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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-07-22

and bright and has a quick,
dashing way. Her father and
are devoted to her and I guess
we have spoiled her q little.
Lately have been doing a great
deal of thinking about her and
about all the other girls who are
so much like her. And I wonder
IL they deserve all the praise
they are getting.
When my daughter was about
sixteen she began teasing me be-
cause 1 was old.fashioned. NY
husband and I were very poor
when we were first married and I
got out of the way Of fussing
over myself, though we both kept
up with progressive ideas. OF
course, my daughters criticism
was good natured, but I could see
that she didn't really think I
had done much with my life or
that the women of my generation
were as smart as the girls of
today. She often said she wasn't
going to waste her life as I had
wasted mine.
Today my daughter is twenty.
four. She has been married three
years. Before that she worked
for three years as a stenographer,
getting $125 month most of the
time. That was one of the things
that made her think that modern
girls were so much smarter than
their mothers. With the excep-
ton of $25 which she paid me for
board, she spent every cent of
that $125 on her clothes and
amusements. She did not have
q cent saved when she married.
In fact, she was still in debt for
a $3.50 fur jacquette.
Now, after three years Of mar.
rtage. she has one baby. She
and her husband live in a very
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-07-22

VoU can get 'acclimated'' to q
Il husband just as you can to
an electric fan, so that you don't
even notice the noise he makes
or the ''hot air" he puts in cir.
culation.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-07-22
SECRETS OF
HEALTH

WHAT Is women's real work?
w The answer to this question
must be found in the natural law
that makes women women.
Women, like men, must recog-
nize their natural physiological
limitation.
I do not say that the conven.
tions, customs, or even the stat.
utes are just guides or expires.
sions of the natural law In the
case. But that the problem, in
its last analysis. is one Of natural
law is beyond doubt,
In the meantime, however, we
must consider the question as it
comes up in everyday life.
The competition Of women with
men in industry and the conse.
quent reduction in mems earn.
ings and standards Of living, says
Fenton, ia one Of the most serious
drawbacks today to the welfare
and happiness Of the race. Hus.
bands and fathers find their
wages undercut and their wives
have to give up their working.
days at home. The houses are
neglected, the children suffer, and
the next generation is hanlpered
still further than this one.
What Is the remedy?
Many women are doing work for
which they are not fitted, but to
erect artificial legal barriers
would create more trouble than
it would cure. When, however,
the health and well-being of fu-
ture generations is in danger, it
may be necessary to impose some
kind Of restriction on the work
of child bearing women.
The spirit of industrial rivalry
between the sexes is q fatal OBJ
stacle to racial health, and If
pushed to its extreme will lower
the whole level Of the national
life far more suerly than the i'm.
migration Of any number Of desti.
tute aliens.
The ultimate object Of sound
reform must, Of course, be to re-
store as many women as possible
to their rightful position, in com.
mand Of the home.
Suppose a committee OF the
most enlightened men and women
in the land were entrusted with
the absolute control Of the national
life. They would certainly begin
by advising that as many men
and women as possible should
marry. Provided the partner is
suitable, married life is the hap
piest state Of existencei for adult
persons Of both sexes. The young
men of today recognize this well
enough and most of those who are
able, to support a wife marry will
ingly.
What would be the result Of a
permanent strike of all women
doing routine work in shops, and
offices and factories? Mems
wages and opportunities would be
so much improved that q great
many more could afford to marry.
This would remove an equal
number Of young women from the
labor market, to the benefit Of
all concerned. Also, many young
couples who today can only just
manage to scrape along on the
mans wages would find them.
selves so much better off that
they could afford a servant. In
this way many OF the young
women who went on strike would
find occupation just as coEgenial,
and generally more so than those
they. bad been following -
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-07-22
NEGOTIATIONS
OF A WIFE
BY Helen Rowland.

VoU can get "acclimated" to q
4 husband just as you can to
an electric fan, so that you don't
even notice the noise he makes
or the ''hot air" he puts in cir.
culation.
Or, as you can to a lawn
mower, so that you don't mind
the racket or the cutting" criti-
cisms. In summer, most lawns
and most hubands need attention
only over the weekend anyway.
You can harden yourself to
having husband around as you
do to having the vacuum cleaner
going until his snoring, like its
droning, ceases to disturb you in
the morning and you can even
sleep through his conversation
and not know when it is turned
off.
Or as you can to the ringing
of the telephone bell, SO that you
don't HEAR half of his questions
and his "buzzing" doesn't dis.
turb you.
Or to the sound of a door-beIl
that you have decided not to ian
swer or pay any attention to-"
You can accustom yourself to
the sound Of a husband around
as you do to the regular "thump,
thump" of a nearby power plant
or steel drill.
Or to the hiss of the steam
radiator, so that his crouch or
his cries for attention don't
seriously disturb you, and he can
blow off steam" without upset,
ting your equilibrium.
Or even as you can to the
noise of the radio, so that you
can sit right through his broad.
casting of the same old jokes and
repartee and mentally refurnish
the sun parlor and recover porch
pillows.
You can become thoroughly in.
sulated to having a man on the
premises, as you can to having a
dripping faucet in the bathroom,
until you would almost miss the
incessant bubble and the morn.
ing aria.
Or as you can to the buzzing
of mosquito in the room, know.
ing that he will never really harm
you, no matter how much he
may ANNOY you.
Or you can close your ears to
him as you would to the bark
ing OF a puppy, knowing that
there is really nothing the matter
with him and that he merely
wants to attract attention or
have an outlet for his exuberance.
Oh, yes, q woman can get used
to almost anything when she
n1arries; but it takes q. little
TIME to become acclimated to
any sort Of husband. And, alas,
most modern girls haven't the
patience to go through the slow
petrifying process necessary to
putting up with a MAN--or with
any other domestic adjunt that
makes q 8oNH W0R TIL
W &A4AA@2A \ t.,.. = =, =. 81.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-07-22
By ELSIE ROBINSON

sewing. She always seemed to be
an extremely healthy girl and
she can go to a party nearly every
night. But she continually com
plains of nerves" and pretends
to envy women who are strong
enough to do their own work"
love my daughter; Miss Robin
son, but I certainly don't swallow
all her foolishness. I'm sure this
talk about nerves is just an
excuse to get out of work and
CAD around. 1t Is q constant sur.
prise to me the way she puts
it over on her husband, yet he
seems to be a bright young man.
When I was her age had three
children and was helping my hus-
band run q farm. wasn't par
ticularly strong and / was just as
fond of gadding as any girl today,
but there was a feeling then that
a young married woman ought to
amount to something.
People sort of looked down on
the young woman who didn't do
her own homework or take care
of her baby. Every one pitied a
woman with only one baby, the
men down at the livery stable
used to make jokes about the
women with nerves" If a girl
had acted then as my girl acts
now, the women would have
talked about her horribly and her
husband would have been laughed
out of town.
So I wonder when / read all
this praise of the Modern Girl.
1t is true that they have every
advantage and they're bright
but how are they showing their
cleverness? My husband says
they show it by working a shell
game" I wonder If that is true?
Mrs. T. G. w.
You tell her, World!
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-07-22

Editor. The washington Times:
r HAVE been very interested in
the accounts in the papers. the
editorials and Senator Edwards
comments and threats on the
shooting behind the Soldiers Home
grounds.
Lots of criticism has been hurled
at the two officers in this case,
but so far I have not seen pub
lished their side of the story which
1 have heard from a very reliable
source.
The two men were waiting about
8 a. m. Sunday for q car supposed
to be laden with bootleg liquor"
when headed west on Michigan
Avenue speeds a car, turning at q
rapid speed north into Hardwood
Road. The officers give chase and,
getting close to the car, see one
man jump out and disappear into
the Catholic University grounds.
officers attempt to drive alongside
they are crowded to the iron fence
which, surrounds the Soldiers
Home grounds. Their commands
to halt were ignored and a second
time they attempt to pull along
side and again they are crowded to
the iron fence. Two shots are
fired at the tires. Those who have
observed the condition OF the slop-
ing west side of Hardwood Road
can readily understand the impos-
sibility Of shooting accurately from
a fast-moving sidecar.
These officers had seen a speed
ing automobile, driven recklessly;
as they draw near one of the oc.
cupants escapes; their commands
to halt are ignored: and as they at
tempt to drive alongside they are
crowded to a heavy iron fence.
Were the officers just chasing q
speeder? No!
Was there not criminal intent in
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-07-22
LISTEN, WORLD!

expensive fur.
nished apart
ment near the
shopping center.
They have moth
ing in the bank
and own no
silver, linen or
furniture. B v
living further
out they could
get along on
half what they
pay, but my
daughter says
she can't stand
the loneliness
For the same
reason she will
not take care Of
her baby. She
9 avs it's too
combining. Shed
be Mortified IL
any one expected
her to do her own
hntHaownrE mr.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-07-22
DO YOU KNOW THAT

Clemenceau, the "Tiger of
France" refuses to write his
memoirs because it would be ''too
cruel to tell the truth about SO
many people"
A tablet has been placed in
Brussels, Belgium. marking the
spot where the first gas works in
Europe was apened in 1919
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-07-22

Permanent daylight saving has
been adopted in Mexico. All clocks
were recently set forward one
hour to remain that way for all
time.
The National Federation of
Catholic Men in Rome, Italy, IL
making study of the relation e
bathing suits to moEalitwe -,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-07-22

Nothing in nature is unbeauti.
full Tennyson.
The measure of life is not length
but honesty.--Lyly.
Sin is a state of mind, not an
outward act.-Sewell.
Men learn while they teach.
80 - - SENECA
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-07-22

~ " NOOo NAAS
IL Modern Girl
stack up?
She a d m its,
h er elf, that
she's the snap
piest, cleverest
little article that
the human race
has ever pro-
duced, and most
of rs agree with
her. But here's
a letter from
the Mama of
one of them:
D ar Mis- ~
Robinson
I have fire.
Quently seen
articles in your
column praising
the Modern Girl.
Now I am the
m o t h err Of a
M o d ern Girl.
She il nretkV
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-11-30
HIT.
HYDRO PLAN

Measures aimed TO head off'power
development at Great Falls and
save the Potomac valley for park
development are to be introduced
in both House and Senate next
week.
The fsrerunnAr Of this proposed
legislation Is announced by Repre-.
sentative zihlman. chairman OF the
House District Committee, who
thinks 100000 should be appro-
priated BY Congress to purchase
park land in the Great Falls and
Cabin John section.
Representative zIhiman today EN-.
phasized the fact that the decision
OF the National Capital Park and
Planning Commission to dscentral.
ize the bathing pool facilities OF
the city viii require upward Of a
dozen natatoriuma in the near future.
For that reason he II hopeful that
Congress will approve his bill
authorizing the construction OF
these pools. at a cost OF 100000
each.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-11-30
HURL CHARGES
ON "SLUSH

The Congressional row over siush
fund charges in the fight for repeal
of the FederaI inheritance tax broke
out afresh today when President
John II. Kirby. OF the National
Council OF state legislatures, de-
elared that only $12,le0 was
spent BY his organizations to bring
lobbyists TO Washington
The statement was ifnmediatelv
attacked BY Represent Henry
Z. Rainey. fD.l Of Illinois, origina.
tor Of the eslush fund charge. who
asserted that Kirby was ATTEMPTING
20 deceive the public in his renss,.i
a Congressional investi1ation is
expected to result from the confrn.
Nersy. Rainey announced that Ne
had appealed to Senate members ia
Institute the inquiry Failing IL tyaf
action there, he will Introduce
resolution OF Investigation ii the
House.
Answering false efatements,s con.
eerning the councils gathering here
NOVEMBER and 8. when scores Of
CELEBRATES demanded that the House
Ways and Means COMMITTEES vote
Tor repeal OF the death duties. {.
AIrpy asserted that more than
900 contributions paid the ex-
penses, mostly in sums Of SO each.
An audit fthe books shows
that the total expense Of the con-
vention to the council was $12, 100, =
ne said in q report to members.
Ihis amount does not include those
geiegates whose expenses were
borne by the States they officially
represented or by state organiza-
tions in their respective common
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-11-30
Trinidad Citizens Will
Ask Park Site Purchase

The Trinidad Citizens Association
today is moving to have Congress
appropriate q deficiency fund for
purchase of the old Patterson tract.
on which Camp Meigs IS situated,
for conversion into n park and for
prevention Of commercial develop
ment.
At last nights meeting the asso-
cation adopted the motion or DIR.
PercivaI Hall. by which the organi-
zation will appeal to Congress for
such legislation. The Park and
Planning Commission has already
offered $550000 for the tract. 1t Is
said. but the owners are holding out
s1or 81 900 900.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-11-30
Masonic Police Club to
Hold Elections. Dec. 6

The Masonic Club of Police will
mold its annual election of officers
December S in the Eankers' Room
OK the Masonic Temple. The club
IL composed of members OF the
metropolitan. Park. and White House
police forces. NJ. d. Smith Is presi.
dent.
Entertaining preceding the cleo
hon viii be in charge of William
6, Heider. PAST master of Congress
Lodge. who is an honorary member
0f the club. and r. F.. Selby. The
Demoiay Ramblers and the Demo-
lay Orchestra will furnish harmony.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-11-30
Policeman Znalnenacek
Hurt in Hurry Call Fall

While answering an emergency
call early today, Motorcycle Police.
man IA. Znamenacek. attached 10
the Eleventh precinct. fell from his
machine and was badly injured.
The motorcycles slidded on the
wet pavement throwing the nolice.
man into the gutter. He suffered
possible dislocation Of the left hin.
James J. Garfield. 20. 1882 I st.
~ w, was slightly injured today
When the automobile I'm which he
was riding collided with another
machine at Seventeenth and 1
Streets Northwest.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-11-30
William B. Leeds, Off
On Journey, Spikes
Divorce RuInor

SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. sO.--
Saying that '.he was just wander.
ing around a bIt. william B,
Leeds, son OF the late tinplate
king and husband Of Princess
xenia, Of Greece. today viii SAIL
from here on the steamer Tahiti.
bound for Australia. Java and
sumatra.
Ne" he said. in denying the
Inevitable rumors concerning his
marital 1ffeirs. my wife and
are not contemplating any change
in our status i have just seen her
and win see her again before next
summer,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-11-30
D. G. Guardsmen Plan
Last Mans Club" Here

Veterans Of Company +. Third In
fantry. of the prewar District Ma
tional Guard. who served In France
with the 4lst Division. will meet
December at the National Guard
Armory, to organize a Last Mans
Club
1t will be. patterned after the
famous original club of the Min
resota Volunteers Of the Civil War.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-11-30
REDS REVOL |
IN LITHUAN|A
By Internatlonal Newa servIee

BERLIN. Nov. 3O.-The miiitray
garrison at Wilkomir. Lithuania,
mutinied, imprisoned the com.
mander, Mailic. and formed a sol
tdiers' soviet, according to dispatches
today from Kovno, via Warsaw.
Placards in the streets Of Kovno
announced that the government has
condemned to death Pleschkaitis,
leader of the Emigres at Wilma. and
had offered a reward OF 1000 lit
for his arrest, the dispatches said.
Putnam patriot., 1927-02-25

i.4 tbat tiale Co cause ais death.
 lt should be widely understood that this insidious gas gives absolutely no 10 n.nE of it's presence untl the vic tim aee8s1s tU feel ii and that is usu- aliy Zoe la.e for any remedy. Death results in very few minutes unless u..tlral breathing is restored by means of artificial respiration supple meated by giving the patent cae5o-
 n, mixture of 15 per cent oxygen ...a sEYe per cent carbon dioNide, ad- min zfeted by aa inaalatar device. sutB as has been developed by Drs
 el Henderson and Howard W E. a.d of A0ie Unive siyy Medical School
 Professor Edward Steiile of the Carnegie Iad=ate pf Ieca1o o5y of Pittsburgh. Fcnna, in recently call uy attention Co this seasonal peril. urged 8 rsv val af he campaign ta eIre-n aotoss iu tha habit of caeefulness afonud gara zas. He sls7 advocated more Aenetal insta'ln- Ion hs tjtiaS a9# toaas and rublc utilities con af Ga to gts ar- naratus fne etiing recovery from c1r- bon ron xfie asnhyNIation
 Chief er' ansis should b. 'ail ca the eanerl nahiic ta thi ha7ara aad the aaaeer of running an engine m an enclose garage and the use of euS stoves with out flurs in unvertiiatad rooms.
Putnam patriot., 1927-02-25

4.000, 900 sheets of carbon paper. Also iT5, 100000 envelopes and mil lions and millions of blank forms of one kind and another. It requires Ee.eee quarts of ink. and 35.000 quarts of muciiage in addition Go all this it takes ,620,0 lead pencils, nearly 5000, 600 steel pens. 100 .000.- 000 paper clips. rubber bands by the ton, and 2.000.00 pounds of twine. Nearly i2.000,000 mail sacks are used, and 1t requires annually 6.000.- 900 yards of canvas to make new ones.
 Fifteen and half billion stamps and one and a quarter billion postal cards are sold yearly by the Post Office Department 10 the American public.
 Greed of the Postal Service Messenger Of sympathy and love, Servant of parted friends; Consoler of the lonely; Bond of the scattered family: Enlarger of the common life. Carrier of news and knowledge: Instrument of trade and industry; Promoter of mutual acquaintance. Of peace and of good will. Among men and nations.
Putnam patriot., 1927-02-25
WIDOW or FORMER PUTNAM
 PASTOR DIES IN MAINE

Mrs. Alice Buckingham Hough;on. widow of Rev Frederick M Houghton. died at her home in Portland, Me. on Tuesday. February 15. Her husband was at one time pastor of the Univer- salist church in Putnam. He was pas tor here when the church. new the Ma sonie Temple. Grove street. was built. The family removed from Putnam to Portland some thirty years ago. A daughter and a son survive.
Putnam patriot., 1927-02-25
A..;.tsnt Postmaster Edmund Gagne Tells Rotarians How
 Mails Are Handled
on,lines Wonderful Development of
 Postal Service

Edmund Gagne. assistant postmas- ,sr at the Putnam post office, a mem- her of the Putnam Rotary Club, gave an address before a recent meeting of Isa club based on the topic. "The Post 0fire. The Biggest Single Business In the World" On account of the shertness of time allotted to speakers st the midday luncheon of the club Mr Gagne's address was necessarily c,prtailed and confined to statistical and brief historical outline rather
Putnam patriot., 1927-02-25

Almost all of the worlds supply of ar important ingredient in the manufacture of modern explosives 4al san-po@er guns, comes frena For I.seea.
Putnam patriot., 1927-02-25

Members of religious sect in Si- of forty till death. The cave dwcllers call themselves "Subterranean Dwell lers"
Putnam patriot., 1927-02-25
coSTIEuE3 WARNINGS
Hazard of Carbon alonoxide In Auto.
 mob.ie Exhaust Gases Always Present

The hazard of car5on monoNide iu automobile exaaust gss vas stsikiuEtY illustrated several days a-o in Pats burgh when two hundred members of the Kiwanis Club awaited insta ia- ton ceremonies at a hotel fer aa.Ies 4. Wilson. president elect ,. snow ing al the time that he lay dead iu his garage. 6 v.e.4m of this tfeacherous gas. All preparations had been mate for the installation and finally the re- tiring president was compelled to an nounce that alr. Wilson had been de tained.
 Earlier in the day Mrs. Wilson had notified the police that her husband was missing. She received a tele= phone message from the police asking for the license number of his auto mobile. She cid not know it but said she would find out as it was one num- Der higher than the license number of her car. She went to the garage and discovered her husband dead Neighbors had seen him enter the gag- age the night before at 9.30 o'clock. The open hood and tooIs scattered about indicated that he had beea working on his automobile. He pre- sumablv had left the engine running and with the garage doors closed. was suffocated by the fumes from the exhaust.
Putnam patriot., 1927-02-25
18TH SNOW FALL

.~s tt---ztt cs=s. Gav and deeelone ia.a 2 e-'=i' as ,,as .'5e thirteenth of the winter. IL started with H mixture ef .ai., ea a3 es' tse- 70 snoar. The ~round hoe heing hneked uo by the waa- ther men and more Wiater is antiei pated.
 Women with red hair usually keep their fair complications unhlemished tl a more advanced age than those wt.} darker hair.
Putnam patriot., 1927-02-25

According to Sir W. Arbuthnot Lane, noted British surgeon. fair haired persons are more able to fight against disease than dark-haired ones.
Putnam patriot., 1927-02-25
Continued Warming.

This tragic death shows the need for continued warnings regarding the danger of working in closed. i'm
 properly ventilated garage Here was a man who owned two automobiles and was familiar with the mechanism. He was an educated man and a leader in community activities. Apparently he had started the engine on one of the cars and then shut it of, but stuff
 eient carbon monoXi1e was produced