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divide every fifteen miutes. Within
twenty-four hours one could be.
come 78,7O0, O00. 00O, O00, O00, 900 ,0OO,-
600, 900; but the victim is usually
dead in less than twelve hours,
killed by the toxins of these
prodigious workers. In growing
and dividing, they have consumed
food and liberated carbon dioxide.
They are foreigners in our system,
living at our expense and leaving
their toxic garbage for us to
eliminate.
The air we breathe and the food
we eat are full of bacteria, and
our body Is covered with them.
This is not literally true, but it is
true enough to emphasize the
question: why are they not always
and more promptly fatal? Many
factors enter into the case. For
example, an entire group OF
bacteria live on our skin. where
they are harmless. A scratch or
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a pinprick opens the skin. Now
they are inside our body. but the
only damage may be boil or .
pimple. Boils are usually not con-
tagious and rarely fatal. Some.
times they are. In depends.
-
Which brings us up to immun.
ity. But note, first, that there
are many kinds of immunity
and back of all the same prin.
ciple: am either immune or
am not. If / take it or catch it,
l am not immune; il / do not
take 1t or catch it, I am immune.
But ! may go down with 1t to-
morrow: In other words, there
are variable factors which will
determine my predisposition to
infection or my power Of resist
ance against infection: age, hun
ger, thirst. fatigue, exposure to
extremes of heat and cold, are
such variable factors.
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Why any animals left, then; or
any flies? The tsetse fly, which
carries the trypanosoma, is inn.
nune, as are the wild animals
which live in Central Africa.
But let an outsider dog, horse,
man--venture in! Outsiders are
not immune; their blood has no
answer to sleeping sickness; they
die, unless they can get Bayer's
"2O5."
Which means that immunity
itself Is a relative term. We are
all susceptible under certain con-
ditions; we all have more or less
power of resistance. To some
bacteria we are naturally inn
mune; to others we are naturally
susceptible. The problem Is to
acquire immunity. How can we
get exemption from disease?
BY having smallpox we acquire
immunity from smallpox, also by
vaccination. Against typhoid,
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selfish or unlovely thought. The
character of the subjective i'm
pulse, you see, determines the
force Of it's objective expression
for good or i'll.
So, instead Of checking UP on
our actions, why not get into the
habit of checking up on our
thoughts? It is easy enough to
make what you are going to do
to another the sort of thing you
would wish that other to do to
you If you determine just why
and when and how you are going
to do it before you allow your
brain to telegraph the 60" sig.
nal to your hand.
And 1t Is much more satisfac-
tory to think ahead than to ex'
plain or apologize backward.
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HOTBED OF
WAR
"yUHE will to peace which

TVHE will to peace which
l. found so strong elsewhere
among the youth of Europe. does
not exist for the young Fascist.
His whole philosophy Of life is
war attuned."
This is the conclusion reached
by James Waterman Wise, widely
known writer on world affairs,
after several months spent in
Italy studying the influences of
Fascism for Century magazine.
ITALY is the potential firebran nj
in Europe today because Italy has
assumed the role of superstate,
identifying It's own development
and aggrandizement with the
workings of destiny on the usual
assumption Of destiny's indiffer
ence to the fates Of other
peoples" declares MIR. Wise.
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cup of hot cocoa; but nobody
takes the trouble to prepare 1t
for her. Breakfast is on the
table; she can take or leave it.
So she goes to school without
eating anything.
Sometimes she has no money
for lunch; and by noon she is
ravenous. That is how she was
led into the first temptation to
steal.
After the first few thefts. she
lost sight of the seriousness of
her offense. She found in the
stolen food the satisfaction that
her system craved. Then she
drifted along, from day to day.
piling up black marks against her
good name-and that of her
family.
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cific artificial remedies drugs.
chenotherapy. The problem is
to find q drug that will kill the
bAg but not the patient magic
bullets charmed to fly straight to
a specific objective. turning aside
from anything else in its path. Z
Quinine is specific death for
malaria germs; ipecacuanfa for
the ameba which causes amebic
dysentery. Possibly ehaulmoogra
oil Is a specific cure for leprosy;
asphenan1in cs606'D, for relapsing
fever, and yaws: atoxyl, for sleep.
ing sickness. The list Of specific
cures, is pitiabIy small yet. BAG
teriology Is new, immunology Is
newer.
Continued Tomorrow
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from plague and Asiatic cholera,
we acquire immunity by vaccila.
ton with dead bacteria "cul-
lures" with a secretion Tor
excretion) OF living bacteria we
acquire immunity from diphtheria.
In other words, we become ac-
lively immune by Incorporating
into our body live virulent bac.
terra, less virulent bacteria. dead
bacteria, bacterial secretions, or
bacterial products from broken
down dead bacteria. /" An anti.
bacterial serum is a protective;
an antitoxir serum is a curative.
i Is known of the how
nifty. almost nothing of
tie why" But great advance in
the future will come from spe-
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Even different strains Of bac.

Even different strains Of bac.
terra vary in their intensity: dipth-
liberia and influenza, for example.
There are mild epidemics. there
are severe epidemics. Again, GER
tain diseases seem to predispose
toward invasion by the germs of
other diseases. Acute tuberculosis
may follow on the heels OF meas
les: streptococci may invade lungs
already occupied by tubercular
bacilli. Typhoid fever and pneu-
monia, diphtheria and scarlet
fever, are well known combina-
lions of diseases.
Trypanosoma, the germ OF sleep.
ing sickness. is carried by flies
from animal to animal. The
disease is almost regularly fatal;
it cost Uganda 100000 human
lives, the Congo Basin 100000.
One infected animal sent to the
Transvaal started an epidemic
among the cattle, $4,000 died.
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DO YOU KNOW
THAT

In I.apland. natives sit around
and exchange stories. They are
not particularly active and are
none to fond OF water used ex.
'ternally. A great deal of manual
labor is done by the women of
the country. Lapps, like most
primitive people, are fond of
smoking and drinking.
To prevent motor car accidents
in Constantinople. dumb persons
must wear red ribbons around
their hats, deaf persons yellow
ribbons, and blind persons white
ribbons.
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Household Hints

When green peas begin to get
old-that is, as soon as the pods
lose their vivid coloring and be-
come pale--it is a good plan to
add a teaspoonful of white sugar
and pinch of carbonate of soda
To the water in which they are
boiled. Salt. of course. should be
put in as usual. This will be
found to restore the flavor In q
wonderful waJ.
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Timely Topics

More coal is extracted from
the Ruhr mines of Germany. by
mechanical means than by manual
labor.
XRays offer an infallible
method Of detecting paste dia.
monds. since real diamonds are
transparent to the ray.
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FASHIONS
FANCIES
COMPETITION and Combination

lsOMPETITION and Combination
~ are both met by the sports
scarf and sash, the latter often
competing with the erstwhile pop
tJIarity of the former, but more
frequently combining with. 1t to
give the sports frock a dash OF
color and a swagger. noncndt.lnt
air. When the little string belt
is replaced by a gay silk sash,
which is treated in various ways.
often a neckerchief to match is
also worn.
Returning Each Spring, the
flower turban is again made vel
expressions of this type of hat
was seen in a violet model-one-
half being developed of white and
the other OF black yiolets. Ear
lap effects OF foliage TO match
each side accumulated the stfik-
ing contrast.
TO Grace with Lace is still the
within of the foremost designers.
Especially favored are brilliant
novelties in metallic laces. Silk
laeea in the most popular evening
shades have their designs traced
: with a single gold or silver thread.
All-oyer laces and deep flounces
lend themselves very effectively
10 the prevailing evening mode.
Pointing to Pointed Effects
Hosiery fashions offer many novel
IDEAS. Among the most striking
Of these is a silk chiffon stock
ing with A. pointed heel re-en-
forcement that extends, in small
diamond patterns, all the way up
the hack seam.
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The Seating plan

MY DEAR MRS. BEECKMAlg:
w IL am planning party.
for ladies and gentlemen. ! viii
serve the luncheon on card
tables and use name cards Kindly
let me know ii II would Be bet.
ter to seat the married ladies'
with their husbands and the
single girls with their escorts, Or
may / mix the party?
Q. When lifting A goblet from \
dinner table. Is II proper to lift
It by the stem or bowl2 M.
DY al means mix the party.
- It is not correct to seat hus-
bands and wives next to each
other at q dinner table.
2. When you lift 4 goblet LIT
1t by the top part Of the stem
and the bottom part Of the bowl.
This gives the best security.
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CORRECT
MANNERS
.Mrs. Cornelius BeecI.lnaa.

nEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
~ received silver comb.
brush and mirror as 4 Christmas
gift. would like TO have my
first initial engraved on them,
but I don't think ii Is quite prop
er. Everyone uses his Or her
last initial or all three initials.
Is there any set rule?
TsHERE Is no set rule Tor en-
craving dresser silver Of this
kind And. naturally. since this
is such j personal item, there i
on reason in the world why YOU
should not have the silver en-
graved with just the initial. Or
the monogram. that you wish.
Usually, 1t Is true, when only one
initial is used, the last initial il
the one chosen. But II you pre-
fer the first Initial, by all means
use this. Artisticallv, usually
combination OF initials into q
monogram ID best.
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"You will not go to the field
to eat the green grass, today.
I am going to eat you up.
And | am coming up now"
said the old troll.
please do not eat me.
will not be a good dinner for you.
I am not a bit fat.
Great Big Billy-Goat Gruff
is coming over soon"
said Big Billy-Goat Gruff.
.. P. c. News Service Inc
IS
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Congressional Club
Cook Book
BY Mrs. A. G. ShaIlenberger
Wife Of former Governor Shaljen.
berger tNebraSka)

PUNCH
lemons.
oranges.
3 teaspoons Orange Pekoe tea,
fresh mint, sugar and ice.
Squeeze and strain all fruit.
Crush fresh mint leaves with ]
cup sugar, add / cup boiling
water, mix and strain when cold.
Steep tea in the ordinary way and
allow it to cool. Combine these
ingredients. and add enough water
to make one gallon. This is nice
to serve at a summer luncheon,
instead of iced tea.
Copyright, 1928, by The Congressional
Climb
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The BilIy-Goats GruF

He is much bigger than ].
He will make a fine dinner.
Wait and eat him"
very we'll, | think / will wait
said the troll
"But you get off my bridge
as fast as you can"
And 'Trappity-trap! Trappity-
trap Big Billy-Goat Gruff
went over the bridge
and into the big field.
Is
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old Dictionaries Simple

DICTIONARIES formerly much more simple tnan tney are
~ TODAY In old volume dog" is described as
or mastiff; well known while morse Is SIMPLY ~
fined "a beast"
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The Angler Fish

FI6 kAFEUUDE
NCER FISH some stranger dnzens of the deeper
have curious habit male attaches himself BY firm
that in time he becomes permanently attached
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To "Make-a- Book" of "a pages, cut six
strips ~ inches by 8 inches. Fold these
like pages of book. Cut cover from SUIT
paper inches by 10. Sew pages into cover
with big stitch.
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Paste Mondays first picture on the out
side of your book cover. Cut out pages from
strip and paste in your book. Page opposite
cover is page 1. Read your story and
color your pictures.
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Policeman, phone opera.
tor, housewife or 1niIli0n.
aire-evefy one Of us, 10
matter who we are, as1y
c6ssd ssksos0isg!y
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No fear of
embarrassment

And, curiously enough, once
an odor becomes familiar to us,
our own sense of smell becomes
deadened to it. That's why, very
often, even fastidious people
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THE secret behind many a
failure is -. bo9y Odor.
People who offend are not
wanted-either as employees or
friends. You can readily appre-
ciate why.
Yet, much as we abhor body
odor, not one of US is safe from
it. We bare to perspire-or we'd
die. And in winter, with activi-
ties indoors and warmer, stuff
fer rooms, body odor is more
noticeable than ever.
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tions, anyone-from day laborer
to society leader-may offend.
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suited from the ahlishment "a
the new Police Trial Board. the
committeeman were told BY Rep
resentative Gibson OF Vermont,
member Of the House District Conn
mittee He cited y Az per cent de-
crease in the number DC cases tried
under the new system.
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Z boys HELD IN
PURSE Theft

Two colored schoolboys are held
In the House of Detention on
charges of robbery as the result of
their arrest yesterday by Detective
Sergt. Paul Jones. The boys were
arrested after Mary Curtis, colored,
of the 1900 block of Champlain ST.
n. W.. had reported to police that
two boys had snatched her purse.
The boys held are William Brom-
we'll Wade. Is years old, Of the 100
block of U ct. n. W., and Carl
Allen Jackson. Is, of the 1900 block
of Twelfth ST. n. w. They are said
to have snatched the woman s
purse and run away with her in
pursuit. They escaped after chase
OF several blocks.
Jones picked up" the Wade boy
as he was coming through an alley
al Twelfth and w Streets northwest,
The other boy was brought to the
station house by his father. Papers
in the pocketbook were recovered,
but the money, about IS, was not
found. police say. The boys con-
fessed TO the robbery, police said.
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CIVIC Groups
To ELECT

DIR. George Fl. Richardson antic-
ipates a closely contested election
at the meeting of the Federation of
Civic Associations, in the board
room of the District Building, Fri
day evening.
A modification OF the amendment
fixing the qualifications of appli
cants for membership Is to be
voted on and reports are to be
received from committees headed
by William H. Lewis. jr., of Gar.
field, and G. T. Beason, of the
Georgetown association.
Beason, former member of the
advisory council. heads committee
which was instructed to investigate
and report on the prevalence of
playing numbers, game Of
wagering on the daily balances of
New York financial operations.
1t is reputed to be attracting large
sums of money from one penny up,
from the people of Washington.
A site suitable for junior high
school for the children from eastern
school of divisions 10 to - was to
be agreed upon by members of GIVE
associations from southeast, north
east and northeast boundary.
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7 TRAFFIC LIGHTS
REMED|ED

Replying to police criticism of re.
Gently installed traffic lights on
Rhode Island Avenue east of Iowa
Circle, and aroused by reports OF
tie-ups following the switching on Of
additional lights on Connecticut Ave.
nue.. Traffic Director William H.
Harland, in a report TO Commits.
sioner Proctor T.. Dougherty, today
urged the installation of more lights.
The lights at the intersection of
Rhode Island Avenue. with G, Fl. S
and T Streets, have had visors
placed no them and this will put an
end to the confusion which existed
following their installation, Harland
reported.
The confusion was caused, he
said. by the signal indications for
interesting streets being visible
TO motorists on Rhode Island Ave.
nue.. A sheet metal side shield was
placed on the signals which Zen.
tirely remedied the condition re-
ferred to-" Harland reported.
Plans Additional Signal
An additional signal will be placed
on the south side of Rhode Island
Avenue at the intersection of r
traffic.
Mr.. Harland advised Dougherty
that he had decided to make s
Street. between New Jersey Avenue
and Florida Avenue, one way, west.
bound.
Police Inspectors E. e. Brown, of
the Traffic Bureau and William S.
Shelby, assistant superintendent of
police, criticised the Rhode Island
Avenue lights in report to Major
Edwin B. Hesse. Superintendent of
Police They reported that the
lights led to confusion and might
cause serious accidents
New Light Signal
An electric traffic light signal
will be turned in for the first time
today at Vermont Avenue and e
Street Northwest.
numerous complaints that the
traffic lights were delaying traffic
on Connecticut Avenue at Woodlev
Road, and Calvert Street. were re.
ceived at the Traffic Bureau YES.
terday.
Inspector Brown, who investi.
gated, reported that the DELAY wa
caused by the rain, unusually heavy
traffic and the unfamiliarity of
motorists with the lights. Today
he investigated at the same streets
and found traffic moving smoothly.
he said.
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OIL Y VOTE
IN HOUSE
NEEDED

Advocates of 1iberalized re
tirement for Federal employees
are solidifying their strength
preparatory to 4 final struggle
to push the Dale bill through
the House during the coming
short session of Congress.
The bill, which would increase the
maximum annuity from $1,000 to
ST 200. already has passed the SEN
ate, been reported by the House. and
approved by the House Rules Com
mittee. All 1t needs is a vote on
the floor Of the House.
1t was blocked during the closing
DAYS OF the last session by Repre-
sentative Smell OF New York chair.
man OF the Rules Committee, who
failed to report out the rule voted
by his committee for the considera.
ton of the measure.
Blocked By Coolidge, Belief
Smell Is believed to have blocked
the bill for President Coolidge who
did not favor 1T and did not wish to
have another measure passed over
his veto. Ii Is well known that there
were more than enough votes in the
House to pass the measure and only
Administration disapprcval blocked
it.
Whether or not the administration
has changed its attitude this session
has not yet been shown. However.
ii will be exceedingly difficult for
| the powers that be to pocket the
measure any longer.
One of the leaders of the move
ment to force the bill through this
session is Representative Ernest w
Gibson. OF Vermont. a member of
the House Civil Service Committee.
Other Members Join In
As other members OF the House
are returning to Washington they
are also joining the movement
Among those already on the band
wagon are Representative Fred.
erick N. Zihlman of Maryland, and
Fiorian Lampert. OF Wisconsin
In addition to raising the maxi
mum annuity for retired govern
ment employees the Dale bill also
would permit employees to retir,
TWO years under the automatic re-
tirement age provided they have
served 30 years This is a modified
form of the ''optional retirement
clause which employees have been
fighting for through many sessions
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disappearing as boy. the girl
eluded search for two days after
she disappeared from her home in
Takoma Park, .. c., seeking "a
THRILL
Although two other policemen
had previously failed to locate her,
the keen eye of Officer A. r.
Hough, of the Sixth. precinct, noted
that James otherwise perfect mas
culine costume included a pair of
high-heeled shoes, when he saw her
on Pennsylvania Avenue near John
Marshal Place last night.
Attempted Panhandle
The girl had attempted to pan
handle" passerby, but Hough said
she admitted her sex when he chal-
lenged her and added that she had
an engagement with her husband
whom she married in Hagerstown.
When asked where she got the
costume, she replied, You'd be sur
prised."
Bell.bottomed trousers almost con-
cealed the high heeled shoes. and
she wore gray sport Jacket and
brown felt hat. Her blonde bobhed
hair was slicked back
At the precinct station Jane, who
has won fame at Business High
School through her drawing ability
entertained her hosts by drawing
cartoons.
Husband Mythical
Questioning ELECTED the fact that
the husband from Hagerstown was
mythical and Jane said she had
spent the previous night at the
Olympic Hotel, on Pennsylvania
Avenue. under an assumed name.
She had a lone dime when ar
rested.
Hough said the girl told him that
a policeman of the Thirteenth pre-
cinct challenged her while she was
with friend who was drunk.
IF YOU can't take care of that
drunk I'll do it," she said he told
her.
Later a policeman of the First
precinct warned her to move on"
but neither of the two recognized
that she was girl she said,
Ran Away Before
The girl is said to have run. away
from nome twice before Her father
Is pastor of the Seventh Dav AID.
Ventist Church OF Pakoma Park.
want excitement, and I'm going
TO md It," she told police when
asked the reason for the escapades.
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/ Congressional Boarding Houses"
by early Westinghouse. These
particular houses have housed
many Of the famous men of their
times.
In 1885 construction of the Ii
Lrary Of Congress was begun and
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A series of robberies oc-
cured last night in schools
Bcattered throughout the
Northwest section Of Wash
ington.
Mrs Anna Ha1herg, principal Of
the Wilson Normal school. reported
to police that the school was en-
office broken open She said that
about 500 in bills, change and
checks had been stolen.
The Raymond School at Tenth
and Spring Road. Northwest was
entered last night by removing
the glass in a side door. The desks
were ransacked and combination
bank and stamp machine robbed.
The Mcfarland Junior High
School at Iowa Avenue and Web
sfer Street Northwest, was broken
into and robbed in similar man
ner.
Benjamin Jarin, reported to police
that the store in the 5000 block of
Georgia Avenue had been broken
into last night and about SIG stolen.
Joseph Kirk, manager Of the San
ftary rGocery Store. at Berwyn.
Nd, found thta burglars last night
had attempted to open the store
safe. The outer door of the safe
was completely broken off. but the
inner door was still intact.
Former Sheriff Tom Garrison,
who runs a detective agency in
Hyattsville, and who investigated
the robbery, said that the persons
who had committed it. had broken
open q tool house Of the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad. The tools that
they took were used to open the
outer door of the safe.
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Runaway Girl Sought
Thrill, She Says

girls school where the discipline strict that IN
military academies is the lodging place sought for 5
year-od Jane Elise Bryan her father the Rev. b. F. Bryan
told the police last night She the House of De-
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A car Is a nice thing to have &.
and why not when the yOu want
can he purchased from the good used
ears listed for sale in tOday's CLASH
fled ads.
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FnendsofB oaci1lgLd lDI
Win n First Round
Times stair PhoKe

Friends of boxing the first round Of fight tn
make pngilsm legal in the District