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Evening star., 1928-11-24
Everyday Law Cases
What Is the Requirement as to
Residence in Order to Obtain
q DiUorce?
BY THE COUNSELLOR.

Mrs. Watkins wished to secure q di-
vorce, but was informed by counsel that
she had insufficient grounds. Upon in
quiry, Mrs. Watkins learned of State
in which she would have little difficulty
in getting divorce in short time, and
she removed within that jurisdiction.
After living in her newly acquired
habitation for the specified time re-
quired by the statute, Mrs. Watkins
filed her suit for divorce. Mr.. Watkins,
however, contested her suit, alleging
that his wife had acquired residence
in the State for the sole purpose of OBJ
tanning a divorce and without any inten-
ton Of making the State permanent
residence after the divorce was OBJ
tanned. Accordingly he asked that his
wife's suit be dismissed.
Upon proof of Watkins contentious
the suit Of his wife was ordered dis
missed, the court stating the following
generally observed rule:
I'm order TO satisfy the requirements
OF the statute as to residence TO obtain
n divorce there must be an intention
OF establishing permanent domicile In
the state In which the divorce is sought.
Length OF time alone Is not sufficient
to effect change from former domi-
ciiC."
Evening star., 1928-11-24
Gentleman Jim Began It.

James j. Corbett, former champion
heavyweight boxer, may not have been
the very first exponent of the art TO in
troduce science, several branches OF 1t,
into a sport that had been an unsavory
mixture. Indeed, Corbett himself tcSti-
fieS to the scientific acumen of one or
two of the men whom he defeated or
who defeated him in the ring. But II
the California wonder was not the pio-
neer psychologist of the squared circle,
he was certainly the first professional
boxer who ever applied physiology to-
ward the winning of a championship.
Between the lines Of THE Roar of the
Crowd" one can readily understand why
they called this surprising youngster
gentleman"
It was when he was training at As
bury Park for the battle with the sup
poSedly invincible John L. Sullivan that
Mr.. Corbett began the practice Of ap-
piled physiology. AT that time 1t was
considered dangerous for a man to
drink water when heated from exercise.
81 noticed" says Gentleman JIM" that
I did not enjoy, in fact, could hardly
swallow my evening meal after a hard
days training. had no appetite, only
q fierce, burning thirst. for the stiff
exercise had made me feel feverish in
side. I figured this out and adopted
a new course, much against the advice
of my trainers"
"I figured this out" The slim Jim
had somehow learned to do his own
thinking. What a shock be must have
given the old timers around him! They
were probably aghast at the crazy con-
duct of the youth who was under con-
tract to be murdered by the terrible
Evening star., 1928-11-24

I She was serene, self-posSessed, calm
| and strong personality. It was natural
that he should turn to her in the after
math of his domestic tragedy.
| But it was characteristic of her that
| throughout his tumultuouS career she
maintained her own identity One Of
his first acts as President was to notify
newspaper men that they we're to make
no mention of Mrs. Roosevelt or the
details of their family life The result
was that she received less publicity
| than any other mistress Of the White
| House
! Almost her complete occupation was
that Of wife and mother She was no
modern woman, nor was she fashion
able.
Her five children and her step
daughter, Alice, interested her most
She reared them sensibly. When Ker-
NIT was down with the scarlet fever she
sat seven nights by his bed without
sleep. When diphtheria seized Archie
at Groton School she hurried there and
nursed him.
AS mistress of the White House she
set up bars to the receptions which
aroused considerable criticism in cer-
tain sections of Capital society. She
reduced the number of functions and
aim to protect the home life Of her
| family. She was so successful in this
purpose that Theodore Roosevelt wrote
II have had the happiest home life of
any man have ever known"
She was great lover of music, never
missing an event of this kind in Wash
ington. Her afternoons were reserved
for the President, for whom she played
and read, and with whom she took
long rides and walks. Because she or
dered her life carefully she was one of
the few women who came out Of the
White House without having had any
serious illness.
Perhaps the greatest tax on her was
the fact that she had an adventurous
husband and adventurous sons. Even
as she left the White House she was
sad because they were all setting off
for a year Of hunting and exploration
in Africa.
The greatest scare of her life-the
attempted assassination of the ex-
President in Milwaukee In 1912-was
still to come. The World War was to
take the life of Quentin Roosevelt.
Until the close of her Washington stay
her days had been unusually free of
sorrow
In her trials she showed the same
surprising power over herself that had
distinguished her whole life. With the
passing of her husband in 1919 She
withdrew more and more from public
attention. Today, in her SiXty-eighth
year, she Is in good health.
(Copyright, 1s2s)
Evening star., 1928-11-24
Blotohes.

Never let bad mark on the skin get
SO far that it reaches the surface. The
best time to examine yourself closely is
early in the morning as soon as you are
up, before bath, or breakfast, or face
powder, or even a splash of cold water
has had q chance to stimulate your
skin. If you pass an examination in
such state, you are all right for the
day.
Most likely you won't, unless you are
in superb health, with a quite magnif1-
cent digestion. You'll look rather out
OF sorts If you are just the usual early
morning sort Of person, until a hot cup
OF coffee or tubful of hot water and q
little running around the house has
stirred your blood and cleared your
skin. BY that time face powder will
cover up the faint traces of imperfec-
tlons. and by midday you'll be feeling
and looking fine.
suppose, however, on an on morning
you look unusually full Of complexion
troubles. Well, think glass of some
sort OF fizzy salts would be a good idea.
Tor most likely those under-the-Skin red
marks are liver or something of the
sort, and these salt crystals are not only
stimulating TO an overworked or a lazy
liver. they are also laxative. And they
make mouth and breath clear and clean.
Or else drink two glasses OF hot water
hrst thing. Breakfast should be made
light meal-an egg and toast coffee
or grapefruit, toast and coffee. More
water half way through the morning
Lunch. salad and toast and butter and
Evening star., 1928-11-24
KEEPING MENTALLY FIT
BY JOSEPH JASTROW.

the greater danger Of too much. Stim-
ulation must all be shaded and graded;
1t is the great educational art.
When We compare bright with dull
children, We may be in doubt whether
they owe their superiority to their
heredity or the stimulation Of their
environment: 1t is so apt to be both.
Bright parents are more apt to have
bright children, and bright parents
stimulate their children favorably. If
the brighter and more enterprising
members of the population leave the
country for the cities because they find
it dull. this selection may account for
much of the difference.
The difference is marked not only in
the mass and content, but in the tempo
Of the stimulation; the city sets differ
ent pace to mental activity. Now, this
cherished American quality of speed
may be oVerdone and ,overvalued. It's
the hurry even more than the hustle of
the city life that makes it strenuous,
quite too strenuous at times. A little
of that social pressure is useful stinula-
ton.
Cities and sections differ much in the
speed of living, especially living men
tally. Even in SO simple a matter as
making change, the difference counts;
Vic C11t1IC tEd4lSdCIIOIl TAKES Oh u uuLGT~
ent pace. 1t is the alertnesS Of mind,
of which quickness is but one aspect,
that betokcnS mental fitness, kept fit
by proper stimulation.
In brief, we all live, have the same
elementary needs, satisfy them in
much the same fashion, but have very
different standards of living; and alert
ness Of mind goes far to determine
that standard. 1t sets the pace of our
mental life; 1t reveals the rate and
quality of our stimulation. For this So
cial standard of our community, our
class. is the large factor in setting the
pace at which we live and move and
have our being; we keep up with the
crowd
Social stimulation tells; but SO does
personal stimulation. OF dozen teach
ers. one alone may be stimulating,
though the others may drill and inform.
And the same is true of preachers or
speakers and many another calling. It
is here that the quality of stimulation
counts.
The difference between the dull and
conventional and the stimulating mind
is elusive but real you can't easily put
your finger on the difference, but it is
there. Tho masses depend for their
stimulation on the leaders; but leaders
and followers alike absorb by con-
tagion the mass spirit of the mental life
that sets the standard to which thcv
conform. The social standard lifts them
up or let's them down.
The chief point is this: That any
let-up in the level of stimulation
quickly tells. We all tend to slump un-
less We are held to the mark. Hence the
great service Of stimulating environ
menG ana contact with stimulating
minds. 1t is essential to mental fitness'
Evening star., 1928-11-24
PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE


John Las startled as Corbett's man.
ager was when Jim put on regular
suit Of clothes to 60 from his hotel to
the arena for one big battle, instead OF
the sweater and other regalia of the
prizefighter in the melodrama.
Just what was the conclusion OF Cor
belts figuring? Why. the most sem
Sible thing in the world. When the
days work was over ! would go to a
spring, take dipper of water, rinse
my mouth out half a dozen times and
gargle my throat. Then gradually !
would let little trickle down. When
Thus 1t took about half an hour for
me to empty that dipper, but I found
that after that did not lack for appe-
tite and enjoyed my evening meal
enormously. You see, simply adopted
the principle Of treating my machinery
as one does an automobile do not
pour a lot of cold water into heated
engine, but let 1t dribble in gradually"
The extreme caution about the cool
ing Of the human engine was natural
enough for a pioneer following new
and uncharted course. We know now,
however, that there is no good reason
why any athlete in training should not
quench his thirst at any stage of a
workout, with pleasantly cold, though
not unnaturally cold water.
Corbett's observation about the ap-
petite is a physiological fact that the
regular physiologist observed only 80
years afterward. A drink of cold water,
especially when one is at all thirsty,
stimulates the flow of gastric juice, ap-
petite Juice, and therefore the custom
or habit Of taking drink of water inn
mediately before eating Is . healthful
one
Evening star., 1928-11-24
Restlessness.

When teacher finds that the whole
class grows restless at a certain time
each day. one or two causes may be in
Vestigated. Have the children had suf-
icient recess? Are the lessons what
they ought to be as to content, method,
order, interest?
The recess varies with the age of the
children. The classroom interests travel
all the way through the high school
and the college. When the professor
finds his class walking out, he knows
by that sign that his lecture failed
not the class.
This matter of leaving the room is
very important. First thing the teach
er is to do is to realize that 1t is a
matter apart from personal interest.
1t is a matter of routine, school interest.
Personally it does not concern her and
she is not to make personal matter
OF it at all.
The halls, corridors and dressing
rooms are to be policed most unobtru-
sively, but policed nevertheless. All
marks are to be erased the moment
they are discovered No public ultima
tum is to be delivered about the matter
in any of its forms.
Should boys and girls be found smok-
Ing, look well to the physical training
department and make sure that these
Evening star., 1928-11-24
Everyday Psychology
By DIR. JESSE W. sPRoWLs.
The "Shut-Ins.' .

The "shut-in" personality is the most
interesting of all the types. You find 1t
showing itself in the cradle. in the
school, in the aSylum-in all the walks
of life. In the cradle it takes on the
form Of fear Of strangers; in the school
1t causes baShfulness; in the asylum it
causes melancholia; on the platform it
causes stage-fright. The "shut-ins"
know what fear is. although they do
not always fear Alright.
Physical appearance or build has
nothing to do with 1t. The lean and
the fat are equally liable to become
"shut-ins." Nor do the laws of hered-
ity appear to operate in the creation OF
this type of personality. Environmental
influences are the important forces in
the creation, rnaXimibation and Stabil-
ization Of the 'shut-ins."
The typical "Shut-inS" appear in the
twentieS and the fifties. Somehow or
other, the second decade is a formative
period of life, while the fifth is the
stabilizing period. Being a "shut-in"
is serious matter in the younger
years, more or less virtue in later
life. The young must find whole
some place among their fellows. The
older "shut-ins" need not experiment
with social variation
On the whole, a "shut-in" Is a pes
simist. At least, he tends to become
one. This attitude makes for feel
ing Of futility, creates inferiority COM
plexeS, leads to unwarranted suspicious,
encourages repreSsionS, discourageS am
bition.
While it Is impossible to know much
about any personality on short notice.
there are some fairly good ways of
Identifying the "shut-ins."
They are quiet, conservative, eau
tiouS. They usually walk slowly, with
long strides. They ask for time to con-
slider even trivial propositions. They
take plenty of time in making pur-
chases, invest in only the most reliable
stocks, figure profits to the penny. are
notorious for their incredulity. They
carry their change in purses, keep
diaries, preserve receipts, insist upon
reliable Endorsement of all negotiable
papers.
When the "shut-in" goes to extremes
you have the miser and the recluSe.
Evening star., 1928-11-24
THE DAILY
HOROSCOPE
Sunday, November rs.

Kindly stars will rule tomorrow. &C
cording to astrology, which reads much
of promise in the skies.
The Gay is favorable to the churches,
making for great interest and for plans
to extend work.
The clergy should benefit at this time,
when there will be general awakening
to spiritual as well as intellectual as
pirationS.
Under this rule prejudices are likely
to vanish and to leave the mind open to
logic. Preachers are we'll directed.
Increase in the number of theological
students is to be marked, for the stars
indicate that many young men will
dedicate themselves to unselfish careers.
While this configuration prevails the
modern spirit should dominate, and
whatever belongs to the past in static
ideas will have little influence.
Women are subject to most for
turate government of the stars, and
under the planetary influences will
probably radiate charm and kindliness.
The sway encourages lovers, and the
evening Is declared to be an auspicious
time for suitors. 1t is lucky for en-
gagenientS to marry. They who plight
happiness. and there is no divorce omen.
The seers sorrowfully prophesy war
influences, and counsel preparedness,
although they forecast all difficulties
for foreign countries.
The United States Government is to
meet many tests for wisdom and sta
bility. which it will pass successfully,
astrologerS declare.
According to ancient lore, women will
find it a lucky day for wearing new
clothing which will be serviceable as
we'll as becoming.
Persons whose birth date it Is prob
ably will have remarkably fortunate
year, for friends and sudden opportuni-
ties should favor them. p
Children born on that day probably
will have minds that easily grasp money
problems and absorb economic knowl-
edge. Many financiers and bankers are
born under this sign
Copyright, 1929
Evening star., 1928-11-24
TIE HRCG GSSONAr


ates in the vicinity of Thirteenth and
F streets. He wears no badge to indi-
cate his business but he contrives to
earn his money by aiding the motorist
who would park in that district.
For example, an autoist drives slowly
along seeking an opening. Finding
none, he begins to ponder about where
he will go in search of one. At this
point the professional parker" appears
on the scene. He offers his services
and putting his shoulder to the wheels
of the parked cars, contriveS to push
them along so that the new arrival is
enabled by squeezing bit to draw
up to the curb. Sometimes it Is
necessary to push three or four cars
ahead or back. Naturally the one who
has received the service leaves coin in
the hand of the helpful young fellow.
This should prove that there are op-
portunities for every one in America.
X X X 4
Not long ago We sat in the hotel
room Of wealthy man sojourning in
the city. after IS years of indefatig-
able attention to my business I find my
self independent" he said. "I do not
have to depend upon anybody"
IL was early In the morning and he
turned to the phone and ordered break
fast. Next he called for the valet. The
cigar counter was then called and our
acquaintance requested the newspapers
and several packages of cigarettes. An
hour later he received a long-distance
telephone message from his Office. This
was followed by the receipt and dis
patch of half dozen kilograms. At
noon he directed his chauffeur to bring
the car to the hotel. A dozen persons at
least were engaged in serving the man
in one way or another.
Somehow we felt that he was more
dependent than independent.
x y x y
Some day Washington newspaper
photographer will set down his expe-
riences as a shooter" of celebrities.
Few men come closer to the great and
near-great than those men of picture
craft. Presidents, diplomats, visiting
notables and hundreds of others are
snapped for the reader who may or may
not give thought to the efforts of the
camera men Some notables are easy
to take" others are difacult subjects.
Usually the bigger the man, the more
Evening star., 1928-11-24
The Sidewalks of Washington
By THORNTON FISHER.

willing he is to aid the photographers.
Over a year ago famous American
pinned decoration on a popular hero.
Time was at premium and %
still and moving picture camera men
lined up in the space of i8 feet to snap
the ceremony. Obviously not all of
them would be able to get a good
photograph. Each, OF course. was ex-
ceedingly anxious TO obtain a perfect
picture. The famous parsonage who
was to present the decoration realized
the difficulty and strobe over to the
camera men and said, Now if you will
all wait a few seconds 1 will see that
every one of you gets a picture" He
kept his word and posed four times at
different angles with the young man
on whom the medal was to be pinned.
Needless to say the photographers pro-
cured their snaps and every one was
happy.
Most criminals endeavor to shield
their faces from the camera. This is
not due so much to an attack of mod
esty as to their reluctance to have their
faces recorded for future use by the
police.
The reader has doubtless seen pic
lures of such men, each holding a hat
before his features. Time was when
the sketch artist performed the func-
Evening star., 1928-11-24

When Theodore Roosevelt, then a
student at Harvard, won the heart OF
Alice Lee of Brookline and her prom
ise to be his wife, one of the first
persons to whom he conf1ded his happi-
ness was Edith Kermit CaroW, friend of
his childhood, then living in London.
When Alice Lee Roosevelt died and
her husband went West to readjust his
existence, he carried letter of SYM
pathy from Edith Carow with him
Two years later. in 1886, Roosevelt
crossed the ocean and in st. Georges,
Hanover Square, London, married her
She was the second American woman
to marry future President of the
United States in London. The first had
been Mrs. John Quincy Adams.
Roosevelt had just been defeated as
candidate for mayor Of New York
However, this was to be but tempo
rary setback in his political advance
ment. Edith Kermit Carow was to
share intimately in a dazzling progress
sion of events which must never have
figured in her dreams.
She was one of the most retiring of
the Presidents wives. She was SO by
birth, training and inclination. Theo-
dore Rooseyelt's astounding successes
must have delighted her. But they
were not necessary to her happiness.
"A woman's name should appear in
print but twice-when she is married
and when she is buried" This is q
statement attributed to her. It indi-
Gates her viewpoint toward life.
She was born August 6. 1861, at the
Norwich (Conn.) home Of her grand
father Tyler Her father, Charles
Carow, was a member of an old New
York family. He had a handsome
brownstone house in Union Square. His
two daughters, Edith and Emily, were
which permitted, for entertainment at
tendance at symphony concerts and
ShakeSperarean plays. Corinne and
Anna Roosevelt attended the same
school and were Edith Carow's best
friends.
She was shy and retiring girl, who
preferred good book to a party. But
1t was a her first party, when she was
9 years old, that she first met Theodore
Roosevelt. He was little boy in
glasses, whose gliStening, even teeth, re-
vealed in a generous grin, were his
greatest attraction.
Before she and her sister were
through with school Charles Carow met
financial reverses and died. Mrs. Carow
took her daughters to live with relatives
In England. But Edith did not lose
sight Of young Theodore Roosevelt.
They were such good friends that they
corresponded with considerable regu-
larity. AS a Harvard student he still
was writing TO her. She understood the
things that interested him.
Evening star., 1928-11-24
Stimulation.

Stimulation.
Men need stimulations; they would
drift into laziness without them. They
acknowledge it of animals and decide
that f1eas are good for a dog, thereby
perhaps confusing stimulation with ir-
ritation. The part of stimulation In the
mental life Is large one, yet not as
fundamental as the power to respond 10
it, without which all the stimulation
in the world would be useless. Stimu-
lation is the condition favorable 10
bringing out the power to respond.
When you Jingle rattle, or swing
a bright ball before an infants eyes
or dangle it on your knees, or toss
it up in your arms, or poke 1t In the
ribs, YOU are stimulating 1t to re-
sponse Since the infants nervous
system Is sensitive and easily tired and
the main business of early infancy is
to sleep and let the tissues grow, II
is easy to oVerstimulate an infant; then
it doesn't relax sufficiently. Some be-
lieye that the infant when ready Will
seek and find its own stimulation, others
that it is well to encourage and hasten
the process.
In early childhood you supply a good
deal of stimulation in addition to what
the child finds by going after it. There
are pictures to look at, blocks to play
with, songs to listen to, people to play
with, and, most Of all, talk and smiles
and in time real language, the richest
supply of stimulation.
All occupation stimulates. Going out,
shifting from place to place, travel-all
that Is stimulation under which the
mind develops. It's all food for the
hungry mind. Also there's the double
stimulation Of doing, of playing and
providing your own stimulation to ac-
ton. A Sandpile is a stimulation; a
barnyard or a cat or a dog tre-
mendous and ever-changing one. Much
of all this is emotional and social Stim-
ulation.
With this as the source and content
and mechanism of stimulation, we turn
to its larger, its social organization.
Perhaps the largest contrast is that of
city and country. Village life and cos
mopolitan life are psychologically miles
apart in stimulation. To the city mind
the village street seems dull and vacant
and Sleepy-nothing going on.
In all tests city children excel coun-
try children, but also the children of
the well-to-do, the better situated
classes, excel in intelligence those of
the poorer districts. This directs at
tention to the quality of the stimulation.
All stimulation has by no means the
same value; some is good and some is
bad.
Favorable stimulation encourages de-
velopment Slun life certainly provides
stimulation enough, but not the kind
favorable to mental fitness in old or
young. II village life runs the danger
OF too little stimulation, city life runs