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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-01-05
DIR. FRANK CRANES
DAILY EDITORIAL
MnnGuG Flor De Sus Ayeres
By DIR. FRANK CRANE

0N the walls of the Southwest Museum in California is
} inscribed the Spanish motto "Manana Flor de Sus
Ayeres which translated, means, Tomorrow shall
be the flower of all its yesterdays"
The good and the bad of life by way of pilng up
The volcano and the coral reef stand for conceptions
have of the way success character achievement and
ability come.
The volcano idea that they suddenly all
The coral reef idea is that they built up little
tme the coral islands rise from the additions of in
finitesimal polyps.
Exceptions favor the first idea the broad sweep Of
averages speaks for the second.
Monks in the Hospce San Bernardno above Lugano in
Italy found in the visitors book the following:
august 5, 1920. Bento Mussoini"
Mussolni then engaged In repairing old
house in Lugano
Through checkered of many activities Mussolin
to his present position.
Newspapers told the other day. that John D. Rockefeller
celebrating the date when he received his first oban
humble
Both these men, who have risen high not ashamed
to look back to their building times
Today, we'll tomorrow the flower of its yester
days.
If you are thinking of writing your autobiography Of
fer as its title "The Sum-"
And for the title page the line, 'You the Of all
your endeavors.'
Growth comes from trying what is at present impossible
Ability comes from stretching for things out of reach
Character by way Of trying to act what want
to be-
If YOU but endeavor enough time will bring its accumua
ton of experience the yesterdays will offer their rpenng
wisdom and the past will have built, little at tme
an elevation solid and lasting.
Copyright 1927 by The Mcclure Newspaper sYndicats)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-01-05

nobody's going to do me art anu
get away with it."
Nor is the revenge motif re-
stricted to little girls in glove de-
uartments. Mrs. Bruce BllVens
of the Professional Woman's Club
knifes Mrs. Randolph with as
fierce a gusto even though her
account of it is more refined.
And Mr.. Blivens carries the feud
into the business world and does
Mr.. Howard out OF that neat little
commission on the Ellingson con-
tract.
So it goes-spite work-the argu
ment Of the ape and the jungle
dweller. And still the favored
argument of their civilized" de-
misunderstanding even."
at pays to be vindictive," says
v, And, judging by our personal
reactions, most of us agree with
him.
But DOES it pay to be vindic'
tive?
Let's see.
v. has snubbed and sneered at
a girl who refused to marry him.
He has beaten up her brother.
He has crowned all this with a
gross discourtesy. publicly ad.
min'istered. And he thinks he has
profited by the deal.
Has he?
The girl cheapened him-so he
thinks--once. He has cheapened
himself continuously ever since
that time. He has allowed him.
self to become actually poisoned
by an incident which he could
have speedily forgotten il he had
used common sense and tolerance.
He has amply indicated the girls
Judgment of him by his vulgar
malicious reactions. And he has
capped all this with a public ex
posture of petty spite and caddish-
ness. There isn't the slightest
doubt that he has inflicted the
gravest injury on his own mental
machinery, and lost the respect OF
every one who knows him--and yet
he thinks that vindictiveness pays!
And in spite Of his horrible ex.
ample, the rest of us will still con.
tinue to shy cocoanuts as our
great-great-great.great-gr d p as
did. @e
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-01-05
CUSTOMS OF
NATIVES
WE are accustomed to hearing

WE are accustomed to hearing
w the phrase, "Woman's place
is in the home" And we have
heard it so often that we have
come to believe it implicitly. It
seems quite the most natural
thing in the world that father
should leave the house every
morning while mother remains
home to tend to the baby. Very
often father scarcely sees his child
except on week-ends until he is
quite big boy.
But things are different in other
parts of the globe. In the South
Sea zone of the great Pacific,
among a group of islands known
by the collective name Of Micro.
nesia, there is small group called
the Marshall Islands, Until very
recently these islands were the
property Of Germany, but they
have now passed into the hands
Of Japan.
Although the missionaries who
first visited these islands some
fifty years ago reported that the
natives were complete savages,
living under matched roofs sup
ported by four poles and wearing
NO clothes, one fact remains that
these people had navigated over
the Pacific Tor several centuries.
In their great canoes, with sails
of palm leaves and with charts
made of twigs tied together, they
visited all t11e islands of their
vicinity. The twigs indicated to
them the islands, the tides and
the general directions.
Times have changed to a great
degree in the past so years. but
one curious custom of the Mar.
shall Islanders remains undis.
turbed The men of the islands
. do not work. They do not be.
lieye in work. they are not &C.
customed to it or trained to it,
and they do not do it.. They
prefer to take care of the babies.
while the women perform what
work there Is to be done. such
So raising and preparing the food
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-01-05
By ELSIE ROBINSON

rejected me scornfully, and went
so far as to return my letters
with a jeering note to the effect
that was annoying her.
I promised myself to "get" her
some day, and I did. I gave her
a very fine Snub. 1t made her
cry. She nodded to me and asked
me how was. I sneered at her
and advised her to seek out a
bum, her type of man. She told
me had not treated her like a
gentleman. It was evident that
she was not accustomed to such
treatment so I treated her rough
when got the chance. She sent
her brother to see me. We
fought. gave him a terrible
beating. Too bad, but as 1 was
hitting him, 1 felt that I was
hitting her.
had another chance to make
things miserable for her. We
were guests at a house party. 1
told the hostess in her hearing
that l did not care to have any.
think to do with the girl. 1t
came about that she had to leave
) suddenly for home, an urgent
message. ! was the only one
there with a car. But / refused
to accommodate her. told her
fatty that l would have none of
her. that she had better find
somebody who would make her
walk. that a man is a fool to be
a gentleman.
have had my revenge and
I'm satisfied. Too bad. but one
must be just. 1 have gone with
many girls since she threw me
down, But only go with them
until 1t is evident that they care
for me. Then 1 abruptly break
off with them. / suppose could
have been nice to the girl, gone
with her. until she began to care.
then given her the air, but that
Is not my way. believe in be.
ing honest. v.
Strange to see a thing like that
in print, isn't It? Makes YOU al.
most doubt that it's a real letter.
Yet. when you think it over;
you've seen people whose minds
functioned like that, haven't you?
People who believed in spite.
"Didja hear the news?" grins
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-01-05

Dorothy Of the
G Low e Depart
ment. "Claire's
fired. ! said I'd
get even with
her n I did.
She tried to dou-
bic cross me
with my Boy
Friend and / said
n o b Cd y could
get by me with
anything Xix e
I h a t. S h e
thought I was
just kidding but
/ showed her.
1 told M r.
Barnes, the man.
ager, about the
scrape she got
into at the last
place she work
ed and you
oughta seen him
give her the air.
u alio we m e.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-01-05
SAYINGS OF
MRS. SOLOMON
By Helen Rowland
A Reasonable" Woman

A Reasonable Woman
MY Daughter. what is so dear
AVA to the heart of Man as a
reasonable" woman?
Yet, alas, where upon the face
Of the earth, Or in the subways
beneath the earth, shalt thou
find one?
For 10, to be reasonable" in a
mans eyes a woman must be
filled with understanding, forbear-
ance. indulgence and second-sight.
And beside her. Job and Griselda
would seem but pikers!
Go to. A reasonable" woman
demandeth no expressions Of
rapture and sentiment from a
busy husband. For she knoweth
in her heart, that beneath the
snow of his indifference, the
flower of his devotion still
bloometh and beneath the Ice Of
his preoccupation. the fire of his
passion still gloweth.
Yea, though his kiss fall upon
her left ear. his HEART is ia
the right place!
She sigheth not for praises.
neither fisheth for compliments.
For she UNDERSTANDABLE that IL a
man doth not COMPLAIN, It
signifieth that she is pleasing In
his sight. And when he saith,
sallright" it signifieth that
he is filled with delight and ad-
miration.
When her lord cometh not
home upon the appointed hour for
dinner, reasonable" wife asketh
no questions, and her heart, is not
troubled. For she knoweth in her
wisdom. that it is for HER that
he slaVeth late at the office"
And even though he linSereth
for crap-game. is it not ''for the
wife and kiddies," that he seeketh
to win his moneys? Yea. verify.
A reasonable woman is not
cast down when her Beloved over.
looketh their wedding-anniversa
and forgetteth to bring flowers
upon her birthday.
For in her subliminal conscious.
ness. she perceiveth that he is
filled with sentiment, even though
he doth not SHOW it; and she
knoweth that his romance for her
is not dead. even though 1t
sleepeth.
A reasonable" woman is no.
peeved but is content with post.
cards and kilograms in place of
letters. when her Beloved is away
on a fishing trip. For doth she
not know that ne MEANT to
write her every day?"
Yea. verify, verify. the Weaker
Vessel may be filled with sus.
picions.
But reasonable woman is a
seer and prophet and a CLAIR.
VOYANT. who judgeth a man
not by his acts, but by his Beauti.
ful Motives-and LETTETH HIM
ALONEi
SELAH.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-01-05

WHEN people once begin to
w deviate they do not know
where to stop.-George III.
Courage in danger is half the
battle.-Plautus.
Choose an author as you choose
a friend.-Roscommon.
There is not a moment without
some duty.-Cicero.
Never be so brief as to become
obscure.-Tryon Edwards.
A duelist is only a Cain in high
life.-Jerrold.
How blessings brighten as they
take their flight!-Young.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-01-05
LISTEN, WORLD!
I'VE copied this
Il amazing letter

I've copied this
Il amazing letter
verbatim.
De ar e 81 9
Robinson
/ have made a
material success
Of life by being
vindictive. / be-
lieve in justice,
in letting men
a n d W o m e n
know that / am
a poor person to
fool with. Fiv
years ago, when
/ was 80, I fell
desperately in
love with a girl,
n OF beautiful,
but fascinating.
of so m e %
years. I asked
her to marry
me after ! had
known her a
~onnfh Chn
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-01-05
SAYINGS OF WISE MEN

When you doubt, ABSTAIN
Zorcaster.
In bringing up a child think Of
its old age.-Joubert.
Virtue itself often offends when
coupled with bad manners.
Middleton.
Characters do not change:
opinions alter, but characters are
only developed. -DisraeH.
II you would not have affliction
visit you twice. listen at once to
what 1t teachers. -Burgh.
He that is over-cautious will &C.
compish but very little.
Schiller.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-01-05
QUESTIONS OF.
ETIQUETTE
MRS. Cornelius Beeckmar
The Lady's PrerOgatlve
nEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:

Tine La0y'S frefOgatlVo
nEAR MRS. BEEcKMAN:
~ Is it correct for a young
lady to invite a gentleman to
spend the evening with her? Or
should she wait until he expresses
his desire to come?
A READER.
It is quite correct for the young
lady to invite the gentleman to
come to see her in her home.
This is an Interpretation Of the
fine old expression, extending the
hospitality of your home" And
it is just as correct for him to
ask her if he may come to see
her. Both the invitation from the
young lady and the request from
the young man are natural pro-
cedures in this friendly world!
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ing clothes and even using ma.
chinery in some cases. The chief
even dictates to a stenographer,
who transcribes on a typewriter
held between his knees on the
floor.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-01-05

and weaving the rugs or making
the tapestries and the baskets for
which the island is known.
And this custom still exists.
although the islands have adopted
civilization to the extent of wear.
New Britain herald., 1927-08-16
HILBERT Fl. GARY

For 25 years Ebert H. Gary had been an executive officer of the L. S. Steel Corporation. AS chairman of the board of directors he shaped its policies. stabilized it's activities. built it into the worlds largest steel fabri- eating industry.
 Judge Gary possessed humanitar- ian traits that have been influential in improving the condition of the thousands Of people identified with the two billion dollar corporation he headed for quarter of a century. His associates frequently failed to see eye to eye with him in his con- stant endeavors to reform the great industry from within. but in the long run most of his conceptions of jus tice and fair dealing materialzed. Most notable of these was the elimination of the 12-hour day in parts of the steel industry in 1923. a reform which was brought to a, head by the suggestion Of President Harding that it should be brought about as step to eliminate constant criticism In circles where criticism was the main stock in trade. This
New Britain herald., 1927-08-16
END OF A POPULAR WRITER

James Oliver Curwood was one of the most popular fiction writers of the times. He lacked the penetrat- ing analysis of Sinclair Lewis. or the finesse of literary excellence held high by host of highbrows of limit ed circulation; he was not interested in reform or social changes. He was primarily a story-teller. with a strik- ing penchant for using the north woods as a background for his tales. He was the successful commercial writer, who piled the trade of writ ing; he made money, attained fame in his line. He wrote for the screen as we'll as for the reader-wherever there was an honest penny 10 be made by writing Curwood earned it. Art in story-writing sometimes pays, sometimes doesn't. Curwood early had the faculty of judging what a large strata of the reading public would absorb and turned out product that met the requirements. His strong point was tales of the Canadian woods and they became popular because he knew more of this section of the continent than most other writers.
New Britain herald., 1927-08-16
QUITTING THE, DUMMY"

There are various sorts of dum- mics in the world but when the traf- fic police refer to one they do not necessarily mean somebody who cannot answer 90 per cent of the ask-me-another questions but are referring to the traffic posts or tow CTS placed at such points where traf- fife is regarded as needing them most.
 Thus in New Britain we have a traffic tower at Main and West Main streets; but 1t comes under the cate gory of being dummy"
 Plainville also has dummy at it's center. although 1t Is not fancy tower like the one in New Britain.
 Now in Plainville there is the cus- tomary rule about turning around a dummy-it must be done to the right; in other words, autoists are expected to so round it.
 In New Britain, however, the op- posite rule holds good for the dum- my at the center. Autoists are not expected to go around it. Only strangers to the city's ways do so, and the worst that happens to them is merry laugh from pedestrians and autoists.
 The New Britain dummy is so situated that only the most pains- taking would care to drive around it. Its situation is not such as to in- vite such treatment. But, as is stated, autoists from elsewhere, raised in an atmosphere where meticuous observance of the most minute traffic regulations are ex- pected. sometimes attempt to go around the dummy traffic tower and invariably get into trouble with other autoists before they have sue ceeded.
 Plainville is wise in not arrestins violators of the dummy rule in that town. Autoists have much to contend with besides trying to memorize the local systems of regulating traffic These differ in many towns and it is getting worse all the time. The best way to instruct autoists what to do under these circumstances is to have a traffic cop handy-one of the fellows the dummies are expect ed to replace-to instruct oncomine gasoline steppers what to do. This it may be observed, is being done tc an ever increasing extent.
New Britain herald., 1927-08-16
\ RICkSHAW UPSET IN CHINA

General Chiang kaiShek gives as his reason for resigning the com mand of the Nationalist army in China the claim that he is in i'll health. and that there no longer was confidence in his leadership Loss of confidence in a leader seems to amount to more in China than elsewhere, and a general simply a more blase nation loss of confi- dence has been turned into confi- dence but they don't do things that way in China. Chiang is going to retire to the town where he was born and where. presumably, his ancestors lived. He will become an ordinary citizen, one of the innocent variety who stand on the sidelines and watch the shooting through bi- noculars.
 But there must be moro behind the resignation of the young Ma polcon than what he says. When he reached Shanghai after his tri- umphal march from the south last March the city was ablaze with kuomintang flags. A week ago. however, the flags disappeared. This is evidence of q lack of confi- dcncc, without q doubt. Then we come 10 the point. what brought about the lack of confidence?
 Thiang's downfall seem 10 date from the time he br' ie with the Nationalist group at Hankow. when this happened if meant that either the Hankow group or the Ranking group would completely dominate the Nationalist cause. The belief vas widely held, Of course. that the Ranking group would dominate, this being the group generated by l Chiang. The Hankow group were 1 tinctured with Russian red, it was claimed, and communism there held
New Britain herald., 1927-08-16
TURNING BACK

Meteorologists In Europe claimed that the best weather of the sum- mer was at hand for westward trip across the Atlantic. This sound ed like sweet music to the fliers in Bremen and Europa; but the meteorologists were all wrong and both planes returned to Dessau.
 The Eur0pa's mishap was one of those which can happen anywhere and was not due to the weather. The Bremen, however. got off to a good start and 1t looked for many hours as if it would make an at tempt to avoid the Atlantic storm areas by swerving 10 the north. The pilots played safe, however. and when weather conditions looked in- surmountable they returned to their base, to try again later.
 Flying westward across the ocean is more hazardous undertaking than eastward, for one thing the winds being a severe hindrance. But 1t will be done sometime. perhaps sooner than We imagine. There are other planes being groomed for the attempt, and the delay will not be long.
 Any plane succeeding in reaching the United States after such a trip is assured of welcome befittine the occasion.
New Britain herald., 1927-08-16

citizenship in the United States? A. Hindoos are not eligible to American citizenship. American Indians are citizens and can vote provided they meet the requirements of the state voting laws.
 Q. Who wrote the couplet: ''Tis the sunset of life gives me mystical lore.
 And the coming events cast their shadows before."
 A. Campbell in "Cochiels Warn ing" Q. During whose reign was Sir Robert Peel the prime minister of Great Britain?
 A. From September 6, 1s41 to July 6. 1s46. during the reign of Queen Victoria.
 Q. What does the expression "Davy Jones' Locker" mean?
 A. Davy Jones' Locker desig- mates the bed of the ocean, the last resting place of persons drowned at sea.
 Q. Of what nationality is Zbys- Zko, the wrestler.
 A. Polish.
 Q. When was Henri Landru, the notorious French Bluebeard, exc cuted? Did he ever tell how he killed his wives?
 A. He was guillotined February 25, 1925. In the hour of his execu- tion he refused to divulge the man. ner of the death of his wives.
 Q. Are hard shelled and soft shelled crabs the same species of crabs?
 A. Crabs which have just shed their shells and are covered only by soft skin are called "soft-shelled" crabs. They change their shells not at fixed intervals or seasons but ac- cording to the exigencies of their growth. the change being made with great frequency when they are very young, but rarely in advanced age.
 Q. Has Thomas Dixon,> the au- thor of 'The Leopard's Spots," written any books since 1928?
 A. He wrote 'The Black Hood" (fiction) in 1924; "The Love Con- plex" in 1925; "The Hope of the world" (non-f1ction) in 1925 and "The Torch" in 1927.
New Britain herald., 1927-08-16
Observations On Me Weather

Eastern New York-somewha overcast tonight and Wednesday. Possibly showers in north portion. Not much change in temperature. Fresh northwest to west winds.
 Southern New ngland-Fair to- night and Wednesday: not much change in temperature; fresh west erly winds.
 New Haven and Vicinity-Fair to- night; Wednesday partly cloudy
 Weather Conditions
 Pressure is low over the St. Law renee valley and northern New Eng land but continues high over the re- maining northern states east of the Mississippi river. A storm center is located over eastern North Dakota and western Minnesota. A long trough of low pressure extends southward therefrom over the plains states to Texas. It is producing showers from Arkansas and Okla homa northwestward to North Dakota and Montana.
 The high pressure area of the east caused lower temperatures in the North Atlantic states. It is warmer in the Mississippi valley districts. Conditions favor for this vicinity fair weather and not much change in temperature.
 TonnopnfUroS Voc<avfJn-
New Britain herald., 1927-08-16

i reform was instituted in that year despite a report of committee of the iron and steel institute to the effect that it was impossible to abol- ish the old working system. Pres ident Harding's letter suggesting ac-
 tion in spite of the report spurred Judge Gary to put through the plan: which has worked very we'll ever since. with no hardships to the steel buying public as a conse- quence.
 Business ability plus legal knowl edge put Judge Gary in his high place. Originally immersed in law. he came into the steel business through being identified with vari- ous smaller concerns in the middle attention of J. P. Morgan, who was much impressed with the fine busi- ness acumen displayed by Gary. It was inevitable that, when the Steel Corporation was formed. Judge Gary would be leading light in it's affairs.
 One of the remarkable accom- plishments of Judge Gary was the 1 building of the growing city in 1n- 1 diana which bears his name. For l generations at the site where Gary. Ind. is located there had been noth-
 ing but dunes and meadows. Judge
 Gary, shortly after formation of the l steel trust, began to exercise his . imagination and decided that the ! southern shore of Lake Michigan combined everything that a steel
 fabricating center needed-the con- junction of trunk line railroads and 1 the possibility of lake harbor i which insured the transportation of ! iron ore from northern Michigan to 1 the plants by boat. He formed the
 city by what amounted to a ukase-
 and no city was ever built quicker.
 For his achievements Judge Gary 1 had the most effective of tools-a
 large and rich corporation and in-
 fluence to execute ideas to the last
 detail. But he also had unusual
 ability to become so dizzily identified
 with the great steel corporation. He started as lawyer and ended as a business man at the head of the na- lions largest industry. That cannot be achieved by accident or luck.
 Judge Gary believed in neither. He
 simply had that something" which enforces success. There were years when the steel corporation might
 have bungled its opportunities
 during it's formative years it was by
 no means the stable institution 1t Is
 today-but Judge Gary and his as 1 sociates guided the colossus with
 rare ability.