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The Washington times., 1927-02-19
WISESAYINGS

noUBT whom you win, but
~ never doubt yourself.
-Bovee.
The child is father of the man.
Wordsworth.
Tyranny is always weakness
-. R. Lowell,
Troubles are often tools by
which God fashions us for better
things. III. w. Beecher.
To be suspicious is to invite
treachery. -Voltaire.
Just as the twig is bent the
tree is inclined. Pope.
No wise man ever wished to
be younger. Swift.
Every moment Of resistance to
temptation is a victory.
No man is hurt but by himself,
-D1ogenes.
To pity distress is but human;
to relieve it is Godlike.
All. Mann.
A song will outlive all sermons
in the memory Giles.
The first and worst of all
frauds is to cheat ones self.
Bailey.
who will adhere to him who
abandons himself?
Sir Philip Sidney.
She neglects her heart who
studies her glass.-Lavater.
The actions of men are the best
interpreters Of their thoughts.
Locke.
Every delay is hateful but n
UiVes Visdom.-Publius Syrus.
The Washington times., 1927-02-19
SIS, 900, 900 With One
BOOkrlaker
And Fools Wonder Why They Cant Get Ahead :

Young that bet do realize that they are
building up Of the greatest criminal industries in his
tory One boomaker in New York handled $85000O00 in
one year. without operating at any track.
In Maryland p0rimutuel betting takes in $5100000O
season pays $766OO0 State More than thousand
million dollars is lost by betting every year. and the silly
victims wonder why they never get ahead in the
world They don't get ahead because their money goes to
fatten pockeboos Of professional gamblers paying THE
expenses Of gentlemen that wish to enjoy racing
body expense Hand this somebody that needs it.
He won't like it-but that isn't important.
The Washington times., 1927-02-19

eyes are closed as well as upon one
whose eyes are open. The physio-
logical influence Of ultraviolet
rays is independent of visual
action. and the same Is true OF
rays. The powerful destructive
effects of ultraviolet rays appear
to be beyond question, and there
Is a red light treatment" that has
been used in smallpox cases. though
its utility has been disputed.
But the range OF vibrations that
may somehow affect US without
having a special organ for .heir
perception is immense. They at
ford a field of study which has
hardly yet been entered. If evolu-
ton is what we suppose 1t to be,
and IL it continues, to act long
enough, one may imagine it lead.
ing to the formation of new per-
ceiving organs, which will afford
US knowledge Of things which, at
present lie entirely outside of our
comprehension,
The Washington times., 1927-02-19

panic of fear, round and round
and round, getting nowwhere.
He can't sleep at night because
he is so afraid. He wakes with
a headache and drags through his
work all day. jumping every time
the boss looks at him.
Instead of saving and using his
strength. he Is wasting 1t every
second.
Yet nothing has really hap.
pened. He is simply afraid of
Fear. And in his terror he is
bringing the thing to pass which
he breads.
There's an example Of what we
do when the fog Of fear falls on
us. We don't wait for the
trouble to really happen. We
don't wait until Bobby really
comes down with the mumps, or
Ella really falls in love with the
lounge lizard or some other
calamity actually comes off. No,
the minute fear fogs the picture
we so to pieces. We stop fight.
ing and begin to run in circles.
WE MAKE FEAR REAL AND
GIVE 1T POWER OVER Us.
The Washington times., 1927-02-19
DR.. FRANK CRANES
DAILY EDITORIAL
copyright. 1927. New YoE
Evening Joufnai. me.
Registered o. 8. Patent OfA
Capita
By DIR. FRANK CRANE

4 LII progress is the accumulation of capital.
"A Any mans force is in what has been laid up for
him, by others by himself.
We usually think that only money things with money
value is capital
But learning is capital What is the young man at the
medical law school, at the institute of technology
doing except getting working capital of informaton9
The apprentice learning how to locomotive, paint
house. manage automobile lay shingles make pastry
IS storing up skillcaptal
When he applies for position he is asked only what
he do but what he has done; his experience is his
capital
mans reputation is his moral capital
A politician record is his capital
The soul has its capal every triumph unworthy
impulse every successful struggle against ignoble weak
ness every deed of good and every resistance to the bad
enters spiritual stocks bonds and negotiable
values into its bank Of power.
Destroy all capital redsrbute it. and the very first
thing labor would do would be to begin create it.
For the very purpose Of labor make capital as the
business of bees is to make honey.
The Washington times., 1927-02-19
Nitro-G Iycerine Near Wooden
Buildings
Rather Dangerous in a Big City

You read the fire in the Brooklyn Navy Yard caus
ing $1,50OOOO damage and burning three big WOODEN
buildings Flames climbed up toward the sky in the dark
ness Of the early evening. very PICTURESQUE
oil the reboa and big tugs from the water and many engines
from the land fought the fire.
But there was UNPLEASANT detail, the: fact that
nearby great quantity of nitro gycerine stored
would been unpleasant for those watching from the
Navy Yard the fire had reached that nitro glycerine
Suggestion No. to the Navy Department: Please don
have firetraps in the heart of great cities
Suggestion No. 2: you MUST store nitro gycerne for
convenient among 900 people the couny biggest
city, please store little Of it in place possible
convenient put in waeright containers drop it the
edge Of the dock and haul up only when and you
need it.
The Washington times., 1927-02-19
ONCE-OVERS
By J. J. MUNDY
Learn To Be Pleasant at Table

Why you grouchy when another gets in ahead Of
you at the table you wanted in hotel restaurants
Do you give the offender look plainly indicate that he
is unwelcome, and otherwise make yourself offensveP
You may not be able to spoil his enjoyment of the meal
but such thoughts and feelings entertained against him will
spoil meal and possibly result in nervous indi-
gestion.
Would not get pleasure Of your meals you
agreeable to those around you?
Even you do not to talk with strangers who are at
the table with you least you should not feel any
resentment because they are there
You wonder sometimes why it is that some men seem to
enjoy themselves much while they eating while to
you eating merely something that must be done and got
ten over with as possible.
1t IS because they do not allow petty things to disturb the
hour OF eating that enjoy their meals much
than you You should shake out Of your table crouch
The Washington times., 1927-02-19
VIBRATIONS : : By Garrett P ssrviss


IT would like TO ask a few
questions about vibrations. Is
it that the vibrations causing
light have different colors. &C.
cording to their length? have
read that red has a great effect
on steers in the old bull fighting
arenas. If this be so, what
color would love, or good yibra-
tions be, and also hate and
bad thoughts?--John De Vries,
Chicago"
VOUR questions make an up
i to-date combination Of science
and speculation. But science
often begins In speculation,
though by no means every specu.
The Washington times., 1927-02-19
AID MINING
TESTS

INVESTIGATORS of the bureau
i OF mines and of the Pitts.
burgh experiment station have
been conducting number of IN.
teresting tests recently to deter.
mine the effects of weather and
temperature conditions on work.
ers. says Popular Mechanics Mag
azine.
In connection with the research,
scales o delicate that they could
weigh the sweat on miners
brow to indicate how energy had
been expended under certain con-
ditions, were used and so ac-
curately adjusted that it was
considered fair to say that they
could weigh emotions" since
any difference in weight due to
nervous excitement or other
moods. was recorded.
The Washington times., 1927-02-19
Isaac Cans Honored

The appointment Of Isaac Cans as member of the Board
Of Education will receive hearty public approval
This bighearted kindly able citizen is well qualified in
every way for the position which he has been appointed
His whole soul for Washington and all that will contribute
TO this city, social material and moral welfare He has
worked increasingly for many years for Washngtons up
building and progress He has been both leader and
rvate in the ranks All positions in the army fighting for
Greater Washington have looked the him He has
declined and has always been ready for the firing
line'' Of civic activities.
Above everything else he is true square generous
His heart always goes the helpless needy and afflicted
He always interested in the children of his home town He
Is not qubber kicker he will be constructive force
on the Board Of Education, not destructive one.
The Washington times., 1927-02-19
LISTEN, WORLD!

~ f AR is a
II fog. 1t comes
between us and
the light. 1t
rolls up out Of
the depths Of
our being and
sets us shiver-
ing.
This wouldn't
he so bad IL
we'd treat fear
as we treat fog.
How do we
treat fog? What
happens II we
are going over
a strange and
dangerous trail
and a fog sets
in?
Do we become
panic stricken at
the touch Of the
clammy dark
ness? Do we
feel that we are
The Washington times., 1927-02-19

ing afraid. He's
thinking Of
what will hap
pen il he loses
that job. How's
he going to pay
the rent and
the Doctors bill
and the install.
ment on the
machine?
What will the
wife say? What
will her folks
say? Wherein
he get another
job?, Probably
he won't get
another. Prob
ably he'll go
broke and lose
the machine and
the baby viii
get sick
On and on go
Jim's thoughts
49, .f11S
The Washington times., 1927-02-19

darned socks and regular meals.
For many an innocent youth hath
relinquished his freedom thinking
to acquire a permanent house
keeper and a lifelong cook, and
. found himself tied to a delicates-
sen diet. a can.opener. and
bridge-fiend.
adiure thee, cheat not mans
eyes with beaches and henna and
peroxide. For to a gentleman
that prefereth blondes, 1t is a
great shock TO awaken from loves
The Washington times., 1927-02-19

sweet dream and find himself
bound for life to a brunette tenn
permanent and dark roots" be-
meath golden locks!
Verify. verify my Daughter, in
all things else Man may be in
vineible. But in the Love-game,
he is now and forever the Weaker
Sex and entitled to woman's pro-
tection' And an honorable girl will
not play with a trusting mans
heart Nay. she win give him .
SPORTING CHANCE!
SEIAAH.
The Washington times., 1927-02-19

Deceive not q trusting man
with visions Of homs-eO0kinx and
Evening star., 1927-04-11
nj u s / C.
Arts CluI, Recital,

At the recital given at the Arts
Club last night Miss Marjorie Lowe,
soprano. and Miss Minna Niemann
were the artists. with George Wilson
accompanying Miss Lowe.
Miss Lowe, well known in musical
circles in Washington. is the possessor
Of a well trained soprano voice. She
sang three groups of songs, the first in
French. the next in German and the
last in English. In the first group she
was particularly pleasing in Fondrain's S
AUX portes de Seville" In the Ger
man, Schumann's 'Widmung" was fol
lowed by another of Schumann's Itch
Kann @ nicht fassen nicht Glauben. .
OF the last group, in English, La
Forge's Song of the Open" and
Squires 'In an d-fashioned Town
were quite the best. The latter was
beautifully done, and Miss Lowe re-
sponded with an encore, Tally Ho, "
by Franco Leoni.
Miss Niemann gave a program of
unusual numbers and of things less
familiar, which made a varied and in
teresting recital. Chopin's 'Etude in
Il major" OF the first group was we'll
done. In Rachmaninoff' s "Polichi-
nelle," Miss Niemann was evidently
quite at home and the Vivacity with
which she played the composition
brought forth prolonged applause.
Evening in Seville" a composition
by the artist herself, was well done,
Following the Strauss -Godowsky piece,
Artists Life" Miss Niemann played
an encore, Caprice" by Sinding.
Evening star., 1927-04-11
u. S. AIRCRAFT WORK
IN 1926 AT HIGH MARK
1,141 Planes, Commercial and Mail
Service, Fly 12,O35,160 Miles,
Garry 387,S52 Passengers.
- tha Associated press-

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April 11.-With 1,141
airplanes in commercial and air mail
service in this country last year. flying
a total of Il 2,035, ,160 miles and carry
ing 387,S52 passengers. there was
vastly more flying during 1926 than
ever before" says a report of the
AeronauticaI Chamber Of Commerce
OF America issued yesterday.
These planes carried a total Of 1922
CTS pounds, in which were included
"a, 4,406, 500 letters. Their operations
embraced aerial passenger taxis, ex-
press of merchandise, mapping, pho
Biography, crop busting, exploration,
news service and many other uses.
These statistics, says the report.
which was submitted to the aeronaut-
les branch Of the Department of Com
Evening star., 1927-04-11
FALLS DOWN SHAFT.
jackson T.. Marshall Seriously In
jured at Mill. y

Jackson L. Marshall, II years old,
of 1913 Jefferson street, was seriously
injured yesterday, when he fell down
the elevator shaft from the second
floor to the basement in the building
OF the District of Columbia Paper
Mil. Potomac and X streets.
Alfred Nelson, 2313 street, another
employe, found him shortly afterward
and had him taken to Georgetown
Hospital
Attending surgeons found he had
sustained a dislocation of his jawbone
and possibly a fracture Of the skull.
He was unable to explain just how
the accident happened.
Evening star., 1927-04-11

The following deaths have been reported =
Ahe Health Department IN the past - hours
Joseph Burlew 6S Sihley Hospital.
Raffaela Rancci. 81. 314 3rd ST: ne,
Margaret p. McKeeyer. 81. 1926 Ken
Corinne Albrecht. 40. Georgetown Univer
Mary Frances Gray Tuckey. II. 1925 NJ st
Catherine Flaherty. weeks, the Children
: Grant Richardson. so. st. Elizabeths Hos
Dital.
Charles Harris SIS. GalIfnger Hospital.
Willis A Madden. 55, 1903 st.
Frances EnelI So Home for Aged and In
Alexander winston. AZ. 500 49th st. ne.
Katie Fitzhugh, 30. Freedmen's Hospital
Pauline Rose 30. Tuberculosis Hospital.
Evening star., 1927-04-11
Births Reported.

The following births have been reported to
the Health Department i IN The past st. "a hours
Lawson NJ and Mabel ". Johnson, girl.
Alfonso and Beatrice Alvarado, boy.
George A. and Arwilda Lambadakis, girl.
Charles G. and Grace NJ. Sharp, girl
Thomas b. and Lea Brown, boy.
Edgar H. and Eva CARRIER. girl
Leslie J and Sybilla Stiekles, boy
Edward NJ and Sarah Smith, boy
Alfred and Dorothy Weisfield boy.
Raah and Viola Allensworth, boy.
Ralph T. and Edna E. Dant. girl.
Earl o. and Helen Henry, boy.
Tucker w and Nan A. Poindexter, boy.
William H. and Rosie p; Reinhard; boy,
Alfred T. and Daisy A. Sanner, girl
Harry S. and Gertrude Wilson. boy.
Frederick l.. and Frances e. watkins, IT.,
Henry ,. and Pauline n. Broadfoot. boy.
Edward Il. and Mary r, Burns, boy
William L. and Marjorie Cunningham. boy
James J. and Maud E. Mor!ing girl;
Floyd A. and Frances NJ. Thomas, boy.
Iucus and Cora Bussie girl.
Samuel and Maude Green girl.
Charles and Essie Gross, boy.
Ariando and GLADYS Hobbs, bow.
Evening star., 1927-04-11

Earl and Nettie Parker. boy.
Frank and Josephine Smith. boys {twins)
Harold and Annie Taylor. girl
Hilary and Mary Thgpin, boy.
Evon and Lucelle Taylor, girl.
John and Lulu Walker boy
Eugene and Lillian Randolph girl.
James and Dora Smith girl
Noah aud Mamie Murrough, girl.
Evening star., 1927-04-11

merce, do not include the purely mill
tary flying Of the Regular Army and
NAVY services.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-11-18
Held by Tradition

William L. White, eminent educator OF Alabama,
asserts that the public school systems Of the United
States are not maintaining progress in step with in
dustry and science. and that most Of the public schools
are 10 bound by tradition that they fail to fiji the
modern demand.
In q recent article Mr.. White asserts that during
the past twenty-five years industry has made greater
progress than during any 1000 year period in the his
tory Of the world, and that education has failed TO
maintain equal progress.
Our whole educational plan Is bound too much BY
the letters Of tradition. Mr.. white says. and We have
failed TO keep the pace. We have too long labored
under the fallacy that ~digesting dictionaries ~ learn
ing. We must realize that education is not merely the
assimilation Of words or acquiring theories in parrot
like manner, but IL fitting a person fer life duties or
learning 20 live"
He asserts that every business man realizes that
"the grammar school, high school and college graduates
are weak in fundamentals. are not able 20 take up new
employment easily, and do not know how TO carry out
directions. A properly educated person is one who can
make effective use Of what he knows and do things.
We need TO introduce into our school system the prac-
teal application Of what il taught"
The contention OF many business men who have
studied educational development Is that in our modern
education the first twenty years Of the youths are de-
voted 20 talk and discussing what others have done.
and that actusl work seems distant and unreal. At
the end Of twenty years they are abruptly plunged into
the world. where for the first thne they learn that the
person who can do things IL rated high above the per
son who merely talks about doing things.
Relative to changes IN the present educational sys-
TEN, Mr. white says: The three big things that can
and should Ne done at one and the same tine. and
which / hope some day 70 see introduced into our edu-
cational system are as follows;
~Firss. offer cur young people a high school edu-
cation which includes q trade or vocation side ~ side
with the academic and technical branches, TO the
mutual advantage Of both.
~Second. have cur high schools carry the boys and
girls far enough in self-suprortirr pursuits that they
can 20 out equipped for life duties on their own ac-
count
~Third. with the combined academic and vocational
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-11-18
Other Papers
ESSENTIAL TO THIS REGIONS DEVELOPMENT
TASKS
Cssn Antonio Express)

&AM &AE&EA1
In the course Of his keynote" address to the
South Texas Chamber Of Commerce.. holding annual
convention in Brownsville. Ralph W. Morrison, It's
president, strongly emphasized that body's opposition to
the Box Bill or any ether legislation which would put
Mexican immigration on q quota basis.
Mr.. Morrison indicated that the fight against this
measure viii be carried forward vigorously. he point
ed out that IL the influx Of common labor from the
neighbor land were reduced to 1000 annually. as con-
~tenplated. progress would be clogged throughout the
Southwest and particularly in this region.
Indeed. no work which the chamber could undertake.
TO develop its territory. could be more important than
the duty Of encompassing the defeat Of this bill. with
out motive power, the would-be ernpire-builder becomes
a mere dreamer. The labor that constructs cities, lays
pavement and railroad tracks, spans rivers with bridges
and power and irrigation dams. opens fields. plants or
chards, c~ultivates truck farms and harvests crops. Is
quite as essential as the genius that plans these enter
prises, or the capital which finances them.
An event coincident with the commercial body's
convention-the driving OF the golden spike which, on
the Southern Pacific, completed a new Transportation
link between Brownsville and the outside worId-sets
into strong relief the need for maintaining q labor-sup-
ply, in order that the many opportunities thus opened
up may be improved. The powerful stimulus 70 ex-
.ploitation Of that regions rich resources and construct
i've activity along many lines, will require workers.
Where are they TO be obtained. IL not from the neighbor
country?
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-11-18
The World and All

BY Charles p. Driseoll

The Ladder" now holds the top place, among Man
haitian plays now running, for number Of successive
performances. It hau been performing continuously
for over a year. "Abie's Irish Rose" ran five years
and five months Ia Manhattan. but has now gone to
the Bronx.
The Ladder" Is not a hit. 1t never was. IL has
lost half q million dollars for its hacker. Edgar b..
Davis, Of Brockton, Mass, and Texas. But Davis isn't
discouraged. He will keep THE Ladder" going as
long as anybody goes 70 see It. And ii Il said 70 have
played to audiences containing not more than five peo-
pie already.
~The Ladder" has a reincarnatiOn theme. Davis
believes in reincarnatiOn. He is willing to back his
belief with a little money, so that others may have a
chance to get az insight into reinearnation theories.
Half a million Is a small amount to Edgar Davis.
And, by the way. there's a great story connected with
Davis and his money and this play.
There's another Davis in 1t. j. Frank Davis and
Edgar B. Davis, not related. we're boys together in
Brockton.
J. Frank Davis became a newspaper man. Repre-
senting a Boston paper, he went north TO meet Peary.
returning from a polar exploration. He slipped on an
icy companionway. fell and broke a vertebra. For Tiff
teen years he has been a semi-invalid. able to sit up
only a shot time each day. He writes short stories. He
also wrote THE Ladder"
J. Frank Davis was living in San Antonio, Texas.
Thither went his old playmate, Edgar Davis, prospect
Ing for oil. Edgar Davis borrowed a quarter OF a mil
lion dollars. and spent it drilling In wildcat territory.
Luling. near San Antonio. When the money was all
gone and he had mailed a letter TO the bank, saying ne
could not meet the interest, a gusher came in. Davis
sold out for twelve million dollars that time. He has
made a lot Of money in oil and rubber since then.
So Edgar Davis hired his old friend by the year,
paying him a good salary. There was just one job for
the writer. and that was to write q play with incarnation
In u. J. Frank Davis wrote the play, and I believe he Is
still on salary, rewriting il.
Edgar Davis is = reticent man. He is never inter
viewed or photographed for the papers. He has an Of
flee in New York. and he employs q staff TO keep play
wrights with new offerings away from him. He doesn't
intend to be angel TO any other play. but he is not at all
regretful for what he has spent on The Ladder"
Edgar Davis, BY the way. is q loyal son Of Brock
ton. He has given much money to the old home town.