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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-11

play Of these meteors was seen,
indicating that the interval be-
tween their showers" was IL
years, instead of SO years, the
period of the Leonids. But since
1885 the Andromedes have not
appeared in very large numbers.
Every year, however. about the
twentY-seventh or twenty-eigh
some OF them may be seen, just
is in the case with the Leonids.
Contrary to the Leonids, these
meteors follow the motion of the
earth and consequently their speed
when they enter the atmosphere
is greatly reduced. Their motion
through the sky seems sluggish"
compared with the swift darting
of the Leonids. Their color, too,
is different, tending toward red
ness, which, curious1y enough, is
just what should be expected since
their slower motion implies
lesser temperature from atmos-
pheric friction. Their trails, too,
are shorter and less persistent
than those of the Leonids-another
probable result Of the lower tenn
perature.
Fine Dust
It is not certain that any me-
teors from such swarms ever
reach the surface Of the earth, ex-
cept in the form Of fine dust. The
occasional large meteors called
bolides or firebalIs, which do from
time to time strike the ground,
seem to be bodies independent of
the swarms Of smaller ones that
travel in tracks Of disintegrated
comets.
This cometic theory Of meteor
swans is based on the idea that
comets which make relatively
frequent journeys around the sun
become gradually broken up, the
fragments of their heads" or
nuclei, being scattered in a long
drawn-out train, which follows
the original orbit of the comet,
and eventually extends complete
ly around it. In such a case
il the track crosses the orbit Of
the earth there will be more or
less regular showers about a
certain date each year. This &C.
ours with the meteors of August
10. But the Leonids and the
Andromedes have not yet been
stretched out around their entire
orbits, but most of them remain
gathered in hordes or swans,
which meet the earth only after
intervals of several years..
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-11
NEGOTIATIONS
OF A WIFE
-By Helen Rowland

Love Charms
0LD MOTHER GENEVIEVE
" has been caught selling ''loye-
charms" to the beauty and chiv-
airy Of all Paris.
Her favorite recipe is extract
of beet roots and essence OF ge-
ranniums.' .
Grand and glorious! To think
it's THAT easy! But, alas, her
heart-softeners have never had the
acid-test-for they have never
been tried on the macadamized
heart Of the Great American
Bachelor!
The world is full Of love-charms
that have been tested and found
infaIlible. however. ID
A dazzling smile, for instance,
is the most potent love-charm on
earth. You may have club.feet,
bony knees, and an indistinguish.
able nose-but, If your smile is
glittering, sunny, responsive and
alluring, you will still be loved,
wherever you go.
An inner glow of Astounding
vitality is a wonderful love-potion.
Nobody can help being stirred to
a quicker pulse beat by a man or
girl full of natural pep" and
joie de vie.
A lot of money is another
"elizir d'amour" that seldom fails.
A halo Of gold dollars has been
known to transform a long nose
into a Grecian profile, pug nose
into a cute little retrousse, and a
wrinkle into a dimple. And what
money will do to make a bald
head and a bay-window attractive,
every middle-aged sheik knows!
A good hot dinner served to
hungry man is the married wom-
ans favofite love-charm, and has
squeezed a lot Of tender emotion
plus q new fall hat out of many
an unsuspecting husband.
A flattering tongue plus a pair
of dreamy, mysterious eyes is one
of the most powerful love-charm
combinations known to vampires
and tanners, since the beginning OF
time. From Cleopatra down, this
potent mixture has done its deadly
work.
Availability. and sweet sympa-
thetic voice mixed with dash
of imported perfume Is another
combination that no man ever
seems to be able to resist.
Oh yes, there are dozens of
sure-fire love-charms that Mother
Genevieve never seems to have
thought of.
There is wit when it isn't used
as a weapon to cut your own
throat and there is youth (when
1t isn't too raw and Jazzy).
And there are personality and
becoming hats, and good hosiery,
and the glamor of fame, and
heIplessness and cuddliness and
bIondoness, and spring and the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-11
By ELSIE ROBINSON

intellect or deliberately perverse IN
her attitude.
He gets even more furious when
his heavy friends admire his
flippant little wife and laugh at
her Jokes. She boasts about this
afterwards to Garvin and he tells
her. more in pity than in anger,
that they do it because they are
sorry for her. There's jealousy
as well as conceit in that,
although neither OF them realize
il. Garvin. who lacks sense
of humor, can't bear to see 1t
admired in someone else. Also
he wants all the spotlight,
Naturally a GOODNESS is growing
nm in that home. Garvin feels
abused. You can see he is fast
ripening into a Misunderstood
Husband Who Married Beneath
His Mental Plane And beneath
her irritating pose OF flippancy
Irene's heart is aching. For she
loves her husband. And she has
a dreadful feeling that it's all
true-that she really is a moron
and a tragic weight in Garyins
career.
AS a matter Of fact, Irene ID
the most valuable asset in Gar
wins career, If that foolish young
male but had the sense to see 1T.
She hasn't his knowledge OF tech.
nical facts but she has per.
ception of human nature, a COM
mand of humor and a salty
philosophy which is infinitely
more valuable in solving the
human equation. Also she is
friendly, good natured and not
conceited. She can get nearer to
people in five minutes than Gar
vim can in year. For all her
seeming lightness, she is dyna-
mite and would blast his way to
fame if he knew how to, play the
game with her.
That's true of many Eight
weight" wife who is supposed to
be a drag on her brilliant hus-
bands career. And pass it on
with my loving compliments to
all flippant fraus.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-11
METEOR SEASON
By Garrett P. Serviss

TWO of the greatest meteor
showers occur In this month,
one about the 18th, the other
about the 9th. Both have q
dramatic history. The first, which
may be looked for from the 14th
to the 18th, is the one that caused
almost a panic In some parts or
the United States on the night
between the 18th and 18th OF
November, 1888. Its radiant
point, namely, the point in the
heavens from which the meteors
appear to move away in all direc-
lions, Is situated in the sickle
shaped figure formed by some OF
the stars Of the constellation Leo
and containing the brilliant Regu-
LUIS. For this reason these meteors
are known as the Leonids. Since
Leo does not get well UP in the
sky until after midnight at this
season, the best time for seeing
these meteors is during the early
morning hours. Look for them
especially in the eastern part OF
the sky. Their motion in space
Is such that they meet the earth
in it's orbital flight, with the re-
suit that they dart through the
upper atmosphere with high speed
say 40 miles per secondhand
often exhibit a greenish or blush
tint. indicating high temperature.
They leave slowly vanishing trails
behind them. Three remarkable
displays of the Leonids have been
recorded, viz: in 1899, 1888 and
1866. Another was due in 1899,
but failed to appear, only a few
meteors being seen, because, as
calculations afterward showed, the
main swarm had been diverted
since 1866 by the attraction Of
Jupiter and Saturn. How many
will be-seen this year it Is impos-
sible to predict, but no great
shower is expected.
Seen 81 Years Ago
The other shower, that of the
twenty seventh, or Whereabouts,
occurs in the evening sky, radiat.
inf from the constellation andre.
media, which is overhead about 9
p. m. These are known as the
Andromedes. They made their
first appearance only 81 years
ago, in 1872, apparently travel.
ing in the track of the vanished
comet of Biela, which had spill:
in two in 1886, and had been
seen for the last time in its
divided condition in 1852. After
that no trace of it was visible
until in 1872, when, as already
said, a brilliant swarm of meteors
broke into view under circum-
stances which led to the belief
that they were the debris of the
missing comet. For this reason
the Andromedes are often called
the Bielids.
In 1885 another brilliant dis
moon and northumberland in
difference!
And yet, with the world full of
love-charms, foolish women will
go around smearing themselves
with beet.juice and geranium es-
sence.
But there! A woman would
wear q ring in her nose, if she
thought it would make the right
man love her q little bit m9rei
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-11
Relief for Tornado Victims

victims of the La Plata Md tornado numbered
by the hundreds but the suffering nevertheless worthy Of
the fullest attention of the State Of Maryland and Of national
and other relief organizations.
These people are neghbors Many Of those whose lit
killed injured whose homes wrecked
damaged poor absolutely unable to meet from their
pocketbooks the financial strain put upon them
Winter is here There is balmy Florida climate to pre-
vent actual suffering from cold weather.
Washington and Maryland people always respond to suit
able appeals in disasters Of this kind The proper authorities
organizations will doubtless promptly for the relief
of the southern Maryland victims.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-11
SAYINGS OF WISE MEN

BILITY anu necessity dwell
"A near each other.
Pythagoras.
To find fault is easy; to do bet.
ter may be difficult.
-Plutarch.
The way to gain a good reputa-
ton is to endeavor to be what you
desire to appear. Socrates.
Habit is a cable. We weave
thread of it each day, and at last
We cannot break 1t. III. Mann.
Literature is a great staff, but
\ sorry crutch. Walter Scott.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-11
LAUDS SPIRIT
OF GAME

A FINE tribute is paid to foot.
"A ball by Walter Eckersall, at
one time one of it's best players,
in his "reminiscences now running
in Liberty. ,.'.
1.-THE college game" he writes,
sis something that stands out
unique in these days of prosaic,
rd.headed materialism. All the
romance of the tilt,yard survives
on the gridiron. No knight was
ever more ready to risk his life
in the cause he espoused than is
the true college player to suffer
for his alma mater
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-11

The liberation of all religions
is a law of nature, stamped on the
hearts of all men. -Voltaire.
The best thing which we derive
from history is the enthusiasm
that it raises in us. Goethe.
Talent is the capacity of doing
anything that depends on applica.
ton and industry. 1t is a volun.
tary power, while genius is in.
voluntary. -Hazlitt.
When a great man dies for
years the light he leaves behind
him lies on the paths of men.
-LongfeIlow.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-11
THIIS story is
4 about Irene.

THIIS story is
= about Irene.
But it goes for
any little wife
who needs it.
Irene is "a
years old, has
b e e n married
five years and
has two babies.
She's still as
gay and almost
as pretty as she
was at 10. Her
range of inter
ests is very re-
stricted. S h e
do 9 s mt care
m u C h a b o ut
reading, nor does
she have very
much time for
it. And. since
Garvin, her hus-
band, d o e sn't
care for dane
ing she doesn't
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-11
SEA TUNNEL
OPENED

ERENCH engineers have just
Il completed q tunnel five miles
long connecting a large lake called
Etang de Berry, near Marseilles,
France, with the Mediterranean
Sea.
1t is capable Of carrying vessels
of 1900 tons, says Science and
Invention Magazine, and creates
a direct route between Marseilles
and Central Europe through the
Rhone and Rhine canals
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-11
LISTEN, WORLD!

smiths funny
piano and there
IS always d
bubbling accom-
panim . mt %
giggles.
All this fin
furiates Garvin.
Every night he
returns no m .
with resolutions
to reform Irene.
He descends on
her mood like q
street roller and
tries to iron
her out. But
Irene won't
stay ironed. She
is just as bad
the next night
and q conviction
Is grow j n 8
on Garyin that
she is either
hopelessly sub
normal in her
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-11
Tighten Up

Somewhere three crazy murderers loose They broke
of State Prison for Mental Detectives Napanoch
N apparently greatly aided in their ingenious getaway
indifferent watchfulness the part of keepers
State and city officials should be warned by the battle
the Tombs last week. We many thousands of danger
criminals behind the bars in dozens of institutions They
must be kept there Only unceasng vigilance of guardianship
will accomplish that.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-11
More Booze Killings

Illinois is at it again. Machine gun bullets killed
in battle of rival gangs bootlegging rights
Nobody would the warning fought until there
wasn't crook left But the strife upsetting communities
and dangerous for innocent bystanders Also it silly and
of the byprOducts of law that nurtres
crime and violence
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-08-20
A Bargain

Four pairs beautiful Silver Black Fox
Cubs for sale. Very reasonable il accept
ed before September.
JOHN HUSsoN,
Route 8, Box TIT Portland. Oregon
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-08-20
NEW TARIFF ADOPTED BY PUGET SOUND
SHIP OPERATORS HELPFUL TO SHIPPERS

In compiling the new tariff the ship
owners committee took into consid-
Grafton competitive rates, especially
those of truck lines as well as condi-
lions governing transportation on
Puget Sound. 1t is believed that
operators will be better able to meet
the competition of the trucks on ship
ments and place themselves on a
sounder footing.
Rates were lowered in some cases
and raised in others but the general
average was not increased. Gross
freight earnings on Puget Sound to-
tailed approximately one and a quar-
ter million dollars last year.
The new tariff has been approved
by the state department of public
works whose representatives were of
assistance to the committee during it's
compilation. The committee received
valuable aid from O. G. Calder, head
supervisor of transportation; H. O.
Berger and Thomas Jennings.
The committee who prepared the
tariff included Capt F. E. Lovejoy,
Puget Sound Freight Lines, chairman;
Mrs. Anna Graham Crimson, Skagit
River Navigation & Trading Com
pany; G. v. LaFarge, of the Puget
Sound Navigation Company, and the
Navy Yard Route, and A. H. Morris
of the Border Line Transportation
Company.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-08-20

Shippers in the Puget Sound region
will benefit under the new tariff filed
last month at Olympia which was
framed by special committee Of the
Puget Sound Shipowners Association.
The new tariff has been adopted by
four Of the lines, including the Skagit
River Navigation Company, the Way
ports Transportation Company (usu-
ally referred to as the King service
between Seattle, Port Townsend and
Washington harbor), the Puget Sound
Freight Lines, and the Puget Sound
Navigation Company. Other opera
tors have studied the tariff and are
expected to adopt it.
The new rates are based on classifi-
cations, and commodities are listed by
class Articles for which no special
classification is provided in the new
tariff but which are analogous to arti-
cles specifically rated, will be sub
ject to the classification on such spe-
officially rated articles when more
reasonably applicable on basis of an
alogy by value, bulk, length and rate
and liability of damage than the rating
provided on package and articles, not
otherwise specified" In special cases
commodity rates are still listed to take
care of special conditions on each
route as in the case of canned goods,
hay and grain moving in large lots.
Under the old tariffs practically all
rates were listed by commodities and
under present laws unlisted articles
cannot be rated by analogy.
Shippers were at a disadvantage
under the old tariffs because they
could not count on the same rate ap-
plying in making shipments to the
same point on diqerent lines. The
new tariff gives uniformity of CLASH
fication and enables the shipper to
make comparison of rates to competi-
tive points,
Ship lines will quote in most cases
the complete charge to the ship
per which will include wharfage. This
policy has been adopted at the sug-
gesioA of the Industrial Traffic Man
ayers Association of Seattle.
Where shipments are handled by
boat lines cooperating with truck
lines or are carried on truck lines
controlled by the steamship companies
through rates will be quoted to the
shipper. This is an important feature
of the tariff of the Puget Sound
Freight Line service to Grays Harbor
points.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-08-20

based on these inflated land values,
which now they have difficulty in
meeting since farm products have re-
turned to more normal levels. As
for credit facilities, never before has
the farmer had so many agencies at
his disposal What with the Federal
and joint stock land banks, and in
termediate credit banks, and the facili-
ties of the Federal Reserve Banks
for the purchase or discount of agri-
cultural paper, the farmer should have
been cured long ago if lack of ade-
quate credit were the basis of his ills.
1t is, of course, true that the far
mer has been at serious disadvan-
tage since 1920 by reason of the
greater fall in prices of his products
as compared with the prices of the
manufactured goods which he has to
buy. These conditions, however, are
temporary and are already in the
process of correction. They are,
nevertheless, being made the basis of
much loose talk about the "incurable
ills" of the farmer Figures are cited
showing farm income as making I'M
favorable comparisons with other in
dustries, but usually nothing is said in
such comments to bring out the chief
incentive to the settlement of our va
cant lands, namely, the constant rise
of land values throughout the history
of the country. Within lifetime we
have seen the prairie lands of Iowa
go from So and 81 per acre to $2OC
per acre. These. gains are not shown
by the annual returns, but they have
been factor i'll the settlement of the
lands, and of course in the increase
of production and in the prices of farm
products
Attention is also frequently called
to the drift of people from the
farms" and to the declining percentage
OF farm acreage per capita as though
these we're alarming symptoms, such
comment overlooking the fact that
the farmer, like the business man,
has been improving his methods of
production and is getting a larger per
capita output than before. Moreover,
al liHs represents no more than a
natural change from a country in
which agriculture was originally the
dominant industry to enc Of diversi-
fled industries, normal and desirable
change and of course all to the adj,
vantage of agriculture. 1t is getting
a constantly larger home market
while increased agricultural produc-
ton now must come largely by more
intensive farming, and the bringing
into use of the less productive lands
which were passed over at first lands
requiring large expenditures such as
clearing, DRAINAGE, irrigation, etc, to
Ct u EN- for cultivation,
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-08-20
One Co,p to Serve
-Four Persons

1t takes one COW working "a hours
a day to feed daily four persons in the
United States, according to Sam H.
Greene, secretary of California Dairy
Council, who has just completed a
study of recent dairy industry data.
"The average person in the United
States consumes each year 1000
pounds Of milk in the form Of various
dairy products-whole milk, butter,
cheese, ice cream, etc." says Greene.
"TLe milk production of the average
cow is 1000 pounds of milk per year,
which means that for every four per-
sons there is one COW at work 1865
days in the year.
Before our aystein of living became
so complex, most families had a COW
of their own; household pet. But in
this age of city jewellers, the majority
of persons have lost the former close
contact with the foster mother of the
world Machinery and transportation
have, however, come to the rescue and
although the dairy is situated many
miles from the city, the product
reaches the consumer in state of
wholesome purity.
"The people of the Pacific Slope are
fortunately situated for their milk sup
ply. ALI the states of this group are
important sources of production. The
people reap the benefit of this condi-
ton for, wherever the dairy industry
is we'll established the price of the
product remains reasonable Where
the dairy industry is not well estab-
lished, the consumer pays more. Sew
eral Of the Southern States serve as
an example of this condition, Florida
most prominent among them.
"The dairy industry in Florida is in
it's infancy. The cows in the state
cannot supply the increasing demands
Milk must be imported from Virginia
and Tennessee and even as far away
as Wisconsin. Consequently, the price
of milk in Florida ranges from Csc
to soc quart"
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-08-20
Many Bulls Killed
Before Value Is KnOaU1,

What becomes of the bulls that head
herds? Are the good ones recognized
and kept in service, or are they unwit
tingly sent to the butcher before they
have completed their full period of use
fulness? Some idea as to the tendency
in the disposal of the purebred sires
in our dairy herds may be had from
the results Of a recent study made by
the Bureau Of Dairying, United States
Department of Agriculture.
The Bureau had previously gathered
a list of So purebred sires, and ascer-
tanned their transmitting ability by
comparing the records of their daugh-
tiers with the records of the dams. Nat
urally these proved sires were in the
aged class by the time their value
could be determined in this way.
Nevertheless, it was desirable to
know which were still in service. In
quiry brought information about % of
them. OF this number only five are
alive and in service today. These are
all good sires as evidenced by their 81
daughters, whose production is better
than their dams by II per cent in milk.
and 20 per cent in butterfat. The
other II were slaughtered for various
reasons
Eleven of the seventeen slaughtered
bulls were good. Their 81 daughters
showed an increase over their dams of
% per cent in milk and 20 per cent in
butterfat. Only two of them were
slaughtered because of sterility, while
nine went to the butcher for other rea-
sons such as unrecognized value, I'M
ruliness, and a need for new blood.
Six of the II bulls were poor. OF these
two were slaughtered because of steril-
ity, one died, and three were killed
for beef. Perhaps it was recognized
that the last three were inferior, and
for that reason were discarded.
While this is very small number
from which to draw definite conclu-
sions it is evident that the value of
some of the good sires was recognized,
which accounts for the five that are
still in service. Perhaps some of the
poor sires were also recognized The
unfortunate part is that in the weed
ing out process, if such practice ex-
lists, II out Of the IL dead sires were
outstanding from the standpoint of
transmitting production to their off
spring. Some means must be found to
keep the bulls until the records Of
their daughters prove them either
good or otherwise.