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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-20
DON'T BE MEAN ABOUT IT

yHIS picture by Mr.. Fitzpatrick in the st. Louis Post
Dispatch Uncle Sam saying TO the farmer drowned
ont in the Mississippi Valley You pay part and III pay
part The impoverished victim Of the Mississippi flood says:
''But the United States Treasury wasn't flooded
The suggestion that great part Of the cost Of making the
Mississippi be put upon the farmers recently flooded
the Mississippi Valley and the few States in which the wcrk
of protection would actually be done rather mean sugg
ton
Seven States under that ruling would be taxed to pay Tor
work that would benefit the United States.
AS matter Of fact thirty Of the States pour their
waters Mississippi And the waters from those States
pouring down through the Mississippi Valley the flood
and all the damage.
Certainly any States to pay the States that send ih
Mississippi and drown out the people IN the
lower reaches should pay their full part.
Making the Mississippi River safe its entire length \ NOT
work for individual States. but work for the nation
THE WORK WILL BENEFIT THE ENTIRE NATION.
When floods send tens Of thousands from their homes and
cause hundreds of millions Of damage wpng out the cotton
crop Of the great section setting back the nations prosperity
hurts everybody, not merely those whose farms ana homes
are washed away.
The Mississippi Improvement which ultimately win have -
feature magnificent ship canal from the Great Lakes to the
Gulf of Mexico American enterprise much - the
Panama Canal the building Of navy.
The work of making the Mississippi absolutely SAFE ana
great freight carrying body Of water should be done ~ e.
PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES NOT BY INDIVIDUAL
STATES OR LAND OWNERS.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-20
This Country Needs Standard
Traffic Laws

Sensibly Enforced

DRUNKEN man in an automobile a public highway
crowded with Of lawregarding citizens, wrecks
three other cars and and lands nscahed in
the ditch.
young man. drunk with desire to speed drives his
sixty miles an hour and child crashes into
another car while trying cut into line Of traffic.
accidents happen and too often as
result the cry goes up for unreasonable legislation which may
Inconvenience the innocent and interfere with the primary
purpose Of the automoble-wch is within RAPID
TRANSIT AND TRANSPORTATION
Right legislation should aim to punish the offender, not
penaze the this truth applies to the making
and the enforcement Of ALL laws.
According present practice in many States when auto
mobile broken by few offenders more laws and
extreme laws are passed. which utterly overlook the obvious
fact that the offenders who break the moderate laws will also
break the laws with less hesitation and with less
public CONDEMNATION because extreme and unnecessary
laws which hamper unreasonaby the general public always
unpopular and eventually unenforced.
speed limit Of forty miles hour fagrantly violated
and the limit il reduced twenty miles hour offenders
viii break that limit quite as readily and will be less criticized
and LESS PUNISHED for doing because the lawabdng
element Of public win resent this unfair limitation and
some of them viii themselves ignore it.
IN some parts Of the country there tendency toward
reinforcement for only When the treasury is full
Bpeeders often arrest when money needed even
minor and harmless nrngements Of the traffic laws speedily
result in arrest and fine.
The clearly right method to enact few well considered
laws STANDARD FOR THE COUNTRY. giving the general
public reasonable latitude and then distinguish between the
people break these simple protective laws and the people
who don't break them
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-20
By ELSIE ROBINSON

functioning Of souls. All souls
are sensitive. ALI souls are easily
rNed. No soul was ever under
stood. These things are as true
of the milkman's soul as of the
millionaire's. The mere fact you
have a soul and that it sQu1rms'
proves nothing-nothing at all.
The only way to grow a soul
that is truly great and different
is to forget about it, jump on
your job and give your soul a
chance.
You can't keep digging up your
spirit and displaying it and expect
it to thrive, any more than you
could keep digging up an onion and
expect any results at harvest time.
Moreover, If your spirit doesn't
thrive, it is needless to blame
the fact on anyone else. IT'S
YOUR FAULT AND YOURS
ALONE. ANY SOUL CAN BE
GREAT, REGARDLESS OF CIR
CUMSTANCES. IF THE OWNER
OF THAT SOUL REALLY DE-
SIRES GREATNESS AND WILL
PAY THE PRICE FOR 1T. Some
of the greatest souls the race
has ever known have been housed
in crippled bodies and handicap
ned by poverty, obscurlty and pain.
So I'm hereby announcing to
all rare souls who aren't getting
the stuff across-CUT OUT THE
CONVERSATION, KID, AND
LEARN TO BE AN ONION.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-20
PIN PRICKS
BY DIR. Frank Crane

YYHE gives you sock in the Jaw does not
i much resentment the lady who continually
- We stand the OF cannon once
dripping that
the stone.
It the big things in life that have to fear much a.
is the little things. J,
We ought to order lives that daily intercourse with
people shall be pleasant and not irritating.
/ knew old who had two daughters.
One stayed home and take OF her
mother in her old the other moved far c rarely wrote
and her.
The old complained continually the little ratiOnS her
sayahome daughter caused her enlarged the virtues
of the daughter she
When she died and her will it had
left cent had moved and nothing
to the who had given everything her.
A father and four went into debt to buy farm Three
of boys went off, leaving the with his father
off the debt.
father took sick and for years his
shaved until the debt cleared While
we'll along their
off his marriage had given the planned.
After his fathers death found that
to be divided up equally among the four boys.
Whether make head tail O the
the Prodga there nothing
AS the seech of locomotive veveted
by distance the irritating little rough places personality
@ fade in those afar off.
The small imperfectOns in the who stays
evident and continuously
gifts
but when they prove irritating
AS time often small
than the essential mmoaton.
The pin-prcks outweigh the sacrifice
Copyright by Mcclure syndicat
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-20
SECRETS OF
HEALTH

r CALLED attention recently to
i focal infections as the causes Of
rheumatism Of all types which
embrace the muscular, joint and
nerve forms. But I could not
say, in the space at my disposal
all that you ought to know about
this branch Of the subject and
about the general management Of
rheumatism.
The nose and sinuses of the
face are not uncommonly affected,
and other possible sites Of infec-
ton are the gall bladder and
stomach. In fact, many a rheu'
matte patient suffers from an in.
ferior supply Of digestive juice,
and constant infection Of the
small intestine, for from too &C.
tive digestion and too hasty emp
tying Of the stomach. A bad liver
is also sometimes at fault. For
these reasons, most elderly rheu-
matte people have faulty diges'
ton, and so, if they have to sacri-
flee any teeth. they should take
care to get them replaced, so that
their masticaton is not impaired.
Unfortunately, it is the rule
rather than the exception for g.
patient to have more than one
plague spot in his or her body.
Why does the microbe of rheu-
matiAn attack the joints? One
reason is possibly a chemical at
finity between the poison made by
this microbe and the cells of
which the joint Is made. We
know that lockjaw attacks the
nervous system particularly, for
example. Again, the membrane
surrounding the teeth, where i'm
lection so often arises, and the
membrane lining the joints are
very much alike in function. An
injured joint is especially liable
for rheumatism, and heredity
seems to be an important factor,
possibly because OF a slight defect
in the function Of the joint which
their offspring.
Rheumatism often shows itself
for the first time after some dis.
turbance Of the circulation, such
as dead fingers" This Is prob
ably because a faulty blood supply
to the joint means that its de-
lenses and capacity for repairing
itself are hampered. Painful neu-
ritic cramps are frequent in women
at the menopauSe.
Heat loss by damp, a sluggish
thyroid gland and a effectively.
acting liver are also said to be
contributory causes. The reason
why sulphur is so often given in
rheumatism is because a common
feature Of the disease is a short
age OF sulphur in the liver; this
handicaps the liver in storing
sugar (glycogen), SO that the pro-
cess Of using sugar in the body
is thrown out of gear and the
blood becomes too full of sugar,
and unhealthy condition found in
rheumatics. Moreover any
remedy which stimulates the
metabolism or food chemistry pro-
, cesses of the body is Of benefit
in an effective disease.
Chronic rheumatism is generally
treated first by removing plague
spots" When these lie in the
mouth the matter Is one for the
dentists or throat s1rgeon'
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-20

story is, no news to me. hear
1t at least a dozen times a day.
The woods are filled with thwarted
Thelmas, both male and female.
With their rare, rare souls going
to seed for lack of apprecia ton.
And while the following advice
won't do them bit of good 1t
will be a big relief to me-so
here goes.
In the first place, il you have
a rare soul it isn't necessary to
announce it. A rare soul Is as
obvious as an onion.
An onion never needs to an
nounce itself. Nor does 1t waste
any time worrying over its own
potencies or poignancies. 1T
JUST GOES ON oNIONING
ALONG, DOING THE JOB IT
WAS GIVEN. TO DO TO THE
BEST OF ITS ABILITY, LET
TING ITS DEEDS SPEAK FOR
THEMSELVES. That's why
onions are about our most sue
cessful vegetable. You rarely ii
ever meet defeated onion. Yet
no article of creation makes less
fuss about it's attainments.
Not so with humans.
The very first thing certain
type Of human does when he dis
covers that he has a soul Is to
begin to analyze and announce.
This is especially true in these
self-conscious days when every
one is supposed to be different.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-20
WORDS FROM LIPS OF WISE MEN

Labor to keep alive in your
breast that little spark Of celestial
fire called conscience. - George
Washington. =
The road is long from the project
TO its mpletion.-Moliere.
That only is a disgrace to a man
which he has deserved to suffer-
Phaedrus.
Life is a jest, and all things show
it,
I thought so once, but now I
know it. Gay.
Crime is not punished as an of.
Tense against God. but as preju.
diciaI TO society.
] The cat loves fishes but does
not wish to dip its feet in the
Enemies carry q report in form
different fronlA the original
( &2N4@As,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-20

A man seldom realizes that he
is actually married, until he dis.
covers that somebody has been
using his tooth brush to clean
her jewelry, and his handker"
chiefs for removing the makeup.
A wonan's love is never quite
dead until she ceases to look back
upon the man as g. "lost oppor-
tunity," and begins to think OF
him as a "lucky escape"
The longer the time between
drinks, kisses or love affairs, the
greater the kick.
After 40. marriage is so often
Just a choice between becoming
an old mans health-chart or a
young mans cash-regtster.
Most men are like foolish house
flies. who blunder blindly into the
door OF nnarriage-and spend the
rest OF their lives trying to get
out through the window pane.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-20

Men are the sport of circum!
stances when
The circumstances seem the sport
of men. Byron.
The people are the city.
-Coriolanus.
He who has injured thee was
either stronger or weaker. II
weaker. spare him; il stronger,
spare thyself.-Seneca-
Believe one who has tried it.
Vergil.
/ see the fashion wears out
more apparel than the man.
Much Ado About Nothing"
Your lost friends are not dead, but
gone before.
Advanced a stage or two upon that
road
Which you must travel in the steps
they trod.
--Aristophanes..
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-20
ONCE-OVERS

Why be so anxious to that monopoe the con-
versation? Lr+ 4L;s doas nat
give the rrh tn monopoze most OF the time
Others NAV 70 talk and have stories as gooo
-o,;+or urd thar .++sr-
ton reau Le are enjoying monopoly Is not
sure sign they pleased.
They be tolerant courteous 4L;uIor
The incessant taker is seldom deep ,uon ;o+
He doesn't give himself time to hmK-ne ooe not Aeep '
long enough to learn s.o~. H.. r,.~hor.
1t be silent ana learn Ai"H "'NeE
OF party, .L.~u ~ -
If don't listen you can't realize tne vaue oA lo s" NAV
others might tell OF travels or eXperenGe.
Usually the quiet person is full of n1ornaaon +h +h h
T to bring this fund Of facts ana learn ~eR ""n
classeA
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-20
Do You Know

Men outnumber the women
two to one at Angora, the new
Turkish capital.
The San Reno Casino Is the
only one in Italy to retain q gamb.
ling privilege.
Edinburgh. Scotland, plans to
build a modern residential home
for blind women.
The Society of Friends in Eng
land have refused to allow the
erection Of a costly tombstone at
Penn's. grave.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-20
NEGOTIATIONS
OF A WIFE
BY Helen Rowland
Spring Philosophy

AT 20, a girl is q little suspi-
"A cious Of overdone flattery or
a too ardent ''line'-but at 40,
she knows better than to question
Gods gifts!
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-20
The knowledge Test For
Readers of The Times

Do you know:
1. What does gasoline from?
2. How pounds n a on
3. What is a six-sided figure called?
A. How do feathers a birds wing helm him to fly?
49, 5. What is general term for any living thing?
Choose the correct answer.
g. Meek means affectionate- -frisly-malcOus.
z Jubiant means triumphant Observation-Disclosures
Ceaseless means youthful -argest-incessant.
g. Conclusive polshed-published-
TO- Magnificent
Match correctly:
IL. Jules Breton Hero of Revolutionary War
IL. Stephen Crane President who was assassinated
- Elias Howe French painter
IA Paul Revere One of Robin Hoods
10 James Garfield American inventor
16. Little John American writer
See Magazine PAGE f0I Answers.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-20

After a woman has been mar
ried three or four times, she
comes to the sad conclusion that
you don't necessarily change the.
LUCK just by changing the
name.
This is the magic season, when
many a wife discovers that her
husbands emotions are not dead,
but merely sleeping-and awaiting
the touch of some blonde siren"
to bring them to life.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-20
LISTEN, WORLD

and de luxe.
Our first act,
a fter we've
w a S h e d o u r
teeth in the
morning, is to
psyche : analyZe
ourselves a n d
find out what's
happened to our
9 o u Is over
night.
N o W t h q
proSalc TACT Is
t h j 8 - there's
nothing remark
able about hav-
ing g. soul.
Souls are as
common as toe
n a / ! s a n d
should, / pro-
test, be treated
with equal re-
ticence. Nor is
there any great
Hyo riaffnn in the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-20
THELMA has

TlHELMA has
l. been around
telling me what
a rare soul she
has and how 1t
ism appre-
ciated. Thelma
says she should
have been an
artist, probably
our & r e a t q s t
artist. Because
she loves beauty
and how! But
something or
someone has al
ways interfered.
Mostly common
saps like you
and me, with
our crude stand.
ards and coarse
habits. So her
life has been
e n t / r Q ] y
thwarted.
T h 9 I'm a.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-20

Springs intoxication may sweep
a man into marriage-but it
usually takes about six cocktails
and a couple Of ushers to get
him to the church.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-06-22
Glove Silk
Boomers
$2.75

Special. Fifty six pairs
light weight pink bloom
ers: elastic at waist line
and knee; specially cut to
wear with short dresses !;
we'll reinforced in the
crotch to insure good
service.
Glove silk Underwear, First Floor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-06-22
Gloves
$1.1o
We're $50

2l0 pairs novelty cuff
fabric and silk gloves
sizes 51a to ~ in the
group. Several shades,
but not in each size.
Glove Section, First Floor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-06-22
Silk Scarfs
s1.S5
We're $3.50 to S2.9S

AZ triangular and long silk
scarfs: number of beautiful
color combinations for Summer
wear.
Scarf Section. First Floor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-06-22
Handbags
$o.95
We're $3.50 to $3.50

10 handbags, one or
two Of each kind.
3 Handbags: one OF
each kind. Were $3.50
to $22. SO each ). .$I2.oS
Handbag Section, First Floor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-06-22

Half dozen patterns, specially adapted for
Sumiler hangings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-06-22

$3.50 Troy Couch Ham
nocks. Pre.Invenfory I
Sale.
$1,000 Troy Couch Ham
mocks. Pre-Inventory
1asS.. -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-06-22

Two hundred pairs hemstitched plain
quisette with ruff1e added; fringed marqu
curtains in paris or cocoa shade. with two
bullion fringe set up on hens; fringcd lace
taii1s, finished with bullion fringe.
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Leather
Handbags
s3.45
We're IS

s. handbags: pouch. en-
velope and underarm styles
in beaver calf. calfskin, pin
seal and lizard grain. All
nicely lined and mounted.
Handbag Section, First Floor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-06-22
Rayon
Panties, 81
Usually SI.2S

80 pairs rayon panties,
in peach, pink, white,
orchid and nile; small,
medium and large sizes.
Rayon Underwear Section
First Floor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-06-22

Gift shnn, First Floor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-06-22
Mattresses, Cots and
Springs Low Priced

Superior Quality Layer
Felt Mattress; 50 pounds; s.
inch box; roll edge; ticking
ot your selec-
double ''o", single Or SlO.75
Silk Floss Mattress; I'M
perial boxed roll edge; fine
linen tick of your selection.
Single or dou- GA -
bic bed size sUOOs/O
Double Deck Coll Spring,
resilient; single
or double bed CT 20
size ........ sp / O.OO
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White Layer-Feit Mat
fresses; 80 pounds, with roll
edge; 4ll-inch box; single
or double S1575
White Layer-Feit Cot Mat.
fresses; striped tickings: l1s-
inch box; roll co ~
edge. SIT. size VI.OV
eft. size ....,..... 1913
Engiander Fabric Spring
Folding Got; gray enameled
"a m e SIT. 81 OK
size .-s.,.,,.. ~ ~
2l,~ft. size ........... $s.oS
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Handk' Chiefs
&c
We're 39c and SOC

Us hemstitched. plain
white; spoke hemstitched
and hemstitched lin e n
handkerchiefs.
Handkerchief Section, First Floor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-06-22

Everything offered regular standard merchandise Son
may be soed shopwon. Many items throughout
mentioned in this announcement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-06-22
Step-ins and
CheniSe
$3.50

Sixty pieces; step-ins of
crepe de chine. tailored or
lace trimmed chemise of
radium, tailored styles,
Flesh, peach, green or
orchid.
silk Underwear Section, First Floor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-06-22
Silk
Underwear
$4.75
Has $50 10 SO

rs gowns and ehemise; tai
lored and lace trimmed crepe
de chino, radium or geor-
gctte; green. flesh, peach and
white,
silk Underwear Section, First Floor
Imperial Valley press., 1928-05-21
No. 39978
NOTICE OF TRUSTEES SALE

Whereas, M. M. Doyle and Johan-
ma Doyle, his wife, by Deed of Trust
dated October 2l, 1924, and record
ed December 1S, 1924, in Book Al,
of Official Records of Imperial
County California, at Page 2S1, ct
seq, did grant and convey that GER
tain real property hereinafter des-
cribed, to Consolidated Title Insur.
ance Company, a corporation, as
trustee, to secure, among other
things, promissory note in the ag-
gregate sum of Seven Thousand and
no 400 Dollars, with interest there.
on at the rate of eight per cent per
annum, payable quarterly in favor
of The San Diego Savings Bank,
also to secure any other sums of
money which might become due and
payable under the terms of said
Deed of Trust; and
Whereas, Default was made in
the payments due upon said note
and obligation. in that the following
items were not paid when due, and
still rcrnain due, owing and unpaid:
Principal due October 81, 1927;
Interest due from October 81, 1927,
and;
Whereas, In accordance with the
provisions of said note and Deed of
Trust, and by reason of such de-
fault, the owner and holder of said
note and Obligations exercised the
option given therein and did declare
all sums socurcG thereby to be i'm
mediately due and payable, and did
execute AMI deliver TO the Trustee
4 written declaration of default and
demand for sale, and thereafter, in
accordance with the provisions of
Section 1924 of the Civil Code, did
record notice of default and breach
in the conditions of said Deed of
Trust, which said notice was record.
ed January 26, 1928, in Book 1877
of the Official Records of Imperial
County, California, at Page 345 ct
seq.; and
Whereas, Said Deed of Trust pro-
vides that after three months shall
have elapsed following such reeor.
dation of said notice, the Trustee,
without demand, shall sell said pro-
perty as therein provided;
Now Therefore, Notice is hereby
given that by virtue of the authority
vested under said Deed of Trust,
said Consolidated Title Insurance
Company will sell at public auction
to the highest bidder for cash in
gold coin of the United States, on
Wednesday, the 23rd day of May,
Imperial Valley press., 1928-05-21
Two Missing Men
Objects of Search

Two men were reported as mis-
sing at the shrriff's office this
morning. The first report was
made by Charles Ellis of FL Centre
and said that Ben Sykes, "a, left
FL Ccutro carly yesterday morning
for hos Angeles in Il Hudson coach,
license number l-24j-52J. He was
to stop cnroutc and pick up truck
stranded between here and Banning
but nothing has been heard from
lin since he left this city.
II was feared that he had met
foul play Of some kind.
The other report was from Cali
patria. John Logsbon, SO, was re-
ported as missing from there. He
was described as being about five
feet, seven inches tall ;-wcight about
l55 pounds. He has only one eye.
His hair is grey. He has been mis-
sing for several days and it was be
licvcd that hc might be in FL Cen
tIO.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-05-21

course in practical library work
under Miss Agnes Ferris at the
public library. Miss Richmond plans
10 return to the university next year
TO take a coarse in library training.
Practical experience is required by
the university before candidates
may enroll.
Margaret Loud, daughter of Mr..
"nd Mrs. II. L.. Loud, is suffering
from an attack Of influenza.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Keyes Mitchell
Lave left for Il motor trip to Ten
nessec, where they will visit Mrs.
Mitchell s parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j..
+. Baker, formerly of this city.
Later they will return to Texas
where they are considering locat-
ing.