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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-10-21
SECRETS OF
HEALTH
BY DR.. C. A. L. Reed

VoU should, first and foremost.
Il adopt the principle of using
the natural reflexes," as 1 ex.
planned yesterday. in an effort as
far as possible to overcome or
neutralize the paralysis following
pOleomyelitis, the technical name
for infantile paralysis.
There are. however, q lot Of
tricks, little tricks, that will help
you carry out the idea. Here are
a few OF them. but your physician
will be able TO tell YOU many more
that he will devise by studying the
peculiaritieS Of your baby.
Thus. all children. during their
first few years, have an instinct
which makes them long to Undue
all inaninlate objects with life and
that everything is alive. This is a
habit of which good use can be
made in gaining the interest of
children up TO four years of age In
order to get them to exercise these
neglected muscles. Boys seem to
prefer animals to play with, and,
in default of these, rubber balloons
OF all kinds of fantastic shapes,
and representing any kind of bird,
beast or fish, will be found very
useful. A very effective way of
stimulating a partly paralyzed limb
to activity is first to find a toy
which the child likes and then to
tie and bandage the normal arm to
the body and to urge him to catch
the toy with his weak arm. In at
tempting to interest the child in
different games and to enable him
to get the maximum of benefit
from them, it is necessary to un-
derstand and apply the following
rules:
The child is peculiarly suscept.
ihle to the appeal of change, nov
city. chance or happy suggestion,
and then 1t fails to respond to a
stimulus the reason is generally
that it is uncomfortable or its at
tention is distracted, rather than
that 1t has no interest to live.
1t ia most important to avoid
fatigue. and the first signs that
the child Is restless or has lost in
terest. should be a warning to
stop. Baldwin gives the very
sound advice that after the child
has made an effort or two. he
should be rewarded by being al
lowed to hold the object he desires
or to play with it for q moment.
IL he never succeeds in getting
it. he cannot be expected to re-
tain his interest, for he will grow
to understand that the whole
game is make believe. The re-
Spouse the child will give to a
plaything is affected very deeply
by whether his physical condition
! is good or bad. Whenever he
shows any change from the nor
NAL, he should be given a rest
from the treatment until he is in
a more responsive mood.
Play is a tendency which Is in
nate in the human child as well
as in the young animal, and 1t is
practically the only way an adult
has of finding favor with the child
and obtaining it's cooperation. 1t
Is, however, a very effective way,
for children, as McDougall says,
take to play spontaneously with
out any teaching or example. Ac-
cording to Prof. Gross, play Is an
instinct which has arisen by
natural selection because OF it's
usefulness as a preparat ton for
the serious business of life.
Whatever the reason may be, this
instinct Is the one hone for the
person who wishes to re-educate a
paralyzed child.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-10-21
Youthful Idol

Parents be your boys and girls read about Alexander
the Great before they sixteen
is than two thousand years since he subgated the
world when still under thirty yet he lives today as the
classic inspiration to youthful achievement.
Son of king tutored by Aristotle soldier from boyhood
and successful general before he Alexander got
away to running start But the modern lad has twenty.
two centuries Of human behind him. and that
things up
Alexander had genius for doing the unexpected and what
is more important, the courage to do it.
Plenty OF youths possess the sort of genius
less pronounced They vision striking novelties of
them
Not the Macedonian boy of those days dared
to put his dreams to the test and make realities of
ceptions IMAGINATION PLUS DETERMINATION swept
him from headshp of obscure Greek state authority
over the whole world his times knew.
That's why youngsters should read Of Alexander the
she youth who believed in himself and wasn't afraid be
himself
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-10-21
WISE SAYINGS

HONEST labor bears a. lovely
Ii face.-Thomas Decker.
One self-approving hour whole
years outweigh, -Pope.
Night brings out stars as sor-
row shows us truths.--Bailey.
The house of laughter makes a
house of woe. Young.
The finest poetry was first ex-
perience.
God offers to every mind It's
choice between truth and repose.
Emerson.
A true university of these days
is collection of books.-Carlyle.
There is a pleasure that is born
of pain.-Owen Meredith.
Great truths are portions Of the
soul of man;
Great souls are portions OF etAr-
nifty.
James Russell Lowell.
A good heart is better than all
the heads in the world.--Lytton,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-10-21
By ELSIE ROBINSON

or dates-such things are not i'm
portant. Choose books, rather,
that will reconstruct for you the
whole moving pageant of our ma
tional life with all its crudeness
and cussedness, all its courage
and nobility inextricably tangled
as they always are tangled in
any true record of human life.
For there is the real wonder of
America. 1t was not conceived
by saints nor perpetrated by SUI
permen. 1t sprang from ordinary
mortals like you and meow
ardly, ignorant, greedy, discon-
tented men and women whose
tears and prayers and sacrifices
We're rolled by human error. Yet,
from their muddled spirits, came
the glory that Is ours today.
1t may be difficult for you to
think of your fore-fathers and
your country in this way. We
have been taught that there are
no mistakes in American history,
no cruelties or waste, or trick.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-10-21

boasts, we have not felt that in.
innate, furious bond which our
fighting fathers felt, who Graded
their weak young nation in their
ragged arms and fed it with their
faulty flesh and blood.
Try to discover their America
again this winter. Meet your
country Throw away the pretty,
impossible fairy tales and the
painted manikins and see the
amazing, outrageous, appealing,
exasperating, magnificent reality.
When you see it, something will
happen to you. You will, at last,
realize that you are really part
of all these people who have
gone before you and that some
thing fine is growing out of your
common doings, as it grew out of
theirs. They will have new
meaning to you and you will have
a new meaning to yourself. We
need an awakening like that in
America,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-10-21
Angels Did Not Come
Turks Did Come

Anthony Pantos Chicago fur manufacturer says it
mistake to say that St. Sofia Constantinople Catholic
church before the Turks took Constantinople.
Mr. Pantos is mistaken. ST. Sofia Catholic church
before Constantnope fell into the hands of the Turks And
the Turks approached the faithful assured that
critical moment angels would appear in the public square
front of st. Sofia and drive away the infdels.
Christians gathered there waiting for the angels The
angels unfortunately did not the Turks dd-took
stantinope and have held it since using St Sofia for
mosque whence the muezn sends his cry the faithful
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-10-21
Her Well Trained Voice
It Calls Chickens

Education is never wasted. Mrs Lon Ware of Mexico
Missouri had her voice cultivated for grand opera Chicago
Then she married machinery salesman She has Just
the calling contest of her home town. beating
twenty-five competitors with her high pitched soprano chick
chick chckee"
=. H. veter won the hogcallng championship with his
"Pooee, piggeee"
calling Chick chick chckee to the hens or Pooee pig
geee to the pigs than singing high some Of the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-10-21
One Million PrOtestants Wanted
Make It Interesting, and They'll Come

The Mems Church League starts campaign Ito bring
100000 members into the Protestant churches
You bring 100000 100000 people anything
that INTERESTS them The question is how to make the
church INTERESTING these days of competition by moving
pictures RADIO baseball przeghtng horse racing cabaret
dancing, etc
Sturgeon Beecher Tamag Billy Sunday had trouble
getting crowds. The trouble to find put the
crowds.
Human beings do not change interest them and they will
come But competition stronger you give monkey
milk he is satisfied Give him beer and he won't milk
Give him wine and he won't drink beer Give him brandy and
he won't drink wine; he wants brandy
Religion must be made exciting to draw" in this genera
ton.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-10-21
LISTEN, WORLD!

cry. Other coun.
tries might be
W j C k e d, but
A m e rica wa 8
the 100 carat
gem of the
ocean.
This was both
untrue and fool.
lsh. 1t came
perilously near
making a race
of S m a ties,
whose idea OF
patriotism W a s
to stick out
their tongues at
all other people.
1t was also dis
C oura & ing. A
perfect n alto n
was all very
we'll to brag
about but we
couldn't warm
up to 1t exactly.
With all our
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-10-21
SAYINGS OF
MRS.SOLOMON
BY Helen Rowland

On LOve-And Other TrifIes
THO a woman, love is a divine
fire which keeps up the glow
in the heart: to a man, it is more
often the little bonfire which
brightens holiday.
A wife is always astounded
when she discovers that some
other woman regards as a ro-
mantle Prince Charming the man
whom she has been rubbing with
camphorated oil and reminding
to take his liver tonic for the last
dozen years.
We love only once in a life
time; but whether it runs along
smoothly into marriage or runs
amuck, once is ENOUGH for
most of us:
A woman used to raise a wall
of protest IL her husband de-
manded a weekly might OUT:
but nowadays, she is happy II he
will cheerfully consent to weekly
might at home"
A woman MAY convince a mar
that she knows all his love-mak-
ing is applesauce-but never, that
she doesn't enjoy listening to it.
Few marriages would stand the
strain, if the average wife guessed
half as much about her husbands
thoughts, habits and inhibitions
as his private stenographer knows.
A love-affafr is seldom brittle
enough to be broken Off; but it
can always be melted and dis
solved by the flame OF a red hot
quarrel.
The nightingale its sweetest sings
When it's little heart is hurt
And Sappho wrote her loveliest
things
When some man did her dirt"i
At this time of year, just Is a
man is beginning to wonder il
there is anything new or thrill
ing under the sun, along it comes
in a red fell hiatt
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-10-21
WHAT are you
" going TO do

WHAT are you
w going to do
these winter eve
nings? The same
old schedule-go
TO the movies
play b ri d & E.
have a row with
the wife now
and then? Sup
ose for a
change you Sc.
lect some good
books and try
I o disc 20 V e r
America.
Don't choose
those chocolate
Goa e d books
filled with rah-
rah patriotism.
They will not
tell you the
t tn a bou t
America. Don't
try to memorize
a lOt of names
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-10-21

F. Marion Crawford.
William Makepeace Thackeray.
Winston Churchill.
John Kendrick Bangs.
Nathaniel Hawthorne.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-10-21

A woman MAY convince a mar
that she knows all his love-mak-
ing is applesauce-but never, that
she doesn't enjoy listening to it.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-10-21

We love only once in a life
time; but whether it runs along
smoothly into marriage or runs
amuck, once is ENOUGH for
most of us,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-10-21
The knowledge Test For
Readers of The Times

What is each of the following popularity applied TOT
!. Kohinoor.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-10-21

Few marriages would stand the
strain, if the average wife guessed
half as much about her husbands
thoughts, habits and inhibitiOns
as his private stenographer knows.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-10-21

A love.affair is seldom brittle
enough to be broken Off; but it
can always be melted and dis
solved by the flame OF a red hot
quarrel.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-10-21

The nightingale its sweetest sings
When its little heart is hurt
And Sappho wrote her loveliest
things
When some man did her dirt!
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-09-02
Abuse of Injunction
Labor's Biggest Issue
BY WILLIAM ]. BOWEN

found in the Bedford cut stone case
and the Indianapolis street carmen's
case.
In both cases the freedom of wage
earners is destroyed In the Bedford
case, as President Green of the Amer
lean Federation Labor has so well
pointed out, the Bedford Cut Stone
Company, through court order, COM
pels union men to handle its product,
while it refuses to employ union men
in its own operations. If this does
not bring the injunction to the last
point of degradation, it will be diff
cult to understand what further deg
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-09-02

Some of the States have shown that
their State judges can be curbed by
State law Among these States is Il
linois. 1t is my opinion that this
State Conference should join with all
other bodies of organized labor in this
State, through the State Federation of
Labor, to secure such State legislation
as may be had and that our interna-
tional organization should join in the
national fight to put an end to the
abuse of the injunction in labor dis
putes. 1t should be borne in mind
and made clear that we do not ask
or desire the complete abolition of the
use of the injunction. 1t has its legiti-
mate and valuable uses in the protec-
tion of property against damage when
there is no adequate means of protec-
tion at law. But the abuse of the in
junction in labor disputes is another
matter. 1t is without authority in law
or in the Constitution of our country.
1t is clear and fragrant usurpation of
authority on the part of judges, built
upon one precedent after another, un-
til judges, though they cannot look for
legal authority, can and do rest their
actions upon a formidable array of
precedents.
One thing is certain and that is that
the abuse of the injunction must stop,
in one way or another. Unless the
legislative powers of our country put
an effective curb upon licentious
courts, the great masses of the wage
earners will sooner or later be COM
PEELED, by the very necessities of life's
struggle, to stand and say, Thus far
and no farther" | hope that our ef-
forts toward legislative relief may be
successful. But / hope even more fer
yently that if there must be a more
militant course pursued, the members
of our international union will acouit
themselves like men.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-09-02

Strangely enough, two laws enacted
to prevent the formulation of COM
binations in restraint of trade, SO that
the people might be protected from
overtowering monopoly in the COM
modities sustaining life, have been per-
verted into instruments upon which
injunctions against wage earners
might be based. These are the Sher-
man Act and the Clayton Act. The
Sherman Act has long outlived its
usefulness and labor has repeatedly
declared for its repeal. The Clayton
Act was intended to be more than a
medium for protection against mon
opoly. 1t was specifically intended al
so to restrain the courts in their on
slaught against trade unions. But the
courts have ridden over the Clayton
Act, and have, in fact, made it serve
the purpose of predatory employers.
However futile legislation, as a
means of protection, seems to have
been in the past, there seems to re-
main no avenue of relief except legis-
lation. There is every indication that
labor intends to force the issue in the
next Congress, as it should. This op
preston, its tyrannical usurpation of
power on the part of judges cannot
be permitted to continue. Here is one
abuse that has reached its crest.
| While we look forward to and hope
for legislative relief, through act of
Congress, we cannot help wondering
whether that expected and hopedfor
relief will be effective if and when it
finally comes.
AS we look back we see that the
Clayton Act, which President Wilson
declared was intended to show judges
what they must not do, has been rid
den down by the courts until it is all
| but worthless. The question is wheth-
er the national Congress will be cour-
ageous enough to enact legislation
sufficiently strong and concise to con-
stitute an effective barrier to judges
who seem to hear the masters voice
whenever a corporation comes praying
for an injunction.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-09-02
KNOCKING ON WOOD

All of us, no doubt, at some time
or other, have resorted to the super
stition of knocking on wood" in the
hope that by so doing we may be
able to ward off any impending mis-
fortune that may be headed our way.
The authentic origin of this custom
comes from an old Danish myth. Ac-
cording to tradition, whenever Dan
lsh sea captain was about to start on
a long journey in his wooden vessel,
he would tap on the side of his ship,
and stand silently by. 1t was believ-
ed that the elves Of the forest would
come out to bless his ship because it
held millions of their kind in its tim
bers. Whatever the cause, Danish
ships, submitted to this quaint ritual
seemed to acquire immunity from the
perils Of the sea- And so the super
stition became a custom, and spread
to other countries, until today we
have it in its present form.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-09-02
President, International Union of
Masons and pIasterers

President, International Union of
Bricklayers, Masons and Plasterers
No greater issue faces the labor
movement today than the abuse of the
writ of injunction.
Originally designed as an equity
safeguard for property rights where
protection could not be had at law,
this particular instrument of the equi-
ty courts has been perverted until
now, so far as labor is concerned, it
is nothing more than an instrument
of oppression.
Two recent outstanding cases of the
abuse of the writ of injunction are
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-09-02
relation there can be.

relation there can be.
In the case of the street carmen at
Indianapolis the object of the injunc-
tion is to prevent the organization of
the platform men into union to bring
their wages up from the miserable pit
tance now paid to a level somewhat
in accord with the going American
standard
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-11
DOROTHY DIX'S LETTER BOX
Comfort for Mother of Five Children Who Mus
Go Without Pretty Things-I1ow Can Step
mother Deal With Younger Generation?

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-11

he does something that really is
stupid. You'll find that generally true
OF people who are considered smart.
Now when people do stupid things,
you will find that always there is
somebody right at hand to take adj
vantage of 1t. This is a law of life
successes or many people are built up
on the mistakes of others. 1t was
Just so in the case of Reddy Fox and
Peter Rabbit. Peter was, as you re-
member, in a hollow log open at both
ends, but with the opening 100 small
for Eeddy TO get in. There. Reddy
had found him. Peter hadn't minded,
Nncause he felt perfectly safe. But,
then along game Shadow the Weasel
ana Peter had been ready TO give up
al despair. Reddy had been quick to
see how he could make use of Shadow.
He had suggested that Shadow go in
ne one end and drive Peter out at
the other for him to catch.
Shadow had been just as quick to
see that If Reddy should catch Peter,
that might be the end of Peter so far
a. Shadow was concerned. So he had
refused and presently he and Reddy
were quarreling.
. If Reddy Fox could have kept his
temper better, he might not have
made the mistake he made. But he
lost his temper completely. From
.eirnply quarreling with Shadow the
Weasel he suddenly sprans at Shadow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-11

is nothing at all frivolous about
leather coat. On the contrary, It Is a
most practical, serviceable sort OF
wrap. and 1t is just as serviceable ana
practical when it IS purple or red as
when it Is of the more conventional
tan.
These new leather coats are made
so that they are not affected by rain
or moisture, and manv women like 10
wear them instead of fur coats during
had weather. They are fairly light in
weight. but are very warm. especially
when lined with kasha. The leather
coat, too, is an extremely suitable
wrap for travel, either by air or water.
The knowing sea traveller does not
run the risk of staining her fur coat
with the salt spray of the ocean, but
chooses leather instead.
The leather coat, however, is not by
any stretch of the Imagination suit
able for formal afternoon. much less
evening, wear For that reason 1t is
hardly we'll chosen wrap for the
woman who must make one coat do
service for many occasions.
Some of the new leather coats are
lined with fur. a red leather coat
may be lined with gray pony. with col
lar and cuffs Of the same fur. A black
leather coat has a lining of gaZelle.
Some of the new fur coats of the
sports sort have leather Innings A
leopard coat has lining, belt, collar.
cuffs and hem OF beige leather. A
gray astrakhan coat has lining Of red
kid. which is also used for belt, collar,
cuffs and hat.
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