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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-02-14
THIS rs NAPOLEON BONAPARTE, DRESSED UP IN HIS
GRANDEST, AS EMPEROR OF THE FRENCH

Don't neglect APPEARANCES, whether you are an en-
peror undertaken, salesman matter what you are
Most men Judge first glance first glance you see
only the OUTSIDE.
This picture of Napoleon in costume that he in full
rsgaa Emperor Of France, particularly interesting
In your minds eye you Napoleon little boy playing
the streets Of Aacco small city the little Island Corsica
Later you him in French military school, pale sck
nervous morose usually angry moping by himself
Again you him when the French Revolution raging
an unmporant lieutenant in the French army threaten
ing to commit suicide another time tempted marry old
widow with little money
And here you see him, as EMPEROR OF FRANCE kings
waiting in his for chance to speak to him. the
Emperor Austria eager give him his daughter in mar
rage the whole of Europe dreadng and bowling down before
him.
Great as he was Napoleon knew that he must IMPRESS
THE EYE He wore his magnificent costume of velvet and
erine gold and lace and rode magnificent white Arab
he made every effort to talk look and LIKE AN
EMPEROR And while lasted he the worlds greatest
known success.
Young man. 60 THOU do likewise You need not be an
emperor you probably won't You won't need any velvet
ermne any laurel leaves for your head made Of pure
virgin gold.
But you need clothes well made that Git ou that have
character good nen hair neatly cut above all CLEAN
Illness NEATNESS
BY THEIR WORK We SHALL KNOW THEM True but
IA the beginning BY their APPEARANCE We shall Judge
them And i you are judged unfavOraby you don't get the
right start
DRESS UP JUD1C1oUsLY. MoDEsTLY, DON'T OVER.
DO IT.
It is just necessary you to look your best in the part
you playing for Napoleon Bonaparts to LOOK
lie an EMPEROR IN the part BIZ was playing.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-02-14

However, the earliest man could
not have been a fool, whether he
inhabited a tree or a hole in the
ground.
The ape and the monkey climb
with their hands, as anybody can
see by visiting menagerie. But
man climbs with his legs as every
bird-nesting boy demonstrates.
Whence the dawn.man theory in.
fers that early man never lived in
trees. For a psychic proof it
might cite the facs that there is
deeply implanted in the human
nervous system a dread of height.
The nerves of the great majority
of men and women are shaken
and a chill runs through their
spines IL they find themselves on
the edge of precipice, or il they
look steeply down from high ele-
walton.
Unborn Dread
It requires practice ana resolu-
ton to enable a person unframed
in such things to climb among the
branches OF a tree and look down
through their interstices upon the
ground below. There are many
who are completely unnerved by
such an experience. They grow
pale and tremble, begging to be
helped down. And this dread and
aversion appears to be Unborn. as
il it were an inheritance from re-
mote ancestral tendencies. It Ger.
tafnly doesn't suggest an arboreal
cradle for mankind.
Still the question recurs. If man
was a ground animal from the
beginning, how did he get the start
that set him off SO completely
from the other ground animals?
No answer. beyond vague con.
lectures. In view Of the serious.
ness with which some scientists
have treated the hypothesis that
life on the earth Is Of foreign
origin, that is, that its germs were
brought hither by space-wandering
spores, which had their inception
somewhere else in the universe and
drifted in upon the earth-globe-
view Of this, say, 1t seems rather
surprising that nobody has sug.
gested the possibility that the
human germ came floating in out
of space all by itself. That woulG
get around the dogma Of special
creation, while at the same time
maintaining the particular dignity
which SO many wish to reserve for
man as a being of independent
origin! 1t would be a kind 81
MayfioWer" distinction for him.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-02-14
EARLIEST MAN : : By Ga

WIHETHER man began a.
w "dawn-man," as Prof. Osborn
thinks. or as "ape-man," in ac-
cordance with the opinion of Prof.
Gregory and others, the main re-
suit is the same, for in either case
man appears as the product Of
process of evolution and not Of
special creation.
On the other hand. the dawn
man hypothesis does not bring us
a lot nearer to explaining, nor
tell us how, where and when he
obtained his superior brain. The
earliest fossils that anybody ven.
lures to call human show an as
tonishingly high brain capacity,
at least according to the rules by
which that capacity Is estimated.
The old NeanderthaI cave man
who was a plain brute, could show
q brain 1850 cubic centimeters
capacity, against the 1.400 cubic
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-02-14
By ELSIE ROBINSON

Then suddenly something came
to life in me and reached out
like a great arm from my heart
reached out and out into the
darkness, and, az it reached. the
darkness fell away. Exactly as ii
had grown a third arm, a
spiritual arm, infinitely stronger
and more clever, but just as
real as my two arms Of flesh.
The arm of faith. My new
fighting equipment.
Hold our your arm as you
read this. Hold it out as though
you reached for something with
fierce determination, FOR SOME
THING WHICH YOU WE'RE
SURE YOU WOULD GET. Shoot
all your vigor, all your hope and
enthusiasm and desire into that
arm. Hold it with splendid as
surance as though all your dear
est dreams were about to be
dropped into your out.stretched
palm. Get the pose? Well,
that's faith.
That's how faith reaches out to
you when you're finally ripe for
It. Not a spineless, n1aybe-ges-
ture Of limp designation. But the
most definite, determined, dynamic
gesture in all the world and the
only gesture that will pierce that
darkness which lies ahead.
But is it practical2 Does It get
you anywhere? Or is it just q
sentimental substitute for real
action? 1t isn't q sentimental
substitute 1T Is practical. 1t gets
things for yoT-actual, tangible
results. It gets facts for you.
And comfort. And increased
strength. 1t pushes you forward.
know because it has done these
things for me. 1t has given me
peace and power and proof-lt-
has been "the evidence OF things
not seem" the evidence that hss
kent my mol1l aiiyM.
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=
for q Christmas gift with 4 cord
ana tassel on It. Would it be
correct to carry this at q semi
formal dancing party? RED.
BY all means carry your new
vanity case to the parties. for.
NAL and informal, to which YOU
so. It IL entirely correct to carry
vanity case or an evening bar
to dances and other parties, and
extremely necessary in these
days OF SO many cosmetic acces-
series. 1t is taken for granted
now that one carries some kind
OF evening bag; the question IL
as 10 the kind. for ii should be
appropriate, harmonious with the
kind eg e0stunaA we wear.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-02-14
NEGOTIATIONS
OF A WIFE
By Helm Rowland
The Sentimental Number

The Sentimental Number
NIHIS is the day when even a
hard boiled woman weakens
a little at the memory OF her first
love; and a soft-boiled one fills up
and Stops over with tender mem.
cries of every man who ever pre-.
tended to love her.
Taking the sentiment out of life
is like taking the rose-colored
shade off an electric lamp-it
leaves it SO cold and hard and I'M
alluring.
Love and the tooth-aclle are two
things at which every man laughs
until one of them happens to
strike him.
Anybody under 80 who can
think of st. Valentines Day with
out a thrill Of hope or a throb of
memory, has rheumatism of the
emotions, paralysis of the magma
ton and Justification OF the heart.
1t Is 1lUL LIE ShCLCAt1IlCSS OL l4CA,
clothes, nor even the frankness of
her talk or her manners that
makes the modern girl so hard for
men to fall in love with; it is her
loss of the inner glow--that fine
thing called Sentiment which has
taken away all her glamour and
stolen the light from her eyes.
-- sE
The beautiful thing about young
love is that it is all incense and
so little commonsense.
Lives there man with a soul
SO dead, who never to himself hath
said, by joyei This is st. Valen-
tines Day! I'll send the Little
Woman a box Of flowersr'and
then promptly forgot all about it?
Somehow, man always treas
ures the memory Of his first love
as he would beautiful "old mas
ter" but the memory Of the one
before the last holds no more
charm for him than q nlid-yic-
torian crayon.
A woman may part with her
back hair. her beauty, her youth
and her last lover--but not until
she loses her last drop of senti-
ment does she part with that sll-
preme gift Of the gods. hes anirit
OF Eternal Youthk
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-02-14

AeLL IN me, IfG stump down ana
try this faith stuff. But in the
meantime, / was going to pull
all my bets on my two good fists,
my good old bean and backbone.
IL you studied and fought ana
worked and loved hard enough
you ought to be able to do what
you wanted with life-that's what
! thought.
/ was young and strong and
very ignorant. / really believed
what / said. And set out to
tackle life armed with that belief.
You certainly can do a lot and
go a long way with just these
fighting tools. Even though
have found a better armor now,
LIN not going back on all that
original belief. still think
you've got to put up good scrap
If you want to get anywhere.
But I've found something that
will get you there faster than the
stiffest backbone or the heartiest
I've found faith-the biggest
medicine OF all.
/ didn't find it until life had
hHUChSu me out ana uaQ taken
the count. I got up sick and
groggy but I still wanted to go
on with the game. In fact, I
wanted to go on with it mora
than ever before. I felt q des-
perate need Of finding out IL it
was really all worth while. was
1t possible that love and courage
and honor really counted for
nothing after all? Were we just
a superior sort Of vegetable. and
did we cease forever when our
silly bodies died or our luck
failed? Could either life or
death blot US out like that. with
out a comeback
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-02-14
LISTEN, WORLD!

NOV faith is
Nthe su b
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-02-14

centimeters OF the average living
European.
The upper Paleolithic broadheads
of Oinet beat the modern broad
heads of Czechoslovakia by 1,400
cubic centimeters against 1890.
The '@Trinal man" (Pithecanthro-
pus) and the ''Piltdown man" had
as much brain capacity as the
modern Indian Veddahs.
Al Cro-Magnon cave man Of Men.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-02-14

AcSuSu AGS@
perately to dis
cover that, but
/ couldn't fight
any more, either
with brain or
fist. There was
darkness ahead
of me-a dark
ness my limited
wisdom cou Id
not pierce nor
my C o ur a & e
sl1atter. What
lay behind that
darkness? l felt
that truth and
justice and a
greater, ire e r
life lay behind
it. but / couldn't
prove that by
my old equip
nent. Yet I
had to prove it,
or go mad with
bitterness.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-02-14
By Garrett P. Serviss

tone beat Daniel Webster in the
size of his brain.
1t certainly looks as though the
secret of intellect cannot be con-
fined to mere brain size. But there
are no means of ascertaining the
weight of the brains that the cave
men carried. Wherefore the con.
illusions drawn from the psychia-
trist charts have been made of the
daWn-man's brain may be a little
rose-colored.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-02-14

- ~
stance Of things
hoped for, the
. yid e n c g of
things not seen. -
Hebrews XIII.
FAITH never
thought m u C b
of that virtue.
Seemed to me
a poor, weak
kneed, sniveling
sort Of attitude.
The sort of
pose you adopt.
ed when you
didn't have any
gumption left in
you.
Mel liked to
fight! I said to
m yself t h a t
maybe when /
was 80 years
old and didn't
have any scrap
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-02-14
Carrying q Vanity Case
NEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:

~ My girl friend and I have
justt been discussing whether or
not IT is proper to carry a vanity
case in ones hand at dance or
formal party. Neither of us know
what Is correct, 30 we decided to
let you solve the problem.
] received q fancy vanity case
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-02-14
QUESTIONSOF
ETIQUETTE
LMrs. COrnelius Beeckman-
Stamp Language
near MRS. BEECKMAN.

AEAh MRS. BEECkMANs
~ Cd Could you please tell me
the language Of stamps.
(2) Is there a meaning to the
color OF stationery?
Wen, what q sentimental lady
you are! You mustn't let yourself
carry your sentimentality SO far
that It will overwheIm your good
taste or sense OF good form. The
place for stamp is in the upper
right corner of an envelope, placed
right side up, and with the sides
fitting exactly with the sides OF
the envelope. This is the real
language Of the stamp, for If you
place it any other way, 1t means
to mannerly receiver that you
are careless person.
l2l The same thing applies 60
letter paper. If we use conserva.
tive shades Of paper. especially
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-02-14

white or very light gray. the re.
ceivsrs of our letters will know
that we have taste. And IL we
use bizarre, outlandish shades Of
paper, our friends will know that
we have no sense Of artistry and
no taste.
The Washington times., 1927-03-12
DR.. FRANK CRANES
DAILY EDITORIAL
Where To Hold
By DIR. FRANK CRANE

yHE place to take hold is Here Right Here And the
time to begin is Now. Right Now.
If You dom know how to go at it right go at it
wrong, but go at it.
All the worthwhile things Of this life are difficult
Nothing s easy but sumping.
Most of the problems that affect your happiness are
complicated.
And the way perform difficult and complicated task
is to go to t-somehOw.
For you learn by trying
Life is Art not Science. 1t is mastered by expert
ment and patience and infinite beginnings again Nobody
in the world learn just what before he does it.
mean in the way of living and getting along
ly you have to and dread the interview be-
he is impossible fellow and will make things as
hard for he right away and get with
II your desk IS cluttered with dozen haf-fnished
matters, clean it up Decide. Act
Ii yon owe money, pay, it. If you cannot pay it. make
the best arrangements you with your creditor now
Don't evade and equivocate Don't dawdle
you have lesson to learn at school and looks formid
able and don how you possibly it BY
tomorrows class go at it, learn little Of now Get
what you of it. only don't wait some miracle to
happen.
you have bad habit that is throtng YOU take hold
now. You must conquer it sometime every day you
delay your fight your enemy grows stronger
1t you want to money and get little ahead put
portion of what have in the saving bank Nothing
is finished that begun
you really be charitable and help your fellow
man, give of what you possess.
you are not helpful with dollar only your pocket
you would not be if you had Million
Do it now.
What You going to do day may be q sickly
dream It's what You do today that means something.
The only theory that Of any value the that gets
into your fingers right now
The only creed that will your soul the that
ushes heart and thought and speech and deed
The place to take hold is Here.
The Washington times., 1927-03-12
Civic Awards For Notable Deeds
By Private Citizens

Il the great upward growth and continued identification
OF Washington lack plans for suitable expression of our
appreciation Of notable voluntary public service by private
citizens Of notable deeds of charity and service to
humanity.
Washington beloved by all citizens Of the nation in
tense beloved BY It's citizens much that often
nave instances of public beneacOn should receive public
appreciation in concrete form
Our civic trade and local organizations and our public
spirited citizens should begin give thought to this matter
mat our community may IN some manner testify its CRATE
fu appreciation Of extraordinarily beneficial acts to the city
and TO philanthropy and charityby all unusual
civic service.
Dependent Washington IS upon Congress which often
exhibits indifference and to its duties here and
this city as Federal Capital our citizens cannot leave to
government the responsibility for community life and growth
This dependent situation makes it vitality necessary that we
should find methods to stimulate and approve worthy efforts
IA behalf OF our city.
In England the civic social and intellectual services Of
private citizens frequently rewarded by titles and honors
which stimulate to great deeds.
ia Philadelphia Edward Box annually contributes 900
70 the citizen who adjudged to have been useful
the community board Of directors making the selection
The Rotary Club, of Houston, Tex. awards gold medal
70 the citizen whose unesh endeavors been of greatest
value IN that city The Rotary Club Of Jackson Miss does
the thing
Denver Colo. established the Coonnade Of Civic Bene
factors plan of Mayor Speer Former Mayor Bailey
II 1890 appointed Civic Benefactors Commission carry
Upon this Denver colonnade the commission first placed
the Of 80 citizens who had aided in identifying and
clarifying that city Other names have been added since and
Sacramento Ca has honor roll upon which placed
the names Of public benefactors.
Marquette University, Of Milwaukee established in 1924
the award Of Certificate of Distinctive Civic Service made
annually at civic convocaton Of the university This Wis
conn institution has special interest in the awards except
the largest public service to Milwaukee The honor bestowed
Is not limited to any particular kind of service
Of the awards far made is for quiet and unosten
tatous charity good Deeds and lifelong civic interest in
Milwaukee Others for outstanding and unssh public
service and leadership; for willing service in all general
social and educational movements affecting the community
welfare for disinterested and highly efficient service
member Of the School Board and Library Board well
for active personal interest in civic movements.
In instance Marquette gave award to Catholic
sister for consecrated and devoted service classroom
teacher for years. for following up her boys for
after graduation always interested in their success and by
personal guidance and wise admcnitions keeping them in the
Of conservation utter sesacrce and kindly and personal
interest in the welfare of human beings which the way of
the Great Teacher
The Washington times., 1927-03-12
By ELSIE ROBINSON

and suppose always viii have.
That isn't what bothers me.
What l want to know IL HOW
SHALL I LIVE? When you are
In college you hear so much DIFF.
ferent advice about how to live,
and you see so many different ex-
periments being tried out. There
are many who believe that the
main thing In life IL to express
and develop ones own emotion.
Others say that you should live
to succeed, to ''get ahead" either
in business or q profession.
Others are always going in for
causes" waging some sort of
campaign or reform. Others live
only for art. And others say that
service is the only right ideal,
Il don't think am abnormal.
but there are many sides to my
nature, and I am sure that. II I
set my mind to it, I could pattern
my life along any of those lines.
But which line is the best? You
can't know how many young
people in college puzzle over that,
PEOPLE think that college girls
ana men only think Of jazz, or
worry about their courses. That
isn't so. Even If we've decided
on a profession there's still the
question, HOW + SHALL WE
LIVE? To develop ourselves? TO
serve others? Artistically? Demo.
cratically? How? What is your
advice?"
can give 1t to you in two
words. Aileen:
LIVE CALAMITY
You may not know what life Is
all about None Of us Do. You
The Washington times., 1927-03-12

No aeroplane could 60 beyond
the force of gravity. because the
plane would not rise higher than
the air extends--and, in truth, 1t
could not even reach the Top of
the atmosphere because at the
greater heights the air is so thin
that neither the propeller nor the
wings of the aeroplane would be
able to perform their duties.
Limited BY Air
There IL an astonishinsly wide
spread notion that an aeroplane
: could fly to the moon II only It
could carry enough fuel and pro.
visions, and be made a little more
efficient in action, But 1t would
stop as soon as 1t reached
The Washington times., 1927-03-12

age, purity and unselfishness, ten.
derness and patience were SUI
premely worth while-even though
they may not always seem worth
while.
Even though life must some-
times seem to you a hideous
farce you can hold yourself as
though you walked through noble
drama.
Though at times human beings
may seem clowns, or cravens, you
can act as If you yourself were
a poet, a saint. q brave crusader.
a high-hearted adventurer, tail
god.
You can't understand life,
Aileen. nor escape, and you can
do very little to change it, BUT
YOU CAN LIVE CALAMITY,
AS THOUGH TRUTH LAY BE-
HIND 1T AND LOVE WOULD
ULTIMATELY TRIUMPH OVER
ALL ITS DARKNESS AND DE-
SPAIR.
Yes, I know it's taking a sport.
ing chance.
But, after all, isn't It better to
bet on beauty and live in hope of
truth than accept some shabby
compromise?
But what If there isn't any
thing after all?" you cry. what
If there is no other life"
Even then, you'll have had the
best of 1t, my dear. Whether
there is or whether there isn't
something better ahead, your
have profited by the deal.
And I for one. believe there is
something better ahead
The Washington times., 1927-03-12
QUESTIONSOF
ETIQUETTE
Mrs. Cornelius Beeckman.
Serving HOrs d'Oeuvres
nEAR MRS REETL1AIANy.

NEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
~ You are indeed a good
friend in need'-for this YOU
have been to me through your
column. Please accept my an
probation. And again l would
thank you for an answer to the
following:
Was 1t correct for a hostess at
a luncheon to serve on each
plate an assortment of six to
eight canapes and hors d'oeuvres
as the first course? I have al
ways seen these served only one
piece to a guest. The guests
ate them, but it was rather
sickish to have to eat 30 many!
AS methods OF menus are al
ways changing, I'm wondering If
I am passe, or IL my hostess
was in the wrong. Please help
me in this. NJ.
Thank you for your charming
good morning"-it was a de-
lightfully spontaneous beginning
to your letter, and I deeply ap-
preciated it. You were most gra-
cious, and am glad that you
are a friend Of "our" column.
The number of hors d'oeuvres
that are served for the first
course depends entirely on the
rest of the menu. If the rest of
the menu is especially heavy, it
is not, of course, good planning
to have many kinds in this heavy
first course. But some llostesses
who have especial skill in choos.
ing and arranging hors d'oeuvres,
make a special feature Of serving
them. And often they are artists
in the way they arrange the
colors or shades OF a color, and
In the way they place their
designs. Possibly your hostess
came in this artistic category.
Did she?
/ believe that 1 am such a
canape and hors d'oeuvres enthu.
siast that / am not able to be Of
much help to you. You apparent.
" are not as fond of this course
as either your hostess or Il In
many restaurants in this country
and in a great many abroad,
specialties are made of this
course, and one practically makes
ones luncheon around this assort-
ment or delicacies.
So you see. it just depends on
the taste OF the hostess. Times
have changed In this country
especially, I think, in this serv-
ing of canapes and hors d'oeuvres.
and now more and better" assert.
nents are offered.