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The Washington times., 1928-01-23
THIS IS THE YOUNGER WAGNER, NOT THE REAL osE
Not the Inspiration

Look at these pictures and, in second you see tne
difference between Richard Wagner Of az musicians the
greatest except Beethoven 81 modern music and hs
son.
The father named him Sieged and doubtless IS he saw
his little son. fine musical forehead and fine musical
nose much like papa he said TO himself There VII g
another great Wagner greater musician than III
But rarely happens and did not happen in the Wagner
family history Of the world you count your
fingers the with great fathers and as great a their
fathers.
oand perhaps You may not be able to suggest even one
Lord Chatham his son. Pitt buried ii the tomb II
Westminster Abbey perhaps make good father and son
''twosome'' history viii furnish.
But to return to the two Wagners The younger one,
segried now past middle age reminds yOu 81 the old saying
THE conorions Of the siby but not the
why does Nature seldom permit great fathers 70
great sons? Why spite Of all plans Of eugenss ana
stpcultwists does the 50 rarely inherit the fathers
genius?
inherited music his mothers SIDE he might also have been
great musician.
That is bad guess His mother Frau Cosima Wagner
the daughter of the great Ls also great musician who
beriended Wagner helped him in his days Of poverty ana
worry.
The answer is that wise Nature distributes her gifts widely
allowing the inherit genius from the father
Divine wisdom does not want to build up any hereditary
aristocracy Of genius.
If the Of great necessarily inherited the greatness
The Washington times., 1928-01-23
THE PIGS TAIL
By DR.. Frank Crane

~ ONE weeks ago article called "Why Pigs
pointed out tail of pig is total loss. It
his feet them in the
feahered enough fan himself with the
hot evening 1t isn't flyswar rudder or balance
Just useless spinal ravelmg p
Since happy day have learned much. !
Loyal all the country In defense Of the
pigs tail
Goodnatured still coming recomting it's virtues
to your humbled scribe.
firm hand by old g. Slightly condensed the letter
reads;
twenty paragraphs find you
right only in nineteenth when you say All wrong
butcher thirtyive
and have raised fine hogs in that time The Good Lord
things well placed the tail where it
"say Beauty-tO put finish body Exhibitors
bristes The tail counts points the card
index good health the feeder strives
that curl is present the pig is in good condition Trouble
the curl disappears When pig has two curs in his
tail it indicates the height of felicity
=. "Then the tail is useful handle to pig
"Say, Doctor, running after catch it
wouldn't you have time there tan there?
Also classed market ld-bits
enclosed butchers advertisement will notice that fresh pig
tails head the list"
Just think of thatl ....
. And guilty nominating this invaluable gem
utility to the office of Unparalleled Number One the List Of
Which shows what kind of farmer am.
Strange it in awhile make mistake
usually when talking about something of which
I know nothing
have never been only of could
would be endowed farm do not think could make
and have wholesome respect for the toll who
makes his farm productive.
Perhaps the pigs
by which could get firm hold upon the industry
And then again it be simply because not natural
born farmer
change taste Doubtless it ideal indulge in buco
functions personally sidewalks
write better surrounded by walls brick payments
'"' - "- tcoDyTisht ciurs syndicato>
The Washington times., 1928-01-23
The Problem OF Getting Worthy
! Men Upon Our Police Force

Under arrest in this city is former Washington policeman
charged with starting of the fires which few ngnts
ago. threatened immense destruction in this city
His history according aenists who have been examining
him, to show that since boyhood ne mas been q
pyromania obsessed beyond control with desire 10 see
and fire apparatus at work
His illustrative Of the ease with which men Of
unknown moral qualifications from distant States may get
upon police force his case was the ony one OF
dangerous who have obtained positions on the force ~
recent many Of them dropped Is last e
bad eggs liable to be taken IN as employees anyWneFe
and by anybody
despite the efforts Of the Civil Service Commission and the
police department avoid their appointment
the undesrabes have had reflect upon the
able, honorable policemen we do have.
The selection of of outstanding character mang no
mistakes is difficult in fact impossible but there must Re
some method by which fewer mistakes Will be mace IN tn
future than in the past.
The time has arrived when the Civil Service Commission
which applicants for police force and the head
Of the police department should get together upon plans and
methods that will this city more careful selection OF
The omission and aison officer of the police force have
apparently worked together get policemen Of the
best character in the communities in which they have lived
The greatest weakness Of civil service lor law
officers that they probably do not put
weight upon character qualifications Too much stress often
put upon mental tests, or book learning
Our police force in the days before civil service examinations
and rules prescribed by Congress consisted mainly Of
District and nearby from Virginia and Maryland with
large percentage Of them formerly in the military naval
service Of the countrhat is regular Army and Navy
them may not have been scholars Physically and morally
however, they most desirable.
# bad and then got the force, he could be
dismissed promptly without trial Under present laws trial
board must have direct evidence that policeman unfit to
hold bis job There discoragng amount Of red tape
about il
The suggestion offered that in future examinations for
applicants for our police force the Civil Service Commission
give greater credit in the ratings character qualifications
making necessary for applicants to show, in the Ceare
possible manner, by reputable citizens who have
known them that they fit for the jobs they seek
Character approval is necessary now it is true, but its
Importance examinations may be still further stressed
their moral worth.
The Washington times., 1928-01-23
LISTEN, WORLD!
DON'T DRY UP!
By ELSIE ROBINSON

they dry up. become empty shells
without juice.
THAT'S WHY WEALTH AND
SUCCESS ARE GREATER
RISKS FOR HUMAN BEINGS
THAN HARDSHIPS AND OBJ
SECURITY. THAT'S WHY TOO
NJ UCH HAPPINESS AND
SECURITY ARE DISASTROUS.
THEY SHUT Us AWAY FROM
THE COMMON EXPERIENCE.
THEY Make Us THINK WE'RE
s e l. F-S u STAINING. WE'RE
NOT.
We need the singing salt tides
OF troubles and responsibility to
give us backbone
We need the dark floods OF
adversely and the fierce battering
OF the waves of competition to
give us tolerance and humor,
spunk and grit and balance.
We need to jostle against all
the other fish in order to see how
unimportant we are.
Bodies cannot endure on lonely
mountain tops where no rain
comes, nor in parched deserts.
Neither can our minds flourish
on mountain peaks OF snobblish
ness and selfishness. intolerance
and conceit. We cannot live for
ourselves alone or think for our
selves alone, no matter how
exquisite our culture may be or
how lofty our standards. We
must partake of the common
experience-renew our life in the
sea.
WE MUST GO BACK TO THE
SEA-
WE MUST LIVE WHERE
THE TIDES GO IN AND OUT
AND OPEN OUR HEARTS TO
THE TIDES.
The Washington times., 1928-01-23
SECRETS OF
HEALTH
BY DR.. C. A. L. Reed

by DTs ~ AZ lie GeGcu-
VoU have a natural tendency
I to close your windows and
doors, not only of your homes.
but OF public vehicles, as tightly
as possible during the winter
months, Such a course often
seems really necessary to keep a
proper temperature for living pur-
poses. There is only one trouble
about it all and that Is the diff
ficulty Of keeping up a supply of
fresh air for breathing purposes.
This is really impossible unless
there is some supplementary pro-
vision for ventilation. The trouble
is much the more serious in pub
lie vehicles, such as street cars
and omnibuses, especially the
omnibuses for long distance
travel.
The problem Of the influence Of
crowded public vehicles on the
health OF the people who travel
in them in largely bound up with
the traditional fear of exposure to
cold. The real use of buses and
trans from the public health
point of view is to afford to
sedentary workers a good invigor-
4ting blow and exposure to sun
light. as a change from the
atagnant warm air in which they
are confined while at work. In
stead of this, most people demand
TO be shut up in artificially heated
cars on their way to and from
work. and those who are sensible
enough to demand wind and sun
are dubbed fresh air fiendS."
The trouble is that most of us
are so accustomed to sheltered
lives, warm clothing, draughtless
houses, and central heating that
we cannot realize how resistant
man is naturally to exposure and
cold, Our parents and their par
ents before them lived much as
we do, and they had forgotten,
and so never told us, how much
man can endure without harm.
Darwin in the voyage of the
Beagle remarks on the native
Feugians, who lived naked in a
CIIIldLS IIlOIS lI1ClSllACIIL lIdu IIIdLl
of the British Isles, who slept in
forms" under brushwood, like
hares, and who yet flourished so
exceedingly that the population
always threatened to exceed the
food supply. They, not knowing
anything about birth control, even
had to kill off their surplus babies
for fear of overcrowding. In the
London Daily Mirror of October
10. 1927. Nine. David Neel de-
scribed the course Of training
undergone by the students Of
Tibetan lamas. After their period
OF probation. during which weakly
ones are automatically weeded out.
the successful candidates give up
all wooden and fur clothing and
never go near a fire. Finally.
they have to sit naked on the
ground all through a windy,
frosty night. Sheets are dipped
In water and wrapped round each
man. AS soon as his bodily heat
has dried the sheet 1t il again
soaked In ice-cold water and re-
placed. Three sheets at least
must be dried to qualify in the
test, but the students vie with
one another as to who can dry
most sheets. Nine. Neal herself
has succeeded in passing some OF
these tests, so that they are not
reserved only for supermen In
Eibet.
The Washington times., 1928-01-23

1t must be annoying. in this
day of progressive marriage" to
feel that a lot of other women
are just waiting for you to get
through with your husband, and
turn him in" again-like a IL
brary book.
A man seldom hears anything
a woman says; because before
marriage he listens to her only
with his eyes, and after mar.
riage with only half an ear-drum.
Both mice and men" will go
right on confidently believing that
they can steal the cheese and
escape the trap, just as long as
one of them manages to get away
with 1t, now and then. But, alas,
in the end, they all get caught!
1t isn't his lost love that a man
signs for. but his lost ability to
feel the same enthusiasm about
her! Alas, every little bit Clipped
off of your heart leaves just
little bit less!
The difference between "sIav-
cry" and independence" is ap-
parently just the difference be-
tween catering to one man morn
ing and evening and catering to
an office full of men all the rest
OF the day.
The Washington times., 1928-01-23

TIME history of life-tnere's the
greatest drama on earth.
Chaos-darkness and storm
then q whirling core of matter.
Great winds and darting fire and
Ieaving midland gradually a
settling. and steadying. Out Of
the whirlpool, quaking land and
Shiny sea. And. in the slime,
Something moving. So life began.
And the first law Of life was
DON'T DRY UP!
All life began in the water,
took its body from the water.
All bodies were composed largely
of water. Water was essential for
life. Evolution gradually adapted
bodies so that they could live
outside water but no body could
ever do entirely without water.
If body lost its connection with
water, 1t died.
DON'T DRY UP" WAS THE
FIRST RULE OF LIFE.
DON'T DRY UP" IS STILL
THE FUNDAMENTAL LAW OF
LIFE.
We are no longer amphiiians.
We do not have to live IL the
water part of the time. We have
done away with our gilis and fins.
But we still will die If we dry up.
And the law of the body is also
the law of the spirit. That's a
queer thing about physical law
IL is tied so closely to mental and
spiritual law. whitening bodies
are only clumsy symbols of
whitening spirits. One plane
seems to underlie all planes Of
life.
Minds must drink as well as
bodies. Minds must be doused
every so often in the common
ocean of human experience or
The Washington times., 1928-01-23

Of their fathers as the sons little dull men inherited the
tteness and dizziness THEIR fathers the
would be divided into great and small geniuses and
nobodies.
AS u.s. ambition is stimulated by the fact that each
generation starts
Fate makes life, it were great grab bag. Each
reaches in and pulls out what he
Poor Segfred Wagner is most estimable respectable.
and, in every way to be, person But in the grab bag
of fate, he did not pull out the Wagner genius
The Washington times., 1928-01-23
WORDS FROM LIPS OF WISE MEN

There is never any real danger
In allowing a pedestal for a hero.
He never has time to sit On 1t.
One sees him always over and
over again kicking his pedestal
out from under him and using it
to batter the world wth.-Lee.
He who does not make his
words rather serve to conceal
than discover the sense of his
heart deserves to have 1t pulled
out like traitors and shown
publicly to the public. Butler
But fate ordains that dearest
friends must part. Young
Prosperity II q feeble reed.
-D'Ancheres Z
The Washington times., 1928-01-23
SWEETEST
SUGAR

THE sweetest sugar on earth is
IL being developed by DIR. r. J.
Jackson, of the United States
Bureau OF Standards, in Wash
ington. The product. called leva-
lose, is made from artichokes
and on a semi-industrial scale in
order to demonstrate methods.
At the present time it has a mar
ket value OF $115 per pound.
The Washington times., 1928-01-23

He that is proud of the rustling
Of his silks like mailman,
laughs at the rafting of his
letters. For. indeed, clothes
ought to be our remembrances OF
our lost innocence
When building is about to fall
down all the mice desert 1t.
-Pliny.
S He only is a well-made man
who has a good determination.
Emerson.
There can no great smoke
arise but there must be some fire.
-Lyly.
Truth is mighty and will prevail.
Brooks.
The Washington times., 1928-01-23

Somehow, a woman can tell
just by the way man toots his
motorhorn in front of her house,
whether it's a love-call, chal-
lenge, or a peremptory command.
The first kiss used to be the
climax Of love--noW it is merely
the overture.
The Washington times., 1928-01-23
NEGOTIATIONS
OF A WIFE
BY Helen Rowland.

WNI1E sole reason why many
husbands are living today
is because most women are such
poor shots.
The old-fashioned lover used to
beg humbly and passionately for
Just one kiss but IL the mod
ern lover made any such modest
request the girl would think he
was trying to hold out on her.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-25
SELLING ORDERS
 i SENDS STOCKS LOW
Recovery Follows But Weak. ness Continues

New York. Jan. 25 R,-The unex- rected increase in the Chicago Fed cral Reserve Bank rediscount rate brought flood of selling orders into the Stock Market today which car- ried prices down ? to 2 points. A subsequent recovery reduced many of the earlier losses and sent | few issues to new high records, but the market weakened again around mid. day.
 The early recovery was stimulated by the renewal of call money at 31a per cent, 8 series of favorable divi- 0end announcements including a 5 for l stock Split-up on air reduce tion. and reports of a further in- crease in steel mill operations. Call ing of about $20,00O,0GC in bank loans and the renewal of selling att tacks against U. S. Steel common checked the rally and brought about renewal of liquidation in other quarters.
 So-called pool" specialties were the hardest hit in the reaction. Mid- land Steel Product preferred. War ren Bros. Greene Cananea Copper. Case Threshing Machine. Interna- tional Harvester. and Adams Ex- press all dropped 4ls to points on the first outbreak of selling. U. $. Steel common. General Motors and scores of others saGsed ? points or more.
 Gold Dust, which fell 2 points in the first few minutes, subsequently rallied ' points to a new high rec ord. Air Reduction, Federal Light & Traction and First National Stores also sold at their best prices since 1926 or longer. Laclede Gas scared nearly 2 points above yesterdays final quotations and nearly . dozen others including Mathieson Alkali, Coty. Cushman and American To- bacco A and B advanced ] points or more,
New Britain herald., 1928-01-25
WIND SENDS TANK
 THROUGH 4 FLOORS
Ruins Being Searched for Pos-
 sible Victims of Crash

New York. Jan. 25 R-A tank on the roof of an History building in Hubert street, on the lowest west side crashed through to the ninth floor when it was blown over by the high wind this afternoon. Several persons Were reported buried in the wreckage.
 AS the tank crashed through four floors carrying with it machinery. brick, mortar and beams, the roar reverbcrated for blocks. bringing throngs of workers into the streets.
 Police and firemen immediately began Searching for persons tha. may have been buried, as it was im- possible to account for all the occu- pants in the confusion.
 On the ninth and tenth floors, tifty-five men and girls. employees of the Butler.Ward Bookbinding Company. were at work. A book binding machine operator was car- ried through two floors and it took thirty minutes to extricate him from the wreckage, out he escaped with 8 few scratches. His companion was hurled to one side by the force of the crash.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-25
WOMAN LEAVING AUTO
 HURT IN SCAR CRASH
Valuable Diamond in Onyx Setting Lost in West Main Street
 Collision

Mrs. Harriet Francis of S17 West Main street suffered injuries to her leg and hand about o'clock last evening in front of her home as she stepped out of her husbands car and it was struck by a car owned and operated by Fred A. Wooster of 31i Wooster Street.
 Wooster told Detective Sergeant Ellinger that he was driving west on West Main street and saw Mir. Francis car, which had just come to 8 stop. Turning to the left to avoid striking the parked car as a Brown Thompson Co. sedan ap- preached from the opposite direc- tion, Wooster's car struck the rear left mudguard of Francis car and turned over. striking the Brown Thompson Co. sedan.
 The windows in the latter car were smashed. Wooster was not hurt, nor was his car damaged to any extent. Mrs. Francis was treat ed at home for her injuries and la ter it was discovered that a valuable diamond in an onyx setting was lost in the crash. It was necessary to cut the ring from Mrs. Francis finger, so swollen was her hand as a result of the injuries.
 Sergeant EIlinger found no cause for police action.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-25
AFFECTION NOT PROPERTY
Reno, Nevada, Judge Overrules Claim That Wife Was Entitled to Damages For Husbands COldness.

Reno, New, Jan. 25 (UP)-Defy- ing the established precedents of court. Judge George A. Bartlett de- clared that human affection is not property" and cannot be measured as such.
 The right of man to reserve hi; love and companionship to use as he sees fit was upheld by Judge Bart lett when he denied the plea of Mrs. Emma r. Carroll for $5O,000 dam- ages for alleged alienation of her 6S-year-old husbands affections. She was suing Mrs. Margaret s. Gains.
 Carol. q wealthy broker formerly of Norwich. Conn.,. was recently de- nied Q divorce and his wife was awarded s200 a month separate maintenance.
 The domestic tangle resulted in six suits in Nevada courts.
 Judge Bartlett admitted the courts of most states considered hus- bands affections as valuable pro- perty'
 Il cannot lend myself to the adop- tion of the conclusion reached by grave and revered gentlemen occu- pying supreme court benches who hold affections to be property like a bale of hay worth $1.75. which one is entitled to have returned to him If he loses it." Judge Bartlett de- clarcd in his decision.
 Affection is one thing a human owns. He has it to give and no court or power on earth can enter q judgment or issue & writ that can control its disposition"
New Britain herald., 1928-01-25
Moore Will Probably
 Command Leyiathan

Washington. Jan. 25 LP = AL though the shipping board has left the matter of selecting q new skip per for the George Washington to the Merchant Fleet corporation. 1t was indicated today that Captain Alfred NJ. Moore. first officer of the Leviathan. would be given the com- mand.
 Captain Harry Cunningham of the George Washington. who was named commodore of the United States lines and master of the Le- yiathan to succeed Commqdore Her. bert Hartley. resigned, is expected to assume his new command Tebru- ary 1.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-25
REPORT MISSING
 GIRL IN VARIOUS PARTS 0f COUNTRY
(Continued from First Paee)
Sailing From Houston

sAhAb0 NAObeh 1IUS4Dt04
 She told Mr. McGrew that she wanted . passport to sail from Houston. Tex, on the French liner La salle, Feb. 14, St. Valentines day. She said she planned to sail with a friend" r.
 The girl told MT. McGrew that she wanted to go to La Havre. She waa somewhat vague. he said, when questioned in detail about her fam. lily connections.
 After saying her family lived at Alpharetta, 20 miles from Atlanta. she hastily added that her parents were in Florida at the present. She said they could not be reached when she was asked to communicate with them and have them vouch for her birth certificate.
 " 1Was In Haste
 Ar. McGrew said the girl appear d to be in haste and grew troubled when 1t was indicated that some de- lay might be experienced in obtain- ing . passport. She told him. he said, that she had some large pie lures and some small ones but none that would fit the space reserved on tho passport. After the discussion involving the subject she left the of- flee.
 There. have been other reports from the south that a girl resemb- ling the Smith girl had been seen. One came through Miami that she had been seen on q passenger boat that docked at the port. This. how ever, could not be confirmed.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-25
City Items

Sergeant John c. stadler will re- sume duty tonight after an illness of few days. |. Mrs. o. F. Bertini Of Griswold street has returned home after Q four months visit with her son, John
 Bertini. in California. Amalie S. Traut purchased today
 through the Carlson & Carlson Agency one family residence on Corbin avenue from Bergstrom & Christensen. builders. Joseph Burke of Linwood street is convalescing at New Britain Gen
 eral hospital. following an operation for appendicitis. A report to the police that Zulkow- skis store at 61 Albany avenue was entered last night was being investi- gated today.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-25
Sti,7oo,ooo PROFIT
This Is Net Gain Reported by the B. F. Goodrich Company for Year Ending January 1.

New York. Jan. 25, R -- Net profit of approximately $11,700,0oO is shown in the preliminary state- ment of E. r. Goodrich Co. for 1927. and a reserve of $i,000.000 for general contingencies. Sales for the, year exceeded $l51,000.00e. largest on record. comparing with s14S,391.47S in 1926. Current assete approximated $71.000.000 and cur. rent liabilities. $1?,200.o0o.
 Net profit in 1926 was $5,065,110 after crcditing the account with $5,o00,00O transferred from contin- gency reserve, and provision for taxes. depreciation and interest.
 Regular quarterly dividends of el on the common stock and $l.75 on the preferred were declared.
 Joseph R. Swan. president of the Guaranty Co. of New York. was elected director. The directors ap- proved retirement Of 11,SO0 shares Of preferred stock.