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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-17

new light thrown upon this ques.
ton is the result of studies made
at the Harvard College Observa-
tory by Miss 8. F. Mussells. and
reported by Willard J. Fisher.
From this it appears that the
average ratio of iron to stone in
the totaIity OF known meteoric
falls is about IA to /. From
this ratio some idea may be
formed of the probable compost
ton Of the supposed body or
bodies from which the meteors
originated.
For instance, it has been calcu.
lated that the earth probably has
about thousand miles thick. be.
low that shell composed of a
mixture of iron sponge and sill
cate" some $50 miles thick, and
finally a central core of nickel.
iron more than 1000 miles in di.
ameter. If the density of the
outer layer is put at 3, and that
of the central core at 8. then the
density of the intermediate layer
will be 5.5. Thus it appears that
in the earth the ratio of iron to
stone is about AZ to /. as against
a ratio of only rs in meteors.
This leads to the inference that
the body that was the source of
the latter was not by any means
comparable in density with planets
like the earth, Venus. Mercury.
or Mars.
But the mean density of the
moon Is only three-fifths of that
of the earth, and it seems possible
that a smaller planet than the
moon might have possessed a
density closely corresponding with
the ratio of iron found in the
meteors taken as q whole. If
such a world once blew up. and
then its fragments themselves
blew up until reduced to relatively
slight dimensions, a theoretical
source might therein be found for
not only the meteors that strike
the earth but for the puzzling
bodies called asteroids that circle
mostly between Mars and Jupiter,
to both of which planets they
may have contributed small
satellites.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-17

bodies, As IL each of them was a
little planet that had been caught
in the resisting shell Of the earth's
atmosphere, and so brought down
to the surface OF the globe, after
being partly consumed by the fear
full heat produced by the aerial
friction.
Many of these that have been
collected in museums and analysed
consist mainly of iron, but a large
number are composed mostly of
stony minerals. Their solidity,
their regularity of composition,
and the fragmentary shapes en-.
tering the air, are all circum.
stances which suggest strongly
that they must once have been
constituent parts Of solid bodies
Of very much greater magnitude
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-17
NEGOTIATIONS
OF A WIFE
Helen Rowland
THESE MODERN LOVERS
These Cautious Lovers

You swear that you have loved me
Since Nineteen-twenty-five-
And vow, by all the planets
That love is still alive.
But you have never TOLD me
BY word or look or sign!
Well, you shall have my answer
In Observation-Disclosures
A CCORDING* to the flapper, the
"A difference between platonic
friendship and love is just about
two cocktails and a sip from q
pocket-flask.
To a woman, marriage is a pre-
meditated felicity; but a man must
be In an awfully wreckless mood
to get any joy out of his own
wedding!
When the doctor orders ga
change and a rest" for a bachelor,
1t means that he must go away
somewhere; but when he orders
the same thing for a married
man. it may merely mean that
he must STAY AT HOME for a
few evenings.
With a few quaint. old.fash-
Toned souls, marriage is still
chronic; but. with most of the
younger set. nowadays. 1t appears
to be merely intermittent.
X X
When the caveman was peeved,
he banged the door open and came
in with a club: when the civilized
man is peeved, he bangs the door
shut and goes out to a club. But.
then or now, married life is always
Chubby
For q man to kiss a girl with
his hat on was once considered a
terrible faux pas; but now he
seems to think that woman
should be flattered to be kissed
byta man in any costume.
X -
At 20. a man feels too old to be
interested in any woman under
IS: at 40. he thinks himself too
young to be interested in any girl
over 20.
That boredom man shows after
the first few hundred kisses IL
merely the effect Of the claw Of
dtminishlas returns" dasE hsaxta
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-17
By Garrett P. Serviss

But IL that is the fact, what and
where were those original bodies,
and by what forces, or what catas-
trophe, was their destruction
brought about? Has a world gone
to pieces in the solar system, its
fragments being flung into indie
pendent orbits about the sun, and
scattered so as to continue for
ages, to be drawn down to the
earth when crossing its path, or
venturing near to it?
Or are they nearer the truth who
argue that these strange objects
may have been shot out of the
gigantic volcanoes of the moon in
former age when the lunar world
had not yet cooled down to its
present quiescent state?
What may turn out to be a
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-17
METEOR MAZE

ONE OF the outstanding and most
" puzzling questions in astron-
omy is that of the origin Of the
fiery celestial bodies called mete.
ors, one or more Of which any,
body may be practically certain of
seeing by watching the sky for an
hour on any clear, moonless night.
Many are so bright that even the
light of the full moon does not oh.
scure them. 1t has been shown
that certain meteors which appear
in showers" at more or less fixed
dates. are probably the scattered
debris OF destroyed comets. But
there are other, and much rarer,
meteors, both larger and brighter
than those seen in showers, that
may never have had any relation.
ship to comets.
They behave like independent
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-17
KING TUT-ANKH-AMEN RIDES BEYOND
a THE GRAVE

Al the the thousands Of years roll he will become
absolutely invisible Nothing left.
However there is interesting idea in this picture which
reminds you Of the old saying that "a dwarf sitting
giants shoulders see farther than the giant
Amen sitting the head Of this god could
farther into the world of the dead than the god could And
We who cit top Of the centuries that have passed
snce Tut day see farther than HE could see
I'VE don't know much about the other world but this
10 nowhat god is coming to carry on his head And
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-17
w E s.a s1nP es,

~
w can't get
him to be sys-
tematic," W all
Mr.. and Mrs.
Wright, gazing
W 1T h mournful
eyes upon son
Jim.
He's eighteen
now and there
isn't a. brighter
boy In high
school. He's a
I n Q youngSter
at home and, of
course, we're all
crazy about him
and he never
gets into any of
t h g s g dreadful
scrapes W h i C h
other y o u n g.
sters do now.
adays. And yet,
w err Q worried
sick thar he
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-17
LISTEN, WORLD!
By ELSIE ROBINSON

But mel t h . r
am I handing
System all the
laurels.
System is ad-
mirable, at GER
tain times, in
certain jobs and
for certain peo-
pie. But 1t can
be q man-killer
in the wrong
place and with
the wrong per.
son.
At best, Sys.
tenn Is only a
tool. It should
never be an end
in itself, and
many of our
educators wreck
or waste splen-
did human ma
terial by trying
to run it into a
mold.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-17
QUESTIONS OF
ETIQUETTE
By Cornelius Beeckman-

LBy Cornelius beeckman.I
"How Do You Do"
nEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
~ When two men are intro
duced. which is correct, "How do
you do?" or I'm very glad to
know you?
(2) Is this also correct when a
lady is introduced to a young
man? A READER,
66HoW do you do?" is better,
II although the other form is
sometimes used.
ca A lady is not introduced to
a man, dear friend. A man is
introduced to a woman. Yes,
How do you do?" is really the
best expression to use when
acknowledging an introduction
of any kind. It's always safe
although 1t means nothing. We
use it. although, especially when
we are just meeting people, we
really aren't tremendously con-
cerned a. to show the person
does.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-17

This shows one Of many statues found in the of the
Egypran ruler Amen buried thousands Of years
ago.
The Egyptian Pharoah is the head Of Egyptian
god one Of those that rule in the world Of the dead.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-17
A Nice Ride
Continued from First Two column

Continued from First Two Columns)
the Egyptians threhed grain symbol rulershp and in his
left staff authority This second picture was another
priests prediction to how the king would enter ths 1919
IOf the dead. BOTH WRONG 0 "OA'u
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-17

We know that
~ ut Ankh-
Amen never
took any such
ride. He died
IS the rest Of us
die, was buried
with all sorts Of
Jew e lis, treas
Mres, statues
and even food
supplies; every
thing possible
was d one to
keep his body
from decay.
But now he is
mn m m y dust
and must be
handled lightly,
and in spite Of
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-17

The Egyptian
priests assured
their mighty
ruler Tut-Ankh-
Amen, who fed
them well and
was well worth
pleasing, that
altho ugh he
would be made
into q mummy,
tied up in many
layers Of linen,
yet he would in
som e mysteri-
ous way get out
Of his grave Of
eolid rock. He
would find this
god waiting to
take him on his
head and. carry
him safely be-
yond the grave
into the realm
Of the dead.
And he was as
sured, Of course,
that he would
have special
treatment there
and be very i'm
portant, even
Smon 6 dead
people, as q
great Pharaoh
should.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-17
A Nice Ride

It Never Happened, But It Suggests an Idea
New Britain herald., 1927-02-03
OIL CO.'S REPLY TO
 MEXICAN CHARGES
Deny Claim of RebelliouS Atti-
 tude on Land Laws

New York, Feb. 3 P,-The asso- citation of producers of petroleum in Mexico in a statement replying to charges of the Mexican government that some ''rebeliious oil companies" are making every effort to precipi- tate real conflict in the oil zone, assert that these so-called rebel lious companies" have been produc- ing approximately 70 per cent of all oil produced in Mexico.
 Mexican oil production, the state ment continues. is almost entirely confined to properties acquired be- fore the new constitution went into effect in 1917 and most of these properties were owned by the so- called "rebellious'' companies.
 Figures for the decline of Mexi- can oil production in the last five years are given in the statement as follows: 1S5,000, 900 barrels in 1922: 15o million ill 1923; 142 mill lion in 1924: 116 million in 1925 and about 90 million in 1926.
 Figures for Mexican government revenues from petroleum export and production taxes for the same ye IFS ere given as follows. in United States currency: s43,000, 1000; s30,- 0oo,00O; s27,000, ,0o0; $21, 1000 and s1S,OOO,O0o.
 Similarly" the statement adds, ''the number of employees in the Mexican petroleum industry has de- clined from approximately 10000 to substantially less than half that number"
New Britain herald., 1927-02-03
REMINGTON NEWS

Four persons appeared before Justice of the Peace c. s. Barrows last night for non-payment of per sonal taxes on complaint of F. 5. Proudman, tax collector. Mrs. Leah Harding paid court costs of $10.91 plus the tax of s2. George Neuman showed receipts from East Haven and was discharged. Charles and Julia Schaefer each paid court costs of s11.91. Both Schaefer and his wife refused to come to court when ordered, making it necessary for Constable John Walsh to go after them. Three more persons who have not yet paid the tax could not be located. Harry Webster prose cuted.
 Charles 4. Bowes, who assumed his duties as principal of the Center school last fall, has taken an active interest in the recreational as well as scholastic activities of the stu dents of the Junior high school with the idea of making the Center school the best school in Connecticut. A rather unique club has been formed by the girls. The aim of the club is to help the girls become more ideal women. Meetings are held every Monday at noon hour and are of an informal nature being mostly fr 1,o nf ci Miss Nelson has direct charge of the club as well as the girls basketball team which has been formed. Prac- tice games are held every Wednes- day in the Grange hall. A basket ball team has been organized by the boys to represent the Center school Many obstacles such as lack of funds, gymnasium, and equip ment have to be overcome. For those boys and girls. who, because Of transportation difficulties cannot remain after school to practice for the representative teams, noon-. hour league has been developed. This league gives an opportunity for recreation when outdoor playground conditions are not ideal.
 The students are working with Mir. Bowes and other teachers in an ef- fort to change one of the basement rooms at the school into an attrac- tive lunch room and library. The eighth and ninth grade girls have made bright cretonne curtains for the windows. Attractive holders are being made for magazines by the boys of the seventh and eighth
New Britain herald., 1927-02-03
BOSTON COPS HUNT SLUGGER
Mysterious Assailant Has Been At
 tacking Young Women

Boston, Feb. 3 (UP)--A series of mysterious attacks on young wom- en. one of which resulted in death, day.
 Armed with an iron pipe, the slugger has appeared in Roxbury. Cambridge and Lynn, striking un- escorted women without warning.
 The mystery man has been de- scribed as about 25 years old, clad in a brown overcoat. dark suit and gray hat.
 Latest reports were of attacks on and Mrs. Sadie Foster. 2l, mother of two children. also of Roxbury
New Britain herald., 1927-02-03
DUNN PRESIDENT OF UNDERWRITERS
Insurance Men Elect Officers and Have Annual Banquet

William G. Dunn. vice-president Of the New Britain Fire Underwriters association for the past year, was elected at the annual meeting held yesterday afternoon. He has been an active member of the association for many years and was elected to its highest office by a unanimous vote. He is a member of the firm of Cox & Dunn.
 Officers elected to serve with him were Roy L. Noren, vice-president; Royal G. Wilbur, secretary; and H. x. Lockwood, treasurer. Leo Hen- nessesy and John Gerdis were elect ed auditors and Dewitt A. Riley and Stanley Arzylowicz were elected to the membership committee.
 MT. Dunn was toastmaster at a banquet that followed at the Burritt hotel. The speakers were Deputy Fire Chief Eugene r. Barnes, Walter s. Bassford, assistant treasurer of the Commercial Trust Co.,, and Ralph Comstock, who is connected with the engineering department of the Aetna Life Insurance Co. Tn Hartford.
 In his talk Deputy Chief Barnes told the members that the past year was the worst for fire losses. Exactly S214,323.40 was lost in this way.
 MT. Bassford predicted prosper ous year during 1927. He expects that the building boom which placed New Britain third in the state will continue. He added, however, that competition would be keener than ever.
 The new Dean rating system which has been accepted in several cities was explained by MT. Con- stock. According to the speaker the price of insuring a building depends on it's construction. A certain amount of credit would be given a building on each of it's fire prevention im- provementS and a demerit would be given a building for each Of it's de- fleets.
 Mr. Comstock referred to the new system as a departure from the old Init or miss" system which depended entirely on the judgment of the agent. He spoke favorably of the new system and urged it's adoption.
 The banquet was attended by al most 100 per cent Of the associa- tions membership and representa- tives of all the larger insurance companies were present.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-03

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 The poisons of constipation swept through my system ravaging my liver and kidneys. Whenever l moved pains shot across the small of my back. And my nerves be- came affected. Instead of sleeping at night l would toss and turn. For two years I suffered intensely. Then Ta1lac came to the rescue.
 This wonderful tonic cleaned out my system. toned up my organs, re- lieved stomach trouble and nervous ness It gave me new strength and health. I recommend Tanlac to everyone"
 Give Tanlac an opportunity 10 re- lieve your suffering, to give you health. The first bottle brings amazing results. At your druggists.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-03
EXPECT ARREST IN CAPE MAY TRAGEDY
Police Silent as to Identity Of
 Missing Man

Cape May. N. J., Feb. a@LP-A Cape May man is sought by the police in connection with the death Of Miss Mary S. Clark. wealthy Pittsburgh and Washington spinster whose body was found on the bliz- zard-swept beach here on Janu- ary IS.
 Whether this man, whose identity was not revealed was suspected Of having slain the woman, the au- thorities declined to say. They ex- pressed confidence, however tha, he could throw much light on the mystery and possibly furnish a so- lution. The suspect has been miss
New Britain herald., 1927-02-03
CIT DISCOUNT RATE

Paris Feb. tP - The Bank of France today Iced it's discount rate to f and o~o h"n 'ur cent.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-03
Missioner's Family
 Missing in China

Buffalo, N. Y, Feb. Pl-AnXiety concerning the Rev. Neil Canright q Methodist missionary, his wife and two year old daughter, who are be- lieved to be in the Chinese danger zone. is felt by relatives and friends in Buffalo. Mrs, Canright is the daughter of the Rev. John IT.. Stoody, of this city. This missionary and his family last were heard from at Sui Flu on the Yangtze Kiang, Thanksgiving Day. They were about to board Chinese junk for Cheng- i'll.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-03
OPPOSE rIRECT TAX
All Lcvies of This Type Would Be Barred Under New Hampshire Bill,

Concord, N. H., Feb. UP)-- All direct taxation would be abol- ished in New Hampshire under a bill introduced in tn, state legisla- ture here today.
 The bill, presented by Rep. Charles F. Adams of Hampton. calls for the creation and maintni ance by the state, of an enormous amusement park in Hampton. It also provides for the retaining of all marsh lands between Hampton and the sea and the creation of a flying port.
 Revenuc from this venture would be sufficient to permit the abolition of all state taxes, Rep. Adams said.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-03

but the police said they knew his whereabouts and that he would be taken into custody within few days.
 Most of those working on the case believe that Miss Clark was lured here for the purpose of rob bery and murdered. Her movements have been traced from hotel in Atlantic City to Washington, D. C.. and Cape May, but from the time she arrived here until her body was found 27 hours later. they are shroudcd ir n1vstery.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-03
FAREWELL PARTY GIVEN

A farewell party was given on Miss Maybelle Simms and Miss Leah Romansey Tuesday evening by Mrs Merritt Taylor at the home of her parents, 220 Kensington avenue.
 Miss Simms and Miss Romansey will leave February 16 to go in training at Grace hospital in New Haven
 The home was prettily decorated in pink and yellow. Games and danc- ing were enjoyed and a buffet lunch was served. Each of the girls was presented with fountain pen.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-03
S5O,OOO FIRE LOSS
35 Persons Driven From Their
 Home By Pawtucket Blaze

Pawtucket R. l., Feb. 3 CCP)-- Damage estimated at s5o,0oo re- suited from fire which drove 35 per sons from their homes in the Mar here during the night.
 All but two pieces of the city's fire apparatus was used in q three hour battle to control the flames.
 Miss Emma Thilo. occupant of the second floor, rescued her can ary but forgot jewelry valued at s1,000. The jewelry undamaged, later was recovered, however.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-03
ROMANCE NOT ROMANTIC
Nancy Hoyt and Gerald Wynnc, Wed Six Months Now Separatcd,


 Wed Six Months Now Separated. Washington, Feb. (UP)-Nanty Hoyt, novelist and social celebrity, has left her husband. Gerald Wynne, after six months of married life, and is living with her mother here. Friends today said it was a case of differences in temperament that led 10 the separation so soon after her marriage to the young English man in London. It was added that the separation may be only tenn porary.
 Wynne is living at the couples apartment here.
 His wife's latest novel "Rounda- bout" ranked among the best-sellers last season.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-03

.rruria that slv had purchased mere than 3St,o0G worth of neYo- tiable securities in Washington still laci veriacation but the investign- tor said she alwayl was we'll sup piled with money or her frequent trips about the country. Her hand bag found near her body. contained only 55 cents and a mileage ticket.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-03

grades mechanical drawing classes. The ninth grade boys have shown their ability by reconstructing and painting the tables. During the first half of the noon-hour the room is used as lunch room. At the end Of this period the tables are cleaned and magazines and books are passed out and the room converted into library. The success of a radio fund started last fall has borne fruit and have music during the noon-hour. As there are no funds available for the purchasing of subscriptions to mag azines, MT. Bowes would be very grateful if anyone would be so kind as to give their last months mag azines to the school William H. Mandrey. supervisor, has spent much time and effort in selecting books from the library grant. Great care has been taken to choose books which will be both interesting and instructive. Indications shown by students demand for these books more than repay the painstaken ef- fort in their selection
 Miss Bertha Francis, a student at the Connecticut College for Women is spending a few days with her father. Town Clerk Thomas A. Francis.
 Miss Francis Sorrow, who has just returned from Pratt Institute, is confined to her home with an attack of the grip
New Britain herald., 1927-02-03
S seriously hurt.

Neither was seriously hurt.
 In West RoXbury, Jan. 22, the body of Miss Maybelle Matheson, IS. was found in field. She had been slain with an iron bar or pipe. This murder remains unsolved.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-03

Patrick Keefe, well-known citi- zen living at 2l Court street, New Haven, Conn.,, suffered fro m many serious ail- ments for several years before he found relief. He says: "My stom- ach gave me so much trouble I
New Britain herald., 1927-02-03
Keefe Gives on Health

Quick Recovery From severe Stom. ach Troubles, Nervousness and Run, down Condition Proves Value o. Tanlac.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-17
SAYS WOMAN AIR PILOTS
ARE NOT "HAM-FISTED"
international Commission in Lon
don Decides to License Both
Sexes on Equal Terms.
Correspondence of the Associated Press

Correspondence of the Associated Press
LONDON.--Women are not ham
listed" in their air technique Ham.
listed" Is the adjective airmen have
created to describe flyers who are
rough in the handling of their ma
chimes.
That women are an exception WAS
disclosed by the International Com
mission for Air Navigation. which has
decided to license women air pilots on
just the same terms that men are
licensed.
Only one woman has been licensed
in England so far to carry passengers
There is considerable opposition in
Great Britain to women pilots on pas.
senger machines. The opposition has
been based chiefly on the contention
that women are not so calm in emer-
gnncies and are more subject to nerv-
Gus collapse. In fact, at one time
women pilots were required to be re-
examined every three months, when
mer had to go to examinations only
once in six months.