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The Washington times., 1928-04-14
Why We Behave Like Human Beings : .. Douy
By Dr.. G.. A. DOrst

Creator than Of silva the De.
stroySF. And this human culture
that il ours by inheritance and
by the efforts Of the generation
now living, ID real. JIG makes up
the social and much of the physi-
cal environment into which child
rem are today being born. They
are the same children, they bring
with them the same old organic
needs and hungers. How viii they
fare?
A. D. 1000 seems q long way
off; it is no more ren1ote than
1850. My father now living, was
a young man in 1850; my grand
son. now living, may expect to be
alive in 1000. How free win the
next generation be to work out
its own salvation, to guide its
life In the light Of WisdOn1l VIII
life be lmore free seventy i've
years hence than it Is today? Are
we more free than were our
ancestors two thousand years ago?
How free are we OF today
from war, pestiIence, earthquake,
volcano, fire, sickness, idiocy,
imbeciIity, pauperism, crime,
suuaIor. shipwreck, stupidity,
ignorance superstition, famine,
disease, from accidents of mine,
factories, railroads, automobiles,
and airplanes; from harsh sounds,
bad air. and foul doors; from
scorn, malice, and intolerance
from vested interests and estab-
hshed opinion in church, school,
and government In home, society,
and nation; from clocks, time
tables, and calendars: from the
DEGREES OF fashion, the convic-
tons OF the mob, the mandates
of the politicians?
In short, how free are We Of
the OK goad and the treadmill!
We know that winter win come.
and provide accordingly: our ex.
pectation that there will be an
other harvest next year is that OF
the bees and the squirrels. More
free to live than we weres more
prepared to die. but in al re-
spects more free? 1t is doubtful.
1t Is less doubtful that we are not
as free as we might be.
Fast, yes; we live at an incred.
ible speed. Experience is dis
seminated and things and beings
are transported across lands and
seas unknown a few centuries
ago, and at a speed incOnceiv-
able TO the pioneers of the pony
express. We cannot yet travel
as fast as sound.waves, but it Is
not incredible that future genera.
ton will travel as fast as light.
waves.
Copyright. 1928, by George A. Dorsey
The Washington times., 1928-04-14
BY L. Lamar Matthews


Fathers and grandfathers Of
today can remember when they
stood on the low wooden platform
In the old village school house
and Numbered forth in adolescent
tones their Friday afternoon
orations.
ION Linden when the sun was
All bloodless lay the untrodden
snow
the young voices quavered.
And on special occasions when
parents we're invited the boys
recited these stirring lines:
Give me liberty or give me
DEATH"
or that other masterpiece:
''In the Valley Of Death rode
the six hundred"
Many Of those young orators
have developed into community
leaders. Some have found their
way into the halls of Congress,
others have used their art in
persuading boards OF directors to
see financial problems their way.
Those fiery orations, with their
studied intonations, their gestures
and their spirit played their part
in developing those youths into
outstanding characters.
Then, for while, school Grating
seemed to get out OF style. And
today there are hundreds OF men
who sit around conference tables,
or at luncheon meetings or in
church and civic organizations
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Effort Is Success!
BY Lucy Lowell

Here IL a whole sermon in q
paragraph-one of those which
Ebert Hubbard preached and
left to us for direction Of our
thought:
Genius Is only the power Of
making continuous efforts. The
line between failure and success
is so fine that we scarcely know
when we pass 1t: 80 fine that we
are often on the line and do not
know it.
How many man has thrown
up his hands at a time when a
little patience would have achieved
success. AS the tide goes clear
out. so it comes clear in.
I'm business sometimes pros
poets may seem darkest when
really they are on the turn. A.
little more persistence. little
more effort. and what seemed
hopeless failure may turn to
glorious success. There Is no
failure except in no longer try
ing. There is no defeat except
from within, no really insur-
mountable barrier save our own
inherent weakness of purpose"
1t Is not, al matter of fact,
what you accomplish or fail to
accomplish which determines
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Oratory as Part Of Boys Training

q voice that carries to every part
OF the room.
Most Is the big colleges give
courses 1h public speaking which
most Of the students hesitate to
take. "A great many OF the high
schools are now encouraging public
speaking and public debates.
OF late an international orator.
zeal contest has aroused consider
able interest among high school
students. Newspapers and school
authorities have given the move.
ment their support. Consequently
we my expect to see a new lot of
acceptable speakers during the
1905 "A. D.
It IL q splendid undertaking,
one that deserves the cooperation
of teachers and parents every
where. Most boys have the mis-
taken idea that an active interest
in public speaking indicates a
willingness to show off. Show
ing off is the last thing that
they crave. To excel in athletics
is all right. That IS fine, because
1t is a popular thing to do. Ex-
ceiling In studies is permissible
though not so popular. Now
that oratorical contests are being
popularized let us hope that the
youth OF the country win see the
advantage Of cultivating the gift
of speech.
And here's hoping that the
home folks will be very casual
and diplomatic and matter Of
fact in mentioning the subject to
those reticent. sensitive and APP
parently unconcerned youngsters
who are the hope and the de.
spair of every family.
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Fashions Fads and Fancies
BY Mildred Ash

ChIeftain's Head Chief Motif
for gilded or silver metal sets OF
millinery ornaments. An Indian
chiefs head, with elaborate head
dress of feathers studded with
colored stones, is generally accom-
panied by a smaller pin represent
ing either a paddle or canoe. also
encrusted with gaily-hued stones.
These sets of Indian -1ins are used
upon many of the most dashing
felt or straw sports hats.
Making Best of Rainy Days
Those liking gay raiment ana
accessories can choose an umbrella
covered in silk whose all.over pat.
tern matches that of the raincoat
that accompanies it. Some covers
are plain, having tri-tone novelty
borders: other novelties are in
plaid, striped or dotted designs.
The last word in umbrella handles
is crystal, whether it be clear or
in milky "sea.foam" texture. COM
bined with either malacca or
opaque composition.
BlOuSes Broadly Banded are
very smart in the wood jersey
models. These striking sweater
blouses have wide horizontal
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HOW TO CARE.
FOR LEATHER
GOODS
BY Hannah Wing

CTRANGE grease spots are IL
~ ways appearing On shoes.
travelling bags. upholstered furni-
ture and the many and sundry
1ittle cases made of leather.
These are usually caused by
contact with butter, lard, vase
line. salad OIL, lubricating oils
or the many other forms of
grease with which household
leather has to live ia close
proximity. Unfortunately at.
tempts to remove these spots
with gasoline or other ordinary
grease solvent usually results in
spreading them and making bad
matter worse.
The newest and most efficient
method Of cleaning leather Is BY
coating the spots with ! thick 30
luton of rubber III solvent that
evapcrates rapidly. As soon -
the coating III almost dry IT ID
peeled from the leather and
unless the stain Ii obstinate in-
deed, It win disappear with the
rubber coat. &. In stubborn
cases It may be necessary to re-
peat the process several times
until AL traces Of the grease 81 OF
have disappeared.
The solution may be prepared
from one part OF unvulcauizeo
rubber. such as Para or Ceyl0n,
combined with ten parts BY weight
OF carbon bisulphide. Most Of
the prepared rubber cennef1ts are
satisfactory and are more easily
used.
The cement must Be very
thick and one that win evapOrate
quickly, AMI the solvent pure.
The fumes Of carbon bisulphide
are very inf1ammable ana also
poisonous; therefore, in using the
solvent, IL Is necessary to work
away from ali flames and In d
good circulation Of air.
Sometimes the rubber may al
here too tightly, especially IS the
leather II very soft. TO prevent
this wet the leather Immediately
around the spot with water Just
before applying the cement. The
sooner the spots can be attacked
after they have been made the
better.
Spots made BY llnseed Oh ana
other paint oils are especially dif-
ficult to remove and should BE-
removed if possible before they
have dried. Once the oils have
oxidized they are only slightly
soluble IA the nqui 4 ordinarily
used.
This new method OF removing
grease spots from leather may
redeem many 8 pair Of other
wise good shoes which have met
disaster in the kitchen either
through contact with paint, or
the sputtering Of q basted oven
roast, or an inadvertently dropped
bit of fat.
Upholstered leather furniture
win wear much better and keep
its appearance better II It 4
treated with q creamy wax
polish which Ii especially made
for leather. This polish has
enough OIL to feed the leather
and keep It from becoming dry
and brittle. A good polish re-
suits with rubbing after the
cream has been well rubbed off,
and this polish helps to resist
stains and spots In leather.
The Washington times., 1928-04-14
By George A. Dorsey,
Phi. d., LII. ID.
CHAPTER III

You and and all living beings
differ from dead things in one
respect; we grow, and by one
process: we incorporate inorganic
and dead organic matter into our
individual bodies. Our nature is
such that we are inpelled to do
this. This gives us 3 clue to
organic evolution.
For, note: The matter which
must be Incorporated within our
bodies Is outside US; we must get
it. During organic evolution, it
was not life that evolved; It was
the rate and the kind OF life that
was lived; faster, freer.
The visible agencies finally
evolved for the faster, freer life
were: motor mechanism OF bony
levers worked by muscle engines;
special analyzers or distance re-
ceptors: cerebral cortex; and vocal
cords and voice mechanism. These
agencies made for improved loco
motion, more exact information,
more space for storing informa-
ton. and improved facilities for
exchanging information.
Accompanying these visible
agencies or tools for faster
freer life, there evolved special
pllysico-chemical mechanisms fer
driving life. as though life had
grown a fire-cracker under It's
tail, as it were. These agencies
and the emotional-drive mocha.
nisms man shares with other
primates and, to large extent.
with all mammals. Only, mans
motor mechanism moves on two
feet instead Of four; his hands are
freed from the drudgery Of foot.
work; and his cortex is so vast
that he can measure stars and
electrons. but not his own ca
pacity for intelligent action. In
fact, his personalities are as far
beyond our powers of vision as We
of today were beyond the vision
of our ancestor who invented fire
by rubbing two sticks together.
Are language and culture the
inevitable consequences Of mans
nature? Are they the goal OF the
faster, freer life made possible by
certain agencies and mechaniSms?
Is man himself the finished
product of an evolution which
continually created life on higher
levels? The idea Is worth manipu.
lating.
The Washington times., 1928-04-14
OUR GARDEN
PATCH

Constant education as to the
value OF vitamins has borne fruit
in thousands of acres of green
vegetables, and the United States
Is becoming a nation of eaters of
green's, asserts Ernest s. Cloves
in Hygeia.
Not so long ago, we subsisted
chiefly on beef, bread and pc.
tatoes and the farm patch of
"garden sass" was left to the
women as a trifling job. Now,
however, the nations garden
match, exclusive of potatoes,
amounts TO some 2,1OO, 900 acres.
or an area about as big as Rhode
island and Delaware together.
This provides all the green veee-
tables as well as the melons,
mAaawberries and onions.
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Engagement Rites
DEAR MRS REECKMAN.


DEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
/. My sister has a birthday
next month and I intend an.
nouncing my engagement on that
date. Would you kindly tell me
how such an engagement should
be announced. and the proper
time for it?
.. Where should the ring be
until that time? That sounds very
funny, but by that I mean should
I be- wearing the ring at the
time or should my fiance present
me with it on the announcement?
A READER.
Your engagement may be an
nounced at the party In any way
that you wish. From the simplest
way of slipping the ring onto
your finger some time during the
evening to any OF the elaborate
ways of announcing it by favors.
2. Usually. the girl about to
announce her engagement does
not wear the ring to the party.
but carries it in her evening bag
until such time as she wishes to
make the announcement. Then
she slips 1T on her finger-and I
assure you that the news"
spreads rapidly!
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NEW INVALID
BED

Arranged so that it can be quick
ly converted into a chair without
removing the occupant, a folding
bed, recently introduced abroad,
Is also equipped with a table, for
reading or serving meals, says
Popular Mechanics Magazine.
This saves lifting a sick or injured
person about and also saves room.
SWISS DROP CAKES-Use any
gingerbread recipe and bake in
muffin tins. Put in enough batter
to half fill the tins. then place a
thin slice of genuine Swiss cheese
on the batter and add enough bat
ter to fill the muffin tins three
quarters full Bake in moderate
oven.
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When Manners Are Correct
Nj. Cornelius Beeckrnan-
l-By Mrs.
DEAR MRS. BEEcKMAN:

DEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
Which is the correct way for
married woman to sign her name.
Mrs. Mary Smith or Mrs. John
Smith? Does it make any differ
ence in social or business mat.
tiers?
2. How does a widow sign her
name. Mrs. Mary Smith or Mrs.
John Smith? e.
A married woman does not use
either form OF signature in sign.
ing her letters. For business let.
tiers, this Is the correct form:
Yours very truly,
Mary Brown Smith.
(Mrs. John Smith.)
1t is exceedingly bad form for
her to sign her letters like this:
Yours very truly,
Mrs. John Smith.
Yours very truly,
Mrs. Mary S;rnitE1.
Her letters to her closest friends
would, of course, be signed
MARY" or MARY Brown Smith,"
Mary Smith But for letters to
all people who must be told her
formal name. the first suggested
signature is correct. And married
women should pay especial atten.
ton to this, for an incorrect form
OF signature is a social give-away.
q: A widow signs her name ex-
actly as she did when her l1us.
oand was living. And her visiting
cards read the same:
Mrs. John Henry Smith.
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stripes Of contrasting shades; the
top band and sleeves are Of the
same tone, thus giving the effect
of yoke and sleeves being cut
in one piece.
Sailors Sail Back Into Style, be-
coming one Of the smartest type of
spring hats. Some are of straw,
while others feature a combination
of straw brim and felt crown, or of
felt crown and a starched linen
fabric for the brim. Figured or
dotted silk forms the crushed band
and careless side bow that is the
accepted mode Of trimming these
tailored models.
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your success. For success iS not
expressed in externals, actually.
but by something which takes
place within your own mind.
And this something is estab.
lished not by the fact that you
have reached a goal-for a goal,
after all, may not be particularly
worthy-but by the fact that
you have set up an ideal and
that in spite of obstacles and dis
couragements and setbacks of
all sorts you have kept trying
You have approached a little
first 1t was erected In your
nearer it than you were when
thought.
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TRY THESE
RECIPES
Individual, SWISS CHEESE

INDIVIDUAL SWISS CHEESE
CUSTARD-Butter custard cups
and fill layer fashion with a thin
slice of buttered bread. then thin
slice of real Swiss cheese until
the cup is filled. To one cupful
of milk add one beaten egg and
pour oyer the bread and cheese
filling. Place custard cups In q
pan of water and bake in a mod
crate oven. A teaspoonful Of jelly
or jam may be added before the
custards are placed in the oven.
These buildings are very nutritious
and nice to carry in the lunch box.
as the puddiHg can be eaten di.
rectly from the cup.
The Washington times., 1928-04-14
JUNGLE GETS
RADIO

For communication between oil
pumping stations in Colombia,
South America, engineers are in
stalling a radio-telephone system
to replace the wire lines which
frequently are thrown out of COM
mission by falling trees during
storms, says Popular Mechanics
Magazine.
Contact among the stations Is
necessary, for. If a valve at one
pumping point is closed without
informing the next station, a
burst pipe and probable expensive
delays will follow. There are
nine stations in the chain, all
about IS miles apart.
To drive full speed. the Nelson,
Britain's newest warship. requires
Is tons OF fuel oil per hour,
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a harem or found an order Of
celibacy or yestal virgins. Or
that he should worship his wife.
or degradS her to 4 parasite. or
that she should make d fool or .
criminal of him.
It was inevitable that his love
for life and fear OF death should
lead him to magic rites and grOvel-
Ing superstitions; 1t was not in.
evftable that his religion should be
used ais a cloak to hide his self.
ishness. justify his. greed, and
sanctify his lust for blood and
gold.
Culture, In short, was inevitable.
Man was, man did. Our evidence
of the casual relation Of tides to
moon rests on no more solid foun.
datfon. Once there were no Prt-
mates; Primates came. There was
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Consider the emotional drive.
Where has 1t not carried man?
To what heights and depths
has it not driven him? The fiery
passion for life, the haunting fear
of the unknown. The age.long
prosecutions, the massacres, the
burnings. the torturings, the revil-
ings, done in the name Of God to
prove that God Is just!
Death is a common affair In ma.
ture: for millions OF years man
had been dying of old age or
disease or killed in combat. But
he suddenly becomes conscious Of
death! And within q few CEN
turtles he has raised 3 natural
phenomenon to a vast and com.
plicated rite, and expects the
very stars to stand still while he
breathes his last. The monuments
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to the dead, the worship of the
dead, the prayers for the dead!
Yes, and the communion with the
dead! All this had to be, pre-
sumably; man had become that
kind OF an animal.
1t was inevitable that his GU
riosity should impel him to ex-
plore his world, to manipulate 1t,
to play with 1t and experiment
with 1t; that with hands he should
tear down and build up, that with
voice he should fashion speech
and with words should remold the
world to his hearts desire.
It was inevitable that upon his
bisexual world he should erect
a family hearth; it was not in.
evitable that he should invent this
or that kind OF household god. or
that upon that hearth he rear
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5sss. Girls Dress.

5s9s. Girls Dress.
Cut in 4 sizes: 6. s. 10 and IL
years. A 12-year size requires rs
yards of 4o-inch material IL the
dress is made with long sleeves.
If made with short sleeves rs
yards will be required. A SASH
of ribbon viii require 2 yards.
Price, 10c.
6O54. Misses Dress.
Cut in 3 sizes: 16, IS and 30
years. An 1S-year size requires
ia yards Of checked or figured
material 80 inches wide and
yards of plain material. IL made
without the jacket IL yard of
plain material is required. The
width OF the dress at the lower
edge with plaits extended is 2
yards. Price 10c.
Send 10 cents IN silver or stamps
for this pattern 60 THE WASHING
TON TIMES PATTERN BUREAU.
nj Sterling Place, BroOklyns NJ. y.
Usa no other address. Print name
and address plainly to insure prompt
delivery. State Number and aize Of
pattern desired.
send 10 cantS I'm silver Or atampa
naer. 1D3S. Book Of Fashions.
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no man; man came and with
him came culture, little by little,
slowly, painfully, cropping. even
reluctantly at times. But 1t came;
words to talk with; gods to plac-
ate: rules ana laws to break or
obey: swirla OF family life ever
growing larger: tribal organiza-
ton and states, torn asunder, be-
ing rebuilt, organizing and reor-
ganfzing; music, art, literature,
classified knowledge, science. phil.
osoply, moonslline, and all the.
countless material things made BY
hands, conceived by brains.
Here 1t is, all about Us: evidence
that the drive behind life has lost
none Of It's power; proof that,
impelled by that drive, man can
build as well as destroy: that In
his nature Is more Of Vishnn the
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stand ON their. feet and talk like
so-and-so. They know that the
silver.tongued tolkers have no
more sense and no moro ability
than they who sit in dumb silence
unable to make speech. But the
good takers get the distinctions
and the promotions.
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Waving gestures and high-flown
oratory are not popular in bus
mess circles; but it Is a distinct
advantage to any man to be able
to stand up and express his opin-
ion in forceful, convincing words,
with ease and assurance and in
The Washington times., 1928-04-14
WOrnen's Wear

The Importance of Hip Pockets
is no longer confined to nascu.
line attire, as many of the most
recent models of plain. one-piece
sports skirts have pocket at
the side back In q position az
actly comparable with the mems
flask pocket!
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Dina's coat has q cape over one arm only
and il made sc novelty kasha, imported. Dinas
hat il of betting pleated over her nose. Cherries
hat has skyscrapers on il (tucksl and 2 brlm
that crinkles on one side. Cherries cost is re-
Ynarkable for the fact that its sleeves have no
arrnholes. but seam along the top. OF course,
the jabot collar is smart. Sue is wearing
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Queer DOings

Asphalt is one OF the Oldest
minerals known, as one WHICH has
played A most important part in
the progress of civilization.
A camera has been specially de-
signed for making slow. motion
pictures Of automobile engines.
The Washington times., 1928-04-14

to a girl. / wish could find an
adjective descriptive enough of
it-maybe CADDISH would be
the best one. Such rudeness and
thoughtlessness IL thoroughly In
excusable.
2. Yes, he might invite her and
her friends to come to your table
for q while, though under the
circumstances, since both parties
are already formed, see no
reason why he should do even
this. But inviting them to your
table could at least be termed
"hospitable" and not Of q piece
with the rudeness that he would
register by leaving his partner
alone.
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objectionable!

objectionable!
DEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
When a young man takes a
girl to cafe with another couple,
and he sees an acquaintance at
another table, Is 1t proper for
him to leave the girl he brought
and go over to this acquaintance
and have a drink and a dance
with her while a girl that he
brought is sitting at the table
alone where he left her?
2. / think he ought to invite
her and her friend over to our
table If he wants to dance and
drink with her. Who Is right,
Fritz or Billy?
THANK YOU.
This In one Ut the most ungal.
liant things that q man can do
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"Send No Gifts"

DEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
have known a gentleman for
ABOUT three years. but have been
going with him about six months.
We live in different towns and
only see each other about once a
month. Would it be proper for
me to send him a little gift on his
birthday? AS he has never given
me anything. was afraid it would
not be correct for me to start Civ.
ing gifts. E.
1t would show much better taste
II you do not send a gift to this
young man on his birthday. ] ad-
wise that you write him delight
III! birthday letter, or send him a
telegram of best wishes,
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Making "MoUies" Of a Plant

get moving picture plant growing with It's leaves
waving about wind the newly invented camera
geared that single exposures are taken AZ
given intervals.