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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-06

ordinary light: polarized light, on
the other hand, does not differ
from ordinary light in frequency
of vibration but does differ in the
direction of vibration.
Light waves vibrate transversely
to the line in which the light is
propagated. but at the same time
they have the popularity of y!brat-
ing simultaneously in planes at
right angles to one another. Thus
il waving line drawn on a sheet
of paper represents the vibrations
of train of light waves IN the
plane of the paper, that same
train OF waves is also vibrating in
a plane at right angles to the
paper. Now, in several ways, of
which reflection Is the one at
present interesting us. a train of
such waves may be confined in
its vibrations to only one plane,
as for instance that of the paper.
1t is then said to be polarized.
This, then, Is the condition in
which a considerable portion of
the moon light comes to us. and
now that light in that condition is
known to have the curious, and
apparently contradictory, effects
described above stimulating
growth in some cases. inhibiting
vital action in others-believers in
some Of the old myths and sagas
about the strange powers of the
light of the moon will perhaps
feel that at last science has
nodded to them, with at least a
half smile of encouragement.
When they read about the dosed
rats whose end was FASTENED by
polarized light, they will be likely
to recall the old saying that 1t is
perilous to sleep with the moon
shining into the face.
But the moon is not the only
source of polarized light. Such
light can easily be produced by
reflection at particular angles,
from glass or water, or other SUBJ
stances.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-06
NEGOTIATIONS
OF A WIFE
BY Helen Rowland.
This Marriage

This Marriage
r Owe is like dynamite: q mighty
La power when you take it seri-
ously, but awfully dangerous when
you play with it and fling 1t
around carelessly.
Somehow. marriage seems to ne
based on the theory that man.
goes totally blind at the altar, and
never again is able to see an aHur-
ing pair of silk stockings or a.
come-hither twinkle in womaH's
eyes.
Nearly every tea room you pass
is a monument to some dissatisfied
wife's dead illusions.
Before marriage, girl sits on
the front seat and tells a man how
THRILLED she is at his driving;
after marriage she sits on the
back seat and tells him how "nery-
Gus" it makes her.
If These lightning. changes of life
partners keep increasing, they will
soon be printing the divorce decree
on the back of your marriage GER
tificate.
Even when a woman cant re-
spect a man enough to marry him,
she can nearly always pity him
enough.
No matter how little she ever
cared for him, woman can't re
sist putting on her most careful
makeup and her sweetest smile
when she meets an old flame just
to show him what he's miss@d.
In most marriages, the trouble is
that there IS too much II" and
''fnine" stuff. and not enough I'VE"
and ours stuff.
No man is such a bitter woman
ii&ter as the one who pursues:
blonde dolls all his life, and then
wakes up to discover that he has
married one whose head is stuffed
with sawdust. and whose only line
is Gimme some money!
There are lots mora "tempests"
in the morning coffee.pot than In
the afternoon teapot
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-06
tic SAoCJ en- rAeQ carr
Boss me! ItL RUN ACOAD
BY ELSIE ROBINSON
"YOu Cont Wa!"

you why it wasn't easy-why
crime is never easy--WHY YOU
CAN'T WIN IN THAT GAME.
A man trussed to a tripod and
flogged-the swish of the leather,
the soft sickening thud OF the
lash on cringing flesh
canvas jacket, with the blood
clothing in the fettered veins and
the bursting skull
r. BID. T.s-the frenzy of
dope
Hunger, fear, filth, cold, lone
illness, the never ending pursuit
AS you read. those details mount
and mount in a grim flood, until
you feel yourself submerged by a
misery and that is worse than
death. And you realize how the
crime life does submerge men
until all that was gay and gallant
in them is slimed and strangled
by the wash of its drab tide.
At the end Jack points no
moral. He merely makes an
audit. Had I spent that thirty
years at any useful occupation,
Il6 SOY 1AAN WIFI Eu dS at
it and thought and planned and
brought such ingenuity and con.
centration to bear on it, would
be independent today. / would
have a home, family perhaps,
and a respected position in my
community. i have none of those.
/ have no money, no wife, no
auto. have no dog. 1 have
neither a radio set nor a rubber
plant"
Give that book to your way.
ward boy. There is all the
excitement of which he has
dreamed. but there. also, is the
price which men pay for such
excitement. written In words he
win never forget
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-06
QUESTIONS OF
ETIQUETTE
MRS. Cornelius Reeckman-
Anent Sending Presents
nEAR MRS REECNJyMANT,

Anent Sending Presents
nEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
~ You give such good advice
to other readers that /, too,
should like you to help me.
i. Is it permissible to send a
wedding present to a young man
who was married last month
and from whom / never received
an announcement?
Q. Will card of congratula.
tions be sufficient or is it too
late for that?
3. Ii so, to whom should I
send the card as / am not ac-
quainted with his bride, and they
live in another city?
PERPLEXED
IN answer to all three OF your
j questions. / doubt If l would
send present or a note of best
wishes yet, IL were you. APP.
parently they are waiting to make
the announcement of their we'd
ding in their own way later
maybe by a reception or some.
thing of the kind-and when they
do make the announcement you
can make some gesture Of .on-
graduation.
In any event don't send a card
of congratulation or best wishes,
for these. under all circumstances,
are banned by good taste and
good form. Nor should you send
present to the young man. The
present should be Sc before
the wedding, to the bride whether
or not you know her). and after
the wedding, addressed to the
couple, or 70 the bride. Never 20
the groom only.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-06
LISTEN, WORLD!
EMILY an d
n Andrew are

ENMILY an d
II Andrew are
worried a b o u t
their boy Al.
AIS sixteen,
a big husky,
lump of a kid.
alternately silly
and sulky, bold
and bashful as
k / d s of t h a t
age are apt to
b e. Doe sn' t
like School--he
h a 8 play e d
hockey repeat
eddy and lately
has b en- rum
ming arou In d
with a wild set
OF boys, some
of them wards
of the Juvenile
Court.
81 cant make
the boy see how
dangerous such
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-06

associates are" says the father.
He seems actually fascinated
with the romance of lawlessness.
He has made a hero of an older
boy who was in a bad jam with
the police and he's crazy about
movies and books which depict
bandit life. His mother and I
understand that much of this Is
due to his age and we try to be
wise and patient, but we are
nearly at our wits ends. Miss
Robinson. What would you
adviser"
Jack Blacks book. you CAN'T
VIM" published last fall by the
Macmillan Company.
There's the best medicine on
hand today for restless boys
fascinated by the romance of
lawlessness."
Jack Black knew all about that
romance-none better. He was a
hurglar--second story man, stick.
up artist-Grand Master of the
Order Of the Light Fingered. He
/, entered that order when he was
la boy and he stayed in 1t for
thirty. years. There's no bunkum
about the story he tells. He
didn't write it for quick money
or sensational publicity. He wrote
1t because the story was ready
to be told, and he felt the world
needed 1t. So for the first time
we have the stark account of a
life of crime, written without
fuss or flourishes, preachments or
platitudes--a colorful, audacious.
terrible thing that will steal upon
you and catch at your throat
whether you be fourteen or forty.
There's all that freedom and
recSlessness of which young AL
dreams-hobo camps by a hun
dred rtYerS-prowling, carousing
nights I'm city tenderioins-box
car s. rneys--hop joint dreams
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-06
ONCE-OVERS
Beware Of the swelled Head

Usually those who try the hardest to appear sophisticated
city ways the first to rdicule the person who in
dicates that he she is from small town.
The citybred person like the who has always had
money-thinks little Of what he sees or what he has,
the person nnaccustomed to what has been acquired
usually found trying impress others with the fact that he
or she has enjoyed such privileges all through life.
Among workers in establishments met in every day life
in the city, finds that the honesogoodness city
is the most polite and considerate
This world is full Of persons who don't expand-they
swell
Very little is required to them to become offcious
The person with sweed head is often rude to the
sophisticated.
The little big is not able grasp the fact that the
greatest the most important of country
the most unpretentous.
The really big person does not have to thy to gain
recognition. -
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-06

that polarized light promotes the
conversion of starch into sugar.
In addition he finds that this
light makes seeds sprout and
grow more rapidly than ordinary
light. On the contrary it has an
inhibiting effect upon the medi.
cinal action of certain drugs, as
cocaine, quinine and digitalis.
Most curious of all, as reported
by Science Service, 'polarized
light causes sick and poisoned rats
to succumb more quickly. Injec-
tions of santonin or cocaine caused
rats exposed to polarized light 10
be seized with commissions. and
usually to die sooner than those
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-06

sinking mid
night excursions
through dark
ened 70 ON s
where sleeping
m en- turn in
their sleep and
where a creak-
ing board or a
skidding finger
might m e a n
leaping d e a t h.
Dope fien d .,
yeggs. dead men
d rag e d into
h a IL w a v s.
easy money
but was it so
easy after all?
MOT" whis-
pers Jack Black
t h T gu & h the
printed page
mo-" Then in
simple, deliber-
ate, terrible de-
kAHN lila
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-06
BY Garrett P. Serviss

similarly dosed but living In com.
mon light"
Ultra violet rays (which are not
polarized light but simply light
from the shoft-wave end of the
spectrum also killed rats that had
been rendered unhealthy" by
deprivation of vitamins.
1t has long. been known that
ultraviolet light has powerful
physiological effects, but 1t is
news that similar powers are pos
sessed by polarized light. The
difference between the two is in
substance this:
Ultraviolet light has a much
higher frequency of vibration than
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-06
WORDS FROM LIPS OF WISE MEN

Virtue is like rich stone, best
set plain.-Bacon.
There is nothing good or evil
save in the wilL-Epictetus.
Wisdom II oft concealed in
nsaA attirA -Longe'
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-06

Confidence is a plant of slow
growth. Earl OF Chatham.
Waste bring woe. and sorrow
hates despair. Robert Greene.
silence Expresses with too great
wight. -Sophocles.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-10

!. TOPEKA Kansas. - The dumb
est animal that ever lived roamed
the plains Of Kansas 25,000,O QUO
years ago.
1t was stegosaurus, q member OF
the diEosaur family. This creature
was 81 feet long and Is feet high
It's brain weighed only two ounces.
Scientists have determined that
this is the smallest brain in proper
ton to size of any animal that ever
lived.
Stegrosaurus was noticeable fol-
it's great armored plates, two feet
long and two feet high, which ex.
tended in two parallel rows down
its back. The animal was peaceful
however. and non-carnivorous, living
on roots and herbs.
A model Of stegosaurus has been
made by Robert kingman, a profess
sor in Washburn college, following
close examination Of bones of the
giant creature, dug up in Kansas.
In contrast to stegosaurus is try
annoaEurus, another prehistoric
Kansas animal modelled by Kingman
This beast, with the speed Of an ex'
press and fury Of a tornado, was the
king of all the beasts that eve lived
1t was az feet long and 20 feet
high. In fierceness and cruelty, il
exceeded all others. Larger mem
bers Of the family were %non-carniv'
orous and peaceful.
Tryannosaurus travelled on its hind
legs. using its front to seize it
food. It's claws were eight inches
long. Its great power unchecked. j
available today, would be sufficien
to push a railroad car off the track
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-10
Aged Visitor to
Valley Is Dead

The body Of Oscar Ryding. 70, who
died at the Mercy hospital following
a stroke Of apoplexy. Is being held
here until definite instructions can
be received from his children, all Of
whom live either in Pennsylvania or
Massachusetts,. Mr.. Ryding came TO
the Valley about two months z
after investing in some property
here. His home had been in Chi
cago for years.
After the stroke. he instructed
Mrs. W. u. McBryde, at whose home
he had been staying while In Browns
Vile, to look in his address book for
the of his children 80 that
they might be notified OF his illness.
The deceased was born in Sweden
and came to this country years ago.
He Is survived by four sons and one
daughter, all living. Mrs. Ryding
died many years ago. The three
children with whom Mrs. MeBryde
has communicated are Carl A. Read
ing Of Williamsport, Penn, Mrs.
Helen Dedenham Of Jerseyshore.
Penn, and T.. X. Reading Of Pitts
field, Mass. attorney general of that
state. The children have adopted
the American spelling Of their name.
Mrs. MeBryde said Monday morn
ina that she expected co receive no
tiee some time Monday. The body
10 nc present being held nc the w. A.
Darling funeral parlors.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-10
Locals Lose To
Army Grid Team


The Brownsville city football team
went down to q 13 to o defeat mt the
hands OF the Fort Brown eleven in a
game played on the muddy Fort
Brown parade ground Sunday after
noon. Weeks Of hard practice and
excellent condition were apparent in
the attack of the army
Both touchdowns scored by the
victors came as a result Of straight
football. Norris carrying one over,
while Wiltse ferried the second. The
extra point came n q result of q
forward pass Saline to Morris after
the second touchdown. The scores
were made near the end Of the first
quarter and at the beginning Of the
second me-.
The local boys uncovered q nice
passing attack. but the line was too
weak TO give the passer many oppor-
tunities to get his throws away.
Graham Is credited with having play
ed a nice game.
A return game is scheduled be-
tween the two teams next Sunday at
the high school stadium.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-10
MARKETS
STOCKS


NEW YORK, n. Y, Oct. Io.-tFf-
Price movements were NJ
Tie onening Of the stock market to-
S ~ 'nursiu international opened
M 2 SIS at a new high ana Missouri
Pacific preferred scored an over
week Jump of nearly z points. Beth
lehem Steel opened q point under
Saturdays close.
Du snaeiaI ties brought further ad-
vsnees in the first half hour. There
was nothing in the news to influ-
erre the rise. an traders ignored the
deficit n bank reserve reported Sat
nrdav. General Motors and Macl
T-net were in brisk demand in the
sarIv dealings, ard American Tele,
nhore and Peoples Gas made sharr
advances. Gold Dust and sterling
products quickly attained new peaks
ard early gains Of n to more thar
3 points were marked up by Dupont,
Greene Can, Dawson Chemical and a
few others. American Wooden was
mon the early weak spots. For.
eign exchange opened irregular. de-
mand sterling ruling slightly lower
around ass 9-l6 and French francs
Just above 3.s2 IL cents.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-10

A membership week" was start
ed here Sunday by officials Of the
Girl Reserve corps. It is hoped to
more than double the present mem
bership during the week. The cam
paign was officially launched Sunday
BY pastors OF the various churches
throughout the city, who made cne
mention Of the corps in their talks.
Literature on the subject was pass
ed out by members OF the Girl Re-
serves ut every church in Browns
vile after the Sunday morning serv-
ices.
Mrs. r. b. Creager, chairman Of
the district board, announced that
il Is expected q have sufficient
members for q new corps here by
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-10
HOUSTON Gets
GAS MEETING
National Association to
Convene Oct. 81 for
Two-Day Session

HOUSTON, Tex, Oct. l0.-(E1-
Conservation Of the great natural gas
fields OF the Southwest and the pos
sibilities Of this fuel in the develop
ment of refrigerEtors will be two i'm.
p~ortant topics for discussion before
the annual convention Of the South
west Division, Natural Gas Section
Of the American Gas Association
here October 81 and November !.
The growing importance Of natural
gas in industry and domestic use and
the numerous problems surrounding
this growth are expected to draw n
large attendance Of gas experts from
five states constituting the South
west Division, Texas, Louisiana,
Oklahoma. Arkansas and Kansas.
The recently invented gas operated
perform the apparently anomalous
feat Of producing both cold and heat,
will be considered from the stand
point of its use in the Southwest.
The Southwestern section OF the
United States produces more natural
gas than any other one section, ac-
cording to the Texas Public Service
Information Bureau. The production
in the Southwest for 1926 was ms fol
lows: Louisiana $4,000, 900 cubic
feet; Arkansas 6,146,0 1000, 900 cubic
feet; Kansas 9,647, 00O. 1000 cubic feet;
Oklahoma 1882, 900, 900 cubic feet,
Texas 1919, 0O0, 900 cubic feet.
The rapid development and wide
extent of pipe lines in Texas and
other Southwestern states will be a
subject for comment by leaders Of
the industry. This development has
brought the advantages Of cheap de-
pendable fuel to small towns and viii
lagos, and the process is still con-
tinuing, according to the information
bureau.
Frank Kirk, OF the Houston Pipe
Line Company, will handle the dis
cussion on the general problems con-
fronting the industry. The conser-
walton end will be in charge Of
William +. Chrisolm, director Of the
mineral division, Louisiana Conserva-
ton company.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-10
NEW ORLEANS COTTON

NEW ORLEANS, La. Oct. 1O.-R)
The cotton market declined SO to
62 points after the opening today but
soon regained 0 to II points.
The opening was weak as the re-
suit Of lower Liverpool cables than
due and warmer weather than ex-
pected. First trades showed losses
OF 20 TO 80 points. The market con-
tinued to ease off until December
traded down TO 20.97 and March to
2l.25. The decline was due TO liberal
hedge selling and liquidation.
Prices rose 8 to IL points due to
trade buying.
Prices had a further decline dur
ing the morning and December
traded TO 20.90 and March 2I.19, &C
to go points below Saturdays close
or approximately $3.50 a bale net
net down. The easier tone was at
tributed to a renewal of hedge sell
ing and liquidation. Trade buying
was encountered on the dip and De-
cember rallied to 2I.04 and March
21.2G.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-10
City Tests Fire
Equipment Today

An official demonstration of the
city's two new fire bumpers was
scheduled to be held Monday after
noon at $3.50 o'clock at Palm Boule-
ward and St. Francis streets. The
mayor, members Of the city commits
sion. fire department heads and a
number of business men were ex-
pected to be present for the cere-
monies.
The tests were to be made by Roy
Weller, fire chief, and a factory rep
r~esentatiye OF the American Ia
France company from which the
equipment was purchased. The
trucks arrived in the city last week
and were unloaded from the cars
that brought them here when the
factory representative arrived, FRI
day.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-10
Robbers Get Big
Sum In Checks

LOS ANGELES, Calf, Oct. TO-
Rl-Five pouches Of registered mail
containing mostly checks, amounting
to more than 100000 were stolen
from Frank +. Wilmotk. Bank OF
Italy messenger, by two armed rob-
hers today.
The registered mail was being
taken from the Hollywood branch to
the bank headquarters, here when
the highwsymen jumped TO Will
moths car, forcing him to drive off
with them.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-10
NEW YORK COTTON

NEW YORK, N. T., Oct. 10.@P-
The cotton market opened easy at q
decline Of - TO 35 points under lioui.
dation by Saturdays buyers who ap.
peared TO be Disappointed over the
showing Of Liverpool.
Covering or commission house and
trade buyIng on the bullish view OF
Saturday government crop readers
was supplied around the opening
price and the market soon showed net
losses 81 SO to So points, December
selling Of to 20.S5 and March to
22.15.
There was q little more buying at
this reaetion and after initial selling
orders had been absorbed, prices raj
lied ID or 20 points from the lowest
On covering, but the market had rath-
er az unsettled appearance at the
end OF the first hour.
The early decline carried the mar
ket off to 20.77 for December and
2l.lO for March or about So 10 70
points below Saturdays closing quo-
tations and In the case Of December
contracts l03 points below the high
price touched after publication OF
the government crop report on Sat
urday. The volume Of offerings, at
tributed largely to bidding OF con-
tracts carried over recent declines
or brought on the advance Of Sat
urday morning, tapered off at these
figures and trading became compare
quiet.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-10
Feminine Charm
Disappears When

the nose has an ugly shine. Keep
the skin looking like q peach with
this new wonderful French Process
Face Powder called MELLo-GLO.
STAYS on indefinitely-so pure and
fine-preyents large pores - keeps
your skin youthful. Get this new
wonderful Face Powder MELL0-
CLIO at the toilet counter to-day.
Eagle Pharmacy, Inc.-Adv.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-10
Youth Held In
Death of Wife

YOUNGSTOWN, o., Oct. 1O.-(R1H
Andrew Balog, p, was in jail here
today while police investigated the
killing last night Of his wife, Ethel,
10, and her 10 months son, Eddie.
Balog said he came home just in
time to see a man strike his wife
and jump through a window. The
mother died almost instantly and
the child was killed when it fell
from her arms, police said. Balog
was arrested, they said, when they
found discrepancies in his story.
Neighbors declared the couple had
been Qu~arreling.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-10
Corporation Loses
In War Fleet Suit

WASHINGTON, ID. C.. Oct. TO-
CPl-The Skinner & Eddy Corpora
ton lost in the supreme court today
in an effort to compel comptroller
general McCarl to pass upon its
claim growing out Of war time con-
tracts with the emergency fleet corr
poration amounting to about $9,000,-
n
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-10

The barometric pressure was med
erately low this morning through
out the Rocky Mountain region and
the Canadian Northwest, and rel
atively high over the eastern half
of the country, attended by generally
fair TO clear weather practically
throughout the United States. Rains
occurred within the last "a hours,
however, along the Atlantic seaboard
and in the Canadian Northwest and
Montana. Temperatures were gen
orally near the seasonal average
again this morning,