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Held on Pharmacy Law Charge.

Upon her release from Emergency
Hospital, where she was taken last
Monday night after an alleged suicide
attempt in her home. Miss Katherine
Ager. 10 years old, 5000 Dumbarton
avenue, was arrested yesterday by Head
quarters Detectives Robert Saunders
and C. E. Mansfield on a charge of vio-
lating the pharmacy law. The charge
grew out Of the purchase of the poison
that she is claimed to have taken The
detectives say that she gave another
reason for its purchase.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-21
BERGMAN ILLUSTRATES
ADDRESS BEFORE CLUB

Cartoonist Gives Talk on Famous
Political Campaigns to Co.'S
mopolitans.
Clifford K. Bergman, cartoonist for
The Star, delivered an illustrated talk
on his "reminiscences of former political
campaigns at the weekly luncheon of
the Cosmopolitan Club yesterday at the
Carlton Hotel. Mr. Berr".nan executed
crayon impressions of the principals
in the present campaign
It was announced that final plans
for the clubs outing Monday at the
Manor Club have been completed A
golf tournament at . pm. followed by
dinner at els pm, constitutes the
program.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-21
Wool Sweaters
In New Colors
S5.95 to S12

Atwood Sweaters in new
Fall styles, some with crew,
others Wee necklines. Mod
ernistic designs, allIover pat
terms and plain shades.
Sweater Section, Second Floor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-21
Glove Silk
Underwear

Wear glove silk and keep
the slim form that fashion
demands.
A Three-in-one Garment,
brassiere top with boomers
in lightweight glove silk,
$3.50.
Boomers in the shortcut
style, SOS and $3.50.
Marvelht Boomers in the
longer style, $3.7S and $4.9S.
Vests, $3.50 and S3.7s.
Tailored Gowns with hem
stitched yokes, $S.95.
Glove Silk Underwear Section
First Floor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-21

Imported curtains in the
popular beige shade. A
limited number at this special
price.
!, Third Floor
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-13
Don't Have Dark,
Rough, Red, Chapped
Or SaNow Skin :

Women who neglect their skin or
through lack Of proper understanding
Of it's care, let the complexion Of their
youth slip from them, are more TO %
pitied than censured. No woman can
possibly hold or acquire the true love
of man If she is Indifferent to her per-
sonal charms. Don't sigh for that deli
cate, smooth. white skin that was yours
but yesterday, for these charms can DC
returned to you and with proper care
you may again have smooth, pink
white-skin that is a pleasure to See.
All that is necessary To achieve This
is, to apply a little Ice-Mint to the
face, hands. arms or shoulders just De
fore retiring and then note the daily
improvement in the beauty of your skin
Ice Mint is a rich snow-white cream
that contains a Japanese product shat
nourishes. whitens and tones up fhe
tissues acting as a tonic to dry, DARK
rough, old or sallow skin. This rich
tonic cream IL unsurpassed for Its
identifying properties and is used svsry-
where by the best beauty shops and
specialists. You can get Ice-Mtnts -
little cost from any Druggist and you
will be surprised at the real beauty 4
brings to face, hands, arms. shoulders
or wherever applied.
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posing the inhabitants Of the two
groups and comparing rates. The
"poor" of Paris and London are
not necessarily biologically poor.
It is the pace that kills. Seen
eral Sherman" the gaint redwood,
was killed at the age Of 2,11l
years. He was a seeding in
271 b. c. He never knew what
hurry meant, nor did the tor.
toise that lived $50 years. The
faster we live, the sooner we live
life up. Rate of living is a
factor in longevity. Slonacker
tested this on rats. He put four
in squirrel cages and let them
race. The average life span OF
the marathoners was 29.5 months;
one lived thirty-four months and
ran SAT- miles. Three other
rats were reared in squirrel cages,
but were not PERMITTED to race;
their average span was 1873
months.
Loeb tried flies. Cold makes
flies sluggish; those at cold tenn
perature lived longer than those
at high. At IS degrees, his
flies lived II days; at SO degrees.
81 days; at so degrees, 124 days.
From which he inferred that If
we could keep our blood tenn
perature at about As degrees,
we might hope to live about
1900 years. But life would be
at a low level.
Unfortunately, our early an:
cestors left no trustworthy vital
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who live to great age. IL one
cannot choose both parents who
will live to an old age, 1t is bet
ter to choose a long.lived father
than a long-lived mother. Four
per cent more children lived to
be 80 where the father, but not
the mother, lived to be 80, than
where the opposite condition pre-
vailed.
Karl Pearson concluded from a
study Of the life span of brothers
that environment is not the i'm
portant factor in longevity; also,
that from one-half to three'fourths
OF deaths are predetermined at
birth by Inheritance factors. This
conclusion has never been ad-
vertised by health resorts or elixir
manufacturers.
Death rates and life spans are
but two phases of the problem OF
longevity. II environment-inclu
ing health resorts, elixirs, poverty,
and bacteria-is rot the factor in
death rates, it cannot be the fac
tor in the life span.
From one.half to three-fourths
of the death rate is selection:
death comes when one has used
up ones inherited capacity for
life. Adults of sound body are
more likely to leave offspring than
those of weak; their children are
more likely to survive. Weak
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-13
4 CH|tD'S COUCH
/ EASY To STOP THE
DOCTORS DECLARE
But 1t Is Hard to Find a
Remedy That Children
Like to Take
PARENTS SHOULD
REMEMBER THIS

ANY harmless cough remedy
soon stops the coughs and colds
OF children because their little
bodies throw off such troubles
easily, provided they are not deli
cate and sickly.
But where am I to get sopae-
ching children will like to take is
8 big question. Cod Liver Oil Is
nasty and you must take it such
long time.
Here is the answer of doctors
lAho know and love children: "Givc
The child 'Linonine,' nice-tasting,
creamy white, Flaxseed, Eucalyp-
It,1s. ETC., mixture, far better than
cod Liver Oil and quicker, too.
The kiGdies love it and it is as
harmless and effective as can be.
Thousands of modern mothers
keep q bottle always at hand for
coughs, colds and to build up and
strengthen the children this time
~ year. A cough is q nasty, dan
,cerous thing for children. Well
stocked druggists have Linonine
made by the nationally. known
Kerr Chemical Co, SOC or $1.00
sixe6s
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-13
HOUSEHOLD
HINTS

Bathroom fixtures should be
kept perfectly clean for sanitary
as we'll as aesthetic reasons.
For new porcelain fixtures do
not begin scrubbing with harsh
abrasives. This habit is like that
of using drugs, once started 1t Is
almost impossible to STOP for they
rapidly wear away the bright
hard finish which the manurac-
turer has been at such pains TO
make for you. Once this surface
is gone, soil and stains quickly
work down into the porous MAZE
rial beneath and can only be re-
moved by the most vigorous scrub
bling and bleaching. New porce.
lain can be effectively cleaned
usually with a god hot soap suds'
borax and a brush.
If the water is very hard ana
leaves a ring" or a sticky de-
post, kerosene and water. or
turpentine and water. half ana
half, applied with a soft ciotn'
will remove this quickly.
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lings may survive to maturity,
their children are less likely 10
survive.
Hence the high infant death
rate in the first two years; the
unfit are weeded out. Natural
selection is still at work; 1t has
always been at work. This rate
is especially high among children
OF unsound parents. Hygiene and
prevention lower the rate during
those two dangerous years-pro-
longing lives to succumb at q
later but early stage.
A banana fly of ninety days is
as old as man Of ninety years.
Twenty-four hours after emerging
from the pupa stage, the female
fly lays eggs. These in one day
become larvae. pupae three days
later, adults five days later; ten
days to a generation. Pearl
tested the life-span inheritance
theory on these flies. More
females than males survived-aS
in man. The only fly that lived
to be eight-one days old was a
female. Long.lived parents bred
offspring that lived long. Pear
son was right: duration TO life Is
an inherited character.
How about germs Of diphtheria,
tuberculosis, etc? Loeb tested
this on flies, with the surprising
result that those kept free from
bacteria were possibly shorter
lived than germ-laden flies, GER
tainly no longer. The expert
ments indicated that higher
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organisms must die from internal
causes even il all chances of in
lection and all accidents are ex-
cluded."
We were never without bacteria;
we could not live without them;
there is no habitable spot on earth
free of them. OF humans who
have reached the thirty-fifth year,
95 per cent have been infected at
one time or another with the
bacillus Of tuberculosis; in less
than one in ten does it become
active.
Death rates in the poverty
lanes Of Paris and London do not
tally. In Paris the excess death
rate in the poorest as against the
richest quarter is 104 per cent; in
London, only 80. The lowest
death rate in London is not in the
richest quarter. The real influ.
ence OF poverty on death rates
could only be determined by trans.
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VIII We Behaue Like Human Beings = Dorsey

statistics. But from trustworthy
infeHential data there is reason
to believe, as we might expect on
purely biologic grounds, that
longevity is on the increase. At
least, life expectancy has inn
proved during the last 1000 years.
OF 100 Romans born in Egypt in
the days Of the Empire, only 8
could expect to live GO years. OF
100 English alive at 10, 80 live to
be IS. Women especially had less
expectancy Of life in Roman days
than now-they were in luck to
be alive at rs. But Roman Of
70 years was q better risk than
an American Of the same age;
a Roman had to be very hardy to
live beyond 20. In America,
many weaklings are carried up to
so; beyond that age their ex-
pectancy rapidly diminishes.
From which we conclude that
modern environment is better for
man, or that man is filter for
modern environment.
Copyright, 1928. by George A. Dorsey
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-13
FASHIONS
FANCIES

Helping Gay Deceivers in their
receptions, Partisan dressmakers
have just introduced a reversible
dress, which model they have
named "Inconstant Wife" The
arresting name easily explains
itself for a wearer could enter a
building in one frock and leave
in another! OF course many hus-
bands may approve of such a re.
versible costume because of the
frugality of having two dresses
in one.
Branding Felts With Burnt.In
Motifs is one of the latest mil
linery fads. Many felt hats are
cut in cap effect, the earlaps be-
ing emphasized by applying burnt
in feather or leaf patterns. FIRE.
quently the entire crowns of small
felt hats are covered in burnt-in
feather themes or overlapping
leaves. Often these felt shapes
are combined with hemp braid,
the latter forming interesting
landings.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-13
Famous Author
Gives Timely
Advice
By Beatrice Fairfax
An Authority on Problems Of Love
ana Marriage

An Authority on Problems Of Love
1 and Marriage
One OF my correspondents has
written the following interesting
letter on a live. modern subject.
Do you agree with the con.
clusion she reaches? Do you,
also. believe it would be more
fair, now that nearly all girls are
earning their own way. for girls
TO pay their share of good times
enjoyed with young men escorts
Won't you please write your
opinion on this important subject,
Girls? IT would be interesting,
also, to hear from young men as
TO whether they approve the sug-
gestion Equal Rights has mads
as to $3.50 treats.
Dear Miss Fairfax:
II am expressing someLnins
that has been on my mind Ior
long time. The more I THINK
about It. the more convinced 1
become of the justice of my atti-
tude. which is this: 1t IS rank
Injustice for girls to expect ana
allow Young men to pay bills Tor
the good times they have To-
gether.
Eve modern girl has discarded
MANY customs because they incon-
yenfenced her. Why not discard
the old custom which assumes y
ss mans place to do the spend
ingY This might prove neon
yenient to the girls pocketDooks,
but it would certainly add 20
their list Of companions many
fine respectable young men VINO
cannot afford to go with girls
Under the present unfair system.
saThe big point is. that the
reason for this custom no longer
exists. In the old days, girls nad
very little spending money. NOW,
a. we all know, q girl oLten
makes more money than ner
escort. Yet the man. though ne
NAV be trying to save to brighten
his future, is expected to TOOL the
expenses Of the evenings enter
tainment. Being normal. ne de-
eires the company Of the OPP
posite sex, so he pays the price
rather than be lonesome. even
though he cannot afford to do SO.
.sIf both would pay their own
expenses. this would benefit both.
The Girl would not then sit At
home sfghing for dates Neither
would she feel obliged to pay tor
an evenings entertainment with
cheap kisses: as 80 many do. In
this way. also, girls could choose
corApanfone with more discrinn-
iflati0n, because they would have
d 1are e circle from which ~
choose A. ii ID. many girls &c
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Dora:
cantCO11e!

Today, and every day, lot of
women count their time to suffer.
AS regularly as the months come
round, comes pain that is borne
in silence. "It's Nature" women
say. But 1t isn't!
Women aUho haze 1laOGys had
the hardest time, haze no pain at
oil from the day they discover
MidoI.
Midol is the special preparation
Of specialists, and is not a mar
cotic. 1t does nothing to the men,
strual process. It does stop the
pain-in five to seven minutes!
So it is only common sense to use
it. And it costs just fifty cents,
at any drugstore in tiny carrying
case of aluminium.
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Relief From Gas
Stomach Pains
Dizziness

The doctors tell us that 80 per
cent of all sickness is due to
stomach and bowel troubles. You
can't be we'll if your digestion is
bad; you are likely to get sick
unless you relish food and digest
it properly.
Tanlac has a wonderful record
as a relief from digestive troubles.
even those of years standing.
Mr.. A. F. Casseli, 2801 Waverly
Way, Villa Hts. City, Norfolk, Va,
says: "Since / took Tanlac there's
no end to what l can eat-and no
sign of Indigestion, gas, headaches
or any other trouble. Now my
work is not wearing on me-"
If you suffer from gas, pains in
the stomach or. bowels, dizziness,
nausea, constipation or torpid
liver; If you have no appetite, can't
sleep and are nervous and all run
down, you need TanIac. 1t is good,
pure medicine, made Of roots,
herbs and barks. Get bottle
from your druggist today. Money
back it it doesn't help you.
| IanlaC
! 50 MILLION Bottles USED
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when to Wear Diamonds y

DEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
My eldest brother was married
about nine years when his wife
died, and before her death it was
her wish that I should have her
diamond engagement ring, ASH
was her only sister-in-law. ef
/ am unmarried and not On.
gagged, but 1 have now reached
the age Of twenty-five years.
Now my question is, shouldn't
or should not wear this dia.
mond ring? -.
If can wear this ring, !. at
what time should 1t be worn and
on which hand; and also, which
would be the proper finger to
wear the ring on? n
Will you please give me a fair
description Of my handwriting?
BONNIE.
/ see no reason why you should
not wear this ring now, IL you
do not wear it on the finger that
suggests that 1t may be your en-
gagement ring, and If you do not
wear it at times when a diamond
ring of this kind looks conspicuous.
Never wear it on the third finger
Of the left hand, for that finger
will be reserved for your own en-
gagement ring. ~
Under the circumstances, too,
suggest that you wear this ring
only on special occasions, and late
in the day, when diamond rings
are most appropriate. In other
words, I should think that you
might honor the giver by wearing
the ring most discriminatingly
and then you will feel that you
are clarifying the wonderfully
generous and beautiful wish o.
your sister-in-law. e
q. Your handwriting is very
good indeed, and IL you will per-
sist in the care with which you
form every letter it will, sOf
course, improve constantly.
1t is some Of the details Of
your. grammar that need special
attention. For instance, you use
capital letters too much. Do not
begin q word with capital unless
there is q reason for doing 90.
Look in any grammar and you
will find a list OF rules for using
capitals. In your public library
you will find several grammara,
/ am sure. Then, too. do not
begin too many sentences with
now" (There were several OF
these in the part Of your letter
which / omitted. Do not use
authorizations on your envelope
in the heading and in the address
at the end. Write out the name
Of the State.
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By George A. Dorsey,
Phi. D., LII. D.
CHAPTER aR
CHAPTER 26

Medical authorities believe they
could add 1S years to life If given
control in cases where death
could reasonably be prevented. A
better life insurance is to pick
parents who will live to be 3d.;
they win give you 20-year bet
ter hope of longevity than parents
who will, die under so. They are
the best life insurance.
Why not? Each group of anil
mails has its normal span of life.
Also man. Human beings vary;
most of their specific characters
are inherited. Longevity is a
specific character, longevity also
Is inherited.
Those who live to great age az
a rule are children OF parents
AnveRTlAEMENT
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CORRECT
MANNERS

Dance Etiquette

nEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
IL When at a dance with 3
few girl friends, and a man, asks
you to dance with him, and after
q, couple of dances and a little
conversation with him, you de-
eide that you don't care to dance
with him any more, is 1t proper
to ask him to escort you back 70
your friends? WONDERING
IVES. Make the ending Of the
dance with him as inconspicu-
Gus as possible, and as gracious
as possible, and as for instance,
say that you are very tired and
would like to sit out the rest Of
the dance with your friends. But
then, having refused to dance
that dance or any part Of II,
you should not dance it with any
one else.
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DO YOU KNOW
THAT

According to official Soviet
statistics, the population of Mos
cow is now 2,142,OO0, and of Len
ingrad 1867. 900. representing in
creases Of 10000 and $4,000 re-
spectively, during the past year.
Cuba recently celebrated the
thirty-third anniversary Of Its
independence.
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pass the question on to you.
Would the Dutch treat system en-
courage true friendships between
young men and girls and smooth
the path of true love? A frank
discussion Of this subject Will
count for better understanding.
more sound affection between
modern men and modern girls.
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But, on. the other hand. have
you taken into consideration all
the angles of the situation? HUI
man nature cannot be made over
by means of theory.
The longing to win the woman
he admires by paying her atten-
tions and showing her favors
seems born in man. We cannot
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mans dependabiIity and char
acter as a possible help-mate by
the very way he spends money in
adding to their pleasure. Still,
men and women are growing to
be better pals every day. Pos
sibly your plan may be in the
line of evolution.
What do you think, girls? I
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well ignore this trait. Women
also glory in the flattering atten-
lions of men, which almost in
evitably cost money. / wonder
whether a majority of either men
or women would be willing to
substitute for the present age.
old system a $3.50 plan of Dutch
treats. Women like to size up a
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Others company, and that friend
ships shall be kept platonic.
What do you think of this sug-
gestion? EQUAL RIGHTS"
Your suggestion il thoughtful,
your conclusions logical. my dear.
Such a plan, If 1t came into gen.
eral operation, might solve many
present day problems of youth.
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Queer Doings

At struggle In Russia between
believers in the dictatorship OF the
proletariat and those. who wish to
denocratize Russia, fight which
has long been in preparation, ts
coming to head in Moscow.
Except for Prince Edward Is
land, gold has been found in
every province of Canada
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would be true love, not infatua.
ton born Of pettinR.
Young men will not suggest
Dutch treats, Of course, for fear
OF offending girls. 1t il up to the
girls. A group of girls might
form q Dutch treat club, having
as its motto that each sex shall
pay its own expenses when in the
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What Do You KnOW?
ANSWERS TO TODAY's TEST
Questions on Editorial Page

Questions on EdltUIIaI EdEe
1909 . 400 2 1881 A. 1907. 1863 Yes. T.
No, citizen in order to be voter g. Yes
writer; R American composer; a. 2 President Of the United
States.
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A Chance to Make d Fortune

If YOU want to make fortune month, something
that under conditions will eliminate rust and be effective
gder boiler for knife blade You'll have nature
against you, but you might win.
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An Ancient Canoe

An oak canoe long, and estimated TO pe h hank
been unearhed on tn tste of
Of the River Tyrne, It is in an excelene %
preservation and has placed in museum IN EnSa'
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A1VERTIsEMEMT
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-27
Los FRESNOS
Gets Gins
Brownsville And San
Benito Men to OPP
crate Plants

SAN BENITo. Jan. 26.-Construc-
ton Of two new cotton gins NJ Los
Fresnos. new tcwnsite east Of here,
by San Benito and Brownsville men,
has been announced. with q total in
vestment Of about $4,000.
S. C.. Tucker Of Brownsville Is to
build one and the Craig Cir COM
pany Of San Benito will build the
other at Los Fresnos where there
are nc present no cotton gins. The
Craig Gin company owns three
plants besides the one 10 be built
where the San Benito and Rio
Grande Valley railway crosses the
old Alice road about two miles north
Of Los Fresnos school.
The gin il to have five stands
with so saws each and will have a
capacity az five bales an hour. IL
is 10 be powered by a 1i0-horse-
crude oil. Other gins of the COM
pany are at San Benito, Rio Hondo
and Olmito.
fuckers gin will be operated BY
the Los Fresnos Gin company, and
will be completed by June ], Mr..
Tucker said. 10 will have four
stands of so saws each, all electric
ally driven. and will handle so bales
Of cotton daily, ID was said.
Work on the building was started
sometime ago, and the building will
soon be ready for the installation Of
machinery. Mr.. Tucker il n Of
the principal stockholders of the
company, which viii operate the
new gin.