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The Washington times., 1927-09-20
CLAY KNEW HIS ONIONS

than at any other ffrne to be-
come President. II he Instead Of
Harrison could have had the
Whig nomination ii 1870 he
would surely have been elected
to the coveted office.
In February, 1882 Clay deliver
ed q notable speech against the
abolitionists Before giving this
address, however, the Kentucky
Senator consulted colleague,
Senator William Preston. Of South
Carolina. 1T was 1T this interview
between Clay and Preston that
the famous quotation was born.
Some time later fiji the same
year Senator Preston addressed q
Whig meeting III Pniladelphia.
That was the first time thar the
world learned that clay would
rather Be right than President. =
In the course Of an eloquent
eulogy ct Clay Senator Preston
said:
On one occasion Mi. Clay ala
me the honor To consult me II
references to 4 step he was about
to take, and which win, perhaps,
occur to your minds without
more direct aiIusion. After stat.
ing Whist he proposed. 1t was re-
marked that such step might IS
offensive to the ultraa &c both
parties. IN the excitement watch
then existed TO this Mr.. CLAY
replied: trust the sentiments
and opinions are correct; / had
rather be right than BE presl-
dent The Pathfinder.
The Washington times., 1927-09-20

or WOULD rather Be right
than President Il attributed
To Henry Clay. who was known
among his admirers as the Mil
Boy of the Slasnes because he
was born tn slash or swamp iri
Hanover county. Va. and as Is
boy used to carry grain to q
nearby mill.
Tt Is popularity supposed that
Clay uttered the historic words IN
the United States Senate during
the famous compromise OF 1880.
The great Senator from Kentucky
was then % years old. Somebody
asked him 3 question, according
TO the popular story, which
alluded to Gays presidential am.
billions. sir, replied Clay. II
would rather Be right than Preai-
dent
Unfortunately this story IL pure
fiction. John Bartlett. the Amer
lean publisher and compiler, was
probably largely responsible for
the error. He attributed the
quotation 10 Clay In his Familiar
Quotations and gave the date as
1850. others supplied the details
to fit the date. The error was
copied into recent editions Of
'Hoyt's New CycIOpedia of Prac-
tical Quota tons and Is now
generally accepted as gospel.
The famous quotation did not
originate on the floor OF the
Senate. Neither did ii originate
In 1850. but iii 1882 when Harry
of the West was more ambitious
The Washington times., 1927-09-20
American Way

women.
That interesting circumstance illustrates why American
women are the envy Of their sisters the world round
Some Of these women went abroad their own independent
means few earned themselves the money with which to-
travel But for the majority husbands sons brothers Of
fathers paid the freight
For the attitude Of the average American male toward bis
woenfok is one Of goodhumored indulgence BE avishes
pleasures and Injuries limited only by the length Of his
purse
Foreign observers marvel at the good looks style health
independence and pOss American women Il the men who
helped them get that way
The Washington times., 1927-09-20
SECRETS OF
HEALTH
By d. 9. a. .. Reed

VoU will recall that in my ar
4 ticIe Of yesterday l showed
how bananas were almost as
good a preventative against
iscurvY Is orange Or tomato juice.
This depends upon their richness
in vitamin G. They also con.
tain vitamin A. This Is the
factor without which nothing
can grow. Ii exists IN bananas
IN fairly good quantity IN spite
OF their low fat content. But
valuable as is this content they
cannot be relied on for it en-
tirely. al they have only about
one-twentieth the amount sup.
piled by the same weight Of good
butter. In this particular, how
ever. they are q good deal better
than orange juice and One-third
ais good as tomato juice.
Vitanlin b protects against neu-
ritis. and Is found III large
amounts in yeast and wheat germ.
Bananas are not rich in it COM
pared with these foods. but are
about equal in 1t to tomato Juice.
The banana does not contain
any vitainin D at all. and there
fore win not protect against
ricketts,. Yitamin e, the newly
discovered anti-sterility factor. Is
present. but not III any great
quantity.
The experiments have therefore
shown that II Is safe TO class the
banana as an excellent source Of
vitamil1s A and G, and not q bad
one for q and =. though 1t is de-
ficient in p, Its richness in G.
and its relative cheapness ana
availability, make 1t stout com.
petitor 81 tomato and orange
Juice in the feeding OF children,
as tar as vitamins are concerned.
a child fed on it almost entirely
would, however. need cod liver
oil and sunlight to prevent its
getting ricketts,.
But vitamins are not every.
thing. a food must have other
things TO recommend it. Now
one Of the striking things about
the banana is that IL has an ok.
tremeiy high carbohydrate Or
energy value. The green banana
is % per cent. starch and IS prov.
ing q utiIizable food when cooked.
When the fruit Fipens most Of its
starch turns to sugars. which. at
maximum ripeness, compose 1873
per cent. Of the banana and are
readily utilized by the body.
Bananas have very little pro.
/ tein, or bodybuilding value. This,
again, makes them insufficient
as a whole diet In themselves.
But some experts say that ba.
nanas and milk form 4 balanced
diet which one might live On.
Their low protein content, how.
ever, makes them useful in kid.
ney disease. Their fat value.
though larger than that OF most
fruits, IS small, and little n
known about 1t scientifically.
The ash content, /. e., the min.
erals that remain when the rest
Is burned. IS very satisfactory,
There Is enough calcium. mag.
nesium and iron to make the
banana worth considering al
means Of making up deficiency
nf these substances IN the diet
The Washington times., 1927-09-20
Customs Puzzle

Since time out Of mind the British Coast Guard Has fourht
"A uphill battle against smugglers Things were difficnf
enough when fast motorboats succeeded the urpes that
bore Onband to the rugged Sussex coast now the arpane
has the customs officials guessing
French brandy silks, gowns and other dutiabe merchandise
are carried BY plane to landing places in the open
spaces ct Sussex and Surrey How to curb the growing a
tic. the authorities are at loss TO figure out.
We have the same problem in the matter If Illicit drink
ables brought in from Canada, Mexico and even IT IL
whispered, from ships off the Atlantic coast
National boundaries nothing to fleet aircraft Govern
ent ingenuity viii be and severely taxed as flying
machines multiply Eventually there come revision
Of the whole customs business to deal with travel whether
lawful or unlawful
The Washington times., 1927-09-20
LAZNESS
BY DR.. Frank Crane

WHAT is there about Iaznessf
wv The seepfest when boy the
in Illinois and Missouri, where used 60
fishing
Nobody slowly fisherman.
people infinite leisure they
loaf along river wharvss.
People instinctivey to the seaside to rest
You unfortunately and look at the lake. You
cannot do that with land
trifngest days led days when doing nothing
whatever reduced science, those liner
impossible You have time, only eternity
watched loafer standing the at the bay Of
legs"
solemn of all birds storks cranes
watch the water.
The Washington times., 1927-09-20
Synthetic Music

German inventor demonstrates device calculated to upset
further those already alarmed BY the ascendancy Of radio
and photograph
Manipulating small square box fitted with wirebound
brass rods the scientist produced music in imitation
many Instruments The music made he explained By the
Of two electrical waves each inaudible III itself
From the expeimenters predictions it is to be gathered
that ne hopes his square box viii eventually suppant all in
uments Our present canned music must least originate
N the real thing the thought music that ism i music but
only an electrical trick is bit devastating.
Lets hope the thing never gets on the market
The Washington times., 1927-09-20
NEGOTIATIONS
OF A WIFE

LIE Pln.Periect Hnsband

The Plu-Pertect Husband
COME Englishman is always
- attempting to be amusing. by
denouncing the American hus-
band Is 1 boob. !"
But 1t II a. q husband that
the American man not only
measures UP" but shines. He
positively scintillates!
He IL BORN husband! NO
matter how he may struggle
against It, it Il his destiny TO
devote his life to some WOMAN.
specifically ne may Be i wild.
young single. E0Oter, who could
never Be broken 10 harness or
halter; but, potentially. ne u 4
kind, dociIe Dobbin doomed to be
driven with ball Of yarn or q
bit OF baby ribbon BY any woman
who happens to annex him.
Ia other countries husbands
have to be made out Of raw
very raw material. It Is the
wife who does the catering and
the coddIings who irons out the
bachelor wrinkles puts patches
on her husbands morals and
manners, and trims the raw
edges of his disposition.
Over here, husbands come ready.
made, fresh from the hands be q
spoiled mother and the example
Of an adoring wonlan.ridden
father.
Nothing to do, but put on the
passementerie!
This Il perhaps the only conn.
try In the world where YOU can
spot a married man at sight. He
doesn't have to wear q wedding
ring. His expression, his con
versation, his attitude, hisclothes.
his habits ALL tell the story.
Where else will you find q
husband who will creep out of
bed in the morning, take the Ice
off the dumbwaiter, tiptoe softly
into the sitchen, make the coffee
and come III bearing his Wifs's
morning cup, her mall, and
her cigarettes simply because It
gives her a headache" to get up
early?
Where else will you find one
who viii work like stoker down
Town all day In order to pay Tor
tickets to q grand opera, which
he detests and to which his wife
mercilessly drags him in the eve
ming?
But that Is not being boob, =
1t is being a super-husbandl it
takes chivalry, unselfishness. gen.
crosby, tenderness, nanliness anu
magnificent sef-control.
Foreigners may shine as lovers.
But, after all, to shine as a lover
is merely an accomplishment !:
while to shine as q husband is an
ACHIEVEMENT!
The Great American Husband
is NOT mollycoddle be ID q
HERO.
The Washington times., 1927-09-20
LISTEN, WORLD!

did not KNOW.
but he mag
INED. And be.
cause he IN.
Al q N Ed he
DISCOVERED.
Christ did not
win men ) hearts
merely because
he knew God.
He also knew
men On his
ina gination he
went nut into
other livesinto
tragic. hopeless.
vicious lives,
and shared their
nj i j v 4 n d
d 4 III. s B.
came his power
over men.
Try to think
OF imagination
Iii that way.
Stop thinking
The Washington times., 1927-09-20
WORDS FROM LIPS OF WISE MEN

Our piety must be weak and
imperfect IL ii does not conntier
the fear OF death Fenelon.
70 manage men one ought to
have a sharp mind In yelveb
sheath. George Eliot.
Accent is the soul Of language
Il gives to it both feeling and
ruth.-Rousseau.
Borrowed thoughts, like bor-
roWed money, only show the
poverty of the borrower.
Lady Blessington.
The Washington times., 1927-09-20
ATTo KAHN
rAcAnflY

" ece t "
rave youn &
men ten rules
for achi Z wing
success. One Of
them was
USE YOUR
IN A q IN A.
TON. :,
What II Inn
agination ?
We do not
know. with al
our research we
h 4 en- L he
slightest clue to
I he ma t ur e,
source or scope
of lima gination
IT il stin as
mysterious as
electricit va n d
as potent. But
we do know
that ii exists tO
some degree iii
The Washington times., 1927-09-20
The knowledge Test For
Readers Of The Times

Match correctly:
II The Cricket on the Hearth. Edith Wharton
= The Great Divide Oscar Wilde
= Ethan Frome William, Vaughn Moody
& Marnion John Greeneaf Whittier
3 Lady Mindermeres Fan SIR Walter Scott
q Snow Bound. Charles Dickens
Complete these quotations:
q Men have died from worms
them--but for -"-Shakespeare.
8. With just enough of learning ---.e-Byron,
81 IA thing Of ---is joy foreverss'-Keats.
Do you know:
10. Who is the present King 0f Spain?
II. In what State is Middebury College?
IL. What is the Friday before Easter called?
IL What was the Of the former immigrant depot
New York?
Is. What is farce?
Answers to these questions on MagaEns paVs.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-08-29
LARGE NATURAL GAVE
 BELIEVED BE BAT REFUGE

Above Jonesville, in the Chickaloon district, a visitor in Seward Saturday informed the Gateway that some years ago while on a survey gang he and friend discovered huge natur- al cave in Wishbone mountain which is directly back of Jonesville. They irl- vestigated the cave and due to the discovery of vast thickness of gua- no. some IT inches down to bed rock, they came to the conclusion that it was rookery or refuge for wild ami malls from storms
 Yesterday, while Dr. T. Gilbert Pearson, president of the National As sociation of Audubon Societies was in Seward, he was informed of this mat ter. Dr. Pearson said that from the despcrition he is quite certain that it was a bat cave The quano is quite valuable he said, and outside com mands a price from S14 to SIS ton, due to it's high qualities as a fertilizer.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-08-29

Mrs Hardy, wife of Dr. Hardy, for mer local dentist, accompanied by her son Ralph, passed through the city yesterday enroute to the States. The Hardy family have been residing at Fairbanks and at Fort Yukon since leaving here.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-08-29

Roy Wheeler, first mate on the S. s. Starr, has taken an apartment in the Arcade Apartments moving in yesterday. His friends report he will hold open house this evening.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-08-29
STANNARD ON HUNT

E. T. Stannard, vice-president of the Alaska Steamship Company, recently made combined business and plea sure trip hunting over the Richardson Highway.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-08-29
BrowH & Hawkins-Quality First.

A dollar saved is a dollar earned, and so the shoe repair shop is serv: ice station on the road to wealth.
 SEWARD LEATHER WORKS.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-05-13
Port Of Gray Harbor's
Future Assured

THE Port of Grays Harbor estimates
i that Grays Harbor's supply of first
growth timber will last at least thirty
years more according to survey com.
pleted this month.
The port survey lists as territory
tributary to Grays Harbor a section
roughly bounded on the south by the
county line, on the east by north and
south line running twelve miles west
Of Olympia, on the northwest by the
high divide of the Olympic mountains.
and on the north by the divide be-
tween Hob and Sol Due rivers.
Cruises show that at least $4,000 ,OO0,-
900 feet of virgin timber tributary to
the Harbor and with an annual cut
of billion and half feet the supply
will last for many years.
Reforestation of the denuded areas
will insure the Harbor district of a
perpetual source of timber, the report
continues. On the lands first cut over
new forests of merchantable timber
AdNC ullCCdy 6iOWAS anu Will AlnSoAO
aided by artificial means this district
can remain permanently the greatest
lumber center of the world.
The survey shows that timber grows
faster in the Northwest than in any
other district of the world, the growth
here being from three to six times as
fast as in forests of the East and Ger
many.
The state, with proper reforestation,
the report points out, can produce an
nually crop of 6,0O0,O00,OOO feet Of
merchantable timber.
Progress of the port of Grays Har-
Dor during the year 1925 was shown in
the annual report issued by Port Man
ager w. H. Peters. A total of 1885,
954 tons were shipped from the port
last year, a Is per cent gain over 1925.
Lumber cargoes increased from l.
116, 110,691 board feet in 1925 to L.
16,296,493 feet. The increase in in.
bound cargoe was from 95,698 tons In
1925 to 111,769 tons in 1926. The year
was the third in succession in which
lumber shipments have totaled more
than billion feet.
Income of the port for the year
amounted to $342,942 and expenses
$270,004. Principal sources Of income
were dredging contracts. dock revenue
and current taxes and the principal
expenses were channel dredging, bond
redemptions and maintenance.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-05-13

vive the old Greek system, nu-
merous experiments were conduct
ed to arrive at the proper colors.
Models were constructed. colored
and hoisted to the elevation at
which they were later to be View
ed. 1t was only after careful
selection and number of changes,
both In the colors and even the
shapes of the models. that the
proper combinations were chosen.
Roof of Changing Tints
An amazing treatment was
selected for the roof. which Ia to
be of turquoise blue terra Gotta
tile. The pieces are three feet
square and about two and q half
inches thick-with the surfaces
colored In light blue and the edges
In dark The result is. that the
shades blend into a different tint
with every angle from which they
are viewed The bright blue ap-
pears to darken as the spectator
approaches It, Various positions
OF the sun also alter its hue. SO
that 1t has almost the effect Of a
changeable silk roof The roof
cresting is in gold. blue and black
terra Gotta
Walls Are Curved
In order to give the huge build
ing the proper proportions and
lines. all Of the so-called Greek
refinements were used for the first
time in America They include
walls set at slant. columns that
curve inward several inches, and
lean toward the center. and other
walls that are built on concave
lines their full height None OF
these seeming discrepancies Ia ap-
parent unless sought, as they serve
merely to correct optical illusions
present in most large buildings.
One OF the features of the struct-
ure will be tunnel more thar
500 feet long. with beautiful
arched terra Gotta ceiling.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-05-13
PLANT is A FLYTRAP

The Venus flytrap is but another
amazing instance of animal instinct in
the plant world. The device of the
flytrap is a leaf, but hinged, and set
with sensitive hairs
Like the pitcher. plant, it offers a
lure of sweetness, says Nature Maya
zine of Washington. No sooner has
the infatuated insect so much as
touched one of the fateful hairs than
the hinged leaf closes and entombs
him, and the digestive cells exude
their juices, and SO no more Of the
adventurer.
The flytrap opens to cast forth its
waste upon the ground, and the waste
enters the soil, and between soil and
plant is contrived the cycle for gnat.
Vines that persist in twining either
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-05-13
the fur shed bundling cured skins.

the fur shed bundling cured skins.
Wait here. boys; I'll get him." or
dered Hobe. at the same time shooting
a meaning look at Sarr and Dole. Then
around the house he want. In the
soft snow his feet made no sound and
the first intimation Paul had of his
presence came when King uttered a
savage growl and leaped over his mas
ter's bent back.
The dog struck like thunderbolt,
his jaws snapped. there was rend-
ing of hard cloth, scream of terror,
and Hobe Barrett went rolling in the
snow.
king! King! Back! Back!" shout
ed Don Paul, and the dog skunk back.
unwillingly, still growing, the scruff
of his neck raised and his eyes gleam-
ing ;balefully. Don leaped to Barrett's
side and rolled him over
"Did he get you? Great heavens!
Did he reach the throat" The trap
per's fingers darte d to Hobe's neck,
feeling for the telltale wet.
ITO be continued)
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-05-13
NEW USES FOR ELECTRICITY

A Minnesota dairyman who paid
$40 for an electric installation to heat
drinking water for his COWS. found his
milk sales increased by SITS in five
months-and he has the experience
and the installation left for profit all
the rest of his life. The waste of
animal strength and vitality in drink
ing cold water in wintertime can be
eliminated by water-heating-and the
electric current is the cheapest. easiest
way to apply heat. 1t grows into
money from the first instant used.
Hens pay almost no winter profit
in most far-north states, and Canada,
because the long dark nights force
them to sleep and loaf hours longer
than nature intended them to do.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-05-13
High Testing HoIstein on Cascade
Farm

When Cascade Nabob, the young
inbred son of the great producing COW
Cascade Jessie, met an untimely death,
he left behind him nine daughters, all
on Cascade Farm. These nine heifers
freshened as 2-year.olds, and running
in COW testing associations for an av-
erage of 305 days, produced each from
1858 pounds of milk up to 1912
pounds, with tests for the whole per-
iod of from 1913 per cent to Al per
cent butterfat, with one single excep-
ton, that test being 3.45 per cent fat
for the year.
The interesting feature of these rec
ords is not the fact that q bunch of
heifers have made high fat averages
through their lactation periods, but
rather to the fact that in their testing
above the average for Holsteins they
are carrying on family trait of high
testing.
Cascade Jessie. the grand dam
came Of family. on her maternal
side, Of high testers. quality that
she has been able to transmit to her
daughters, and now in turn she has
also been able to transmit this same
high testing quality to the grand
daughters through her inbred son Cas-
cade Nabob.
That like begets like Is being emf
nently demonstrated in this Jessie"
family; and who knows but that by
careful selection and judicious in
high testers may be permanently es-
tablished within this Jessie family.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-05-13

going out he was just in time to see
gray shape leap the fence and dis
appear in the darkness. Further in
vestigation revealed two dead shoats
and another horribly bitten. He at
once suspected Don Paul's dog. And
in the morning Jake Starr found a
heifer hamstrung and mangled in his
straw shed.
Next night the killer appeared at
John Doles place on Postum Road
and before the farmer could get
dressed and rush out to the straw COW
cred lean-to, where his sheep wintered,
a pair of fine ewes had been killed
Dole got a glimpse of the marauder
as it sped away. Next day he reported
to Hobe Barrett that Don Paul's dog
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-05-13
An Ancient Symbol Of Hospitality

A PICTURESQUE old rectory
~ in Rhode Island was recently
being restored. Covered
with vines, it's colors mellowed by
age, so the rectory had stood for
over one hundred years. The
north doorway on this old home
was formerly the doorway Of the
French Admiral deTernay, and is
one Of the famous carved doorways
of New England. When the dust
of years was brushed from the
ancient carvings and the central
ornament disclosed, it proved to be
a pineapple.
Only one other similar doorway
is still in existence-that on the
old State House on Washington
Square. Commenting upon his arch
itectural design atwriter of "Parish
Tidings" says.
"The pineapple in the midst is
an ancient symbol of hospitality,
and no symbol of hospitality must
be allowed to decay over the door
way Of priest, whose doors must
- " ~ W OPOAA W VIC OuSCP Vi IlC
flock. May the old pineapple be a
true symbol of a real welcome for
many years to come!"
Today, the pineapple on the
table symbolizes hospitality. Much
Of the beauty Of old doorways has
been lost, but the spirit of hos
pitality is still fostered, and the
hostess who serves pineapple ex-
tends to the guest within the door,
an ancient warmth Of greeting.
The newest aid to the hostess
who serves pineapple are Hawaiian
pineapple "tid-bits". They are
made from the same sun-kissed
Hawaiian pineapple as the sliced
or crushed product, and they lend
themselves to dishes in which
smaller pieces Of pineapple are
preferable to larger pieces.
Here are some delightful ways
Of serving pineapple tid-bits:
Pineapple Waldorf Salad-Pare,