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The Washington times., 1927-02-12
DR.. FRANK CRANES
DAILY EDITORIAL
J a pan
By DR.. FRANK CRANE

HF death of the Emperor Of Japan called universal at
tention to that remarkable country
No country in the world perhaps has made
rapid progress during the last generation Japan
Taking into consideration the age Of the Japanese Empire
the visit of Commodore Perry that country compelling
Japan open intercourse with other nations very
recent.
Previous to 1889 Japan was an absolute monarchy It
had been for centuries drilled into thinking monarcha ideas
Since 1889 it has had constitution.
The Emperor is still held be sacred and nyoIabe and
exercises the whole the executive powers but he sup
posed to this with the advice and consent Of the
Cabinet Ministers.
Japan has House of Peers and House of Representa-
1t is the home of the od-fashioned shintosm and
Buddhism but yet religion entirely free and Christians
are at liberty to preach their gospel much as they
wish.
English is required in all of the schools.
Although the action of America in regard to land and
immigration laws is held by many to be hostile, yet the
Japanese remarkably selfrestrained people Only
small group of anAmerican agtators exist in Toxic and
Yokohama but this group discouraged by the govern
ment and opposed generally by the press.
The United States has been recognized Japans best
customer takes about As cent of her exports and
supplies about 80 per cent of her imports.
only in 1852 that Commodore Perry opened that
country and since then the japanese people
have risen with remarkable rapdity to take their stand
among civilized nations
OF their training different from ours
but that is sign that they any Japan has
made great strides in educating her people and in
extending the franchise
Only recently the that Baron Ryoch Kujo,
who is brother of the Empress is working poorly
paid clerk and takes orders from everybody but the office
boy in the institution, where he gets only $50 month in
order, he claims ito find out how the common people
make living" The Baron likes his job. He is faith
full worker and always time One of the saving rrace
of the Japanese people is that they fond Of work
Work and aristocracy hardly go together all noble
orders since the foundation of the world have been orders
of noble loafers.
Work and democracy will be found to progress hand
in hand.
The Washington times., 1927-02-12
HEAT LEVELS
By Garrett p. Serviss

a final condition of stagnant equI.
librium.
Applying this great law to the
freezing of ice cream, while con
soling ourselves with the reflection
that millions of ages must elapse
before the kinetic energy of the
universe can have so far run
down that no more ice cream will
anywhere exist, we see that the
cream freezes because it's heat
energy escapes into the ice Of the
freezer, while, in obedience to an
equally inevitable law, the ice
melts as fast as the cream freezes
because the energy that the cream
molecules lose is taken up by the
ice molecules, which are thus
shaken out Of the solid into the
liquid state.
The object of adding salt to the
ice is. Of course. to lower the tenn.
perature of the mixture below
that of the ice alone. and thus
to produce a sleeper thermal slope
Tor the heat OF the cream to flow
down. The addition of the salt
produces this effect because of
another great law, or principle,
which scientists speak of as the
principle of lie Chatellier. You
will find clear account Of this
principle in Mr.E Mills intellectu.
ally delightful book on "The Reali.
ties Of Modern Science"
The LIE Chatellier principle com.
pressed into a nutshell is that
amy external action upon a
physical system produces q change
of such q character that the
resistance which the system offers
to the external action is in.
creased" When salt is added ia
q mixture of water and ice. II
begins to dissolve and thus intro.
duceS an increasing number or
salt molecules into the system.
As the concentration of salt
molecules grows the mixture
opposes this concentration by
increasing the amount of solvent
water through melting of the ice.
But the process of melting, or
hquefaction. always absorbs heat.
and a part of the heat in this
case Is drawn from the mixture
Of salt and ice. whose temperature
is thus lowered.
The Washington times., 1927-02-12
QUESTIONSOF
ETIQUETTE
Mrs. Cornelius Beeckman-
Writing An Invitation
DEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:

NFbtlng An INVITATION
nEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
- Several weeks ago met
q young man while skating. We
became friends and when he was
leaving he said he would call me
up. But he never did.
Very soon expect to have five
couples at my house for the even.
ing, and would like very much
to have him present. Would it
be proper for me to call up a girl
to whom he introduced me and
find out his address and send
him a note telling him of my
plans? Or would I be overstep-
ping the bounds? have not
spoken to anyone on this matter,
and would greatly appreciate your
advice. ELAINE.
I believe that we win let you
write the young man a note
and invite him to your party. But
you will promise me that you will
write him-not telephone him
for this will give him an oppor.
tunity to refuse If he wishes to.
He may have been very busy in
the meantime. either socially or
professionally. and may not have
had a chance to telephone you,
and, in these informal days we
may overlook this, ] think, and
invite him since you are inviting
several others. Ills subsequent at.
titude must indicate to you
whether or not you wish to be
enthusiastic about continuing the
friendship.
The Washington times., 1927-02-12

I'VE have had a discussion as
to the reason for using salt in
an Ice cream freezer. Will you
please explain the physics of this
operation? contend that the
cream is cooled by the ice draw.
ing the heat from it. Is this
correct, or is 1t merely an equal.
ization Of heat?
&C. P. s., Chicago"
THO freeez the cream its heat
I must be extracted. Every
thing that is not down to zero
temperature (459 degrees below
Fahrenheit zero) has some degree
OF heat. For instance, ice itself
has certain amount Of heat.
What we call heat Is an effect of
the motions of the molecules Of a.
substance among themselves, and
its intensity depends upon the
amount of energy in action. AS
long as the molecules have any
motion some heat remains in the
substance, although 1t may be
very cold compared with another
substance whose molecules are
more active.
When warm substance is
brought near, or in contact with,
a cold one, the heat, or molecular
agitation Of the warm body,
spreads to the cold one and in.
creases it's temperature, while at
the same time the temperature Of
the warm body falls, because the
energy is now distributed among
q greater number Of molecules.
Thus the two bodies tend toward
an equalization of Temperatures.
the molecular energy being shared
between them.
Heat Seeks Level
As water flows down hill, so
heat flows down the slope Of TEN.
perature between a warm BODY
and a cold one, and tends to fiji
the depression so as to produce 4
common level of molecular energy.
The molecules that had little re.
ceive more; those that had more
lose part Of what they had. All
tend toward q dead level OF tom.
perature. This is the most fatal
law of the universe. for it implies
The Washington times., 1927-02-12

WOman's Weakest Moment
WHO hath said that all women
w are mercenary. and all dam
sells afflicted with the "gimmes."
Go to. His philosophy lie all
sophistry and his reasoning bunk!
For, 10. a little boys patron
saint is st. Nicholas, the Giver.
But a little girls favorite saint
is st. Valentine, the LOVER!
And from the first. mans appe-
tite ruleth over his heart: but a
woman's sentiment outweigheth
her greediness!
Then, charge thee, my Son,
heed my admonitions: for now ap.
proacheth the day of thy trial,
wherein thou modest all thy dis.
cernment and all thy discretion,
lest thy foot stumble!
For to forget woman's birth
day may be a compliment, and to
overlook her at Christmas may
be defensible. But to neglect her
upon ST. VALENTINES Day IL
a sin against her sentiment and a
shock to her vanity. She cannot
ENDURE it,
Then let the husband perceive
his opportunity and loosen his
purse and open his heart. For
a box of roses delivered to his
wife upon this day will peradven.
ture eweeten his domestic life for
a whole year. And a twoaine
verse of poetry may peradventlrs
save him from the writing Of an
hundred-dollar check.
Yea, a little cheap sentiment
gracefully expressed hath saved
many a married man the price Of
new set Of sables!
Verify. verify, woman can
forgive thousand shortcomings
and an hundred failings in the
man who remembereth her in
the right way at the RIGHT Mo-
MENT!
But the task of the hard-boiled
bachelor is far less simple. For
a man that is married hath
naught to lose, since the worst
hath happened to him. But the
feat of the bachelor il to find
something for EACH woman in
his life which shall express his
devotion beautifully yet be nom
committal and non-negotiable,
withal.
Yet be of good cheer, my Son.
For, upon this day the heart OF
the hardest damsel is soft and her
demands are simple. And a bunch
of violets -or a book of poems
shall thrill her more than jewels.
And they are not evidence" in
a breach of promise suit.
Go to. Let not men scott at
this weakness in womani
For Heaven may deny woman
. beauty, and fate may deny her
riches. and life may deny her an
husband. But when nature de.
nyeth her SENTIMENT, then
shall man lose his dominion over
her! For she shall be no lonyer
q WOMAN!
o Man, forget not st. Vslen.
tines Daya to nAalSa 1hx GranA
The Washington times., 1927-02-12
SAYINGS OF
MRS.
BY Helen Rowland

WOman's Weakest Moment
WHO hath said that all women
w are mercenary. and all dam
sells afflicted with the CHIMES"
The Washington times., 1927-02-12
Greeting a Fiancee


NEAR MRS. BEECEMAN:
~ I would be very grateful to
you IL you would settle this fam.
lily question for me. My brother
has just become engaged. / do
not know the girl. Ny brother
claims that it is my place to go
to her home and congratulate her.
] say that as ] am the Oldest
sister and there is no mother, it
is his place to bring the girl to
my home.
A CONSTANT READER.
Your brother Is thoroughly
right in his judgment and you
should. as the representative of
the mother who would welcome
the new daughter IL she were
here now, go at once to greet
your brothers fiancee and give
her the right hand of welcome
into the family. II your father
is living, it would be the best
form for him to accompany you
on this important visit. But any.
way, you must 60 at once. You
see, this girl will be expecting,
and quite justly, some evidence
of greeting into the new family
circle. And your brother will be
pleased and proud of you for tax.
ing the social responsibility Of
this visit.
You see, the custom is for the
mother and father of the young
man to go at once-witllin "a
hours of the announcement of
the news to his family, il pos.
sible-to the home of the young
lady and offer their best wishes.
You would do. this. as the female
head of the. family.
And. by the way, we offer
best wishes" instead of econ.
gratulations" to the hride-to-be,
for the term "ccngratulations" Is
saved for the groom-to-be.
The Washington times., 1927-02-12
ONCE-OVERS
By ]. J. MUNDY
Don't Continue to Fool Yourself

And the annual winter discussion to the cost
of running home.
You complain about your fuel b your light BILL perhaps
the coming taxes and the winter clothing needed by the
family.
Every spring you have declared that you would prepare in
the summer for the months when have many ex
penses to be comfortable.
But when the comes you go along merry spend
ing luxures and entertainment than you can AZ
ford
You have good time"-you salve your vanity in the
thought perhaps that you make people believe
that your station in life is higher than it is
You have the false idea that station in life depends upon
money.
You have heard how much this and that one is worth
manage with your income belong the clubs You
imagine that this is the open door 'society'-t is to
certain kind of society
How you paying for your bluffingf
The Washington times., 1927-02-12
A Queer Feeder

nNE Of the most abundant
" species on rocky coasts is the
barnacle. a sedentary form which
looks more like q mollusk than I.
crustacean says Nature Magazine.
When 1t is covered by the tide
the two top plates OF the shell
open like a little door and Nhe
animal feeds by waving nnir1te
organisms into it's mouth Nth
its featheEy ..fee&.
The Washington times., 1927-02-12

o Man, forget not st. Valen.
tines Daya to uAaasa 1hx GranA
The Washington times., 1927-02-12

For to forget woman's birth.
day may be a compliment, and to
overlook her at Christmas may
be defensible. But to neglect her
upon ST. VALENTINES Day IL
a sin against her sentiment and a
shock to her vanity. She cannot
ENDURE i'll
The Washington times., 1927-02-12

To do 20 no more is truest re-
pentence.-Luther. "a
Amusement to an observing
mind is study.-Disraeli.
The poetry Of earth is never
dead. Keats.
The Washington times., 1927-02-12
SAYINGS OF WISE MEN

DRAWER is q virtue that pre-
4 vaiIeth against all tempta.
tions.-Bernard.
No life that breathes with hu.
man breath
Has ever truly longed for death.
-Tennyson.
The march of the human mind
is slow. Burke.
The crest and browning of all
good,
LIES final star, Is Brotherhood.
Edwin Markham.
Never the time and the place
And the loved one all together.
Browning.
Stand Play! For it lie the last
symbol Of thy power over the
Weaker Sexi
, 1927-05-07
Music and the Santa Cruzian.
BY 6. ii. EMANUEL.

By special request | had planned to
write a series of articles on Music this
week, in order to assist 10 focusing at
tanti0n OF National Music Week; but
olhar pressing duties made it impossible
for me to do so. have, however, tried
to Prepare the present short article,
which / tank would be a fitting close to
the intensive musical activities OF the
week in this island 10 particular,
The average writer or speaker on Mu.
sic is prone to forget the status of his
audience, and ignore It's feelings by a
monotonous and pedantic recital Of scien.
tiic and theoretical matter which, far
, 1927-05-07
TELEGRAMS.
DfV HDnIW ETA TTnAT

81. CROlA SlAIlUN.
Washington, May 4th. President Cool
idge has received a cablegran from His
Majesty King George expressing sym.
PATTY for The flood sufferers of the Mis-
sissippi valley. Il have heard with
profound sorrow, the king said, ''of the
serious loss of life and damage to prop
erty caused by the floods in the Mississ.
ippi valley and | have TO offer my heart
felt sympathy both to yourself and to all
the sufferers from the result of the pres
ent disaster.
London May 4th, Firing from the
Yangtze banks on foreign vessels con-
tinues at various points, invariably
receiving prompt reply when British yes
sells are involved. Yesterday the des-
troyer Wanderer was snipad from theee
points, one stoker being wounded, and
gunboat Cockchafer and the Convoy it
was escorting were also fired on, but 30
casualty resulted. The ships retaliated
with machine gun ornaments.
London, May 5th-A new world re-
cord break in professional billiards was
reached by Tommy Reece in play at
Thurstons Hall today, W. h Arthur Peall.
Reece with his questionable pendulum
cannon stroke, extended his break to
1921, unfinished,
, 1927-05-07

pupil, 1t mustf be admitted that there
was a goOdly sprinkIing of fairly educat-
ed persons in those times, who gave q
reasonable account Of themselves, when
we take into consideration the circum-
stances under which they labOred, and
whose careers were an earnest OF what
the complexion of affairs Of the present
generation might have been had the
education Of the day been more altruls-
tic in its intent. But these favored eX-
ceptions were by no means the result OF
the general system, but rather the pro-
duct of a combination OF circumstances
existing almUst independently OF It, and
sponsored by private agencies; and WHAT'S
ever need Of praise might be awarded
these extra governmental labors cannot
reasonably be advanced in mitigation OF
official neglect in the premises.
Educa ion, and particularly the ed1ca-
ton of the Virgin Islander, to he eftec-
tive. must be given a practical bent,
since his fortunes at the present hour,
both economical and political, call loudly
+. f0r the careful training of his mind In
order to fiji him for the successful dis
charge of the arduous duties entailed.
This, like every other kind Of education
has to be a tWO-handed process, that IS
education out from. and education into.
The task of striking the right balance
here is what constitutes the real problem
Of the educator in these islands. But
education out from what? You ask |
answer, education out from the influence
of a wicked. negative and f%ruitIess past
Of false ideals. false notions, utoplan
dreams and crooked principles, where
foolish pride, bigotry, incidence and Gu
pidity joined guilty hands in shaping the
minds of the present generation, which
is as perfect a replica of its progenitors
as any offspring can be expected to be.
Education into what? Eduration into
those ideals and positive principles
which are in harmony with the present
social, industrial, and scientific organiza-
tion Of the world, and especially those
spiritual and moral forces which direct
the energies OF our continental brethren.
(Io be coacLuded.)
, 1927-05-07

ssuch calibre as De Salas. Morales, Ellie.
Saavedra. AGG then again, st. Croix
has been 2 hermit island in so far as for
ei0n cultural forces have come 10 live
within her borders, and here again err
cumstances have placed St. Thomas in q
more favorable situation, since the ISL
and was practically dominated by a con-
siderable and influential Latin element,
particularly the Jewish section, fresh
from Europe or the Spanish Main, and
as was to be expected they diffused their
musical culture in such a thOroughgOing
manner that even Up to the present hour
after they have had their day and ceased
10 be, their influence is still felt and
seen in the varied musical activities OF
St. Thomas. The same might have been
said Of ST. CROW had it been as fortunate
to come under the shadow OF similar IN
huences.
St, CroiX presents a virgin field for
musical development, if the right forces
are put into operation; ana much can be
done in this direction, if those among us
who are capable would make it possible
to instruct our los fortuna2 brethren in
this noble art. This is quite feasible. 1t
requires only a phiIanthropic motive, and
the expenditure of a little energy, and
the results forthcoming would more than
sufficient to repay us for the effort *
pended.
May National Music Week this year
be the means of directing our attention
to the musical needs and great physical
possibilities of our Island.
May 6, 1927.
, 1927-05-07

his patience almost to the breaking point.
AS | do not wish to be guilty of this
charge, | have chosen, a theme which !
trust will be Of some little value to ALL
especially to the inhabitants of our ISL
and
The people of St. Croix, as far as I
have been able to observe. are exception
ally musical: ard lam aware that this
remark will be debated from the point of
view of the superficial person whose
measure of the musician is the ability to
understand sharps and flats, scales and
rules, etc. but 10 those who regard Mu-
sic as d GOd-give9 and innate quality
ana not az acquired possession of the in
teIjact, the truth of my statement is at
04ce evident. One has only to return
back to the old days of bambO0la and ca
ric0u parties nd listen to the truly re-
markabIe and original airs sung by the
labo~ers to the accompaniment of the
drum or the tamb0urine, in the handling
of which latter instrument, by the way,
the Cruzian has never been surpassed in
these islands. The tOnal effects pro
duced by the adopts on his device,
though somewhat barbaric In color, new
ertheless revealed inherent emotional fl
bre, which bespoke wonderful musical
possibilities were these simple artists
pl1ced under the refining influence OF a
cultured musical atmosphere, whatever
may be said TO the contrary DotWitbstand
ing.
Some of the melodies sung at these af-
fairs are full OF charm ana compare very
favorable with the treasured tolk-s0ngs
of other place. III any objection is made
that these melodies are for The most
part crude and unpoIished, answer that
the same may be said OF the folk muslco of
other countries, in proportion as they are
near to or far removed from cultured mu-
sical centres. If we may except those OF
the Russian peasant, which for meIodic
s]m0Othness and finish have even been the
admiration of the musical world. What
we are to look for in the music of the
Cruzian, therefore, is not the polish that
comes from art and training, bus rather
that redundancy, and spOntaDeity which
are the result of natural aptitude.
E~nvironmentaI factors and limited mu-
steal experience from a scientific and
theoretical standpoint have always work
ed as a retarding force in the musical de-
velopment of the native Of this island;
and those who may be tempted to blame
the Cruzian for his deficiency in this re-
spact should take this fact into consid-
Grafton. For instance, seldom or per-
haps never has the island been visited by
foreign bands, while the sister island Of
ST Thomas has been literally flooded by
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-31
Jesse James Associates.

FIFTEEN men who were associated
! with Jesse James and Frank
James as soldiers during the civil
War and for a number of years after
IT'S close are now living in various
parts of the United States. one OF
them is an inmate of soldiers nome
several are wealthy retired cattlemen::
and others are substantial citizens OF
their respective communities.
Jesse f. James, son of the famous
outlaw, is now a practicing attorney
in Los Angeles.
A few of these men are very feeple
from age. Others are taking Wig
orous interest in the progress OF the
Jesse James" picture. as they are
anxious to have Jesse James present
ed in his true light as "a modern
Robin Hood" who had thousands or
friends in a dozen or more States.
Jesse was declared an outlaw during
Civil War time. it appears, and was
never allowed to return to his home
in peace. He had a habit of holding
up people and things. Frank. after
Jesse had been shot to death, surren.
dered in person to the Governor or
Missouri, and in later life was invited
to the White House by President
Roosevelt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-31
WARDMAN PARK-"Rosita."

To satisfy demand for revivals of
early pictures of Mary Pickford. the
Motion Picture Guild has set aside
this week for two of that stars pro-
auctions, one of them 'Rosita.' in
which Miss Pickford plays her only
Spanish role. a hoydenish girl Of the
gutter, who captures the eye of the
King of Spain in royal romance,
which will be presented from today to
and including Wednesday, with Hol-
brook Blinn and Forrest Stanley.
Thursday and for the remainder of
the week, the screen version of Polly
anna" a famous production made
years ago. will be shown. Short reels
and music will be included with each
bill
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Films Have Lauded Ederle.

WITH her first motion picture in
the cutting room, Gertrude Ed
erie. world famous swimmer. has left
Hollywood for New York to complete
vaudeville tour which was inter-
rupted while she appeared in an i'm
portant role with Bebe Daniels in the
Paramount comedy, Swim, Girl,
Swim"
Hollywood is great" said Miss I'd
erie. and you can say for me that |
shall be back on the Pacific Coast
very soon. | have vaudeville con-
tracts which must be carried out and
al their termination l shall consider
motion pictures as a career. Yes. I
have had several offers. but they also
will have to wait for awhile.
You may also say that / am
through with Channel swimming for
the time being. / love pictures and.
even though / do not sign contract
to play in them. | shall be back just
to watch them being made"