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The Washington times., 1928-11-20
The Butter and Egg Man
VIZ Herbel.t K0ufmnll.

LII the retailers small orekepers or hesan
~ their mercantile with adderbottom Jobs
Wanamakers, Gimbels, Marshall Fields Sake the
worth Penny chains alike
porlums," pedders packs salary savings
An immigrant lad built the great Nav: organization
Harry Sefrdge errand boy State Street
merchant prince .E4s
half the establishments on Fifth Avenue
and Michigan Boulevard laid
Broadway
Let's meet of them and his pin feathers As
they sproun ass. Il
He's butter and dealer in the Washington section
His tiny shop smaller than hotel
at midnight So he crowds two days selling one days
head 800 IN 80 800
He handles thousand dollars worth of eggs week There
regular discounts the trade, gets per cent
off for cash deliverywhich $500 in his pockets
and goes to show how fast nickes grow to muckles.
he
payment perpetual admission and ALWAYS manages
odd lot the bargain use As window
Today fishing lines be bated with fine old Stton
with bargain batch
caviar He buys carefully
s.
collects low his always
and prime.
learned the fundamental law
ing-to keep capital turning The dollar that
the dollar that market few
pennies trip
He's student in the College Action studying commercial
methods Professor Experience the
He's little who's practising the tricks of Big Business
from the very start
He's learning efficiency golf getting
swing that will later qualify him for medal tlax.
The Washington times., 1928-11-20
Coordination in Cutting of
Washington Streets

TEARTY public approval will be given efforts under
way BY District officials to bring about efficient CO.
ordination in the cutting of city streets.
Under the lack of system in the past streets are cut
At any and all times without regard to traffic other con-
sderations
Under the recommendations Captain Whitehur Assistant
Engineer Commissioner of the District representatives OF
public utilities civic bodies and various District bureaus
will give the subject careful study with the view to creating
central agency which will handle all matters of street con
srucon repairs and cutting that time and sequence will
be observed.
So aphazard present methods that eleven independent
agencies public private have the right to cut streets and
to close them traffic These agencies have blanket permits
to do as they please without consultation with central
body.
Engineer officials recently found several streets closed
by the gas companies which making cuts for pipes and
repairs No bureau the District Government appred
that this work to be done was in progress.
Captain Wtehurst recently that roadway
opened traffic late afternoon had been cut into at 10
o'clock the morning Quite often highway officials have
found into shortly after their opening
These examples Of lack of coordination not isolated
They frequent and unnecessary They clearly nd
central body which be consulted to all street i'm
An effective and satisfactory system of street permits may
be worked immediately but there be
coordination Improvement in conditions follow
There must be supervision and regulation Of street cutting
by public utilities companies plumbers builders and Others
that much of the inconvenience the travelling public
garngy manifest in the last few months may be eliminated
The Washington times., 1928-11-20
QUEER BUSINESS
By DR.. Frank Crane


~ HERE all sorts of curious businesses the world from
collecting animals for the making cornob but
about the most curious have that of York
coupons and selling them He is called the coupon king
frequently make practice of printing in the
oferng prizes of 20 pounds for the who
nearest guessing the football the racing winner
There number of who like these
maybe.
Strangely enough the number of clergymen
Then lawyers and doctors
Mr. Edwards lives old schoohouse Yorkshire He
turned the school buildings and the headmaser house
equipped factory for cutting During
staff of from Is 20 Often
10000 week He frequently
a
coupons neatly clipped you
do guessing for and charge
winnings
There other people in this business, Edwards
In the lead
The the that he
and advertisements, he sells
He the potato vendors with their
paper requirements and the surplus he sells $40
ton.
office strictly date and looks like of any sue
cessfu business It has roltop desk swivel
filing cabinets retary desk and burglar and freproof
He makes good living.
carefully filed neatly preserved
his staff well has the best
for them.
police investigated his methods times but
they have found for complaint
Copyright 1923 Mcclure Newspaper
The Washington times., 1928-11-20
LISTEN, WORLD!
They Lit a Light
BY Elsie Robinson

HUMAN misery comes very
IL close to you in column like
this particularly the misery OF
marriage.
Sometimes you doubt II there's
anything fine or enduring in
life
had a mood like that the
other night. There was such an
aching bitterness in me that /
could not rest. About IL went
out on a little porch that over
hangs the city. The night lay
below me in great pool, but
through the pool thousands Of
little lights shone.
The lights meant nothing to me,
at first. Once / had thought they
were lovely. burning so through
the darkness. But that night l
was beyond the comfort of pretti-
ness. So, for a long time l did
not notice them. / only noticed
the night which lay in black
pool over the city-the darkness
which lay in a black pool over
human life.
Then presently it came to me
that all those little lights were the
lights of homes. Thousands of
homes. Not all happy homes.
Indeed it was doubtful if, among
all those thousands, there was one
completely happy. home-for they
were human homes and, being
human. there was bound to be
The Washington times., 1928-11-20
SECRETS OF
HEALTH
by DE. Louis 3. Bisch

by DR.. Louis T.. BlSch--l
WE must remember that the
w unconscious mind, and not
the conscious. is the place where
all our thoughts and experiences
OF the past are stored up. 1t Is
in the unconscious that the long
forgotten experiences Of early
childhood may be found. It is
in the unconscious that trivial as
well as important experiences are
permanently recorded.
The question may well be asked
whether all experiences, without a
single exception, remain forever
in the unconscious. Do not some
impressions gradually fade out
during the passage Of years? Is
absolute forgetting merely
myth?
Psychologists believe that exper-
fences may completely be lost
and eradicated from the unconsci-
Gus if they are of purely intel.
lectual nature. On the other
hand, il some emotion is attached
to the experience which is stored
away in the unconscious mind,
then the probability is that this
experience will never be effaced.
For example you studied many
facts in school which you have
completely and hopelessly forgot
ten. You cannot recall them-that
Is, bring them back into conscious
ness-no matter how hard you
try. This is because they were
learned by you in an intellectual
way alone. Nevertheless. suppose
one of these facts reused you
emotionally. Maybe the kinder
garten story of Little Red Riding
Hood actually frightened YOU at
the time. Years passed and Won
did not think of this story again.
Still and all. the story itself about
the wolf and the woods stuck in
the unconscious throughout life
and really is responsible for your
present timidity when in a forest
or for your fear of wild animals,
Often, too. what appear as un-
important happenings in childhood
or adult life actually make a deep
impression in the unconscious and
influence us later on. A scolding
Irom father or mother may be for
Sgotten consciously, but may make
an individual develop the habit of
seir-accusation because this hidden
memory in the unconscious is still
mot1vating him.
That is why it is so valuable
to explore your unconscious mind
in order to find out as we'll as
you can what deeply-buried ideas
there may be lurking there which
are affecting you.
You can accomplish great
deal in this direction by reclining
on a. couch or easy chair and
letting your thoughts drift.
Every thought is connected up
somehow with every other thought
in the mind by means of associa.
ton fibers--delicate nerve strands
and as your thoughts drift from
one thing to another YOU accom-
plish considerable exploration OF T
the unconscious.
The Washington times., 1928-11-20

weakness in them. and cowardice
and seifishness and dishonesty.
And yet
In spite OF all that, each home
had set a light in the darkness.
At some time the people who
had built those homes h a d
dreamed a lovely dream.
They had dreamed of being
something more than selfish, lone
ly people-they had dreamed Of
being friends and lovers.
They had dreamed OF being
patient and kind and brave and
merry. About that dream they
had built a home and lighted a
light which should guide them
through the night.
Their dreams hadn't come true.
of course-dreams never do. They
hadn't been patient and kind and
brave--they had fallen short of
being friends and lovers. They
had hurt each other and failed
each other. But, in spite of all the
tears that had been shed and the
angry words that had been said,
the light still burned on. And
sometimes they caught glimpse
of its golden warmth through the
darkness. Everything was worth
while il they could only catch
that glimpse-that was the secret
of marriage. That was the beauti-
fuI secret that lay in the core of
darkness.
The Washington times., 1928-11-20
Grayelly Point Airport

GREAT airport for Washington CraveIy Point re.
ceves the unsnted approval Of Anthony Fokker famous
airplane designer
Before Gravey Point becomes airport job Of three
four years to complete commercial flying will have made
Washington will find necessary construct other aports
This country will long lag behind Europe in commercial
flying and It will be but few years until passenger travel
by machines is more extensive here than abroad.
Congress should solve airport problem this winter
There should be least municipal airport After that
private enterprise will doubtless take Of additional
fields.
Hoover field to be widely developed by private capital
and will help keep Washington abreast of the times.
The Washington times., 1928-11-20
ONCE-OVERS

Don't GOad Them Into Failure
AS boss you believe "bawling out" those under you
You think you get better and active service
But when worker makes sometimes criticse him
severely that he loses faith in his Judgment
You destroy his initiative
He thinks of the fall and then he does fail
Then again. the working under have such fear
OF dspeaure that they things natural
way ter tnougnts are not wholly upon tneh work. are they
IT, this kind of boss you not getting intelligent
You are not receiving the that your do
The sincere workman to right
His zeal in your him liable
things.
handling ~ ~ -
he IS greatly disturbed when he makes mistake
Ana severe reprmand makes him liable through
nervousness commit might avoided you
not petuent irritable
1am and win your employees by your temper and
The Washington times., 1928-11-20
THREE-MINUTE JOURNEYS
BY Temple Manning

TODAY We are in Cape Town
Il South Africa, for the purnose
OF studying the native problem
there. TO do this. 1T might be
wise to realize the divisions of the
natives themselves.
the Bantu tribes. including the
Zulus, are the highest in inteIli.
gence. Then come the Hottentots
or farm laoorers, and then the
Bushmen. OF course. there are
many halfcasts. and these present
a problem in themselves, belonging
as they do, to neither side. and
being filled with ambition and Of
sufficient intelligence to take their
places In the white civilization,
Only recently have the natives
had an opportunity to receive an
The Washington times., 1928-11-20

education. 1t is a treat to visit
one of their schools, and to see
how eagerly each pupil pursues
his studies. They jump at every
opportunity that presents itself
for advancement and are literally
Unsuitable.
Even at this time, however, in
spite Of the strides forward, the
natives are under strict rules and
are treated almost as il they were
children. There is rigid curfew
enforced. no man being permitted
out at night after specified time
without a pass from his employer.
The mine workers are forced to
live In compounds, their wives
must stay at home, where they
bring up the families and attend
to the crops.
The Washington times., 1928-11-20
NEGOTIATIONS
OF A WIFE
BY Helen Rowland.

EVERYTHING is being lifted
~ off mans fragile shoulders
these days-even the burden Of
counting and proposing.
Men are growing so shy and
elusive--and girls so brave and
strong AND resourceful! OF
course, a girl COULD wait until
a man asked her outright to
marry him. but she would proba-
bly, have to go to the altar in a
wheelchair, and murmur the re;
sponses between her second set
of false teeth.
Still, there is the delicate uuss-
tion-HOW shall a girl propose?
Shall she say, Bobby, sweet
thing, will you make me the hap
piest woman in the world?
"Will you let these capable, lit
tie hands scatter your pathway
with roses. and lift all the cares
from your fair, young shoulders?
'WiIl you let me cherish you
and provide you with that luxur-
ious background, which your
charming and exotic personality
demands?
will you give me the right to
protect you from wild women, UNI
scrupulous flappers and designing
an-hunters, and to provide you
with imported cigarettes and fancy
hose, a racing car and pocket
money?
"say yes. Big Boy, and I prom
ise you shall never have to lift
your langhd hand-not even tn
powder my back or put the studs
in your own Shirt
Weli-~why not? When you In
vite a man to dine with you, you
furnish the dinner, don't you?
Then, If you are going to in
vite him to marry you. you should
expect to furnish the home, and
pay the electric bills and the in
come tax. It's only GOOD FORM!
To him with reference" and
purely business proposition, and
say
II am giving you a real oppor-
tunity Mr.. Gayboy~~one that you
will never regret -- matrimonial
insurance. What you need, in your
wild, lonely life is a HOME-and
a housekeeper. Somebody to take
care of you and guard your di-
gestion. Let me be your cook
valet-and-femme de chambre. L
will take the job in exchange for
my board, clothes and pin-money.
No Thursdays or Sundays off,
How WOULD you plead your
causeY Because when you make
an offer" you really must have
something to OFFERi And
kiss has not yet been recognized
as medium of exchange.
This present-day fashion Of get.
ting a man where he can't say
mo" and suddenly springing the
Let s.get.married" line on him
and then letting him pay for he
TAXI and the license is positively
cheeky. Be chivalrous-and merci-
full Or else. be wise--and let a
man do his own counting!
The Washington times., 1928-11-20
Do You Know

France and Switzerland have
had perpetual peace for nearly 400
years.
There are II different kinds Of
currency in circulation In Man.
churia.
Mexico. In the last 20 years, has
produced more silver than any
other country In the world.
Sleeping sickness takes an an,
nual toll of 100000 lives In tropi
cal Africa, mostly In the Belgian
Congo.
The Washington times., 1928-11-20
The knowledge Test for
Readers of The Times


/. Soemny Believer
Dminutve Complex
Bulky
a. mple Tumult
5. Stiffness Levty
Do you know:
What French killed of
z. What knight of the Charemagne famous
hero of romance?
6. What poet has this inscription his tomb:
"Blest be the that spares these stones
And curs be he that my bones ?"
What novel published in America just before the
its author
TO- What is the main Of chlorine
H. What writer phrase poor little one
horse town."
Complete these quotations:
~ Nearer, God Thee
Thee
Zen though be
That raseh me."-Adams
13. Backward, turn backward, in YOUR flight"
Allen. @"eN"
IA. "The - variety is than the disease"-Bacon.
Is. "Variety's the very spice of --"-Cowper.
ANSWERS Magazine Pager
New Britain herald., 1928-04-28

point in only ono direction-south. All points on the earth's surface are south from the North Pole.
 Q. What is phonetics?
 A- The science of articulate
 ound.
 Q. What are the principal wheat nd corn producing states of the lnited States?
 A. KansaA North Dakota and Oklahoma are the principal wheat producing stateA Iowa, Illinois, Mis- souri and Indiana are the principal corn producing states.
 Q. Who nominated Woodrow Wilson at the Baltimore Conven- tion?
 A. W. F. McCombs.
 Q. To whom is Conrad Nagel married?
 A. Ruth Helms.
 Q. What is the farthest star from the earth?
 A. The farthest star whose dis tance has been measured Is Polaris There are many others at greater distances. however. which it has been impossible to measure.
 Q. How many miles are there in a "league'?
 A. It is a measure of distance of great antiquity, varying in differ ent countries from about PAP to o.s English status miles The marine league in common use is oou,1 <, of a degree or three miles.
 Q. Is a submarine always sub merged when it fires a torpedo?
 A. Usually it is submerged but it does not have to be.
 .. How much did the U. S. pay 'or Alaska? A. It bought Alaska from Rus ria for s7.e0o,ooo.
 .. Was the motion picture "The iaucho" taken from a book?
 A. It is an original story written 'y Elton Thomas especially for the creen.
 Q. Could an airplane fly to the un?
 A. An airplane is dependent lpon the existence of the earth's at- nosphere to fly at all. and even the utter layers of the earth's atmos. 'here are not sufficiently dense to upport a plane. The highest point eached by plane was under eight alies above the earth's surface,
New Britain herald., 1928-04-28

nd the sun is about ninety-three million miles from the earth? Q. How fast does the sun move !? A. The sun. together with it's entire planetary system is moving through space at the rate of about , twelve miles per second.
 c. What is the worlds record for a running horse for a half-mile :?
 A. Forty-five and four fifths sec- onds made by Man-O-War at the Aqueduct track. New York, May 29, 1920.
 Q. What is the address of the headquarters of the Society of May flower Descendants?
 A. 44 East 23d street, New York city.
 c. Who invented the first cash register?
 A. The first practical cash reg ister was invented by James Kitty of Dayton. Ohio who secured a pat ent in 1879.
New Britain herald., 1928-04-28

You can get an ansWeS to any question of fac, or information by writing to the Question Editor, New Britain Herald. Washington Bureau. 1929 New York avenue. Washing, on, D. C.. enclosing two cents tp staInns for reply. Medical. legal and marital advice cannot be given. nor can ex- tended research be undertaken. All other questions will receive . per. sonal reply. Unsigned requests can. not be answered. All letters are con. ddential.-Editor.
 .. Can a goldfinch be kept in captivity What should they be fed?
 A. They can be kept in a cage which should be at least twelve Inches in diameter. A food of mixed canary seed. hemp seed and rape seed is very satisfactory. Apples and oranges may also be fed.
 .. What are the meanings of the names Michael and Paul?
 A. Michael is from the Hebrew and means Who is like God" Paul IS from the Greek and means little"
 Q. How long has Mary Pickford been married to Douglas Fairbanks?
 A. They were married March 28. 1920.
 c. How many coal miners are there in the United States?
 A. There were 759,O33 in 1926,
 Q. How many compass directions could a person standing on the North Pole point to?
 A. A person standing on the ex- act geographic North Pole. can
New Britain herald., 1928-04-28
FINAL MOVES FOR
 FLOOD CONTROL
Appointment of House Conierees
 to Be Made Today

Washington. April eS R-Ap, pointment of house conferees re- mained the only task to be com pleted today before the beginning of conferences looking to an agree ment on flood control legislation dovetailing with the views of Pres ident Coolidge.
 While the latest White House stand disclosed yesterday showed the executive as having found fault in II instances with the S325,000,- 900 senate bill amended by the house. several senate conference managers expressed the opinion that the measure as finally framed would meet with presidential ap- proval.
 The bill which the conferees ex- pect to send to Mir. Coolidge next week, and which was sent to con- ference yesterday. will, it is pre- dicted. be in practically the same form as 1t passed the house, but leaders see only few obstacles to overcome to win White House sane tion.
 They point out that of the il ob- 1ections prepared by army engineers and transmitted by the president to the capitol yesterday only six are m controversy between the two houses and that only two of these are important. One of these was tentatively agreed to by the senate conferees in an informal conference after receipt of the presidential memorandum while the other was turned down for the time being.
 The president. anxious that n reasonable flood control act be an, proved at this session, feels that the house bill. while an improve ment in administrative resnects over the senate measure. carries 100 heavy 8 financial burden
 ne believes this measure ult,- mately would cost the goyernment billion and a half dollars +or "ork. he has been informed. shon,d 1 not cost more than $500 ooo ooo 1 ne feels his stand also has heon strengthened by the fact that ha nag seen no objections to it r,isaa among actual residents of in. n;s s'Asippf hood area, but that .La only have come from those who own property in the flood zones hn. reside outside Of tbem '''
New Britain herald., 1928-04-28
GOOD CITIZENSHIP
 POLISH CLUBS GOAL
Courses in Instruction Resumed
 at Broad Street Hall

April marked the beginning of the fourth year since the courses in citi-
 zenship have been first offered by
 the Polish-American Republican
 club of New Britain.
 Throughout the past three years
 under the personal direction and su-
 pervision of B. A. Grzybowski, vice.
 president of the club, the attendance increased steadily and the results
 have been more than gratifying,
 since scores of men were aided and prepared for citizenship.
 The purposes of the school, to quote Mir. Grzybowski are: First to aid in the filing of declaration of intention to become a citizen as we'll as the application for the second papers: second, to prepare the men who have filed their applications for citizenship by means of lectures and questionaires 'on our government especially prepared for this work. This last purpose, the study of our government, has three- fold aspect first, to furnish the applicants with an understanding of the funda- mentals of the United States Gov 1 ernment: second, through this un- derstanding to help and establish a l basis for more enlightened and in- telligent citizenship; third, to famil- iarize them with the supreme law of l the land, the Constitution, which cannot help but make them good, honest, law-abiding citizens"
 When these citizenship classes first organized. meetings were held | at 496 Main street. 4 short while after the place was found too small due to the increasing number of students and as a consequence the were held at Falcon hall on Broad stret, where similar classes were held. The classes were com- bined by Mr. Grzybowski and at present meet every Friday evening.
 A similar course of study is being for the women. Defi- mite plans have already been made and classes will be started in the near future.
New Britain herald., 1928-04-28
community Center as
 Memorial to R;shor

ooo a. 1ouls' April 2S R-A s5on
 KY ooihlnmunity center Ina. hean eonstructed in St. Louis to the ma,n ~
 o.y 2. an Episcopal clergyman who served this community for 5s voa .no tho Futile Memorial, reared m n. . monument to the late Rt Rev nan'ea sylvester Futile. for 20 vea rs r.sno'ne bishop of the protestan, Eplscopal church of tho Irn,taa States. onted