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The Washington times., 1928-12-19
I HAVE a frank friend

IT HAVE a frank friend
i He's always telling people
"the truth about themselves for
their own good
And he never can understand
why this gets their goat.
People ought to want to know
the truth" he says.
Sure they should
But there's lot of difference in
Truth
No two people see Truth alike.
Your Truth may not be the
other fellows Truth.
In fact, it's almost a cinch that
it isn't.
It's hard enough to determine
the Truth about ourselves.
For we know less about our
own selves than about any other
subject on earth.
So how can we possibly decide
what's right or wrong for the
next chap?
We assume that our conscience
tells us what is right or wrong
Personally, have grave doubts
about the reliability of consciences
I've seen such cussedness put
over in their name
However, there may be such a
thing
And they may tell US, person.
ally, what is right and wrong
The Washington times., 1928-12-19
MEDITATIONS
OF A WIFE
-By Helen Rowland

VKTHAT e. man thinks he likes
wv in women and what he
REALLY likes are two things as
distinct and as far removed from
each other as the hotel breakfast
menu and the hotel dinner card.
Theoretically. of course, he likes
the wholesome, simple, practical
things on the breakfast menu.
But It's the tempting dishes with
plenty of spice, sauce and fancy
dressing on the dinner card that
appear to arouse his enthusiasm.
ANY man win tell you that he
likes an intelligent, sensible, level
headed girl who can think for her
self. Oh, yes, he does-so long
as she agrees with all his opin-
ions, always asks his advice and
ing FOR her.
Every man will assure you that
he hates "a made-up face" and
Ioathes lipsticks and mascara.
But Just try to flag him with
sweet. pale mouth" and shiny
nose, and see how far you will
get!
Any man will give you to un-
derstand that you can be perfect
ly frank with HIM. That he likes
a straightforward. candid woman,
who never fIatters him, and is
not afraid to show her real
thoughts and emotions.
Certainly he does! AS long as
her frankness consists in telling
him how wonderful he is. And her
candor consists in never telling
him her middle name, never emot-
ing over him, never showing
spark of jealousy and never let
ting him see the wheels go
round in her head or her heart.
Every man will assure you that
he hates fussy clothes, loathes
perfumes and abhors the idea of
being seen with a conspicuously
dressed woman.
Yet it is not always disapproval
that makes him turn around to
stare at the dizzy blonde in the
scarlet hat or the daShing red
haired woman in the backless eve-
ming gown and nothing gives him
more of a thrill than to dance
around with a mannikin in the
last word" from Paris, who at
tracts as much attention as a cir
Gus parade.
Every man will claim that he
can spot a man-tamer at sight,
and that the high-powered queens
have no lures for him. Give him
a loyal, whole-hearted, one-man
Womani
Yet, unless he happens to be a
heart-collector himself, almost any
man would rather he the last on
popular girls telephone list than
the first in lonely girls heart.
In short, theoretically, a man
likes the kind of woman he ought
to like and wants to like-but
when it comes to a matter of Sc
lection somehow he nearly always
picks ''the other kind"
The Washington times., 1928-12-19
SECRETS OF
HEALTH
BY DR.. Louis E. Bisch

PSYCHOLOGY has made such
i tremendous strides Of late
years and the mechanisms of the
mind, as such, have, accordingly,
received so much attention, that
II is not astonishing that people
sometimes think of the brain as
q separate and distinct organ that
has very little to do with the
rest of the body.
We say body and mind for pur-
poses of convenience only. The
mind is just as much part OF
the body as is the heart, liver,
kidneys, or any other organ.
Mind and body are single unit.
Mind is really a term used to
describe the brain-the actual
physical nerve substance-when it
functions. The function of the
brain is thinking or the manu-
facture of thoughts. Just how this
is done, nobody knows. A thought
has never been isolated and studied
under the mlscroscope as have the
functional products of the rest OF
the BODY organs.
We do know that nerve energy,
flowing in the nerves. behaves
very much like an electric current.
Chemistry, undoubtedly. has a lot
to do with it. It is probable, too.
that nerve energy is generated in
the nerve cells-a knob-like struc-
ture at the very beginning of a
nerve-for nerve energy always
flows from this nerve cell out
wards, along the nerve fibers or
stands, to their final ends.
When we speak, therefore, of
depicting or wasting nerve energy
we are not, in the last analysis,
employing an absurd figure of
speech. Chemical changes do take
place in nerve cells upon which
energy is too heavily drawn.
Nerve cells seem to need rest to
recharge themselves the same as
muscle cells or liver cells or any
other tissue Of the body.
The mind certainly affects the
body. But the state of the body
also most certainly affects mental
processes.
switchboard of the body.
From it. by means of the spinal
cord, there radiate thousands of
nerve fibers. In one way or an
other every tiniest part of the
body is connected up with nerve
ard, directly or indirectly. these
all connect up with the brain.
A sick organ, the stomach, for
instance. is, therefore, registered
as sick by the mind. And not only
do nerves connected with the
stomach register pain, and the
mind perceives it as such, but
toxins given off by the sick
organ circulate in the blood and
lymph streams, and these retard
the healthy functioning of the
brain as well. Headaches and
dizziness are. accordingly, COM
mon in constipation.
If the mind is sick, on the other
hand, with worry. fear, doubt. or
what not, it affects the body.
1t is a well.known fact that
worry undermines the health of
the entire body. Since the organs
become devitalized because they
do not receive adequate nerve i'm"
pulses they fall a prey to germs
and degenerative changes.
The close Internationally
existing between mind and body
is complicated. but an understand
ing of first principles helps you
nightly to help yourself.
In fact, the more you know
about the anatomy and physiology
of your own body. the better Will
you be able to care for 4.
The Washington times., 1928-12-19
THREE-MINUTE JOURNEYS
BY Temple Manning

THE black mask is not always
Il a sign of evil. 1t does not
always hide the face Of the bur-
glar or the hangman. 1t may
be the means of concealment Of
the identity of the kindest men
in the world.
Florence and many other italian
cities have a secret order Of men
who are pledged to do Good by
Stealth" The league is non.
partisan. non-sectarian, and no
one who wishes sincerely to be-
long is refused membership. King
and peasant alike may belong.
II you walk through the streets
OF almost any Italian city then
do not be terrified il you should
see sinister-lookinE figure,
robed in heavy black his head
covereR with a long back mask.
But now that he is e. member
The Washington times., 1928-12-19
LISTEN WORLD!
Different Brands Of Truth
By Elsie Robinson

But they can't guarantee to
give us the low-down on the other
fellows soul.
Consciences are not made in
standard models
They do not rattle off quotations
on current morality like a lot of
stock tickers--
Each man must determine his
own rating on righteousness and
decide what risks he can take
with the market
This is his right--his most fun
damentaI, sacred right.
He grows by the exercise of this
right--just as he grows by doing
his own eating and drinking and
sleeping
No one else can do 1t for him.
He must buy his own expert
ences-make his own experiments.
His very blunders are more valu
able to him than the other mans
successes.
So it is not only rude but use
less for us to try to tell other peo-
pie "the truth about themselves
for their own good
For it isn't THEIR Truth.
And 1t won't do them any good
And, as a matter of fact, we
generally don't want to do them
any good. anyway. We just want
to boss. And they know it.
That's why they get sore.
The Washington times., 1928-12-19

of the Misericordia. or Brothers
of Mercy, serving his day of serv-
ice TO others.
AS long ago as the thirteenth
century this society was formed
in Florence, and the idea became
so universal that soon branches
were organized in most of the
larger cities of Italy. Today many
of the foremost men of Italy are
reputed to be members, including
the King and Mussolini. although
a roll of the society has never
been made public. But as the
members are always clad in
the rough black coat and hood,
the rescued never knows who
aided him, but may always en-
tertain the comforting thought
that it may have been the King
himself who offered the timely
AID.
The Washington times., 1928-12-19
Bitterness in Street Railway
Merger Fight
THE street railway merger fight in Congress N
EXAMINATIONS and Indulgence in Personal Attacks Will
Not Bring Beneficial Results.

HE street railway merger fight in Congress must be
settled the merits dement's Of the agreement be-
fore body submitted by railway heads and approved by
the Public Utilities Commission.
No beneficial results viii from ordinations from
aspeons upon the motives of those favong opposing
the merger in its present form.
No well informed Washington citizen opposes right sort
Of merger No Senator Representative opposes
fair alike and bus riders and Of the
transit concerns involved.
Street and bus companies want merger They need
It's strong possibilities of consolidated operation than
do the people Washington for favorng
merger that will keep fares from rising and
should bring improved service
With public sentiment actuated by divers reasons avoring
merger uniicaon of that sentiment should be effected in
Congress IN such way as TO bring legislative approval No
without concessions. All legislation is compromise
So bhooves all interests in this city to shun personal
attacks and to concentrate upon just and fair merger
Unless there be such merger it far better that the
inequties Of the present shall continue
OF first Importance in agreement pending before Con-
gress and certain approved by that body unless
vital amendments agreed to BY the trainers are these
provisions:
Fixing $4,000 900 Ualuation of the railtUay
and bus properties for rate making purposes;
Making this Onlu1tion, increased by capital
expenditures, Interchangeable for ten years.
Herein is fixed rate base for ten to twelve years to
tieing hands Of the Public Utilities Commission and of
Congress which Jealous OF Its rights TO pass transit
matters in the District.
In the next twelve years prices of street railway
tera may decline essenng valuation the reproduction
basis More than that other methods Of transportation may
be dscovered there may be great economic and industrial
changes.
Yet for ten to tweve-year period of time Washington
car and bus riders would be compelled pay reasonable
returns the merged company matter what conditions
might arise would call for absolute change vaua
tion or in fares
If course conditions in years should be such to
increase values Of street railway and bus properties the
merged company would benefit
Congress far from inclined to fix rate making base
for an indefinite period Even inclined agree
vauation for financing reasons will undoubtedly
state that the valuation not be for rate making for
prolonged period.
There many other changes that must be made in the
merger agreement stands among them that Congress
will not give aie monopoly of the transit business of
the District to company and that Congress will yield
its rights to control transit here conditions make
necessary for that body to interfere
The Washington times., 1928-12-19
WISE SAYINGS

Allow time and moderate delay;
haste administers all things badly.
Status.
There are no tricks in plain,
simple faith. Shakespeare.
A very great part of the mis-
chiefs that Yex this world arise
from words. Burke.
Politeness is to goodness what
words are to thought.---Joubert.
Small causes are sufficient to
make a man uneasy, when great
ones are not in the way; for want
of a block he will stumble at =
straw.-Swift. l
The Washington times., 1928-12-19
N. Y. Lies New Building
Life Insurance Growth.

MODERN monument to life insurance is the gigantic ana
n beautiful building Of the New York Life Insurance
Company the site Of the old Madison Square Garden n
New York. formally dedicated by Darwin Kngsley.
Life insurance not only the family safe but also
makes the father Of the family FEEL SAFE he works more
cheerfully and successfully.
Americans years in succession break al ecCrds for
life Insurance. the total increase Of the past being the
greatest known 10000 above the increase Of 1877
and a total of $1S5O0O00000 Of new life insurance.
The total insurance in 1929 expected to pass 100000
100000 dollars
One hundred billion is gigantic but it amounts to
less than ZOO for every American Not large amount
you think what Americans and accumulate in
these prosperous days.
The Washington times., 1928-12-19
The knowledge Test for
Readers of The Times

Fill blank:
/. The Sphinx is a
9. The word laconc
3. firma
A and Penates the gods.
5. The shamrock is the embe
correctly:
6. Thomas Palma Spanish explorer
7. George Dewey Indian chief
8. Balboa of Spansh-Amer
g.. John Wilkes Booth First president of Cuba
Joseph Brant Lncoln's assassin
Do you know:
H. What provided Columbus with than onehaf of
the money for the voyage?
H. What the first real American newspaper?
49, How after his the Presidency
did Washington live?
ID Who discovered the Hawaiian Islands?
Is. What anachronism?
ANSWERS Magazine Page)
The Washington times., 1928-12-19
ONCE-OVERS
GIVE THE NEW MEMBER A BREAK

GIVE THE NEW MEMBER A BREAK
How do YOU treat the member of your lodge?
shake his mana ana ten MIN now
glad ne has
Thereafter you pay him little attention
who make up your party In cards or
billiards.
The new member is never asked to join your crowd
in and why should you spon your own
time?
Then the new member why he joined and what win he
out of it.
the ritual.
He members torgetul other
thew in of duty toward him.
is therean real value in the lessons taught!
The and made deep personal appeal
wondering he did
not consider lessons too seriously. v
The Washington times., 1928-12-19
life
A Little Too Long.

MS ETA MILLER, forty eight mother Of ten children
lVl four living may go prison for life She told two small
bottles bootleg liquor her fourth ofense In Michigan that
is felony and the penalty life imprisonment Recently
Palm caught with pint of gn sentenced for
life under that law.
Michigan may impose the life sentence. That it viii be
carried out is doubtful
The Washington times., 1928-12-19
Dangerous Bribery
Ask the Power People.

THE Senate passed the Boulder Dam BILL "a to H. Pub.
j hcity is useful.
Revelations concerning power company propaganda,
presents to professors editors school teachers made un
pleasant reading.
That's the danger in bribery, direct indirect It
frightens away those that might otherwise be useful
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-29
PURCHASE OF ROAD
RECALLS HISTORY
Kansas, City. Mexico & Orient
Was Dream of InSur-
anCe Agent.
~ Tie Associates press.

By the Associated Press.
KANSAS CITY. August 29.-Purchase
a fhe Kansas CITY. Mexico s. Orient
Railroad by the AtchiSon. Topeka 6
Santa Re ends a romantic chapter of
railroad history,
First yiSioned 50 years ago in dream
BY Arthur f. Stilwell, a young insurance
salesman WHO had come here from the
Fast. ltS construction began few years
later financed by Smali-fry investors
living Jar from Wall Street. where such
projects usually are capitalized.
In the period Of construction Stlwell
vas confronted by many financial Oh
staclsS But financing was his forts Re
uctaat purses yaWned at his magic
voice When he was faced by any prob
lem he went into what 0e described as
a trance ana always came out prepared.
IN addition 70 organizing the railroad
company. he established numerous sub
SidiarieS such as construction COM
p3nieS and others The construction
ccnapanv would build the line, taking III
pay stocks and bonds Of the road.
Eventually a line that stretched 1877
miles. from Wichita TO Alpine, Tex, was
completed. and three widely separated
stretches. including one at Topolo-
bampo Western terminus on the Gulf
OF Lever California. were built. a total
Of $50 miles Old that side Of the border.
Stilwell interested English financiers
who invested heavily IN the road. AT
about the same time. when aid in the
amount of S2.655 600 was Forthcoming
from President D!az Of Mexico the rev.
olution Of 1910 halted the payments
after Stilwell had received about half
the amount.
The fact that the line was the only
railroad serving more than a hundred
communities II western Kansas, Okla
homa and Texas caused the Govern
neat 70 keep it going with loans
In 1912 Il was thrown into receiver
ship. and III the reorganization that fol-
lowed 5tilweIl was left out entirely The
original stock was thrown in the waste
basket when S6,000000 III second gold
notes were issued, Former investors took
some o. the notes. and ttSe new in
veStGs included Henry Ford.
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DENY COMPLETELY
I'M OREGON DEATH
Twelve Persons Charged With Con-
spiracy in Mexico Declare Their
Entire Innocence.

MEXICO CITY, August 29-Denials
that they bore any share Of response
bility for the assassination Of President
elect Alvaro Obregon were made yes
te-dav oy IL persons recently arrested
when they were called one by one be-
fore the Court Of First Instance to hear
the indictments against them read.
Tie . originally were charged with
conspiring 10 poison Gen. Obregon and
President Plutarco Elias Gales last
Spring. with the manufacture Of bombs
and with being involved IN the bombing
Of the Chamber Of Deputies and Obre-
gon headquarters Formal indictments
fled yesterday repeated these charges
and added responsibility for Obregon's
assassination TO the list.
Senorita Maria Elena ManZano, 81
was named as ringleader in the alleged
plot Of the u 70 slay Obregon and
Gales. Police declared she planned 70
dane with the two generals and while
dancing prick them with a poisoned
pin. The plot was finally abandoned
as impractical, police asserted.
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Trainmen Plan Reunion.
Dispatch q The Star

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CUMBERLA Nd. August 90
The Brotherhood Of Railway Trainmer
OF tbs Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, rep
resenting the Cumberland. Grafton ano
Keyser Lodges. will hold a reunion
Labor day At Corinth, Jest west Of Oak
ianc. This VII BE- its first affair of tht
kind n 81 years
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two-tone effect is especially smart Pearlize
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Headlong Into Over night the Store Has aiken
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Throughout the entire store are signs
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