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The Washington times., 1928-02-18
COMIC STRIPS
BY DIR. Frank Crane

A RECENT article "The Compensatory of the
IA Sunday Funny Paper by Harvey c. Lehman and Paul A.
Witty, is at hand
gives very ingenious explanation for the popularity of the
comic strip 1t gives trait of character in almost
the desire to escape"
In the world of actuay" it continues, the child is obliged
to conform to certain conventions treat other with
reasonable Of decorm abide by the
his when he dees natural law human authority In the
funnies he will defy and he will do with immunity
Thu the child who looks the Sunday funnes enabled
to identify himself with the most intrepid adventuer the
resoute awdefying citizen the capurer of such criminal
On the other hand he identify himself with the serial
picture of hero who wins out apparently
insuperable odds"
All of limitations ordinary
We unable to thwart these constructions seek
and varied forms of qualification of impulses
Certainly the comic strip excel in showing actual
life conditions it's artistic quality 1t only human
characteristics in exaggerated FORM but they navey and
rudy direct and unmitakabe that
most obtuse cannot fail to recognize them.
The pamphlet that the Sunday funny section child
often takes many risks which in real life he would
of taking.
In he succeeds by resort to At
he pictured falling sqarey the face being severely
burned with fire scaldng water He falls at great distance
he closely pursued by dangerous wild animals He
decorum He his ashes into silk
into the goldfish bowl. He rests his feet his neighbours
e endures suppression He has complete
expression.
This at least ingenious explanation of the popularity
the comic strip the value of entertainment
or otherwise is its value
Copyright Mcclure Newspaper syndicAts
The Washington times., 1928-02-18

has been most painful to dis
cover. To have ones conceit and
confidence flayed from one, bit
by bit-hurts. And there isn't
much of you left when the pro-
cess is over. You're like the tail
ing in a mining pan-a tiny
thread OF gold after the great
pile OF muck has been washed
away. Sometimes the gold failing
is so small only God can see it.
1t isn't very gratifying, but
sometimes l think that that is
the purpose of life.
TO COME BACK AT LAST TO
THE HUMILITY AND SIMPLIC-
ITY OF A LITTLE CHILD. TO
BE WISE ENOUGH TO KNOW
THAT ONE KNOWS NOTHING
TO BE KIND ENOUGH TO
TOLERATE OTHER FOOLS
AND BRAVE ENOUGH TO
LIVE CALAMITY AND GEN
EROUSLY, EVEN THOUGH
ONE IS IN THE DARK.
If there is a greater goal to
human experience than that, /
have not found it.
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NOT CHORUS GIRLS. SOCIETY GIRLS

Mrs. Robin dErlanger well known British society
gave fancy dress party called Signs Of the Zodiac and
here you two young ladies representing "Gsmn The
night.
These young women with shiny short dresses arms legs
feet entirely bare daughters Of Mrs Richard Guinness
rich lady and popular Her daughters extremely MICS
girls in the younger set And really these costumes ARE
perfectly modest The bodies thoroughly clothed than
in the ordinary bathing suit Of our period.
But suppose your grandmother had this picture fifty
years with bare feet bare knees bare legs and suppose
SHE had been told that these perfectly girls Gin
society," the slang Suppose she had been told her
own granddaughter would MIGHT appear like this what
would SHE have said?
We change rapidly and Shedding vestges
OF the puritanism that in with Cromwell
the United States Heavens knows how far may swing in
the other direction
The Washington times., 1928-02-18

| started out, as most young
people do, with a feeling that the
world was my oyster which l
would open speedily with a few
smart smacks. l also had
vast and noisy contempt for peo-
pie who HADN'T opened the
oyster-for all the stupid, coward
Iy nonentities and failures.
watch me" said I to the
world. I'm not going to shuttle
through life not knowing what
it's all about. I'm not going to
take the count like those poor
simps. I'm going to know the
how and the when and the why.
And, after that, I'm going to
beat the game. WATCH MY
SMOKE"
So I crashed into life, all full
OF confidence and conceit. l was
going to show them!
Well-that's quite a few years
ago. And 1 haven't shown them
yet.
l do not yet know the how or
the when or the why of things.
l do not know why we are
The Washington times., 1928-02-18

The telephone company has produced loud speaker that
be heard distinctly at distance of mile the
Hudson River Interesting although radio
Greek philosopher said nation could keep its liberty
after it big that all the citizens could longer listen
to the speaker in the public at the same time
The daily newspaper helped solve THAT problem.
Soon radio will make possible for everybody on earth to
hear the speaker literally the secondelectricty
travels around the earth times in a second.
Therefore it will be possible day entire earth
be nation And that's going to happen perhaps
five hundred thousand perhaps five million years hence
The Washington times., 1928-02-18

We take things for granted few minutes they happen
suppose that twenty years had predicted this
hghschOOl teacher Of Detroit, in her brief Christ
mas OacatiOn' w fly to Mexico to her son. He uOW
fly from Mexico City her in the air and escort
her to the landing field
That prediction would have been thought silly But that
is exactly what happened Mrs Lindbergh flew from the
high school where she teaches in Detroit to spend
days of her vacation with her fine in Mexico City He
flew out to meet her.
But you predict express hope that other things
az remarkable will happen the old crowd will say
Don't be silly
The Washington times., 1928-02-18
ONCE-OVERS

Surprising
around the expression face presents
You would think this world of grouches,
Before leave home morning mirror
Try have the lines work
You don't like to look persons do.
But day after day you make effort to change.
Why don't you look happy and cheerful?
Of things troubling troubled too
You have annoyances but who has not?
Next time dof
and notice how much better it.
When hive the expression YOU will feel
better - - - AA -se'
It is great to start the day in the right spirit.
The Washington times., 1928-02-18
CoM EB oDY

COM EB o d 7
y writ e s.
why do you
so often say I
don't k n o W ?
J o u r n a / s ts
should always
speak with con-
viction. If you
don't know, your
boss had better
h ire someone
who does"
Why do 1
say, II don't
know"
BECAUSE l
DON'T KNOW.
And I have at
] a $ t accumu-
lated enough
w | sd o m a n d
courage to ac-
knowledge the
fact.
/ t W a 8 n I
easy.
The Washington times., 1928-02-18
LISTEN, WORLD!
By ELSIE ROBINSON

here or where we
go after we are
through with
this life. ! do
not know what
God Is or what
man is or what I
am. But, as
regards myself,
l am prepared
to believe al
most anything.
I have shocked,
surprised, dis
appointed a n d
disguised my
self so often
that I no longer
make any bets
a about Elsie. I
MAY do the
loveliest things
or 1 MAY do
the vilest--but
you never can
tell.
All 0P which
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The knowledge Test For
Readers of The Times

Match correctly
/. Age Of Innocence MurlIo
2. The Immaculate Conception Rosa Bonheur
g. The Last Supper Guido REM
e. Return from the Fair Leonardo da Vinci
5. Ecce Homo Joshua REYNOLDS
Fill each blank with the of a book.
6. Artful Dodger, in Dickens -
z. Nick Bottom, in Shakespeares
g. 1chabod Crane, Irving's
8. Roderick Dhu, SCOTS
10. Arthur Dmmesdale, in Hawthornes
IL. Mulvaney in Kping's
Do you
H. Who sad "And old bachelor only pair of
scissors? e.
Is. What is
a. In what city is the Metropolitan Museum of Art?
To- What did Gree change the Odysseus
See Magazine Page o Answers
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Talking a Mile---

Around the World Seven Times in One Second.
The Washington times., 1928-02-18
Don't Be Silly"

That's the Cry of Those That Are Silly
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-24

When they enter horses here
they must run them unless the
stewards consent to scratching,
which they often refuse to do.
Sun Beau, Water Lad, Sun Frair,
Cloudy, Sortie, Knapsack, Brooms,
Petee Wrack, War Whoop, and
Arcade all are in one Of the i'm
pending $4,000 races, or the other
and some are in both. Some, also
are eligible for the $4,000 Chesa.
peake, which will be run at Havre
de Grace next Monday and which
will bring a flock of these Freak
ness and Derby hopes together for
a gallop of one mile and a sixteenth.
Night Life, S-year.old ace of the
stable of Mrs. Margaret Werzon
Baker, and candidate for the inn
pending renewals of the Preakness
and Kentucky Derby stakes, will
not start next Monday in the SIS, 200
Chesapeake. Harry Mordecai said
today.
MOFUCCdIS anu AEdAnGE 0BObHGE
attributed the defeat Of Night
Life by Bateau i'm q dash of
five furlOngS and a half the
first day of this meeting to the
High Time colts dislike for the
at PimlicO, gaIlOping fast.
Petee Wrack, contender in re-
vivals OF last years Belmont Park
and Pimlico futurities is the best
3.year-old maiden of this country.
Brooms. another light footed son
of Old Broomstick, won last sum-
mers Hopeful at Saratoga. Sun
Beau is the crack colt Of the
stable of Willis Sharpe Kilmer.
Sortie, a we'll named son of On
Watch, belonging to Charles
Schwartz Is also entered. You may
see them all in action tomorrow.
When Billy Barton. the American
jumper, which finished second in
the Grand National. returns to
Maryland from England. May II,
his van will haye the rainbow
looking as dull as q British fog.
The van in which Charley
Meister will ship this jumper to
Elk Ridge will be decorated
with old rose and white OF his
owner, Howard Bruce, and the
orange and black of Maryland.
Knapsack, winner Saturday,
may have the honor Of racing in
the Preakness and the Derby cot
pied with the $4,000 Strolling
PLAYER. which made fine impres
sion here last week in a dash Of
one mile and q sixteenth even L
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-24
LatzO, AS Light Heavy,
Wins UnimpressiveIy

NEW YORK. April 24.-Although
Pete l-atZo, former welterweight
champion, made successful debut
in the light heavyweight division
by outpointing Tony MarulIo. of
New Orleans in a ten.round bout
here. he appeared too slow to have
2 chance against Champion Tommy
Loughran. The former Scranton,
Pa. miner had Marullo groggy. but
could not put the veteran away.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-24
ROebuck, Indian Gridder,
Says He'll K.O.VOn POrat

CHICAGO. April 24.-Tiny Roe
buck. former Haskell Indian foot
ball star, was due in Chicago from
Kansas City today to complete
training for his ten.round bout
against Otto Won Porat, the Nor
wegian heavyweight, at the Coliseum
Monday night.
Roebuck has predicted victory for
himself via the knockout route.
Les Marringer, the former Univer-
sity of Illinois football player, will
meet Jackie Williams, Chicago,
heavyweight, in the semi.w1ndup.
Williams is former sparring mate
of Gene Tunney.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-24
ST. LOUIS GETS
NET CUP TRIALS.

NEW YORK, April 24.,-The Davis
Cup committee announced today the
completion OF arrangements for .
second trial series for players who
aspire to the American team. The
trials will be held at the triple a"
club in st. LOUIS from May IL to
May 20.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-24
Fight, HayesAids,
and Gets Buns Rush
Bv Louis A. DOugher

NEW YORK, April 24-sJack Hayes, the alabama wild
man. had New York to find real happiness He's
been to the circus. And what a circus
It all came about from something Fred Marberry said
"Let's 90 20 a show said Fred, Just like that.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-24
I IOMERUN'
INTTERS|
AMERICAN LEAGUE

q AMERICAN LEAGUE
= Pfayer-CIub Seasons Total
Manush st. Louis "a
y NATIONAL LEAGUE
Wright. Pittsburgh U..........
= THE LEADERS
American League-K. Williams. 5;
Goslin, 3: Easterling. 3.
: National League-Wilson. 3: Webb,
a: Frisch. 3; O'Doul. ).
2 LEAGUE TOTALS
NatonaI League. ss.sss.ssssssssss.s 40
american League. 50
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-24
'HAVREDE GRACEGOSSIp
byRA0O0CX

HAVRE DE GRACE April 24-Preakness and Kentucky
Derby asprants stuff muddy going at Havre
de Grace today unless splendd balanced card announced
scratched bits That likely because trainers
permitted the license Maryland they demand and get
in New York
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-24
FAIR WEATHER
AWAITED

With an abatement of the wet
spell and the suns appearance,
there will then be the possibility
that Tech and Western will tangle
this afternoon at 3:15 o'clock at the
Central High Stadium in the second
game OF the interhigh series. The
disastrous weather of late has
placed a damper on scholastic sports
here and this has retarded the de-
velopment of the teams.
In fact, the past month has
been q nightmare to all the
teams as fair days have been
the exception and not the rule.
Teams have not only been
forced to cancel games, but
the practice days have also been
shortened because of the inclem-
ent conditions prevailing.
The coaches are praying that the
elements are satisfied with the dam
age and give them a chance to
breathe a sigh of relief. April has
nearly passed and there remains but
one more month before the spring
sports season comes to an end. And
| yet few of the teams have taken
part in many games.
Tech, 1927 interhigh diamond
mOnarcbs, plunges into the 1928
race with q lineup that shapes
up as powerful. Coach Glenn,
has an imposing beVy Of young
sters who have sparkIed i'm the
three games already played. A
veteran pitching staff IL avail
able and is being relied upon to
retain the championship.
Westerns strength Is a secret and
1t Will take more than tOday's game
| to igVe the GeOrgetowners a rating
Cocah Ahern is not surrounded with
an overflow of material and the
weather has deferred him from
learning the merits Of the new
Corners.
Four diamond games are included
in tomorrow's offering. Jack Clarke
places his Catholic II Freshmen
against Mike KeIley's Central High
collection. Dewitt Prep and Eastern
mix in the Eastern stadium. George
town Props hike to Emmittsburg
Md, for a fracas with Mt. st
Mary's Props and Gonzaga opposes
Business High.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-24

Among the speakers will he Bill
Roper, head football coach at Prince
ton University; Comdr. Jonas In
gram, director of athletics at the
Naval Academy, Maj. Gen. Doug
las Macarthur, chairman of the
United States Olympic team, and
Father Charles w. Lyons, 8. j.,
president of Georgetown University
Frank J. Hogan will preside as
POSTMASTER.
Maryland University athletes fig
ure in the only activity on today
menu. The tracksters go over to
Baltimore for a dual meet with
Johns Hopkins and the netmen en-
terrain the Virginia University
racqueters at College Park, Md.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-24
BR0OKLAND DEFIES

The Rrookland BOYS Club Insects
want games. Cali Manager John
McMahan, North 1857.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-24

he was licked by Jock. He and
Strolling Player are owned by Ad-
miral Carey Grayson.
Jockey Pascuma, leading in the
contest for the $500 Tiffany split
second watch, donated by General
Manager Edward Burke as a prize
for the leading rider at the current
meeting here. will be an absentee
during the last seven days Of rae
ing. This aids j. Craigmyle who
is within one winning mount of
Pascuma.
c. Utz, head trainer for the Fox
catcher Farms, will turn a division
of his stable over to Augie Hutch
ms. who will campaign them on
the half.mile circuits, which in
cIude Marlborough, Cumberland,
and Timonium. in this State.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-24

"What'll it be-" chimed in Benny
Tate. Buy a paper and we'll pick
out a good show"
"Whaddya mean. buy a paper?
You buy a paper and I'll pick out a
show" was the bright and flippant
return shot from Marberry.
Well, they got hold Of paper
after the travelling salesman got up
and began looking over the shows.
How about "A Night Of Mys.
terry or Love- or TWO Lovers
or THE Last Moment or The Grim
son City, or We Americans, said
Marberry, They look like good
movies"
"Who wants any mOvies?"
came from Jack Hayes, him
self. as he Joined the group.
Gimme that paper. III pick
out a show what Is a show
Business of running through the
paper for the theater advertise
ments, with Bobby Reeves and
Grant Gfllis pulling and hauling at
Hayes.
"Ah. here we are" from Hayes.
lets see. 'BurlesQue' ought to be
good. How about Rain or Shine,
The Merry Malones' or Henry
Five'~'
Henry Fifth, not Henry Five
Jack. Remember your college edu-
cation" remarked Reeves.
"Well, l don't think ] want to
see that show, anyway" replied
HAYES. 81 cts see, Funny Face
may be good or The Bachelor
Father or A Lady for a Might
Wait. watch. boy. here it is. The
circus is at Madison Square Gar
| den. That's mine, the circus. Wow,
7 saw John p. Robinson's travelling
dog and monkey show down in Tus-
caloosa once. and 1t was a great
show. Let's go to the circus"
Well, cutting it short. everybody
went TO the movies but Jack Hayes.
He went to the circus and shortly
before midnight strolled into the
big lobby of the Ansonia, with his
eyes popping out OF his head.
! show on this earth or any other
EARTH" he roared for everybody to
hear. "Saw Goliath, the monster
sea elephant. Boys, believe me,
That sea elephant is some elephant
| to be swimming around in the
ocean. Gee, he looks something like
Uncle Nick, but don't tell him /
said so.
"StOOd In front Of that eIe-
phant IS minutes, waiting to
see IL he'd grin, but he just lay
there and looked at me as much
as to say, 'WhatinheII do you
want?' Gee, had to laugh my
self"
lis that all you &aw. the ses
elephant?" asked Muddy Ruel, just
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-24

in from seeing o'Neill's Strange
Interlude."
mo. sir. I saw the lions and
tigers and the gyraffs. There's
leopard there, too, that looks just
like Brick Owens, specially when
he opens his mouth to yawn. You'd
think Brick was hollering, You're
out! Then / got to the monkeys and,
boys, there's hundred different
kind O. monkeys down there in the
circus"
is that all you saw, the
monkeys?" questioned Ruel.
We'll to be honest, when 1 got to
the monkeys l just couldn't get
away" was the honest answer OF
the Alabama Wild Man"
Il stood there in front of the
cage and made faces at them
They made 'em right back at me
too. Gee! one funny looking monk
with a. white face and a blue stern
even thumbed his flat nose right
hack at me. 1 gotta a big kick out
o that"
I'D ina CINE So" was the calm
reply of tho Griff's backstOp.
II was just going in to see the
chariot races and the dancing
girls from Babylon and the high
dive when suddenly two monkeys
got into n fight.
"Roy, that was some fight. They
mixed it all over the place. l am
roofing for one little monk. He
was biting the big fellows tail
and half the other monks were
roofing for him. too. Finally. the
big monk got the little monk into
a. corner and thought sure he was
going to kill him. SO ] reached up
and pulled the big monk off the
little one.
"A big guy hops up from no,
where and gives me a shove. Now
I don't like being showed around
by any damyankee, and so ]
showed back. Then along came
about five or nine other guys, all
dressed up like generals in the
| know I'm out on the street, all
mixed up in the traffic"
'"They just gave you the buns
rush" remarked Bucky Harris,
grinning broadly.
They did that, all right, but I'm
going back tomorrow night to see
what happened to that little
monkey. He looks just like an old
black fellow I know down in Ala
bama, and I'm pulling for him
Anyway, want to see what the
show is. I had to pay three bucks
and half. but 1t was worth 1t just
to see that monkey light"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-24

Buntaris, son Of Bunting and
Edna-Ris, which bore the silks
of Mrs. Margaret Emerson
, Baker i'm the mile and 20 yards
for three-year-OId maidens. is
tho biggest thrOe-year-Old in
Maryland.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-24
G. FETE CROWS
IN INTEREST
By George A. Simpson

The Georgetown University &c"
dinner tomorrow night at the Will
lard Hotel will be attended by a
distinguished gathering of notable
guests. alumni and athletes. The
event is one of the most prominent
on the years calendar for the
Hilltop school and draws the atten-
ton Of every Blue and Gray sup
porter.
Claude Grigsby, Georgetown's re-
markable athlete and student, will
be singularly honored for his ability
on the athletic field and in the
classroom. Fifty-nine other Blue
and Gray athletes will receive the
coveted &c" insignia.
Lou Little, the Woodworking
athletic director of Georgetown,
conceived the idea four years
ago that a fitting testimony to
honor the athletes would be a
dinner and thus was begun the
affair that promises te-be per-
petuaI.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-24

Prickly Heat will be among the
horses offered at auction in the
paddock here Thursday. according
to DR.. n. !. Mccarthy. Frank
Smith, In whose name the horse
has been racing. Is retiring,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-24

One Hour, the clever filly
which won here last week, was
kicked and badly cut while ut
the post, and may not start
again at this meeting. That
was the information given out
today by Trainer Max HirSch.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-24

"StOOd In front Of that eIe-
phant IS minutes, waiting to
see II he'd grin. but he just lay
there and looked at me as much
as to say, 'WhatinheIl do you
want" Gee, l had to laugh my
self"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-24

"WhO wants any movies"
came from Jack Hayes, him
self. as he Joined the group.
Gimme that paper. III pick
out a show what Is a show"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-24

He is 16 hands three inches. He
hasn't length in proportion to his
altitude and therefore looks awk-
ward. Blandris, winner of the first
race this afternoon, is bred for
muddy going. Her sire, Donna
Coma, gets many murders and her
dam, Dottie Vandiver, was one of
the smartest two-year-olds of her
time on sloppy tracks. G. w. Loft
bred Brandris in Kentucky,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-24

is that all you %aw. the sea
elephant?" asked Muddy Ruel, just
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-24

I'D imagine So" was the calm
reply of tho Griff's backstOp.
81 was just going in to see the
chariot races and the dancing
girls from Babylon and the high
dive when suddenly two monkeys
got into u fight.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-24

Jack Campbell, Handicapped at
Pimlico. in the absence of Frank
J. Bryan. who has been i'll. arrived
today. He spent the winter at
New Orleans. He is racing secre-
tary at Laurel also.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-24

Preston Burch. trainer Of the
Nevada Stock Farm. announced
here that his employer has decided
to reduce his string preparatory to
shipping West and that Rapid
Transit, Caravan, Virando and
other youngsters in the stable will
be disposed of at private sale. They
are nuartered here
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-24

y Zeb Milan was bit surprised
when his younger brother,
Horace, arrived. Horace was
Washingf0n's left fielder before
the coming of Goose GOslIn. HE
has been playing in the minors
with fair success ever since get
ting aawy from the Griffmen.