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The Washington times., 1928-07-23

very important to me. My sister
in-law, who is three years older
than Q am nearly twenty-two),
came TO visit my husband and
me, supposedly for two or three
weeks. Il Is now sixteen weeks
and there Is no sign Of leave
taking yet.
am employed, with very long
hours. try very hard to be a
neat hoHsekeeper and it is hard
Tor me to manage. Yet she never
offers to help with the meals or
the housewofk. / find the flat
ut night all disordered. l cannot
even take my bath without first
scrubbing out the tub. The add.
1lonal work Is wrecking me.
Nor are we able to stand the
financial strain. We have only
been married a year and we are
still paying for our furniture.
Her being here increases all the
expenses. My laundry bill has
doubled, and AZ 1t is rough dry,
] have to stand and iron until
late at night.
do not feel that can tell her
to go home, for it would iniure
the feelings of all the family.
My husband has asked her a
number of times when she is
going, and she always saws,
Soon, ] guess "--but she doesn't
go. Is there any tactful way of
getting rid of an unpleasant
guest? JANE ].
We DO handle problems like
yours in this column, Jane. An0,
The Washington times., 1928-07-23
The knowledge Test for
Readers of The Times

Match correctly:
1. Gibraltar United States
g. Canary Islands Great Britain
a. Formosa
5. Greenland Spain
Fill each blank
o. The abbrevaton al :, CT. G.
The Ocean was formerly called the South sea-
41gnt always travels in INES,
- horatio an English admiral W.
H. The first President to be elected after Inc oiVn "
Do you know:
llWhG is remembered the leader OF instructions IN the
- - Philippine Islands? - :.
VINO wrote THE Prisoner OF Chlloh
ID what Is young goat called?
ANSWERS on Fiction Pagel
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BIBLES EFFECT
BY Dr.. Frank Crane

xHEY that the world upside down have come hther
The theories 81 Carl Marx and.of communism not
the only troublers this world
Strange the Bible makes considerable trouble you
trouble the upseng of old yrannes and the getting
down to human values.
For this Bible goes upon the underlying principle that
human being is worth while and that u dangerous 70 any
one Bible society which has been distributing in China
for quarter Of century The reading Of the Bible n ne
breaking old in this country the abandon
the stimulating Of ideas OF independence
and equality which the slogans Of political agitation
which have prevailed in the old order OF Chinese society goes
statement has been made that there
China for the benefit Of the
people that not be traced to the work Of the
missionaries.
influence Of Christianity nation is profound is
directly political based the principle that all
equal Hence works hand in hand with the principle OF
More than the World War or any politicians
Bible is making the world safe for democracy.
there child
the Bible is protest realize
civilization indebted the Bible and its teachings
It's outstanding appeal to all for justice and fair play
prophets the Of the world
has its echo and viii always have until human affairs in state
set right
herdd like sheep and have their
long will the Gospel be something that brings to this
world and its condition mot peace but E sword
kiss each other and that there shall be no abiding peace until
righteousness shall prevail.
The words Of the poet az true now as ever:
"Sient stands the great Avenger
Historys pages but record,
One great struggle in the darkness
Twxt false systems and the word,
Truth forever scaffod
Wrong forever on the throne,
Blu scaffold holds the future,
And behind the great unknown,
Standeth God within the shadow,
Keeping watch above his own"
Mcclure Syndicate
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SECRE Els OF
HEALTH
BY DR.. q. "a. u. Reed

~ LII Ae 80 Ale
UoUR interest IN the welfare
\ Of the working person, man
Or woman, engaged ii Indus
tries, may Be either personal. So
cial or economic. III any event II
ii to the interest Of every body To
protect health and life among the
great army 81 workers upon whom
depends the prosperity Of in0iytd-
uals and nations II II Tor this
reason that much attention il now
given to the study and control of
poisons incident ID industries.
1t may be said that the study
Of pofsons which only appear in
Industry ID a new and growing
science. 1T Is thought that expos.
ure to industrial poisOns may ex-
plain some Of the obscure symp-
toms az which workers complain
and for which there is no appar.
entt cause. An industrial poison is
poisonous substance that Is en-
ployed, produced Of somehow oc-
casiOned in an Industrial occupa
ton. We have In recent years
come to understand many OF the
older hazards and know how to
combat them. Many poisonous
substances are harmless if the
amount present In the air on dust
can be kept below q certain point.
Ventilation is of the utmost im-
portance in industry and il much
more vital in workshop than in
a private room Some dangerous
substances can be drawn up, others
need a downward system to pre-
vent them from entering the
workroom. Others can be con
trolled by a dfIution OF the gas or
dust by outside air. An excellent
example of what can be done by
cooperation between the doctor
and the ventilaSing engineer Is
in the granite workshops Of the
United States,
According to J. 3. Finn, writ
ing In the Boston Medical and
business has been established
which sets the maximum OF safe
ty, and thereby much tuberculosis
among granite workers has been
prevented.
Few people realize the extent
to which the human race Is ex-
posed to lead. There are over
two hundred industries into which
it enters. to say nothing OF the
domestic exposure from lead
plumbing and lead in snuff, cos
metics and hair tonics. Cases or
lead poisoning have occurred In
children who have gnawed the
paint off their cribs or toys, The
study of ethyl gasoline was
greatly complicated by the dis
covery that a much greater mum.
her of persons were excreting
lead than could have been sus'
pected. The drinking waters of
many cities contain lead dissolved
from pipes. The mere presence
of lead in excreta does not mean
that it Is in the body. 1t Is the
small quantity in the blood
stream that matters. The metal
is stored in the bones. where 1t
remains until some change in the
blood causes it to travel round in
the vessels and produce the symp;
toms OF poisoning. An important
problem in lead poisoning is the
patient with indefinite symptoms
who IS liable to be classed IS
neurotic.
The cause Of poisoning nv iead
in industry Is usually the inhala'
tion either Of dust or Of fumes.
" dust and fumes are elinipated,
: industrial lead poisoning will stop.
The Washington times., 1928-07-23
Smelling CIT Ihe Witch

HEsE pictures stir the imagination living
stone or asphalt streets apartment houses bunsa-
lows with telephone 70 take message and radio
bring other messages To us
Above ycu how hroadcastng done centuries
fighting men Of Africa.
and his sharp pointed assegas Of spears calls 1ny
hlome! which The zulu cry meaning Get ready
fightl
British years ago conquered the zulus their king
the 1EayihIome thing going again They treated him well
but kept him prisoner Still young zulu fighters break out
OCCASIONALLY
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ONCE-OVERS
By ]. ]. MUNDY

], j..
As world success, you reached the
think can afford take things
greatest impression socially.
able entertain which should the
your entrance into better class of society than that in which
you have mingled in the past.
frowned the person who, way
followed the about to
ymakng have had time cultivate
those whose friendship might have improved
You think financial standing sufficient social
position of prominence
bridge parties
about having guests
when
for the bank roll unfamiliar with the etiquette which should
nlide guests and make them desirable
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LISTEN, WORLD!

believe me dear
when III comes
to heart inter-
est they have
discussions OF
tariff reforms
income taxes
and foreign pol
tile i skinned.
One unWelcon1c
guest can raise
more Cain in a
happy American
home than 81
d on en- Balkan
wars. And its
time we de-
v e / o p e d q
snappy I E G h.
tt tsa lte1 a.
nique for ham
ding such squat
tiers.
We're & o n
stantly being
imposed up o n
by graf RS,
hores. nnetIdler5
The Washington times., 1928-07-23

Then, give me back my BUNK!
I want my hooey, my hokum, my
blah! If bunk means believing in
the existence OF Divinity and in
the decency and fineness of your
fellow men, want my bunk!
If bunk means seeing a divine
and inspired purpose in everything,
from pansy TO a. poem, let me
keep my bunk!
II bunk means believing that
love Is something high and sweet
and unselfish and slorified, and
not a mere biological urge, then
give me bunk.
The Washington times., 1928-07-23
.YTlHE Summer
SnIaffer il

TSHE Summer
squatter is
upon US. She
has been upon
Jane for sixteen
weary, w RI N
Cling re X 3.
Read James let
ter. FALL upon
it rather. with
yelps Of sym
pathy, for Janey
voices the secret
heart throb OF
about three mill
lion other long
suffering host.
esses and peey-
ish h0zfs
Dear Elsie Rob-
inson:
/ don't know
" h e I h er you
handle problems
II k e mine IN
20 ur column,
but it seer n :
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MEDIT AIIONS
OF a WIFE
~ Helen ROWland.
A Plea for ''Bunlx z

A Plea f6r Bunk
EvERYB b rs de-bunxing
ii everything, these days.
business, love, marriage, religion,
history and romanceg
Chiva1ry, sentiment and good old
Victorian morality have been 50
thoroughly de bunked" that We
almost blush to be accused Of toler-
ating them around the house. They
are somewhere back In the class
with Dundreary whiskers, hand
painted plaques, and gold teeth.
Yet. the more read of the new
psychology. the more j miss the
sweet old-fashioned bunk!
The Washington times., 1928-07-23

lie there isn't any Santa Claus,
don't even want to know it.
According to the latest popular
theory, everybody is filled with an
inferiority complex, and every.
thing we do, good or bad, Is Tor the
promotion Of our own Ego-tl1e
bolstering UP of our own vanity
and seIf-esteem.
III my neighbor cuts her best
roses and brings them to me, It's
not because she's sweet and gem
erous or because she loves me. Oh,
no! It's because she wants to play
Lady Bountiful to ne--to feel SUI
perior to me.s
If your Pet Man takes you to q
NICE restaurant instead of to the
little table d'hote around the cor
ner, it's not because he thinks 80
much Of you, it's because he thinks
so much of himself. Its not pc.
cause he wants to please you and
to show you q good time; it's be-
cause he wants to SHOW OFF
to feel pleased with himself!
When man looks into your
eyes with one of those long looks
that 20 right through you and but
ton up the back, it's not the blue.
ness or the bigness or the limpid-
ness of your eyes that he sees, but
his own REFLECTION, glorified
and magnified-
Everybody's trying to feel bet
ter and finer and more important
than everybody else!
Wouldn't that sour you on hui
nanity-and make you love Pom
eranians? But. that's the New
Psychology! Everything BUNK
loyalty, courage, dreams, faith,
ideals.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-12-27

Pan-American Union and materially
bettered the country's relations with
the other members.
Mr.. Hoover's trip has further clari-
fled the situation, since it has enabled
the Central and South American gov
ernments and capitals to judge for
themselves what kind of a man the
President-elect is. All his predilec-
tons are for closer association and
strengthening neighborly ties. Both
as an engineer and as a statesman he
wishes to see the Latin-American
states develop and prosper and to aid
them to do so. The President-elect is
not travelling as an advance agent of
American trade. Trade can look after
itself. He is more concerned with the
spirit which lies behind larger ex-
changes and intercourses-the spirit
of Pan-American concord and solidar-
ity. In emphasizing and quickening
this he has done a notable service both
to the Latin-American countries and
to the United States.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-12-27
HENRY FINZEL

Henry Finzel, aged "a years, son of
John Finzel, deceased, founder of the
village of Finzel, several miles west
of Frostburg, died at his home in Fin
eel, Friday morning at 2 o'clock, fol-
lowing on illness of three weeks
Cause of death was reported as gan
creme in the right foot which led to
complications.
Mr.. Finzel was born in Saxony,
Germany, March IA, 1874, and at the
age of six years came to this country
with his father. He lived in Finzel
the remainder of his life and was
recognized as one of the prosperous
farmers of that section. He was the
father of sixteen children. His wife,
Mrs. Sarah Finzel, died thirteen years
ago.
Ten children survive. They are
Thomas and Maggie Finzel, at home;
Mrs. Clara Baer and Mrs. Henry
Knepp, Finzel; Patrick E. Finzel,
Washington, D. c.; William, Henry
and Ira Finzel, Frostburg; Mrs. A.
H. Hawkins, Cumberland, and Miss
Alice Finzel, Elkins, W. Va. One sis
ter, Mrs. Caroline Keidle, Berlin, Pa,
also survives. Funeral services were
held Monday afternoon with inter
ment in the Finzel cemetery.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-12-27
JOHN BILL.

Mr.. John Bill, eldest son of the late
Charles and Margaret Bill, died at his
home in Keyser, W. Va, Sunday
morning, December 16, aged rs years.
He had been in i'll health for two
years. Funeral services were held on
Tuesday, December 10, at ,2:30 p. m.
from the home with DIR. R. T. Vor-
berg, of the Lutheran church, officiat-
ing. He was a former Grantsville
resident.
The deceased was employed by the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad for many
years, and was member of the New
creek lodge, P. O. S. of A.
He is survived by the following
children: Major ]. John, Jr., William
and Clinton, of Keyser; Mrs. Porter
Gardner, Strawberry Plains, Tenn;
Mrs. Walton Borrer, Piedmont, w.
Va, and Elizabeth at home; sixteen
grandchildren, also the following
brothers and sisters: Frank, Iona
coming; Charles H., Grantsville; Hen
ry, of Wheeling, West Va, and Mrs.
John A. Fraser, Berkeley, California.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-12-27
PETER S. FIKE

Peter S. Fike was born in Fayette
county, Pa, October IT, 1912, and died
at the home of his daughter, Mrs. C.
R. Fichtner, Eglon, w. Va, December
2, at the age of 80 years. He was the
eldest of twelve children born to Rev.
Samuel A. and Rachel Snyder Fike
He spent the most of his life in the
vicinity of Eglon, serving the public
as blacksmith, merchant, stone mason,
carpenter, and in later years, as cob
bier. The sixty-sixth anniversary of
his wedding was celebrated recently.
Funeral services were conducted on
December from the Maple Spring
church of the Brethren, Rev. B. W.
Smith, Hedgesville, officiating. Inter-
ment was in the Maple Spring ceme-
terry. The deceased is survived by his
widow, two sons, Jesse Fike, Easton;
Nathan K. Fike, Elizabethtown, Pa;
five daughters, Mrs. A. S. Arnold, He'd
gesville; Mrs. Seymour Hampstead,
Greenwood, Del. MRS. j. w. Wenzel,
Meyersdale, Pa; Mrs. G. B. Hamp-
stead and Mrs. c. r. Fichtner, Eglon;
also by foster daughter. Mrs. Ches-
ter Sipes, Elkins. Two brothers, Rev
T. S. Fike, Thurmont, and Rev. John
S. Fike, near Eglon, thirty-two grand
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-12-27
LIEUT.. BURNICE w. sHUMAKER.

Lieut.. Burnice Winton Shumaker
died in Naval Hospital, Canacao,
Philippine Islands, December IS. He
was a son of the late John T. and
Mollie M. Shumaker, born at Purgitts-
vile, w. Va, April 6, 1888. The fam
lily moved to Bayard about forty
years ago and he made his home a:
Bayard until young manhood, when
he went to Washington, D. c., where
he was connected with Woodward &
Lothrop's store for several years,
then entered naval service of U. S.
Government and at the time of his
death was paymaster, stationed at
Manila. He was married November,
1911, to Leila Strickle, of Seattle,
Washington, who with one son, Bur-
nice Winton, Jr., survive him. One
brother, Robert c. Shumaker, a mer-
chant of Wilson, w. Va, two sisters.
Mrs. W. H. Ruebush, of Dayton, Va,
and Mrs. C. E. Hickerson, of Bayard,
w. Va, also survive. He was men,
Der of the Masonic fraternity. 1t is
understood the body will be brought
home.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-12-27
COMMUNIST PROPAGANDA.

Some people are a good deal alarm
ed about manifestations of Commun-
list propaganda in the United States.
They note that the Communists are
organized politically in most of the
states, that there are Communist
schools in various cities, and the Com
munists are active in spreading their
gospel among members of labor
unions, in the army and navy, etc.
Considering how Russia has Jagged
behind the rest of the world since the
war, as the result of Communist DOM
ination, it is indeed a terrible mis-
fortune when these PHILOSOPHERS get
any hold in country. But the fact
that the Communist parties get only
very insignificant vote at our cleo
lions, shows that this cause is max
ing no progress. 1t is not probably as
strong in this country as it was 25
years ago.
The result of the Russian expert
liSiC he1NS NloSu d SIedl MANY
people. A lot of these folks were once
attracted to these principles. They
thought there is something fine in
having property divided up equally.
with extremes Of riches and poverty
abolished. But they learned from
Russia, that Communism not merely
makes the rich poor, but it makes the
poor poorer.
The average workingman does not
get excited when he is told that some
mans fortune which amounts to $780,
100000 should be divided up among
the common people. He can see that
by letting some brainy man make a
lot of money by organizing business
better, the business that employs him
is likely to give him more regular
work at better wages.
Communism will never get any hold
IN this country, so long as the business
management of these times makes an
effort to provide comfort for the aver
age run of people.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-12-27
LIES LOST CHANCES
(By Bruce Catton)

Science will never be able to re-
make an old man into a young one,
and no normal adult would want to
undergo such an operation if it were
possible.
That, at any rate, is the opinion of
DR.. Serge Voronoff, the famous rejuv-
enation specialist.
"My experience" said the doctor,
"is that people who have lived full
lives and have exercised their intel
lectual and emotional faculties have
no desire to be thrown back into
youth"
The only trouble with that is that
there are SO many people who some
how fail to get that full life of which
DR.. Voronoff speaks. Even the small
est hamlet has it's quota of people
who have never experienced all that
they might have experienced, and
whose lives, for some reason, have
missed the richness of thought and
feeling that they might have had.
To be sure, it is probably just as
we'll that there is no chance to go
back and live everything over again.
We should probably make a woeful
botch of things on our second at
tempt. But there are many of US who
would try it, even so.
One of the aspects of life that is
hardest to understand is the fact that
nearly all Of our important decisions
and selections have to be made when
we are young, immature and ignor-
ant of the world. The youth sets
forth without any very clear idea of
what he wants to accomplish or
where he wants to go, and drifts into
manhood along devious paths of
chance; and when experience has
made him wise enough to choose his
goal properly, he is apt to find that
he has gone in the wrong direction.
So it is that the man of As or
whereabouts is prone to look back
over his life and wish that he might
have shaped certain parts of it differ
emily. And it is seldom the down.
right blunder that causes regret; it
is the missed pportunity-the time
when a different course of action
would have brought some higher,
sharper emotional or spiritual ex-
perience. We live briefly, and much
of our time must be taken up by
trivialities; what a pity to lose out
on any real moment of ecstasy or Wis
ion!
If DR.. Voronoff could really turn
age into youth he probably would
have many, many clients, despite his
prediction to the contrary. But he
can't, and there's no use in thinking
about it. The fortunate men and
women are those who, as he says,
have managed to achieve lives so full
and rich that they do not feel the need
Of reconstructing them.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-12-27
MIR. HOOVER'S TRIP.

President-elect Hoover's tour of
Central and South America, which
ended with his visit to Rio de Janeiro.
has impressed the country as an ex-
pertinent of great value wisely pro-
Jected and carried through with strik-
ing results. 1t was, in the first place,
sensible mission of lf-education.
Mr.. Hoover has spent many wears
abroad. AS an engineer he has lived
in Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia.
His food relief work during the great
war and after the armistice brougbt
MN into intimate touch with MANY
governments and with vast complex
OF international relations. The vow
age to Central and South America was
the only thing needed to round out
his personal knowledge of all the con-
tlnents. He will enter the Presidency
next March far better acquainted with
the outside world than any of his
predecessors.
While completing his own education
ne has educated others. 1t will be of
advantage to the peoples of the coun-
tries which he has visited to have en-
tertalned prospective American
President. 1t will help them in shap-
ing their attitude toward the United
States and in approaching the atti-
tude of the United States toward
them. There is a radical and trouble
making element in this country which
persists in attacking our governments
Latin-American policy as aggressive
and "imperialistic." Such views are
cheerfully echoed in Europe and COM
municated through many channels to
Latin-America. In the southern re-
publics there has also been a press
similarly imputing aggressive designs
to the United States.
This triple propaganda was depend
ed upon to create rife in the recent
Pan-American Conference at Havana.
Everything was set for an explosion
there of Latin-American protest
against yankee imperialism" 1t did
not come, however, because the agita-
ton was artificial and fantastic. 1t
was not based on realities The United
States has many warm friends among
the LatinAmerican republics. The
states in which it was hoped to de-
velop hostile feeling had few COM
mon interests and little inclination to
work together. The sincerity of the
support given by this country to the
Pan-American Union and to the ideals
of Pan-Americanism could not be sue
cessfully challenged. The Havana
Conference destroyed the illusion of
an irrepressible conflict within the
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-12-27
St. Johns Church, Cove, is Re-
dedicated

Services rededicating st. Johns Ev-
angelical Lutheran church at Cove
were conducted December 16, follow
ing completion of repairs and rear
rangement of the structure, which re-
quired several months time on the
part of the workmen engaged.
A new furnace was installed, the
front of the church made much larger
and various improvements were made
about the altar. The interior of the
structure was painted very beautifully
and the pews and other furnishings
were also reprinted.
A large crowd attended the services
morning and afternoon, the same be-
ing conducted by Rev. FRANKIE, Pitts
burgh, Pa, and Rev. Fickenscher, pas
tor of the Cove church. Rev. A. w.
Code, pastor of Zion Lutheran church
at Accident, assisted in the services as
organist and director of the music.
The special collection taken at the
services will be of great benefit to-
ward the building fund, it was stated
by those directly interested in the re-
dedication of the structure, and the
congregation as whole wishes to ex-
tend it's thanks to everyone who as
sisted in the work, either by labor or
donation, and also wishes to thank
Mr.. F. G. Fox, of Friendsville, for his
work and interest.