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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-07-02
After Graduation

This is commencement time in the schools and COLLEGES
Hundreds Of thousands of young people pouring out into
the world to enter the battle Of life Their formal academic
education is finished.
They entering the cruel relentless competition Of
the real world Many Of their ideals fosred by years
study pleasant environment will be shattered by
with the harsh realities Of life.
Any false opinions they have Of themselves developed by
congenial associations will be changed
They will find competition in the world very keen It is
bottom.
They will against many false standards engendered
by xpediency They may be confused and undecided
whether to throw aside their ideals and 20 through life the
easiest way seeking gain all the material advantages posi-
bic without regard for the ethics involved.
But they will find that the harder road the best in the
long
As President Butler ap pointed out in his
address at Columbia the worthwhile things life can only be
gained by who have enthusiasm intelligence courage
One must decide Ter himself what he thinks the best things
OF life and strive to attain them regardless Of the opinions Of
others.
ones ideals based on good Judgment and clear con-
ceon Of the values Ct e these ideals pursued with
enthusiasm will find happiness and contentent later
The great trouble with youth is that in most cases il can
not profit by the experience Of age And ofentme before
their experience teaches what the real things Of
e their lives so advanced that the lessons thew
have learned are Of little value.
curious thing students after close association
through their books with the great minds and true thinkers
Of the world cast aside all their teachings when school doors
close behind them.
DO not handle the younger generation with the consideration
for their problems
As H. Warner the motion picture producer once said:
If fathers would only work WITH their sons and give
them latitude to ahead then later point where
they made mistakes and where they have acted wisely young
mer would develop much quicker and more surely
Many fathers make the mistake Of REFRESHING their sons
as they exhibit any IDEAS instead Of giving the
boys chance to try them out The young then grow
away from their parents and battle through life without the
benefit Of their experience The enthusasms of youth must
MT be dampened
Cynicism loose living never bring real happiness No
matter what the great minds" Of Greenwich Village saw
the stern old virtues the only that really worth
while in the end
Honesty sincerity Of purpose and clean are the
foundation of satisfactory life.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-07-02
SUN-SPOTS
BY Garrett P. Seryiss.

oWApAYs you frequently with the naked eye spots
on the When viewed in that way they like black
dots or like cinders pot of molten iron Some
are w or hundred thousand miles diameter being
than ninety million miles away they specks on the
mighty disk of the sun, which is $4,000 miles across
We the midst maximum of
the eccentric behavior of the weather may Of the
The spots the result of tremendous sun
that are charged with immense electromagnetic foe-and
the repeusson OF these storms
earth which is humble sun One thing thew
are surely coincident with is magnetic storms
The storms the cyclonc
gigantic and form vorexes the atmosphere
thousands of miles deep It used be supposed
were caused by influence of the attraction larger
planets when they occupied positions orbits
the downfall OF meeors the But opinion
mat they result from periodic disturbances occurring in the
OF the ITSELF the precise however remains
be found ' ~ "
unspo has been called "he greatest refgeratng
known to exist because according Hae theory it great
funneshaped vortex the layer OF the
gases are ascending spay outward with motion exactly opposite
that of water running out wahbasn
the throat of the ascending gases and NAV
maintain for weeks temperature of 1000 degrees cengrade
low that of the surrounding philosophers"
One apparently relation between the weather sunpots
earth measureaby lower when
No doubt there other relations
be established scientifically.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-07-02
WHY NOT?
BY DIR. Frank Crane

On HER honeymoon Mary Lewis declared am going to
q be wife, mother and prima all at
Mary Lewis is the blue-eyed girl who singer
in Kansas meetings but speedily the pinnacle
OF the New York music world prima in
the Metropolitan Opera Company Then she got married
declared t isn't necessary anything
be married going to be wife, mother and prima donna
all at Babies do not spoil the
Schumann- Henkthirteen childreni husky corn-fed
American girl and win be able anything
Heink did,"
We hope that Mary Lewis plans successfully carried out
We be pardoned for having Somehow marriage
and stardom do fit When there
liable to be professional jealousy,
nonstar there is apt to be another kind of jealousy
Just why the meght and marriage do
to Matrimonialy speaking, the wood or
tends store, drives milk wagon conductor on
street to have better chance than Prince
violin virtuoso.
Somehow, matrimony especially adapted to Mr.
Babbit and his fellows. All the high noveIs unite
picking holes in the institution Meanwhile Darby and Joan get
along very well together.
celebrity needs the comforts of married life quite as much
as anybody else is soace a great man quite
as much as she is to a small
The trouble that walking in the narrow path
behaving yourself and being decent pretty for anyone
who has gifts 1t hard enter the King
dom of Heaven and that whether in talents
The has of ability and force the discipline
and self control.
Mary has marked out path for herself that implies great
deal OF will OF of it and
here's hoping she will We cast apersions say the
chances against her.
Copyright 1927, syndicate
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-07-02
THE ART OF SPEECH

LTHOUGH the beginnings of
"A mans gradual invention of the
art of speech are, according to
science, millions of years remote,
it is nevertheless possible, by the
study of speech, even as we have
it today, to form some idea of how
it began, says Sir Richard Paget,
writing in the July issue of the
Forum Magazine. BY experiment
as to the actual nature of the vari-
Gus speech sounds and by COM
pairing the sounds with the "pos-
ture" or gestures" Of the tongue,
lips and other vocal organs, a
rather surprising conclusion is
reached.
ut appears" we are told, shat
in listening to human speech we
are not really interested in the
sounds of the speakers voice.
What we are actually listening for
are indications of the movements.
pastures or gestures, the speaker
is making with his organs of ar
ticulation, that is to say, his lips,
tongue, soft palate (which opens
and closes the passages to his
nose), and the other movable parts
of his throat. In other words, it
appears that when we talk, we
are symbolizing our thoughts Tor
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-07-02
SECRETS OF
HEALTH
BY DR.. C. A. L. Reed

You, If you are a normal human
\ being, have a certain desire
for power, which is so deep-seated
that it is called the power instinct.
This power instinct grows and
deepens with your growth. 1t
makes the psychology of manhood
much more complicated than that
of childhood.
The thwarted win to power,
which is responsible for so much
happiness and so many inferiority
completes, is much more difficult
to trace to its source in grown-ups
than in children. One reason is
that the ordinary man or woman
is quite unaware that the desire
for power is universal. 1t is gen.
orally interpreted in the narrow
sense of the desire to dominate
ones fellow men. and since this
is an anti-social instinct, people
viii not admit that they possess
it. Another difficulty in realizing
the workings of the power instinct
lies in the fact that it is essen
tally inseparable from the sex
instinct. Sex and power, Coster
tells us. are fundamentally the
same thing.
In ordinary civilized life-Athe
same author tells us-one is
constantly used in speaking as a
substitute for the other. Thus we
say that man is welded" to
his profession, or that the crea-
tons of an artist are his chill.
dren, and these sayings are pro-
foundly true. The life-force finds
In every one these two channels
Tor its self-expression. It should
normally flow among both, but
training and circumstance are
constantly apt to force it along
one at the expense Of another.
The modern psycho-analyst
tells us that it is the urgent
practical duty of every man and
woman to achieve a sublimation
OF his or her instincts, by which
ls meant some other outlet for
them. Thus we must find chan.
nels along which the life-force
may flow in both directions: chan.
nels other than the primitive
and direct ones, through which
the energy may discharge itself
to the good Of the community.
The best man is he who has
achieved the best sublimation.
The characteristics of perfect
sublimation ara three. ThiIu sinh.
limation must be interesting and
pleasurable, it must be beneficial
to the community and it must
satisfy the mans ideal OF what
he ought to be.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-07-02

such of them as we intend for
publication by making kind Of
sign language, and that when we
listen to another person talking
we are reading his sign language
by ear Our methods of under
standing speech. is, therefore, ex.
actly the same as that of a deaf
person who has been taught lip
reading only he lipreads by eye,
while we do the same thing by an
unconscious process of DECIDING
the sounds of speech back into the
sign language of tongue and lips
which produced them
The method by which the sign
language Of articulation was origi.
nally developed can, Of course, only
be guessed at, but Sir Richard con-
siders the case not entirely hope
less. He believes that man started
to speak by initiating with his
tongue and other vocal organs the
gestures whcih he had previously
made with his hands. or rather
with his hands and face together,
and says that this method of max
ing symbolic or pantomimic geS.
lures with the human mouth and
throat is as natural to hearing man
as the making of corresponding
gestures with the hands is to those
who are born deaf.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-07-02

have been unbearable. No one
can live with me after I have
done a good deal. So, in my
case, the misery of SHINING
paid.
PAIN-How I have hated pain!
What endless schemes l have
devised to evade pain. And yet
I have been forced to wade
through it most Of my life. L
didn't wade patiently, murmur-
ing-"Thy will be done"-I was
mad, clear through, most Of the
timeM And / raised all the cain
possible. Yet now, as / sum 1t
up, know 1t was worth while.
I know that / will never be
free Of pain, but I'm beginning
to see the profit as well as the
punishment. Pain, for me, has
been part Of my growth. Some
people can grow easily and pleas
antly. They are like flowers
which slip softly through light,
sweet soil and know no struggle
or distortion. But / take my
growing hard. / fight every inch
of the way and have come to
like that fight. I don't want
to miss anything and if life holds
fights-rne for theml
Loneliness, sin, failure, pain,
humiliation and the slimey clutch
of fear-a miserable load, yet it's
all worth while. And / feel that,
whatever the future holds, it will
be worth while too.
I don't know why life has to
be this way for some Of us
I don't know whether there is
another chance after this job is
done or any compensation for all
the hurt
But even If there isn't-it's all
worth while.
It's enough to live gallantly,
and quit with your boots on.
And when my time comes I'm
going to cry with that old sin
ner-saint Paul
ct HAVE FOUGHT A GOOD
FIGHT, I HAVE FINISHED
MY COURSE"
NOW FATE, DO YOUR DARN
DESTI
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-07-02
By ELSIE ROBINSON

is no Pollyannism in that motto.
Pollyannas are my pet aversion.
Had my way, they would all
be strangled in their own grins,
am not creature of sweet.
ness and light and I don't want
to be. I have not found a sill.
yer lining in every cloud nor
have l looked for one. Much
of my experience has been un.
mitigated grimness, and yet I
can honestly say
IT'S ALL WORTH WHILE.
loneliness have had to
endure appalling amounts of lone
illness, but 1t was worth while.
1t cured me Of chattering and
frittering, and my dependence on
chatters and fritterers. It sliced
off, huge gobs of my self-esteen.
When you are really alone-out
on the desert for a span Of
years, or locked in a shabby
room, working your head Off
you have an excellent chance to
get the right perspective on
yourself. You begin to realize
that you're not SO much. There
loom the mesas, so old, so still,
so patient, who do not need you
at all. There moves the vast
pageant of humanity, coming out
of the past, vanishing into the
future in an endless chain. You
with all your fine conceit, are
only a speck in that chain.
You aren't even that unless YOU
hustle. Loneliness teaches YOU
that. And 1t also teaches you TO
consume your own smoke, which
is of inestimable value in a sooty
world.
FAILURE-that was worth
while. Particularly for a ram.
bunctious person like myself,
who has little natural tolerance
for failure. If I hadn't failed
repeatedly, and been accordingly
humaniliated, ! would probably
be the most detestable biped on
earth. Failure certainly mel.
lowed my style, though it stunx
like a nettle at the time.
SIN-That's another form If
failure, If we only had the sense
to realize it. A particularly ex.
psnsive and agonizing form Of
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-07-02
NEGOTIATIONS
OF A WIFE
BY Helen Rowland
Woes Of the Modern Lover

woes OF the Modern Lover
CONSIDER, my Daughter, the
~ Problem which confronteth
poor. unhappy Man!
For once, all women were as
one woman, and that one easily
hattered and readily understood.
But. 10. 1t hath come to pass
that every damseI is another ex-
pertinent and brand new psyche
logical study. Yea. even as the
Yale Lock no two of them are
alike. nor can their hearts be
worked with the same key!
Behold once a man had only
to baby a woman. and to charm
her with compliments and devo-
ton and pet-names.
But now he trembleth when he
approached each new damsel.
For. he knoweth not her "com-
pick" nor whether to offer her
1nsence or nonsense or common
sense.
For. 10. If he seeketh to PET
her, he may offend her taste and
affront her dignity. Yet If he
refraineth from petting her. he
may hurt her vanity and arouse
her scorn.
1t he babyeth her. he may insult
her intelligence-but If he treateth
her as a mental equal, he may
I'LL her with boredom and ennui.
II he fasheth a pocket flask
upon her. she may set him down
as rake and rounder; yet IL he
leadeth her to the soft-drink coun.
ter, and regaleth her upon q
nut-sundae, she nav write him
down as tight-wad. a flat tire
and a cake-eater.
If he treateth her as a good
little pal" she may be filled with
umbrage and secret resentment
at his lack of sentiment. Yet If
he Waxeth sentimental she may
be filled with mirth and ha-has,
at his softness.
If he admireth her knees and
remarketh her sex-appeal. she may
put down his impertinence with
freezing asperity. and cast him
from off her list, foreverInore.
II he praiseth her for beauties
Of the MIND, she may be filled
with disappointment. and say in
her heart, "He is dud and a
wet-smackw
How. then, shall man know
what manner of woman he seek
eth to please?
For, once. women came in but
five varieties. The good and the
bad, the vamp, the highbrow and
the doodlewit!
But now. they are Of seven
times 81 verieties! And NO man
can tell the one from the other by
her haircut, nor by her skirt.
length. nor by the rouge on her
cheeks.
For they are all arrayed as
"Cuties" and painted to resemble
'Babydolls!' And the cautious
lover can only watch his STEP
and pray to heaven for guidance!
SELAH.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-07-02
ONCE-OVERS
VIRTUE OF KEEPING COOL IN AN ARGUMENT

VIRTUE OF KEEPING COOL IN AN ARGUMENT
Is true that in your home certain subjects invariably
angry discussions?
If you know this, why not avoid these subjects?
Has good from these heated arguments?
cannot mpersonay keep enough to see
the other side of the question well your
that does the damage?
In where know that it understanding that
makes for opposition to viewpoint
In what say and avoid antagonism.
Sometimes is to clear the atmosphere Of
and takes strength character matters
that the differences
But don't fan the nfammabe words
unkindness. Be gentle and keep cool.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-07-02
WORDS FROM LIPS OF WISE MEN

He hears but half who hear4
but one side only.-Aeschylus.
No man was ever written out Of
reputation but by himself. Monk.
A thing is never too often re.
peated which is never fully learned.
Seneca.
Calamity is a mans true touch-
stone.-Beaumont and Fletcher.
AS for me, all know is that I
know nothing.-Socrates.
To live beneath sorrow one must
yield to it.-Madame de Stael.
Virtue when concealed IL q
worthless thing.-Claudianua.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-07-02
LISTEN, WORLD!

failure. But
even sin has its
C o m pensation.
You can't pos
sibly understand
sin or sinners
u ME $ s you've
done a little sim
ming yourself. I
have done a
lot. It has left
me Grip pied
but 1t has also
awakened pity
in me and an
everlasting feel
ing Of compan-
ionship for other
poor devils.
There are peo-
pie who would
make excellent
saints. I'm not
one of them. /
hate to confess
it, but as a
s-l T .,lI
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-07-02

Vanity is the food Of fools.
Swift.
Long talking begets short
hearing.-Richter.
Think all you speak, but speak
not all you think.-Delanne.
It is the mind that maketh good
or ill,
That maketh wretched or happy,
rich or poor.-Spencer.
When young we trust ourselves
too much. and others too little,
when old.-Colton.
Method will teach you to win
time.-Goethe.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-07-02
SURVEY OF
HEALTH

S6EVERY family should view the
IA physician not as a last
resort for cure but as medical
counselor whose function is to
make periodic surveys and to aid
in maintaining q state of health"
Hygeia quotes from Henry S.
Nollen, president of one of the
large insurance companies.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-07-02
II HAVE a mot.

i to.
1t is a simple
m otto but 1
paid a gre a t
price for it. 1
bought it with
years of my life
with tears and
loneliness an ID
rage and shame
and bitter, bit
ter 10 s $. Yet
now that / look
back and make
an audit of it
all, I still feel
that I did not
pay too much
to make these
70 ur " DIS
mine
II rs ALL
w o r T H
WHILE.
Let me hasten
fO odd fhuk fI,aro
New Britain herald., 1927-08-24
CARDINALS NOT
 OUT OF RUNNING
Alexander Thinks His Team Has
 an Excellent Chance

Philadelphia, Aug. 24 LP,-The St. Louis Cardinals are not out of the National League pennant race-not if Grover Cleveland Alexander, star Cardinal hurler and hero of the last world series, knows his baseball.
 Here with the world champions for series with the lowly Phillies Alexander the Great unburdened himself concerning his teams chances to lead the Cubs or the Pirates 10 the flag.
 Don't count US out yet said Alex. The Cubs are out in front nov, but we are right after them. That triple setback in Boston last week certainly did them no good You know it's 2 funny thing about T ball club An apparently minor loss forgotten by the fans the day after may be the turning point In the race with the club itself
 Take the first game Of the double header that the Cubs tossed away to the Braves, that $ to , defeat after the Cubs went into the ninth frame leading by three runs and with their ace, Root, on the Hill. The Braves pounded out win, and don't think that doesn't hurt q machine Carl son lost . game in Brooklyn much the same way when he stepped into the box with comforta hle lead in the eighth, only to lose out Such defeats for club Of the Cubs type mean disc aster; when they find that other clubs can come from behind and beat them they will lose their cocksureness-and then look out for the toboggan
 We have nine games to play with the Cubs, six of them on our own grounds. and the Cubs have not won q game in st Louis this year
 Injuries to O'Farrell, south worth, Frisch. Thevenow and Blades have Handicapped us or we would have stepped away from the field long ago. But when we return to St. Louis, just watch our smoke. How do I feel? Why. I feel great and ready to step in the box any time"
New Britain herald., 1927-08-24
HITCHCOCK IS ILL
Americas Chances at Polo Have Suffered Severe Setback in Stars Sickness.

New York. Aug 14 LP-Despite the recent reassem bling of Ameri- ca's big four Of polo, the nations chances in the international series with Great Britain have. suffered a rude jolt by the continued ill-health .of Tommy Hitchcock. sensational No. player, it developed today.
 So anxious are those in charge Of the American team 10 conserve EIitchcock's strength for the big se- ries that a plan has been devised whereby he would be left out of all the remaining practice matches ex- cept one.
 Observers believe the American defense committee is preparing for 2. possible substitution of Winston Guest for Hitchcock However. friends of Hitchcock believe he will insist on playing at any cost
 Hitchcock has not enjoyed his usual health since the war. when he was shot down behind the Ger man lines. taken prisoner from one camp to another, and then escaped through enemy lines to Switzerland.