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The Washington times., 1927-04-30
SAYINGS OF
MRS.SOLOMON
BY Helen Rowland

COurtIiness Is Kindness
MY daughter. as a rosy light
AVA In a mauvs room. as a real
diamond In window fun Of cut
glass, so shineth a courtly man
In a world full Of heavyweights
and parlor sheiks,
For 10, SONS man are dull and
some are woman-shy and many
are egotistical. and more are full
of impertinence.
But Imam that maketh always
the graceful speech and doeth al
ways the charming thing at the
right moment Is rarer than ra.
dunn and more refreshing than a
stimulating drink at pink tea.
Behold, many men would give
all tksir wealth and all their golf
money to be at ease in a drawing
room and graceful in their love-
making. Yet. how simpler than
a kindergarten lesson is the &C.
AAASANAOh VI q AAASA AOASA!
For verify, a C0URTLY. man is
one who thinketh first of a wom-
comfort, and considereth not him.
self. until these have been served.
He studyeth damsel's thoughts
and hearketh unto her words. He
gaZeth not past her when she
speaketh. as one that waiteth for
a train to go by.
He perceiveth the chilliness of
the room and hasteneth to bring
the scarf for her shoulders. He
wrappeth his coat about her and
braveth pneumonia from the winds
upon the beach. He tuketh the
motor robe tenderly about her
feet.
He noteth the loosened shoe
string and kneeleth In the dust to
fasten 1t. He piloteth carefully
across the busy street, he lifteth
her tenderly over the mud.puddles.
He is more watchful than a
Mother!
He would sooner strangle a
babe than strike a woman in
the tender spot Of her VANITT.
He glanceth not at other women
while he Is at her side. He
seeth not blonde whilst he talk.
eth with the brunette; he lie blind
to brunettes, when he escorteth a
blonde.
He insulteth no woman with
stale compliments and a cheap
line but seeketh out each dam
sells secret pride, and flattereth
her accordingly. He praiseth the
dimpled dumbbell of her wit, and
TIVE highbrow for her sex appeal.
He marveleth at the flapper's
capitalization" and Is enchanted
at the plump matron's ''cuteness..'
He Is a PSYCHOLOGIST
He danceth with the waIl-flowers
and drinketh the weak-punch with
heartiness. He delighteth the soul
OF his hostess!
He doeth no STUNTSi For
verify. verify. courtliness Is neither
q stunt" nor a line. but sim
( pie KINDLINESS raised TO the
degree And polish is
net 4 matter Of ustng the right
The Washington times., 1927-04-30
WISE SAYINGS

Earth produces nothing worse
than an ungrateful man.
--Ansonius.
The tolls of honor dignity re-
pose. Hoole.
Architecture Is frozen music.
Schelling.
That Is the bitterest of all, to
wear the yoke of our own wrong
doing, George Eliot.
Blood is a juice of rarest quail.
ity. Goethe.
rest. Pope.
He that will lose his friend for
a jest deserves to die a beggar by
the bargain. Fuller.
Hope springs exulting on tri.
umphant wings. Burns.
The alleged power to charm
down insanity, or ferocity In
beasts, Is a power behind the eve.
Emerson.
The rays of happiness, like those
OF light. are colorless when un.
broken. Longfellow.
When we shall have succeeded.
then will be our time to rejoice
and laugh. Buckley
And what is reason? Be she
thus defined: Reason is upright
stature in the soul. YOUNG.
The Washington times., 1927-04-30
By ELSIE ROBINSON

course He would. Therefore there
couldn't possibly be any God.
Yes, I thought all those things
and made myself most miserable
in the process. And then grad
ually it began to occur to me
that the rest of the world might
be right. Maybe / wasn't so
darned different after all. Maybe
/ didn't have any exclusive
corner on all the fine attitudes.
Was 1t possible that other people,
quite stupid, common. ignorant,
unpleasant people shared my
sensitiveness and love OF beauty.
my fears and doubts. my dreams
and distresses?
I looked about me. / began to
ask questions and listen to the
answers. began to look into
other lives. other hearts. And to
my amazement and intense humil-
iations / found that it was not
only possible that / was like
others, but that 1t was quite,
quite true.
WE WERE ALL OF A PIECE.
Our outsides and environments,
our manners and customs, our
jobs and programs might be and
often were entirely different. But
behind 1t all. in the secret places
of the soul where each one of us
really lived. we were all the same
There, in the darkness, we
dreamed the same dreams. sent
up the same pitiful prayers,
shuddered with the same fear,
glowed with the same love. agon.
lied with the same hunger.
There In the darkness. where
only God could see us, we were
all alike AN frightened children
who had lost their way home.
The Washington times., 1927-04-30
Japan Knows Asia
But Asia Fears Japan.

Paris has information that the japanese supporting
Chaing Kaishek IN Southern China and Chang Tson in
North The theory that with the aid of these generals
Japan viii become the dominating influence in China britain
losing her influence and trade because of Chang KaSheks
hostility.
There doubt that japan understands the Chinese and
all Of Asia better than any European understand them
On the other hand Japan is thoroughly dislked by
China than any European country The hope Of Britain and
her manufacturers is in AsiatC hatred of other Asiatc
The Washington times., 1927-04-30
LISTEN, WORLD!

II WAS so sure
4 that / was
different from
OF h err people
when / started
this business of
life.
Z n d 0 ubtedly
other D eople
had their good
points but none
of them could
possibly love
beautiful things
as 1 loved
them
None of them
could have been
m / $ u n derstood
as I was mis-.
understood.
None OF them
could have ex.
perienced my
delicate costa
sizes. my ter
rihlo Commissions
The Washington times., 1927-04-30
L1epe
ALL OF
A Piece

ana humiliations, my soaring am
billions and dark despairs.
Yes. was certainly different.
Without doubt ! was the Only
One of my kind.
l was very young when en-.
tertained that idea, hut kept
right on entertaining 1t. for quite
a while after my extreme youth
Then very. very slowly, and quite
grudginsly / realized that maybe
l wasn't the Only One of my
kind. There might be a few
more like me-perhaps a dozen
or even hundred. There might
be even a very small and re.
stricted class of individuals In the
world who We're my model. I'm.
doubtedly l was the de luxest of
all but. roughly speaking, we all
tuned in on the same high, wide
and extremely fancy vibration.
So / thought at 20.
Nor was It entirely out of my
system. by %.
However. by that time several
things had begun to happen to
me.
had walked right out into the
middle of life and to my surprise
and chagrin, nothing special had
happened. No stars had fallen at
sight of me, No earthquakes had
been pulled off. Kings and queens
and magazine editors hadn't sent
out emissaries to look me up. In
short, nobody. nobody at all,
seemed to realize that 1. the Diff.
ferent Person. had arrived. In.
stead everyone treated me as II I
was quite an ordinary individual,
with no tastes or aspirations that
weren't shared by the whole gang.
Naturally. this didn't register
who know the form of her name
to use in answering the letter she
would sign, either Mary" or
Mary King" or Mary Allen
!. King" according to the degree Of
Sriendship with the reader
Office Etiquette
TF you are business woman
and in an office with a mum.
Der OF other people. try 10 be
1Athoughtful and eonsiderate or the
comfort at others For instance,
IL you have occasion to pass many
times through the main Office into
a private office of some individual
who loves fresh air. remember to
The Washington times., 1927-04-30

very well with
me. Indeed IL
Tiled me consid-
erably. I spent
quite q time be-
ing sorry for
myself about Il.
/ said som .
mighty m e an
tn inge about
my fellow citi.
zens because Of
it. / called them
sheep Just to
get even II I
remember. I
even decided
t h at there
wasn't any God.
It was perfectly
plain to me that
there " a sn' {
any God, for II
there had been.
wouldn't He be
making a fuss
over mar 0f
The Washington times., 1927-04-30
QUESTIONS OF
ETIQUETTE
LMrs. Cornelins Beeckman.
Ask For IL.
nEAR MRS. BEECkMAS:

H8h EOF H.
nEAR MRS. BEECkMAN:
~ A girl has my fraternity
pin. Soon she viii move away,
and probably out of my life.
Should l ask her for it, or wait
until she returns 1t, or should
she keep TT A READER.
The girl should have. social dis
elimination enough to return your
fraternity pin before she moves.
OF course. she has no right TO
keep 1t.
If you see. by her attitude. that
she does not intend to return the
pin, there is no reason why you
should not ask her for it. or write
her note to ask her to return it.
The Washington times., 1927-04-30

MIR. JASON WESTERFIELD, director of publicity Of
IVl the New York Stock Exchange, in recent address
said.
The Washington times., 1927-04-30

text for brief talk on the sub
ject. In the first place, your chart
renders 1t possible to locate the
stranger among the consultations.
1t seems to have run its entire
visible course within the borders
of the constellation Cepheus,
which at this season lies below
the North Pole star.
You represent it as falling
straight downward toward the
northern horizon. This was a de.
ception OF very interesting ma
ture, the same that causes the
meteors constituting a great show
er in which thousands are seen at
once. to appear to radiate from
center like the ribs of fiery UNI.
brella.
The meteor moved, you say.
slowly, remaining visible about
five seconds, during which 1t in.
creased in brightness and changed
color. The increase of brightness
would indicate that 1t was ap.
preaching you, while the change
Of color corresponds with what
would take place with increasing
temperature. beginning with a red
heat and rising rapidly to white.
The average speed Of meteors on
entering our. atmosphere Is about
rs miles per second, which is suf-
ficient to develop within a few
words but Of saying the thought
full thing!
Yet, 1t Is harder to find in a
world full of speed-chasers, dollar
chasers and girl.chasers than
thirst-quenching dr'nk at a soda
fountain,
sELAH.
The Washington times., 1927-04-30

close the door through which you
pass so frequently. For all doors
have not spring hinges, and some
one in the outside room Is sure to
be caught in the draft made by
the constantly opan door. IL you
are careless about this, the persoM
exposed must settle down to grim
endurance of unnecessary dlscom-
fort. or else get up every few
moments and close the door In
person, This is An interruption to
work aud often a fostering source
Of very natural irritation so whepl
you go in or out Of q room
close the door after you.
Evening star., 1927-12-01
UNITED STATES
in WORLD WAR
Ten Years Ago To-day

United States military representa-
tive files strong protest at Petrograd
against a separate armistice being
concluded with Germany by Russiaps.
Kerensky officials there predict over
throw of bolsheviki by southern armies
and continuation Of struggle by Rus.
sia. Official Washington is firm
for pushing the war and opposed to
proposal of Lord Lansdowne that the
allies restate their war aims as a di.
rect move toward peace. Presi-
dent sends message to King of Ru-
mania assuring him that the United
States would use its influence to main.
tain the integrity of that country in
final peace negotiations. Su.
preme War Council of the Allies opens
conferences at Versailles. Col. House.
Lloyd George, Clemenceau and Orlando
closeted for some time before regular
meeting opens. -" Germans plunge
ahead almost 2 miles, breaking Brit.
ish lines near Cambria. British rush
up reinforcements and by terrific at
tacks win back much ground.
Artillery fire of marlNd intensity con.
tinues along whole Itk9an front. Ger
man Reichstag votes $4,000, ,000, 900
marks credit for war.
Evening star., 1927-12-01
vendor of goods that the wise house.

vendor of goods that the wise house,
wife will demand exacting identifica-
ton before she purchases.
In fact. many women refuse to do
business in this way. They or their
friends have been tricked and even
the honest peddler will have small
chance Of securing an audience.
There have been cases innumerable
where personable young men have
practically forced their way into
houses to sell magazine subscriptions
to put them through college" The
housewife pays over a dollar or two
and that is the last she ever hears
of the matter.
1t is exceedingly doubtful whether
goods of any kind can be purchased
cheaper through a house to house
peddler than at the favorite store.
In some cases it may be possible to
buy the same standard of merchan-
disc trifie cheaper with the second
profit eliminated, but when the at
tendant risk is considered it is
hardly worth while.
There is another angle to consider:
The hometown merchant has his rep
utation to maintain, has a big over
head and advertises to build up his
local trade. He maintains a service
that cannot be approached by an out
of-town firm, and he will sell the
goods and stand back of them with a
legitimate profit on the transaction
1t is apparent. therefore. that wom-
en- who purchase from the house-to-
house canvasser are taking not only
a big risk of losing their money alto
gether, or of having delivered to them
inferior goods, but are doing real
injustice to the local merchant, who
will go to any lengths to assure them
All in all. it is by far
the wisest thing to do to say Moth
ing today, thank you" the next time
the bell rings and a smooth.appearing
salesman begins the usual line of talk.
Evening star., 1927-12-01
Flags on the Garbage Cans.

Political demagoguery works In
strange ways sometimes. Usually 1t
manifests in loud and vehement speech
and sweeping gestures. with adulation
of the "plain people," denunciation OF
the idle rich," condemnation Of the
practices of captains of industry"
Now and then 1t takes picturesque
forms, such as the wearing of shabby
garb, the assumption of boorish man.
ners. Again 1t calls for association
with companions of the submerged
tenth" Of the population.
Chicago has a demagogue who goes
to fanciful extremes. He plays the
game with a deck of cards Of his own
design. One of them is the zone hun
dred per cent Americanism" ace. He
slaps it on the table with bang and
has taken many trick with 1t. Just
now he is working it to the point of
fraying its edges and dog caring its
corners.
Next Summer the city of Chicago
will put into service an incinerator
plant for the disposition of garbage,
| and it Is promised the spectacle Of
wagons laden with food refuse will
| pass from the streets Of the Windy
| City, the breezes of which watt NAL.
odorous scents from those focal points.
! The mayor is now engaged in plan.
ming a spectacle to mark the change.
Evening star., 1927-12-01
Washington's Burial
Described in Old Paper

To the Editor Of The Star;
Below will be found quoted copy
Of an article from George Town
District of Columbia), under date of
December 20, 1899. that appeared in a
newspaper published in that day and
time, giving an account of the funeral
and entombment of George Washing
ton, "the Father of His Country"
which should be of unusual interest to
the readers of your newspaper, viz:
"On Wednesday last the mortal part
of Washington the Great-the Father
of His Country and the Friend of Man
was consigned to the tomb with SOL
emn honors and funeral pomp.
"a multitude of persons assembled
from many miles round at Mount Ver-
non. the choice abode and last resi-
dence of the illustrious chief. There
were the groves, the spacious avenues,
the beautiful and sublime scenes, the
noble mansion-but, alas, the august
inhabitant was now no more! That
great soul was gone. His mortal part
was there, indeed. but, ah, how affect
ing, how awful the spectacle of such
worth and greatness, thus, to mortal
ewes, falleni Yes, fallen, fallen!
oft the hero walked in all his glory,
now lay the shrouded corpse. The
countenance. still composed and Sc
rene, seemed to depress the dignity of
the spirit which lately dwelt in that
lifeless form. There those who paid
the last sad honors to the benefactor
of his country took an impressive-a
farewell view.
"On the ornament at the head of the
coffin was inscribed Surge ad Judi
cium,' about the middle of the coffin,
Gloria Deo,' and on the silver plate,
General George Washington. Depart
ed this life on the 14th December, 1893.
Act. 68.'
Between and o'clock the sound
of artillery from a vessel in the river,
firing minute guns, awoke afresh our
solemn sorrow, the corpse was re-
moved, band of music with mournful
melody melted the soul into all the
tenderness of woe.
"The procession was formed and
moved on in the following order:
Cavalry. Infantry, Guard. with
arms reversed; music, clergy.
"The Generals horse with his sad
die, holsters and pistols.
"Cols. Sims, Ramsay, Payne, pail
bearers; corpse, pallbearers, Coils. Gill
pin, Marsteller, Little.
"Mourners, Masonic brethren, citi-
zens.
when the procession had arrived
at the bottom of the elevated lawn, on
the bank of the Potomac, where the
family vault is placed, the Cavalry
halted, the Infantry marched toward
the mount and formed their lines; the
clergy, the Masonic brothers and the
citizens descended to the vault and
the funeral service of the church was
performed. The firing was repeated
from the vessel in the river, and the
sounds echoed from the woods and
hills around.
Three general discharges by the
Infantry. the Cavalry and II pieces
of artillery which lined the banks of
the Potomac back of the vault. paid
the last tribute to the entombed Com
mander-in-C Chief of the Armies of the
United States and to the departed
hero.
1.-The sun was now setting. Alas,
the son of glory was set forever! No,
the name of Washington, the Ameri-
can President and General, will tri-
umph over Death! The unclouded
brightness of his glory will illuminate
the future ages!'
MRS. HELEN G. CALLER.
Evening star., 1927-12-01

A parade of these wagons will course
through the city, bearing 1000 gar
bage cans, each of which Is to be
decorated" with the American flag.
There Is plenty of time for the idea
Of decorating a garbage can with the
American flag to percolate through
the minds of the Chicago people be-
fore that edifying performance Is en-
acted. Perhaps 1t will occur to some
of the more sensitive that this is not
altogether the right use of the ma
tional emblem. 1t may strike some of
them that there are higher and better
uses to which to put the Stars and
Stripes. Perhaps. but not assuredly.
The virus of demagoguery may have
affected the cells of the civic brain
to prevent such a reaction.
Chicago's Tartuffe gets away with
many gestures of patriotic sanctity.
This latest one may prove to be his
undoing. Give the demagogue time
enough and he will usually trip him.
self with his own hypocrisy.
Evening star., 1927-12-01
Lights and Crime.

Recent criminal activities in the
Cleveland Park section point unmis
takably to what every one knows, but
sometimes overlooks, the need for ade.
quate street lighting. While it is diff.
cult to put a finger on the exact ratio
of crime prevention in relation to
lighting. the fact that proper illumina,
tion does tend to battle marauders is
evident.
Nefarious nocturnal business of all
sorts must be carried on, if at all,
under the cover of darkness. I'm
lighted streets and alleys provide the
criminal with exactly what he needs,
a cloak for his viciousness.
Especially does he find the heavy
shadows cast by garages exactly to
his liking. Under such a cloak the
man bent on willful malice may come
and go with minimum chances of be.
ing apprehended.
In such suburban areas as Cleve-
land Park, now practically a part of
the city. the time has come for the
of better lights. There is
a normal. adequate community light
ing which does not call for the bril-
liant illumination of the boulevard
nor yet for merely few open in
bulbs at long intervals.
Many Of the streets in the city
proper show desirable system, where
enough light is on hand to handicap
activities, yet not enough to
cause unwholesome glare in residen-
tial communities. 1t is not necessary
to have fioodlights or anything ap-
them in community de-
voted to home structures.
A watch dog may be poisoned. but
a cleaning electric light is a warn
ing to all evildoers that they may be
seen, and apprehended. Adequate
lighting is not a panacea by any
means, but it is necessary and help
full, and should be considered as a po.
lice aid, as we'll as a benefit to any
Evening star., 1927-12-01

O. Is there a good soap substitute
on the market?-H. A. B.
A. Soap bark is perhaps the most
valuable soap substitute. 1t Is on the
market in the form of chips, powder
or long, fiat pieces. When extracted
with hot water a solution containing
latherforming material called
saponin Is obtained. This has deter
gent power, and, since 1t is very mild
In it's action, is suitable for delicate
fabrics.
O. When was ice cream first made
commercially in the United States?-
S. A.
A. Ice cream was first made COM
mercially in this country in 1851 by
Jacob Russell, milk dealer of Wash
ington and Baltimore, who began its
manufacture as side line to his regu-
lar business. His methods were very
crude and laborious. and his equip
ment exceedingly simple; a dishpan
was partly filled with ice and salt, in
which was placed a smaller dishpan
containing the ingredients Freezing
was executed by revolving the smaller
pan in the mixture of ice and salt.
The total output of Mr.. Fusselrs fac
tory at first amounted to only few
quarts per day.
.. Does the United States export an
appreciable amount of hides and
skins?-E. W.
A. Many of the hides and skins used
in this country, including practically
all the goat and kid skins, are i'm
ported. The expectation of such raw
materials is comparatively insig-
nificant.
@. Are there any States which do
not have workmen's compensation
laws?-S. E. n.
A. There are but four States that
do not have compensation insurance
laws. Those States are Florida, Mis-
sissippi, North Carolina and South
Carolina. In the District of Column
bia only the civil employees of the
city of Washington and of the Fed
eral Government are protected by
compensation laws.
@. What foreign languages are the
most necessary for singer to know?
ID. H.
A. The Musician says that Italian,
German and French are the most i'm
portant.
Q. What kind of horse Is a
cayuse?-D. w.
A. Originally it was bronco bred
by the Cayuse Indians Of eastern