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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-09
By ELSIE ROBINSON
Candle Light

4 made them" she said
simply, from the wax in my own
hives, They have never been
away from the hill here. /
thought you might like something
that was part OF US particularly
today"
And suddenly the world went
dark for both of us through a
film Of tears, as we thought of
that other dear. radiant young
light which had gone out a year
before.
| had never known my neigh.
Dor well, for am a busy woman
and shut off from the comfort OF
neighboring. But in that one mo.
ment the walls went down and
our lives flowed together,
lit a candle and let 1t burn
little while. 1t burned with a
small murmuring. as though a
sleepy bee were prisoned in the
flame. The smoke was ike q
mist of honey. 1t filled the room
with. its musky sweetness. i
closed my eyes and the year came
back to me.
There, in that fruity whiff. was
the hank of apple blossoms that
had rested on my gray wall, the
day the bees had hived. And
there were spikes of larkspur,
blue as summer sky, my deep
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-09

waves of the visible part of the
spectrum, though metal like
gold may be made so thin that
some of the light is transmitted.
This shows that there is a GER
tain degree of penetration of the
light in the solid metal, so that
it does not become altogether a
perfect conductor to the rays. But
there are in the great gamut of
electromagnetic radiation, waves
other than those that appear as
light, which are able to penetrate
substances that to US seem
Opaque,
Thus ebonite, an almost perfect
insulator of electricity for ordi.
nary purposes, though opaque to
light waves. is transparent to all
the longer waves beyond the red
end OF the spectrum.
On the other side waves shorter
than light waves, such as the
x,rays. readily pass through solids
that are totally Opaque to light.
Indeed. the recently discovered
"Millikan rays" coming upon us
out of space. and as yet mysteri.
Gus in origin, are able, TO pene.
trate six feet of solid lead. That
only means that the lead is
transparent" to them though
opaque to light waves. and il
person had eyes as sensitive TO
these rays as they are to ordinary
light, he could see through six
feet of lead as through a window
glass.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-09
ONCE-OVERS
By J. J. MUNDY
"BE IT EVER SO HUMBLE

1t is surprising to that each year you seem to look
with favor upon the idea of spending your declining
years in home provided by your lodge for those who are
unable to care for themselves
You remember when such thought was distaseful to
you
Now it seems to you that it is not such bad idea
You know that such homes welconducted and that
they afford comforts and attention.
All these years have helped support the movement
to provide and sustain and maintain your lodge home for
the aged
This fact ought to make you look kindly on the
possibility Of going yourself such home rather than
find yourself helpless among those outside your family
Perhaps you have family ties; your lodge is =
home tie.
Then you may have children who should and could take
care of but they have little which to rear their
families.
In your desire to have good time you may be drawing
too heavily your income and trusting your lodge home
to come to the but take place of
home of and the wherewithal to keep it going
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-09

a sudden shock-that he can't eat
or sleep or enjoy baseball game:
No wonder men make better
motor-car drivers than womeni
They have such wonderful CAST.
IRON NERVES! That's why
women are such nervous wrecks!
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-09
BRUNCH"
Have You Heard That Modern Word,

D. Lasker, recently head Of the Shipping Board now
returned to base money making introduces you to the word
brunch
is used by young people Of today says he describe
meal taken too early for luncheon too late for breakfast
Flaming youth having gone to bed late getting up hungry
Immediately eats at half past ten eleven and calls it
brunch )" word made OF breakfast" and luncheon
An amusing word but promising those that use it
and eat it often.
Irregular eating and irregular sleeping small proba.
hility Of general success
When Lasker younger making his in the world on
his own account he ate any brunche His first meal
Of the day might have been named upbre because it was
little too late for last nights supper little early for
this mornings breakfast.
The world is for those that supbrek and the
worlds failures and dsappontmen for the brunch eaters
Write that down in your little diary young gentlemen and
ladies Of the late night club early morning headache
brunch.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-09

There never was a lovelier gift
than that
No store could ever sell a gift
so fine or rare. For here was
something friendly in its every
part, and warm with meaning.
Part of another life was caught
in this rich wax-another's loving
thought perfumed that smoke.
My neighbor brought me more
than ten tall candles in box.
She had set her sympathy to light
my lonely room.
How seldom we get gifts like
that these days! We are so busy
and our lives are factory made.
Our love has price tags on it. or
a copyright!
MY mother used to bake big
pans of gingerbread and send
them to the neighbors, when I
was a child. The first dark vic.
let's that grew beneath the almond
tree, the syrup that our grandma
always made for colds, a lar of
goose grease or a cup of cream.
some scraps to help a braided
rug along-such were the things
that passed from home to home.
Not "boughten presents ''corn.
forts we had made by hand.
Warm. friendly gifts. whose mem.
DRY burns like candles in
lonely room!
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-09
NEGOTIATIONS
OF A WIFE
by HeLan Rowland

Why Women Are Nervous Wrecks
0NE of the things that a woman
" most envies man, is his per.
feet equanimity--his lovely cast.
iron nerves!
Man may have been made to
mourn; but he has cheerfully
lodged his destiny. by turning
over the job to woman.
Every woman bitterly envies a
man his ability to turn over and
go fast asleep in the middle of an
exciting argument, and his mag.
nificent faculty for falling right
back into a blissful doze, after
fire or a burglar scare.
Everything makes a woman
nervous! NOTHING makes a
man nervous!
- He can calmly stand for half
an hour on street corner, read
ing the baseball bulletins, watch.
ing a gang of safe movers at
work, or swapping stories with a
crony, without once skipping a
pulse-beat at, the thought that the
soup is getting cold, the roast
drying up in the oven and the
cook probably having Mysteries.
He can serenely stick woman's
letter in his pocket and neglect
to answer it for a couple of
weeks, without q CULVER of con-
science at the knowledge that she
is running anxiously to the door
six or seven times a day, looking
for word from him.
He can break a date at the last
moment, and then eat a hearty
dinner in blissful serenity. with.
out a tremor OF remorse at the
consciousness that he has spoiled
a girls whole evening.
He can promise to go ia a
party. and then. at the eleventh
hour. call it off, with never a
thought OF the agonized hostess.
WIN ~ lOrIuFlHS nef brain and
keeping the telephone wires hot.
in her maddened efforts to fill
his place.
He can close his lips comfort.
ably on his pipe or his cigar, and
KEEP a secret to himself, even
when he knows that his wife Is
aching and duivering with curios.
ity to hear 1t.
He can turn on his radio At
midnight or sit for an hour prac.
ticing on his wailing saxophone
without a twinge Of guilt at the
knowledge that he is driving the
whole household to nervous pros.
tration or suicide.
A MAN never lies awake all
night wondering whether or not
a girl loves him Or whether or
+ not he should have let her kiss
4 him! Or whether or hot she is
seriously Or what he should
wear to a party! Not HE.
A man never gets 80 excited
over anything-love. woman. an
adventure, or even an accident, or
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-09
Words From Lips
of Wise Men

Tradition wears a snowy beard;
romance is always young.
Whittier.
Ere you consult fancy consult
your purse.-Franklin.
Sometimes quiet lie disquieting.
Seneca.
Ignorance is not innocence, but
sin.-Browning.
True joy is a serious matter
Seneca.
Our deeds determine US as much
as we determine our deeds.
George Eliot.
Help thysef ana God will help
thee. Herbert.
When pain can't bless, heaven
quits US in despair. Young.
Rich the treasure,
Sweet the pleasure.
Sweet Is pleasure after pain.
Dryden.
To tell men that they cannot
help themselves is to fling them
into recklessness and despair.
-Froude.
Fame sometimes hath created
something Of nothing. Fuller.
Nature admits no us.-carlyls.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-09
PUZZLES OF
ANCIENTS

DUZZLES, Of which the human
i race seems never to tire, were
popular forms Of amusement hum
dreds of years before Christ. says
Sam Lloyd. the puzzle expert, in an
article in this weeks Liberty.
"Our knowledge OF early puzzles
Is based mostly on traditions and
early writings" he points out.
THE most ancient puzzles Of
which we actually know the au.
thor's name date back to 1900
B. c. These are contained in an
Egyptian papyrus reposing in the
British Museum The title of this
priced relic IL Directions for
Knowing All Dark Things The
author was = priest named Ahmes.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-09
TRANSPARENCY
By Garrett P. Seryiss

Comparing piece OF cast
iron and a piece of glass, both
are heavy and brittle, but one
will let light pass through and
the other will not. Is it owing
to the arrangement of the cleo
trons?-R. L. Doyle, New York.
IVES, it is associated with the
4 electrons. Frederick Soddy,
famous for his work in radio.
activity and chemistry, says: For
any substance to be transparent
1t must be an insalator. The alb
sorption of the rays is due to their
communicating their energy to the
electrons in matter. and if these
are free from, or only loosely
associated with the atoms, the
substance will conduct electricity.
A gold leaf which is so excessively
thin that 1t will transmit green
light becomes quite transparent
by annealing. and then loses its
power OF conducting electricity"
This means that to rays which
render a substance conductor
that substance is opaque; that is
to say it prevents the passage of
those rays. Thus the socalled
Schumann and Lyman rays, which
are of very small wave length, In
the extreme ultraviolet part OF
the spectrum make the aid con-
duct opaque to them, and physi-
cists in order TO study those rays
must use a vacuum.
Transparent in Waves
Substances that are transparent
to some waves are opaque to
others. OF course you know that
what we call light is regarded as
but a small part of a very long
series of electromagnetic waves in
the ether" To measure the
length of these waves unit has
to be employed, as in any other
measurement, and the unit chosen
for this purpose is called an "Ang-
strom," represented by the letter
A, whose length is Hoo. 200, 0O0th
of centimeter. or, in round num-
bers, 1I250.000,0 00th of an inch.
Now there are waves in the ether
ranging from less than a thou
sandth of an Angstrom dI250 ,000.-
OOO.0O0th of an inch) up to length
OF many miles. The light waves
are all included within a range of
from 5000 to 1900 Angstroms ),
|. e., in round numbers, from one
64.000th to one 33,000th of an inch.
The longer of these waves makes
the effect called red, and the
shorter violet.
Metal Stops Waves
Glass is usually transparent to
all these. But ordinary glass is
opaque to waves of less than about
1l71,000th of an inch and more
than 1IS,00Oth. And air itself be-
comes opaque to waves as short
as 1l147. 0O0th Of an inch, because
Of their ionizing effect upon It.
A sheet OF metal stops all the
q sudden shock-that he cant eat
or sleep or enjoy a baseball game.
No wonder men make better
motor-car drivers than wonepi
They have such wonderful CAST.
IRON NERVES. That's urhy
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-09

red roses, spicy
as mulled wine;
the wild Scotch
b ON that
gro w s beyond
the fence and
flaunts its gypsy
fragrance at my
garden flowers;
the faint nectar
of wisteria: the
amber syrup
from my pam
sizes hearts.
There was the
harvest Of my
gardens year,
the golden fat
of sunny sum-
mer hours, gath
cred by busy,
b zzin & little
s n m e 5 n n d
nodded in sweet
candles by my
neighbours kind.
" hands
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-09
LISTEN, WORLD!

MY neikhbor
M came TO my
door with a box
lin her hand,
Her blue eyes
were warm and
eager with some
s ecret delight
and ! knew that
something lovely
was about to
happen.
i opened the
box and the JOY
in my ey es
leaped TO hers.
There lay ten
candles. They
were dull gold
in color. of
rough. rich wax,
and from them
c a m e a fra
gra nee like
h o ey mixed
with moist. red
1orf1.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-09
All Wet, But It Pays

Gertrude Ederle the English Channel got welcome
like Conquerng general and plentiful opportunities make
money.
and was showered with movie and vaudeville contracts
Wetheren Austin young Palm Beach feguard swan out
and dragged ashore drowning Chicagoan Rescuee pre-
scented rescuer with college education
you want to be quickly wealthy and famous try the
water route
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-09
QUESTIONSOF
ETIQUETTE
MRS. Cornelius Beeckman
Personal Gifts
nEAR MRS. REECKMAN:

NEAR MRS. BEECkMAN.
II Will you kindly tell me
whether or not ii is proper for a
gentleman to give girl friend a
dresser set as a gift?
B claims that it's not only
improper. but insulting to give
her such a gift.
A claims it Is proper Which
of the two is correct?
Thank you. G. B. W.
A is not correct. and B is only
partly correct. 1t is not proper
for a gentleman to give such a
consequential and personal gift to
a woman to whom he is not en-
gagged. But to give such a gift is
a question of misdirected taste. or
perhaps of lack OF taste. | am
sure that there would be in 1t no
element of insult. An Insult"
is a vicious sort of thing with
definite intention to hurt. The
giving of a gift of this kind, while
not in good taste or good form,
would certainly be meant kindly
A Friendly Gesture
nEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
II A friend of mine, who was
visiting here, not at my home but
at an hotel, mailed me, the evening
of her departure, her personal card
and on the lower right corner
were the letters p. p. C. Will you
kindly tell me the meaning of
those letters and what / should
do. A READER,
The p. p. c. that your friend
wrote on her card stand for
the French words Pour prendre
congo" which means to take
leave. Your friend is evidently a
very gracio. and polite lady and
so left these cards TO her friends
to indicate pleasant amenity
when leaving town. Leaving cards
of this kind is one of those charm.
ing end polite gestures of well.
bred people which are so delightful.
And. since the leaving OF this
kind of card Is merely a gesture,
In no sense having a special sig.
nificance of thanking for hos.
pitality or for any special cour-
tesy, or indeed left for any special
reason. except to say "Au revoir."
1t Is not necessary to acknowl.
edge 1t.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-02-24
uNREDEEMED CURRENCY
HELPS BUILD ROADS

PARIS, Feb "a. (R-Good roads
are being built in France out Of the
profits from the wear and tear on
paper money.
Forty million francs of the sub
stitute currency printed by Cham
bers of Commerce soon after the war
have never been reclaimed. This
was money of small denominations
printed to supply small change in
the days of initiation. Much of the
money was lost and destroyed, some
was carried away by travellers and
some was presented too late for re-
demption.
The government ruled that part Of
the profits that accrued to the
Chambers of Commerce in this man
ner must go to bodybuilding.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-02-24
FREE TRIP TO PARIS
MEMBERSHIP PRIZES

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Feb. "a. (P)
Two American Legion posts are
offering free trips to Paris in men,
bership campaigns, according to re-
ports received at National HeadQuar-
tiers here. One is the WILDER NJ.
Comeau post of Haverhill, Mass. The
other is Spokane Post No. 9 of
Spokane, Wash. The Spokane cam
paign ends June l with the free
trip as the prize. Besides the free
trip as the first prize, second and
third prizes of $50 and $40 are being
Offered in the Spokane contest.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-02-24
KING COVE NEWS

Fred Petnikoff has just completed
a new home in King Cove and his
family are now occupying the same
Fred Brandal has completed his
new home in King Cove and before
the end of January will have his
family here to occupy it.
Mike Clipper came in from the
Boring Sea the middle of January
and reports fine weather on that side
all winter but very small catches of
fur for trappers.
Among. the King Cove residents
kofsky were Mrs. Axel Samuelson,
Mrs. Wilmer Christianson and Mrs.
Fred Brandal.
A fine big baby boy has arrived
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
Endresen and to say that the parents
are very proud of him is putting it
very mildly.
Axel Samuelson returned to King
Cove on the January Starr from his
trapping grounds on Umimak Island.
He reports very mild weather on the
island for the winter and good fur
catches.
Reports indicate that there will be
two more nice homes built in King
Cove early this spring and several
families from the westward are plan
ming on coming here this summer
and make it their permanent home.
Ed Simpson, Waterman for the P.
A. F. King Cove Cannery, accompani-
ed by Mrs. Simpson, spent Christ
mas with Rev. and Mrs. Hotovitzky
at Belkofsky, and upon return they
both reported that they had the time
of their young lives.
Rev. and Mrs. Hotovitzky and
children, accompanied by the school
teacher of Belkofsky spent a few
days in King Cove this month,
visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Ed Simp-
son.
Though it is we'll known that Can't.
Johansen of the S. S. Starr is
100 per cent booster for Seward he
passed the remark a few days ago
while in King Cove eastward bound
that our village was assuming the
proportions of a real city. Many
thanks Captain.
Ed Simpson who has been winter
Waterman for the Pacific American
Fisheries at King Cove the past
winter has excepted a position with
the Alaska Game Commission as
master of the M. S. Seal and reports
in Juneau the first of March. Mrs.
Simpson will make her home in Sew
ard or Kodiak.
Rumors are afloat that King Cove
is to have new $4,000 school house
this summer and it is most certain
ly needed. At present there are
80 children here and during the sum-
mer months there are at least 40
more many of which are of school
age and should attend school in
stead of playing around the cannery
and ship yards.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-02-24

The Gateway leads-others follow.
Evening star., 1927-04-17

high, extend to 33 inches. Filled with
galvanized wire.
Evening star., 1927-04-17
Window Screens

II a + d.
wood Ex-
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Evening star., 1927-04-17

Eoys' Blouses, collar
attached style, of white.
tan and blue broadcloth,
madras M percale.
Perfect lity and
slight irregulars. Sizes
6 to 16 years.
GOldenberG 's-Third Floor.
, 1927-02-19
Notice Of Sheriff'S Sale.

AT the request Of the sheriff Of
"A the municipality of St. CroiX,
ard by order Of the District Court
of the Virgin Islands of the United
States, there will be offered for
sale on
Monday February 28tn 1927
AT2 O'CLOCK P. III.
in the Fort Yard at Christiansted
the following articles belonging to
the estate OF VIM. JONES, deceased:
ICarl, / Mule, Jack, 4 She
ASS; and some pieces of board
laths, l Trunk with clothes.
Also the following articles:
/ Horse (StaIlion) belonging to
JOHN BUCHANAN, deceased.
l Donkey impounded on Farm
Hill.
/ Baaeau found on Salt River
Bay.
me condition of the sale will be
read at the time Of the sale.
A. E. STAKEMANN,
Vendue Director.
Fee Frs. 10
Say Ten HYoDpC
, 1927-02-19
Fee Frs. 10
Say Ten Francs
The New StICroil Savings Bank,
AT O'CLOCK p. IA.

4 there was no quorum at the 45th
81 Annual General Meeting of The NEW
- ST. OR TX SAVINGS BANK advertised
to be he'd on thursday the 10th Of Feb
ruary 1927, the Members are hereby
notified that a meeting will be held on
WEDNESDAY, THE 23RD DAY OF
FEBRUARY 1927 at 4.3O in the alter
neon, at the Office of the Institution
al which meeung a statement Of the
transactions for the yeat ending March
The 31st 1926 will be produced and the
election Of trustees take place.
Christiansted. St. Croix, February 18th
1927.
A. e. STAKEMANN,
President.
Milford chronicle., 1927-09-16
Fried Apples And Bacon

Thinly sliced bacon is delicious
when Drowned under the flames of
the brOiler in a gas stove. It is
then free of excess fat, crisp and
appetizing. Good results can also
be obtained by frying it in heavy
skillet, draining the slices and alb
sorbing a large part of the fat with
brown paper. Apples or tomatoes
can then be fried in the fat and ac-
cording to the Bureau of Home
Economics, U. S. Department of
Agriculture, make a particularly
attractive breakfast dish. The fol-
lowing receipt is suggested for
fried apples and bacon. Select
good tart apples. Peel and cut out
them in q to 1 inch cubes. Fry
the bacon in a heavy skillet. AS
soon as the slices of bacon are
crisp, remove and drain them on
clean brown paper. For frying the
apples you will need about one
fourth cup of the bacon fat. Put
the apples in the hot bacon fat, pill
ing them up rather high in the fry
ing pan. Sugar to taste. Be sure
you use enough sugar, apples fried
this way require little more sugar
than apples fried in the ordinary
way. Cover and cook slowly until
tender. Then remove the cove, and
turn the apples gently, so the pieces
will keep their right shape. Let
them brown lightly, they are then
almost transparent. Place them in
hot platter and surround them
with the bacon.
Milford chronicle., 1927-09-16

FOR SALE - New bungalow, any
size, any price, any direction from Mil
ford or in the town limits. on reason
able terms. Here is a chance to get a
good new nome that will please. If you
prefer any other kind of house, we are
in a position to build to suit purchaser.
Telephone service. Milo c. Farber Mil
ford, Del. o23-t
Milford chronicle., 1927-09-16

CONTRACT SO
State Wharf at Little Creek
20 Lin. Ft. Timber Bulkhead.
l 10-foot Span Timber Bridge.