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berry in Riverside Park was reported.
Smaller damage was reported at
Camp Sullivan, Pleasant Run Blvd,
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Fall Creek Blvd. and Garfield Parks.
The 100000 plants in the Garfield
Park dollhouse were uninjured.
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Smaller Money
Uncle Sans New Currency

Uncle Sans currency will suffer reduction of approx
matey third within the next year Generally shrnkage
in currency depreciation in value but in this instance
such will not be the case
The recent approval by Secretary of the Treasury Mellon
of the pan which has been evolved after much thought and
careful consideration that work will be begun mme
diaty the preparation Of engraved plates for issue Of
paper money SIS by 2 inches in sze to suppan the
en varieties Of greenbacks and yowback which 776
by S inches in dimension There will be but one distinctive
design for each denomination hereafter whereas there
number at present For instance there five vare
ties of $40 bills but in the issue there will be but
The present form of currency has remained
ty unchanged since its inception during the War Between
the States The size will be that Of the Philippine
rency introduced by the United States into the islands
quarter century ago. Is handler than own FORM and
has proved to wear better in
It IS planned to eliminate the So $780, $1,000 $1,000 and
$4,000 bills and all the currency in the future will be green
backs which difficult to counterfeit alter than
the yeowbaoks At present there eleven denomna
tons in thirty different designs Hereafter the only
denominations will be ST. $5 $1O $2O $780, and $780, each in
a single design
The change will result in a saving Of about 100000
year printing the bills and also make the lot Of the
terfeter much harder than at present
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Civil Service for District
Government Recommended

The of Efficiency playing increasingly important
part District municipal affairs recommends that the
District Commissioners place the District Government under
civil service by Executive order have Congress do it by
law
Sounds good-H THERE Is THE RIGHT KIND OF CIVIL
SERVICE. If there isn't the right hnd-Nol
Furthermore the District Commissioners get juggling
with civil service for the District Government Congress will
step n do what 1t DESIRES and the District will be stung
District people, usual will get the worst of it.
The Bureau of Efficiency is in saying that under
the system Of appointments long in vogue in the District
Building political influences and personal pull have played
. successful and conspicuous part.
It is to the credit Of the District Commissioners in
years. however that they have given District jobs
District people and that they have maintained the
policy of retaining those employed deserving There
have been scredable dsmisas Of faithful employees
political po The heads Of District
been equally loyal and square to the principle Of home
far possible
ingon people shorn Of political pull and operated
upon merit-ALL RIGHT it to be civil service that
viii bring outsiders into the District Building-No!
The Bureau of Efficiency calls attention to the fact that
OF the twenty-five largest cities in the United States Wash
gton and Indianapolis the only whose municipal
employees not under civil service.
BUT in every city where there is civil the appontee
citizens of those cities Home rule is real principle
in these cities Every local job in every civil service city
is filled by local man woman.
It is not the people Of the now pay the taxes
for the upkeep of this Federal City is the people of
Washington The Federal Government is contributing $soO
600 year less than onefourth of the total required
The basic principle Of civil service recognition
and WORTH After of experimenting in the Federal
civil service it is quite plain that in many of the higher
positions MERIT does not yet control and many
stances in the lower positions favorsm and personal pull
still play successful part in the advancement Of employees
Except for the powerful influence exerted by Congress
upon the Commissioners local jobs well filled by
OF District bureaus and the spirit prevails among them and
the Commissioners of doing the square thing by District
People
Employees Of the District Government though appointed
outside the civil service just efficient as those of the
Federal Government work just hard and just loyal
and earnest despite the fact that their salaries average be-
low those paid by the Federal Government.
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DR.. FRANK CRANES
DAILY EDITORIAL
Tho Church NiIifnnf
BY Do. FRANK CRANE
The Church Militant
C0TNHEY that turn the world upside down have com,
hither aso.''


This ancient charge against the church is repeated
from time to time.
One of the recent instances Congressman Frees
resolution in the Of Representatives His statement
brings serious charges against the Federal Council Of
Churches in America To these the Council has replied
through the Rev A. Marquis The reply states that
this Council Of the Churches maintains lobby Of any
kind 1t simply appeals public opinion It also declares
that the program Of the churches will in be modified
by the unustfabe attacks Of forces which would they
could se the voice Of the churches and weaken their
influence in the life of the nation.
The Council declares that it welcomes all times the
fullest inquiry into its procedure the vague
charges made against it.
One charge the Federal Council Of the Churches
is continually adding its program undertakings
gious in nature and outside the mission Of the Church
Among these activities specified the prohibition of the
liquor traffic and other than for settling in
ternational disputes
All of the Protestant churches have distinctly declared
themselves in favor of the prohibition amendment
Federal Council Of the Churches justified in taking the
stand 1t represents body Of believers faithful
this position.
As to the settling of international disputes by other
than war; this question has unfortunately shifted into par
politics but every intelligent who has given thought
question realize the unspeakabe horrors Of
will be mitigated unless there generally
accepted plan settle international disputes without
The two greatest of the human alcohol
and and the Churches justified in removing the
root of these evils if they can
Time when doctors satisfied TO go about picking
up and mendng the wrecks Of disease More and they
are seeking to prevent the of disease and they have
already obiterated such caamites yellow fever small
pox and malaria This could only be done by preventive
measures.
In the way the churches many years have salts
fled themselves with trying reform drunkards take
of the wreck of saloons and minister the
wounded in the field of They have taken step
in advance and have declared themselves in favor of the
removal of the alcohol and likewise the removal
of war.
Whether it is justified not is to be determined by ask
ing the question, What are churches fort
If they merely to souls for another worlds hap
pness then they had better let public questions alone but
if is to make the world deeenter place to live in they
justified in attempting to improve conditions.
Copyright 1921 by Mcclure Newspaper synda)
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Straight Shooters

Once upon time American boys learned how shoot as
matter of course
growth of cities rifle has ceased to be the priced possession
Of youth
The nation has lost something valuable in the passing
the young marksman Shooting trains eye hand and brain
it leads lads aed and into wholesome acquaintance with
great outdoors
The William Randolph Hearst rifle trophy established
in 1921 to stimulate interest in the Reserve Officers Training
Corps and to develop among young useful familiarity
with the rifle
Ir the recent shoot S4 colleges military academies and
high schools competed and total Of $500 individual targets
were checked to determine the victors
Those youngsters, let hope, will have employ
their skill with the rifle in war.
But in learning how to shoot straight they have reganed
something that used to be the heritage Of American lads
and will be better citizens for II.
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THE UNIVERSE
By Garrett P. Seryiss

millions Of years to produce an
infinitesimal amount of the inert
ash on which life can exist.
In every respect-space, time,
physical conditions-life Is limited
to an almost inconceivably small
corner of the universe. -
But after having thus re-
stricted the physical range of life,
Prof. Jeans throws out sugges-
tions concerning its super physi-
cal quality, which may be re-
garded as re-establishing the bal
ance.
rs it," he, asks, ''the final
climax toward which the whole
creation moves, for which the
millions of millions of years of
transformation of matter in I'M
inhabited stars and nebulae, and
OF waste radiation into desert
space, have been only an incred-
ibly extravagant preparation? Or
is it a mere accidental, and posi-
bly, quite ,unimportant, by-product
of natural processes, which have
some other and more stupendous
end in view? Or. to glance. at
a. still more modest line of
thought. Is it OF the nature of a.
disease which affects matter in
its old age, when ii has lost the
high temperature and capacity
for generating high-frequency
radiation with which younger
and more vigorous matter would
at once destroy life?"
From these forlorn suggestions
he returns, borne on the wings
of a loftier and more optimistic
thought. still put as a question:
''Or, throwing humility aside,
is it the only reality, which
creates instead of being created
by the colossal masses OF the
stars and nebulae and the almost
inconceiyably long vistas of as
Economical timer
In face of such q question
!. which might be regarded as a
confession coming from a lead
ing astronomer and physicist,
how can anyone think, for a mo-
ment, that scientific prog ass is
tending to pure materiaIism2
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By ELSIE ROBINSON

it through his roommate, Bill.
Now the two of them are sitting
up until the small hours discuss
ing completes and reflexes and
the comparative influence OF en-
doWment or environment.
When Andrew went home for
spring vacation he told Dad about
it and pulled q little psyche
analysis on the family traits.
Dad promptly blew.
''That'll be about enough of
that, young man." he roared.
Think / spent my good money
to have YOU waste your time on
that bunk? Psychology? Blah!
One of these new-fangled notions,
etc, etc, ETC."
So now Andrew wants to know
II Dad is right.
Is it tommy-rot TO try to dis.
cover why we get mad or happy.
afraid or jealous or mean? Will
psychology clear things UP for us
or will 1t simply make us feel
more bewildered and helpless than
ever?
Is 1t tommy.rot to try to dis.
cover why we act as we do?
Is it tommy-rot, Andrew, to try
to discover why an engine acts
as it does? How much perform
ance would you get out of dy.
namo unless you knew something
about its parts and their reac-
lions?
The human mind is a super.
dynamo with definite parts and
ascertainable reactions. There are
forces at work in the human
mind which are still shrouded in
mystery, just as there are forces
at work in the dynamo which no
one can understand. But we do
know that the mind il a ma.
chine governed by certain laws,
Snst as the stomach and heart
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tons and taboos. Devils and gods
might come and go in that dark.
ened realm. but man was barred.
Only within the last fifty years
have we begun a serious, scien.
tific study of the human mind.
Absurd? Yes2 But many worthy
people still labor under that alb
surdity. Your father, for in.
stance, who feels that it's tommy
rot" to study the ways people
act.
AS a matter of fact, the study
of our minds is the most neces-
sary and valuable part OF all edu.
cation. 1t should begin in ovr
earliest youth and continue All
through life. 1t is infinitely more
important than the study of arith.
metic or grammar or geosraphv
Unless, you know and can rev,l-
late YOURSELF. all the facts In
the world will do you but little
good.
Pouring facts into a human
mind without knowing how that
mind works is as foolish as pour
ing gasoline into an automobile
tank without knowing how to
start or stop the engine. And
that is why nine-tenths OF our
education" misses fire.
So dig into psychology" son.
but as you do. remember this
psychology Is still a baby science.
Some of the greatest minds on
earth are enlisted in its service
but it is, nevertheless, still in the
experimental stage. Also, count.
less charlatans are processing 10
teach it. So keep an open mind
as you study, and a canny eve.
Do not allow yourself to be in
fluenced by half-baked theories
or Spseudo,scientists Do NOT &C.
cept even the most authentic find.
ings as cure-alls. Go slowly And
cauticusly-BUT GO!
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parties and other such informal
occasions, one may use paper
napkins, but not for even ordinary
informal occasions.
1t is good to see. speaking Of
paper napkins. that they are now
being made OF such interesting
clothlike texture. This texture
makes them much more service
able than the former too thin
paper napkin. But even with
this texture, we cannot correctly
use them for the usual occasion.
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been settled before in your col.
lmn, but B doesn't believe 1t.
However, he said that If you dis.
agreed with him he would change
his, method of eating chicken.
Thank you. BREENA.
HOOD-I'd like to convince every.
" body not to eat chicken In his
or her hands. Chicken should be
eaten with klife and fork or
fork, il the knife is not necessary.
1t should never be eaten with ones
hands since chicken comes under
the classification of moist food
and, SO far as possible, moist foods
should be eaten with knife and
fork or fork. One of the mot i'm
portant reasons for this is that we
do not look very pleasant to our
vis.a-yis IL we eat our chicken in.
our fingers. / am sure that even
B will grant this.
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s. A ND the thoughts of men are
"A widened with the process Of

+" NJ the thouehts Oh men are
"A widened with the process of
the suns"
That vision of Tennyson, the
poet, is realized in the scientific
cogitation Of Jeans, the astron.
omer.
THE primary physical process
OF the universe" says Jeans, els
the conversion of matter into
radiation, process which did not
come within our terrestrial pur.
view at all until 1904. The primary
matter of the universe consists of
highly ASSOCIATED atoms; a state
OF matter which again was not
contemplated until 1917"
The primary radiation OF the
universe" he continues, ''is not
visible light, but short-wave radia.
ton OF a hardness" penetrating
power) which would have seemed
incredible at the beginning Of the
present century"
The most striking example of
this radiation Is furnished by the
recently discovered 'Millikan rays''
which, pouring upon the earth,
day and night alike, are capable
of passing through six feet Of
solid lead The great Andromeda
Nebula, which may be ten million
hght-years distant. has been sus.
pected of being chiefly concerned
in the production of these myster-
ious rays. What their function
may be with relation to life is an
unexplored problem.
The physical conditions under
which life is possible form only a
tiny fraction of the range of physi-
cal conditions which prevail in
the universe as a whole saws
Jeans. There can be no life
where the atoms change their
make-up millions of times per Sec
ond and where no pair of atoms
can ever become Joined together.
Life. he considers, is restricted
to the small range of physical
conditions in which the LIQUID
state is possible. "Primeval mat.
ter must go on Transforming it.
self into radiation for millions of
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LISTEN, WORLD!

and lungs are
machines, gov
erned by certain
laws. "A super.
m ch ne, the
most important
thing in human
life.
We have not
known this for
ng. Since
earliest history
m e n h a " e
studied behav-
ior. but they
have not studied
or thought they
could study the
machine which
p RO DUO z D
3 e H AyIo OR.
That machine
was surrounded
by mystery and
terror, and pro-
tected by count.
less SuUarst i-
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The Recdntion.
NEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:

hEAR MRS. BEECkMAN:
~ Who furnishes the reception
after the ceremony?
2. Who sends the invitations to
the. wedding to the friends of the
bridegroom? F. A. B..
The reception after the cere-
lmony is the obligation OF the
parents OF the bride, who issue
the invitations for the reception.
2. The groom gives the bride
the list Of the names and addresses
of his relatives and friends to
whom he wishes invitations sent,
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rs psychology
4 the bunk?

A n d re W s
father says 1t is.
Andrew is q
freshman in the
State university.
e n 6 in Q e ring.
Dad has no use
for a n v t h ing
save practical
courses. +" And
An d r efw, like
every modern
youngster, likes
TO tinker with
machines. But,
now, to the pa
ternal horror.
Andrew has be-
come fascinated
by this new
science W h / C h
thinkers with the
machine Of the
human m 1 n d.
First got on to
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Use o. Paper Nankins.

nEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:a
~ Is 1t ever correct to use paper
napkins, except on most informal
occasions? w. L.
No. For picnics, children's
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A Settled Question

nEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
~ I'd be very thankful il you
would settle the following argu.
ment:
A says that chicken should be
eaten with fork and knife
B says that chicken should be
eaten with ones hands
: know that this dispute has
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-06-13
NEGOTIATIONS
OF A WIFE
By Helen Rowland
Thene Modern Invera

These Modern Lovers
IFE is not so short as 1t used
~ to be-but love is a lot more
fleeting.
It takes plenty of moonshine of
both varieties to soften a mans
heart, nowadays. Not until he
can see TWO moons rise over
the city" can the average man
see any irresistible charms in any
woman.
The perfect lover is not the one
who tries to understand you,
but the one who is content to love
you blindly, and will go right on
regarding you as fascinating
mystery.
When a man speaks of keeping
up his interest in life he
usually means his interest in
blondes, flappers, poker and golf.
Some men leave a girl. at the
end of an evening. feeling as
though she need never take
sedative again; others leave her
feeling as though she had been on
a fast train from New York to
Chicago, and were still Watching
the telegraph poles fly past.
The great vital question today,
is not do gentlemen prefer blondes,
but do they really prefer these
iving-skeletons to an honest arm.
ful OF pleasing plumpness?
A bachelor loves to dream of
marriage In the beautiful abstract,
just as he loves to loll in an over
stuffed chair before the fire and
dream of "roughing It," while his
valet pours his cocktail, lights his
monogrammed cigarette and hur-
rtes out to draw his hot bath.
The debutantA fancies that she
knows all about men: but no girl
has the real, authentic touchdown"
on the Uncertain Sex, except the
telephone girl.
Most of us marry for a little
applause-and get just a lot of
advice!
Copyright. 1927, by King Feature.
syndicate, Incl
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WISE SAYINGS

Temptations are a file which
rubs off much Of the rust of our
self-confidence. -Fenelon.
To be angry is to avenge the
faults of others on ourselves.
Pope.
Sometimes the best gain is to
lose.-Herbert.
Temperance is the lawful graft.
'fication of a natural and, healthy
appetite.-Gough.
and he gives her another list for
his relatives and friends to whom
he wishes announcements sent.
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Early Dinner Hour.

NINAAS DAAhAACA 1AONNs
NEAR MRS. BEECkMAN:
~ Is it proper for the hostess
to request evening clothes at a
dinner given on Sunday at five
thirty in the dining room of a
small family hotel?
A READER.
No, it is not correct to wear
evening clothes before six o'clock
at the earliest, and better six
thirty or seven. When a hostess
designates five-thirty, she does a
very unkind thing for her guests.
To begin with, five-thirty is not a
good dinner-hour, and guests in
vited to a five-thirty dinner would
certainly be perplexed as to what
kind of attire to wear. Why
doesn't the hostess nominate the
usual dinner hour-seven.th thirty or
eight o'clock? Then her guests
win know what they are expected
to wear.
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QUESTIONS OF
ETIQUETTE
BY Cornelius Beeckman-
No Girl fishers

No GlrI UShefs
nEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
~ At a church wedding which I
attended recently there were girl
ushers and they were dressed in
pink to correspond with the brides.
maids. Their only headdress was
a silver band.
am to be married soon and
am having girl ushers, as they APP
peal to me, and | would like to
know il it is proper for my brides.
maid and ushers to wear just the
silver band. My bridesmaid is
rather dubious as to this and is
inclined to think she must wear q
hat.
The wedding Is to take place In
the evening and l would appreci-
ate your enlightening me al to
what the proper headdress is.
also would like to know IL 1t
is proper for them to wear
sleeveless dresses.
READER.
GINCE the wedding is in the
~ evening, it Is better form for
your attendants to wear bandeaux
rather than hats.
Are you sure that you want to
plan to have a bizarre note In
your wedding professional by hav-
ing girl ushers instead of men
ushers? Doesn't your finance want
to exercise the time-honored
privilege of asking his men friends
to be his ushers? Before you
decide definitely to have girl
ushers, you will, of course, con-
suit with your fiance about this.
Having ushers walk first In a
professional and last In the re-
cessional gives a balanced effect
to the wedding marches, one
which you should not disregard.
AS matter of fact, youe know,
the more conventional the we'd
ding plans, the more perfect the
wedding. Think about this!
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Most of us marry for a little
applause-and get just a lot of
advice!
Copyright. 1927, by King Features
Syndicate, Incl
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The debutante fancies that she
knows all about men: but no girl
has the real, authentic touchdown"
on the Uncertain Sex, except the
telephone girl.
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The perfect lover is not the one
who tries to understand you,
but the one who is content to love
you blindly, and will go right on
regarding you as a fascinating
mystery.