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The Washington times., 1927-06-30
Dangerous Franks With Fire
works in Nearby Communities

TIE District laws prohibiting the sale of fireworks,
except Of the most innocent type have proven their value in
saving lives limbs and properties but Washngtonans,
driving into nearby Maryland and Virginia communities
recently been subjected unpleasant and dangerous
perence through the pranks Of possessing fireworks
Because Of the prohibition of the sale of fireworks in the
District many small stores the Maryland side Of the Mary
land District line have stocked up fireworks which they
sell to both Maryland and District people who do not mind
taking chances
AS automobiles pass through the suburban communities,
fireworks of many descriptions thrown under them
to he great ee Of tie throwers Doubtless intended
cent fur there much danger in this vicious habit and Mary
land and Virginia local authorities should join erny in pro-
hibiting it now or at any other time.
Careessy thrown fireworks may seriously nure occupants
of and in of lea gasoline feed lines automobiles
there might be loss of lives certainly loss of property
This scrt of fun has been prohibited in nearly every
part Of the United States Up few years ago the annual
toll Of lives around July into hundreds It became
absolutely to check hOugess and careless handling
of fireworks under all circumstances.
Away from large cities there is quite much danger
In fireworks but when children and young people get their
amusement by throwing explosives under passing
mobiles pedestrians they should be called to account by
local authorities 1t would likewise be wise policy to pro-
hibit the sale Of explosives altogether.
The Washington times., 1927-06-30

Bishop Manning wisely attacks the Rev Dr. Lewis advocacy
OF views and unmarried unions He believes that
anyone who advances ideas that tend diminish ancy
OF marriage to the community in which he lives
While do not fully agree with the Bishops contention
that newspaper should not print stories which support trial
marriage think he absolutely right in his main issue
Nothing is to be gained from lack of freedom of speech
subject and particularly Of such paramount i'm
poTtance as that of marriage
Our institution of marriage has stood the of thousands
Of generations It's present condition, with the opportunity
for divorce what millions of have found west There
has been thought put this subject than that of any
other affecting human life Any changes should be made with
tine greatest hesitation and the most careful thought extending
years.
and woman in love with each other going through
life together facing its trials and sharing its joys avoiding
inmacs with all others the ideal upon which Civiza
ton has been founded.
Monogamy enduring love of human being for
other despite all obstacles the inspiration of all true
whether sculpture painting music, literature It brings
out the best human character It entails sacrifices
But the worthwhile things in life NEVER gained without
q struggle.
promcuty in relations productive of little but dis
ilusonment and safety It is merely Qualification of
phase of SEX which, in its entirety infinite life itself
The Washington times., 1927-06-30
AIR ROUTES
BY Garrett P. Serviss-

lNDbEkCH, In describing the details
oceanic air routes which he believes will be operation
few adopts the idea of floating stations be
strung across the along the anyways These
provide adequate housing facilities for
De occasions when will be halt number
he also says To insure the comfort of
reduce the dangers of the the islands should
more than few hundred miles But
to the point these island able to give all these
services IN the face of the severest storms.
Just how this
nues Cannot of be gone just now but think it
feasible and reasonably certain come with
the advancement of aviation"
We need not be less certain in minds than Lndbergh
such routes will be established but the
the obstacles foreseen the they will be overcome
artificial islands of refuge and supply constructed
the have first to solve the problem them
The oceans several miles deep Jules
chored floating raft in the deepest satisfaction
charmed readers and perhaps G. Wells could today
would turn his imagination the old But hardeaded
who looks what imagined an
accomplishment will struggle long the Atandes firmly
placed amid the raging pillows and the drifts
next time you find yourself big liner
waves OF an Atlantic gale turn this problem your mind and
contemplate its gnitude
The Washington times., 1927-06-30


You say that your hand made
that pie or dug that ditch.
Stop moment and you'll see
that you are wrong.
That pie or ditch first happened
in your thought. Happened COM
plete. in every detail. Then your
nerves transmitted the telephoto
to your hands, and your muscles
made a clumsy copy OF the thing
that existed In your thought
laundering and rumbling and
often failing where the original
work had gone smoothly and
swiftly.
This is true Of everything men
and women have made. Bridges,
books, pictures. music, everything
that is MADE by man is first
THOUGHT by man.
MAKING is only COPYING.
That realization gives every
thing a strange, new meaning,
doesn't it? You look around at
the old familiar world which you
have taken for granted, and sud.
denly miracle happens. 1t is
as If you saw another world in.
side that world of wood and tin,
cloth and cement. A thought
world, from which all this was
copied.
And you yourself built part OF
that thought world in your own
braini
There comes another startling
possibility.
If you're building things in your
brain what sort of things are you
building?
The Washington times., 1927-06-30
SECRETS OF
HEALTH
BY DR.. c. A. L. Reed

If you would maintain your
energy you must eat articles of
food that contain protein. There
is no article of food that is made
up exclusively OF protein. This
invaluable constituent exists in
varying proportions, with other
constituents in something like
a. hundred different articles.
Some of these are very low in
protein while high in starches
and sugars. Those. however,
which contain the largest proper
ton Of protein and are therefore
known as protein foods are meat,
fish and eggs. They comprise
the. so-called animal proteins and
are rated by the biologists as
first-class proteins. 1t seems,
however, that even among the
first.class proteins there is a
variation in energy-giving quail.
ity, so much so that the system
may receive from ordinary help
ings of food anywhere from 20
to 100 grams during the day.
While 100 grams of protein 10
recognized as the average normal
allowance for an adult, under
conditions of actual labor, a
woman or a child over ten would
be satisfied with SO and a child
under 10 with so. Man, woman
and child alike, however, need
their minimum of 80 grams of
first-class protein every day.
Therefore, says Bond journal
the Royal Sanitary Instituted, in
judging q diet we should think
in terms of 30 grams of first.
class protein and know what this
means in food. The following
amounts of various animal foods
yield 80 grams of first-class
protein:
Cheese, Az ounces; smoked
herring, 5K ounces; lean beef, 51z
ounces; lean lamb, ounces;
fresh herring, ~ ounces; lean
ham, 71a ounces; pork, 8 ounces;
cod, 10 ounces; eggs, to Al
ounces; milk, 1.65 pints; mutton,
ia ounces.
1t is not likely that anyone
will take all his 80 grams of
first class proteins in the form
of any one of these foods. But
il these figures are remembered
it is possible to tell whether a
diet consisting of small amounts
of them together contains suf-
ficient of the valuable animal
proteins.
OF course, as values now go.
these are the more expensive
articles of food considered from
the viewpoint of quantity. With
an understanding of their pro.
tein content and their conse.
quent energy-producing value it
can be seen that smaller guam.
tity of these articles is required
to produce satisfactory nutri.
tional results. You can see,
therefore, that a proper under.
standing of this phase of the
natural law of nutrition leads
directly to money-saving results.
There is, however, a second
class of proteins that occurs in
vegetables. They have less en-
ergy-giving value and for this
reason alone are rated as second.
class. The energy they do trans.
NIT is just as good energy as that
derived from the animal proteins.
Energy Is energy and is not
spoken of In terms ~ quality.
The Washington times., 1927-06-30
By ELSIE ROBINSON

They may not be expressed in
materials but they are expressed
in ACTION.
If you think an ugly building
you'll make an ugly building.
II you think an ugly desire
you'll act an ugly desire. And
that building and that desire will
go on influencing the lives Of
millions Of people.
Thoughts never die. They go
on and on.
Be very careful of what you
think. Be as careful as II you
were carrying dynamite in your
head. For thought IS dyna-
mite.
And here's another considera-
If our man-made world is only
a copy Of what we think
What about the world which
man didn't make?
The grass, flowers, trees, birds,
butterflies, rivers, clouds, sunsets,
storms, tides, seasons there
thought behind them too?
Living flaming. never-dying
thought?
II all this imagination and
speculation and determination go
into the making of a pig-sty, can
a man just happen?
Think of that when you are
lonely or troubled. Try to let
your living thought reach through
the grass and flowers, the tall
white clouds, the star-strewn
midnight sky, into the great
Thought which broods behind it
ALL
The Washington times., 1927-06-30
MEDITATIONS
OF A WIFE
BY Helen Rowland
Masculine Beauty--and Feminine
Imagination

by ueleH nOWldHu--
Masculine Beauty--and Feminine
Imagination
MOST Of the masculine beauty
1VI in this world exists in WON.
ans Imagination.
Few men are actually beautiful;
yet every man is beautiful to the
woman who loves him. And far
he 1t from him to dispute her
taste!
These male beauty contests
are almost as funny as would be
an intelligence contest" amongst
goslings or guinea pigs,
The most beautiful man in the
eyes of, women all over the world,
today, is Charles Lindberh. Be-
cause when they look at his pic
ture they do not see his features,
but their own glofified vision of
a hero! They see not a lanky,
smiling, blonde boy-but a comhi-
nation Hector Galahad-and.P Prince
Charming!
If man only knew that when
a girl looks at him with that
rapt, adoring gaze she does not
see HIM, but beautiful vision
made out of the whole cloth OF
her Imagination, he would lose
a lot of his aplomb.
A man Is merely the lay-figure
on which a woman Grapes her H.
lusions-the hook on which she
hangs her ideals and dreams.
She must shut her eyes to the
little hump on his nose, the red
line around his neck at the top
Of his collar, his Adams apple,
his feet, and his elbows. She
must pretend that his shoulders
are four or five inches broader
than they usually are, that his
hair is not thin on top, or that
his ears do not stick out.
To the woman who loves him, a
pudgy little runt is a pocket
edition Adonis," and a two-hun-
bred pound lump Of protoplasm is
a Greek God"
A bobby youth with a vaud-
vile line of wisecracks becomes a
brilliant, witty man-of- the-world,
and a pasty parlor-sheik is trans
formed intoNa subtle, fascinating
personality"
Woman is master magician.
She can turn a brawny brute
into a strong, silent, masterflIl
cave-man! She can take a selfish
weakling and make a noble
martyr Of him! She can perceive
genius" in the pointless bab-
blings Of bromide!
II see the REAL MAN beneath
the surface" she protests. But
what she actually sees is the
IDEAL man, built of her own
fancy and remodeled to fit the
human being she happens to love.
She goes to the altar with an
imaginary demi-god--and wakes
up to find herself married to q
total stranger!
All this is awfully hard on a
nice, decent, everyday sort of
fellow, who would work his hands
off to make her happy. and can
not understand that strange re-
mote look in her eyes. when he
goes around without his collar
The Washington times., 1927-06-30

MOST Of the masculine beauty
1vI in this world exists in WON.
ans Imagination.
The Washington times., 1927-06-30
A Suggestion

A small item tells that the mighty walls of the
Chateau dn famous fortress island off Marselles
crumb1ing away.
Chateau d'R-Alexander Dumas-the Count of Monte
Csto from dungeon of the island stronghold that
Che Count escaped.
Remember? you don't congratulations go forthwith and
get copy of Dumas gorgeous and enjoy yourself
for many evening.
you do remember, never mind The same advice goes
You'll get ALMOST much fun from reading the tale again
The Washington times., 1927-06-30
LISTEN, WORLD!

Are you build
ing beauty or
ugliness - love
or hate?
You look a lit.
tie ashamed.
Gosh! I'm
glad people
can't see some
of the things l
t h i n H." you
whisper to your
self. Its 3
good thing ALL
thoughts aren't
copied"
Don't fool
yourself, part
ner.
All thoughts
have their copy.
All tn Dug h t S
find their ex.
preston. 7 o u
can't keep a
lively thought
down,
The Washington times., 1927-06-30
WORDS FROM LIPS OF WISE MEN

while the iron is hot; you can
make the iron hot by striking
Cotton.
A lie which is half truth Is
ever the blacklist of lies.-Tenny.
son.
He who lives we'll is the best
preacher. -Cervantes,
A wise man will make more
opportunities than he will find
Bacon.
The poor are only they who
feel poor.-Emerson.
The Washington times., 1927-06-30
WITH A rs q
w thought?

A vague bub-
BILE in your
brain - is that
what you be-
lieve?
T h e n you're
wrong, Pal.
Thought isn't
vague nor is 1t
a bubble.
Thought IL a
living thinga
living thing en-
uOWEU WIN TER
rifle force.
Every t hing
that Is exists
first in thought.
Really exists.
T h a is easily
proved. You
can prove it.
Let's suppose
that you have
baked a pie or
In 1sA1
The Washington times., 1927-06-30

No man is free who cannot
command neutrality-suspicious..
You can do more than strike
and demands boiled onions for
dinner!
It's pretty HARD to be put on
a pedestal against your will, and
then be blamed every time you
slide off of 1t!
But IL woman could not glorify
and beautify man in her magma
ton, there would be nightly lit
tie masculine pulchritude and few
male beauties"
The Washington times., 1927-06-30
Smaller Battleships
The British Are Wise

The British suggest making batteship smaller They have
forgotten that they feared to send their great fighting
fleet outside Of safe harbor during the long years the big
Thirty thousand tons, the British say big enough for
batteshp This country wants bigger baships possibly be-
courage them
Evening star., 1927-10-08
WORLD FAMOUS STORIES
THE GIRL WITH THREE HUSBANDS
BY FERNAN CABALLERO

man said was true. So he paid the
price asked. and bought the chest.
AS it happened. the next day the
three Suitors met again. and each
was rejoiced to tell that he had found
his gift. and was about to return to
Spain to claim his reward. The first
told of his mirror and to prove his
words produced 1t and wished tp see
the girl that all three wanted to mar
ry. What was their horror when they
saw her lying dead in her coffin!
II have a balsam which will re-
store her to life." cried the second
suitor. But she will be buried and
fallen to dust by the time I can reach
her"
"But l." cried the third suitor,
"have a chest which will take US all
to Spain in few hours"
So they all got in the chest and In
a few hours arrived in Spain and
hastened to the town where lived the
father of their beloved. They found
him inconsolable for the death Of his
beautiful daughter.
Against all the fathers expostula.
tions, the three suitors asked to see
the body of his beautiful daughter.
Finally they were admitted to the
room where she lay in her comm.
Then the second suitor, who had
bought the magic balsam, stepped
forward and let fall a little Of 1t be-
tween the lips of the dead maiden.
coffin and asked how she came TO be
alive again. They eagerly told her
the story Of their three unique gifts.
"You see," she said, turning to her
father triumphantly, II needed all
three of them"
Evening star., 1927-10-08
Today in
Washington History
BY DONALD A. CRAIG.

OCTOBER s, 1S31.-The corporation
OF Georgetown today enacted an ordi.
nance for the regulation of free col
ored persons. Their sale for fines and
prison fees was authorized, but only
as servants, for any time not exceed
ing four months" But the list of Of
lenses which were thus punishable
included subscription to or having in
their possession. or circulating books
or papers Calculated to incite insur.
rection or insubordination among
slaves or colored people and
particularly Il newspaper called the
Liberator." This newspaper was the
Abolitionist organ, published in Bos.
ton by William Lloyd Garrison, who
had declared that the District of Co
lumbia was ''the first citadel to be
carried"
1t was only few months after this
ban against the circulation of the
Liberator among colored people, how
ever, that the first public notice was
given Of a meeting of the Abolition
Society of Washington. which began
sending anti.slavery memorials to Con.
gress.
OCTOBER 8, 1S77-Prof. Joseph
Henry, secretary of the Smithsonian
Institution, today wrote a letter to
President Hayes. in which he said a
new building was needed to house the
valuable exhibits donated to the Gov.
ernment by the Centennial Exhibition
Of 1876 in Philadelphia. President
Hayes accordingly recommended to
Congress the creation of a national
museum. Congress appropriated
money for building and the museum
came into existence.
Evening star., 1927-10-08

How to Gain Weight" which gives
diet and exercise suggestions. tc)
Olive oil has a tendency to darken the
hair, but. of course. it does not act
as dye. If you apply 1t Tor vaseline)
to your lashes every day for several
months, the hairs will become a shade
or two darker in color. Oil does not
make blond lashes dark brown. how.
ever. t3l The right eye exercises keep
the eyes strong and healthy and
bright, Eye strain. general poor health
and a mean disposition make the eyes
dull and unattractive. II your eyes
are good shape and color. if they are
healthy and have a bright, friendly
expression, they cannot help being
beautiful. Salt water. either cold or
tepid. makes good eye wash Use a
fresh supply Of the lotion for each
eve, 4 Once a day is usually often
enough to wash the face with soap.
Too much washing tends to make the
skin too dry. (5l Cold water is a
good astringent in itself without the
salt. Salt water or brine can attain
lower temperature than fresh water
without freezing. For cosmetic pur-
poses, ice may be rubbed on the skin
to refine its texture. Salt is not an
astringent. LOIS LEEDS.
Evening star., 1927-10-08
Removing a Frown.

Dear Miss Leeds-U I am 13 years
old and play tennis good deal. always
without protection for my eyes. Con-
sequently I have developed a deep
frown from squirting at the sun. Can
you suggest a way to get rid of the
frown after I remove the cause? (2)
| have a very poor complexion. for
which ! have taken blood tonicS. l
have eliminated candy. sweets. fats
such as butter and acids such as
oranges and lemons l get sufficient
sleep, plenty of exercise and fresh air.
Can you suggest another remedy
c.. r. S.
Arswer-(D After cleansing your
face at bedtime, pat little muscle oil
on the frown and smooth 1t out with
massage, using the first two fingers of
each hand. Strike the skin to the right
with the right hand and to the left
with the left hand. Now massage in
an upward. outward direction from
the bridge of your nose. After about
5 minutes massage, wipe OF the
excess oil; hold the skin stretched
smooth and paint the place where the
frown was with white of egg. Keep
the skin stretched until the egg has
hardened Next morning wash it off
The muscle oil is made of 3 ounces oil
IL ounces cologne water. - dram
tincture Of benzein. p dram Of per-
fume. (2) ! could advise you better
if / knew just what is wrong with
your complexion. Probably 1t is
coarsened by exposure to sun and
wind. ! shall gladly mail you my
leaflets on the care Of the skin if you
will write again. inclosing a stamped.
self-addressed envelope and describing
your trouble in detail.
LOIS LEEDS.
Developing the Lower Limbs.
Dear Miss I.eeds-(D How can I
develop my lower limbs that are very
thin? Will rising on the toes develop
the ankles? (2) viii olive oil gradu-
ally darken the hair? How can
darken my eyelashes. (3) Do eye
exercises make the eyes beautiful?
NV eyes are pretty and / wish to
keep them so. Do you advise warm
salt water for an eye wash? az Is it
harmful to the skin to wash the face
more than once day with soap? t5)
have heard that cold salt water is
good astringent. 1t this true?-
BETTY.
Answer-W It is necessary to gain
weight all over by right diet and
exercise in order to have nicely shaped
Evening star., 1927-10-08
Readers Suggestions.

This very good idea for mud pack
come from a reader who says she has
used 1t with excellent results. She
never given formulas for mud packs.
Personally, don't care for them.
think they are apt to be too drying,
very hard to manage. They take a
long time to put on and longer to
wash off, and generally, l happen to
dislike the name mud" / know
that's a prejudice and irrelevant,
though actually I never tested out a
mud pack treatment without feeling
intensely relieved when 1t was over,
and with general conviction that
the same good was done by my white
of egg astringent. But her formula
follows: Mix three tablespoonfuls of
fuller's earth with enough witch
hazel to make a paste, add a few
drops Of benzoin and use on the face
and neck. When 1t has dried well.
wash off and rub with cold cream.
To make it bleaching, use peroxide
and lemon juice with the earth.
Another reader who has been hav'
ing unaccountable complexion trou'
bles. particularly spots on an other.
wise clear skin. tried this: First thing
on getting up in the morning she dis.
solved an even teaspoonful of sodium
phosphate powder in coffee cupful
Of boiled water. In two weeks her
skin was as clear and fine as it nor
mally was.
Another reader who has suffered
from badly given electric needle treat.
ment wants to know how to get rid
of the scars. My advice is to treat
the upper lip and the whole face at
the same time, to wash the skin clean
with warm water and soap. spread q
little unbeaten egg over It, and incl
dentally over tho rest OF the face.
Evening star., 1927-10-08
THE DAILY
HOROSCOPE
Sunday. October 8.

After the early morning houfs' .iIe
planetary aspects for tomorrow arc
good, according to astroloSy.
Although the morning may en-
coura ge nervousness and irritapli'ty'
there should be a later response W
serene influences, most helpful 10 all
the churches.
The clergy are we'll directed ana
there is a forecast Of increased IN
terest in church building as well as
religious observance.
There is a sway most ausplcious LOT
high dgnitaries of the churches, ana
certainly there will be increase IN the
pageantry of worship in America. II
the seers are to be believed.
Tomorrow is read as especially
auspicious for visits to friends ana
relatives. notably those whose favor
may mean profit or preferment.
It is not a favorable day for any
sort of psychical investigation or
scientific research regarding occult
forces, although there will be an
access of interest in occult matters.
The evening is read as most fortu-
nate for lovers. who may expect 10
be subject to influences that are most
idealistic.
All the signs appear to presage a
continued interest In all forms or
amusement and desire to escape
solitude.
Conditions are not promising for
the development of new leaders OF
thought. and geniuses may not be
discovered easily while this period of
the world exists.
(CopyriEht 10oTN