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The Washington times., 1928-03-24
AIways Consider Children First

wife to realize that the most inn
portant thing In their whole
world is the rearing Of the child
that belongs TO him and to her.
The house, the car, bills, asso-
ciates, differences OF opinion and
personal hardships are of minor
Importance compared with the
health, the contentment, the de-
Velopment of the child that they
have called into their lives.
HOW WILL IT EFFECT QUIZ
CHILD? is a question that par
ents should ask themselves be-
fore they do anything rash.
Every child has a right to
HOME. He has a right to the
kind Of atmosphere in which his
body and mind and spirit can
grow straight and strong.
II he is denied that right, he
will suffer the consequences and
his parents will share those con-
sequences.
Perhaps the best thing that
fussing, Tuning, foolish young
parents can do is to get away
from each other for a week or
so, until anger cools and good
judgment comes back. And all
in between times keep thinking,
IT brought that child into the
world; I've got to give him
square deal"
A camera has been perfected
1oE taking pictures under water
The Washington times., 1928-03-24
BY L. Lamar Matthews

Mrs. Bailey is an old-fashioned
grandmother, who believes that
marriage is a very definite, final
all.important matter, and that
when two people are married,
they are married!
Now, her youngest married
daughter has brought her trunk
and her baby back to Mother
Bailey's house and says she has
come to stay.
Mrs. Bailey winked one eye
when she whispered that news.
And she gave a low sort of
chuckle when she told the rest of
her secret.
There comes a time in most
women's lives when she thinks
she hates her husband. She
wishes she had never seen him,
and she makes up her mind that
she is going to escape from the
matrimonial trap in which nature
has caught her. That state of
mind usually breaks out while
the first child is an infant.
THAT is Whv | have told all
my daughters this:
When you reach the point
where you feel that S.iu simply
can't. stand your husband any
The Washington times., 1928-03-24
By George A. Dorsey.
Phi. d, IL. d.
cHAPTER xXxVI

Don't jump. diye!'' Easier
said than done. We are organ
lied on head-up. feet-down plan.
We learn to walk that way. The
first dive is a new experience: 1t
reverses our feet-down head-up
and away-from-solids habit; the
water looks hard; there may be
rocks below. There were. The
boy never forgot it-nor learned
to dive. No will power inside his
skull could cause the nerves out
side to forget their lesson. lie
could not put his whole heart
into dive.
Some boys can; they have thu
do-er-die habit. They explore
bottoms and dive in again. And
again. BY the end of the week
they dive ike frogs. Their
sisters are just as good. Do-or-die
for one is usually do-or.die for
all in the family.
The boy who learned to dive in
spite OF his first mishap sue
ceeded largely because of it. The
problem was different, more diff
ficult than he had anticipated.
That tapped new source OF
zeal. He became a high diver In
the circus. A net is not water,
but the skill required in manoeuv-
ering a head-first body in diving
was available in learning to dive
from the top OF the big tent.
There is always great complex
ity OF stimuli in any given situa-
ton; the situation itself Is always
changing. A pig quietly nosing
along a swill trough is Joined by
two more pigs. New situation
now; the first pig gets into the
trough.
The family have just sat down
at the dinner table. The door
bell rings. Behavior of the entire
family changes: mother jerks off
her apron, father puts on his
coat, sister wipes brothers mouth,
brother kicks the cat. New
situation; only one new stimulus
door bell. The family jumped to
the reactlDr: well trained.
Baby Pine went right on bang
ing his lpoon on the arm of his
chair. Baby had just acquired
that habit and found it so
stimulating that entrance of
stranger did not alter its situa-
ton. But the family now are
suddenly conscious of baby's
behavior. Mother asks sister to
The Washington times., 1928-03-24
CORRECT
MANNERS

Consult the Bride-tO-Be

Consult TIE DEAuC-bVDS
DEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
"A friend of mine has Just an
nounced her engagement and ex-
poets to be married within the
wear. / would like to give her .
gift of monogrammed flatwares
but do not know whether TO
place her last name or her future
name. "A READER.
This il a question that is caus-
ing much debate these days.
Until q few years ago it was
quite unusual for bride-to-be TO
use any other than the initials
81 her maiden name when she
had her silver engraved or her
linens monogrammed. But nova
DAYS this custom is changing and
there il a distinct tendency among
the s'moderns. to use the initials
OF the last name of the husbands
to.be. Personally am still OF the
opinion that the brides.to-be Of
the best taste and OF the best
conventions and traditions still
choose to use the initials Of their
maiden name. However, 1t -
very much a question Of choice.
Therefore. I advise You to con-
suit with your friend, and ask her.
which form she prefers. Or give
her the silver unmarked and make
arrangements with your jeWelsr
to have it marked after the
young lady has made her choice.
It is such an important matter
that you should not be casual
about it. And nobody should
make the choice but the bride.to-
be herself.
The Washington times., 1928-03-24

Lingering Liking for Lingerie
touches, to brighten the dark SILK
or wooden daytime frock, finds ex'
preston in innumerable ways.
White or cream puffs, collars
frills, fichus, gilets in batiste, or
candle, lace or pique impart a
distinctly feminine air at neck
line and wrist. The simple black
satin or taffeta dress is the most
effective background for such
trimming.
Back to Nature stylists have
gone for the naming of the latest
shades. Dogwood is the name for
white, Glover Blossom for pink.
Poinsetta for red, Wild Violet for
light blue, Gray Moss for pale
gray and Holly Bark for dusky
The Washington times., 1928-03-24
Shake Hands!

DEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
Do gentlemen shake hands
after being introduced at a for
NAL affair? have seen men 90
it and also not, and would like
to know what Is the proper
thing.
2. / have not been properly In
troduced to girl that intend
to take to the formal Prom.
Should / write her a note asking
her to be my partner? ] do not
know her family but she Is ~
nice girl and / am sure she would
like to go. / met her at Wis
consin's Prom last year merely
saw her. A READER. 4
1t Is customary for gentlemen
to shake hands when they are
introduced to each other, whether
at a formal or informal occasion.
2. The best taste would be for
you to find q mutual friend who
will make the necessary intro
duction to the girl whom you
wish to ask to the Prom.
The Washington times., 1928-03-24
RAE CHINA
WALLS

In China. the city wallis OF
Shanghai, Nantungchow. Tientsin,
Hankow, Hangchow, Changsha
and a number of others have been
RACED. At least Two dozen other
large cities are at present engaged
in the work of tearing DOWN their
Notifications which are reminis-
cent of medievalism. This is being
done to provide for civic improve
ments and extensions.
The Washington times., 1928-03-24

oVtS. AadleS ana MISSES
Boomers.
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81, 80 and Al inches waist meas
ure. A 31-inch waist size requires
yards OF S2-inch material. Price
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Cut in 4 sizes: IA, Is, is and
20 years. A 16-year size requires
2 yards of So or 40-inch material.
Price 10c.
Send 10 cents, in silver or stamps
for this pattern to THE WASHING
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Send 10 cents In silver or stamps
for our up-tO-date Spring and Sum-
mer. 1928. Book OF Fashions.
The Washington times., 1928-03-24
REMARKABLE
CARTRIDGE

An electric cartridge which. in
stead 81 discharging bullet. pro-
1ccts = beam of light, the latter
striking the target at the exact
spot where a bullet would hit il
fired, has been invented. When
the trigger Of the gun is pulled, its
contact with firing pin completes
IN electric circuit, causing a lamp
4 1.-THE front end Of the cartridge to
throw the concentrated beam
through the barrel OF the pistol in
THE direction of the target.
vilhjalmur Stefansson, the
noted Arctic explorer. plans to
81 on an all.meat died Tor
ear In the interest Of science.
I * 3
The Washington times., 1928-03-24
POPULATION
OF RUSSIA

The Soviet Union of Russia has
a population of 146,9S9, 900. Rus
slams form only 52,9 per cent Of
the unions population. In the
six states of the union there are
no fewer than SIT different tribes.
Among this mass are $50 dis
tinctly designated languages.
The Washington times., 1928-03-24

lonesome. And before the month
is out she is ready to go back
and begin all over again"
The pity about these family diff
ferences is that the children al
ways have to pay. 1t is hard
for a. young man and his young
The Washington times., 1928-03-24

longer, pack your trunk ana
come on back to Mother.
AT the end Of two weeks
Daughter begins remembering
some lovable trait in that hus'
band. After three weeks she is
watching the mails and looking
The Washington times., 1928-03-24
Timely Topics

Announcement has been made
of another earth induction,
'fuelless motor" in Germany.
A total of 1929 foreigners live
In Berlin, Germany. Upwards OF
$500 inhabitants of the city are
listed as citizens OF no country"
The Washington times., 1928-03-24
Queer DOings

A fire engine equipped with
searchlight and a telephone is
now in use in Leicester. England.
Investigations have shown that
the movements of The tides are
lengthening the day BY a frac.
ton Of second each century.
The Washington times., 1928-03-24
Fashions Fads and Fancies
.By Mildred Ash

deep gray. Brown and beige
shades are named for various
kinds of bark-some of them be-
ing Beech Bark, Ash Bark, and
Hawthorne Bark.
The Washington times., 1928-03-24
This Day in Our History

Th Tinted states Of America formally recognized as
nation On March al 1888 SPAIN France had been the rst Y
recognize the new nation England did not formally ed recOg
milton until September 1888.
The Washington times., 1928-03-24
Experiments PROBE Value Of Rest

Practical experiments and mercantile
show that under controlled spell OF work broken Dy
effective than unbroken spell OF the same
length.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-29

Either interior exterior decorating
IL well done by the who's who" firm
Hated In today'a Times and Herald on
next 70 the last page,
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COMP PROMISE ON
MERGER, IS
REPORT

Another twenty.four shours may
see the Public Utilities Commission
and the local traction companies in
agreement on plan for consolidat-
ing the three local transit COM
panies.
Such was the report today frem
the conference being held between
the commission and the presidents
of the traction companies.
1t was indicated that late today
the commission will be able to an
nounce that a merger plan has
been agreed on.
The main item of the agreement
is known to have been that of
valuation. The commission still
insists that the companies should
not be given a so million dollar
valuation in perpetuity, but that a
revaluation should be made within
a given period Of time.
Present at today's conference were
William F. Ham, presaie cont, and s.
r. Bowen, general counsel, OF the
Washington Railway and Electric
Company; J. III. Hanna, president,
and George f.. Hamilton, chairman
of the board, and George Thomas
Dunlop, general counsel, of the
Capital Traction Company; Harley
p. Wilson. owner OF the Washing
ton Rapid Transit Company, and
his counsel, William G. McAdoo
and Brice Clagett.
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z BIKE RIDERS
HIT BY CARS

George Day, II, of 1925 Twenty
eighth st. n. W., is in serious con-
dition today in Georgetown Hospi-
tai from injuries received last night
when his bicycle collided with two
automobiles at Eleventh and O
Streets Northwest. Day was trying
to pass one car when he struck it,
and was thrown into another. He
received a broken jaw. cuts to the
head and arms and shock.
A collision between two autos yes
terday caused one to swerVe into
a. bicycle ridden by Bennie Epsic.
%. Of 421 M st. n. w. Epsic was
thrown off and received bruises.
Mrs. Catherine s. Wallace, zoos Six.
teenth ST. N. W., drove one car.
and Samuel Mack, colored, 80 r st.
N. W.. the other.
When a team OF horses ran
away at Lincoln Road and Todd
Street Northeast, julius Adams, col
ored, 50. of 66 Seation st. N. E.,
the driver. was thrown to the
street. He was taken TO Casualty
Hospital with body Commissions and
cuts to the head and arms.
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AIR MOTHERS
To GET TRIP
ABROAD
Time. STAFF Photos

The Gold Star mothers whose
sons saw service on the allied aerial
forces as members of the Lafayette
EscadrilIe are certain to have the
privilege OF joining the pilgrimage
to the cemeteries OF the American
soldiers in Europe.
Senators Simmons OF North Caro-
lima and Reed OF Pennsylvania, the
latter chairman OF the Senate Mill.
tary Affairs Committee, are work
ing on an amendment TO the pend
ing bill in the Senate which will
permit these mothers to be mem
bers of the memorial journey.
The American youths who Joined
the escadrille before the United
States entered the war became cele-
brated for their daring. Most Of
them went to their death in aerial
battles. Their mothers should be
included i'm the forthcoming pill.
grimage, the Senators say, because
OF the valiant service their SONS
gave to the allied cause and also
because the Memorial de L'ESca-
drille Lafayette will be unveiled In
France on July q.
Senator Simmons has asked that
the bill be amended so that these
mothers will be permitted to sail
before July 1 and attend the dedi-
cation.
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MRS. CLOTH To
FACE JURY

Mrs. Marjorie G.. Cloth. charged
with malicious felonious assault
waived preliminary hearing in
Arlington County police court and
was held for the action of the grand
jury at the April term of circuit
court by Judge Harry r. Thomas
today.
Mrs. Cloth is alleged to have shot
her husband, William c. Cloth, com
monwealth attorney of Arlington
County on the night Of March Z
when he called at her home.
Cloth, who has been in Emergency
Hospital here since the time of the
shooting. was removed to the home
of Sheriff Howard IS. Fields. OF
Arlington County. yesterday. where
he is recovering from his wound.
Mrs. Cloth was released on $40, 00C
bond.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-29
Thug Attempts to Loot
Seized Liquor
Cabinet

A third attempt to break into
the liquor. cabinet of DIR. Albert
A. Speare, Government chemist,
in the office of Assistant District
Attorney David A. Hart, was pos
sibly frustrated early today by
the appearance OF Rebecca Lane,
a colored charwoman.
Coming to Mr.. Harris office in
the Police Court building at an
early hour to begin her daily
chores. the woman noticed that
the outer door of the office had
been jimmied. She told Mr.. Hart
that she pushed the door open
and entered the office to find it
deserted. Examination of the
liquor cabinet showed that the
lock had been tempered with but
not broken.
The jimmying Of the office door
today marks the third unsuccess-
full attempt of invaders to pilfer
the Assistant District Attorneys
office.
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SECOND SECTION
| LOCAL NEWS
ACCUSE POLICE
Of RANM|NG
RUM CAR

The direct charge that the police
deliberately tried to mark" the
rum car alleged to be the vehicle
that struck and killed Lieut..
Samuel L. Callahan, of Engine Co.
No. rs, on the night of July rs.
last. was made by defense counsel
at the trial of James O'DonnelI, in
the District Supreme Court today.
O'Donnell, charged with having
driven the car is being tried for
granddaughter. This is the third
day OF the trial.
The charge was made during the
cross examination of Sergt. George
N. Little, leader OF the liquor squad
that chased O'Donnell the night Of
the collision on the Bladensburs
Road.
Rammed Rum Car
Little was asked by defense At
torney James A. O'Shea If he had
not been accused by John Fl. Bur
nett, associate defense counsel with
deliberately ramming the O'Don-
nell car with police car as it was
being brought on the court house
grounds today.
The witness admitted the car had
been struck by the police car but
denied Burnett had made any
accusations.
Assistant District Attorney Ray
mond Neudecker objected immedi'
stely to what he termed an imputa'
ton against the police. O'Shea de.
MED it was an imputation, but a
direct charge that Burnett would
swear to.
With the argument at its height,
Justice Siddons ordered a recess
while he, the jury and all concerned
went out on the grounds to inspect
the damaged car.
While the defense case has not yet
opened. it is obvious that they will
attempt to prove the police car
struck the hose cart on which Lieu
tenant Callahan was standing, and
not the rum car.
AS Justice Siddons, members OF
the jury, counsel and court attaches
were inspecting the wrecked ma
chine, a policeman whose duty it is to
"ticket overtime parkers about the
court house elbowed his way through
the crowd, produced his book and
was busy writing down the rum car
number when the crowds jeers sent
him away disgruntled.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-29

Inc SOtSHlH warning SOUNDED
by Senator Lawrence C. Phipps
yesterday, as a prelude to the re-
Porting OF the District appropria-
ton bill overturning the House
lump-snm provision, was regarded
in the Senate as a hint that a
"last ditch" struggle with the
House on the fiscal reIa tons issue
is impending.
When the District bill energies
from theApprOpriatiOns subcommit-
tee, 1t will contain the 1910 fiscal
ratio instead of the House Iump.sum
plan, and Senaor Phipps will ask
for the unanimous support of the
Senate for the action that has been
taken.
Senator'S Smoot. Curtis, Wesley
Jones, and other Republican leaders
all are on record as supporting the
Phipps stand. They think he made
an, extremely strong case in his
Senate speech yesterday.
Washingtonians today welcomed
the news that the Senate was in .
mood to take up the cudgeIs for
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Shelton told the subcommittee the
District is wasting thousands OF dol
lars by using nearly all Of its an
nua1 81, 200 900 street appropriations
for temporary improvements.
He pointed out that four-fifths Of
the Districts street fund goes into
improvements and temporary repairs
to street surfaces rather into per-
manent construction. In contrast
to this, he said, is the city of De-
troit, where less than one-tenth Of
the street funds go into repairs.
Shelton said that the District,
Maryland, and the city Of Buffalo.
N. Y, are wasting more money on
road construction than any other
places in the country. He explained
that he did not mean they had the
worst road systems. but that their
roads are worse in proportion to the
money they are spending.
The District engineer department
Is handicapped, Shelton said, by the
appropriation laws which prevent it
from constructing the most perma-
nent kind of streets. The depart
ment is forced by this limitation, he
said, to build uneconomically.
Shelton appeared before the COM
mittee today at the conclusion of a
brief hearing in which the committee
continued it's study OF the District
Tax Collectors office. The Bureau
of Efficiency has recommended that
tax collections should be deposited
Immediately in the Treasury instead
of in banks as at present.
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Boy Scouts Troup 43
Will Give Benefit Show

Troop 43. Boy Scouts OF Amer
lea. will give a benefit entertain
ment at the National Baptist
Church Friday evening, for the pur-
pose of obtaining funds with which
to purchase camping equipment.
An inspection, followed by con.
tests in the various phases of scout.
craft, will comprise the entertain
nent features l.. 3. Greening IL
scoutmaster. land w. 8. Anderson
and Fl. d. Williamson are assistant
scoutnaasterse Of the troop.
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their interests. The statement
made about the real facts of local
taxation is regarded as conserva-
tive.
1f the proposed tripartite com
mission is appointed to study the
local tax issue, they declare the
findings will be even more sweeping
than those presented by Senator
Phipps.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-29

Holding the record of having en-
tertained more distinguished person
ages than probably any other hos
teIry in the United States, the VIII
lard Hotel at Fourteenth and Penn
syIvania Avenue is a national insti-
tuition.
The present building was built in
1901 on the site of the building
which gained greatest fame. The
original building was put up in 1S47
and was but five stories in height.
The late Joseph e. Willard was the
proprietor.
Among the Presidents who have
lived there while awaiting Inaugural
ton are Buchanan, Taylor. Fill
more. Pierce. Grant, Lincoln, Hard
ing and Coolidge. 1t has frequently
been the home Of the Vice Presi.
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dent
Thomas r. Marshall lived there
for eight years while presiding over
the Senate. Charles G. Dawes took
his famous nap there while a guest
occupying the Vice Presidential suite
less than three years ago.
Lafayette, Jennie Lind, Charles
Dickens. David Lloyd George, Julia
Ward Howe. Roscoe Conkling and
Dion Boucicalt are international cele-
brities who have slept under it's
roof.
Probably it's most famous part Is
Peacock Alley where more fine
clothes are said to have been dis
played by some of the nation
wealthiest women than even in. an
Easter parade on Fifth Avenue,
New York
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d. c. Wasting Money
On Roads, Claim

Gibson subcommittee of the House District Committee
probably will investigate the Districts method OF making
street and road improvements.
The investigation requested today by William Walker
Shelton chairman of the street committee of the Chevy
co. ntsor