-ntrali1ation
New Britain herald., 1926-09-20
DANCE HALL RAID BY STATE POLICE
Hadden Merrymakers Taken to
 Court and Fined

Haddam. Sept. 20 P>-Midnight court was held here Saturday night following a raid by state policemen from the Centerbrook barracks ear Her in the night on the 5 Naples, a dance hall at Shailerville, dis trict of Haddam.
 The proprietor, Richard N. Will Hams, and nine men were arrested. Five men from neighboring towns were charged with drinking and dis playing liquor on the parking ground near the dance hall and were fined Sl each and costs by Justice Belle D. Russell. Four men from Mddletown were found engaged in a dice game in the center of the dance hall and were charged with breach of the peace. Their cases were nolled upon the payment of court costs.
 The state police had received many complaints regarding the dance hall and the raid last night was made by Officer Henry, Schu- bert and Murphy.
New Britain herald., 1926-09-20
FUTURE OF DIRECT PRIMARY

One Of the prime arguments against the direct primary. dating from it's first appearance as a sub stitute for the convention system, is that 1t encourages the "exces- siyc" use of money in political campaigns. By thus largely increas- ing the expense of nomination to important offices, it is argued, the primary has operated to exclude worthy candidates of small finan- cia resources. bringing about the selection of less desirable types, and thus lowering the standard of ability throughout public life.
 Opponents of the direct primary have been quick to seize upon the Pennsylvania and Illinois investi- gations and are losing no effort to bring forth additional arguments for general repeal of modif1ca- ton of the state primary laws by the 1926 legislatures.
 Two states New Jersey and Indiana - have gone furthest in this direction. The New Jersey Re- publican state convention com mittcd the party to abandoning the primary system; while in Indiana both parties inserted blanks in their platforms to this effect. The platform of the Democrats in In diana is the only one in this party taking this view, and Is interest ing.
 We believe the ends Of rep
 rcScntative government would
 be better served if the power
 10 nominate all candidates
 were restored to the party
 state conventions and the pri-
 mary be made optional in the
 lesser units of government"
 But platform declarations against t do not necessarily mean the end of the direct primary unless the movement for lfs abolition com hands popular support This has ,een proven in Iowa quite clearly Tn 1920. when Smith W, Brook iart was defeated in the primary ,y the late Senator Cummins -
New Britain herald., 1926-09-20
Observation On The Weather

Washington, Sept. 20.-Forecast for Southern New England: Gen. erally fair tonight and Tuesday: moderate, possibly fresh west, shift- ing to northwest and north winds.
 Forecast for Eastern New York: Fair tonight and Tuesady; cooler Tuesday and in north and central portions tonight: moderate to fresh north and northeast winds.
 Conditions: Pressure is high this morning over the northern states east of the Mississippi river. The destructive tropical disturbance is centered in the Gulf region near the Alabama coast. Low pressure pre- vails over the Rocky mountain dis tricts. Showers were reported from Florida and the east Gulf coast states and from a number of scat tered places in the northern states and the St. Lawrence valley. Tem- peratures are moderately cool in the northern states with frosts reported from Montana and Minnesota. Con- ditions favor for this vicinity fair weather with cool nights and warm sunny days.
New Britain herald., 1926-09-20
HILL WILL GO BACK

Representative John Philip Hill, of Maryland, the House wet bloc" leader, felt quite sure he could defeat Senator Weller for the senatorship nomination. But he failed. Now if Hill had not exer- cised caution the wet bloc would lcse a valiant fighter in Congress; but Representative Hill had the foresight to arrange with the gen. tleman running for his House nomination to resign in case Of de- feat, yielding the vacancy to Hill. At any rate, Hill in all probability will be back at his old stand in Congress, with Weller also at his old seat. Except for the wet proc liyities of Baltimore, the states only large city, the counties seem to be mostly dry in that state.