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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-01-10
GOOD WILL
BY DIR. Frank Crane

intangible asset but the valuable to bust
It Is valuable because sells goods and that is what
man is in business for. -, q,
not only necessary to the best rat trap in the world
selling it equally important that people
hou6 want it, it If they don't know about
why advertising occupies large place IN the MODERN
nationally consumed article
People why the Dodge family received such large
amount money their largely because Of Ine
eeady persistent advertising hrOughout ths LIFETIME q tne
creased enormously because Of their advertising.
Of prominent firm the Colgaes
told this writer tried stopping advertising for one year
People soon forget thing constantly called to their
attention they think Of it .
A man who Is the pubs notice knows how quickly the
ubic forgets when the talking about him.
what Is true public characters true Of
adele such thing stopping advertising and running along
on YOU'RE reputation does. not exist.
market for wares It IS 70
their sales The market IS otner
half the hinge The door won't swing open with cneha Of
hinge. ...
It requires good deal Of ability to write taking
inst ANYBODY The often finds himself suped r
lures that viii catch the public eye These aageTs'Sers
euage how to make every word tell the %
are possibly kind Of literature IN our magazines iney
are written by highly paid who know their business
There Is no especial it. Funny advertising and
strained advertising accomplish the much as
telling the people snccny and aactvey the merit OF what you
hav SELL
known good will -. s.s4.,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-01-10
By ELSIE ROBINSON
THE
HCmAki
CHAT
NOE

sands Of others who are hanging
up fine records in home and offices.
Yes, we're doing ourselves
proud, sisters. And we'd do our
selves a whole lot prouder If we
could eliminate Clarice from our
ranks. Clarice cramps our style.
Clarice is a hangover from the
silliest sections of the Victorian
era, though she'd shrek with in.
dignation If you told her SO, for
Clarice considers herself an ex-
tremeely choice current number.
But she's not. She's human
what-not and she belongs back
with thu crocheted anti.macassars,
the bead portieres, the wax fu.
neral wreaths and the gilded coal
scuttles. s...
Remember the what-not that
stood i'll grandma's parlor-that
doggone contraption of spindly
walnut, all covered with gimcracks
which you were everlastingly
knocking off and busting? Well,
that's Clar.ce. Only, unfortu-
nately you can't knock Clarice off
and bust her. She looks frail but
she has the toughness and tenac-
ity of an octopus-and much the
same technique.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-01-10

MORE than 1,650,000 patents
Wl have been granted by the
United States of America since
that last day Of January, 1871,
when George Washington as Presi.
dent and Thomas Jefferson as
Secretary of State signed the first
American patent, issued to Francis
Bailey for a type punch.
From that day this has been
literally a nation of inventors,
says the January issue of Popular
Science Monthly. To the question,
.Who invents all these things for
which patents are issued?" the
answer is literally: Everybody
The records of the Patent Office do
not distinguish between the profess
sional inventor and the amateur,
but the patentees include so many
whose interest in invention is OBJ
viously secondary that 1t excites
no surprise when an eminent
pianist takes out patent on an
automobile attachment, famous
pugilist invents monkey wrench,
or the scion OF one, of Americas
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-01-10

Editor, The washington Times:
TN your paper Of January 4,
Mr.. Henry Lanahan, speaking
for Mr.. T. A. Edison, takes issue
with a statement of mine pub
aished by you which declared that
BerIiner and not Edison Is the
inventor OF the microphone. Mr..
Ianahan says Direct judicial
decisions are always superior OF
ex.parte statements, and after
quoting from decision Of the
United States Circuit Court OF
Massachusetts he concludes there
from that 1.-The Berliner patent
was declared invalid"
Likewise, decisions OF the United
States Supreme Court are superior
to those Of lower courts, and X
the Berliner patent was in
valid" why did the Supreme Court
in a decision rendered May 10,
1897 uphold this patent2 The
fact remains that a description
Of the principles upon which the
naicrophone works today are con.
tanned in that original caveat Of
Berliner's, filed by him April Ii,
1877. Mr.. Joseph Lyons, assist
ant examiner Of electricity in the
electrical division OF the Patent
Office from 1880 to 1885, testify
Ing during the telephone litiga.
4ion, said:
When came into the electri-
cal division Of the Patent Office
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-01-10
SECRETS OF
HEALTH
Nv ~ . Reed

by LIE ~ - ~ keSels
VoU cannot have the subject
= Of chndren,s eyesight brought
to your attention too frequently.
It is one Of extreme importance.
It should be approached and dis
cussed from every possible angle.
I have discussed It in this column
from various points Of view. I
now wish to emphasize q few
thoughts advanced by Guy A.
Henry, the efficient director-gen.
era1 Of the Eye Conservation
Council of America---an organiza-
ton created to educate parents
on this highly important and
humane topic.
/ have repeatedly emphasized
the fact that untold suffering
would be avoided if mothers
would only take q few simple
precautions.
Eye care should begin when
the child is born. This Is be-
cause fully % per cent OF child
blindness is due to Ophthalmia,
infection of the eyes of the new
baby. Blindness follows in these
cases simply for the lack OF q
drop of silver nitrate solution in
each eve. lies prefers mercuro-
chrome. per cent. Now, it
happens that parents are pre-
JUDGED against this practice
simply because they think II IN.
dicates venereal disease ana
means a reflection on themselves.
This is an entirely mistaken idea.
Many cases of ophthalnaia are
not due to venereal disease at
all. The thing that really re-
fleets on the parents is neglecI
in taking these precautions.
Eyes are not fully developed
at birth. They only learn to
move and accommodate together
between the sixth and eighteenth
month. In the early days, there
fore, children are particularly
liable to acquire a squint, ana
this should be prevented at all
costs. They should never be made
to look at objects held close to
the face. Some mothers make
habit OF hanging a rattle or some
glittering toy on the crib or over
the head Of the baby carriage.
This is harmful. The moving
object holds the child's attention
and tires 1t out.
The eyes of babies are very
sensitive to light. They, there
fore, should be protected from all
sources of bright light, reflected
or direct. A good practice Is to
line the head of the carriage with
dead black material. But many
mothers do this, and then spoil
everything by providing snowy
white robes, the reflection from
which must be very trying, If not
actually harmful. Toys and games
which need very. close observation
should be kept until the child is
several years older. Picture books
should have no small detail that
calls for an effort to see it. The
letters and pictures on blocks.
similarly, should be large and
clear. Too many pictures both
on blocks and In books, are made
up of fine lines and small figures
that put too severe a stain on in
FAINT accommodation muscles.
AS in the nursery, so in the
kindergarten, teachers in infant
schools should avoid scrupulously
any kind of instruction which
, places an unnecessary burden
upon little eyes.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-01-10
THE URGE TO INVENT

wealthiest families submits draw
lngs for a shoe-polishing device.
The backbone of the Patent Of
flee, so to speak, is the profess
sional inventor. Thomas A. Edi-
son is one of the most prolific,
with 1,07S patents to his credit
down to August. 1927; but the man
who leads all is Ethan l. Dodds, of
Central Valley, N. Y. who has
taken out more than 1900 patents.
Mr.. Dodds' patents all relate to
railroading. His reputation is such
that when he says a thing will
work railroad companies go ahead
and use it without waiting until
somebody else experiments with it.
But for every Dodds and Edison
and Peter Cooper Hewitt, the three
most prolific professional inventors
America has produced, there are
several thousand amateur in
ventors, whose ideas are ingenious
enough to be patentable but OF
doubtful commercial value.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-01-10

but flourishes in unprecedente
numbers. Read your ads, look in
your shop windows-never has
the world been so busy catering to
Clarices. And what does Clarice
do in return? Nothing. Abso-
lutely nothing. AS an industrial
unit Clariee is perfect flop
Will she cook, sew, hit the keys,
run a hospital ward? l should say
not! Win she marry any young
man with a salary under five
hundred! Don't make me laugh!
Then what has Clarice to Of
fer?
CLASS.
Yessum-Class!
For that, Clarice gets free air.
water and caviar.
For that papa tolls in dinsy Of
fees, mama acquires fallen arches
and young men mortgage their fu-
ture and develop bald spots.
Class. What's Class? Darnd1f l
KNOW never had any. But
Clarice has it. She can't think,
she doesn't talk, she won't work.
She's only a what-not--ah covered
with junk. But she has class.
And they fall for it.
And howl
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-01-10
ONCE-OVERS
By J. J. MUNDY
A. Ven = T.aador9

At times you in posi-
tions cannot hope to reach.
You think family connections and ability equal
you the scheme of things condition think
unjust.
It hurts you superior your place
employment look inferior mentally
general preparation.
and is why he holds his position
There certain something about that high position
the place think
Perhaps your ability include leading and directing
judgment might be warped In favor Of the workers in
to your employers interests
Naturally representative
good must be loyal and true to the who
is employer.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-01-10

Clarice, HI 3
lovely hunk Of
uselessness, who
clu tiers our
beauty parIors
and gums up
our hotel Hobbies
CIarice, whose
hardest task is
to pin a wad of
orchids on her
collar bone and
wrap herself
around expen.
sive fodder .
she not a credit
to her sex? Yes,
she is NOT.
@ u e e r, that
CIarice should
persist in these
eman c ipated
days. when Wo.
men Are Sup.
posed To Be
People. Yet she
mt 0p1v noraiafa
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-01-10
The knowledge Test For
Readers Of The Times

Do you know: -.
3. long is meter?
8. La what did the Boston Massacre occur!
A. In what game q brassy used?
s. In what country is Lake Como!
6. What navigator had boat called Tine Half moon
z. the capital Of Holland?
Til each blank: ~
The Spanards and Portuguese sought eagerly in the
fifteenth century to find trade routes to ----
O. Mar Louisa the second wife OF
10 The straight through the center Of circle and
Terminated both ways by the circumference is called
IL. gave Statue of Liberty to America
~e 12. An is fertile place in desert
Match correctly:.
g Is. Plattsburg Kentucky
Covington Alabama
15 Mobile Wisconsin
Tulsa New YORK
IT. Milwaukee Oklahoma
See Magazine Page for Answers.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-01-10

operation. otherwise it would not
have been found so very inferior
to even the single contact Ber-
liner Blake microphone put out
in 1879 by the Bell Telephone Co.
and which Immediately on its
advent defeated the Western
Union Edison instrument and,
together with the still improved
Bell patent, drove the Western
Union to abandon the telephone
field.
Mr.. Lanahan omitted replying
to my statement that Edison also
had claimed the first use of the
transformer in connection with
telephony, and making state.
ments through his secretary re-
fering to a patent for that which
was found. to contain no refer
ence to it. Berliner was granted
a patent for this latter inven.
ton on January Is, 1873.
CLARA LOUISE LESLIE.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-01-10
IT'S GIRLS are
" moving right

Is GlhL3 are
" moving right
along h 9 se
days. We're de-
manding aston
fishing privileges
but, in the main.
W E re paying
for them with
snappy, efficient
service.
There's e M
ma, with her
MD, w h o $
working in the
same office with
h err husband
a n d Dorothy
who's sci lin &
real estate--and
Jean who has
gon g in for
b a n k / ng-and
Edith in the
Juvenile Court
not to men,
IT, &hA %tan
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-01-10
| NEGOTIATIONS
OF A WIFE
BY Helen Rowland

4 MAN Is never satisfied with
- his golf score. Or . woman
with her love score.
Now that apron strings are out
OF fashion, the woman who wants
to. weaken her husbands back
bone ties him to her by her
purse-strings.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-01-10

- woman may have to reach
heaven before she tastes supernal
joy: but to taste supreme punish
ment, she has only to watch the
love-1nist die out of a mans eyes.
Any man prefers to be open and
above-board with a woman; but
it's so hard to be perfectly frank,
without ever TELLING her any
thing that matters!
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-01-10

Don't waste your sentiment on
the man who jots down his dates
with you. Until he can remember
them by heart, you are merely a
telephone number in his consci-
BUSINESS,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-01-10
a Taking Girl

She took my hand in sheltered hooks,
She took my candy and my books,
She took that lustrous wrap of fur.
She took those gloves bought for her.
She took my words Of love and care,
She took my flowers, rich and rare,
She took my time for quite while,
She took my kisses, maid so shy
She took, must confess, my eye,
She took whatever I would buy,
And then she took another guy.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-01-10
She Takes, Takes, TAKES.
What Girl win Answer This Poemi

The poem You shall read here is taken from CapperI
Weekly which, in takes it from the Western Druggist
Cappers Weekly goes 100000 in America and il
seen BY millions Of boys the pick will be running this
country twenty.f five and forty years hence.
It important that girl should write poem better
than this answering al these She Took nsinuaon Here's
the poem. Shut your eyes.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-01-10

Forty is the fatal age, at which
a man suddenly discovers that he
has to stop playing the role OF
Romeo and begin playing the role
of Santa Claus If he wants to go
on being young girls Ideal.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-01-10

A woman is not getting middle.
aged until the thought of eight
hours sleep is more enticing TO
her than the love making OF any
man on earth.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-01-10

Where ONE girl takes all that she get from man.
thousands of girls give infinitely than they get
young polite attentive during less brief
courtshp He gives his word which he often breaks He says
liked any other girl before which usually 10
gives ring and promise TO endow with worldly goods
which he usually hasn't GOT The girls parents give the
wedding, and often the furniture.
And after they are finally settled the bridegroom usually
spends his life GIVING EXCUSES.
A reply to this poem should be ANOTHER POEM And
some intelligent young should write it she does
will she be good enough to send copy to the editor Of this
paper for inspection and possible publication?
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-01-10

That young Chicago burglar,
who first robbed the women, then
kissed them goodbye, probably
considered that an ardent oscula-
ton would be such a sweet sur
prise that it would make up to
a married woman for almost any
thing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-13
RIVERA ABSOLvES
MILITARY IN PLOT
Spanish Dictator DiscloSes
Frustrating Of Anti-Govern-
ment Movement.

By the Associated Press.
MADRID, September DEMONSTRATION
of a plot against the government OF
Primo de Rivera, who today celebrated
the fifth anniversary of the establish
ment of his dictatorship, was announc-
ed in an official statement today.
Arrests nipped the plot in the bud,
The statement said that the anti-goV-
ernment movement was to have come
out into the open tonight with various
elements participating; that it appeared
the plotters were trying to satisfy their
own pride and ambition.
Primo de Rivera, in a statement to
the Associated Press. indicated that the
military had no part in the plot. the
arrests being made among politicians.
revolutioniStS and other elements which
live and prosper by provoking disorders.
His statement read:
The condition of public order IN
Spain could not be better In all the
country.
TT is not certain that delegates TO
the labor congress, which IS beng held
TRANQUILITY. have been arrested. nor also
a single soldier, although 1t was proved
that a plot to produce disorders on sep
TENDER Is had been made.
There have been some arrests among
politicians. revolutionists and other ele-
ments which live and prosper by pro-
voking disorders"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-13
1000 REPORTED ARRESTED.

PARIS. September IS (P).-Having
crushed Widespread plot against the
dictatorship of Primo de Rivera, the
Spanish government today appeared TO
have the situation well in hand Some
border advices place the number of per-
sons under arrest as high as 1000.
The plotters we're stated by travellers
from Spain to have intended to over
throw the government and arrest nigh
officials for immediate trial and prompt
deportation.
The Bordeaux newspaper La Petite
Cironde said the Spanish police claimed
Liberals. Republicans and Communists
Joined in the plot. No high military
officers we're known to be involved.
The blow to overthrow the govern
ment was stated to have been prepared
for tonight in connection with the fifth
anniversary of the establishment OF the
Spanish dictatorship. 1t had been set
originally, for later in the Autumn, but
the plotters took advantage of the
absence of King Alfonso in Sweden.
Martinez Anido, minister OF interior,
got wind of the plot early Tuesday. He
Immediately conferred with police ON.
GERS and list of persons to be arrested
was drawn up. The police in taxicabs
rounded up more than sc>re OF per.
kOflS III MAUI H. AlIIOliE cAAOoC a. ~
was Alexandra LerrouX, leader OF the
Liberal Republican party.
The newspaper said that the Rev.
Vidal Y. Veraguer, archbishop OF Sara
gossa, had been invited to retire to
convent in order to save himself from
going to prison. late dispatch from
st. Jean de Luz on the frontier said
that the archbishop had been received
in convent in Tarragona.
Advices on the number under arrest
was conflicting. La Petite Gironde said
that Hendaye and Bayonne heard that
there were nearly 1000 arrests in diff
ferent parts of Spain. A Madrid dis
patch to LIE Journal of Paris stated
that the number of those arrested would
fall far short of the several thousand"
which had been reported to have been
jailed. A Hendaye dispatch asserted
that information from sources usually
reliable was that there were numerous
arrests" including "a at Barcelona.
Those arrested at Barcelona included
Barrio Verro, former deputy; several
newspaper men, officials of some lodges
of Free Masonry and the president of
the local branch of the League for the
Rights of Man.
The Spanish council of ministers
was understood to have empowered the
police to arrest on sight Francisco A.
Cambo. leader of the Catalonian Sepa-
ratist Party, and Sanchez Guerra, a
former prime minister, both of whom
are absent from Spain. They with
Lerroux are considered to be the real
leaders of the movement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-13
Boynton Makes Selections.

Frank D. Boynton, president of the
department of superintendent, has ap-
pointed DR.. David A. Ward. superin-
tendent of schools at Wilmington, Del,
and Dr. Edwin c. Broome, superintend-
ent of schools at Philadelphia. Pa, to
membership on the National Council
of Education.
The council is department of the
National Education Association which
studies outstanding problems connected
with the OrganizatiNn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-13
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. September l3-Patrick
j. Lynch, veteran city fireman. who
saved the lives of Al women and chill
dren in the General Slocum disaster "a
years ago. died today at the age of rs.
Paddy Lynch. as his friends in the
department have called him during the
48 years of his service, walked down
to the East River on June Is. 1904.
1t CHANGED to be his day off and he
intended to take swim. AS he reached
the shore he saw the steamboat Cen
eral Slocum. loaded with a SUNDAY
school picnic crowd full afire and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-13
Veteran New York Fireman and Hero
OF River Tragedy Dies at Age of IS

heading for North Brothers Island.
Communicating a rowboat, Lynch
rowed close to the burning hulk and
shouted TO the screaming mothers to
throw him their children. They oheyed
his orders and after throwing their
babies they themselves leaped into the
water and Lynch saved as many as
be could. He used his rowboat as a
ferry between the burning craft and a
tug, which was prevented from coming
close to the fire by the heat.
The final count showed that 1881
persons lost their lives in the disaster
Lynch was given the Congressional
Medal for life saving.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-13
Woman Seeks Decree.

Mrs. Ruth A. Makely today asked the
District Supreme Court to award her d
limited divorce and alimony from r
Lee Makely. 1920 r street, who is said
to be proprietor of the Makely Motor
Co. of East Falls Church, Va, from
which he has an income of $1,000 d
month. the wife says She charges
cruelty and asserts that her husband
makes presents of automobiles to an
other woman. She is represented By
Attorney r. f. Wexford
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-13
MERCEDES

The Edinburg band gave a concert
here Sunday afternoon, playing Tor q
large and appreciative audience. This
band has gained a wide feputation
for its good music.
Mr.. and Mrs. III. II. Bennett and
family win leave Thursday BY auto
for a trip up the Pacific coast, stop
ping for Mrs. Benefits sister. Miss
Annis Jones. at Portland, Ore, and
then to Vancouver and Victoria. On
the return trip, they will visit in
Colorado.
Buster Buck, son OF DR.. c. B. Buck,
left Sunday night for Georgetown,
Texas, To enter Western University
for the summer course.
Mrs. Margaret King and Mrs. L. NJ.
Finley left Tuesday morning for an
extended trip TO Missouri and Ohio.
They were accompanied by Miss
Helen Lick, who viii drive their car.
Mrs. Finley will return in about six
weeks, Mrs. kink will remain in Ohio
for three months.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Dawson will
leave Thursday morning. By auto. for
Memphis, Tenn, where Mr.. Dawson
will attend the National Plumber.
convention there. Mr.. Dawson u a
state delegate.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Of the Rio
Grande Hardware. will leave By auto
Thursday Of this week for n vacation
trip to Kerrville. Houston and Dallas.
Mrs. Alden Wade and daughters.
Marion and Priscilla left Tuesday
morning for a months visit at Perry,
iii.
Mrs. v. Holm leaves Monday BY
train for Los Angeles. TO visit for
three months with her parents. Mr..
Holm will leave in time to come back
with Mrs. Holm in September.