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The Washington times., 1926-10-07
Washington Pedestrians to Be
Dealt With Leniently

Traffic control Of Washington pedestrians street inter
sections controlled by traffic officers traffic devices is to
begin Friday and the orders Of the police chief are that
pedestrians are be handled lenienty to begin with
An attempt will be made educate folks using their feet
ocomoo and for the present those who violate he new
regulations through cussedne will be subjected
to polite lectures drastic Rawlings OUT according
to the state of mind of cops at crossings.
Crossing officers time to be instructors
blunt enforcers of laws and this is the proper way
approach this regulation the wisdom OF which, IN get
ting satisfactory results will mlsgvngs until experience
has demonstrated otherwise.
Our main trouble in Washington is long existing idea on
the part of motorists that pedestrians have practically no
rights in the Streets except sidewalks The chief OF poc
for example, tells his traffic officers that at crosswaks not
controlled by traffic officers devices PEDESTRIANS
MUST BE GIVEN THE RIGHT OF WAY" Who is going to
they get the right of way? And isn't fact that
mighty few of them allowed to have the right Of
any intersection anywhere else? Are the majority of
motorists absolutely inconderate Of the rights OF pedestrians
crossings where traffic officers stationed isn't it
all conditions unfavorable to pedestrians? How
many Washington people attempting to Streets and
heretofore voluntarily observing the Ego signs have found
themselves in the middle of streets with the signals shifted
on them and vehicuar traffic cutting off their right to
pete their journey the street? There will apparently
have be considerable education of traffic officers to
shifting signals with pedestrians halfway intersections
just officers shift without pedes
TRANS being caught in the jam? Quite naturally pedestrians
going keep right starting streets until actually
prevented by stop signal the flow of auto traffic
their pathways
lace Cnn9S unless new meCnOOS OF
fc found traffic officers going have almost
possible job attempting to control both vhicuar and pees
trian traffic and arreStng violators.
The orders set forth that lat intersections controlled
by eectricgh signals pedestrians specifically forbidden
through the traffic. Again there up
the question of pedestrians who part Of the
streets when the signal lights change Not all pedestrians
in physical condition to sprint their to safety between
changes from the amber light to the red light Aged and
women, who must necessarily walk slowly will simply have
stand hudded up like sheep until the proper lights give
them the right to continue their way.
No wonder pedestrian regulation IS to be initiated with
be made in this city under present traffic psychology
but conditions would safer and better if system
efficient control results from the coming experiments
The Washington times., 1926-10-07
DIR. FRANK CRANES
DAILY EDITORIAL

By T. E. Powers
Copyright. 1929, New York
Evening Journal. Inc.
Registered U. 8. Patent offfca.
A FOOdLess World

TNVERY once. in while scientific prophet
announced that the food in this world is about to
out
Nautilus maintained that while the population grew in
geomercal proportion the food supply grew arhmecal
proportion and consequently there would not be food
enough to supply all the people.
And Sir Daniel Hall, who teels the British
Scientific Association we verging toward wheat
less world While population increasing at the o
100000 yearly the wheat producing lands have been about
exhausted.
In spite of irrigation schemes and other attempts
to cultivate poor land the wheat supply running short
In many countries there has actually been shrinkage
since the
The number of white peoples is st growing but where,
he SKIS is the land that will support them3
He says also that the world eventually all going to
turn prohibition order to the grain used in the
manufacture of alcoholic beverages.
He adds the interesting remark that the which cuts
meat and alcohol in order to multiply will become
permanent slave type like worker bees.
All this is based upon that fact that manknds fate
linked up with its wheat production.
The eating of what products however is largely habit.
Other foods just nourshng take the PLACE of wheat
The edge of the tropics for instance has only been
used for bananas, and the American peanut is very
nourishing
There doubt that the ingenuity of will discover
other form Of nutrment if his wheat supply be
exhausted.
1t is only comparatively short time ago that the potato
and tomato into for general consumption and
potatoes form considerably proportion of the worlds
food supply.
Copyright 1925 by The syndicate)
The Washington times., 1926-10-07

Of the conjectures that have been
offered, particularly Arrhenius'
celebrated theory Of the transfer
ence of living germs from world
to world through open space by
light pressure seem to me high
ly fantastic. But there appears
to be no reason to doubt that at
the present time life Is not pro-
duced alb novo. The most eau
tious and vigilant scientific ex-
perimentation has shown not a
single instance Of q living or
ganism springing from nonliving
matter.
F1inSy SuppOsitiOn
Until this is absolutely disproved
1t ought to be taken as a funda-
mental principle in judging cases
OF alleged new creation Of animal
life. The presumption in it's favor
should be so strong as to prevent
the acceptance of any apparent
instance to the contrary, unless
with the unanimous assent of the
leaders of biological science. Peo-
pie in general show no compre-
hension of the extreme circum-
spection with which such matters
are treated by real men of science.
From the scientific viewpoint
the evidence offered in support Of
the theory that Judge Bole'S min
nows, or Mr.. Bole's frogs were
newly created animals Is Of the
most flimsy nature. AS far as
appears from the quotations sent
to me, no consideration was given
In either instance to the <act,
which has been we'll known for
a long time. as showed in a for
mer article, that little animals in
habiting streams and swamps, as
we'll as insects, are not infrequent-
ly carried high in the atmosphere
by cyclonic winds and afterwards
deposited many miles away from
their place of origin. The other
fact was also ignored that small
frogs and toads often issue during
sudden rains from concealment in
the ground and grass, or around
dried-up water holes. Such In
stances have been observed by
men of scientific training. in cir
cumstances which would have led
persons without such training to
to conclude that the animals had
been suddenly created out of the
mixture Of rain and dust, just as
in ancient times, as Virgil shows
in his Georges" 1t was believed
even by so level-headed q race as
the Romans, that swarms of bees
were created from the bodies Of
dead cattle.
The Washington times., 1926-10-07
By ELSIE ROBINSON

rs the best policy-provided you
have the right idea of policy.
If the best policy" means play
ing square with the truth within
yourself
If it means that sense of clean
freedom and high-handed respect
which is as silk ana cream and
real leather upholstering to the
spirit Of the proud man
If 1t means peace and the
ability to find content in small
things, then indeed honesty is
the best policy for you. For
honesty, COMBINED WITH IN
TELLIGENCE. will bring you all
these things.
But that Is one very vital point
about honesty-IT WAS MEANT
TO BE COMBINED WITH IN
TELLIGENCE. There's no sense
in being merely honest and ex-
pecting God to do the rest. If
you won't use the good old bean,
you're as apt to come to grief as
any crook.
Which fact many honest people
overlook.
It's quite as necessary to use
thought and diplomacy and
shrewdness in being good as 1t is
in being bad. And very often the
battle of righteousness is lost.
NOT by the superior power of
evil, but simply because the crooks
use their brains and the good
people don't
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AS THEY
SOWETH

ones that got ahead. not the
truthful Thomases.
Why look at the staff in his
office. There was old man Lecky.
Worked like a dog all his life.
and II ever there was an honest
man 1t was Lecky. Yet there he
was at 62, after staying with the
same firm for thirty years, and
what was he getting? The same
old IS day.
During that time they'd jumped
no end Of other fellows over him
slick, gabby fellows who weren't
too particular about what they
did. Old Squires, for instance.
He and Lecky had started in
together, and no one could say
that Squires had the better brain.
And he wouldn't work half as
hard. But he had slick ways
with him and he wasn't fussy
how he used it. Everyone knew
the way he put over that Nichols
deal. Yet today Squires is draw
ing down his $4,000 a year and
sitting pretty. Does that look as
If honesty was the best policy?
It depends on what you call
"the best policy"
II the best policy means the
Job with the biggest salary-if 1t
means fine clothes and high
powered cars and apartment
houses-if 1t means favors and
flattery and your name on the
front page-then we might as
The Washington times., 1926-10-07
NEGOTIATIONS
OF A WIFE
SPEAKING OF MEN
b Helen Rowland.

SPEAKING OF MEN
WHY is a kiss supposed to last
w a woman so much longer
than it lasts a man? The same
kiss that must last girl until
the next time her lover calls
doesn't always last him as far as
the next station.
Sometimes girls faith in a
mans "fervid'' line is SO complete
and touching that he is almost
inspired to believe he's in love
himself.
Some men seem to think that
the only way to keep the glow of
youth is by keeping the heart in
constant circulation. But, alas,
too much exercise of the emotions
merely leads to q varicose vein OF
sentiment.
Next to that of an old circus
horse trying to act like an I'M
broken colt the funniest sight is
that of a nice tame husband, who
has obeyed the crack OF the
matrimonial whip for years, when
he suddenly kicks up his heels
and tries to act wild and skittish
at a flapper party
A man who has pulled himself
out of a love affair just in time
to escape falling into marriage
has the same dizzy feeling Of re-
lief as the one who has just
reached the sidewalk after having
been grazed by speeding taxi
cab.
Every prize fighter is put on
diet and vigorously trained down
before he goes into the ring, but
the average man steps nom
chalantly into the matrimonial
ring, all soft" and susceptible
and unsuspecting.
When q man actually admits a
fault he always appears to think
that the admission" has turned
into a virtue, for which he ought
TO receive the fatted calf, a Sun
day schol medal. and his wife's
admiring plaudits.
Some lovers are like hardy
geraniums; you simply CANNOT
discourage them, no matter how
you may neglect or ignore them.
Others are like delicate morning
glories that fade away the mo-
ment your smile of encourage
ment becomes a little too warm.
No matter what he may prom
ise. nor how sincerely he may
vow it, NO man can tell a
woman how long his love will
last any more than he can tell
her how long a cold or a fever
Or the good weather is going to
last.
The Washington times., 1926-10-07
= By Garrett P. Serviss

tween bayou and field, and the
time was four months after the
spawning season.
Another Case
In another story is related the
experience Of r. c. Bolls, of Con.
zales, Tex, who was visited by
a million little frogs, about one
half to five-eighths Of an inch long,
which he at first thought were
yellow flies. This occurred early
in June. Other similar cases are
given Of the sudden and unac-
countable appearance Of small ami
mails, all credited as instances Of
new creation of life.
That these things occurred as
described there Is no reason to
doubt-the doubt relates entirely
to the cause Of the manner Of the
first appearance OF life on the
earth, science Is still left to con-
lecture. and I confess that some
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ONCE-OVERS
Deciding About Your Child's Life Work

As the father the mother of boy girl just
graduated, you may be uneasy because he
to decision to what life work is to be followed
hurts you to your child without any special
special training and therefore, unable compete with those
who especially prepared in some line.
Don be anxious about the indecson of your youngsr
is natural for the young boy girl to favor line
of work today and change to something else months
time
may require year college before the boy
girl can come to a permanent decision
Naturally want to have the matter settled that
know how much and what to be expected of you in
providing the needed line of instruction
Unless your finances permit it, it is wise to let
child go through college without purpose in life,
definite aim in education
If find after certain period that the work is amess
take the child of college for te and put him work
till you and he find out what is best.
The Washington times., 1926-10-07
MussOlini Is Angry
Quite Naturally.

Europes latest anti bomb Mussoins threat against
France for permitting anarchists to conpre safely French
soil, then throw bombs at Mussolini.
The French newspapers and public reply with
patience that admirable BRAND politely congratuates Mus
golni on his escape
newspapers point out that an ITALIAN citizen
threw bomb ITALIAN SOIL something the French police
could not prevent They ask the Italian frontier guard
keep Italians from entering France They also point out that
when Casero Italian murdered Sad Carno President OF
the French Republic French SOIL France did threaten
against Italy
would be interesting to how Mussoln would acqut
himself the head of the Italian army in with France
Foch still alive and not to be overlooked However, there
will be no such
Musoni in danger every minute may well excused for
losing his temper.
The Washington times., 1926-10-07
ANIMAL LIFE

peared, not from eggs or seeds
but by natural law, az ordained
by our Lord, the Creator"
To prove that such right con-
ditions" for the creation OF ami
NAL life still occasionally occur,
the author relates the following
stories:
Many years ago Judge Bole,
Shaw, Miss, had a field Of cot
ton growing close to his home
under close observation. A warm
JUL rain filled between the rows
with pools of water, and in these
pools there appeared minnows. No
stream flowed in or out of this
field. 1t was utterly impossible
for minnows to have worked their
way from brake or bayou, through
the woods, across a public road,
to the field. During 20 years Mr..
Bole and the author had never
seen a minnow In the brake "a
depression in the woods and be-
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WISE SAYINGS

Justice is the bread OF the ma.
ton; it is always hungry for 1t.
-Chateaubrian.
Good manners are q part Of
good morals; and 1t is as much
our duty as our interest to prac-
tice both. Hunter.
Every one has a fair turn, to be
as great as he pleases.
Jeremy Collier.
No man who needs q monu.
ment ever thought to have one.
Hawthorne.
A good laugh Is sunshine in a
house. -Thackeray.
Lying Is like trying to hide in
a fog. If you move about you
are in danger of humping your
head against the truth. And as
soon as the fog blows away you
are gone anyhow -vHazlett.
The Washington times., 1926-10-07
Safety for Savings
That's the Main Thing

Two Congressman object big banks establishing
Gus branches They say they want little bankers have
compete with big and big bank branches
that
The Congressman should think about DEP0SIT0RS The
latter want banks be SAFE. They especially
anxious that many poor little bankers should have chance
play with their money at profit. LITTLE bankers
in big places.
Big little bankers should be under strict supervision
The biggest bank of all ought to be the SAVINGS BANK
OF THE UNITED STATES POST OFFICE, offering all the
facilities of other savings bank with fair interest rate and
thus encouraging the people to
But of the big and little banks will always combine
to prevent that they have done successfully thus far
The Washington times., 1926-10-07
Less Work

Note that the American Federation of Labor campaign
ing for fve-day work week. makes pledge-or shorter
hours but bigger output
That's the obvious trend of modern industry Old waste
full sliphod ways of working giving place greater
efficiency.
Under the right conditions accomplish as much
n five days he used to in The reward for
increased effectiveness leisure enjoy good things
Of lie his labor brings
If civilization grows complicated all the time
also becomes richer in the pleasure of living
The Washington times., 1926-10-07

IN fighting the battle of science
l. there is no more effective
method of disarming the oppo.
nent than letting him tell his own
story. An Illinois reader sends
me an account on ages OF Ice
and Creation" by George Prem
tice, in which the origin of ami
NAL life is discussed. The theory
of the author is that creations
of animal life occur when natural
conditions, warmth and moisture,
are right for it, as once was the
condition during the Edenic age
when the first Of all species ap-
The Washington times., 1926-10-07

Sometimes a girls faith in
mans "fervid" line is SO complete
and touching that he is almost
inspired to believe he's in love
himself.
The Washington times., 1926-10-07
LISTEN, WORLD!

W ell acknowl.
edge that hon.
esty often may
not be the best
policy for the
m o m e n t. We
don't like to &C.
knowledge that.
But in our
craven h e a r Is
we sometimes
feel that it does
not always pay
to be 100 per
cent honest.
For you cam
not serve God
and Mammon,"
and If you're
long on Truth
you're apt to be
extremely short
on kale in this
m a t e ria / istic
world.
Yet, In spite
~ fhat h0nnctU
The Washington times., 1926-10-07

TIIEY had an
l. ar g u m Q Mt
down at the
boarding house
the other night.
The new chap
that preachy
sort of a guy
started 1t by
8 a yin g that
everyone knew
t at honesty
was the best
policy"
And Jimmy
who's q regular
8 or e h e a d
wanted to know
how he got that
way. He'd be-
lieved that old
line o. hot air
once, too, but
he'd learned bet
ter. Honesty the
best policy? Not
on your life! 1t
The Washington times., 1926-10-07

Some men seem to think that
the only way to keep the glow of
youth is by keeping the heart in
constant circulation. But, alas,
too much exercise of the emotions
merely leads to g. varicose vein OF
sentiment.
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BY ElemOre M e N erin,
AUTHOR OF ssCEEICKIE''

forgotten cloister. She heard them<
moving about In a stealthy way-
on tiptoe as though someone had
died.
Her married sisters came. They
were in the. dining-room. 4 loud
tone, a shocked exclamation, q cup
fiounced down on the saucer--they
were talking about this new dis
grace she had brought on them,
Sandy walked to tho window. Her
mind was OH fire. She didn't do
serve thisI Shed not stand I'll Have
her life ended at 10? She would
NOT! Strike out--be free again
Alice pushed her way into the
room, gave. a significant twist TO
her shoulder. Alice, too, had been
a beauty at 10. But she was 30
now-unclaimed. Her married sis
tiers acted as though this made Alice
person to be snubbed She do
tested them.
THE old hens are at it." she said
maiiciously. She looked a little
like Sandy, but, her chin was some.
what square, her nose a little
pinched at the nostrtls; the auburn
hair streaked. She was now eaten
with curiosity. "Give. us the low
down, kid. What did ne do to your"
"Nothing-just what told you. I
don't love him"
Alice made n chutting sound with
her tongue against the roof of her
mouth-a sound OF supreme, impa-
tient disdain: IT know you're not
such a fool as thatr'
That's alp
Keep it to yourself, thenl Peo-
pie like you that are so almighty
perfect in their own opinionsl" 4
She was about to flounce from
the room. Sandy called her back:
"Ally-do me favor2 NAH this?
Tonight--be EUREr'
1t was a letter to Judith. 1t
would take caro- OF Sandy's future.
Judith wouldn't fail herI
Late that evening Sandy was go
Ing through the hall. She saw suit
cases-three OF them. They had
Murillo's initials.
She went to her mother: 'Are
those my clothes Did he bring them
to me?''
They are your clothes and your
husbands"
What do you mean?"
"Just what I said. You refuse tn
go to him. lilo is coming here to
you
Cro BE Continued
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ton. The mother said blankly
What madness is this, Sandy?"
ITS not madness. It's happened
couldn't help it. I've left Ben
That's all there Is to it. except that
we've parted for good-it's all
over"
Parted for good? Nonsense
what nonsensel Did you quarrel
Sandy? Tell your mother. Did You
quarrel and run away?"
Sandy answered quietly. but keep
ing her eyes down: i've told you
That's all there is to tell. It's just
ended"
Mrs. Mcneil seemed able only Ia
run the palm of her hand back and
forth across the table. she started
several times to speak, but the soft,
double chin moved uncontrollably,
Finally she raised her face, the shall
low eyes swimming with tears:
What is the meaning OF this,
Sandy? You know you can't put
aside your marriage. For what tri-
fling matter have you quarreled?
Is this the womanly thing to do? Is
this any way for a daughter of mine
to act?"
,irrSl HE white lines deerened from
Sandy's nose to her lips. She
- looked transparent. She felt
that her heart was brealSing-it was
sick and breaking.
1T wasn't trifie. 1t was every
thing. I'm not going to talk about
1t. It's done now. You can't undo
1t. Nobody cant"
Your husband permitted you to
return home like this-alone? He
sent back to your parents. Sandy?'
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AFTER TEN YEARS OF STOMACH AGONY
HE FINDS RELIEF AND HAPPINESS
Walter E. Baden, Prominent indianapolis (Ind.)
Barber, Says He Is "Full of Thanks" for the
Wonderful Relief He Got Through Todd's Tonic.

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nothing helped me until I got my
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not excited or crazy or i'll. I've just
finished with marriage, that's air.
She flung her head back. confront
ing her fathers eyes. They were
black now. She said Historically:
That's what I said-I'm finished
with marriage. oh, ho-you can't
glare me down-no one can"
She backed to the door. her hands
clasped against her chin"
Come back here" Angus roared
You think you'll do as you please
and Wen all pay the piper? What
do you propose. wonder"
You don't need to pay" saio
Sandy. I've paid You made me
marry him.
Made you! You ought to get down
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home. and Murillo In a rage. plans TO
'aA' i GS on %fTH ThT & sToRY
CHAPTER IL

OIiAf I EIl
I"1 HEY were speeches.. Sandy
reached for the old percolator,
@J poured herself some coffee.
They waited for her to speak,
staring fixedly They had a stiff,
vacant air as though their minds
had suddenly lost the power to func-
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Il don't know why. can't think
Of the slightest cause. I'm not to
blame. don't know what 1t all
means"
He looked with quiet appeal to the
mother and father: II don't under
stand. OF course she'll get over It..
she left note. She says she wants
the marriage ended"
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