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said, with mere theories on so seri-
Gus a matter. The drys are full of
theories-and the country is full of
trouble because of them. One might
put it vulgarly and say it is full Of
poisonous liquor, too.
THE whole thing resolves itself into
whether you can tell the American
people what their personal habits shall
be and just how much they may
drink, and what. Coffee will come
next under the ban, and tobacco and
possibly modern clothes.
Says Law "Meddlesome."
81 do not believe the bulk of Amer
leans will remain patient under this
meddleSome law. 1t is a menace, and
if it We're not sad it would be absurd"
"What would you do with it?"
Just what l would do with any
MISUNDERSTANDING it and repair it.
ST would have the government take
its head out of the sand and look at
the debauchery and crime that go on
as result of this law. l would have
the professional good people who agi-
tated for it set aside their theories and
admit the facts of human nature. If
this were done. there would be no
more dry law'-which. incidentally,
is the wettest of wet laws"
To the argument that social workers
such as Mrs. William r. Alvord of
Detroit. Judge Mary Barthelme of
Chicago and Jane Adams of Hull
House, Chicago. see vast improve
ment in the condition of the working.
mems families, Mrs. Christy listens
sympathetically, but still shakes her
head.
IF their condition is improved"
she insists. ut is because they get
higher wages. Homes are naturally
better because sanitation Is commoner
everywhere than it used to be. An
other thing is that employers have
strong rules against their people
being drunk They take care not to
be drunk, but they drink just the
same. and they make the stuff at
home or get it from near beer
places that still exist everywhere.
Ruined by Prohibition"
! asked another question.
What about the communities such
as are described by Mrs. Emma Fox
of Michigan, who declares she could
recite personal instances by the score
where drinkers have become non
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THE EVENING STAR WASHINGTON

tcular work or interest let's them see.
Most of the drys are either members
of special welfare societies, or are
people who for one reason or m
other are not worldly-by which /
mean versed in the ways of the world
and its citizens"
What do you say to the statement
by the drys that drinking is a relic
of mid -Victorianism, and that tee
totalism' makes for modern health and
Efficiency"
Nancy Christy snapped her thumb
and finger.
Rubbish! OF course, the drys will
argue that it is our fault If we are
weak enough to be corrupted by their
righteous law. l say there were other
ways of making us strong than by
tempting us, and other ways of foster
ing temperance than by treating us
like criminals"
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drinkers through prohibitions; and
doctors, like Lena Sadler of Illinois,
and Elizabeth Muncie of New York,
who cannot be swerved from their
belief that people everywhere are
being educated 10 evils of alcohol by
the agitation on prohibition"
"In going about the country" says
Mrs. Christy, sticking TO her guns.
Il see end hear of these reforms and
don't doubt the1m-to a certain extent.
But if statistics could show the exact
number of such reforms, statistics on
the other side would show more who
have been ruined by prohibition than
helped by it.
you have only to use your eyes
and be honest. Young people are
forming habits under prohibition that
it will take generations to get rid
of. Talk about the future genera.
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president COoll0Ee
down, rang across
the studio.
We broke the
news that there
were supposed to
be two sides to all
questions, and that
from our own eX-
perience in getting
interviews FIR o III
women over the
country we were
ready to believe
there are at least
a million views
upon prohibition.
But Mrs. Christy
remained sure.
well, l have
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II VIII NOI n bCI'
ter and b e t { e r.
The benefits will
ere a S e, and
through them the
American people
as a whole will be
convinced that to-
tai abstention I'M
der all circum-
stances, save in
certain illnesses, is
b e st fer every
body"
Mrs. Fox gaylv
admits more than
so birthdays. and.
like a certain prod
uct of which she
d | s a p proves, is
still 6 o n G
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Child Is Severely Scalded

Morris Rawlings, years old. 1920
Seventh street northeast, was severe
~ scalded last night when he pulled
q pot of boiling water from tie kitchen
Htove. He was taken to Casualty Hos
pital and treated by DIR. Marcello
Gandolfo. His condition this morning
was reported critical.
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81 don't care a rap about statistics.
Statistics can be made to prove any
thing. 1 believe what I see. am
strongly for prohibition and law en-
forcement. because l see their bene-
fits, imperfectly as the law works.
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Speaking of Prohibition
Prominent Women Discuss the Nations Most
Debated Topic.
Interviewed by BECKLEY.


as there but one side to this liquor
question:"
The surprised voice of Nancy, wife
of Howard Chandler Chris;y. who has
put upon canvas almost every dis
tinguished citizen in the land from
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ton firing OF this smart-aleck fad Of
neutrality-suspicious.! The younger gen
Grafton is just getting into it's stride.
When / was a girl no one even
Oh. what's the use!
ut isn't only drinking. either. It's
what it leads to. You can't tell me
the viewpoints and manners that
spring from this DISTINGUISHING, off
with.the-lid element won't last. Why,
they'll be handed down, mother
to-daughter, for centuries to come. If
Americans don't wake up to the moral
weakening for which this law is re-
sponsible"'
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Other Temperance Ways.

"Why are so many experienced and
intelligent people for it?''
Because they see things out of the
corner of one eye only" replied Nancy
Christy. They see what their par
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Education itself is nothing: 1t all
depends on what use you make OF It.
The Washington times., 1927-01-04
BY L. Lamar Matthews

NITA came into her aunt's room
4N wearing the. expression that
says, I'm sick. Please feel sorry
for me-" She stood disconsolately,
waiting for the sympathy that she
expected. But this aunt was very
unlike the elderly aunt who was
rearing the child like dollhouse
plant.
Failing to get the pity that she
craved. Mia took one small hand
and rubbed her forehead while she
dropped a little bit more.
This also failed to elicit her
aunt's compassion, so she resorted
to speech.
"i've got the headache" she
said feebly.
well, go in the kitchen and
drink glass Of hot water and
then GO out in the sunshine little
while. Take the. scissors and cut
some flowers for the table," said
Aunt May. I'm going to drive
across town after q while and you
can 90 with me il you Ike"
Nita looked astonished. Always
at home when she had said that
she had q headache. Aunt Sarah
had fiuttered about doctoring and
soothing and sympathi2lng with
her, as though nothing else mat
tered in the world except Nita's
precious little head. Now here
stood Aunt May, treating the
headache as though it were Of
no consequence.
SO Nita sought the comfort of
The Washington times., 1927-01-04

fort and LNauty. Why do you not
resolve this coming year, to take
advantage Of every chance to build
up vigorous, healthy beauty by
hours spent outdoors every day,
regardless Of changing weather.
Snow on the face is a match.
less tonic. Dress in cold weather
in sensible wool-and-silk stockings,
walking shoes, goloshes, warm
underwear, lined gloves, light.
weight warm clothing, then sally
forth to plod through sleet and
rain, wind and snow.
Leave your bedroom windows
open as wide as in summer, so
that you can breathe fresh air all
night. But keep warm by means
Of plenty Of blankets and IL 1t
adds to your comfort, hot.water
bottle.
Don't starve in the cause of
slender beauty, or you may lose
both your beauty and your life.
Eat all tho plain, nourishing food
you want, but accustom yourself
to eating it in well-balanced meals
at regular hours, amid pleasant
surroundings.
A clear conscience, pleasant
thoughts, plenty of work. cheer
full books and companions will
keep you mentally comfortable
on good terms with yourself and
the world.
I cannot wish you a lovelier,
more charming New Year, dear
sisters in the beauty Quest, than
by wishing you, as most sincerely
do, a. comfortable New Year.
The Washington times., 1927-01-04
BY Maria .Jeritza,

WHO doesn't love comfort! And
w comfortable people are al
ways we'll liked! They usually
have comfortable homes with in.
viting hooks. inviting books, rest.
full beds and chairs that are joy!
Comfortable people as a rule
have nice dispositions and pleasant
voices. They find leisure for
fascinating interests and friend
ship. So let's keep comfortable all
through this wonderful New Year
just making Its entrance bowl
Bodily comfort will leave you
free to be your best self. There
is nothing quite so self-absorbed
and dull as woman who is suffer
ing discomfort through ill-fitting
clothes, weak arches, Troublesome
conscience or toothache.
If we wish to be our loVeliest
ana give of our best to others
and the world, it is imperative to
keep comfortable. Men and
women with huge responsibilities
world leaders--stIdy comfort
from sheer necessity, to save
themselves for their work. We ali
have our work to do, BY achiev.
The Washington times., 1927-01-04
CANADA RUM
PEDDLING

A n unflattering comparison be-
"A tween the liquor.handling
methods of the United States and
Canada is drawn in an editorial
in Liberty. "The Province Of
Ontario. in Canada community
resembling Ohio or upper New
York-after ten years trial Of
prohibition, has voted to try an
other method of handling the
lieuor situation" the editorial
points out. 'The issue was the
bootlegger and the corruption that
followed him. The United States
faces the same situation, and
finds itself bound with thongs of
bigotry. knotted by those, who in
1919 were determined to legislate
for all future generations.
1.-THE Eighteenth Amendment
cannot be repealed" the editorial
continues, "any more than the
Fourteenth or Fifteenth can be;
/. but it may later meet the fate
that has befallen these amend
n1ents: 1t may be devitalized. It
is ridiculed and flouted and
ignored by many who consider
themselves law-abiding and law.
unfolding citizens 1t has made
law-hreaking fashionable. and has
undermined the foundations Of
the nation.
GLOW much better is Canada's
way" the editorial exclaims. cts
lawmakers. striving to solve q
social problem that has vexed the
world through the centuries. gave
themselves latitude, 50 that,
should the law prove. failure in
whole or in part. it might be
changed. Sensible
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Whena Child ENJOYS "HerAi Iments

pains to keep his sore toe off the
ground.
Doesn't you- toe hurt?" she
asked.
"A little bit; but I forget about
it when I'm playing"
At that moment Joey's mother
came to the door and overheard
the conversation.
I'VE always say we feel fine"
she told Nita, land even IL we
have a little ailment somewhere,
we just let the rest of our bodies
go on feeling fine and after
awhile the ache will go away"
Nlta looked as If she didn't un-
derstand such a statement as that,
An ailment. in her young life, was
something to think about, to- talk
about and to nurse.
But after she had been at Aunt
Mays house all summer she began
to understand that dwelling upon
her aches and pains only made
them worse and that pleasant oc.
cupation had way of making the
pain go away.
Self-pity Is a common trait in
little girls and it should never be
encouraged. AS q matter Of fact
the mind has a great deal to do
with the physical condition and It
Is just as easy to induce children
to disregard their ailments as it is
to enjoy poor health Playing
martyr is an appealing role to most
ohildren-tespecially girls--and it is
an attitude that will destroy the
charm, the attractiveness and often
the health of the complainant.
Train your children to say 81
feel FINE" and the chances are
that they WILL feel fine and BE
fine.
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Stednsy 6G,RpasSe makes hands stiD
HANDS AND WRISTS
WERE STIFF AND LANE


49, -. . >
A Philadelphia tailor has found o
quick way OF getting rid ofstiffness
in the hands and arms caused by
constantly using a hot iron.
Il am by trade presser,S he
writes. II am always using hz,
iron and my hands ana arms geH
stiff. have been using liriments
for q long time and / find that
Sloan's Iiniment Is the best. 10
always gives instant relief"
Sloan's gives real help because it
stirs up your own bodily forces to
throw off the trouble, and to restore
normal, healthy action IN the sick
tissues.
Just pat it on lightly. without
rubbing, and the first thing YOU
know the aching and stiffness are
gone. Get a bottle today. AL
druggists--35 cents
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now; she was awake. "A good
thing" she told herself. I'VE
couldn't have got by. Two
worlds: they can't n ct. Better
this way"
Then she heard he was home
again; waited in dread lest he
come; lest he stand in the door
seeking her with his merry eyes.
Hello, Daffodilr' She could hear
him say that in her heart.
His Roadster
One afternoon as she was leav.
ing for home, she saw his road
ster parked at the curb; saw him
watching. Waiting for her.
She jerked Christine's
arm; pulled her through door
at the side Of the building.
IF you aren't the widest"
81 don't want to see him.
Christy. No use dragging along"
Maybe you're right, OF dear.
They're a high-handed lot"
Christine had quarreled with Pen
ny: she was in a bitter mood.
Hell, come again, though; his
kind doesn't give up easily"
He did come again--and again.
Gay formed the habit of creep
ing out like a hunted thing, al
ways ready to scurry back and
run away. Sometimes Stan stood
beside the car; sometimes he loi.
tered in the door, anxious, pug
zled, rather wistful.
Go Be Continued Tomorrow
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DON'T BLAME
HEREDITY

S6gTN1l1 old days when we held
heredity re $ p onsible for
everything from tuberculosis and
cross.eyes to selfishness and
cheating at cards are gone" says
an article in the January issue
of Children. The Magazine for
Parents"
"We can no longer sit com.
fortably back and blame great
grandfather for Jimmy's wildness
Or Aunt Jane for Ruth's selfish
ness. Nor can we comfortably
assume that because we and our
family have always been respect.
able, upright citizens. our children
will automatically become so-or
that because we are unselfish, we
are. bound to have unselfish chill.
dren.
1--WE know now that heredity is
only the seed and as the finest
seed in. the world is worthless
without the right soil, the right
amount Of sunshine, and rain,
and intelligent care, so the best
Inheritance will not make our
children into fine men and women
unless we provide right training"
The Washington times., 1927-01-04
WHAT NEXT,
GIRLS?
yINRousERs as general sporlg

TROUSERS as general sports
i wear for women, are looming.
The masculine garment threatens
to make. its appearance in women's
fashions at an early date as the
latest feature of wonen's sports
wear. according to q forecast by
Baron de Meyer, noted inter.
national fashion authority, in q
cabled dispatch from st. Moritz to
Harper'sl Bazaar.
Fashion leaders at the celebrated
Swiss winter resort have definitely
adopted trousers as a part OF
skiing and skating costumes, says
de Meyer who anticipates an early
spread of the vogue to general
sports wear.
Snow" for use in motion pic.
lures has been successfully made
from pine shavings.
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If he should come and say that!
II he could say, that and make
it truei
No. the other was the dream.
Stan by the lake in the moon
light. planning their years. -.
Oh, she put on a brave face,
these days. Helping Mary with
the dishes; rolling Jaimie's hair
into small. diabolical horns, lis.
tening for his chuckle.
Where's the tall lad, Gay?
He doesn't come to see Socrates
any more"
What a scheming Jamie he
is! Wanted to get rid of his
big girl? Hunting her q beau,
was he? Is that nice?"
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calling him, hanging around.
She can't have him! I'll stop her
--someway--"
Gay stared. looked away. blush.
ing from that fierce eagerness.
Christy in love at last: caught in
her own snare! 1t was disturb
ing; rather terrible, someway.
Stanley's desk was closed,
gradually it accumulated a litter
OF old newspapers. circulars, the
things nobody remembers to
throw out.
The day after Gay had left
him standing there in the hall.
way. the mark Of her blow red
across his drawn face. his eyes
so dazed, a messenger brought
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NOIO GO or VIVA We StOrH.

xWTHY. it's all right, STAN" Yet
she felt foflcrn.' This way it
always would be with them; STAN
ley claimed by his world :. from
which she was shut out; coming
and going in her life as he chose.
The place Stacia was pleased to
call a studio was a great bar.
racks Of an upper floor. disor.
dered and dingy.
.Couches were covered with
soiled cheap cushions; cotton ban.
dRnas were used for table sarfs;
gas plate behind a screen was a
kitchenette: there was a cubby.
hole OF a bedroom.
Tawdry. n1akeshift; sufocating
packed with Stacia's sprawltng
friends. all smoking. Confusing
with the clatter Of excited voices,
shrill sounds OF glee, the ciink OF
lee in cocktail shakers.
Gay sat dumbIy; out of it all
watching the slow hands on her
wrist watch, Mimi Brooks WOULD
be at the dinner party; perhaps
he'd have to stay.
"Cheer up, Gloomy Gussie
Here her cousin, biaZing, riot
Gus, showed a glass at her. Have
some bootleggers' pride",.
"Christy, why don't they come"
It's nearly midnight. Do you think
they've forgotten us?"
who cares? Gee, Cay. you're
4 damp blanket. Well, WE'LL Speak
ing Of little brown angels"
Penny and Stan came in with
out the formality Of knocking.
Stacia shouted.
This way, gents! Here's the
bar! What'll it be-ti8sf's blood
or r. N. T.! Talk fast!
a TriGIe Damp
''Say, our dinner whs ~awfn'ly
moist" Penny protested, swayinE
/ little. Both boys drank, how,
ever, and Stanley came to Gay
flushed, rather unsteady, looking
startlingly like his father. She
shrank from his touch.
'Stan, l want to so home"
''Oh, now. she wouldn't leave
Stan? Listen. I'm. all right. Feel
ing good is all. Pegs q hound for
strong stuff. Hey--where you
going?"
Already she was out the door
snatching her wraps. He FOLLOWED
down the stairs, calling: caugh:
her in the hallway below. reeled
as he crushed her in his arms.
His kisses, wandering vaguely
over her throat, her eyes, her
mouth, affronted her az If they
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But Jamie saw her chin treni,
BILE and said no more.
Christine was oddly tactful
after a question or two.
why So stubborn, Gay? They
both were Spilled that night.
What's the odds? You'll lose him
sure If you keep on 80 ritZy."
"Right.op' Gay managed to be-
flippant. Cant bother settling
down to a steady"
1T think you're silly. Listen,
Pen was crazy to go out and get
married that night. Believe me,
I'd have taken him up, too, IL
I'd thought we could have got
through with it,
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her q box from an uptown florist.
Buds, golden pink, all dewy and
fragrant: sweetheart roses, like
the beauty Of q vanished dream.
No word with them; he had
spared her that. She intended
to give them away--felt a sud-
den tenderness for their delicate
grace. so she placed them in
bowl and kept them on her desk
till they faded.
Stanley had gone to Bar Har.
Dor. Christine told her. prob
ably playing around with Mimi
Brooks" her cousin added spite.
fully.
Well, let him! Nothing to her
any more; he was only a dream
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; One star in particular will fur.
nish a good deal of newspaper
copy!
l seem to see rather unexpected
climaxes to several important mar.
riages now pending other endingsl
Evelyn Thaw will figure in the
news of the day again.
The Washington times., 1927-01-04

; / seem to see that this is going
10 be a year full Of excitement and
changei
Important people will figure in
the front page news!
/ seem to see the Prince of
Wales signing a document--1 can't
tell whether it is a marriage con.
The Washington times., 1927-01-04

; There win be some sensational,
events in pugilism.
Baseball viii have its best year
and the Giants will win the pen
nant.
Better relations will exist be.
tween all countries.
A new name will flash across
The Washington times., 1927-01-04
ADVICE FOR
PARENTS

6GvTNo be constantly bolsterink
! up a child's efforts does NOT
teach courage at ALL" says an
article in the January issue of
Children. the Magazine for Par.
ents."
ut gives the child the idea that
IL he goes wrong someone will
help him. That method weakens
self-reliance, and does not place
the responsibility for good work
with the child"
The Washington times., 1927-01-04

tract or a night club check-or'
just a list of resolutions, but. any.
how it win be an important event
whatever 1t is.
The movies viii furnish some
sensational news and there will be
a number of shifts by death or d.
Yorce!
The Washington times., 1927-01-04
AovsRTisEMENT.
Loosen Up That Cold
With Musterole

Have Musterole handy when 4
cold starts. 1t has all Of the ad.
vantages of grandmosher's mustard
plaster without the burn. You feel
4 warm Jingle as tie healing ONT
nlent penetrates the pores, then Ii
soothing, cooling sensation and
quick relief. -
hlade Of pure oil of mustard and
other simple ingredients, Musterole
Is recommended by many nurses
and doctors. Try MusteroIe tor
bronchitis, sore throat, stiff neck,
pleurisy. rheumatism, lumbago
Group. asthma, neuralgia. conges.
ton, pains and aches OF the back
or JOINTS, sore muscles, Spralns,
bruises, chilblains, frosted feet, colds
Of the chest. It may prevent pneu.
monia ana "fln."
The Washington times., 1927-01-04

bthe world--in some sensational
way!!
There will be a murder riyaling
the Hall-Miils case.
Bootleggers viii have bad year.
The crime wave will diminish!
seem to see-See-well that L
have written enough to fill my
space for today.
The Washington times., 1927-01-04
Caught at Last
Charm Through Comfort Is Maria Jeritxa's Wish

ver-sensitiveness to cold, would
result.
The woman who fancies that
over-eating means enjoyment and
comfort soon becomes a slave to
clumsy overweight. To achieve
The Washington times., 1927-01-04

ing comfort we can do it well,
with enjoyment, without sacrifice
ing health or appearance.
There is of course. false as well
as true comfort. False comfort
quickly leads to discomfort as in
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the instance of a woman whose
idea Of comfort in cold weather
might be hugging the radiator,
without giving thought to exercise
and fresh air. Sallow skin, dull
eyes, and constant chill due to
The Washington times., 1927-01-04

real comfort it is necessary to
look ahead and prepare for tomor.
row by living wisely today. In
other words, intelligence is needed
to attain comfort.
Good health spells both com.
The Washington times., 1927-01-04

you wouldn't, Christy! Marry
a man when he's like that!'
What's the difference? Being
done all the time. How do you
s'pose these Totsy Twinkletoes
land their millionaires? Not
when they're in their cold senses,
you bet. Grab while they're
passing. is the idea"
Really! A man you care moth
ing for"
Caught at Last
But l do care!' The yellow
eyes shone. Gay, never
thought l could care so much!
There are times--honestly, / could
murder Peggy Baird. Always
The Washington times., 1927-01-04
Do You Know?
Fresh milk is seven.eights water.

Fresh milk is seven.eishts water.
Only one form of lizard is ven
Omous, the gila monster of Ari-
IONA. These reptiles have about
fifty poison fangs each.
Riding 4 2% horse power motor.
cycle, an Englishman recently
climbed Ser Nevis. 4.40e feet
high. in 2 hours and 20 minutes.