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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-12
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

A painless way of taking a cold
bath has been invented by Templeton
Jones, the whimsical Washingtonian
whose mental adventures we have
been privileged to recount here from
time to time.
Jones has believed in the cold bath
for years, in theory rather than in
practice. however. There could be nc
doubt of the value of the cold bath
to the average lethargic citizen, he
contended.
In practice the morning cold alb
luton was another thing entirely. II
was, at best, a terrible nuisance, II
not decidedly something of a bore
In addition, 1t was downright un.
pleasant.
"Show me a man who really enjoys
taking cold bath. and ] will show
you the guy who says he likes dark
meat better than white and Winter
better than Spring."
SO Templeton Jones insisted. 1t
nee hardly be added that Jones Is
10 II OF the white meat of turkey
really prefers warm baths and be-
lieves that Spring Is the best time OF
the year. unless 1t be Summer, which
Is hotter.
In all things Jones cares for his
ease. q not uncommon situation, as
Sam Weller might have said, only
most men are not so unblushingly
frank as our friend Jones.
The touch of cold water on the
upclothed epidermis of Mr.. Jones is
not pleasing to the aforesaid Jones.
ana, what is perhaps more to the point.
Jones honestly believes that II is
equally unpleasant to ninety-nine out
or every one hundred enthusiasts.
II Il,
Before giving the details of Jones'
new system of bathing, by means of
which the cold bath, if not made a
Joyride. at least is rendered pleasing
10 the system of man. it may be wise
10 detail our subjects experiments
along this line.
Mr.. Jones, according to his own con.
iession, has tried every form of cold
path In the world. He has sampled
them all, from the unprecedented one
taken as child, when he was pushed i,
head-over-heelS, clothes and all. into
the 'ole swimmin' hole" to the latest
scientific device known as a needle
shower
The wholesome tonic of the sea bath
has intrigued him, as well as the more
secluded bathing in the private tub.
showers OF all degrees OF coldness he
has tried. There is not a tempera.
ture, from 40 degrees and up, that he
has not plunged into.
Jones was, it is easy to be seen. sold
on the principle and practice of the
cold bath. He had read all about the
water cure" and it's application at
the busy hands of numerous foreign
nature cure experts.
"Hydrotherapy" it was called in this
country. Water was applied for every
i'll, sometimes hot, sometimes warm.
sometimes cool, sometimes cold. Two
schools arose-one Haunting the ban.
ner of hot water, the other that of cold.
Hot water brings the blood to the
surface, relieving inner congestion.
Cold water first drives the blood in,
then to the surface, relieving conges.
ton. Pay your money and take YOUR
choice.
Jones personally found hot baths
enervating. Many, he knew, regarded
them as invigorating. The combina.
ton of quick. very hot shower, fol.
lowed by a quicker cold application,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-12
Arms Limitation Hope Revived.

Accordance by Great Britain and
Japan of President Coolidge's pro-
posal for a three power naval limita-
ton conference at Geneva gives hope
at last of some real accomplishment
in further arms limitation. The pre-
paratory conference on arms limita-
ton under the auspices Of the League
of Nations was divided last year over
methods of procedure. France headed
one group of nations which insisted
that naval, land and air armament
must be dealt with simultaneously.
The United States suggested it would
be better to separate the discussions
of naval and land ornaments and in
this position was Joined by others.
The suggestion of the United States
was TO meet the issue of limitation
step by step, rather than by attempt
ing to solve the whole problem at
a single stroke.
The preparatory conference, under
the auspices of the League of Ma
tions. is to meet again this month
with the United States participating
as before. President Coolidge has
made it. clear it is not purposed to
interfere with or halt in any way
the progress Of the preparatory con-
ference. The naval limitation con-
ference which he has proposed. first
including the five powers signatory
TO the Washington treaty and, when
France and Italy declined. three
powers. is to run side by side and al
most within the conference covering
all the nations invited by the League
to participate.
This Government has made 1t clear
FLOR months that what 1t desires Il
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-12
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

O. Where are United States Army
proving grounds located?-ls. M.
A. The Army proving grounds are
at Aberdeen, Md: Port Clinton, Ohio,
and Savanna, Ill.
Q. Is it true that John Quincy
Adams held an important position
when only IA years old?-L. j. l..
A. At that age he was for a year
private secretary and Interpreter to
Francis Dana. Minister Plenipoten.
tiary to the court of st. Petersburg.
q. Is the word carlton given an
English pronunciation?--A. Il. 5.
A. II may be. 1t is pronounced as
IL spelled karilon.
Q. Please describe the Perry Me-
mortal on Lake Erie.-H. F. n.
A. The Perry Memorial at PUTIN
Bay stands on "a reservation or ia
acres. The design was by j. III. Freed
lander and A. p. Seymour, Jr. 1t con-
sists of plaza rising gradually from
the waters edge TO the level height or
IL feet. 1t Is rs feet long and 461 feet
wide. In the center is a Doric column
336 feet high from the base TO the
light at the top. 1t is built OF granite.
On the left is a historical museum.
and in il were reinterred the bones of
American and French officers who fell
in the fight.
Q. Was the soldier who was killed
during the World War, Sir Harry
LADDERS own son or an adopted son?
IT. B. B.
A. Capt. John Lauder. who was
killed December %. 1916. was the real,
and not adopted, son of Harry Lauder.
O. Does the porcupine shoot it's
quills?-W. G.
A. The quilts Of a porcupine are
quite loosely attached to the body, and
when the animal slaps with it's tail
tits usual mode of defenseJ some quilts
may be fiirted quite a distance. II is
this fact, no doubt, that is the founda.
ton for the popular notion that the
porcupine Shoots" its quilts at an
enemy.
Q. Are German bricks less ex-
pensive and more durable than Amer
lean bricks?-T. ID. NJ.
A. The burnt clay bricks are
neither cheaper nor better. Burnt
clay brick, when properly produced,
whether in this or any other coun-
try, is for all practical purposes a
permanent building material. Its
durability, being a matter OF CEN
turtles, has therefore never been sci
entifically established, except when
some house, erected in pre-Revolu-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-12

! is regarded by some as the premier
bath, especially for the sedentary.
The vogue for cold bathing in the
home hit the United States together
with the urge for bigger and wider
open windows at night. Now there
were hundreds of perfectly healthy be-
| ings who never had window open
at night in their lives, just as there
were others who never took a cold
bath even on bet. but suddenly the
Nation was to be transformed, physi'
cally, by these two means.
| The result was a large number of
| young gentlemen taking cold baths
every morning to the sound of their
own shivering. Templeton Jones, if
| we are to believe him, was one of them.
First he went in" for the "cold
tub" This Is form of cold bathing
| as pernicous as it sounds, and twice
as formidable. Cold water from the
| spigor is let into the tub, until this
article Of home furniture is filled to
| the brim.
Then one let's himself sink as grace
| fully as possible into the water, try
ing not to displace any more than
necessary onto the bath mat.
After one gets under the water.
Jones found, IT is not so bad but
whew, the getting under, That awful
moment stares one in the face all day
afterward, and even the brave dream
about 1t all night.
There may be a dozen men. out of
Americas 120,000,000 persons, who
genuinely enjoy this form of bath. but
Jones believes not more.
The rest are just liars.
The straight cold shower is better,
but still there is that unpleasantness
when the spray strikes the backbone.
Jones even tried the plan of allowing
his back to go Undiscovered. but gave
| that up as unfair to a faithful back.
Sitting in the tub with the stopper
out, and allowing the water to flow
as 1t listeth, to be severally splashed
upon the various members of the hui
man frame, is another method which
was not sighted.
That ancient institution, the rag.
BATH" as it was popularity called in
the country districts, came in for
share of Jones attention.
Then the big idea came to him,
The trouble with the rag bath"
was that the instrument of applica-
tion-to wit, the washcloth-was too
small
Jones' inspiration came at the sight
variety, which so lacked absorbent
qualities that ii was never used.
To seize this socalled towel and to
soak 1t with water from the cold
water faucet was the work of
moment.
Standing in the tub. Jones tenderly
draped this sopping towel adown his
frame, and was delighted to discover
that the cloth, keeping off the air,
kept him from getting cold.
In the treatment of the back the
big, wet towel shone. Grasped in either
hand and let down over the Shout
ders, the towel hits the spot" The
rapid application of the towel, with
frequent dimensions of the same, gave
Jones the benefits of the cold bath
without any of it's terrors.
TRY 1t yourself said Jones, en-
Enthusiastically. IF, after 10 days trial,
you are not satisfied. you may return
your towel to the closet and jump into
tub of icy-cold water. 1 hope you
freeze
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-12
Germany at Geneva.

No single event since the armlstlce
has so signally symbolized the post
war Europe as what is now happen
ing at Geneva. There, on the quay
Woodrow Wilson, the forty-fourth
session of the Council of the League
of Nations is in progress and over its
deliberations the German foreign MIN
lister, DIR. Gustav Stresemann, Is pre-
siding. The bloodshed and the Dit
terness of nine years ago seem as re-
mote as nightmares of an earlier GEN.
fury. Not only is the Germany OF
President Hindenburg no longer
anathema in the eyes of a Europe
once leagued in battle array against
Field Marshal Hindenburg, but the
Reich which he heads as a republican
ruler sits as a full and respected
equal in the councils Of an Old World
federated for peace. The age OF
miracles is not past.
The significance of Germanys ad-
mission to the charmed circle of Eu-
ropean powers--the logical sequel or
I,ocarno-is to be found in the evil
dence it offers that Europe is work
ing out its own salvation. That 1t 10
doing so within the framework OF
the League of Nations produces in the
United States, which is outside that
structure, nothing but emotions OF
qualification. The American people
undoubtedly are coming to respect the
League of Nations for what 1t Is
essentially proving itself to be--a
mechanism for the consolidation OF
strictly European interests along
lines of common advantage. Where
those interests impinge upon condi-
lions affecting the welfare OF the
world at large the cooperation OF the
United States has never been with
held. We are about to manifest our
concern in such activities by resum-
ing our presence at the leagues dis
armament commission meetings and
by participating in the economic con-
ference shortly to assemble under
Geneva's auspices.
Germany, as devoted today to Real.
politik as ever she was, did not seek
membership in the League Of Nations
because of the placid blue waters
that ripple across Lake Leman. Ber-
lin had practical reasons for covet.
ing the right to rejoin her European
neighbors on a level footing. DR..
Stresemann had not been welding the
council gavel at Geneva many hours
before he proclaimed Germany's in
tention to raise without delay. the
question of the evacuation of the
Rhineland.
Were the United States a League
member instead of merely a we'll
wishing League sympathizer, no vio-
lent stretch of the imagination is re-
quired to envisage the promptness
with which this country would be
drawn into the vortex of a bitter con.
troversy. When the Stars and Stripes
were hauled down from the ramparts
of Ehrenbreitstein six years ago, the
American people saw in their lower
ing the hope. If not the guarantee.
that American intervention in purely
European concerns in peace time
would never thereafter be feared.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-12
SHOOTING STARS.
BYsPHILANpER JOHNSON.
Word WEAKNESS.

Word WEAKNESS.
A lecturer I paused to hear.
Who talked across the atmosphere.
I hung my head in mute disgrace.
He spoke Of non-Euclidean space.
He limited they were quite untrue
The things l used to think l knew.
Then, In despair, sighed, GIVE way!
Let's have the syncopated lay!"
The information comes too strong,
What we considered right proves
wrong.
Ideals we would once exalt
Are taken with a grain OF salt.
As intellectual forces bring
A pessimistic following.
Let iazzy measures be admired.
Bring on the tune; Of words I'm tired!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-12

England fears a little trouble in
India. History repeats itself, as 1t
has been doing for a very long time.
AS England goes forward in ideals
India registers a demand for relative
progress.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-12

tionary days or In Europe I'm the
Middle Ages. is demolished and the
brick found as good as on the day
when II was laid.
Q. How many stamps were there
in the Norse-American issue Of 1925?
w. G.. S.
A. The Post Office Department saws
that i'm the Morse American Stamp
Series issued in 1925 there were an.
proXimately 10000. 900 two-cent stamps
and 100000 five-cent stamps issued.
Q. What is the difference in the
tide at the two ends of the Panama
Canal?-C. NJ.
A. On the Pacific side the tide
reaches a maximum Of 10 feet above
average sea level, and the same be.
low. This gives a fluctuation Of 20
feet, while on the Atlantic side there
Is huctuation of only 2 feet.
@. DO snakes travel at night
A. They do a great deal OF travel.
Ing at night.
Q. How many radio stations have
Cuba and Canada TX. #.
A. Cuba has 10 and Canada has So.
Q: Is Sherlock Holmes a real per.
son?-W. ID. l..
A. lie is a fictitious character
created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Q. How old is Antonio Moreno7--
A. Antonio Moreno was born in
Madrid in 1888.
Q. How is the eggshell finish on
painted furniture obtained?-A. c.
a. II an eggshell gloss is desired,
provide a clean shoe brush, a saucer
of light linseed oil and n cheesecloth
bag OF fine ground pumice stone. Dauh
! the oil on the piece TO be duIled shake
the pumice over il, and brush with
long strokes the long way OF the top,
panel. or drawer front. Then wipe off
the residue OF the pumice and oil care
fully with clean rags.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-12

A New York manager thinks there
are so many theaters that desperate
methods are attempted in order to pay
the rent. Again the realtor has to
take the blame.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-12

If all reports are true concerning
sums spent for propaganda. the influx
of money may account to some extent
for this country's extraordinary pros
perity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-12

While Paris walters refuse tips.
apaches do not hesitate to rob Ameri-
can tourists. Money earned Is often
less esteemed than that which can be
acquired by force.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-12

A psychologist advances the theory
that one reason why young men com.
NIT suicide is that old men talk and
write too promiscuously.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-12

Mussolini is represented as skeptical
democracy. Nevertheless.
he must admit that the will OF the
people" played strong part in plac-
ing him In his present authority.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-12

Whatever may be their local dis
sensions, the Chinese are united
against the foreigners.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-12
Caniior at Last.

did your colleague threaten to hit
your"
YES" answered Senator Sorghum.
~ didn't resent it. 1t was one of the
few occasions In which he abandoned
discrimination and said precisely what
was on his mind"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-12

Nicaraguan politicians are inclined
RI favor the idea that the situation
offers a fine opening for dark horse.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-12
Still Regarded Peculiar.

From the New York Herald Tribune.
China objects to being run by
foreigners. The heathen Chinee is
still peculiar. q
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-12

Canada respects United States pro-
hibition. She has reasons to admire
and even to encourage it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-12
One Way.

One Way.
What are the wild waves saying?"
1.-THE tide will ebb and flow,
But the prices where you're staying
Will ever upward 60"
I'VE cling to our least valuable as
SETS" said Hi Ho, the sage of China
town. 1--WE sacrifice a friendship
easily and cherish grudge forever"
Jud Tunkins says size doesn't count.
While the grasping party gets cross
Juggling a bass fiddle the bright boy
makes friends by means Of ukulele.
Celebration.
st. Patrick's day will soon draw nigh.
Wen hail the vernal scene.
Where everything beneath the sky
Is wearin' of the green.
Evolution may be all right" said
Uncle Eben, but it's one o. desc
things dat don't leave you anything
to say 'cept, What is you g'ineter do
do about it?'" n
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-12

1t is a fundamental principle that
since all the war loans were obtained
from investors in Liberty bonds
through the action of the Treasury AS
indorser of the loans to foreign ma
lions the Government will either col
lect the debts. to obtain funds to pay
off the Liberty bonds, or else will
get the money for that purpose from
taxing AmeriGans. Either Europe must
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-12

Q. DO snakes travel at night
II. A. S.
A. They do a great deal OF travel.
Ing at night.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-12

Zone of those calamities which no
human provision or skill can prevent,
is the comment of the New York
Times, but the Baltimore Sun feels
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-12

Q: Is Sherlock Holmes a real per.
son?-W. ID. l..
A. lie is a fictitious character
created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-12

Q. How old is Antonio Moreno?--
+. +.
A. Antonio Moreno was born in
Madrid i'm 1888.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-12

O. How many radio stations have
Cuba and Canada *. #.
A. Cuba has 10 and Canada has 81.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-12

Heine, like Byron and Shelley, has
been made the subject of a bio
graphical novel. The novel is "The
Sardonic Smile by Ludwig DiehI.
II follows the life of the German
noet from his youth, when he was
employed in the business of his rich
uncle. but found time to write poetry,
until the last sad years of invalidism.
AS soon as degree of recognition for
his verse came to him, Heine broke
awav from business and gave him.
self entirely to creative imagination.
The novelist tells of his love affairs.
his wanderings over Europe, his life
in Paris, his marriage, his continu-
Gus Writing and his final blindness
and bed ridden helpiessness. 1t 10
Of necessity d tragic story.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-04-06
WOMAN uses"
AXE TO SLAY
!: HER HUSBAND
Body Of Little Falls, Minn.,
Laborer Found in Straw Pile
Murder Charge Filed

Little Falls, Minn., April 6.-P)-
His head smashed almost beyond
recognition with q hammer and axe,
the body Of William Kinney, la
borer, was found in q strawpile at
the rear Of his little home here to-
day.
His Yife, Mary, was arrested on a
murder charge after coroner's jury
had returned a verdict of death from
IAN axe and hammer used by his
wife," The, bloodstained hammer was
found by police in the house and the
axe, also covered with blood, in a
shed.
Authorities said Mrs. Kinney told
conflicting stories, first saying that
her husband had committed suicide
and later declaring that they had
quarreled and that she had used the
hammer in self defense. Neighbors
testified at the inquest that Kinney
was partially paralyzed and that the
couple had quarreled frequently.
Kinney, who was 65 years old and
his wife about the same age, appar-
emily had been dead several days. He
was slightly clad when this body
was found.
The couple have two daughters,
Sadie Kinney who lives in St. Paul,
and another who lives in San Fran
cisco.