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The Washington times., 1927-07-09

tors ana Iaymen to prevent the
needless waste of human resources
! through nationwide co-opera.
tive offensive against disease and
habits that lead to disease"
President Calvin Coolidge Is it's
honorary president.
AS a needless waster of human
resources, and an inflictor of
1909 misery. bad beauty doctor.
ing stands well in the lead, and
the Gorgas Institute is fighting It
strenuously.
Plastic rgeons-yes, we have
them. And some OF them are
very good. Those who are good
can work miracles with wilted or
deformed faces. But such work
calls for the highest skill and
most delicate treatment and is
necessarily most expensive.
For every reliable surgeon
there are hundreds of takers and
quacks who prey upon the SEN
sitiveness and vanity of human
nature at ''cut rates" The agony,
deformity and death which are
caused by such men are appal-
ling.
One beauty doctor" tells Edna
that he can give her a '-paraffin
injection" that will make her look
sixteen. Here Is what DR.. Joseph
Sadian has to say about such In
jections:
One OF the most common prac.
tees among the self-styled beauty
specialists, is the injection of
paraffin or other foreign sub
The Washington times., 1927-07-09
A Plucky Act

Little Miss Eyeynne Poppa caused the arrest and punish
inert of Harry Jarvis yearod married man for
annoying her in the New York subway
This seventeenyearold miss warmly commended by
Magistrate Flood for her plucky It would be wise If
other girls would follow her example when misconduct
themselves in crowded cars
T the old story individuals wish the laws sup.
ported and they expect happier living conditions they must
always be ready to GO to personal trouble and suffer
sore annoyance Everything cannot be left to the police
Cur progress from barbarity to the plane Of living which
we now enjoy has been continual combat and the necessity
for battle is still with us. ~
Women well men must fight for their rights Supine
tolerance never correcs prevents recurrence Of une
come situations Women should have no false pride or any
nge Of Victorian scrupes when comas to reporting these
degenerate Washers to the police.
The Washington times., 1927-07-09
SAYINGS OF
MRS.SOLOMON
BY Helen Rowland

by helen hOWIanu---s
The Dangers Of . Happy Marriage
THE Love Song of Wife,
4 which is Mrs. Solomon's,
What art thou, oh my Beloved,
what art thou?
Behold, thou art the steam.
roller which hath gone over my
life, and flattened it out to a
deadly level.
Lo, since thou earnest, one day
Is like unto another, one hour is
like unto the other, and one duty
followeth another, even as the
fish followeth the soup, and the
entree followeth the fish.
Thou art the sun which hath
shone upon me. and faded all the
brightness and color from out Of
my personality.
Before thou earnest, / was as
an April day, full of changing
moods and fascinating surprises.
Men knew not whether should
smile or frown upon them, and
my caprices were their torment
and their delight.
But now, am / become as calm
and sweet as The seismic of a
society hostess, as unruffled as a
June sky, and 8 s soothing as 4
Sunday afternoon in Gopher
Prairie. For l know that item.
permanent" getteth upon thy lordly
nerves, and moods" are as irri-
tating unto thee as a new bath
towel. And the only symbol Of
mine individuality, which Is still
granted me, is my TOOTH
BRUSH!
Before thou earnest / was filled
with ideas and opinions; and
Originality" was my middle
name.
But now I am become but thine
echo and thy shadow; and my
most brilliant remark is Eyes,
dearw
Thou art the mentor Of my
thoughts, the arbiter of my poll
tics. the censor OF my hats, the
counselor of all my ways, and
the critic of my complexion. i
Verify, verify, what so quickly
Sxtinguisheth the light of a wo-
mans personality as a happy
marriage to the man whom she
loveth?
For an UNHAPPY wife goeth
ther own way, ind clingeth unto
her pep" and her charm and her
girlish figure. She seeketh gayety
and flattery amongst the multi.
tude, and is stimulated to shine,
az a free woman amongst damsels
and widows.
But a CONTENTED wife sink
eth in the sea Of her own happi.
ness, and all her vanity and
sparkle and originality are washed
away.
She saith in. her heart, Behold,
my Beloved is 1T! And so long
as / am pleasing in his sight,
what else concerneth me?
"Lo, j have caught the street
car, and wherefore shall 1 con.
tinue to pursue it? Il have got
HIM, whom / was after, and
wherefore shall continue to
speed up in the race with spins.
ters and charmers?'
But let her beware lest she be-
come but a flat tire upon the
wheel Of her husbands chariot
sELAH
The Washington times., 1927-07-09
ONCE-OVERS
THE EFFICACY OF PRAYER

THE EFFICACY OF PRAYER
1t must be expected that differences will arise between husbands
and wives .
Persons Of strong intellect Independent in habits thought will
always agree.
However heated and cutting statements do not bring
the two together.
In homes where good prevails there should be rest
less, sleepess nights due to trivial quarrels.
In Christian homes such condition should exist
person who join with another in the nightly devoons
OF Christian home the time harbor spitefu
or antagonsc thoughts sincere his her prayers
Don't let personal differences omit
neeng side by sd all disagrements be forgiven
gotten as you ask for understanding.
The Washington times., 1927-07-09

IN DIN A wants
II to know il
it's all right to
have her face
lifted. Edna is
"a and a doc
tor assures her
that with just
a little fixing"
she would look
10 years young
er. That would
mean a lot to
EQna now, Tor
there Is a Ger.
tain Young Man.
T he Gorgas
Memorial Insti.
tute is inter-
ested in such
prob | e m s as
Edna's. his
organization Is
of n alton al
scope and was
( o u n d e d by
"nrominant doc,
The Washington times., 1927-07-09
LISTEN, WORLD!

stances u n der
the skin for the
purpose OF fill.
ing hollows in
the neck or
cheeks and to
eradicate wrin.
kles. They also
inject this melt
ed wax under
the skin of the
nose to fill in
nOItOWS and pro"
d NC Q TIL .
straight bridge
denied by ma
ture, with dire
consequences.
"The sad part
Of this treat
nent lies in the
fact that for q
week or 10 days
the patient may
feel that the OPP
The Washington times., 1927-02-04
RICAN
GROWING

American University, just now
providing the basketball sensation
of the District college season, IL
planning to enter baseball and track
competition this spring. Coach
Baillie Springston announces that
all diamond and track candidates
report for the first workout on
March I.
Baseball beginnings win naturally
be rather modest. No out-of-town
teams will be seen here this year,
but Coach Springston hopes to ar
range games will all the District
colleges. American University is
without a playing field Of its own
and will use the st. Adams diamond
for its practice sessions.
The track outlook is a bit better,
according to the Methodists" tutor,
and dual meets will be sought with
Gallaudet and George Washington.
A relay team consisting of Tom
Sawyer, Dave Morgan, Jim Birth.
right. and Melton Crist is expected
to look fast enough to be entered in
the Penn relay meet at Philadel-
phia.
A fairly strong baseball team may
be made up Of Jim Birthright,
Reds" Hayward. and Seeley Gray,
pitchers: Tom Sawyer, catcher;
Carlyle Christie, Leon Shloss, Bruce
Kessler. and Bill Banta, infielders,
and Donald Bittinger, Fred Reyn-
Odds, Herbie Elliott, Elmer Elliott,
Vance LeFranz, Vernon LeFranz
and Jimmy Sullivan.
The Washington times., 1927-02-04
MOser Will Remain
With Baltimore Team

Earle Moser, former Central High
School star center and guard. Is
to be kept on the roster Of the
Baltimore club, of the American
League. it was learned yesterday
from league headquarters at Co.
lumbus, Ohio.
President Joe Carr announced to
all clubs that the waivers recently
asked on Meser, and Bushman, Mil.
Ter and Mumby, all OF the Birds,
had been recalled. This IL taken to
indicate that the Washington youth
will continue with Baltimore a. q
reserve player.
The Washington times., 1927-02-04
Bobby Barrett Faces
LangfOrd in One Final

CHICAGO, Feb 4.-Bobby Bar.
rett. 15S-pounder from Philadelphia,
and Wolcott Langford, Chicago's
dusky middleweight. will feature
the double windup of Miuue Nal.
loy's boxing show here tonight.
They are scheduled to go 10 rounds
to a decision.
In the other half of the double
feature. George Courtney, of New
York. will cross leather with Jimmy
Mahoney local midileweiEht.
The Washington times., 1927-02-04
A[OYSIUS SHOW
PLEASESFANS

Members Of the Aloysiua Club
were fed up to q good exhibition
Of boxing in the preliminary attrac.
tiors Of the monthly athletic night
only to have it tanned off by
the main event in which Louis
Gugliemini, of Washington, and Red
Leonard, Of Newport News. went
through. 10 rounds of slapping.
The main attraction lacked the
zip which the. bouts before It did,
but at that they tried to please.
Sammy Hogan. 1S0.pound nitma1l
from the Mohawk Club, went six
rounds with Willie Parrish, of
Baltimore. for q draw while South
paw Johnny Hines, Of the Marines.
and Silent Johnny Walker, Of The
Mohawks, also went six rounds,
all even.
The Washington times., 1927-02-04
Johnny Weissmuller
Lowers Swim Mark
In Chicago Tank

CHICAGO, Feb. 4.-Johnny
Weissmuller, star swimmer Of
the Illinois Athletic Club, today
is possessor of a brand new
world swim record. Weiss
muller stroked the 220-yard
free style event last night in
2:0s 3-5. It was an exhibition
swim. The I. A. C. star held
the former record for this dis
lance, rung up last year in
2:10 2-5.
The Washington times., 1927-02-04
Tunney To Tell You

Boxing fans who love the
ring game can not miss one OF
a series Of interesting articles
on the fight game which win
be written exclusively for The
Washington Times. by Gene
Tunney. worlds heavyweight
champion and cOnquerOr Of Jack
Dempsey. at Philadelphia last
fall.
Tunney's interesting articles.
containing many. many side.
lights on the boxing game, will
appear In The Washington
Times on Tuesdays. Thursdays
and Saturdays. Fans don't
overlook this opportunity to
get first hand knowledge Of
the flight racket" as given
out by the new champion. II
you love the game as a cham.
Dion loves 1t. don't miss one
article.
The first Of Tunney's articles
will appear in The Washington
Times. next Tuesday. Don't
miss it, fans. IL Is worth YOUR
time to know something about
your new heavyweight cham.
pion.
The Washington times., 1927-02-04
Generals Name Team
For Catholic u. Bouts

Washington and Lee is sending lis
best band Of boxers to Washington
Monday night to meet the Catholic
University boxers. This was learned
when the Generals coach announced
he had selected his best material for
the meeting.
The Washington ana Lee I11itmen
selected are Osterunan, 115-pound
class: Black, 125.pound; Captain
Price, 135.pound; Rand or Ayrack,
l45.pound; Merritt, 160.pound; STREET,
l75-pound, and Bailey, heavyweight.
The Washington times., 1927-02-04
new YORK j. HAS PAIR
Of GAMESHERE TO-DAY

New York University usually Of the strongest basketball
ves around the metropolis visit the Capital today the varsity
running against the Georgetown HlOppe in Ryan and
under $3.50 o'clock.
The N Y. u. varsity will be playing fairly well "shot
Twice this week the Blue and Gray lads have been opped Ford
ham the first defeat of the home
night DavsEkns hammered the Htoppers down, 81 &c.
The Washington times., 1927-02-04
SEEKS GAMES

The Lightning A. c. would like
to schedule games with all or any
Junior basketball teams of District
or vicinity having a gym. The
weight Of the Lightning team Is
about rs pounds. Please communi.
cate with Manager Jacob Replogle,
2sO Eleventh ST. n. z.
The Washington times., 1927-02-04
D n Al DSONS
WIN SERIES

The Donaldson family of bowlers
despite trailing in the final set Of
a three-set Uncertainty series With
the Viehmeyers. won with a total
Of So pins.
Last night the Viehmeyers. with
games of AIS. SAT and $40 for a
total CT 1886 ms. pulled up ahead
OF the Donaldsons by 3S pins. The
DonaldsonS had games of 54S. 470
and 484 for nights count of 1902.
The scores:
The Washington times., 1927-02-04

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seeking better business connections will
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Columns.
The Washington times., 1927-02-04

Latimer's performance held the
sway of the crowd. The spirit
shown was the greatest since the
circuit was inaugurated.
The Grady bowlers are now eight
full games in front with Boss &
Phelps second and Douglas &
Phillips third.
The Washington times., 1927-02-04
ALMOST PERFECT

Playing his first season as a reg.
ular last year. Mickey Hearn. first
baseman of the Toronto club made
but two errors in 164 games, scor.
ing 1923 put-outs and SO assists
for an average Of 994.
The Washington times., 1927-02-04
NAVY TEAMS
BUSY

With six varsity events and three
contests for plebes. the Naval
Academy will present a fine and
varied bill Of sports tomorrow.
The program, typical Of those
which will be presented on each OF
the Saturdays Of the present month
and March, Is not paralleled by any
other college.
The Washington times., 1927-02-04
ROSENBERG
FASTING
By Davis J. Walsh

NEW YORK, Feb. Alike every
thing else, hunger striking prob
ably isn't what it used to be, but
we are glad to announce that. at
great Inconvenience and some ex.
pense, a truly representative speci.
men has been captured alive and
will be placed on exhibition tonight
at Madison Square Garden. / may
be taking too much for granted, at
that. Perhaps it would be better
to state that Charley Phil Rosen-
berg was alive at last reports.
His performance. as / understand
it, will be carried through without
the aid of the customary Jail in
which his predecessors defied life
or the glass case in which Some
of them invited death.
He, lin fact, will be cast bodily
into the pit with a young man
named Bushey Graham, of Utica,
and on the billboards outside the
garden the assurance is gravely
given that the proposition involves
the bantamweight championship OF
the world.
The only trouble with that is
Graham has been discOunten.
aTiced as q challenger by losing
to at least one contender, and
Rosenberg, though officially
recognized as champion in some
States, is not q bantamweIght
at all.
If he makes 11S pounds at 2
o'clock this afteraerl, he will have
common belief. He has spent sew
eral months in taking off a matter
of 10 pounds, and few days ago
was said to weigh l21%. He is
alleged to have done 100 yesterday,
but the weighing was done in great
privacy: in fact some suspect that
Charles didn't even see himself do
It, The extra two or three pounds,
he expects to relinquish in the dry
ing out process, when is done by
drinking to one only with thine
eyes.
I'm view Of these circum.
stances, many of the boys have
felt some justification in naming
Graham as the winner, par.
ticularly at the scheduled dis
lance Of Is rounds. For my
part, and with only one reserva.
ton, i think Graham should be
2-tO-1 shot to win.
hear he is far better than the
night he lost to Canzoneri and he
won't have to be that good to beat
a weakened Rosenberg, who. at
best, is merely a pretty fair fighter.
The reservation is that all of this
conversation about starvation may
be the old petroleum to effect the
bets. Rosenberg is trailed by a
gambling crowd. some of whom are
so tough that they brush their teeth
with a file. They would have no
particular objection to making Ros'
enberg a short choice If they could
However, have no reason to
believe that he is not having a
heroic time making the weight.
Neither is there any chance that
he won't try to make 1t. One rea-
son is that he has $4,000 weight
forfeit in chancery: another is that
he needs money badly; a third that
he automatically forfeits the title.
win lose or draw. IL he comes in
overweight. However, the money is
the most important consideration,
as always.
The real champion, of course, IL
vet to be heard from. Bud Tay-
lor has been elected by the Ma
tionaI Boxing Association but these
titles by reclamation are out like
tramp's elbow.
The Washington times., 1927-02-04

Let the children read w. e.
Woodward's George Washington"
pictures on the Magazine Page Of
The Times daily.
The Washington times., 1927-02-04
BASKETBALL
STANDINGS

Tonlght'O Game
None scheduled
Last Nights Result
Philadelphia. 80: Chicago. 81.
TOmoProw'a Game
Fort Wayne Ct Rochester.
Sundays Game
Chicago at Washington
Mondays Game
Fort Wayne at Washington.
The Washington times., 1927-02-04
TOPS
|. PIN LOOP

The J. Dallas Grady pinspillers
strengthened their lead in the Wash
ington Real Estate Duckpin League
this week by defeating the Joseph
Shapiro bowIers three games.
Grady's clean sweep victory was
somewhat Of q surprise, ~ the
winners were forced to use only
four bowlers because Of the illness
of one of its best men.
Lee ID. Latirner and r. Lati.
Iner Barley displayed excep-
tional form for Grady, the former
knocking the naples for 347
set, while the latter was a close
second with q 328 total.
The Washington times., 1927-02-04

Navy meets its first collegiate
opponents of the season In box
ing. wrestling and gymnastics.
I'm the ring Navy will meet
Massachusetts Tech. the only
ring event scheduled for the
evening. Washington and Lee
will send its grappIers and
TemDIe University. a newcomer
In the Gymnastic Association,
its gymnastic team.
The Washington times., 1927-02-04

In the tank, Naval cademy
swiIas the UniversityJof Pittsburgh
and meets the Maryland Swimming
Club at water-polo. The sixth var.
sity contest Is the basketball match
with oNttysburE College. a-AA.,. Z
The Washington times., 1927-02-04

hO " k9AudIS LIVE OAA
the other hand. will be playing a
team thoroughly rested and all
primed for a great performance.
The Methodists are in perfect phys
ical condition and have been prac.
ticing faithfully for the past. week.
The Methodists have won IL out Of
IL games, their lone upset coming at
Brookland a few weeks ago.
Davis-Elkins. after whipping the
George Washington Colonials
Wednesday night, trotted up to the
Hilltop last night and hung a 37.to-35
defeat on John O'Reilly's young men.
However, the West Virginians had
to go into overtime to land their
victory.
The first half was mostly
Georgetown, the home shooters
showing enough to be leading,
22 to Is. when time was called.
The visiting clan got busy in the
second and quickly tied the score,
The teams battled on evenly until
the final whistle, when 1t was found
that they were deadlocked, ga to "a.
In. the middle of the overtime
period McKenney Gagged field goal,
proving to be the winner, for foul
shouts by Mccain and Powell off.
set each other.
Bob Nork. the Hilltop star. was
the high scorer for the evening, with
Ia points on six field goals and two
from the foul line.
The Stevens Institute five failed to
win on its short trip to the Capital.
First Maryland took the Jerseymen
into camp and last night the Catholic
University Cardinals did the same
thing, 46 to "a.
Stevens looked good enough in
the first half, matching the
Cardinals attack spIendidIy. At
half-time the score showed G. u.
in front by one point, IL to 16.
But the HObOken boys were
through then and there.
The Cardinals charged to the
front with the opening Of the
second half and quite ran away
from Stevens. The visitors once
came within two points Of tying
the score only to fan back and be
left behind.
Ray Foley. the Cardinals' brilliant
guard, turned weak ankle in the
second half and had to 20 to the
bench. However. that came after
he had scored six field goals. Bill
Harvey's six field goals and two
foul losses made him high scorer.
Aschoff, of Stevens, was close be.
hind him. though, with six field
goals and one from the foul line.
The Washington times., 1927-02-04

Stevens looked good enough in
the first half, matching the
Cardinals attack spIendidIy. At
half-time the score showed G. u.
in front by one point, II to 16.
But the HObOken boys were
through then and there.
The Washington times., 1927-02-04

The only trouble with that is
Graham has been discOunten-
aIlced as q challenger by losing
to at least one contender. and
Rosenberg, thong h officially
recognized as champion in some
States, is not q bantamweight
at all.
The Washington times., 1927-02-04

Boston fans thought that Poh.
Ter was all but invincible, but
. year ago WOlstenhOlme beat
him In q five-gahe set at Con-
ventfOn Hall that was a side
feature OF the meeting between
the Washington Stars and Miah
MurrayS.
The Washington times., 1927-02-04

The first half was mostly
Georgetown, the home shooters
showing enough to be leading,
22 to Is. when time was called.
New Britain herald., 1927-11-04
BRISTOL STREETS
 DEEP-WITH WATER
Considerable Damage Done Here
 by Floods
MANY WASH0UTS ON ROADS
Center of City is Hard Hit and Water Was Foot Deep at Trolley switch This Norning-Statc Highway Partly Washed Out-Bricf Items.

Streets of the city were inundated and a considerable amount of dam age done last evening as a result Of the rainstorm which started We'd nesday night and continued unCeas- ingly until o'clock this morning Numerous Washouts on the country road were reported, it is through that that several thousands of dol lars will be necessary 10 make re- pairs,
 The Forestville section, particular ly in the center and on East Main street near the Plainville town line, suffered most from the heavy rain fall. A small brook which runs along Central street from Circle street un- der the railroad tracks into the Pcquabuck river, overtlowed its banks and turned Central street into q river and the center into a minia- ture lake. Large quantities of dirt and refuse were washed onto the railroad tracks and the cellar of the Forest House, owned hy GUSto6 Mamatseo was flooded Employes Of the state highway department under the supervision of Foreman Patrick Collins worked on the waShout near the bank of the brook and succeeded after a time in diverting the water back into the brook, Squad A of the fire department was engaged this morning in pumping out the cellar of the old Forest House, using q suction pump.
 On East Main street, Forcstvillc near the town line the Pequabucll river oVertloWcd it's banks and flooded the meadows on the south side of the river course. Tracks of the Bristol Traction Company were inundated and both trolley service and automobile traffic were delayed near the trolley switch. The water this morning was over foot deep at thls point. A resident of this partiCu- lar neighhorhood was obliged to take his COWS and other livcst ocll