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The Washington times., 1927-12-29
kidnapping and the Treatment of
Mentally Abnormal Criminals

The henous crime Of young Hickman, in Los Angeles will
doubtless lead to the passage by Congress Of kidnapping
law for the District.
Senator Capper discovered that under our present
Ednapers would be treated enientytoo lenen
the sake Of society.
Congress might likewise give serious thought the enact
ment Of law which will here legal body to study
mentally unbalanced criminals report upon them both
In advance Of and after their trials
Such law should go further and provide that crim
mails OF diseased minds adudged by the courts should be
confined in that will permit their constant study by
psychiatrsts
Dr. William A. White superintendent of the Government
Hospital for the Insane here the foremost authorities
abnormal minds in the field of crime He agrees with
other experts that much crime is attributable to mental cond
lions difficult to discern without authoritative study Yet
such criminals often committed prisons and released
again menace society In prison there analysis of their
behavior dongs records kept indicate whether they
not mentally irregular.
DR. William Hickson Of the Chicago Psychopathic Hospital
murderer insane generally paranoiac Those of
will kill others; those Of another type will kill themselves
Clarence Darrow Of Chicago, who has had the widest
experience criminal law Of in America is in agree
ment with mental experts By Of his wide study of
mental disorders he has been able the many
notorious criminals especially those whose families had plenty
of money to employ every method Of defense
The experts however often differ much to confuse
ries Their analyses of criminals made before trials and
after comparatively little diagnosis.
The time must come when the State must provide means for
study and analyses of murderers believed to be mentally ab
normal both before and after trial Society would gain
by persistent study of bloody criminal while ncarcerated
for life in prison. than by hanging him and removing every
opportunity to gain important information.
the scientists right in their claims the State should
provide for proving this and reaching standardz
on Of causes symptoms and effects They wide apart
now that the public and uries kepca Insane and
hanged elecrocuted when they should be
served for official study.
Many criminals insane escape proper punishment being
influenced by paid specialists willing testify to anything for
fees The prosecution does not obtain the services of ranking
psychiatrists to combat the defense
Justice, either way, is frequently defeated.
The Washington times., 1927-12-29
WAGE SYSTEM
BY DR.. Frank Crane

SUALLY the moneymaking individual very black eve
from most high-brow writer's They think if does
thing in order to he should be somewhat ashamed
Of it.
wish to good for the desire money.
is the human
bosom.
What would do unless people could make money! The gas
burn in the house would remain in the coal there
profits in taking it out and piping the residence.
You could not have electricity unless paid somebody bring
it to your house.
would do without Of the food you eat and
the clothes nobody could make profit by supplying
you with them
We should be glad to give these mddemen something
their brains Without their services life would be barren
Giving people wages pay the way induce people
do something for which cannot do do not
ourselves
Formerly had system Of slavery by which did what
he didn't want to do
The conscience the world rebeed against that and now
do for what do to do ourselves
do simply him. Without this system paying
their labor there would
The system beautes lives fills it with comforts and
and the whole fabric Of society upon it.
Every should only be busy should be
about something that the world is willing pay
When somebody for what do, be
work is needed II just working for nothing
Of a nuisance than benefit.
The system 10 q test by which that
work is appreciated.
should ashamed Of getting wages Everybody Of any
works for q in form another.
OF he should do nothing dshoncahle dRracefu but
he should not do that anyhow So eliminating all
criminal selfish acts the best way the usefulness Of
not.
syndiearsI
The Washington times., 1927-12-29
Our Ten Billion Surplus
Nevertheless, Economy Is Important

President Coolidge urges economy despite the fact that
the nation collected last year $685. than it needed
The Presidents attitude sound The fact that you
squeeze any number of millions billions out Of the people
isn't reason for squandering the money.
The sensible thing to do with excess money would be to
turn back to taxpayers and reduce taxes You always
take it away from them again if you need it,
Have you heard about soca surplus now ten thou
sand million dollars year. and growing? It is the amount
that the people have left Of what they after paying the
cost Of living
Our earning remains stationary RISES and recently
the cost Of living has gone down. Prof Bailey says the
people of this country every year ten billions than
they need to live.
That's why is dangerous to sell America short
That social surplus in ten years will amount to hundred
billions of dollars Each year equals the ten billions lent
Europe, about which worry much.
Ten billions to this country not much important
than one OF those dimes that John Rockefeller gives
The getrch fake oil stock mining stock real estate and
other public swndlers get good deal of the social surplus
But even So the money still exists although those that owned
originally sorrow when the schemes take it away from them
This is prosperous country Get something good in
America, take care Of it. and will take Of you.
The Washington times., 1927-12-29
By ELSIE ROBINSON

10 HAVE an attitude. ALI you
need is a wallop. Which was a
great convenience for rnultitudes
OF stupid, unfair, cruel, peevish
parents who preferred to do their
thinking with their fists. Only
naturally, they did not acknowl-
edge this embarrassing fact. They
insisted, rather, that they exacted
obedience because obedience was
so good for the child.
But was ''unquestioning obedi.
ence" good for children?
Was it even good for parents?
Did that rigid regime produce
stalwart, original, honest, char.
acters? Or did 1t produce copy
cats and 'fraid cats, lick-spittles,
rubber stamps, clinging vines,
sneaks and bullies?
Bring it down to personal cases.
How have the perfectly obedient
children of your acquaintance
turned out? Are they tackling
life with vim and initiative? Are
they making constructive expert
ments, running worthwhile risks?
Or, are they hanging around
like a lot of bent fish worms, still
looking for someone to boss them?
Or, perchance, never having
learned decent self-guidance or
enjoyed self-expression, are they
indulging in vicious excesses?
The Washington times., 1927-12-29
SECRETS OF
HEALTH
BY DR.. C. A. L. Reed

VOU will recall that, during
l. the years that I have been
writing to you. have been, as
am today, an advocate of mixed
and well-balanced diet to meet
human needs. That means a rea-
Sonable representation of both
meats and vegetables in what you
eat. repeatedly have given you
my reasons for this position. But
desire to give you all the evil
dence on both sides of the case,
as represented by the extremists.
quite as fully as that represented
by what l call the more rational
nutritioniSts.
Drs. Clement Dukes and Robert
Hutchison, as well as many
others, have written on the value
of two or even three meat meals
a day for growing boys and on
the difficulty of bringing Up
healthy children without giving
them meat. There are at least an
equal number of authorities, how
ever. who hold exactly tine op-
posite view. DIR. Hindhede, of
the Danish State Laboratory for
Nutritsonal Research; DR.. Roller,
famous for this sunlight treat
ment of tuberculosis at Leyson;
Prof McCollum. of the Johns
Hopkins University, all support
the vegetarian idea. Prof. Nc
Collum says that a vegetarian
diet, supplemented with fairly
liberal supplies of milk, Is the
most satisfactory type of diet
that man can take. Sir Bruce
Porter states that 1.-The best all.
around diet is one made up of
wholemeal bread, butter, milk,
eggs, vegetables. fruit and
cheese" and Sir William Arbuth.
not Lane writes that the teach
ing that the most valuable men
have been reared on an abund-
ance Of meat has been disastrous
to the race-which, however, hap.
pens Just now to be in higher
state Of evolutionary efficiency
than ever before in its history.
Here, then, is report of a very
interesting experiment, given out
as one of the exereme vegetarian
sort. under the title of "Meatless
Fare for Boys" I lay IL before
you simply because you, as a ra-
tional human being, are entitled
to all the evidence.
This report is by w. A. Sibley
Journal of School Hygiene and
Physical Education), who for Is
years fed the boys of Springfield
House, Wycliffe College, on a
diet containing neither flesh, fish
nor fowl.
His boys vary in age from II
to 19 years. In 1910 the mum.
Der was three life vegetar.ans and
20 School vegetarianc' boys who
took the special diet in term time,
but not at home. A few years
later the average number was 80,
and now it is 40. of whom half
are life vegetar,ans. His house
numbers one-sixth of the whole
school.
Breakfast consists Of cereals,
with sugar, honey and milk ad lib,
followed by bread, either whole
meal or white, unlimited New Zea-
land butter, eggs two or three
mornings a week, nuts Chiefly
BraziD and sometimes fresh fruit.
Hot or cold milk is the recognized
drink. and almost all the boys pre-.
fer fresh milk to boiled; raw fruit
to cooked. and salads or raw grated
carrots to cooked cabbages and
roots.
Dinner, II warm, generally con.
The Washington times., 1927-12-29
George Washington Uniyer-
!. sity's Good Fortune Is the
Nations Gain

George Washington Unversy's good fortune in coming
into possession Of gift Of $1O00oOo is the nations gain
distinct gain to this city in increasing the wonderful
educational facilities offered young Of the nation by
splendid educational institutions.
The generous gift is what might be expected from the
Scottish Rite Masons Of the Southern Jurisdiction of the
United States Desiring to pepetuate the principles Of Amer
institutions and Of George Washington the Mason the
Scottish Rite Masons make the gift with the understanding
that it to be used for the establishment and maintenance Of
School Of government of the departments Of the
university.
the long cherished desire Of Washington himself to
establish in the District institution for the education Of
young Americans in political literature and the principles Of
government This gift Of the Scottish Rite fraternity goes
long way toward realization Of Wasngtons
desires.
There is fitting place than Washington city for the
location of the proposed ''school Of government"
The Washington times., 1927-12-29

twist ye not that / must be
about my Fathers business?"
His Fathers business-that
vital, pressing business of growth
and expression was even more
important in the young Christ's
life than his parents program.
We're beginning to realize that
that business is supremely i'm
portant in all young lives and
that the race pays dearly IL we
thwart that business and try to
impose our individual patterns
and programs on our children.
And so we're arriving at
better plan than the old plan of
Obedience. We're arriving at
COOPERATION between par.
ents and chff6fen. Equality in
the home. No more domestic des-
potism-no taxation without rep
resentation-free air for all with
in the family circle.
We may not have as many
''model children" under this new
plan. but we'll have more REAL
children-children with working
knowledge of self control. Chill
dren with backbones and ideas.
Parents with ideas, too. Which
will be a little tough on parents
at first. It's so long since parents
needed to have ideas.
The Washington times., 1927-12-29
ONCE-OVERS
By ]. J. MUNDY
WHEN SUCCESS IS FAR AWAY

Don't let any person anything break your spirit
You may ha6 hard and many breaks aganst vou
times feel that there trying the
drawbacks that face you. -
But you give trying you will have further
back when there is change.
lose confidence will condition to take ad-
vantage Of opportunities when they come your way
None knock out 81 long az Won have the ee
ing within that you win time no mater what
obstacles. - ~ " va"
Looking ahead you not be able much
through all right and on top fF ~ ~
to you . = gs ~ ~
You can't make the harOr you don't hang on and keen
hanging e - @"u A0sF
The Washington times., 1927-12-29
LISTEN, WORLD!

CINCE Papa
- Bearclaws
cuffed the first
cave child's par
ents have main
tanned that obe-
dience was the
Big Idea in
training young
folks. The rea.
son was plain
OBEDIENCE
NJ A K E s
THINGS MUCH
M o r E COM
F r T A B LIE
FOR MAMAS
AND PAPAS.
II you can OBJ.
tain unquestion.
n g obedience
from your child
you don't have
to explain your
attitude or con-
slider his. You
don't evep hara
The Washington times., 1927-12-29

How a b q u I
the great char
acters of his
tory--the leaders
who blazed new
trails for hui
manity? II o W
o b e die I was
Joan of Arc
Columbus-DaD-
win martyred
Edith Cavell -
Socrates Jesus
Christ?
Do you re-
member I h a t
story Of the child
Christ lingering
in the temple
after his par
ents had turned
home and now,
after a frantic
s e arr C h they
found and re-
buked him? But
,Iezl1s answered
The Washington times., 1927-12-29

Some praise at morning what they
blame at night,
But always think the last opinion
right. Pope.
If the danger seems slight, then
II is not slight. Bacon.
1t is good to be zealously af-
fected always in good thing.
Galatians.
Is there a tongue like Della's DER
her cup
That runs for ages without wind
ing up? Young.
The Washington times., 1927-12-29
WORDS FROM LIPS OF WISE MEN

In polite age almost every per-
son becomes a reader and receives
more instruction from the press
than the pulpit. Goldsmith.
In every parting there is an
image of death. George Eliot.
The temple of fame stands upon
the grave, the flame that burns
upon its affairs is kindled from the
ashes Of dead men. --Hazlitt.
Tomorrow never yet
On any human being rose or set.
William Marsden.
The Washington times., 1927-12-29

Love is the theme, the plot and
the climax Of ife-and the refrain
that runs all through It from the
cradle to the grave. Life, without
love, Is like playing TO an empty
house.
without iove-nothinK!
The Washington times., 1927-12-29

Love is the only sorcery that
will enable man to see a halo
around the head Of woman who
is squirting at the mirror through
a veil OF cleansing cream as she
rubs the mascara off her eye
lashes.
Love Is the only thing that
makes It possible for two people
to sit opposite each other at the
breakfast table every morning,
without yearning to drop ground
glass in each others coffee cup.
Love n the only thing that
makes. your work an inspiration,
The Washington times., 1927-12-29

Love is the only thing that en-.
ables a woman to put up with a
mans grouches and tardiness,
overlook his conceit. bear with
his idiosyncracies. and listen to
his alibis without feeling her
nerves snap.
The Washington times., 1927-12-29

tains, in addition to potatoes and
vegetables, some nourishing dish
such as nut outlets. welsh rarebit,
omelet. cheese pudding. nut cheese
or egg pastry, lentil soup and frit.
ters, spaghetti and cheese and to-
mato. caulifl9wer au gratin. batter
The Washington times., 1927-12-29

Love is the only thing in the
world that makes it possible for
two human beings to find any
Joy in facing the struggles and
vicissitudes Of life together.
The Washington times., 1927-12-29
NEGOTIATIONS
OF A WIFE
BY Helen Rowland.

without LOve-NOthing
THERE is only one thing in the
i world to marry for--and that is
LOVE.
The Washington times., 1927-12-29

pudding made with plenty Of eggs
and vegetable pie favored with
marmite. Marmite gravy and
cheese, both ordinary AMI flaked.
are alwaysIon the table. The usual
sweets are given but most boys
prefer biscuits and fresh fruits.
The Washington times., 1927-12-29

your dreams worth while, your
ambitions worth striving for, and
your successes worth the struggle.
Without love, money n cold
comfort. fame Is all emptiness. art
lacks its thrill. and labor u mere
dRudgery.
The Washington times., 1927-12-29

Good jobs for women and comfy
bachelor flats for men have put
the marriage Of convenience"
away back In the class with hoop
skirts, petticoats and the dinosaur.
The Washington times., 1927-12-29

Love Is the only thing that en-
ables man to stand a woman's
nerves, endure her srnothering,
overlook her capriciousness, cater
to her vanity. and forgive her
weaknesses, without losing his
mental balance.
The Washington times., 1927-12-29

Even those who marry for
money are beginning to discover
that that is the hardest way on
earth to earn it. Love has come
into its own, at last.
The Washington times., 1927-12-29

Love is the only thing that will
make cooking three meals q day,
washing the dishes and counting
the laundry a joy, instead Of q
sentence to hard labor.
The Washington times., 1927-12-29

Without iove-nothinS!
The Washington times., 1927-12-29

Love is the only thing that viii
keep q mans nose to the grind
stone. and at the same time keep
him young, buoyant and happy.
The Washington times., 1927-12-29

Love is the magic veil that
enables a woman to see the Prince
Charming of her counting days in
the odd creature who Is grouling
at the lacking glass through q
cloud Of shaving lather.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-10-13
ADvERrpEMEMT
SAGE TEA DANDY
To DARKEN HAIR

You can turn gray, faded hair
beautifully dark and lustrous almost
over night If you'll get a bottle of
'Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Com.
pound at any drug store. It costs
only rs cents. Millions of bottles
Of this old famous Sage Tea Recipe,
improved by the addition Of other
ingredients, are sold annually, says
a well-known druggist here, be.
cause 1t darkens the hair so nat.
urally and evenly that no one can
tell it has been applied.
Those whose hair Is turning gray
or becoming faded have a surprise
awaiting them, because after one
or two APPLICATIONS the gray hair
vanishes and your locks become
iuxuriantly dark and beautiful.
This is the age of youth. Gray
haired, unattractive folks aren't
wanted around. so get busy with
Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Com
pound tonight and youIl be de-
lighted with your dark. handsome
hair and your youthful appearance
within a few days.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-10-13
Back Came Strength
Stomach Troubles
All Gone Now

"Why thousands of people will
insist on leading a miserable life
because of a weak disordered stom.
ach. is beyond me- declared a
Pennsylvania druggist the other
day. There is one grand remedy
that l always gladly recommend
for the most stubborn cases of
chronic indigestion and that is
Dare's Mentha Pepsin.'
Mrs. l.. M. Johnson of Lancaster.
Pa, wants all who suffer from in.
digestion, headache and general
weakness to know about it so she
writes:
II have been using Dare's Men.
tina Pepsin and find it wonderful
medicine in that it has relieved
an old stomach trouble from which
/ have been suffering for many
years. My doctor told me that l
had gastritis. but l have never had
any results before such as your
valuable remedy has given me-"
Go to Peoples Drug Stores, or
any good druggist, and get bottle
of Dare's Mentha Pepsin today.
Start now to Danish your stubborn
stomach trouble forever. Dare's
is always sold with guarantee of
money back if not satisfied.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-10-13
Doctor at 50 Finds People
Still Prefer His Prescription

The basis of treating sickness has
not changed since DIR. Caldwell left
Medical College in 1875, nor since
he placed on the market the laxa4
tive prescription he had used in
his practice, known to druggists
and the public since 1892. as DIR.
CaldwelPs Syrup Pepsin.
Then, the treatment Of constipa
ton, biliousness, headaches, mental
depression, indigestion, sour ston-
ach and other indispositions that
result from constipation was en-
tirely by means of simple vegetable
laxatives, herbs and roots. These
are still the basis of DR.. CaldwelPs
Syrup Pepsin. which is a combina-
ton of SIENNA and other mild Iaxa.
tive herbs. with pepsin.
DR.. Caldwell did not approve Of
drastic physics and purges. He did
not believe they were good for hu.
man beings to put into their sys-
tenn. II grown people want to use
them no one can deny them the
privilege, but they should never be
given to children.
The simpler the remedy for con-
stipation, the safer for the child and
for you, and the better for the gen.
eral health of all. And as you can
get results in mild and safe way
by using DR.. Caldwell's Syrup Pep
sin, why take chances with strong
drugs? All drug stores have the
generous bottles.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-10-13

she in the office Of a local dentist
1t was while so employed that
she met c. H. McArdle. a real es
tate and business promoter, and
the man who made her transatlantic
flight possible.
He was impressed by her beauty
and when small local show un.
covered in her native ability to
act. he felt, he says, that she
would be a find for the movies.
In casting about for a stunt that
would put her across he decided
on aviation.
George Haldeman; the owner I
the Lakeland flying field, was a
friend of McArdle. He taught Ruth
to fly. Her lessons started the
day after her first flight. She
liked it so well that she worked
hard and soon was able to solo.
For a year she flew with HaIde-
man on stunts and exhibition
tours about the southern states,
Then Lindbergh flew to Paris.
1t was decided that Ruth should
try to he the first woman to cross
the Atlantic. She was all for the
idea and with Haldeman and Nc.
Ardle, the plans were made
McArdle put all his money into
the stunt but he needed more. Ed
Cornell, a pilot and a friend, in.
vested some and influenced friends
in West Virginia to provide thu
rest,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-10-13
Chinese Seeking Safety
In Straits Settlements

PEKING. Oct. 1S.-Al record
number of Chinese sought the peace
and safety of the Straits Settlement
from dangerous and turbulent China
last year.
According to official figures.
348,593 Chinese arrived in the
Straits Settlement during 1926, al
though that number was offset BY
12O.308 Chinese returning to their
native land.
Another record was broken last
year when 95,715 Chinese women
and children were included in the
immigration figures.
Practically all of these Chinese
come from southern China and are
attracted by the prosperity and de.
mand for labor in the straits, where
they are free from military oppfes.
sion and war demands.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-10-13

Most of her % years have beer
spent south of Mason-Dixon's line.
She was born in Admission, Ala,
September 8. 1904, the third child
of a large family, five boys and
three girls.
Her father and mother still live
there. James o. Elder, man in
moderate circumstances, is a real
estate broker. Since her romper
days, Ruth has been known as an
active outdoor girl. School day
friends recall her as a hardy tom
boy, a little more daring, a little
more mischieVous than the average
boy of her age.
First Marriage Mistake
AS she grew, her love for out.
door sports increased and in her
early teens she could outswim, out.
dive and outride any boy in town.
These things and her skill at dane
ing, the way she Strummed a uke
and her beauty placed her among
the towns most popular flappers.
OF course, there were love az
fairs. One was serious, and soon
after she left high school she
eloped. The boy was as young as
she, both their parents objected,
separated them and had the mar.
riage annulled.
Ruth won't talk of this romance.
1t is, she said, closed chapter in
her life and she has steadfastly re-
fused to talk about it or reveal the
name of the boy.
In an effort to make her forget
it her parents sent her on a long
visit to Panama.
There she met Lyle Womack.
Within six months they were en-
gagged and on September %, 1925,
married in Birmingham, Ala. They
moved to Lakeland, Fla. Womack
went to work in a real estate office,