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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-06-28
.CHAIN BRIDGE
IS WEAKER

Greater limitations on the use Of
Chain Bridge may be placed by the
District Commissioners az the re.
suit of an inspection trip yesterday
afternoon by Col. William B. Ladue,
new Engineer Commissioner.
Colonel Ladue found that the
bridge has still further deteriorated
since, the report from the bridge
department about 10 DAYS ago
recommending that it be closed to
traffic.
At that time the bridge depart.
ment pointed out that the bridge
was likely to collapse at any time
without warning. Assistant En-.
gineer Commissioner H. C. White.
hurst. however, recommends that
the bridge continue to be used but
only for light traffic and the Com
mtssioners accepted his recommen-
| dation.
Colonel Ladue at that time was
| not Engineer Commissioners and the
future use of the bridge depends
largely upon his Judgment.
Captain Whitehurst went over
the bridge Yesterday with Colonel
Ladue and found another crack in
| the south abutment. He still be-
lieves the bridge can be used, how
| ever.
Washington real estate men want tn
cooperate with ycu in the selection Of
columns Of the rlaasffied a ra~aa
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-06-28
OImstead Students to
Stage Recital Tonight

A program ranging from the
classics of Wagner and Chopin to
nursery melodies of the "sleep. Baby,
Sleep" type, will be rendered tonight
at Chevy Chase Theater when the
Olmstead class of the Chevy Chase
School of Music hold it's second and
concluding annual spring recital.
Tomorrow night the students will
give a dinner to Mrs. Amelia Meme
fee olmstead. teacher of the class.
A metal anchor strip to prevent
concrete floors cracking has been
patented.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-06-28
Bus LINE EXTENDED

The Richmond Washington Motor
Coaches, Inc. was yesterday granted
permission by the Public Utilities
Commission to extend its line from
Pennsylvania Avenue and Ninth
Streets to the Capital Park Hotel.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-06-28

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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-06-28

The rotor principle used to propel
nhips has been used in place of a
windmill to pump water in Ger.
many.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-28
COMET ON WAY
By Garrett P. Serviss

Being interested in astron-
omy, I would like to know il
the coming comet, Pons.Win-
necke, can be seen with a tele-
scope having a power of 80
diameters, and when and about
where to look to find it in the
sky. Would q telescope like
that be powerful enough to be.
come interesting and useful?''
e. j. M, Irvington, N. j..
TIME comet is now (the last
l. week of Nav between the
consultations Bootes and Draco,
east of the handle of the Great
Dipper. 1t Is about 10000, 900
miles from the earth. 1t Is far
below the limit of naked-eye
vision, and 1t is doubtful If you
could find 1t with such tele.
scope as you describe.
What is needed is not a great
magnifying power but a large
aperture" which means the size
or the object-gIass of the tele-
scope. 1t should be at least
three or four inches in diameter.
The larger the object glass is the
greater becomes the relative
quantity of light brought to the
focus OF the telescope. This is
very important in the case of a
liant object like comet.
During June the comet will
move southeastward, passing
down from the head OF Draco.
north OF Hercules, and about the
10th of June it will be a few.
degrees northeast of the brilliant
star Vega, in the constellation of
the Lyre.t 1t viii then be be-
tween 100000 and 5000, 900
miles from the earth, and will
have frightened so that with a
small telescope you may be able
to see it.
A few nights later it viii cross
the long beam of the constella-
tlonS Northern Cross" living in a
bright part of the Milky Way, and
VIII increase its southerly mo-
ton until, on June 26, when it
IS expected to be at its nearest
point to the earth--about three
and q half million nailes--it will
De found southwest of the Great
Square Of Pegasus, and not far
below the second magnitude star
Epsilon Peaasi. About July | it
will be east of the first magni.
tude star Fomalhaut, and Its dis
is to scatter her kisses around
upon all the wrong men, and to
be shop-worn, and without a new
thrill, when she meeteth the
/ RIGHT Man!
But as for me, I should rather
dwell all the days Of my life
amongst the spinsters and the
nuns and the unkissed. than to
suffer the caresses of bores and
antiques and collegiate mus
taches!
Alas, alas. saith the Woman of
Babylon would that men would
respect, my dyed hairs and de-
liver ms from their kisses! For I
am sick Of eannsdIove.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-28
No Private Monopoly of Water
Rights at Great Falls

It should now be clearly evident to the Federal Power
Commission that official and public opinion in Washington
intensely hostile to the water and power rights at Great
Falls passing into the hands of private monopoly
Il should be plainly evident to the company taking the
preliminary steps obtain that monopoly that is wasting
its money in the venture because official and public sep
ent and Congress will permit the acquisition Of these
valuable Enthusiastically not except under conditions that
would be too hampering for private monopoly accept
Government ownership interference with the rights of
business obnoxious Congress Business almost
sody arrayed against the Government entering into projects
that should be developed handled through private enter
prise
Those objections cannot apply the water and power
rights Great Falls because the Falls and the Potomac River
are too closely connected with Government vast activities
interests here permit private business interfering with
the Government rights and plans.
As the necessity wisdom of the Government developing
energy Great Falls there may question
but there question that if there be development the
Government should do it to remain in control Of
other developments the Government may fit to undertake
TIL hardly probable that the Government develop
Immense hydroeectric energy from the falls that it would
undertake go into the business Of distributing electric power
the people of this city, in competition with the Potomac
EeCric Power Company It would dispose Of the power
however in that might be beneficial the people
Of Washington and Government bureaus and departments
Hydroecric development Of the falls may be of Importance
for the present. but it is the treatment Of the falls and
territory for the benefit Of the future Of Greater Washing
ton that is Of most Importance.
The falls and river must eventually become part of mark
that will take its place among the most beautiful of world
parks. The Park and Planning Commission and the Fine
Arts Commission vision this territory made by nature for
famous park Government agencies would of course
troll the park for the people of the nation and of this city
These Government agencies would be impeded at every
step the water rights and rights of way the District
acquired by private corporation. Nothing could be
rnou to park projects of the future than private ownership
Conflicts between private ownership and Government plans
would be inevitable with prolonged legal battles courts
and trouble of all sorts.
So why permit private corporation to obtain even a
temporary hold valuable rights which the Government will
want for itself day? Leave this matter entirely
gress for disposition.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-28
DR.. FRANK CRANES
DAILY EDITORIAL
Biscuit Cutter Civilization
BY DIR. FRANK CRANE

yHE charge is brought against America that it repre-
sents biscuit cutter civilization
That is, that goods which manufactured, well
the minds of people generally, in set form There
is too much unanimty and about life and not
enough indvidualism
WE'LL the biscuit cutter idea has something to be said in
its favor It standardization of products 1t
that parts shall be made by machinery and shall be Of
interchangeable nature Almost all the reduction in price
and the enormous product of have been due
to the elimination of and expense by Standardization
In newspaper columns it said that IN five years the
industrial output has increased 40 per cent One manuac
turer Zone working steadily for hours used to
turn out 60 pieces hour, 40 day. He got sos
week Then put in machines We have so the
job and we put out 1900 pieces day
This story has been multiplied by many.
Cotton seed waste product has been used in many
ways In Wisconsin they making paper from peat Be
cause of this Standardization and immensely increased
products we have become the weahest nation the world
we are producing not only surplus cotton and wheat
surplus industrial products and have surplus of money
We are richer than a nation before.
We own 2O,OOO000 motor cars, millions of homes and
travel and live luxuriously
Arthur d. Welton in article in the Burroughs maya
zne says that is estimated that the earnings of American
corporations for 1926 exceed billion dollars.
Savings deposits in banks twice much they
twenty years ago.
We are supplying the world with capital New York has
effectively challenged the financial leadership of London
Our people hold bonds to the extent of billion dol
lars and the foreign Indebtedness the United States
now in of sixteen billion dollars
Mr. Welton says The fact is that America not only
the richest country in the world but richer than any country
ever was before and is destined to become still richer"
The biscuit cutter civilization reduced its lowest terms
simply that people have learned cooperate and
to waste well utilize the forces of nature So after
all the biscuit cutter civilization has something to be said
in its favor
Copyright 1927 by Mccnur.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-28
By ELSIE ROBINSON

not discovered by a sensible per.
son. 1t was discovered by a
very stubborn, reckless, eccentric
person who cast caution to the
winds and got himself most
scanda1ously talked about.
The vast and perilous reaches
of the West were not settled by
sensible persons. They were set
tied by dreamers and adventures
and gallant scallywags who defied
home authority and tempted
destruction for themselves and
their families.
The great scientific discoveries
have not been made by sensible
people. They have been made by
people who risked and sacrificed
health. safety. money, reputation.
domestic happiness. public honor
and life itself, to prove their
theories. Read 'aThe Microbe
Hunters" and see the desperate
chances which those inspired
madmen took in search Of knowl.
edge. Study the history of en-.
g1neering-follow that trail which
Is marked so clearly by the bone
and blood Of those who persisted
Tor the sake of their experiments.
Now that we, who profit by their
discoveries, look back at them.
we call them martyrs and heroes.
But their contemporaries didn't
call them heroes. They called
them fools and crack-brained
theorists who didn't decently pro-
vide for their families, and even
harder names.
Nor were these famous gentle.
men themselves bent on attaining
martyrdom, although we would
like to think so. They were
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-28
THE LAND OF TOPSY-TUPVY

Japan might indeed be called
ID the Land Of Topsy-Turvy,"
for here almost everything seems
to be done entirely opposite to
the way it is done in the Occi.
dental world. For instance. the
Japanese build the roof of the
house first; they back their horses
into their stalls; turn their KEYS
inward instead of outward: beach
their ships stern foremost: eat
dessert In the place of soup, and
even carry babies on their backs
instead of in their arms.
OF course, we are all more or
less specifically familiar with
Japanese writing; that is, we
know that their books start At
the back, running toward the
front, and the writing Is placed
in columns. reading from the TOP
right-hand corner. downwards to
the bottom left.hand corner.
''Foot-notes" are placed at the
tops Of the pages.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-28
NEGOTIATIONS
OF A WIFE
BY Helen Rowland

AAC1GtA AAUW AdAhu~~~--1~s
Starved Souls" and Canned
Love"
THE Wall of a Bored Woman
4 of Babylon, which she
chanteth in her heart.
Alas, alas, saith the Woman Of
Babylon, would that men would
respect my dyed hairs, and de-
liver me from their kisses!
For 10, I am weary Of casual
caresses and sick unto death OF
petting! / am tired Of being
mauled and bored with canned
love!
For, verify. it hath come to
pass that all men are as one
and that one DEADLY!
The antiques are as foolish and
frolicsone as the collegiate cut
ups! The Sophisticates are as
childish as the dimwits; the
charmers are as stale as the fiat
tires; and the we1l-bred are as
indolent as the uncouth!
Behold, every man demandeth
his pound of kisses!
Yea. every man demandeth his
kiss of greeting and his hug at
parting! And there is NO dis.
elimination and no subtlety IN
them!
Go to. So accustomed is a
damsel to impertinence, that she
Is astonished, that the delicatessen
dealer doth not jauntily proffer
her a kiss with every pound Of
cheese.
Yet, she is grateful when the
butcher doth not pat her tenderly.
upon the back with the porter
house steak; and that the grocer's
clerk doth not chuck her under
the chin with a bunch of
asparagus!
For, alas, 1t hath come to pass,
that EVERY man regardeth
every woman as his ''littIe Cutie"
And all life is deadly and all men
are hores!
Yet l charge thee. nv Daugh-
ter, do not blame them! For it
is not the fault of the men, bat
OF the weak and foolish WOMEN.
that kisses have become nauseous
and love a travesty!
"a
For the kiss-hungry, "senti.
mentally unemployed" DAMSELS
have made the way or the men
EASY! Yet, the Starved Souls
have joyfully accepted the crumbs
from the love-feast, and been de.
lighted Herewith.
Why, then, should men not
float in their vanity? And where
fore, shall a man believe ANY
woman, when she saith "Oh,
DON'T?'?
Verify. verify, TO save all her
kisses for the Right Man, and
then to marry the Wrong Man,
was the tragedy of Yesterdays
Damsel.
But the folly Of Today.s Damsel
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n hAES S44 AZ IA6L D1S
and unpleasant deaths.
Such action is not animated by
common sense.
1t Is animated by most uncom-
mon courage. audacity and in.
telligence.
And such courage, audacity and
intelligence have nothing what
ever in common with the pru-
dent. prudish performance which
we dub common sense.
1t Is obvious, of course. that
very few OF us can discover
Americas, settle frontiers. segre-
gate diphtheria germs, invent
dynamos or found religions. It
Is also obvious that the world
owes an immense debt to the peo-
pie who stay in ruts doing their
simple duty and not biting off
more than they can chew.
but. while we eulogize the
common sense" Of the vast safe
and sane attitude, we're in danger
OF drifting into a grave error
We are in danger OF thinking
that safety and sanity are The
most desirable conditions in the
world. A
They're not!
They're all right and we need
them and it's just as well to he
safe and sane unless you are
very. very sure that you are fit.
TED to be something else
But don't forget that the very
greatest things in human history
have always been done by peo-
pie who were never quite safe and
VINO were considered anything.
but sane by their contemporaries.
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They may seem to us to be
strangely immodest, for 1t il 4
common thing to see men ana
women using, at the same time.
the public baths. On thu OILY
hand. they are greatly shocked a.
our lack Of finer feeling in per-
uniting our necks and ankles ia
be viewed by the public. in eve
ming or even in street attire. Az
you see, It's 'all in the point Of
view" R4' -
Contrary to our general idea. no
respectable. well-mannered woraan
would ever be guilty of wearing
an embroidered kimono. She
wears one of silk, usually spe-
clally dyed with the family crest
printed five times in white. And,
or course, with her kimono. she
wears her obi-or large sash-the
pride and joy of her life, and gen.
orally costing many times the
price of the remainder of her
costume
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-28
WISE SAYINGS

Art is tins application of knowl.
edge to practical end.
Sir John Herschel.
o, how wonderful is the human
voice! 1t is, indeed, the organ of
the soul. -Lonxfellow
The shaping of our own life IA
our own work. 1t is thing OF
beauty, it Is a thing Of shame, as
We ourselves make it. Ware.
The thing which must be, must be
for the best;
I God helps us do our duty and not
shrink,
And trust His mercy humbIy for
the rest.
Owen Meredith.
The conscious utterance Of
thought by speech or action, to any
end, is art. Emerson.
We live in the consequences OF
past action. DIR. A. A. Hodge.
There's nothing that alIays an
angry mind
So soon as sweet beauty.
Beaumont and Fletcher.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-28

This Japanese girl recently broke the worlds record for
running in the 100ere dash at Toxic She is with safe
margin the fastest girl in the worldast in the PHYSICAL
sense of swift running.
Otherwise you may be that brought up good little
Japanese girls, she is far from fast Philadelphia
snail always respecting her ancestors and her good
We Of the white race especially the socaled AngloSaxon
tribe only recently emerged from barbarsm consider
selves superior to all others It may make think for
moment to look at this picture of wonderfully made little
with driving power in her head that makes Of her the swift
est moving twogged little female the face Of the globe
TO cure conceit
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-28
A Fitting Token

A Fitting Token
NEAR MRS. BEECKMAN: !.
~ Would you please advise
me II it Is appropriate to send
flowers to an engagement party?
G. M. r.
IT is most appropriate to send
Il flowers to4an engagement party.
Indeed, they seem especially adapt
able to such a party. and, too, they
are often used as a decorative
background for the lAreiving
party. -
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-28

tance from the earth will have
increased to between 5000 900
and 100000 miles. BY the mid.
die of July it will be nearing the
southern horizon, and it's distance
will have increased to $4,000, 900
miles.
At the time of this writing it
Is not expected by astronomers
that the comet will at any point
in its course become bright
enough to be seen by the naked
eye. But comets are more or
less erratic, curious things some
times happen to them, and one
can never be perfectly sure OF
any prediction made about them,
except that they will follow pretty
closely the tracks that calculation
lays down. There is a very good
chart of the prospective course of
this comet in Leon Barritt's Eve.
ming Sky Map" for June.
As to the usefulness of the
telescope magnifying 30 diameters.
that you speak of, can onIyl tell
you that If that is the limit of its
powers, and IL its obiect.glass is
less than two or three inches in
clear diameter. it cannot afford
you satisfaction for astronomical
observation. An astronomical tele-
scope for the amateur ought to
have an aperture of at least three
or four inches, and be capable of
bearing magnifying powers up to
100 or $50 diameters. 1t should
also have a steady mounting. A
good firm tripod will answer for
that purpose. A telescope mag.
nifying 80 diameters may be ex
cellent for terrestrial views. but
you really need something more
powerful If you are interested in
astronomy. Consult some dealer
In optical goods who handles
astronomical instruments.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-28
Nothing Is Sure
Mellett's Killers Know 1t, NOW.

Floyd stretenberger policeman and gangster Of Canton
Ohio picked out the day. July 49, which R. Meett the
Canton editor murdered because battle in park
would distract attention from the noise when Mellett was
shot down."
streitenberger goes to jail for life Patrick McDer-
mott and Ben Rudner also imprisoned for life for the
same murder.
streitenberger arranged the get away and promised
police protection he knows that you never can be sure
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-28
LISTEN, WORLD!

LIVERY no
IL and then I
become violent
ly fed-up on the
phrase common
sense. !"
/ admit that
sense, in any
d e ee, is a
valuable quality.
But it isn't the
w h ole cheese.
Nor has it hung
up t h . m o $ t
brilliant records
in h u m an be-
havior.
D o u tie SIS
sensible people
make estinTable
citizens. B U t
t h e r contribu-
ton to civiliza-
ton has been
gre a thy over
rated.
-. ...
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bent on proving
their lunches
a program
which, yoIl may
be sure, seemed
most selfish and
impractical to
the respectable
taxpayers who
believed in COM
mon sense q n q
steady jobs.
Nor have the
great religions
been founded by
sensible people.
They have been
founded by peo-
pie who disre-
garded all the
best c urrent
rules for safe.
profitable living
and who walk
ed, head on.
into the m o st
info oIo fa1o 1In
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-28
QUESTIONS OF.
ETIQUETTE
BY Cornelius Beeckman-
An Appropriate Gift

nEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
~ I would like your suggestion
on a gift. Last winter I met
midshipman at the Army-Navy
dance. After the dinner-dance we
went out together, and ever since
that night we have been CORE
spending. Now that he is to
graduate in June, l would like to
send him some little gift. He will
be in training four more years,
and thought there might be
something that would be appro-
pirate for use while in that. train
ing. c. w.
n THINK that a leather accessory
4 for a travelling bag would be q
very acceptable gift for this young
man, and now in the shops they
have such especially handsome
and convenient travelling acces-
series.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-28
A Chaperon:

A ChaperOn.
NEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
~ Is it proper for an engaged
couple to go to the country with
out a chaperon?
A READER.
VoU do not state enough in your
4 question for me to answer it
definitely. "Going to the country"
may mean for the day, and this,
of course, is proper. Or it may
mean that they are both members
of the same house party, or are
both visiting at the same house,
and, of course, this is correct.
But, IL you mean that the fiancee
and fiance are to go to the country
to the same hotel to spend their va
cations together, even il they do 1t
with the utmost propriety and con-
form to all the conventions, they
still. not having a chaperon, disre-
gard a most important convention.
Even il the girl hasn't social sense
enough to know that this is i'm.
proper, the man, If he is a man
Of taste and social discrimination
and far-sightedness. will see that
his fiancee will be adversely
criticised for her and their uncon-
ventionahty. Improper. incorrect.
foolish, cheapening. criticism-com--
polling young people should be
wise enough not to start in this
way.