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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-02-01
DR.. FRANK CRANES
DAILY EDITORIAL
The Deaf
By DIR. FRANK CRANE

N endeavor is being made through the organization
known as the American Federation of Organizations
for the Hard of Hearing to alleviate the lot of those
who are deaf
Some was asked why blind people always seem so
cheerful and deaf people sad The was that you
can speak to blind people and they will hear you while the
deaf do not know whether you talking not
1t is toss up whether would want to be isolated
from the world by blindness by deafness but either
is sad enough
This organization help the deaf deserves every support
The growth of civilization has been marked by growth Of
the disposition Of the strong help the weak of those who
are fortunate to help the unfortunate
The deaf do not ask for charity but they have right to
expect that children of the next generation who
hard of hearing shall be helped distinctly than such
children have been heretofore
is estimated that four every ten persons in the
United States have impaired hearing The noises of modern
life tremendous From three five per cent of the
school children in the United States ncipent deafness
many of these cases could be checked cured.
The work of the federation will be largely preventive
just as the Rockefeller Institute spends millions Of dollars
to prevent disease and has wiped malaria etc
There is vast work yet DONE but the federation
has already demonstrated that it work efficiently if
has proper financial support. s8
The work, therefore, depends upon the disposition Of
those who able to give
In 1910 Edward B. Nitche began to realize that tbors
was much more than teaching to be done in connection
with his work Deafness which he naugurated for the
deafened in this country The league which he organized
fills such vital need that similar organizations were started
in other cities.
In 1919 Dr. Wendell Phillips became convinced that the
time had arrived consolidate the various leagues ;rto
national organization Out of this arose the national or
ganizaton for the Hard of Hearing
DR. Wendell Phillips its first president His standing
was such that afterwards he elected president Of M
American Medical Association The federation workers saw
that man shall not ask, ''What shall do if lost nv
hearingf but going step farther and making that ques
ton unnecessary
Nearly threefourths Of the of deafness may be
checked if taken in time
Just the federation receives proper financial
support can undertake larger and effective work
This is worthy and to be recommended for
public support.
copyrirht Newspaper syndicate
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Consolidation Of the Police and
Municipal Courts

The feasibility the bill proposed By the Commissioners
for the consolidation Of the Police Court and the Municipal
Court should be carefully considered in Congress
The Police Court United States criminal court and
Municipal Court is purely local. The Police Court next in
jurisdiction the District Supreme Court Of which it is
branch.
The Judges Of the Police Court are appointed By the Pre
dent confirmed by the Senate years. and
only be removed by the President whereas the Municipal
Court judges though appointed by the President for Of
four years. be removed for by the justices Of the
Supreme Court
Municipal Court that it will be par with the Police
Court The main object sought to be accomplished IS to
eve the serious congestion in the Police Court The Munich
pal Court is well up with its work at all times has few
jury trials which take much Of the time Of the Police
Court
the proposed consolidation would bring about confusion
prove cumbersome direct method relief Police
Court would be short amendment to the code authorizing
the chief justice of the District Supreme Court assign
Municipal Court judges to assist the Police Court.
The method Of certifying judges from another
in force the Federal Judiciary and here the judges Of the
Court Of Customs Appeals assigned to assist the Supreme
Court Of the District
building large enough to house the consolidated courts
would have to be Of somewhat colossal proportions There
would have to be provision for nine courroom several wit
rooms clerks Offices judicial chambers cells etc It's
Ccmplexity would be comparable to the labyrinth Of the
Catacombs.
Objection has already been made that citizens having bust
ness Of civil nature would have to inge with the large
number having criminal business This might be obvated by
separate entrances for the branches of the combined
This consolidation bill other should cause delay in
Congress in the making Of appropriations to start Police
Court building The existing is actually and literally
such that respectable citizens should not be compelled
there It hardly be said to represent justice because the
conditions make injustice for Washington citizens be
called there.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-02-01
A Vicious Home

gestion wait on appetite and
health on BOTH" sang the bard.
Sweet chance in my house.
This is the kind of thing we can
expect every night at table. Surely
there is some one in authority
who will protect the boy from a
father too stupid and too lazy to
study the problem of child train.
ing or psychology, who answers
every emergency with blows.
Mrs. J. c. r.
"Isn't there some one in au.
thority who will protect helpless
children from such a father"
Yes, my dear, there is. There
il such a person right In your
home. That. person is yourself.
Your position as an American
/, wife. and mother vests you with
ample authority to protect your
children. You have but to raise
your voice, and produce your evil
dence and the Juvenile Courts,
Courts of Domestic Relations, So
ciety for the Prevention Of Cruelty
to Children, as well as common,
husky, cops are at your service.
You can tame that savage beast
who is making hell Of your
home and wrecking your chill.
dren's lives any time you wish to
do so. But will you? wonder.
Your letter reveals a woman with
a fine mind, and a tender heart
and an intense capacity for hatred
and suffering. But it does not
reveal whether the woman has
any backbone or sufficient cour-
age and unselfishness to face the
disagreeable task Of conquering
brutal husband.
Few women will face that task.
Every day women come to me
with dreadful tales OF abuse given
them and their children by 'tle
head Of the house." They are
shown every tender consideration
and at once put in touch with the
forces that can instantly stop such
abuses and keep them stopped.
But will they avail themselves of
those forces? Will they give the
name and address Of that brutal
husband and let an officer Of the
law tell him in no uncertain terms
that such practices must stop?
No, they win not. Not one wo-
man out of q thousand will take
the step when the issue IL put
up to her.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-02-01
GOAL OF SPECIES : : By Garrett P. serviss

tCT LIKE your comprehensive
and clear way Of treating,
both by word picture and illus.
tration. subjects which are ob.
scure to the lay mind. So ask:
II all things in the universe OPP
crate in cycles. which the theory
of evolution seems to indicate, is
it possible that other members
OF the animal kingdom besides
man have been once a highly In
telligent and advanced strain.
which. in the course of time,
retrogressed to the status in
which we now find them?'
Middletown. N. z.
Evolution seems to me to sug.
gest an ancient Greek torch
race" in which many contestants
started for the goal with fam.
ing lights. but few won through
with torch still blazing. rather
than a cyclical movement or
succession Of advances and retro
cessions.
In the long history OF terres.
trial life many torch-bearers have
had their flame blown out by the
wind of the race. nor can we be
sure that the ultimate goal has
been attained, even by man.
Who knows but that in the al.
most infinite reach of time
which modern speculation assigns
to solar and planetary life. the
humble mollusk. some of whose
forms have scarcely altered from
what they appeared at the dawn
OF geologic time, may come
through transformed into the
highest of all types, planting its
torch on the very apex-in apo
theosis of the homely motto.
Slow but Surer'
Much Of Failure
Evolutionary history tells little
of retrogression. but much of fail.
ure, falling by the way or stun.
bling into the ditch. There was
a remote era when the trilobite,
strange ancestor of scorpions and
spiders, was apparently the aristo.
crat Of animals. but he is only
fossil today. His torch was blown
out about the time that Pennsyl.
vania was stored with anthracite.
Near that same time the insect
race developed insects with wings
a foot and a half in span! But
their torch bearer also lost his
flame, though now the race seems
to be picking up in numbers and
voracity what it lost In size.
During the Age Of Reptiles
there was q foot-to-foot race be.
tween the older, branch of the
backboned animals, as represent
ed by the reptiles, ana the new
branch the mammals, In whose
line man was to be developed. The
mammals ne out ahead, but the
reptiles cannot be said to have
refrigerated except that they lost
their gigantic skeletons; the enor.
nous saurians giving place to
creatures OF more moderate di.
mansions, such as alligators and
crocodiles.
Like Human History
We see something similar in
human history, where one race OF
man after another has come to
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-02-01

least thinner.
Cars have different hoods girls have different hats Cars
have smaller wheels young ladies have higher skirts and
stockings .
The dresses have changed the bodies of have changed
Automobile bodies bigger girls bodies thinner
Automobile engines are Less noisy girls MORE noisy
We all know that there has been great progress
mobile. Haas.
VI We do not feel QUITE 50 sure about the girls.
But hope fer the best Anyhow this how
and notorslooked wentx years ago. The world changes
rapidly. 3as<st5
Ps-Whether you boy girl, matter what you
lock like, you haven't got your yet GO AND GET IT.
Or you think it is time to have one so and get
THAT And above all be to NOW to the great auto
mobile exhibition at the WASHINGTON Auditorium.
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sense Of sickening recognition.
Dear Elsie:
jungle animals, we are told,
hold i4violate the truce at the
water hole; but this courtesy en-.
joyed by the brute beasts Is de.
MED nv children and myself when
we sit at table with the man OF
the house.
The meals begin an an atmos.
phere Of calm before the storm,
with me sitting by waiting to
pour verbal oil on troubled waters.
In about five minutes, my old.
est boy, an unusually bright. nery-
Gus and difficult child Of
twelve. manages to provoke the
parental ire. This Is my cue.
Hurrying to the fore begin a
conversation that has nothing to
do with the case-noth at all.
By using this stunt profusely DUR
ing the meal / usually manage to
stave of a riot, but last night /
was caught mapping and this is
what happened.
The younger boy addressed a
question to his father and was
answered. There was slight
pause, and then the oldest boy
asked question. Don't inter.
ruptp commanded his father.
Il wasn't interrupting," the boy
protested with perfect truth.
You were interrupting, said
my husband in his and that ends
it tone. The boy, who had been
walking the streets for six hours
selling magazines, was, not un-
naturally, tired, and seemed about
to cry. mo weeps. either!" thun-
dsred his father.
Who's weeping?" was the retort.
The trap had been baited for
this moment. Now was the time
for action Leaping from his
chair, my husband seized the child,
dragged him to his feet and began
beating him.
In a sudden fury OF hate the
boy flung himself at his father.
To an observer there is heroism
in the spectacle Of an understood
boy Of 10, in the face Of certain
defeat, attacking a, 190-pound man
and that man armed with the
feapon Of parental authority.
The opposition enraged my hus-
band. He swung at the boy, who
ducked and was again seized and
beaten. The younger child sat
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-02-01
NEGOTIATIONS
OF A WIFE
BY Helen Rowland

Modern Woman Is No Joke!
A woman can dress in Is min.
utes-w while a man requires 81
minutes to assemble himself and
get all hitched together.
When this startling fact was
recently discovered, in a Chicago
contest. the last of the Thirteen
Original Jokes exploded with
loud bang!
OF course, it never was TRUE
that pathetic old picture of a
patient. exhausted man hanging
around waiting for a woman to
finish prinping! Ever since Eve
waited for Adam to finish eating
the apple and put on his fig.
leaves, woman has been a lady-in-
waiting to the dawdling sex.
why shouldn't a man take
longer to dress than a woman2
There he Is, when he wakes up,
all disjointed and with his fool.
ish clothes lying around in sec.
lions, and everything to be fast
ened up, fastened on or fastened
I together. Enough buttons all
around him to start a notion
counter!
Woman, on the other hand, has
done away with all buttons, hooks
and patent fasteners. She slips
easily into two or three garments.
rolls UP q couple Of stockings,
runs the comb through her bobbed
locks and there she Is, all In
ONE PIECE!
But-this isn't the only dear old
Joke that has died in the last few
years. There Is the sweet, anti.
quated ''old maid" joke, which
gasped its last when the last mid.
Victorian hunorist discovered that
there is no such thing as an "old
maidp any more.
There are spinsters. oh. yes! But
NO woman with a boyish bob and
a good job can even be THOUGHT
Of as an ''old maid" whatever her
age.
And there were ali the jokes
about a woman's hair-the hair
that chung to a mans coat lapel;
the hair that got into the butter,
the hair that she couldn't do a
thing with" All those beloved
little wheezes had their throats cut
with the coming Of the, bob.
And there was the "Is.my -hat.on
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-02-01

day? In the much-troubled Balkan
peninsula. race after race caught
the flame during century after
century. In almost the same at
mosphere where the Greeks and
the Macedonians had been at the
front, but none retained the lead. or
regained 1t having once lost it.
The world has seen the Baby.
lonian- day. the Egyptian day. the
Persian day. the Greek day. the
Roman day, the Arabian day. the
Spanish day, the many others. as
torch after torch has famed up,
breaking through here and there
with mockery of permanent day.
light-but 1t has always been the
torch Of a different bearer, a
brokenly progressive but not a
cyclical phenomenon
Neither in human history nor In
the general history of organic evo-
luton has the highest point at
any time being gained by a return
to an abandoned route. or by a
reawakening. OF the winning power
In. the same contestant. A higher
placed goal and a new bearer OF
the torch have characterized every
advance.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-02-01
Better Day?

One reads almost with amusement Of Great Britain 81
factions suscepbes and to be concerned solely with the
welfare Of China. @s9a1Hsss s#5
Times change Not so many years ago China was pie for
all the wordt just question of who was to cut the
largest slice.
Did the war; and what AFTER do good perhapsP
Has the American spirit Of helping struggling peoples instead
Of rObbing them begun to spreadP M
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-02-01
LISTEN, WORLD!
By ELSIE ROBINSON

cove rim 6 and
trembling at the
table.
At this point,
/ terfe red.
You get out Of
here! Go in the
o t h err room!''
cried our devot-
ed husband and
father, making a
lunge at me--but
controlling nlms
self in time. A
blow struck in
the presence of
witnesses might
prove q boomer
ang. / stood my
ground. and the
scene ended. We
sat down again
to resume our
in t err p t 9 d
meal.
"N0pv r0ad III.
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straight" joke. 1t. too, has turned
up its toes to the daisies. II any
girl suspected that her hat was on
STRAIGHT instead Of cooked over
one eye these days she would faint.
And there was the "wife-with.
the-rolling-pin" joke. which passed
out when the can opener replaced
the rolling pin.
And there was the ''sweet.six'
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES" joke,
which expired when girls STOPPED
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-02-01
You are about
to read a ter.
" AO0A - tOh
ribIe letter.

rible letter.
It Is the true
account of an
actual fam lily
sc enc recently
enacted in this
neighborhood. It
is copied ver-
batirn.
/ wish that I
might say that
the scene herein
recorded is per-
haps unusual
but the general
attitude Of the
father and the
hideous atmos.
phere Of brutal
dominance a n d
Bringing fear il
all too common.
One reads this
horror with a
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lying about being kissed-and be-
gan Dragging about 1t.
And there were all the Jokes
about whata woman could do with
q hairpin-and about wives who
used their husbands razors for
sharpening pencils and choppinR
wood Now, only one woman in a
hundred owns a hairpin--and
every woman owns her OWN
razor!
In short, the modern woman
may be a menace, problem or q
dispensation--but she is certainly
No JOKE.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-02-01
QUESTIONS OF
ETIQUETTE
Mrs. Cornelius Beeckman.I

! MRS. Cornelius BeeckmanI
Seating Arrangements
NEAR MRS. BEEcKAAN:
~ What is the proper way to.
seat guests at dinner or supper,
husband and wife together, and a
girl and her fiance together, or
separated from each other? c.
When we are planning the seat.
ing arrangement for a dinner or
supper, 1t Is the rule that husband
and wife should not be seated next
to each other.
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the front usually suddenly-and
then has lost the light. the spirit
Of victory. or whatever 1t may be.
and sink into relative mediocrity,
without any real retrogression, at
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least physically. The Moors once
famed over Europe, and their
light was the lamp that saved the
dark ages" from actual night,
but where Is their inspiration to.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-06-24
General Wood and the Philippines

Governor General Leonard Wood of the Philip
pines, is back in the States after an absence of six
years. We sincerely hope President Coolidge will see
his way clear to keep the general this side of the
Pacific, that he is here
Come next october, General Wood will be 81
years of age. For statesman this is certainly not
superannuated but twelve months in the tropics ages
the average Nordic than double that time in
temperate zone and the general is older than his
years
Before being sent to the Philippines in the spring
OF 1921, the general too robust In all that
time he has not been brought back to the States on
leave nor has he had what might be called real
vacation away from his job since he sailed His con-
stitution has gradually weakened He has been seri-
ously i'll and has undergone couple of operations
And on top of all that he has been in political hot
water from the day he landed until the time whereof
speak
Temperamentaly General Wood is as united for
higher duty in the Philippines as he is physically
From start to finish he has constantly clashed with
the Filipnos. In fact for the entire six years he
has governed by might alone, native officials incud-
ing the Philippine legislature, have been virtually on
strike against him.
1t is all very well for superficial observers and
American officials who see only what they want to
See come back from the Philippines, telling how won
derful everything is out there. Even Col. Carm
Thompson, old guard Republican through and
through, in his report to the President upon his re-
turn from tour of inspection through the archi-
pelago painted vast different picture All is not
well. The natives not happy Indeed life is
pretty much at standstin in the islands as both
Americans and Flipinos await a Qualification of an
impossible situation.
There is ample for differences of opinion
as to whether should stay in the Philippines or
get out. But there not be two minds on the
gent necessity of sending governor general out there
with the personality and the tact to get along with the
people
General Wood undoubtedly has meant we'll And
he had difficult job to fill The Congress of the
United States for twenty-five years has been holding
out to the Fpnos the promise of early independence
Telling them their independence is still very long
way off not calculated to make the people fall
on the generals neck and embrace him.
Today the Philippines in state of mental
and moral rebellion. civilian governor should be
sent out in our military governors place. Probably
nothing short of independence will appease the island
ers completely but certainly there is room for vast
improvement, with the islands still under the Ameri-
can flag
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-06-24
Brain TeaSerS

Now that American fliers have
invaded" Europe, you may want TO
test your knowledge OF that con-
tinent. A few of todays questions
relate to European geography and
current events. Answers to all the
questions will be found on page 2
/. OF what country is Thomas
Garrigue Masaryk president2
2. What French tennis player re-
Gently defeated Tilden for the Eu-
ropean hard court championship
8. What were the two former
names Of Leningrad. RusSia9
4. Which is nearer the nortl pole,
New York or Paris?
5. Near the capital Of what com-
try in South America does the
equator pass?
6. In going from Windsor, Canada,
to Detroit what direction do you
travel?
Z. Who wrote the play, Peter
Pan?
8. What are dungarees2
8. How did the German guns
known as Big Berthas,' get their
name?
10. In what country we're British
troops known as BLACK and Tans"7
IL. How many miles OF boulevards
in Indianapolis
~. What is extent OF improved
streets in the city?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-06-24

Several song and dance recitals
will be given tonight in various
parts of the city.
The second annual dance recital
of Nine. Leontini Gano will be
given tonight at the Playhouse Of
the Little Theatre Society on N.
Alabama st.
A program Of many dances will
be presented by Loretta Van Meter,
Doris Llewellyn, la Verne Reichle.
Mary Louise Schilling, Joan Elliott,
Eleanor Wild, Virginia Dicks Elva
Johnson. Clemence Barnett. Dorothy
Fitzpatrick, Dorothy Lawrence,
Harriet Rosensweig, Virginia Stein
hart, Marie Austis. LaVerne Baus,
Vivian Showalter, Nine. Gano and
Kenneth G. Gano.
One of the features Of the Gano
recital will be the appearance Of
Nine. Marguerite Bailhe Steinhart,