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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-17
The Merger Fight Transferred
To Congress
THE merger Of WashingtOn's transportation

A-HE nerrer of Washington's transportation lines
i eoes to Congress for approval dsapproval
Because most members Of Congress and most OF the people
- washington believe there should be merger, in the
interest Of better service and economies OF transit adnisra
ton the disposition Congress will be to give the
bill e chance at this session.
Owners Of the transit lines want the matter disposed Of
Il this session and are make intensive campaign for
erisIaye approval This desire their part is based not
nv mon the fact that the merger Is their proposition upon
which they can not 1os but upon the fact that bringing the
merger to It's present stage has been tremendous and
costly work.
there are half dozen vital matters involved in the merger
Bill and the solution Of these call for further compro
inises in Congress.
Foenos among these ID $500OOO00 valuation for the
orined properties The Public Utilities Commission may be
fully satisfied that this i proper valuation It this time
ton IS basis for rate making Il il not justified in agree
g that this valuation shall stand for TEN before there
Ia snea Of this tenyear valuation as tentative affair
Is to lightly value words Of the English language The com
mission has power to agree 70 permanent SoOOOOOoO
valuation hut as near valuations CO. this Is PERNA
NET valuation permanent for Congress to sanction
Both the commission and Congress well approve $780,
100000 valuation they believe the combined transit lines
are worth that But Congress should does agree spu
late in specific language that the valuation is TENTATIVE
remain at that figure for rate making purposes until the
commission desires to make revaluation or until the merger
company seeks another valuation
the commission il now constituted the $50 100000 vaua
ton might hold good almost indefinitely but the members of
this commission may be succeeded by others in few years
Succeeding commissions should not be BOUND, hand and
foot, by law Of Congress
Congress should agree any legislation that will relieve
the companies of the cost Of street repairs in car
tracks and feet each side It may be that they
pay much under existing laws but the bulk of the cost
should still be paid by them.
The engineer Of highways and other District engineers tell
the District Commissioners that the operation of heavy
paving results in rapid deterioration Of paving
Other taxpayers Of the District are compelled to meet their
just burdens Street railway lines should not be exempted
from theirs
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-17
SWINDLERS
BY DIR. Frank Crane

CHICAGO Theological Seminary completed
QUESTIONABLE investigating the which preachers
swindled.
It's results show that the clergyman who being swinded
In the of his ministry is exception.
Every such the minister's which
makes them easy prey for sales talk.
The city pastor worldly wise than his country
cousin.
Ministers asked five questions:
l. Have you been swinded by professional crooks?
2 If how, opinion, could the swnde have
been prevented?
3. Do you believe in furnishing such crooks?
a. How may they be detected?
Almost all of the preachers said they had swnded
various times ranging from S. bill given
stranger with plausible heartrendng tale afterwards found
false to thousands of dollars lifetime savings usually oil
and mining stocks.
S. Davis, president Chicago Theological
Seminary, drew up these maxims;
Build reputation for investigating.
Don't rely too much judgment. Send the appi
aid proper organization. Consult
lawyer important business dealings.
Don't card to strangers letters of
to organizations plans with which fully
versant You may be an innocent aid to swndler.
One point that Dr. Davis should be stressed
Use charitable organizations deal has
their GOODNESS and heartessness but to
they investigate
better prepared to investigate it than
Don't let your sympathies with your judgment.
spiritual than the material reaction of the swnder
that the constant swlndng OF ministers might make
boiled" or distrustful of their fellow
The minister sitting alone at home his office usually
easily approached than business who safeguarded
by his staff.
Plans being school to train ministers in
business and to them against possible swinder
The preacher should remember that helping
fraud IS the most efficient to harm him. and his
for the sake of the rather than the sake
tcrpyrEht Mcclure syndieat s)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-17

Still others pinned their hope for the human the
intelligent forehead Of noble womanhOod But all that Is
brushed aside, and ONLY LEGS COUNT.
At the Foes BergeTe, in Paris you in this picture
they all of the EXCEPT the legs The gentle
man left sings his little song telling what wonderful
things legs ankles feet and knees And he sings
pairs of legs sticking through the curtains back his
statement with appropriate leg gestures.
However praise be heaven the pendulum doesn't always
swing the way Ladies whose mania present is short
enng their skirts will again lower them
And our present civilization which think that the
convoutions of the female brain less important than the
calf of the female Leg will realize its mistake in time and
again pay attention to the forehead.
The FoEes Bergere presents complete from
the picture above but employs the ladies
part mechanical wheel construction You will Observe %
we do with regret that nudity almost complete absence OF
modest clothing, relied upon to make this picture atrac
tive
Again the butchershop idea prevails and it Is the female
CARCASS the female soul intelligence that relied on
to attract customers .es
We may be sure however that all this viii change ana
will again be appreciated for her mind and spirit not
merely for her ankles
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-17
By ELSIE ROBINSON

ION the other hand, home
girls seem to take naturally to
homework. They expect to mop
floors and clean up after the
babies. and they don't feel sorry
for themselves when they have to
do 1t. The loneliness and mo-
notony doesn't bore them as it
does office girls because they
have never known any other life.
And since they never had any
money of their own, they don't
recent their dependence on their
husbands.
"As for your theory that busi-
ness girls understand men better
than home girls, ] don't believe
fortable-that's their idea of 'un-
derstanding' whether they're in
the home or the office. And the
girl who is financially dependent
on her husband is apt to take his
comfort much more seriously than
the girl who knows she can walk
out on him and support herself.
II don't believe that business
opportunity has really helped wom-
en-" concludes Ruth. Il think it
has simply made them restless
and disconnected and untitled
them for their real work in life"
still don't agree with Ruth
but / think that's a fine come
back. What do you think about
it? How does the business girl
compare with the home girl as
a wife, in your experience? Let's
hear.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-17

doesn't test--according to Ruth.
II know lot OF young wives
and mothers of about my own
age" says Ruth. Most of them
were home girls before they
We're married. A few had bust
ness experience. According to
your theory, these ex-business
girls should be much more indus
trious and sympathetic. They
should understand their husbands
better, have more consideration
and self control and be much
more efficient generally. And
the home girls should be lazy.
unreasonable, unsystematic and
sorry for themselves. But just
the reverse Is true
THE poorest wives and moth
ers of my acquaintance are the
girls who worked in office before
marriage. Instead of making
them more sympathetic and con-
siderate, office work simply seems
to give them an exalted opinion
of the value of their own services.
They seem to think that the rou-
tine Of housework is beneath their
dignity, and they won't try to
make a real career of it. They
miss the social contacts and ex-
elements of the office, and are
bored and restless and never hap
py unless they're on the go.
And they are touchy about
money. They resent the loss of
their own salaries, and they're al
ways thinking how much more
they could have il they were still
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-17
SECRETS OF
HEALTH
BY DR.. C. A. L. Reed

THE chief but not the only
4 danger in milk, when dan
ger exists at all. is in its con-
tamination with germs. These
germs, such, for example, as those
of scarlet fever and diphtheria,
may cause disease themselves.
other germs produce poisons and
induce the development of still
other poisons In milk. which pol
sons, in turn, are sources OF dis
tinct danger to health and life.
The effort has been made to
eliminate these dangers through
the action of heat, through the
process known as pasteurizat1on.
The worth Of this process has
been and is the subject of con-
troVersy.
Many workers C''practitioner),
according to Robertson, say that
nasteuri2ation is inevitable In the
present state Of things and a
reasonable compromises; others
claim that boiled or pasteurized
milk is as good as fresh milk for
infants and children. DIR. Robert
son does not think so. Even in
pasteurization, milk has to be
heated sufficiently to destroy or
binary organisms, and this must
alter the proteins so as to make
them less digestiole and less good
for babies.
The fact that infants fed on
pasteurized milk have too be
AKNvNA - m
is a proof that some virtue has
gone out of II. Moreover. no one
likes food that has been sophisti-
Gated by heating, boiling or pre-.
serving.
Moreover, pasteurization is not
an easy process, and pasteurized
milk can only be relied upon when
it is prepared in big establish
ments under careful supervision.
1t Is very difficult to keep milk
at a steady temperature of 145
degrees F.. for 80 minutes. The
temperature may easily fall and II
it does many microbes, including
tubercle bacilli, escape. Even if
pasteurization is perfectly done
these germs are not all killed and
begin to multiply as soon as the
milk gets cool again. 1t is very
unsafe to put implicit faith in
every bottle Of pasteuriZed milk.
Tuberculosis is an ever-present
menace to the health of our chill
dren and Is a risk from which
even the tuberculin test does not
save us. In the very early stages
of the disease the cow may not
give a reaction to the tuberculin
test and is passed as free from
tuberculosis. Now cow that
comes from an infected herd into
a clean one ought not to be passed
fit without a second test.
Again, the test Is not reliable
II done at short intervals, but sew
eral months should be allowed to
eiapse between testings. The fact
that a. COW has passed the "tuber-
cuIin" test is no guarantee that
it will not get tuberculosis later
on.
Tuberculosis in cows is almost
entirely due to the practice OF
shutting them UP in sheds. Cow
sheds containing 20 to 40 animals
still exist in populous districts
and are sometimes surrounded by
the dense population of cities, and
cows are kept In these constantly
for Just so long a time as they
yield their owner a profitable sup
ply of milk.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-17

An unhappy marriage is the
poison gas which chokes out all a
mans ambitions; but it takes the
morphia of a happy marriage to
deaden a woman's pep and lull her
aspirations to sleep.
The Age of Discretion Is that at
which a woman's symptoms" her
weight and her diet list absorb
and excite her more than the
thought of any mans kiss.
Get your mainland then watch
the others line up at the box
office!
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-17
PITTSBURGH
OF JAPAN

Oska, the Pittsburgh of Japan,
is one of the busiest manufacture.
ing districts Of the world, COM
pairing in concentration of indus.
try with Belgium or the English
midlands. Iron works. ship.
yards, cotton mills and sugar
refineries give employment 10
thousands of men and women.
Much of the crockery ware, lac.
qusr. cloth and articles of silk,
ivory, bone and bamboo. with
which Japanese merchants com
pete In the worlds markets, orig
mates in the city.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-17
LISTEN, WORLD

working. They
have much more
luxurious tastes
than girls who
have never had
I h cir % w n
money, and they
aren't nearly as
grateful for
what their hus.
bands give them.
Also t h e v
seem incapable
of organizing
their homework.
Perhaps this Is
because t h e v
haven't g err
learned to work
under another's
$ u p g r v ision.
Whatever the
reason, t h cir
work is never
done and their
children are only
h ALI naraI fnP
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-17
Hearst Papers Advocate:

l. An ooreensent of Egtsh-speGktng peoples to pre-
seyOe peuce among themselves and to promote the
peace of the aoorld
pronortional representation in the United States
Senate. no State to haze less than taOo Senator's.
Ieoisntion to. enforce prompt constitutional reap
,oTtionnent in the House Of Representatives.
q 4 sepnrate Department of the Army, of the Macy
nnd Of the Air Forces all united under a Secretary
of National Defense.
Federal action to the limit of Federal posOers to
abolish iterUcy the United States under Score
tory of Education.
< Eection of Congress In November. Installation
the 1st of January fol1owing. Inauguration Of the
President 1st of January neat after November
election.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-17
ONCE-OVERS
BY J. ]. MUNDY

Are You a Grateful Guest?
DO Of things to do
departing guest express your appreciation of the entertain
ment afforded? IT,. . II, -,
host the hostess understand!
Or do YOU have set form which all occasions?
Have you said those farewell phrases SO many
times that they gby and any real feeng
Why not try being natural at sucn times
That is all that if you are NOT 0elng oecu
If you cannot accept the hospitality of friend in the right spirit
you have moral right to be his guest IT..
and gratitude for enjoyable afternoon or evsnns A.
It does combinations OF words TO convey hnes
thouRbN-just be
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-17

~ &c space W. Lave cut half the Iega out q I
but plentY &c LII.

r. save space We have half the legs out o. this pctre
but plenty are left.
This world has known and periods There was
the Stone Age the Age, the Iron Age still going IA
art we have had the age Of The Primitive the reRaphe
ties We had the Renaissance in letters and arts
are enjoying the age Of electricity and also the AGE
or LEGS
On Easter Sunday charming ladies supplied passesb
displaying their legs inches above the knees when stand
ing straight, several more inches while sitting down.
Concerning women ideas have changed this picture
shows some used I'd think browning glory
was her hair Others everything u beautiful modest
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-17
TT e r Els a
I'LL good come

IA N - - ~
IL good come
back.
I said that I
believed that
girls with BUSH
ness training
made the best
wives. and that
] would, IL it
We're in my pow
err. force every
girl to work at
least one year
in an office be-
fore marriage.
Ruth doesn't
agree with me.
Ruth's an up
and co m | n e
young matron
with an inquir-
ing mind, and
she has been
looking 'em over
to test out my
arOfIoNnnt II
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-17
NEGOTIATIONS
OF A WIFE
.BY Helen ROwland.
This Age We Live In

r ONG honeymoons are becoming
IL less and less popular; they
are so apt to run right into the
divorce, these speedy days.
We talk more about love nova
days, and know less about it, dis
cuss 1t more seriously, and treat
it more lightly, than in any age
since the world began.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-17

The best way to celebrate your
marriage, after a few years, ia
TO forget it-and pretend that you
are still in love with each other.
Alas, life lasts such little
while! 1t is like a drifting cloud,
the flight of birds, a flash. the
contents of your weekly pay en-
velope. a modern mans love!
If any woman actually looked
like the drawings in the fashion
magazine O.. the figurines In the
shop windows, she would rush
right to a beauty surgeon and have
herself reshaped.
Bachelors no longer get much
thrill out of life. It has reached
tha noint where a man has to be
married to one woman in order to
extract any kick out of making
love to another.
Evening star., 1928-05-18

often due to inadequate diet It Is o
mistake to imagine that one can develop
we'll formed bust while keeping one S
weight below normal. A nourishins
diet Is as important as exercise, II not
more so. in building o nicely proper
toned figure.
The f1at-chested. underweight girl
needs plenty of undisturbed sleep al
night. Sleep is ''chief nourisher at
Life's feast" according to Shakespeare
and modern scientists agree with the
great dramatist. Eight hours a night
Is considered enough sleep for the aver
age adult, but girls under rs years of
age and all others who fall below the
average weight for age and height
should sleep longer.
Thin persons are often nervous and
hdgety. They are chronic worriers and
are always crossing bridges before they
come to them. In that way they waste
a great deal of energy. Such persons
are frequently hearty eaters, and yet
their figures remain meager and bony.
They take in adequate supplies of food
fuel, but Immediately dissipate the en-
ergy 1t produces in useless, restless ac-
tiyity. Sometimes the cultivation of
poise and placidity is a prerequisite for
gaining weight.
Correct posture Is another factor in
developing full bust. It, is not reason
able to expect that a few exercises oc-
cupying about 10 minutes a day can
counteract the effects of habitual In
correct posture all ones waking and
sleeping hours. One must learn to hold
the chin up and expand the chest
When the chin Is allowed to sag down
and the shoulders are rounded the chest
Is contracted and followed. During the
night one should sleep on a low pillow
and lie In such position that free.
deep breathing Is possible
One of the best exercises for develop
ing the bust is swimming. Those who
lack the facilities for engaging In this
sport may adapt the arm movements
OF the breast and back strokes for prac-
tice at home. For the breast stroke lean
forward at the waist with the body
parallel with the floor. Bend the elbows
and place palms together Now throw
the arms out straight in front and fling
them out and backward in wide circle
Return to starting position and repeat
Evening star., 1928-05-18

We know q juggler---two jugglers. as
matter of fact. One of them Is an
ex-iuggler and he Is at present. In
washington. For many years he play
ed the big time and subway circuits,
Juggling balls, knives, cigar boxes and
Indian clubs. Occasionally he .'muffed"
one of his tricks. so that he might fur
nish bait" for applause when ne
ffnally accomplished 1t. His line OF
patter was amusing and as good as the
average.
During all the years of his trouping,
either he or tumbler opened the show.
His hands have not lost their cunning,
for he demonstrated his skill by pick
ing up three glasses In a local hotei
room, and sent them spinning around
his head without damage to the glass
ware department. He Is a juggler no
longer--that is. professionally. He sells
ods--~sometimes--to those who used
TO pay to see him perform. or course
some Of the irritated prospects do not
remember him and 1t probably wouidnt
make any difference If they did.
He made q pathetic admission to the
writer the other night that he didn't
consider himself so hot as a sales
man. THE Juggling business" said ne,
as one who speaks OF prosaic vocations,
has fallen from its high estate. l was
ten wears old when decided to become
a stage iuggler Even then ! was dex-
trous when It came to throwing moth
er's china in the air. At twenty-one.
obtained my first important professional
engagement
Evening star., 1928-05-18
Dressing to Type.

Find your type and dress TO It! II
you have no distinct type. make up one
for yourself and keep to it. To succeed
nowadays. you must stand out from the
crowd of people around you-you must
be so different that when any one thinks
OF group Of people. one figure-yours
lis in the foreground.
OF course. am trying to bring down
into paragraph an idea that should
have column devoted to 1t. To be
specihc--suppose you are one of doz-
en- girls in an Office, doing work about
as good as the rest OF them. but want
ing promotion tjifst as the other IL do.
If it comes TO that. The moralist would
say: DO superlatively good work and
you1l be rewarded" Not aIwaysl And
often it is impossible to do work above
a certain routine average. Then 1t must
be you. il not your work. that stands
out In the minds Of the ONCE heads.
you as some one with sn attractive. re-
liable personality Or. when q group
Of ofice workers is thought Of. your
figure must stand out from the rest. II
you're a distinct type. Il will
The boyish type happens 70 be one
OF the easiest for the not-too-pretty girl
to achieve Also. one Of the least ex-
perSive Il hasn't been done TO death
yet either. so If you haven't good
1hg1re and not very good features try
this as a type" Wear your hair In
short bob, which viii suit you whether
your hair is straight or wayy; wear SIM
ple felt hats. Use the least amount OF
powder and no make-ups, but keep your
complexion always smooth and fine
Evening star., 1928-05-18
Variety i'm Trimmings Emphasized
By MARY MARsHALr.

do so. carried gold or silver mesh bag
Then came q time when every one car
ried a beaded bag. One WINTER, 4 rc-
call velvet pouch bags with metal tops
were used almost TO the EXCLUSION oI
everything else. Now we have all SortS
of haps---pouches. envelopes, little paess
bir hars@Ynade Of every known sort Oh
leather and fabric in every concelNaoe
color. A.. ...s
In Paris. and to some extent IN tais
country. many smart women stlii Ie.ain
their fondness for bags made OF nne
ANTIQUE fabrics. The objection 10 tihs
sort of bag. from the American ponie
of view, is that they cannot be mace ~
qualities. for each piece OF material
different and each needs moiViouai
treatment. Having established the sue.
cess of bag made of certain sort OF
ANTIQUE brocade or tapestry, there Is
never any certainty of being able TO OBJ
tain any more of the same sort. To the
Partisan bag dealer, who usually has MS
bags made by painstaking workers on
the premises and who is connoisSeur
in ANTIQUE fabrics, this phase OF the mat
ter is not Objectionable. A fragment oil
historic old shawl, an ohlong OF beauC-
fully faded century-old petit point. tap
estry that was once hung on the wall OF
a royal palace--such are the iaorics
that these Partisan bag makers like TO
use.
Some of our readers have asked TOT
diagram pattern for q patama set suit
able for negligee or beach wear and
now It is ready for these readers and
any others who may care to have it.
Made of crepe de chine or cotton crepe
it makes a satisfactory sleeping gar
ment---in satin. printed silk or printed
linen 1t makes a decidedly smart beach
garment.
(CopyriEht. 1881