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The Washington times., 1928-02-28
He Dug 1000 Graves
But Teeth Are &c CHAMPION Grave Diggers.

Western newspaper prints picture Of old who,
in his lifetime had dug 1000 graves with his hands,
Thanks his patient digging 1000 old and young rest
fully let us HOPE earth beds that he prepared for them
he was called THE Champion Grave Digger but far
from being champion.
Champion grave diggers numerous and they HU
MAN TEETH
Nothing said than this, men dig their
graves with their teeth "
oneha Of what we eat keeps Us alive other half kills
U.S. Eating dig with teeth premature
by the millions.
hungry hungry in place but In hundreds
of millions of places at
man body is made up Of billions Of cells eacof which
eats drinks breathe requires nouhment and EVERY ONE
loF THEM GETS HUNGRY.
When put food in the stomach That food does
no good until taken up by the blood carried ali
parts Of the body feeds the cells caorng
This does not happen IN minute + takes tins
for digestion to begin and let the blood carry through the body
the new supply Of nourishment.
While that digestive process is going HUNGER CON-
ITNUES. And uOe continue eating.
Long after we have eaten all that we need we CONTINUE
Ito eat, sincerely believing that still hungry.
We think we hungry not vet been
by the blood to the cells that send the call for nourh
ment to the brain.
By the time they are satisfied stop telling the brain
hungry the teeth have chewed
swallowed twice. three times four times what the body
really needs
you make this experiment Eat half way through
your breakfast lunch dinner Then stop eating
the table, stop eating for fifteen twenty minutes Come
you will find that your hunger GONE you will
any more, unless you HOPELESS
In the fifteen twenty minutes away from the table the
blood will have begun to do its work. food will have been
billions of cells that
ment They will be satisfied and your extreme hunger will
be passed
All Of excepting the unfortunate poor
as much should For many of u.s. especially those
past 90 that lead edentary lives would be good thing
the meal in two, and then eat oNEHALF Of
the remainder.
The Washington times., 1928-02-28
DJJPUY
BY DR.. Frank Crane


xoMEHOW the papers escaped attention at
published and have only recently heard OF
~ death of friend, Senator Dupuy OF Paris
Mr.. Dupuy remarkable man.
the Petit Parisien, which was
said largest circulation in the world He also published
other papers. -,
Sometime ago he visited his wife, He
{ made q favorable impression.
perhaps thing about Senator Dupuy
is his marital achievement.
lived Mrs Dupuy who American girl for
and her testimony to him that during all this
time she had known the most perfect and wonderful happiness
and that in all these she had not experienced moments
unhappiness of dord She that in their
always and there always harmony
because Of her husbands wonderful influence
This worthy to stand pillar of light IN
the marital relation is considered lightly by
!
who immersed in affairs to have his home life harmonious
and happy only few realize.
had privilege Of visiting Senator Dupuy and Mrs Dupuy
in their home at Versailles and bring personal testimony
bear upon the fact that their domestic life ideal
much better off the world would be if there
like this
The papers are fun of nfeties When
to disaster his marriage relation has
publicity
Some notice those who live happily There
that do credit
together happily for Probably there
of these contented relations than Of
It is refreshing in while to find such outstanding
instance that of Senator Dupuy of conjugal felicity
A lived twenty with wife and
during all that time has encountered matrimonial storms
TO be congratulated.
Copyright
The Washington times., 1928-02-28
BY ELSIE ROBINSON

what / am fussing about. They
will think ] am lucky. sup
pose / amin a way. If I were
just an animal that would be ali
Id want, But
Oh, it is so hard to explain if
you're not a wife. I WANT A
CHANCE TO BE MYSELF
SOMETIMES. Why, l am not
even a woman any more. am
just a wife and mother. With
their eyes always on meas il
was a goldfish in a globe.
L suppose ] am a little hysteri-
cal this morning hut my idea OF
heaven at this moment would be
to pack my suitcase, go to the
nearest city. register under an
assumed name and for one glori-
Gus day and night wander
around, as + pleased, without see
ing a person / know. But If I
did, my husband would be terribly
hurt. Once / tried to make him
see that it would he better for us
to part now and then. The most
pitiful look came into his eyes.
He looked as if had struck him
and he cried out: Don't you
lave me anymore?' It's impos-
sibIe to make him understand
how a woman feels about these
things. SO I go on--BUT MUST
MARRIAGE ALWAYS BE LIKE
THIS? A. D.
The Washington times., 1928-02-28

Last night I heard my husband
boasting to some OF orr friends
that we had never been a day
apart in nine years. He spoke
Of it as a wonderful achievement
and our friends agreed with him.
One of the women said that she
enVied me a. romance like that.
I smiled and agreed that I was
the luckiest woman on earth.
And then suddenly felt that if
didn't tell the truth to someone
I'd explode! So r am telling you.
Maybe writing this will give me
patience to go on for another
nine years-or perhaps it will
give me courage to rebel!
Before I go any further. let me
make these facts plain. am
good wife and mother, Miss Rob-
inson. am devoted to my hus-
band and our two children and
our home. I am church men,
Der and a member Of the p. T.
A. There has never been a
breath of scandal against my
name. And yet
DO YOU KNOW WHAT TT
MEANS TO BE NEVER A DAY
APART IN NINE YEARS?
To always see the same faces
and hear the same thoughts over
and over and over. NEVER TO
BE ALONE BY YOURSELF
FOR AN HOUR
The Washington times., 1928-02-28
Will the Merger Plan "Inure
to the Public Benefit?"

Ralph B. Feary Peoples Counsel attached to the Public
Utilities Commission, has asked the people Of Washington 70
send him their views the proposed plan for consolidation OF
the street car and bus interests
quite properly states that the plan undoubtedly
sbenefca transportation companies involved and
that with him the problem is, lis the plan that
approved, will inure to the benefit Of the public?
II Is well people Of this city that the public utilities
committee Of the Federation Of Citizens Associations is wide
awake as to merger plans W. Nick Clayton head Of that
committee is the best posted citizen Of Washington public
utilities questions He has already given years OF his time TO
fighting the public he has done this without compensa
ton any form His present attitude indicates that ne will
continue to lead the fighting.
Upon Mr. Fleharty however will fall the brunt Of the battle
TO see that whatever merger is approved viii nure to the
benefit Of the public and NOT tie to financial strings that
win pull it any way those strings desire
Mr. Faharty has remarkable opportunity to establish
himself forever in the goodwill Of the people Of Washington
It is an opportunity that to but once in .
lifetime job created by Congress for no other purpose
than to defend public interests created largely through
the influence this newspaper which, for years portrayed
The heplesness Of Washington people in public utilities
questions
Te utilities corporations viii take care themselves They
do II only too times they buy the brains and
experience Of the best lawyers Of the land
Mr. Fleharty hasn't had much experience in utilities
questions but he viii find valuable help in the merger
problems from Mr. Clayton and from others who
know the Washington situation.
The merger hearings before the Public Utilities Commission
should omen that viii aid in all directions
Representatives Of the public who earnestly seeking to
protect public interests should be hand minute during
these hearings prepared to ascertain everything they can Of
value
Mr. Wilson, the sponsor Of the merger appears to be frank
in all things He states he desires the fullest cooperation
people Of Washington; that he does not seek to take
any advantage of the public and that merger viii pc Of the
greatest benefit stockholders and car-riders alike
OF course he isn't giving suITenderng any Of the
legal rights financial benefits he thinks his companies are
entitled to- but apparently prepared to deal honestly and
frankly with representatives the people Of Washington
So let the hearings open all doors and exhibit the merger
machinery is likely operate in the future When that
has been done then Mr. Flehary should know whore his
obligations and should act accordingly remembering that
he the PEOPLES COUNSEL in name and in reality.
The Washington times., 1928-02-28
SECRETS OF
HEALTH
BY DE-. @. "a. =. Reed

VoU have probably been much
4 distressed by having your
child lie to you even when the
truth would seem to berbetter to
its purpose. OF course, you have
corrected the offender. possibly
been so thoughtless and unreason.
able az to punish him, for what.
from the child's standpoint. was a
perfectly 1ustifiable course. In
the majority Of cases. such lies
are the natural product of phan-
tastes that compose its mental
makeup,
Lying, in children. falls into sew
.eral classes. There is the lie to
cover a theft or other sin. and
save the child humiliation of con.
fession and the subsequent pun
ishment. This, when successful,
gives the child a sense Of power
and satisfaction either consciously
or unconsciously. The most vicious
type of lying is that prompted
by jealousy or resentment toward
members of the family or init
mate acquaintances: this is SLAM
derous lying, and its object is to
s1isrepresent or place In an I'M
comfortable position the person
who is the object of the bad feel.
ing. Then there are tendencies to
make believe" to elaborate and
to exaggerate, and the pathology
cal lying" which shows some kind
of mental disorder.
The type of lying which has as
It's object to exaggerate the child's
achievements, worth and capa-
bilities is neither very offensive
nor particularly serious. 1t is a
normal process of the developing
mind to make up phantasies to
the credit of the child. A child
does not know much about reality,
and so his mind works a good
deal with phantasies, and con-
structive phantasy, as we all
know, is an absolutely necessary
part of mental growth. Many
children live in q make-believe
world, and to interpret child's
descriptions of this world as de-
llberate lying is a. disastrous in
Justice, but one of which many
parents are not innocent. Ii,
however, this tendency should not
be treated too harshly. neither
should it be treated too indulg-
entity.
It~is good for a child to be fire..
quently confronted with reality,
and to fail to do this is either to
invite great difficulty later on,
when the child will learn things
for himself, and blame his parents
for keeping silent, or to allow the
child. IL it is so predisposed, to
drift off into juvenile insanity, or
divorce from reality. They must
guard against allowing it to sub
stitute the habit of day dreaming
for the effort necessary to get en-
ioyment and satisfaction out of
reality. In dealing with these
fahrications it Is neither necessary
nor desirable to make the child
admit that they are not real. 1t is
much better to let him see that
you are taking them as you would
take any other interesting story:
1t is amusing but not meant to he
anything else. 1t is less dangerous
to encourage phantasies as con-
fessed fiction than it is to try and
stop them by constantly denying
their truth or furnishing the child.
Punishment has the effect of fill.
lmg the child with self-pity and
driving him further into his ro-
nance to get away from harsh
reality.
The Washington times., 1928-02-28
ONCE-OVERS
Watch That Rebellion

Rebellion
should haVe
that which entitled makes
you dissatisfied with many good bargains
Of, or areg getting grasping
with pleasure because want
to match something better that have
what the other fellow
loses 81 want
should not have has made
MAJ en
friendships companonships that might have
happiness your
pleasure you from righuly
10
Somet rebel
The Washington times., 1928-02-28

There is his wife to remind him
of his mothers birthday, his stem
ograpl1er to remind him Of his
wife's birthday, and his mother to
remind him of his OWN birthday.
There Is his wife to wake him
in time to catch the eight fifteen
and there is his stenographer to
hand him his finished mail and
hustle him out of the office in
time to catch the five-fifteen.
There is his wife to remind him
to go by the tailor's on his way
to the office-and there is his
photographer to remind him to
lock up his cigars before he
leaves, and not to forget to mail
his income.tax report.
There is his wife to warn him
in the morning to be sure to see
the dentist and have that cavity
looked after-and there is his
stenographer to remind him OF
his appointment with the dentist,
and to call up the golf club and
tell the boys it's all off for the
afternoon.
There is his wife to keep up mis-
reputation by going TO church.
his social standing by giving good
parties, and his culture" by
dragging him to concerts and fill
ing the house with highbrow
books.
And there is his stenographer
to keep up his business reputation
by Strengthening out his dates, in
venting his alibis and lying him
out of his scrapes.
There is his wife to keep his
ties, his socks, and his shoes in
order at home-and his stem
ographer to get him out of the
office in time to GET to the ban
quet.
The Washington times., 1928-02-28

r WISH I could
il put this let
ter into the
hands Of every
married couple
in America. 1t
happens to be
written by a.
wife, but many
a letter like this
has come from
a husband. The
condition it por-
trays works as
deadly damage
in mans life as
in woman's life.
Some day Wen
be brave enough
to say things
like this out
loud. Then mar
riage viii begin
to be a civilized
institution.
Dear Miss Rob-
The Washington times., 1928-02-28
LISTEN, WORLD
sonnet / m es I
wonder il there


sonnet / M es I
wonder il there
Is anything Of
ME- left at all.
l feel as il /
had been blotted
out and didn't
have an idea or
desire left that
didn't belong to
my husband and
children. / am
so busy that I
q o n I I n ! II n
about it very
often, but when
I do, I could
scream!
oe > ( h a t
seem terrible to
you, Miss Rob.
inson? I sup
pose it will
seem terrible to
m a ny people.
r h e v w o n t
nxrnNA nnIorefonA
The Washington times., 1928-02-28
The Benny Heather

It only the bhe spirit that pours itself forth
song.
Sir Harry Lauder alone in the world now for both his
and wife dead says that he sings because he broken
hearted
The bonny heather may be in decate waste but Sir Harry
goes singing of laughter and love-
It is way Of forgetting
The Washington times., 1928-02-28
MEDITATIONS
OF A WIFE
BY Helen Rowland
why Ii the Z. b. NJ. Tired?
WHAT makes the Tired Bust
W ness Man so TIRED?

He has nothing on his mind but
his bald.spot! Everything il lifted
from his shoulders except the pad
ding!
There are always at least two
or more women ready to relieve
him OF all the petty cares Of life
and act AZ his memory. his con.
science, his prompter, and his
date-pad.
The Washington times., 1928-02-28
The knowledge Test For
Readers of The Times

Do you
Where Is Arctic
g What is the largest country South America?
g. What strait the English Channel with the
North
A. On what river is the city of Rome?
g. In what State is the Yosemite Valley?
6. What is the chief seaport o Haiti?
Fill blank in the title.
Henry --" by William Makepeace Thackeray
8. "The House of ---" by Edith Wharton.
8. Jude the " by Thomas Hardy.
10. Lady Windermeres " by Oscar Wilde.
IL. 1.-THE Making of an--" by Jacob Riis.
Monsieur -" by Booth Harrington.
. Match correctly.
Ia. Palermo South America Is
IA. Racine California
15.
is. San Diego Canada
r II. Paraguay Wisconsin
See Magazine Page for
The Washington times., 1928-02-28

There is his wife to write his
letters TO his mother-and there
is his stenographer to take down
his letters to his wife.
There in his wife to keep her
eye on his stenographer~-an his
stenographer TO scare off other
women.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1928-05-11
VotiUe Offerings in
Gratitude to Saints

VOtlve offerings are still popular
way Of expressing gratitude, as the
exhibition at Naples shows. The an
clients and the early Christians made
use Of this custom, not only In sign
Of thanksgiving, but as a &eventative
measure, Pierre Van Pad ZEN writes,
In the Atlanta ConstituH9. In cases
Of illness they would make haste to
deposit a model Of the injured limb
or organ in the church in full faith of
obtaining a cure. As time went on
the church forbade this as sayoring of
magic, and only officially admits to
the altar thank offerings for grace
received. Yet to this day, in the
neighbOrhood Of Naples, mothers
weigh their children and offer the
same amount of wax to the virgin or
their patron saint to keep the little
ones from dwlndling away. In south
ern Italy plague, pestilence and fam.
inc, battle, murder and sudden death,
tempests, earthquakes and thunder
bolts are all, in popular belief, under
control of some one special saint who
has power to relieve sufferers from
their evil influences. Thus st. Mich
olas and st. Anthony protect the cat
tie; st. Paul cures snake bite; st.
Ercolano strengthens the legs; St
Domino cures hydrophobia; st. Cath
crime, st. Raphael and st. Pasquale
are fervently invoked when girls want
husbands.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1928-05-11
High Buildings Cause
of Freak WhirItuinds

One may learn many interesting
things about air currents and the way
storms develop by watching the move
ment of pieces of paper or perhaps
his hat as 1t is whirled about the
street. A variety of miniature wind
storms are caused by the high build
ings of our cities or the forms Of
streets which well repay study.
On a hot day, when the air is per-
fectly quiet, the atmosphere as it be-
comes heated tends to rise along the
sides Of rocks or buildings, and II 1t
travels high enough 1t develops into
q strong wind, Which descends on the
opposite side and plays queer pranks.
A small whirlwlnd is often produced
by the action Of wind against cor.
ner formed by several buildings. AS
the wind travels down a street, espe-
cially a narrow one, 1t rapidly In
creases In velocity. A little will spill
into the side STREETS, but the main
stream will flow on gathering momen-
tum. Observe this wind strike against
the side Of high building and notice
how 1t mushrooms" out on all sides,
splitting into many air currents, and
trace these till they come to rest, but
be sure to hold tightly to your hat in
the meantime.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1928-05-11
Famous Jeuish Order

The Essences were Jewish broth
erhOod which was founded probably
after the Maccabees at least two cen
turtles before Christ, existing to about
200 A. d. The records of them are not
found in the Bible or rabbinical liter
AZURE, but certain profane writer's such
at Pliny, JOsephus and PhllO describe
them as religious separatlsts, having
strict code of ceremonial observanees
much more rigid than the ordinary
ceremonials of Judaism. They also
were celibate and lived in communities
holding all things in common. The re.
quirements for membership were most
rigid, requiring long periods Of fasting
and discipline. There is no probability
that Jesus Christ was an Essence, but
1t has been advanced that John the
Baptist was of type which would be
acceptable.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1928-05-11
OUer-Expression Mark
of the Inferior Writer

But all over-expression, whether by
journalists, poets, noTelists or clergy.
men, is bad for the language, and by
over-expressiOn mean the use Of
words running beyond the sincere
feeling Of writer or speaker or be-
yond what the event will saneIy carry.
From time to time a crusade Is
preached against 1t from the text:
"The cat was on the mat" Some Vic
tOrlan scribe, we must suppose, once
wrote: stretching herself with feline
grace and emitting those sounds i'm
memorially connected with satisfac-
ton, Grimalkin lay on rug whose
richly variegated pattern spoke elo-
quently of the Orient and all the won.
ders of the Arabian Nights"
And an exasperated reader annotat-
ed the margin with that shorter yer.
sion of the absorbing event. How the
late Georgian scribe will express the
occurrence we do not yet know. Thus,
perhaps: "What there is Of cat is cat
is what Of cat there lying cat is what
on what of mat lying cat" The read
er will probably annotate the margin
with "SQme catW-John Galsworthy
in castles In Spain"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1928-05-11
Not If He Could Hello IL

The other evening a young married
woman took her three-year-old son to
a church supper. Her mother was a
member of the organization that was
giving the supper. AS the daughter
and her son were about to seat them
selves at one of the tables, the moth
er, who was helping serve, said to
her daughter: IF that kid were mine
| would have cleaned him up little
before | brought him here. Why
didn't you wash him? His hands
and face are a sight!"
81 did want to wash his face and
hands," said the young ultramodern
mother, but he didn't want to be
washed l asked him If he wanted
me to wash him, and he said, No
Didn't you, honey?"
"Sure! don't want to be washed,
agreed little youngster with an in
dependent, self-satisfied tone of final
ity.-Indianapolis News.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1928-05-11
Worlds Great Had to
Ouercome Grave Ills

Not an individual living is absolute
ly free from handicaps. Some of US
are physically disabled, others are
mentally harassed, hundreds suffer
both, writes Louis e. Bisch in the
American Magazine. We struggle with
deformity; we fight disease we wres-
tie with doubts, feelings Of inferlority,
oversensitiveness, uncomfortable tenn
per, all sorts of distressing disabilities.
Even the greatest among US are handi-
capped like that. Every human being
Is prevented somehow from fulfilling
his highest destiny.
Many of our greatest men were
handicapped by disease, and somehow
surmOunted it. Milton and Handel
were blind. Beethoven was deaf and
Keats had tuberculosis. Pope was de-
formed. Caesar suffered from epilepsy.
Lamb and his sister were subject to
repeated attacks Of insanity. Fielding
wrote his rolllcking book, TON
Jones'" while melancholy. Florence
Nightingale did some Of her best exec
utive work while bedridden. The list,
indeed, Is a long one These people
achieved in spite of hardship.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1928-05-11
CroWs Unaffected by Gas

Crows have no fear Of toxic gas.
The chemical division of the army at
Washington experimental with crows
and gas. The crows were gassed but
Immediately flew high in the air where
they escaped the fumes which chung
to the earth. During the war pigeons
returned to their cages safely when
liberated in a gas cloud. This mys-
terry was solved when the birds we're
seen to rise quickly above the gas.
Tests show that crows fly out of gas
clouds in much the same manner.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1928-05-11
"Life a UniuersaI Force"

Svante August Arrhenius, the noted
Swedish chemist and physicist, be-
lieves that life is an interstellar ele-
ment and may be transmitted from
one planet to another. According to
his conception, life is universally DIFF
fused and is constantly emitted from
all habitable worlds in the form of
spores. These spores traverse space
for years, and possibly ages. The ma
jority of them are ultimately de-
stroyed by the heat of some blazing
star, but some few, he thinks, find a
resting place on bodies which have al
ready reached the habitable stage.
Life, according to Arrhenlus, may also
be transmitted from one heavenly
body to another by means of meteors.
Pathfinder Magazine.