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The Washington times., 1927-02-26
DR.. FRANK CRANES.
DAILY EDITORIAL
Orchards and Old Men
BY DIR. FRANK CRANE

CONTRARY to the general idea, it il youth that
I values time most.
Youth wants immediate returns It doesn't want
to wait 1t wants to hurry things up. Utopia must arrive
year after next at the latest wants immediate success
immediate productivity Ten years seems an age.
1t Is the older who ventures most frequently upon
long time projects.
The owner OF large orchard interviewed upon the
possibilities for success in his line
When he explained that it takes about ten years for
new orchard to become productive the reporter
that only young could be interested For Others the
time would long.
That is where You wrong he was told ut Is the
old men who plant orchards When his tWenes
ten long time He looking for quick re-
turns am fortyye and just beginning to learn that
doesn't take ten long to roll around Time isn't such
factor to me any more
man real usefulness in the world begins when he has
learned this lesson.
Projects that take bear fruit are the only ones
that do the world much good /
USUALLY reliable gage Of the worth of thing IS the
time it takes to achieve it.
The crop that springs up in night dies while tiny
treetwlg is sproutng; the frutfy that becomes great
grandfather in an hour away with the ticking Of
minutes
It was said of certain famous writer that he worked
it he had eternity to finish in.
Time and perfection odds and to choose the
immediate is to choose the inferior.
Where time is constantly factor, steady climbing be-
comes frantic camberng to the detriment of work at
hand
When to hurry he does his best work
Copyright 1921 by The Mcclure Newspaper
The Washington times., 1927-02-26
Presidential Veto Of
Farm Relief Bill Is
Courageous, Wise
nyHE lEcNary- Haugen bill is not merely not good
It Ii bad bill.

YryHE McNary Haugen bill is not merely not good bill
II Il bad BILL
Il would not merely fail to give the farmers relief
II would intensity their difficulties
The greatest period Of depression that the farmers had
was after the war.
Because conditions had increased prices and unnatu
rally increased prices had unduy increased production
When the over this production caused the
products Of the farm to be drug the market and prices
went down from unnaturay high level to an unnatu
The Haugen bill proposes to do for the farmers
exactly what the war had done for them-to stimulate
prices unnaturay and consequently to stimulate produc
Gon unnatmaly and excessively with the inevitable and in
creased tendency to cvrprOduccn to gu the market and
depress prices
increasing false stimulation Of prices in order to
act the effect Of the increasing tendency Of ovsrproducon
to depress prices
In other words the farmer would be like done addict
constantly requiring and false stimulation
condition would be reached in which the Government
action in stimulating false prices would be repealed
account Of the expense which such false stimulation would
entail
And the farmer would find himself in the position ex.
aCty paraelng that which existed after the war The
depression which would then result would probably be
great as to affect the prosperity of the whole nation
President Coolidge has done wise and courageous
thing in vetoing the McNary Haugen BILL courageous be-
the farmers rule have not the foresight to see
the danger to their interests which lies in making them
dependent on governmental avors which would ultimately
The sounder bills those which favor the financing Of
the farmer and the encouragement Of cooperative market
ing In such ways the farmers Of the Pacific Coast have
solved their problems although these farmers deal chiefly
in the most perishable Of all farm products
The farmers who produce corn and wheat and other
products not pershable fruits much more easily
solve their problems through cooperative marketing
Government aid and Government supervision Of coopera
tive marketing should be solicited by the farmers and
granted by the Government because the basis Of such gov
ernmental favor and production is sound and permanently
beneficial to the farmers while the basis Of the McNary
Haugen BILL false stimulation Of prices and consequent
undue production is Fundamentally unsound and Intimately
damaging and even disastrous.
The Washington times., 1927-02-26
This National Dope" Menace
May Some Day Come
Close to YOU

When read editorials news and special articles on the
national menace Of drug addiction do pass facts by
the ground that the subject you and your family
The International Narcotic Education Association which
this week working to impress all America with the real hor
rors OF this menace and how swiftly fastening it's grip
or millions Of Americans knows better than YOU do of the
dangers some Of your loved may be in
In these days OF fvrh social activities Jazz entertain
ents your splendid daughter fine may be prevailed
upon by friend acquaintance to experiment with the re-
suits OF opium cocaine. The careree spirit y any
thing once prevails throughout the land Almost before
boy or girl realizes it awful habit is formed He or she
becomes an addicand the rest of life is he-a hell far
worse than Dante or any religion ever portrayed.
So you Mr. Citizen with the good home and happy sur
roundngs make it YOUR business become permanent
worker in this educational campaign against habitforming
narcotics.
Besides the possibility that this may some day come
close to you, consider these things:
The narcotic drug habit filling jas prisons and asylums
1t responsible for than half the crimes involving moral
turtude and large proportion of those in which there is
wanton disregard OF e such hop burgaries and bank
robbere The interest Of every individual becomes
when the subject is viewed from this angle.
Children should be given fundamental education It the
children Of today who viii yield the harvest of victims tonor
row, unless way shall be found check the evil The
greatest possibilities for doing that found educational
programs for the instruction for boys and girls
is the history Of this hdeous blight that has fallen upo
than million Americans most of them became
addicts with little knowledge of what the
would be- They did not know that single taste or sniff
the stuff might make them victims for life.
The Washington times., 1927-02-26

variable annual change and also a
slight daily change.
The practical effects of these
changes are in some cases very
great. Old land surveys were
made by compass, and many are
still so made. But when a ques-
ton Of boundary arises, and q new
survey has to b made, the sur.
veyor can only proceed through
knowledge OF the changes of decli.
nation that the compass needle
has undergone since the original
work. Thus valuable property and
important questions even OF ma.
tional boundaries may be involved.
The Government aims to get out
new chart once every five years.
During the interval the existing
chart may be corrected by any
one through the data furnished
with 1t.
The approximate pointing Of the
magnetic needle at any place in
the United States may De found
from the chart, and it is as import
ant to set your compass by it as
to set your watch by q master
clock. The North Star will always
give you q fairly correct idea of
the error Of your compass, and
directions for North Star observa-
tons are. given In the pamphlet.
All this is in the cause of scien.
tific accuracy.
The Washington times., 1927-02-26
QUESTIONSOF
ETIQUETTE
Mrs. Cornelius Beeckman.I
Prompt Acknowledgements
TEAR MRS. BEECKMAN.

Prompt Acknowledgement
nEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
~ When the groom and best
man are wearing blue serge bust
ness suits at home wedding,
what kind Of ties and shoes should
they wear?
(2l When arranging the guests
at the table, should the minister
and his wife be included with the
family?
90 How soon after the wedding
should Thank you" cards be
sent out in acknowledgment Of
gifts? A READER.
With a business suit worn at a
wedding man wears the acces-
series that are appropriate for
this type of suit. If he dresses
formally for the wedding he wears
formal clothes--the cutaway coat
and dark striped trousers for the
day wedding and full dress for the
evening. If he wears informal
clothes. the business suit, he wears
all the informal accessories.
should like to save every groom
from wearing a white tie with a
business suit. A dark blue four.
finland tie with a conservative de-
sign in tia shaded white stripe
or group of stripes, or some other
soft designs becoming to wear
with a business suit. The shoes
should be plain-not patent leather.
CD Usually the minister and his
wife are seated at the table with
the members Of the family. They
should be given this honor.
go Thank.you cards should
never be sent In acknowledge.
ment OF gifts. and thanks for wed
ding presents should be sent be-
fore the wedding, il possible. In
other words, the gracious and
punctilious bride-to-be makes it a
point to write a note of thanks
for the gifts that she has received
that day. Then, when she leaves
for her honeymoon, she can go
with the pleasant thought that all
her wedding presents have been
acknowledged, except, possibly,
the ones that may have come at
the last minute. But by no means
should she leave all her acknow-
Judgements until after her we'd
ding-that would be most ungra-
cious.
And I do want to warn her
that IL she sends ready-made cards
OF thanks she will be most
severely criticized by any friends
with taste. It is inconsistent that
these kind and thoughtful friends
VINO have been so eager to make
her happy with their presents
should be sent a cold, impersonal
expression OF thanks composed by
somebody who has nothing to do
with the gift. The bride should
take in hand" not only her pen,
but her very best letter paper,
and, in the most gracious and APP
preciative language she can sum-
mon, thank her friends for their
goodness to her. She should
thank them for the thought of
the gift, for the gift itself, and
perhaps telling where she IL plan.
ming to place It In her new home,
OF what especial need lt fills. Then
each friend VIII realize that she
appreciated the gift.
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ut just seemed as If I didn't
have the right to refuse" she
moaned. And. always, no matter
how ] fought against things, that
feeling that / didn't have the
right to refuse has gotten the
best Of me. It wasn't that I
wanted to do those things-or
that l was afraid--but it seemed
as If what the other person
wanted was more important than
what I wanted"
That poor soul voiced 4 great
truth with ner dying breath.
Katherine. Unwittingly, she told
YOU what is the matter with YOU.
While she was still a girl the
man she loved made her feel
INFERIOR, made her feel that
his wishes were more important
and his strength greater than
ners. Her nature was still plastic
ana that barbed feeling sunk deep,
deep into her spirit and festered
there. 1t became what the psy.
biologists call an "INFERIOR.
lTY COMPLEX" 1t was hidden
$50 deeply hidden-that she. her.
SELF, could not analyze it-but
It influenced all her cast and, in
time. 1t wrought her ruin. In
feriority completes manifest them.
selves in many ways. In her it
made her feel that the desires Of
others were more important than
her own desires-made her nm.
able to say mo-"
SnnaA ~11ah
to you, Katherine. You are mai.
urally a strong, sensible person
and most of your conduct r.
normal But there's q feeling Of
inferiority fostering some place In
your spirit that gives other people
the chance to "put things overs
on you. You haven't 4 clear.
healthy conception OF your own
rights and youth never be free
from this obsession untll Won
realize he best serves the world
who first truly serves the power
within himself.
The Washington times., 1927-02-26
By ELSIE ROBINSON
Con Yon Say 'Eo"'

unusually efficient and successful.
am sure that none of my friends
would accuse me OF having a weak
character. am not foolishly
sentimental, nor cowardly, nor
mentally lazy nor particularly i'm.
pulsive. II ] were any of these
things 1t might be easy to under.
stand why I can't say no. But
I'm q sensible, careful sort of 4
person. considered very strong"
by people who bring their troubles
to me. and, outside of this one
bad trait, I seem perfectly normal.
And yet, my inability has almost
wrecked my whole life.
am always giving money to
perfectly worthless people. 4
know they are worthless when
they ask me for the money.
know they will not give it back.
l even know that such spineless
charity hurts the recipients. Yet,
as they talk feel myself weaken.
ing and almost always end by
nanding over what they want.
Its just the same when they
ask me to do difficult things for
them. You can't imagine the end.
less trouble I go to for people
who always fall down when the
test comes.
And now, as GROWING act of
foolishness. have let myself be.
come engaged to a man whom I
neither love nor respect, simply
because he has bounded me for
months and can't say no. And
I'm heartsick and don't know how
to get out Of it.
IF I was terribly soft.hearted
I could understand these things.
But I truly don't care q snap.
And yet I'm always drifting into
messes like this. Can you tell me
anything that win help me,
Elsie? I'm at my wits end"
i heard q dreadful confession
once. Katherine. The woman who
made 1t was dying. For fifteen
years she had been a wanton.
Now blind, hopelessly i'll, she
The Washington times., 1927-02-26
SCIENCE AIDS
FARMERS

FARMERS ana others interested
II in the water conditions for
irrigating California lands, con.
slider the depth of snow that falls
in the Sierra Mountains during the
winter an important factor in their
calculations, says Popular Mechan.
les Magazine. Information con.
corning the snow is furnished by
forest rangers.
At one station, q two-day jour-
ney through drifts and difficult
ground was necessary to scale q
peak, make observations and Ia
turn. To eliminate these trips, q.
snow meter has been installed on
the peak. It consists of q stand
ard marked with cross arms and
notches. From the ranger station,
IL miles away, the gauge can be
plainly read with the aid Of q
powerful telescope.
The Washington times., 1927-02-26
Shall Power Lobby Rule?
The Senate Must Invoke Cloture on Boulder Dam TODAY
Or Admit Itself Slave

Chairman SHELL Of the House Rules Committee after seeing
the President January a. told newspaper reporters
that 1.-THE chief obstacle legislation for Muscle Shoals and
Boulder Dam power lobbie which should be kicked out
Of town."
He added that he going to vigorously behalf Of
Boulder Dam because understand President Coolidge wants
the question disposed Of"
Chairman Smell himself is the sole Of the Smell Power
Plant HigIey Falls N r. and ought recognize power
lobby when he one his word be accepted as s
thoritatve.
The Senate Of the United States today viii decide whether
u IContnued In last two cOumns)
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Shall Power Lobby Rule?
CONTINUED from first two columnsl

IConLnued from tIst two cOlumns1
the power lobby shall prevail to kill Colorado River Isg
ton this session.
Today will decide whether the power lobby is powerf
enough to prevent the Senate from using its power Of co
to take the hand Of fibuster from its throat and yo
Legislation which over half the Senate wants to pass
The Senate will decide whether It Il SLAVE "a ds&
any bill displeasing to the power lobby
II the power lobby rule the Senate by utilizing hand
tu Of Senator'S why cannot any other lobby Of private In
terests rule it the same way7 -
The right Of unlimited debate was intended to protect
Senatorial freedom Of speech.
The Senate long ago found that in short session. ike
the present one fbuster transform this right into
weapon Of tyranny The defense against the tyranny q the
filbuster Is cloturs.
The Washington times., 1927-02-26
COMPASS ERRS
By Garrett P. Serviss

THE Department Of Commerce,
4 through the Coast and Geo
detic Survey, has just published
a pamphlet, prepared by Daniel
L. Hazard, of the Division of
Terrestrial Magnetism, on "The
Magnetic Defamation in the
United States in 1925. 1t il called
Special Publication No. 1885,"
and it costs 10 cents, though it
Is worth SO to anyone who has
an intelligent interest in the
great phenomena of nature on
which our existence depends.
The large and beautiful chart
that 1t contains is az valuable
and az indispensable to anyone
who ever consults magnetic
compass needle as a chart OF
the ocean Is to navigator. In
truth, without the guidance of
this chart, your compass may
be not only practically useless
to you, but q very dangerous de-
ceiver.
Compass Erratic
The child-like faith of many
persons In q compass needle is
amusing. They think it is
dog that never goes or leads
astray. II 1t tells them that a
certain direction Ii north, they
believe 1t as they believe Scrip
ture. In fact, within the limits
OF the United States compass
north" may be more than 20
degrees away from true north!
Broadly speaking, il you are
east of q line running from
Beaufort, s. c., to the northern
most point on the Canadian shore
of Lake Superior, your compass
needle will point more or less
west of north, beginning with
less than a degree in the east.
ern side Of that line, and in.
creasing to more than 20 de-
the other hand, il you take the
same needle west Of the line,
called "Agonic Line" it win
point more and more east of
north until the error rises above
20 degrees in Idaho, Montana,
Oregon and washington.
Thus here Is q differences Of more
than 40 degrees between the d.
rection in which the compass
needle points in going from the
northeastern to the northwestern
corner Of the United States.
Land Surveys Wrong
But this Is not all. The Agonic
line is not a straight line; it has
many curious turns and twists,
making great loops, especially in
Tennessee and Kentucky. And all
the magnetic meridians" are
more or less crooked. Then the
variation OF the needle from true
north, which is called magnetic
declination,'' itself undergoes q
morning., ANY man can work up
a good strong case against a wom-
an when he wants an alibi for
going out and seeking consolation
with some othAr woman.
The Washington times., 1927-02-26

80 SNSes@~N0 Va NNANO9
WHEN a girl marries, she natur-
w ally expects to fill a mans
whole life; and it is always a shock
to her when she discovers that she
fills only a niche--or possibly one
or two niches-somewhere in it.
But the average mans life Is az
full of inches" as a chapel; and
only harem or a lightning change
artist could possibly fill them ALL!
There Is, for instance, that do
mestic niche" in which stands the
faithful handmaiden who makes
him comfortable, guards his diges-
ton, takes care of his wardrobe.
caters to his palate, and seeg that
he doesn't go out with holes in
his socks.
And there Is the niche" which
holds the efficient little business
partner, who looks after his APP
pointments, his interests and his
inkstand, protects him from inter-
ruptions and distractions, and
keeps him on the job.
Then, there is always that
"niche" in which he hopes to find
the spiritual mate, the mental
companion" who understands"
him, listens to his troubles, SYM
pathizes with his establishments,
stimulates his vanity, keeps up
his courage and inspires him with
ambition.
And there is the niche always
waiting for the good pal" who is
ready to join him in his recrea-
tons, who never, gets tired or nerv-
Gus, and who is game" for any.
thing, from prize fight to camp.
ing trip.
And there is his frivolous
niche" which calls for a gay little
Cutie to amuse him, beguile him,
distract him from all serious
thoughts. smooth away his head
aches, laugh away his worries, and
dance awGy his Saturday nights.
Then there is the niche" in
which he expects his wife to pose
as a sort of show-piece, the sym.
Dol OF his success and the adver-
tisement of his wealth; to uphold
his dignity and do him credit in
public.
And there is, of course, that un.
falling niche" where he visual
ICES siren with lots Of sex.appeaI,
and fascination and mystery, walt.
ing to ''vamp" him In mis- dreamy
and sentimental moods.
Lastly, there is the "niche"
which he keeps for the woman who
mothers him and yearns over him,
and hovers around him, and knows
instinctively when he Is feeling
abused and needs coddling.
A woman who "filled a mans
whole lifes would have to be as
agile as a mountain goat, to lean
from niche to, niche, according to
his moods!
And when q man signs that hia
wife doesn't understand" him. n
merely means that she happened
to be IA the wrong "niehe," that
The Washington times., 1927-02-26
WISESAYINGS

Sarcasm, / now see to be, in
general. the language of the devil.
Carlyle.
Under every deep a lower depth
opens.-Emerson.
Man having enslaved the ele-
ments remains himself q slave
Shelley,
Satire = . greater enemy %
friendship than o. angsr.-Henry
AttWsll.
The Washington times., 1927-02-26
LISTEN, WORLD!

was nearing the
end of b Q r
dreadful " ay.
In one last eff.
fort to gain
peace for her
tortured soul,
she said
''It has all
been . b q d
dream. ! know
m o D { people
think girls take
up this life be-
cause they want
money or are
naturally wild
but / didn't. I
just couldn't say
no.
Then she told
me of her first
misstep and how
she wrecked her
life by yielding to
the persuasion o.
the man 81
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0T CAN'T say
4 no. :" cries
~aG ar

nOp CITES
Katherine. 81
know this is a
shameful con.
fession for a
mature woman
to make and I
wouldn't make 1t
If I wasn't 30
desperately in
need of help.
IAN my life /
have been I'M
able to say mo-
to q request.
even though 1
might violently
dislike doing the
thing asked. I
am now a WON.
an OF twenty-six.
/ have been
earning my liv
ing for seven
years and am
aIlnn0sed f0 he
The Washington times., 1927-02-26
NEGOTIATIONS
OF A WIFE
BY Hehn Rowland
The Versatility Of Wives

The Versatility of Wives
WHEN a girl marries, she natur-
w ally expects to fill a mans
whole life; and it is always a shock
to her when she discovers that she
fills only niche-or possibly one
or two niches-somewhere in it.
The Washington times., 1927-02-26

morning. ANY man can work up
good strong case against a wom-
an when he wants an alibi for
going out and seeking consolation
with some othAr woman.
No wife IL q whole harOm! But
that's what every man expects
TO get when he narries ONE
WoAAN
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There Is, for instance, that do
mestic niche" in which stands the
faithful handmaiden who makes
him comfortable, guards his diges-
ton, takes care OF his wardrobe,
caters to his palate, and sees that
he doesn't go out with holes in
his socks.
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But the average mans life Is az
full of inches" as a chapel; and
only harem or lightning change
artist could possibly fill them ALL!
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And there is the niche" which
holds the efficient little business
partner, who looks after his APP
pointments, his interests and his
inkstand, protects him from inter-
ruptions and distractions, and
keeps him on the job.
New Britain herald., 1927-01-06
RICHARD AFTER IUNNEY
Tex, In St. Louis. Hopes to Sign Heavyweight Champion for First Fight.

St. Louis, Jan. 6.--tPt- Tex Rick ard. New York boxing promoter, was cucampcd in St. Louis today and hopeful of signing Gene Tunney, worlds heavyweight champion, to contract for his first fight in defense of the title.
 Accompanied by Billy Gibson, the champions manager; Dudley Field Malone, Tunney's legal adviser, and more than q dozen newspaper corrc- spondcnt& Ricllard arrived here late yesterday to overtake the champion before he moves 10 another city on his vaudeville tour. \ conference was scheduled for this morning.
 Hickard, who would not diviulge the terms of tho contract he was to offer Tnnney, indicated that he was hopeful of securing the fighters signature, for he said that he would like 10 leave St Louis for New York late today
 Meanwhile. Tunncy and Gibson were scheduled 10 sign q new docu- ment for the continuation of the lat ter's services. Gibson announced late last night that they had agreed at q late conference 10 the now docu- mont.