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The Washington times., 1927-01-27
DR.. FRANK CRANES
DAILY EDITORIAL
Copyright, 1927. New York
Evening Journal, Inc.
Sending the DeUH to Market
By DIR. FRANK CRANE

TN brochure recently got out at Antioch College, Ohio
reference is made to the custom of the odtime Shakers
who generally observed the laws of Christian brother
hood Of sending their most INSCRIPTIONS members into
the world to do their trading Hence originated the saying
that the Shakers always sent the devil to market.
The implication is that while Christian living and prin
cples suitable for ordinary affairs and in family %
they not suitable for the outside world There you had
fight the devil with fire and deal unsrupuousy with
scrupulous people.
very idea is that those people get along best
in this world who do strictly adhere the moral law
You have to be crooked enough get along and yet
crooked enough to fall afoul of the law
Those who old and experienced in this worlds dealing
know the fallacy of this reasoning.
The fact that it pays to be honeso be honest in little
things well big and to be honest the privacy Of
your chamber well in the open forum Of the market
Honesty is thing to be put off and to be used
for certain purposes It something be adhered to all
the me and who faithful in all his dealings both
at home and abroad has the best chance Of success
Ed Howe, the sage of Potato HILL hardly be accused
of being strict regonist and yet in his honey phios
ophy and experience he has discovered that doing right
one Of the surest means Of success.
any boy girl is knocking about seeking some secret
of success better be offered than strict integrity
To be just and upright in all things may occasionally get
into difficulty but rule and in the long run it pays
who keeps his hands clean and his heart right is
always prepared for any attack and has been roughly
expressed He look any square the eye and tell
him to go to blazes.' ts*s#
sl Copyright 1927 by the Mcclure
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The Great Power Of Lobbies in
COngresS

The President told getting such strong evidence
Of the huge pull of Hobbies in Congress that he disguised
and would if he could take stringent action.
he long ago found the giant electric power lobby arrayed
against the Boulder Dam bill The power stands in the
way the development Of Muscle Shoals The Presidents
ancoal strike bill dead because the coalmning interests
have been potent enough to smother it.
The President also told that the softcoa barons OF three
Southern States lined up powerful influences and defeated
the confirmation Of Cyrus Woods Interstate Commerce
Commissioner.
There will be harsh settlement day with the sinister
lobby influences in Congress and their methods Of inspiring
The eecrcpower influence in the Muscle Shoals affair has
been notorious for years and its opposition Boulder Dam
is just well known.
It will fully satisfy the electric power combine of the
try the Government win that Boulder Dam built and
huge electric power developed there BUT the legislation must
put the control of the in the hands Of the electric
combine. which takes no risks, puts up money.
The legislative representative of the power here boldly
We do not propose LET the Government enter the
as Isl changed, it CAN GO through this session
That's telling Congress and everybody else just what Con-
gress MUST do and Congress letting this boss lobbyist and
the power back of him hold sway.
Yet the bill does not put the Government in the
business 1t gives the Government the right however
decide whether shall build and operate the generating
plants whether it shall build the plants and sell the power
private corporations whether it shall let out all the rights
to private corporations.
It would be NO GOVERNMENT at all which kept no rights
Of decision in its hands To pass those rights to the
power combine without thorough consideration would be that
the REAL GOVERNMENT the power trust which, in this
instance, looms up as having much truth in it.
Government what people wish and desire to be- Do
the people wish the power trust to be the Government?
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Of it altogether.
Don't advise anyone to marry
out Of pure reason. It may sue.
coed until real love comes-but
life, after that, is going to be a
sorry thing which every way
they solve it. GENE.
And so you think you'd both
be happier IL you went to your
soul mates" You're sure that
these two outsiders have some.
thing to offer you which would
make life absolutely different-in.
finitely more radiant and satisfac-
tory. You feel that they have
awakened your true selves, which
selves must lie dormant while
you stay bound to each other.
That's what you think and /
realize that nothing can say
will change your opinion. BUT
l DON'T AGREE WITH YOU.
/ don't believe in this ''mysteri-
Gus alchemy of love" to which we
attach so much Importance. 1t
is obvious that we can be ire
mendously swayed and exhilarated
for certain period by new asso-
Citations and that during that
period we live on an unusual and
delightful plane. And I'm willing
to agree that you would live on
such plane If you went to your
went to your new loves.
BUT I DON'T THINK YOU'D
CONTINUE TO LIVE ON SUCH
A PLANE. I think you'd come
back to your same old selves and
your same old adjustment and
attitude. For 1 don't believe that
love makes us over. We're the
same old two and sixpence" with
the new love that we were with
the old. If you find life dull and
prosaic with one person you're
going to find it dull and prosaic
with another-after the first thrill
has worn off. For YOU, your
self, are the one who makes your
life happy or unhappy, rosy or
drab, and not your mate.
And so I believe that If you
were freed tomorrow to realize
. romance you'd soon weary of it.
For having once chosen the placid
program Of reason you'd bark
back to II again as surely as Z
wanderer h0~ks back to home.
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QUESTIONS OF
ETIQUETTE
] Mrs. Cornelius Beeckman
Accepting Gifts

Accepting Gifts
nEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
~ VIII you kindly advise me
If it would be proper to refuse a
GIT from a young man when I am
engaged, and this man is aware of
the fact?
am Of the opinion that II
would be considered an insult to
the young man were / to refuse
ms gift. but In talking 1t over
with a girl friend Of mine. she
seems to think that it would be
wrong for me to accept the gift.
e. A.
agree with your friends that
1t would be "out Of order" for YOU
to accept gift from a young man
when you are engaged to another.
That Is, Of course, assuming that
1t is a gift that is not in the con.
ventional list OF flowers. books or
candy. And even these should be
given in rather impersonal way.
Your point Of view that the
young man would consider your
refusal Of his gift as an ''insult"
needs bit Of revision, dear friend.
To begin with, If he has discrim.
ination about this sort Of thing.
he will not lay himself open to be.
ing "insulted' by sending a gift.
IL he does make such an error, you
could. l am sure, write the kind
Of note to him that would make
him know that you appreciated
his. kind intention, but that YOU
would be unable to accept the gift.
Girls often have to do this, and
gentlemen understand 1t without
taking the point Of view that their
feelings have .heen- hurt. Indeed.
usually they respect the Eixl vastly
more foe doing thisl
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ness years, I'm frankly dubious
and unhappy over it.
My husband and are ideal
mates, physically, intellectually
spiritually. observers remark. We
do not quarrel, we do not ''Eet
on each others nerves." But
here's the point: We are both
utterly starved for ROMANCE
from which we so loftily swore
independence. We have both dis
covered that real love exists
outside.
Five years ago / met a man,
brilliant and kindly (rare combi-
nat1onD, and we have adored
each other ever since, If you can
express our deep and wordless de.
vction that way, for we have not
been so brainless as to discuss it.
He does not demand anything
that cannot give. He does not
distress me with favors, vet he
stands ready to offer me life
itself.
And my husband is very much
IN love with girl whom I know
and admire. She visits us occa-
sionally at my invitation. I
realize the happiness that the
most casual meetings give to both
of them. They positively glow in
each others presence. Those two
could find ROMANCE gloriously,
even If only for a time.
We can master it, of course, as
we. intend to. Yet that constant
hurt Of feeling cheated, tantalized,
denied Of the one perfect and
complete expression Of life, is
harming us. I know It is i'm.
possible, with our hearts else.
where, to live a true marriage,
We fraternize amiably, and have
unlimited respect and considera.
ton for each other-but, my dear,
that is not marriage, though 1t
might constitute precious back
ground for it.
We are both young yet, good
looking and adventurous. Is the
whole Of our youth to be so BIT
terly thwarted?
There's no way out, of course.
Divorce would be unfair to our
child, and to the one of us de-
prived Of him. A "gentleman's
agreement" IN favor Of free love?
1t tnight sound reasonable to
tonne. neither Of us believes
in it.. would be utterly unfair
- giyt owe when we could not
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By Garrett P. Serviss

a literature, and had written an
Indian Pilgrims Progress" they
would have had the hero accom-
panied by a faithful dog-of great
comfort and aid to him on his
adventurous journey. perhaps
even helping to keep his head
above water in crossing the Dark
River.
Surely a general conviction that
our animal companions have souls
would compel theoiogians to find
a place for them in, the future
as well as In the present. And
they could discover a basis for
dogmatic exegesis on the subject
both in the New Testament and
in the life and words Of st.
Francis. The Founder Of the
Christian religion Himself, accord.
ing to the Gospels, sent demons"
(evil spirits or wicked souls) from
the bodies Of men into those Of
swine, who were crazed by the
psychic irruption and rushed
down a steep place into. the sea-"
But no vote Of the French
Academy, even at a crowded
AICSIAASB WOuAO ulSSudUS TIC SCACt1"
tific searcher from investigating
curiously the questions whether
Joffre's dog did not get his fore
knowledge of an impending at
tack in the same way in which
ordinary dogs get their Fremont.
tons of a hunt that is preparing,
and whether Foch's parrot was
not repeating the words that
were most frequent on the lips
of his human neighbors in the
two contrasted situations Of first
getting ready for a fight and
then of going into it.
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shoulder respon-
sibilities tn at
love might fos-
ter.
So here we
are, Elsie-two
excellent 'busi.
ness partners, !"
prosperous, toll
Grant, with a
congenial home
and a secure fu-
ture and a bit.
ter and terrible
sense Of incoTn-
pletion. :
If l had it to
do. over again
I'd never marry
unless he simply
glittered wit h
romance. Then,
if it didn't en-
dure, / could
mark the end of
a perfect period,
not feel the loss
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NEGOTIATIONS
OF A WIFE
BY Helen Rowland
"That Married Feeling"

"That Married Feeling"
NNHAT married feeling" that
Il wtfely possession, is one of
the strongest ties on earth. in
spite CT all the modern cynics
and scoffers at matrimony.
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1t will hold a woman to a man
long after she has lost his hold
on his heart. and even years after
the last little flicker of sentiment
for him has sputtered out in her
own soul.
Somehow. there is always a
certain satisfaction in being still
the, official, recognized custodian
OF his clothes, guardian Of his
digestion and steward Of his per-
sonaI possessions.
There Is always, to a woman. q
certain comfort in having a mans
shoes in the closet. even when she
can no longer control his wander
ing FEET.
And a certain solace in seeing
his cravats hanging beside the
chiffoner even though they may
have been selected to please other
women.
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A certain pleasure in hanging
his dinner clothes in the spare
room cupboard even though he
may wear them only tn impress
the multitude: and certain sat
isfaction in putting away his golf
knickers. even when they remind
her only of lonesome Saturday
afternoons or quarrelsome two
somes.
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A certain pride in folding away
his monogrammed shirts. even
though she Is no longer sure
WHOSE head is resting against
their. bosoms--and q certain .tri.
unph In gathering up his pipes
and snokinE kh1nRs. even though
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ANIMAL SOULS = : By G.

60 the French Academy, by q
~ vote Of 8 to 5, at a meeting
of Is members, has proclaimed
that animals have memory and,
incidentally, souls" Memory, one
would say. should be an incident
Of soul rather than soul of mem.
ory; but let that pass. It appears
that both Marshal Joffre and
Marshal Foch supported the at
firmative.
A great many persons who
were brought up before the auto
era. as well as all circus people
as long as the circus, please God,
shall last. will be ready to swear
that, If any animals have souls,
horses are at the head Of the list.
Others will stand up for the
primacy Of dogs. while cats are
not without warm advocates in
certain somewhat retired circles.
The Academy, according to a
press dispatch. was at its endless
and time-honored task Of revising
the French dictionary and had
taken under Consideration the
French word for memory, and a
member had ventured to affirm
that that term applied to the hu.
man race only, when Marshal Jof.
ire interrupted with a story about
his dog Bob" who always knew
several hours In advance when
the marshal ordered an attack,
He asked whether that was soul
or instinct.
Then Marshal Foch told of a
parrot in his army which used
phrases of astonishing cleverness.
as when just before the battle of
ChateausThierry it kept repeating
(translate0: I'VE are going to
give them alleluia!' And when
the order to advance was given
cried out. exultantly: Here we
gov'
If it could be proved that ami.
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LISTEN, WORLD!
By ELSIE ROBINSON
HERE is the
II story Of two

HERE is the
IA story Of two
civilized people
who based their
marriage on in
telligence rather
t h a n romance.
They both re-
greet this fact
now. They be-
lieve that q mar
riage so based is
a failure. And
Gene thin k 8
that this letter
row es h e r
point.
Dear Miss Rob-
inson:
This is from
one who entered
whole : heartedly
into a mar
riage on a bust
ness b a s is.
Now. after eight
successful busi-
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she suspects that his ''pipe.
dreams" are no longer of her.
A certain satisfaction in keeping
his military brushes cleaned and
polished and his razor high and
dry on the bathroom shelf. even
though she knows that he no
longer grooms. shaves and beauti.
flies himself in order 20 please
HER.
And a certain triumph in
his hat on the newell-post or the
hall.rack. even though she is
aware that it is but a temporary
sliding place until he can find
an--excuse to don it and GET
OUT!
Oh. yes. there is a vast. strong.
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possessive triumph which every
wife fels systematically. in see
ing around her the indisputable
evidences Of her legal dynastic
rights over some man,
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This is the tie that often binds
a woman to man. long after the
spirit OF the contract has been
broken and only the FORMULA
remains. 1t is the atavistic
instinct that causes her to go
right on clinging, long after her
sturdy oak" has turned out to
be only a waverinR willow.
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In marriage. POSSESSION is
ninetv-nine points of the law
and the hundredth point is habit.
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mails have souls, how should we
provide for their future? The
American red men found no diff
Guilty about that, being troubled
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Sympathy for Criminals
Continued From First Two Columns1

- Continued From First Two Coumns)
thirty days British burglars know L. and when they 20 on
brglazng expeditions they carry NO deadly weapon with
Them they afraid they might USE it, and that the result
might be rope around their necks
This country needs to take crime seriously and to
punish criminals more swiftly severely and more surely
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with neither psychology nor biolo-
gy. They took their animals
along with them to the Happy
Hunting Grounds. If they had had
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late upon or interfere with slavery in
any State OF the Union. and,
Resolved, That those persons in
the North who do not subscribe to
the foregoing proposition are too in.
significant in number or influence to
excite the serious attention or alarm
of any portion of the people of the
Republic"
Mr.. Davis said that resolution was
adopted by 116 ayes to four nays, and
that Senator John Sherman, then a
member of the House, an advocate OF
emancipation in the District, voted
for the resolution. He recalled that
on the day OF the adoption by the
! House of the foregoing resolution,
Representative John Sherman OF Ohio
offered the following: Resolved, That
neither Congress nor the people or
Governments Of the non-slave holding
States have a right to legislate upon
or interfere with slavery in any OF
the slaveholding States of the Union
Mr.. Davis told the Senate that the
John Sherman resolution had been
| adopted by 1Gi yeas. no nays.
Senator Davis recalled that on July
| &c, 1861, five days after the battle OF
Bull Run, the Senate passed this
! resolution: That the present depIor
able Civil War has been forced on
the country by the disunionists Of the
Southern States, now In revolt against
the constitutional Government and In
arms around the Capital: that IN this
national emergency. Congress, Danish
ing all feelings Of mere passion OF
| resentment. recollects only its duty
to tho whole country: that this war
10 not prosecuted upon our part In
any spirit OF oppression. nor for any
! purpose OF conquest or subjugation
nor lss the purpose Of overthrowlns
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I knew we dared not use II with the
magazines just below.
] chung swinging for a moment to
the brass powder tray that hung be-
hind the massive breech of the mon.
ster cannon. Whirr of the blowers
was broken constantly by chatter of
gear teeth and loose joints working to
and fro with the ships insane heav-
ings.
WHO is below" I asked.
Smith, SIR
''Why, / thought"
"Canby, too sir. broke in young
lad, his face gray with anguish.
Smiths working on the hinges of the
upper handling room door. The chief
told us to stay here in case anything
else broke adrift. Canby's hurt, sir -
Il know it, / said with irritation.
"And we've got to get him."
There were muttered words of des.
peration from the miserable little
group. But no suggestions that would
help.
/ swung down through the bowels
of the turret trunk-frst the loading
stages, then the cramped electric deck
and finally the small. circular COM
ding room. Again could hear, this
time below me, the awful sound of
those huge half ton projectiles crash.
ing about in that pit.
Instantly knelt at the same square
hatch that had been damned by the
blow of one of our heavy drill slugs.
Smith drew back pantingly from his
futile effort to cut through the thick
steel. I peered down.
At first could see nothing. All the
lights had gone out except one small
emergency lamp. Apparently the ter
rife pounding Of the shells had wreck
ed the wiring that led along the bulk
heads.
Then dim1y could make out the
details. The handling room was about
Is feet square. On it's deck lay six
black bodies, fiat at one end and point
ed at the other.
AS / looked they moved, first with a
chattering, humping noise, as their
coarse bodies scraped; then with a
crescendo Of squeaks and bangs that
ended with a deafening crash as the
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Spirited Debate in Congress Preceded District Emancpao

the power to exercise exclusive legis-
latlon in all cases whatsoever over
this ceded 10-mile square we call the
District of Columbia. Instead of pro-
viding a code of humane, equal and
uniform laws for the government of
the Capital of a Christian nation.
Congress enacted, in 1901, that the
laws of Maryland and Virginia as
they stood should be in force on the
north and south sides of the Poto-
mac. BY this act the inhuman and
barbarous, the indecent and vulgar
colonial slave codes Of Maryland and
Virginia, became the laws of Repub-
lican America for the government Of
it's chosen Capital. The Ma
tional Government, by re-enacting the
slave codes of the ceding states for the
government of the ceded territory,
accepted as it's creed the wicked
dogma that color in the National
Capital is presumptive evidence Of
slavery.
''In 1927 the committee for the Dis
trict of Columbia in the House OF
Representatives reported that in this
District, as in all slave holding States
in the Union. the legal presumption
is that persons of color are abscond-
ing slaves The committee states that
in that part of the District coded by
Virginia "a free negro may be arrest
ed and put in Jail for three months
on suspicion of being a fugitive. He
is then to be hired out to pay his
Jail fees and If he does not prove
his freedom within IL months he is
to be sold as a slave In the terri
tory coded by Maryland, the commit
tee says that If a free man of color
should be apprehended as a runaway,
he is, subject to the payment of all
fines and reward given by law for
aDprehending runaways, and upon
failure to make such payment is liable
to be sold as slave
Clothed, Mr.. President, with the
authority of legislation by the Ma
tional Government, the corporation