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The Washington times., 1927-08-17
EXIT SHERLOCK HOLMES
By E. Powers
BY DIR. Frank Crane

NEW book has appeared my desk purporng to be the
closing adventures of Mr. and Mrs Sherlock Holiness by
- Conan Doyle. -
In the preface of this book Mr. Doyle this to be
the last of the Holmes stories.
He ought know for first of them and when
announces the death of his offspring rather
likely to be true.
Pardon us while shed tear the last of valued
friend We were one Of the first to welcome him. fol-
lowed his closely whenever could get of them
and his passing
We have received the Of the of many prominent
men, They have been missed.
so than the passing of this fcional character " -
Holmes the prototype of all stories and detective
stories have been the delight of great and small AS the ad
mrabe Hooker said of the Science of of Sherlock
holmes that the very least felt his greatest
not exempted from his power" $1,000 ~
Why does the detective story interest all?
e IN the first place. crime probably the most inter
eng Things that we know In it pits himself against
all the forces of society against the Deity itself And
outlaw and the rebel. 1880 u e
And again. rather like to victim apprehended We
ENJOY the oashoned triumph of law order over violence
Y" IKE TO Mss the villain and his schemes come to naupht
detective stories problems human conduct The charae
and the hero is spotless 49, 'Ansin
There is no realistic mixing in Of the coors
Doyle mas done service
ielsure moments and whoever
mqcn entitled to our thanks the who
hence pipe for the Sherlock We Law asde
book. ~ e Deen uOns INTO
wa pS Vof Hugo and his Jean Valjean Goethe his
Rope Louis Stevenson his Jecyl and Mr. HYDE
oy mas created character and Shelock Holmes win neer
people has passed away. = ns 1eAA
The Washington times., 1927-08-17
SUMMER MOONS
BY Garrett P. Serviss-


TIVE magic Of the full mot astrological magic though no
oouDG aects the spirits peopel Is never
manst as In the months the
men the round full hangs low sky it must do be
at mat season the high The full moon can
nowhere else than opposite to the sky stimuli
;enoroJ oy the sum- This simple fact of astronomy
isn aT or forgotten to an unbelievable extent
The moon be eclpsed only when it
every lunar month"; But there an eclipse every bs
cause the moon may appear ul" when exactly oppote
center to CENTER to the set ont 10 ts ~
not ecpses but moonghthe light of the full moon on mid
summer nights Because the then low the
s9une sky seems actually than IN winter
high N ~ 80 D4Oon - SOiiesponuhgy
Inc low altitude OF the the shadows that
as TO aan relatively great length stretching Tar
tsds and lawns houettng lone wonderful beauty Of
ana outhne and lmpang quality romance "a scsnes
nfh Sre s. staring light Df hot summer day commonplace
historic fact that the charms of moonlight NAV
always played notable part in the spiritual 81 ali acniss
1t is verltaby second the world 49,
seen by moonlight ITO fair Meroe arght said Scott @m
must visit by the pale moonlight" The decacy Of its
ture then shows n perfection The thing Of the Al
Venice the godchd of the moon of the Acrouol NJ 49,
ano lndeed OF most of the great sights of the earth
The should have been the first the Muses. No slsst.l
eReet has inspired 50 much poetry and poetic feeling
The Washington times., 1927-08-17
BY ELSIE ROBINSON

ALL life is Of a piece. and that
birth and death are just incidents
along the trail.
/ believe, too, that there are a
thousand proofs of this fact, all
about us. believe that every
shimmering dawn is a proof.
every newborn babe, every buyst.
ing seed. And I'm sure that we
should be constantly looking for
such proofs in the simple happen
ings in our daily lives, and re-
joicing when we find them.
BUT / DO NOT THINK THAT
WE SHO ULD LOOK FOR
PROOFS IN SPIRITUALISM.
Nor, do 1 think that we will
ever discover the truth of life
after death through spiritualism,
even though I grant the SINGER
ity of many mediums and the
amazing phenomena they reveal.
Wisdom has never come to men
through mumbo-jumbo, Vivian
through. strange, psychic revela-
tons or sudden miracles. Wis
dom has come when the time was
ripe for it to come-when it had
terminated for a long time in the
minds of men as a seed germi-
mates in the ground. Look at
the telephone, the electric light,
the radio, the wireless, the x-Ray,
the dynamo these things are as
mysterious in their essence as life
itself. but they were not given
to us through spirit cabinets or
table rappings, through frances or
The Washington times., 1927-08-17
Lindy's Cigarette

That astonishing young man. Charles Lindbergh gets bet
ter all the time We sincerely hope the latest story about the
pioneer Atlantic flier is true.
It the dinner given for him in Cincinnati LndberQh
smoked cigarette Nowt is avishy advertised fact that
the air hero neither smokes CheWs drinks The why of
that Cincinnati cigarette is explained thus:
national organization has been sending out Ccu
lars begging young to follow Lndys example and alb
stain from smoking cigarettes
III WON'T BE PLAYED FOR "A TIN SAINT Lindberrh
quoted saying So he pulled that cigarette to put
crimp in the Questionable propaganda.
When comes to mailing woudbe exploitation Of himself
for any purposes whatever Lndbergh has become perfect
demon Of adroness he very rightly hoped with both feet
Or this effort TO use him in the cause of vtuevrtue that is
as it appears 70 certain well-meaning reformers.
And once more, by delightfully."- human touch he keeps
himself from getting to be aoOf and inscruable SUPER
person and remains Just plain and hahle yOungstsr.
The Washington times., 1927-08-17

search, when we are at last wise
enough to use such knowledge
safely. without disrupting our
careers.
And until that time comes I
think it is most dangerous for
most of us to tamper with this
mystery through spiritualism,
Just as 1t would be dangerous for
an African savage to tamper with
electricity. The savage might get
results--just as we may get
results with spiritualism-bu
those results would most certainly
destroy him. Certain peculiarly
gifted and trained minds-like Sir
oliver Lodge-ma experiment
along those lines and eventually
open the way for the rest of US,
as Franklin, Edison and Marconi
opened the way. But you and /,
Vivian, will only bring hurt, and
horror upon ourselves IL we try
to open sealed doors.
But do not be hopeless. There
is one thing you may do which
will help to open those doors as
surely as the wisdom OF all the
scientists. YOU CAN HAVE
FAITH. Faith is the most potent
force in all the world. 1t is not
just a little wistful hope in your
own mind. 1t is mighty. invisi-
BILE power which will spread out
and out from your mind, blasting
its way to the Truth. Give your
Faith, Vivian, while wiser ones
give their skill. Before the COM
bination, the cruelest wall will fall.
The Washington times., 1927-08-17
SECRETS OF
HEALTH
BY DR.. C. "A. L. Reed

no you realize that one Of the
~ greatest struggles on the
part Of your child Is to establish
his own identity? There Is an
instructive tendency on the part
of every human being to be him
self, or herself: to acquire indi.
viduality; and that means, first
and foremost, to establish self
Identification.
You can help along this process
In your own child by discreetly
taking advantage of his suggesti-
biltty.
Between two and three, child
is SO susceptible to the minds OF
others that he will completely
lose his personality in that Of
someone else. and spend hours
playing at being dustman or
an engine driver. During these
hours he is completely absorbed
in the part. At this time his
character is being exclusively
shaped by the attitude OF mind Of
those closest to him, and IL he
has a nurse 1t is extremely i'm
portaut that she should be a good
nurse. Mere efficiency Is not
enough; it is the atmosphere
which is important, and she must
have a character with which it is
good for the child to identity him.
self. for Identification is the mech
anism by which we absorb our
ideals. Although we change our
ideals AZ we live, the ones we ac-
quire from our mothers, fathers
and nurses are the ones which
underlie our character, and which
we put into practice. If a mother
is kindly. her child will be kind
ly: il nurse is spiteful the chill.
dren will be spiteful. Ideals are
taught by unconscious influence,
not bv word Of mouth, and the
only way to instilI good ones Is
to live the ideal that you want
the child to have.
There is unhappily such a thing
as false Identification. A boy. may
identity himself with father who
is kind but who drinks. and then
he is just as likely to become a
drunkard or to succumb to some
other kind Of failing as he is. to
become kind. Many bad charac-
teristics which are put down to
hereditY are really the result of
Identification for children con-
form to their parents vices as well
as their virtues.
Identification can be handicap
If child cramps its own natural
vital tendencies because they are
not those of the person with
whom he is fdentifying; it then
becomes what Is called q ''fixa-
ton Everyone has to develop
his own personality not to copy
somebody else's. ~
Some people are over.suggest-
ible and grow up into the type OF
person who has no initiative and
no opinions of his own and sim
ply absorbs whatever suggestions
he may be exposed to.
The child whose parents have
never appealed to his suRgestibil-
ity; who has never had a chance
to be alnenable, grows up Excess
sively self-willed aggressive and
disobedient. This is class from
which comes the delinquent chill
dren who are such a problem to
their parents and to the State.
Their attitude IL the result Of
never having anyone to love them
or to love and they can be Inn
mensely helped by a little affec-
ton. But q child can only he
brought up healthy when the
right kind Of love exists between
its parents
The Washington times., 1927-08-17
NEGOTIATIONS
OF A WIFE
wins 81 A HAND,
BY Helen Rowland.

A FEW men may fall in love
"A through their eyes. a few
through their sympathies or their
fall in love through their mag
NATIONS!
From time immemorial, 1t has
been the woman who got into a
mans imagination, who has con-
quered, held and swayed him be-
yond all his powers of resistance,
his better judgment, and all the
temptations of other women.
Nowadays a girl spends most
of her time trying to catch a
mans EYE. "Sex-appeal' is her
slogan; and the lpstick, the eye
brow pencil, the rouge box, the
beauty powder and the revealing
skirts are her weapons.
If she can only dazzle a mans
eyes, she fancies that she can
make him so dizzy that he will
topple over into her arms. Just
as though the world were not
FULL of exposed knees ard
Cldlkeu HOSSSs
The old-fashioned girl made her
appeal to his heart-or his stom.
ach. She worked her tear.ducts
overtime and kept his coat lapel
soggy, in her attempts to awaken
his protective instinct, and his
vanity in his masculine strength.
She tried to worm her way into
his affections with the aid of the
cook-stove and the chatting dish,
and to make him feel that he
needed woman's tender care"
and somebody to sew no his but
tons and brighten his life.
All wrong-BoTH of them!
You can't get into mans i'm
agination by hanging around his
neck, feeding him lobster New
bergh and chocolate fudge and
acting like a moron.
Neither can you get into his
imagination by drinking with
him, petting with him, flinging
your knees, your charms and
your shoulders brazenly in his
AGSCp lying IlO
beach half unclothed, chattering
"peppily'' in his ears every min
ute of the time, and making your
kisses az casual and commonplace
as his three meals a day.
Laying the whole feast on the
table at once, and putting a.
free lunch" sign over 1t would
take away any mans appetite.
1t requires subtlety, reserve,
poise, art, and a waiting game"
to get into a mans imagination.
1t takes eloquent silence rather
than noise, stiffness rather than
pep" mystery rather than bold
ness.
The girl man cannon forget,
IL the one who starts him wonder.
ing and keeps him GUESSING!
The one who stirs his dreams and
makes him see visions! who
awakens something within him
that takes him out of the COM
monplace, into a land Of romance
and adventure. Her charm Is The
lure of the UNKNOWN!
She is .'the woman-veiIed'!
Helen, Cleopatra, Circe, Sappho
or Hypatia reincarnated! She is
night and moonlight and fireflies
and poetry and perfume to his
soul! And once woman sue
ceeds in getting into a mans
imagination no power on earth
can ever get her out of it-and
no other woman can ever crowd
her out! It's a difficult game
but the stakes are worth, fl
The Washington times., 1927-08-17

A FEW men may fall in love
"A through their eyes. few
through their sympathies or their
hearts. But nine men out of ten
fall in love through their mag
INATIONSi
The Washington times., 1927-08-17
ONCE-OVERS
When Your Mind rs in a Middle
BY ]. ]. Mundy-

When Your Mind Is in a Middle
Sometimes to clean your is clear your mind
When things dsodery and mudded thought tsh
the quality.
An orderly mind should correct thinking
Get rid Of the rubbish
Everything in its place and there place for rubbish
y But it is not in successful persons desk.
You have habit of clipping this that and the other
You think you may need it in your business.
But why not have clipping files?
your clippings are dropped this drawer that pigeon
hoed one place another waste lot Of time trying
what YOU want when you it.
Inst old max "a place for everything and everything its
pretty good thing to remember at home BUSINESS
can tnmk and work better when you yov finger
The Washington times., 1927-08-17
LISTEN, WORLD!

ina t e ria l liza.
tions. !" T h e y
C a m 2 a 8 t h e
result of long,
patient, devoted
research. They
came when we
were ready for
them to come
W h e n W e
knew how to
use them safely
even If we could
not ly
u n d er sta n d
them.
That is the
way by which
all wisdom has
C m e to m e n
and so, / think
we win arrive
at the trut h
about life after
death. Through
spiri t al and
acian fiC re-
The Washington times., 1927-08-17
0Ho you be-
OlieyA there

- NN you De-
Dlieve there
is q life after
death" cries
poor viva n,
mourning for
her lover, lost
in t h e " a r.
Ten years now,
and it's as bad
as the day he
went. If only l
could have proof
that he lives. /
W a n t to try
SIP If i tual ism
blu t / W o n.
der"
Yes. I believe
in life after
d e a t h, Vivian.
i believe in 1t
as simply and
implicitly as I
believe in life be-
fore death. I
halle that
The St. Paul echo., 1927-05-21
Famous Charter Oak
Honored by Funeral

There is one instance on record in
which tree was given funeral. 1t
took place on an evening in 1856 in
Hartford, Conn. Flags and mourning
streamers covered the shattered stump
Of tree on the hillside, while hun.
dreds stood around with barred heads.
Amid the crashing thunder of
fierce storm the mighty Charter oak
had fallen and the entire state of Con.
necticut was honoring its passing.
There Is little of which this state Is
prouder than its ancient charter
granted by Charles II, endowing the
colony with liberties far exceeding
those of the others.
1t was strange coincidence that this
charter, which was hidden in an oak
for safety's sake, bore the seal of
monarch who himself, years before,
had taken refuge in tree of the same
variety.
Visitors to the State library at Hart
ford today may see a copy of the
original charter, its frame containing
fragments Of the celebrated oak pre-
served under glass these many years.
Crit.
The St. Paul echo., 1927-05-21

Kindness to Animals
Trait of Portuguese

The Portuguese are the only Latin
nation that is kind to animals. For
hundreds Of years noble Arabian steeds
were raised here and the Portuguese
rider sits well in the saddle by second
nature.
The donkeys here are smaller than
In other Latin countries, and the
largest beast Of burden is the OK. In
Portugal this creature Is a strong,
red, well-cared for animal, with wide
spreading horns. The streets are full
OF Jokes Of oxen pulling carts with
solid wheels bound fast to their axles.
Since the axle Is INCREASED, frightful
squeaking announces the approach of
these wagons, which can be heard O
mile away.
Oxen are particularly common in
northern Portugal, where the Jokes
themselves are made Of beautifully
carved hardwood decorated with many
colors. The wheels Of these wagons,
bearing tremendous burdens, clatter
on the streets Of Oporto.
I have never seen driver maltreat
his animals. In the country the COW.
herds guide their flocks with enormous
bamboo staffs.-Roda Roda in Uhu,
Berlin Giving Age).
The St. Paul echo., 1927-05-21
Find Ne,D Evidences
of Coal Formation,

Evidence that coal was formed at
the bottoms of ancient lakes, and
not in vast swamps or boys as com.
monty supposed, is advanced by Prof.
e. G. Jeffrey Of Harvard university in
an article in Science. Professor JET.
frey's studies were conducted on Goals
from geological formations of tertiary
age, which is much more recent than
the source of most Of the coal in this
country, but which supplies remains
Of plants more like those growing
today and hence more significant to
the botanist as far as their habits are
concerned. Earlier studies of similar
Goals had disclosed wood structures
which were taken to be Of expresses,
and since expresses are swamp trees
this was taken as evidence for the
classical theory of coal formation.
Professor Jeffrey's investigations, how.
ever, have shown that these supposed
cypress-like woods were really from
redwoods and similar trees that nor.
mally grow on well-drained upland
soils and never in swamps. His con.
clusion, therefore, Is that these coal
beds are the remains Of great masses
Of water-logged vegetation washed
down from the hills by rivers and de-
posted In the bottoms Of huge lakes.
The St. Paul echo., 1927-05-21
Odd Poluer Attributed
to Wearing of Rinps

The ring is an article of jewelry
round which clusters innumerable
legends and superstitions, belief in
some Of which still survives. From the
very earliest times rings have been
linked with good and bad luck. King
Solomon believed that a certain ring
aided him in forming judgments, and
ne would never give a decision in mat
tiers OF law unless he was wearing Il,
Pliny records that jet rings were sup
posed to have the power of driving
away serpents, belief that persisted
In the East until recent times. Rings
Of gold, ornamented with certain
stones, were thought capable of ward
ing off death by poisoning. That rings
have curative powers in certain illness
Is still fairly widely believed. In the
London Medical Journal for 1915 it
Is noted that silver ring worn con-
stantly by victim of epilepsy effected
a cure. There are still large numbers
of women who regard it as a portent
of a broken engagement to lose or
even misplace the rings given them by
their fiances. Sailors, again, often
wear ring ornamented with an ele-
plants head as a charm against sea
perils.
The St. Paul echo., 1927-05-21
Desolafe by Winds

There lies between Formosa and the
coast Of China a group Of q islands,
interspersed with innumerable reefs
and lodges, which are called the Pes
cadores islands. According to the in.
vestigations of certain biologists these
islands have suffered In a remarkable
manner from the northeast winds,
which blow with violence there during
nine months of the year. The original
area Of the islands has been greatly
reduced by erosion, and their surfaces
are barren and desolate, so that the
wind-whipped group forms quasi
desert amid the green island world of
Southeastern Asia.
The St. Paul echo., 1927-05-21
Killer Whale Has No
Equal for Ferocity

The killer whale is the undisputed
champion Of the sea, declares Mack
Sennett, who, as hobby, has made an
exhaustive study Of marine life in
Lower California seas. IF there is
anything that can lick the killer whale,
I have never heard Of It," Sennett
says. Everything that swims the
waters Of the earth breads the terri
BILE killer whale.
Strictly speaking" the writer ex-
plains, ut isn't a fish; it is an air.
breathing mammal about 35 feet long.
It has huge jaws and heavy fighting
teeth. Its head suggests the head of
q bulldog, as does its disposition.
What makes it more terrible than
other big sea monsters is its great
speed. Nothing can escape it.
"The favorite dish of the killer whale
is the succulent tongue Of the real
whale" the writer continues. TITS
method Of killing the whale is curious.
When the big fellow comes up to
breathe, the killer fastens its jaws on
the whales blowhole and does not let
60. Finally, dying Of suffocation, the
whale thrusts out it's great, agonized
tongue. The killer nips this off and
goes blithely on its way. 1t is COM
mon sight to find a tongueless dead
whale floating in the water"
The St. Paul echo., 1927-05-21
Proper Diet Brings Poise

Persons who lack poise, who are in.
clined to be nervous and quickly up
set or provoked, should be extremely
careful Of their diet. In the morning
they should confine their breakfast to
a simple easily-prepared cereal or
fruit. If they must have something
to drink they should take nothing
stronger than warm milk or chocolate.
At noon let them rigidly adhere to
substantial salad or vegetable dinner.
Lean, fresh meat, fowl or fish may be
added for variety at times. The eve.
ming meal, embracing fruits and nuts
blended into an appetizing and attrac-
tive fruit and nut salad, with whole
wheat bread and butter, will be suffi.
cient. These foods contain all the
elements necessary to nourish the
body. They soothe and strengthen
the nerves. They calm the blood.
Very few veteran vegetarians fly into
a rage or lose their poise.-Psychology
Magazine.
The St. Paul echo., 1927-05-21
Subtle Rebuke

Cupid has shown himself to be ut
terly Indifferent to matters of state
and messages of great moment. In
lit James Wilkinson, who later be-
came general in the United States
army, was an aide to Gen. Horatio
Gates and by him was sent to con.
gress at Yorktown in Pennsylvania
with the dispatches giving an account
Of the surrender Of Gen. John Bur.
goyne and the British army at Sara.
toga. On the way Wilkinson stopped
to spend whole day with his sweet.
heart at Reading. When he finally
delivered the dispatches and they were
read in congress, measure was in.
troduced to reward the messenger who
brought such pleasing news. Gov.
Samuel Adams thereupon, with grave
and solemn face, moved that the
young man be presented with a pair
of spurs.-Kansas City Star.
The St. Paul echo., 1927-05-21
Cousin Meets Cousin

The woman was visiting at home
where two little cousins were meet
ing for the first time. The visiting
cousin from the West had never met
any Of her relations before, and the
mothers of both little girls were anx.
ious that the afternoon should pass
off smoothly.
They drank their tea and contribut.
ed to the general conversation with
half an ear for sounds of strife that
might, they were afraid, issue from
the nursery.
All was serene, however, and when
It was finally time for the guests to
leave and the children were called
from their play, Jean ran down hap.
PLY to her mother and said: Mother,
Helen wasn't at all like cousin; she
was just like a friendy"-New York
Sun.
The St. Paul echo., 1927-05-21
"The Marseillaise"

"The Marseillaise" has been the
French national anthem for over 100
years, since the time of the French
revolution. In April, 1892, when a
column of volunteers was about to
leave Strassburg, the mayor of the
city gave banquet on the occasion
and invited an officer of artillery, Rou.
get de Lisle, to compose a song in
their honor. He wrote the words dur.
ing the night, adapting the music
from an oratorio, and the song was
sung with enthusiasm the following
day. The Army Of the North took up
the song, which was introduced to
Paris by the Marseillaise battalion and
became known as the hymn of the
Marseillaise.
The St. Paul echo., 1927-05-21
Will DeIue Into Past

The Ural mountains, across which
prehistoric men pushed their way in
crossing between Russia and Siberia,
are to be searched for traces Of these
old migrations. An expedition planned
by the Russian Academy Of Sciences
will undertake systematic investiga.
ton of the region. 1t Is known that
the Ural mountains were extensively
mined by Bronze age workmen, and
traces Of life in that age and in the
earlier Stone age have been found, so
that the mountain region il regarded
as likely to yield valuable relics Of
prehistory.