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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-01-06

HERE 10 a.
IL letter. The
writer is a
young American
girl. She has
had little educa.
ton. There are
no fancy phrases
in her letter.
no attempts to
paint a dramatic
picture. s h e
tells, in the
$ m p ! e $ t Ian
guaRe. the story
of her home. I
know from my
experience with
thousands Of
such girls. that
this is also a
picture OF null.
titudes of Amer
lean homes to-
day.
THIS is THE
SORT OF A
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-01-06
BEAUTY IN AMERICA

now been CLOSED over ny
certain curious glamour of the
romantic which takes the form
Of a concern for old things, old
times--coIonial. revolutionary, or
even centennial. Its concern does
not disdain the kitchen of the
Puritan any more than the man
sion of the Cavalier; nor the
earthenware crooks, woven cover
let's. and cider jugs of the
Pennsylvania Dutch. 1t takes
roadside antiques, secondhand
shops, hot dog stands. and tea
houses in a grand melee, with a
saving sense Of humor.'s
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-01-06
The knowledge Test For
Readers of The Times

phrase which best fits each
i De Witt Clinton For thirty years a Senator from
Missouri
Miles Standish Congressman demanding harsh treat
South
B Mcclellan Military leader of Pilgrims
A Thomas H. Benton Leader of the Union Army in the
Peninsula
Thaddeus Stevens Governor of New York. promoted
the Canal
Complete each quotation:
"Sea shell. SHE'LL
Sing OH please!
n Of and sailor
OF parrots and tropical trees."-Amy Lowell
z. The splendor falls walls
And SUBMITS old in story."-Tennyson
Here tiptoe for a flight
With wings of gentle flush DER delicate white."-Keats
: Choose the
9. Bacon from hogsheep-cow-chcken.
q See Magazine Page fns Answers.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-01-06
LISTEN, WORLD!

sister starts to
chase my kid
brother around
the table my
mother does not
try to stop
them. She Just
sits and reads
and says in a
flat voice" Stop
it. stop it"' OF
course. no at
tention is paid
til brother
hits sister and
both are scream
ing.
Father iu 3 t
acts as if he
were a boarder.
l know he works
hard and makes
enough to sup
port mother and
the two kids.
But couldn't he
iuSt talk to us
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-01-06

When man settles down after
the honeymoon, he fondly imagines
that he can bank" his wife's love,
like any other fire, put on his Of
flee coat and go off about his
business.
There is nothing like a wife's alb
sence to make her husba nd's heart
grow fonder--of his stenogra pher.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-01-06
NEGOTIATIONS
OF A WIFE
BY Helen Rowland.

ETlE1E average woman can keep
everything in its place"
around the house-except her hus-
band.
Half of the middle.aged men in
the world are spending their days
worrying themselves to death
about their fiapper-daughters-
and the other half are spending
their nights playing around with
other mems fIapper-daughters.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-01-06

One love, like a cigarette, is
easily lighted from another. There
is nothing like the CLEAN of ad-
miration in another mans eye for
reminding the spark of devotion in
a cooling lovers breast.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-01-06
WISE SAYINGS

Difficulties strengthen the mind
as labor does the body.--Seneca.
Dependency is ingratitude: hope
is Gods worship.--H. w. Beecher.
IT'S always morning somewhere.
--Longfellow.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-01-06

All these charming husband
slayers are young or youngish.
Apparently, after woman Is ~
or so, she doesn't care enough
about what happens to her to
marcel her hair. much less to
shoot her husband.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-01-06

A woman gives up a loVe-affair
with the same reluctance with
which she takes down the Christ
mas tree. tenderly laying away
each glittering memory and tar
nished illusion~-until the next
time.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-01-06

Most lovers go into marriage
with the idea that it is going to be
a long series Of holidays, like
Christmas and New Year-and are
naturally disappointed to discover
that it is just series of wash-days,
cleaning days and rent day.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-01-06

The ultimate proof Of mans
love. these days, is his willingness
to refrain from flirting with an
other woman over your head, while
y he's holding you in his arms.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-01-06
ByT. E. Powers

Copyright, ia2s, Naw YOrh
Evenine Journal. Inc.
kegistAred u 8 Patent Office.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-02-05
frHSH.if. ~ gle.
Tram Atars,ing.

NJ 'eant Treasury a"G
Ht~h ter"s -s'e-.-Tsra suFe ...9
ial b.
H'Ea ,ni's'dual set--t'iem~n,@ ,con,.
H.h to;a'st,tasi syerssr--webh ,e.ter
ans HngrauI. iit."i
Agriculture rolled J as set in the
Federal League last week Ia win three
games from the Marine team. its games
being $40. SGT and COS Lyons led the
afsack with 36i set. including a game
oil las. while Stork. Dixon. DeClsnty
and Seaton rolled sets Of $50. $50. 3aa
and 3i3. Bird WAS high man for the
Marines. rolling a ais set
Commerce. by winning three games
from War while Internal Revenue
dropped two games 10 Post once. came
within one game OF the leader Har.
gett Clements and Eckharsit rolled sets
81 3S4. $50 and $40 Shipley at anchor
Tor the War team. shot $50 set his
FIRST game being IA.
Treasury kept close 10 tn, leader By
taking three games from the Navy No
team, ktbbey and Kesslcr rolling sets
OF 32a each. while Owens led his Navy
team with 3i3 set.
Veterans Bureau took the odd game
from Merchant Fleet. by virtue of Oh
rardi's and webb'S fine bowling. their
sets being 3Sa and 500, Haneke. lead.
Ing of for the Fleet team. shot a 3s7
set
Posi- Once knocked the leading In
ternai Revenue team for two games
Barrett and kinnahan leading the
Postmen with sets OF 3S5 and $40, while
Allen and Speer of the losers shot sets
of 3fS and $40.
Patent Once took three games from
the Public Buildings and Parks team,
us anchor man. Simmons. shooting
3s9 set. Adams led the Public Build
ings team with 32a set.
Navy No, team won three games
from State. kearney AT anchor roll
Ing 326 set. while Galleher, leading
Oft, rolled a 3i3 set
General Accounting Once sprung
surprise on the Interior team by taking
Oil three games of the match ippoiite
With a44 and Minister with 3tS. led the
General Accounting once team while
Roteler's set Of 3aA was high for In.
terror.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-02-05

With seven-pin spare TO win by two
pins.
Traffic again demonstrated 1t has no
fear OF the leaders. 1t took Freight
! Auditors into camp for the odd game.
dropping Freight to tie for fourth
place.
Station Accounts No. l and No. 2 had
a battle royal for champions of their
office Station Accounts No. 2 took the
odd game, but the championship has
10 go over TO next year-each team tav-
ing won three--unless Capt Liiddy and
Capt. Susan roll 1t off after the season
Is closed.
Passenger Accounts had a night of
ana Construction had little difficulty in
taxing two. Construction thought It had
won all three, but on the card made out
tor the official scorer Joplin error waS
tound IN the first game Correction gave
passenger Accounts the game by three
pins. The captain of the Construction
team copied the scores from the sheets
out the alley management had DESTROYED
them before they were sought the next
day. To settle this the two captains
have agreed TO let the card now stand
and II the game is needed for position
It the end Of the season they will roll
81 the game.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-02-05
WASHINGTON LADIES LEAGUE.
Team Standing.

BeequeS flashed championship
brand of pinning against Commercials
in the Washington Ladies League last
week. winning two of three to check
the drive for the top made by Capt
Marjorie Bradt's quint and incidentally
sending TWO season marks into the dis
card Shooting SIS in the first clas!: to
beat their own record by 10 pins. they
slipped in the second getting rather
ordinary count of 462. but came back
strong IN the final to score a nifty 5f4
to bring their set total to 1851, topping
their former mark by 50 pins.
Lorraine GULL set the pace vita a
splendid 339 set. having games of It's
"a ami lc3 Pauline Thomas scored
high game, punching two strikes and
two spares in the first tilt for a neat
1870. She finished with 3lo for the ,et
Bertha Creevy registered $40 with two
nice counts :. of ia and lis Capt
Quaites got 30l with high game at los
lot IS her best single count
Virginia Yarnell led the Commercial
attack, rolling 100 In her first effort 20
put the team over for a neat 594 game
and getting 800 for the string Capt
Bradt returned TO the lineup after her
annual vacation trip TO New Orleans
and proceeded 10 smack the pms for 4
30s total, with high game of ioS
Co3umbians got back INTO tn stride
and wallopad the Kumba ks tor three
cams with Eena Levy doing the heavy
scoring, Rana sock,d the NAPLES for
32i, with high single at l2l Florence
Rcmbo'c shot c95. having two >S'In.s of
l05. while Kitty Klein rolled s35. with
we'll earned ia In her second effort.
Anna Mccormack rolled we'll for tbs
lcscrs getting 30i with high single al
i03. while Capt Elizabeth Ker,in to-
tailed 2oi, with i05 for high single
Hllitopoers continued th7ir determined
drive toward the top by sweeping the
boards with E-Nee.Mu and are now
dsadlocksd With Kumba cks for fourth
place. JESSIE Smith scored high set
getting nifty 3a3 with two good
counts of ITO and III Mary Cox
turi7d In a uice three-gsms count Of
SIS. with high single at il6. ana Capt
Fdna Ravan roll@d BOG with high game
at iAs. Catherine Fo-tensy of E-Nee-
Mo shot high game of the match With
III ii thu first. Her taaTmste. Zelda
LG Porte. rolled consistently, getting
rS5. with IS for high.
Daughters OF Isabella grabbed the
odd from Amagor.S Catherine Moriarty
! taking high set with 3o5 and high game
with ilS. Mary Brshler rolled 395.
with high single at III. and MAY Nor.
gan put III a timely IRE in her firSt Ell
! fort. Gail Robbins was high fer the
losers, with 23s total and single count
Of ia.
Comets copied two from Colcniais
after a clcss contest Anna Williams
With count of LOG and Fay Morgen.
STEMS l04 gave Comets the odd game
Bess Holman of the losers scored high
/ single, getting Ill. while she was tied
with Capt, Williams for the Ssst set,
each having 294.
Rena Levy Of the Columbians is
again leading IN individual averag eS
with a mark Of iD3-lS Maris Frere
mad an of night and dropped couple
OF points with c6a set Her average
Is lAl-"a, Lorraine GULL has ial-lS
and Bertha Greevy i0o-cs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-02-05
TiPoTHETAE LEAGUE.
Team Stapdjuv.

Must slrkes-~B 'attv Fellow ship Forum
Most spare;--ro'e lev Thayer, ~.
High indiF idUs .ame-B. LippoId tRlns
: Heb individual se,--~Morrison 'juat 4
Hi-h team -ame--National rani'ai Press.
Gla
High team sp,--Iu,li & p.twsier 1.b5.
In an encounter tsening with excite
msnt National Capital Press grabbed
the cdd game from the leading Judd g.
Detwsiler outfit last week in the Ty-
pcthotae League and crawled to within
en- game Of first place Shipman ana
Morrison performed best for the losers.
while Capt Weinberg and Gralley fur
nished the much needed punch for the
yictcrS
Washington M1onotype was the only
three-time winner. Potter Co. being the
victim The other matches we're di-
vided on a two-in-three basis
High individual honors for the week
went To Wathen of Washington Mono
type. His single game of 1853 va,
within three pins of the record for the
league. while his set of 375 was much
above the averag,
Other good scores were turned in by
Adams, National Publishing Co.: Ennis.
Standard Engraving Co: r. FabrizIo.
Washington Printing Co: John OCon-
nell and Entin. .. c Paper Manufac-
turing Co. Money. Fellowship Forum:
Heinzmann. H.-K Advertising Service:
Walters Ranss'cll. tn. and Eddie Tate.
Potomac Electrotype Co
Nati"nal Capital Press totals of sl4
Tor gam" and l.S46 for set stood out
smcn@ the team performance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-02-05


Economics took two games from the
Shops team III ths Assis League last
week and widsned the gap between the
runners-up and themselves - a aI!l
seven games. Hevener and Miller con-
tributed the best sets tor Economics,
while Russell Burton and Stock led the
Shops Quint In topping the maplS
The Intcroureaus met With decided
shock when the Plant Bureau Ave won
the nrst two games and carried the
third 10 hot finish the IntS finally
winning by sos To SAC II was tough
break for Plant and mighty few closed"
league games of $40 so In the lost col
umn DE 0lantg q! Plant and Lyons Of
the IntS had battle royal for high set
honorS, he Glants coming oat on top
by a margin Of SIT Ia a6S LindSsrom
shot Sis for the Plant Bureau aaint.
Central Stores dropped all three
games 10 thu Blister Rust team and fell
back into the second division. Martin
and Moller lust MD" the Central
Stores 10 death completely offSettine
Harry Nelson's $50 count for the Stores
team, To add insult Ia INJURY, the third
game was deadlockcd practically IN the
anal boxes, when Stores managed 10
set a 6~ptn lead With II needed "a
win, DIR. Martin eoollv laid down y spare
and counted exactly pins on II. Al
last reports. Nelson was St,li nacen-
seious,
The Accounts Ave swept the match
with Joe Mckerieher's So-kca,s. switch
ing the soak .em' stuff much te Ioe'S
disgust, Slork aud Cooper led the Ac-
counts auint. while Adams did the eeSt
bowling for the Soils Chemistry team
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-02-05
NEW GROUP LIKELY
FORL0W BOWLERS
Controlling Body in Favor of
/ Aiding Low Average
:: Maple Smashers.

A the annual bowling championships
OF the Washington City Duckpin ASso-
CATION this year the duffer duckpinner
probably will have his inning
The tourney committee that will be
appointed after the election of officers
at the association meeting to start this
afternoon at O'Clock in the Raleigh
Hotel is expected 10 increase from three
20 sfour the tournament competitive
classes. 10 which entrants are assigned
according to their season bowling
average Creation of a fourth tourney
class TO include bowlers with game
ratings below IS pins has been pro-
pcsed,
The group, which would be known as
Class D. would appeal greatly 10 the
mas of run-of-the-rlill duckpinners.
vhtch IN tournaments heretofore has
bedh compelled 10 compete with bowiers
of the 95-loo variety in Class c. with
little hope OF getting any Of the prizes.
Many men prominent III the conduct
Of I formal competitive bowling in
Washington for some months have
favpred the creation of tourney class
virtually certain the new committee
VIII provide for these not so Skillful but
earnest followers of the sport
The maximum rating for Glass c
very likely win be maintained at the
century mark. but Class B rating may
be made higher. 1t has been up TO l04.
Sentiment among bowling leaders now
makes il seem certain none will be moved
from Class B into Class A unless his
average is los or better and the pass
tligS mark may be set at l06.
While no formal slate of nominations
for officers has been prepared for to-
DAYS election, in all likelihood Harry
T. Greer will be made president of the
association. while Joseph Yerkes will be
elected vice president and Wesley Milt-
nev treasurer. Arville Ebersele is ex-
pe3ec to remain in Office as secretary.
Should these men be elected. the off,
clai group of the association would rep
resent los teams of seven bowling
leagues Greer. who has been treasurer
Of CHE organization for two years. is
sfsHiated with the ia-team Commercial
league. and Yerkes Is q past president
ana present chairman Of the executive
committee Of the ie-tesIn Bankers
League Miltner belongs 20 the i5-team
Federal League. the i2-team Nautical
League and the lo-team Personal Audit
League. while Ebersole is with the a.
team Masonic League and the 4-team
Royal Arcanum League.
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k>mnr> "v ce,i uH,> is,crK-

Ovardo. with a s54 game and 1899
ct had no difficulty In taking 'wc
games from Trinidad last week III he
Knights al Columbus L~ssus In he
last four SITS Ovsndo has raised its
average pins lacking nov ius. a few
sticks OF an even 500 average
Genoa and Santa Maria fought It out
'or s>"ond pace and the outcome waS
deceive Santa Maria taxing all three
gamS- Santa Msria's set Of 1917 WIS
second high Columbia. With the a:6
Of second high game s2s doW1,sd
CHRISTOPHER for the odd game
The Pinta Salvador and De Soto Bal
boa sets were decided two games 20 ars
IN favor Of the first named IensS. De
Sotns win took 1t out Of last place .
Murtaugh o: Ovardo had high game
with iSS, and Mccarthy % Ccsuntsia
followed With ISL
Sullivan Of Ovan3o continued his
>pnrt with SSl set for the week :
high In thH last four sets he has total
al +ss pinS an average over 10
bringing his seasons average aonsx,
ITO fer 81 games Incidentally, he Is
the hrS' man in the league IN reach
100 SoarsS Fsurce Of CS,hlasoss had
second h,ch set, with $40.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-02-05

WOMEN WILL BOWL
IN PRINCE GEORGES

Organization Of The Prince George
County women's Duckp1- LsagTls was
effected at Hyattsville With the eIsc-
ticn OF the following officers;
Elsie Sonnsnberg. president: May
aldr.d2e. wee president; Charlotte
Davis secretary; Evelyn LynhaIr treas
urer
Six teams have entered the circuit
They ere. Dixie Pig University PARK
Bervyn. HvattSvilIe. E5morSton and
1ucc1. the !arrer Riverd2ie organizs I
tIcy-
Competition viii cegir next Thurs
Hay night with Ednoistor meeting 5uc75
at o'clock OF tt7e Arcade drives a.
HvastsvilIe Eer~yn meets University
Park and Dixi, Pig encounters EyaFts-
Vile FRIDAY night the former match
starting AZ : O'Clock and tE&s latter ~
Q Thereafter ore match VII % rSoiseci
ez~h THURSDAY and two each Frics- 4
night.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-02-05
PENCIL I.EAGCE.
Tam ~faad.ng.

M Pencil League records were broken
last week. although Mclaughlin shot
i46 game. falling short only pins Of
the season MARI. ~
The leading team. Exccllo, dropped
two Close games. While Koiinoor was
winning all three. thereby holding The
lead by only one game Dsgenhart and
the Van Dyke team knocked CaSteli out
OF third place by taking ali three But
four games nov separate the seventh
team from third place, Ell Dorado,
Turauois and Casteli all being tied be-
tween
Lowen Of ri Dorado and Weber oil
Royal Sovereign were the heroes of the
week. both getting marks with heavy
counts'in the final frame 10 win for
their teams Tabbutt. with 1877 game
and $50 set, aided Kohinoor greatly,
while Drevo rolled two low games for
the ash can.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-02-05
sol rHER> .N,tW\N Clkkks' tEAetG
Team STANDING,

That a team alNays has a chance III
bowling Is proved Ny nishursing at the
Southern Railway Clerks League, The
tlrst half N the season II was last, eus
u teak brace Al the beginning OF the
finat lap and Is gradually getting w
with the headers, Last week 1t took three
from the leading Law team bringing It's
wins nr 10 seven onl Of the last nine
Games
With camnhell shooting IN ala.time
form, Treasury stepped on PURCHASING
and took two The seeond was q lie. and
IN the rell.on caMphs.l came thfaugh
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-02-05

Hish intin i,lHa :sme-LoTsn, Is,
HsSh tndl ,duat ~ct-Lngan. e."
Grot,cst <rares-P. Elicit i31
H'Ch ave. agpS-p Elicit l13-l'
Earl Steel led the Mount Pleasant at
tack against Harmony, In which his
team won two of the three games last
week in the Odd Fellows League
Stsel's total was 334 and his sternng
finish In the first game. with double
header strike sandwichcd i'll between
two spares. III the last four frames, for
20 pins III four boxes. helped his team
to viii the first game. Morgan rolled
nice set for Harmony, totalling $50.
Golden Rule again advanced TO a tie
with Mount Pleasant in games won ano
lost, though the latter enjoys totai
pin advantage, by smearins Amity" in
three games Cordell and Tobey car
ried tflA brtint of the burden. the for
mer having set of 338 and the latter
33l
Mount Nebo advanced a place In the
team standing by winning all three
games from Magenenu MARVEL had
the best total of the match. Mount
Nebo entered the last frame OF the sec
ond game 4 pins back, but a strike by
Luthar Strobel and double-header
strike by his brother Jim kept The
Mount Nebo slate clean for the match
Brishtwood enjoyed little family
battle ifs No. / and No teams facing
No. . won the first two and Barrett and
Lucas assembled 163 pins between them
In an effort 10 win the third. but their
mates failed them in the nightcap
Sarrett's games were liz. ic7 and 1928
for 342 total best ot the match. cicss-
~ followed BY Lucas, who started With
lowly 81 ana finished with n game III
i4o. giving him a total of 500 Cowe!l
WIS high for the losing side
Central came to life and won the odd
game from Langdon in web PLAYED
match Stanton led Lanydon's attack,
his l2S game being instrumental III its
lcns victory. Fl siascn was the pace
setter for Central.
Arlington broke even In double
header. losing two to Columbia and
winning the same number from Loyalty
Crutchlcy had a game OF i4i and total
vi 35s for Arlington III the first set-to
Columbia won two games from Wash
inston and Eastern did the same with
Covenant Fred d. Stuart won the odd
game from Canton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-02-05
NORTH WASHINGTON CHURCH LEAGUE
Team Standinr

Gunton- Temple sprung surprise last
week in the North Washington Church
League in taking two from the leader
Petworth Baptist. High game was
rolled by Hemer of Petworth Baptist
with 1913, and also high set with 356
Central Presbyterian took two from
Mount Pleasant M. E. Meyer had high
game with 1877 and high set with 1872
Columbia Heights in taking two
games from Emory. moved from fourth
to third position
Wallace by winning ,hree from FIRST
Reformed, assumed undisputed NTH
place.
Petworth M. E. took two from Ma
tioncl Baptist.
The third and last series OF the
schedule begins this week with the fol-
lowing teams paired: Columbia Heights
First Reformed; Mount Pleasant. En-
DRY NJ. E.. National Baptist. Wallace
Memorial; Gunton- Temple, Patworth
NJ E.; Central Presbyterian, Petworth
Baptist.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-02-05
MECHANICAL NJ. .
HIGH POINT, 13.YEAR.0 I'D,
ROLLS FOR 1O1 AVERAGE

When the High Point, N, g.. team
bowls In the annual championships
Of the National Dmekpin Bowling
Congress NJ Baltimore next month,
In its ranks may be Charles Willis
seasenbaeb. Just I3 years old, Al
though he tack up the sport Of
duck pinning hut reesntiy. souna
senssnbaeh appears 10 be- Develop.
Ing rapidly into star ef The drives
For 81 games bowled last month. he
averaged better than t0t, This is
believed 10 be reeOra for bowler
Of his age.
Ths High Fsint team entry was
received yesterday NJ N. d. n. &.
headquarters here. EntTiss Of the
Perpetual building Association team
OF The Bankers League and the
Potomac EteetFstype 10. of the
Typeihsise league of this city alss
wess received.