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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-09-28
Gas Situation in Washington
Needs Clearing Up
the majority of stock Of the two gasgh companies

W. the majority Of stock Of the two gasgh companies
w of the District acquired by outside interests the
Of the purchase made public that
under the ownership there would be increase in gas
rates here but the other hand business policy re-
ducng rates through the extension Of the gas
No such promise had been made by the former owners
Of the gasght companies They had to the contrary at
tempted increases in rates. but had temporarily
failed Their to their attempts gougng
consumers though the companies prospeng and making
splendid returns to stockholders.
Washington people interested in this promise Of
reduced rates than they in the people who bought
stock although naturally they will not take kindly falling
into the hands of exploiters.
The Public Utilities Commission and yet vitality in
terested in the purchase Of this stock mainly
standpoint Of whether In violation Of the anterger
provision of public utilities law This prohibits foreign
utilities corporations holding companies from controlling
the ownership of local public utilities expressly
authorized by Congress-
The famous Bob La Toilette legislative enemy Of all ir
business the author Of this anmerger clause Jus
what he had in mind at the time nobody knows mas
Public Utilities Commission was created to regu
late and supervise all local utilities matter whether owned
in London or this city.
The pot0er of the commission control public
utilities. protection TO the public, is, after ALL the
milk in the cocoanut." IF that poDer is sufficient
the public is safeguarded.
Local ownership Of public utilities may as vicious On
outside ownership; frequently Is inmcal to public m
than the other because outside fear public hos
tity if they go too far
majority of Washington gas stocks is supposed rsposs
in the hands of the seaboard Investment Trust holding
company Yet insurance company any other company
individuals owning this gas stock would be holders Of
it. If big insurance company owned majority Of this stock
would be holding company investment company 30
it is mighty difficult to define holding company.
Washington people would be glad to have this matter
up that they ultimately realize the promise
of lower gas rates
probably not the least doubt that the ultimate pur
pose of the purchasers of the gas stocks go
Of giant public utilities combines of the country
Washington people would be chiefly whether
this combine would be beneficial injurious
Most of these great utilities combines though making big
money for their steadily reducing
The lower the rates charged the public the greater the
consumption Everybody here would welcome lower fares
lower gas, telephone and electric light rates.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-09-28
Andrew Mellon on Opportunity
By Herbert Kaufman

CENATOR TESS now leads by length in the Foolish Ques
ton Contest He asks Secretary Mellon the present
holds much promise for young the past offered
Whereupon, Mr. Mellon born in 1856 and VIGOROUSLY
sentative in his estimates tells him and YOU that opporun
ties are ten times greater than in his youth.
In 1855 John Rockefeller hadn't heard of gasoline
Seattle empty mudlat Alaska considered bad buy
at eight million dollars and lots of folk still un
convinced that the Louisiana Purchase the biggest real
estate bargain since the Manhattan Island deal
In 1855 buffalo herds were browsing the sites Of Kan
ally serving customers in the frontier Of Chicago
George Pullman earning carpenter wages and Andy Car
nege tapping board and lodgings telegraph key
Omaha tepee camp-Los Angeles clutter of dobe
husthe Dakotas uninhabted the beds of Michigan
and the copper deposits of Montana and Arizona still await
ing discovery.
Neither Jim Hill nor Jay Gould had yet inside of
railroad coach and Coils Huntington grubstang
at his aseront general merchandise store in
cow-bes tnked at Fifth Avenue and Ftynnth street-
Washington Square uptown New York-and The entire
of the Empire State weren't equal to 1929 tax yields
from the Wall Street district
In 1855 the founder of the three and half billion dollar
National City Bank barefoot lad rowing ferry boat
between Brownsville Texas and the Matamoras shoreths
strauses of Macy and Company helping fathers
village emporium in Georgia-Davd May hadn't set sail from
Germany establish his retail chain-cyrus Mccormack
was chorng West Virginia farm and the Knckerbockrs
were snubbing the Vanderbilts.
In 1855 total manufactures Pittsburgh employed less
than fifteen thousand hands, Philadelphia boastinp
Stephen Morris stove and iron works covered all of two
acres.
In 1855, e5 per cent of Americans hadn't high
school imagined their immediate descendants would
have free colleges paved streets pped gas and SANITARY
plumbing in their homes
Apprentices then worked until voting age for clothes and
keeprphans sold into bondag-deinquens jailed for
deband and with traceable drop negro
blood vendbe chattels without legal title their own
offspring.
1856 there wasn't trades union in the country COM
pensation child labor law the statute books or
pulsory education act in the thoughts of government
In 1855 the foundations unad for chemical and
electrical indusrsseel largely produced by manual
processesnot section of rail had reached the left bank
OF the Mssssppthe possibilities Of hydroeectric power
were unsuspectedBe hadn't begun to experiment with
teephonethere transit systems photographs pneu
matte devices, automatic office equipment typewrters
no motion pictures radios any the thousand
OF vocation and fortune which have since made mionaires
rs common e-horse carriage were at Mr. Mel
Ion earthly debut
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-09-28
LISTEN WORLD!
How'd They Get That Way?
By Elsie Robinson

but I doubt IL it's the true
answer. 7 suspect that women.
as a sex. lost their drag in an
tiquity for exactly the same rea.
sons that woman, az an Individual,
30 often loses her drag today
LAZINEss AND Stiffness.
why did women become chat
tells? Because OF mans brutal
ity? Not a bit of it! THEY
BECAME CHATTELs BECAUSE
THEY LIKED THE IDEA OF
BEING CHATTELs. BECAUSE
BEING CHATTELs LOOKED
LIKE A SOFT SNAP. The role
might be ignominious but it was
certainly kind on the feet.
It's great to be free, but it's
also hard work. When 1t came
to wanting to take things easy.
Mrs. Stonehatchet of 10000 B.
C. didn't differ a whit from
F'lossis Fit of 1900 A. D. ..
MIGHTY EASY IF YOU'LL
: lELL SOME NJ AN ne > A
GREAT, BIG WON DERFUL
BRUTE AND SIT BACK AND
LOOK ADMIRING WHILE HE
DOES HIS STUFF.
Moreover, it's lot more
thrilling and romantic to be drug
around by the hair and cooped be-
hind bars than it is to punch a
time clock and Re An Equal.
There never yet was q woman,
however much emancipated, who
didn't have a secret yen to be
some rough bozo's Piteous Victim.
II you don't believe 1t you
should gee some Of the specimens
that file through my office. Wife
Whamming, as an indoor sport,
was not confined to primitive
society. It still goes strong as
abundant BACKED eyes and busted
noses testify. Shocking? OF
course 1t Is. Isn't there any.
thing these poor, dear ladies can
do to protect themselves? There
is plenty. But will they do it?
Not on your life! When 1t comes
right down to brass tacks they
stick to their Peevish Papas.
For two reasons. First. because
1t f1atters their vanity. /. Sec
ond, because IT'S easier than
working.
And that, knowing women as
do, Is my answer to How They
Got That Way.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-09-28
Temporal Mutantur
Mea ling Chimes Change Though Slowly.
TWO items of legal news:

TWO items Of legal
Magistrate Leo Healy holds court in arplane over
Ooney Island William II Alexander defendant homicide
charge pilots His Honor Above the roar of the motor Alex
aHdr tells how he crashed two ago among crowd
bathsrs killing two Samuel Bernstein senographer takes
notes, 100 words a minute, 100 miles hour.
Same day Paterson New Jersey. Two brothers four and
six, play with law books the while
torneys argue whether they guilty of mansaugher The
charge-fatally injuring playmate, five.
The defendant cries when father picks him
np exhibits him to the Judge.
The sixteenth century meets the twentieth.
Children younger than the in Paterson have been tried
condemned executed for less serious ofenes than
daughter few generations ago boy hanged in Eng
land for stealing bread worth sixpence.
John Calvin, Jonathan Edwards, who believed in 1.-The
damnaton of infants would nothing that nor
in the Paterson Judge holding court in aplane
might puzzle them. .,'s
In 1929 the Paterson puzzles Judge in aplane
seems natural. ,.' '-...t
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-09-28

VoU hear a lot about how won
Il derful 1t In for women to be
free at last after all these ages Of
Male Oppression. As matter OF
fact, there's plenty of evidence to
prove that II there was any op-
preston in the worlds dim dawn.
ing, US GIRLS DID IT!
Female suffrage is nothing new
In the human record. Time was
when the ladies corralled all the
votes, bossed all the industries
and the men just hung around and
waited for mama to come home.
T. Swami Harding tells about 1t
in an article called The Domi-
nant Sex" in the August IA issue
of the Nation. Says he -
"In 1917 the women of New York
State, after much travail and hys-
terra, at last achieved the right to
vote. But among the
Iroquois tribes which inhabited
that State before modern paddock
ing refinements were introduced,
all adults male and female, be-
1onged to the tribal council, which
gave them equal suffrage on q
democratic basis.
Centuries before this the women
of the Senecas were electing the
tribal officers and exercising the
power of recall as well, when
necessary. Among the Wyandottes
and Hurons the clan was gov
erned by q council composed OF
one man and four women; the
man was elected by the four
women Of the council!' 49,.
Nor was that the half! Males
were bounced about, showed off
in corners or sent home 20
mama by their primitive mates,
as fancy dictated. How did the
ladies get away with it? They
got away with it, according to
T. Swami Harding. because MEN
DIDN'T REALIZE THEIR OWN
IMPORTANCE. The mother,
being obviously the parent of tho
child, had full command of the
situation-papa simply don't rate.
He was adopted into the wife's
tribe, fed on the wife's charity.
or kicked out at the wife's pleas.
ure. But when he once did real.
lie his Importance in the scheme
of things, says Mr.. Harding. hs
asserted himself and the wife
took second place.
That's an interesting theory
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-09-28
NEGOTIATIONS
OF A WIFE
BY Helen Rowland

The Lock In Wedlock
NOW that shaving Is SO easy
~ and simple, a beard seems as
superfluous as an extra wife In
Paris.
To some men, the Don't sign
in a womna's eyes Ia an insult; to
others 1t IL warning: but, to
most of them, 1t is just a dare!
Telling q man that you don't
believe In marriage somehow.
always arouses his determination
to convince you that you are
wrong, even II he has to go as far
as the altar to prove 1t.
It's perfectly astonishing how
easily college girl can tell you
all about Misunderstanding that
you can't possibly know anything
about ANY man until you have
been married to him, at least once.
''Petting," says DR.. Horn, OF
New York University. involves
emotional excitement" Some
times, doctor. And sometimes it's
just little formality, through
which a man goes, because he
thinks that the girl expects it;
and which a Woman endures, just
to avoid being classed with high
button shoes.
Life is so unfair to a woman!
She can't even run over a man
in her car, now and then, without
getting a reprimand from the
judge and her picture in all the
Sunday supplements!
OF course, you can't buy real
love; but man will never give up
the hope that he can buy some
substitute just as good"-and not
half so troublesome and exacting.
Trying to mix marriage and I'M
dividual freedom leads to more
tragedies than trying to mix lob
ster salad and milk, or even than
trying to mix cocktails and high
powered motor-cars. You just
can't take the lock out of wed
lock, and make the darned thing
work.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-09-28
WISE SAYINGS

Every man Is a missionary now
and forever, for good or for evil,
whether he intends or designs 1t
or not. .-.-. Chalmers,
Murmur at nothing. II our
Ills are reparable, 1t Is migrate
full; If remediless, 1t Is vain.
There is nothing truly valuable
which can be purchased without
pains and labor. Addison.
1t is the cause and not the
death THAI makes the martyr.
Napoleon.
Knowledge is indeed that which,
next to virtue, truly and essen
TALLY raises one man above an
other. Addison.
Suit the action to the word. the
word to the action with this
special observance that you Ger.
step the modesty of nature.
Shakespeare.
The first point of wisdom is to
discern that which Is false. the
second to know that which is true.
-Lactantius.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-09-28
Hearst Papers Advocate:

l. An agreement of Enghsh-speaking peoples to pre-
serve peace among themselves and to promote the
peace of the a0orld
e Proportional representation in the United States
Senate, no State to haze less than tWo Senators.
Legislation to enforce prompt constitutional reap
portionment in the House of Representatives.
8. A separate Department of the Army, of the Nary
and of the Air Forces, all united under Secretary
of National Defense.
A. Federal action to the limit of Federal powers to
abolish ikteracy in the United States under Secre-
tary of Education.
s. Election of Congress in November. Installation
the first of January foloOing. Inauguration of the
President first of January nert after November
election.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-09-28
SECRETS OF
HEALTH
By Harding
BY DR.. Louis e. Bisch-

A NORMAL child Is more or
"A less Of a wild little animal
that needs coercion at times.
We must not let our children
run wild entirely.
Although modern pedagogics
teach freedom Of expression and
freedom Of movement, that does
not mean that children should be
allowed to do anything and every.
thing their fancies dictate.
II we let them grow up that
way they become more or less
lawless adults.
The unframed child becomes
the anti-social man or woman
who feels he does not fit IN with
society and its standards, and
who becomes, in consequence.
most restless and unhappy.
There are parents, indeed, who
obey their children rather than
their children obeying them. It's
hard on the parents. also on the
children.
Such children get the notion
that the world Is going to give
them everything they want, that
they are superior to others, that
they can make their own wills
law. The result, inevitably, is
disastrous. Obedience, therefore.
is a sociological necessity. But
obedience on the part Of your
children cannot always be gained
easily.
You must study your child.
You must evaluate his nature.
You must fit your teaching with
his character, for only then can
you mould that character and
change it.
For instances, don't say q lot
OF things you do not mean.
When you threaten, carry it out
always.
Be sure, also, that your child
knows and understands what you
desire and what you require of
him. A child may be busy play
ing, and not realize that you are
speaking to him.
When you do punish, do so
promptly. A child invariably re.
sents being punished for naughti-
ness committed several days pre-.
vious.
Don't frighten your child. Never
say the man in the woods will
come to fetch him and put him in
a big black bag. A child has a
vivid imagination. Such methods
of punishment often lay the
groundwork for future fears and
nervousness.
Don't ask your child to do
something that is manifestly i'm
possible or exceedingly difficult.
II your little one is genuinely
AFRAID OF the dark, don't force
him into 1t alone. Go with him.
reassure him, show him that hob.
COLLINS will not jump out at him.
Be sure you always keep your
promises. If child can trust
you, he will also be obedient.
Be patient with your child's
tantrums or irritability. Bad tenn.
per may be caused by Illness, in
digestion, loss of sleep, irregular
meals. etc. Find the cause of bad
temper always.
When you do punish be sure
the child fully understands why.
Far better is deprivation of
sweets or some form of enjoy
ment. than corporal punishment.
The proper training Of children
Ia exceedingly worth while.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-09-28
ONCE-OVERS

They are young and work will
not hurt them.
The girls need experience to
become good housekeepers.
OF course, you hope they may
meet and marry some man who
il able to provide help for them
in the home. They may, but the
chances are great that the man
is not so we'll off. Even II they
are so fortunate they should be
familiar with every phase of the
work in a home in order to
direct valuable help.
You think you are kind to
spare your daughters by allowing
them to avoid housework, but you
are not.
You are encouraging them to
Ia law and not giving them
opportunities TO gain information
they should possess.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-09-28
Helpful Daughters

AFcikHuk DdughteFN
MOTHERS. are you requiring
AVE- your daughters to assist Won
at home?
Or do you follow the usual
plan of mothers. and permit your
girls to have good time while
you attend to all the work?
This Is an injustice to yourself
and harmful to the daughters.
Girls should have certain duties
at home for which they are held
responsible, and their good times
should depend upon whether they
attend to these duties.
There is no reason in tba uor,d
why a mother should slave for
a child.
It does Q positive injury to the
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-12-27
Editorial Comment
Character Counts
christian Science Monitor)

VNIU ACtAukI oCNCttC N0OA1AVVRy
Sound character building should be the first aim Of
education. Emerson said that the things learned III
school and college were not education. but the means
OF education. He could have added that the education
thus subserved Was the u~nfoldment Of the faculties to-
ward the building Of sound character. without the
strength Of character which includes moral s%oundness
education. however complete otherwise, falls egregiously
Convinced Of this fact, school authorities awake to the
situation are considering anew means and methods for
promoting this most important result Of education.
That failure in this direction Of the methods of educa-
ton now In vogue may play . considerable part In laxity
and lawlessness, there Is good ground for believing
While educators sometimes try to shift the responsibility
to what they claim Is inadequate home training and the
lessening influence Of the church and the Sunday school,
1t cannot be denied that the schools have q direct respon-
sbility.
Aware Of the condition. the school authorities Of New
York city are again examining the problem to see what
steps may be taken to remedy the situation. The ques-
tion Of method arises. Can character be strengthened
best by direct methods which contemplate specific courses
In moral and ethical education: or by indirect methods
which look to the use Of the incidents Of the day fot
pointing moral lessons and correct behavior? Which
ever method or whatever combination Of methods may be
decided upon. the fundamental fact remains that love Of
truth. ability to distinguish between right and wrong
coupled with . profound conviction that right alone wins
must be the bases Of all sound character building.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-12-27
Some Figures on Aviation

II YOU doubt that the aviation industry is rapidly on
The way to a position among the nations industrial
giants, harken to these figures Just made public by the
Aeronautical Chamber OF Commerce.
During 1923 American aircraft manufacturers built
~sirplancs to the value Of over SIS 900 ,00o-l4O per cent
greater than II 1927.
10 hc sure. as American businesses 60. a gross produc-
ton OF only SIS. 900 Is not large. But it is the rate OF
growth which this figure indicates that Is important
The aircraft industry Is just beginning to hit its strife
Such cities as Wichita. Kas. where airplanc factories
are centcrins. can look to the future with a great deal
OF optimism.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-12-27

DR.. McCoy.s menus suggested fol
the week beginning Sunday, Decem-
Breakfast - French omelet whites
Of two eggs and 2 ounces milk),
Stewed pears.
Lunch - Spinach, cooked celery
Stuffed tomatoes.
Dinner-Broiled chicken O. rabbit,
cooked lettuce. Mashed pumpkin.
Salad OF string beans. celery and GU
cumbers nodded In gelatine. Apple
whip.
Monday
Breakfast - RetoaSted breakfast
food With milk or cream. atewed
raisina.
Lunch-Celery soup. baked potato.
Salad Of chopped raw cabbage.
Dinner-Broiled steak, cooked ruta.
bagas, string beans. Salad Of lettuce
and tomatoes. Slowed apricots.
Tuesday
Breakfast - Coddled eggs. Melba
toast. stewed rfs-cs.
Lunch-oranges, with . handful Of
pecans.
Dinner-Les Of mutton. stewed to-
matoes. Salad Of cold cooked aspara.
gus on lettuce. Jello O. Jell.well with
cream.
Wednesday
Breakfast-Baked stuffed apple, re-
toasted cereal biscuit.
Dinner-Ripe olives. Sailed nuts.
Stuffed celery. Baked ham Or chick
en-. Shredded Wheat dressing. Baked
ground beets and turnips Brussels
sprouts. pineapple Almond cream.
Superseded sliced ham o. chick
en-. Combination salad.
Thufs1ay
Breakfast - Poached egg, Melba
toast. stewed figs.
Lunch-spinach. carrots, shredded
lettuce.
Dinner - Vegetable soup. Baked
squash, asparagus. Salad Of chopped
cabbage and celery. Frune whip.
Friday
Breakfast - Cottage cheese. baked
apple.
Dinner-Peanut butter soup. Com.
bination salad d celery. lettuce. to-
matoeS.
Dinner-Broiled white fish. cooked
spinach. Mccoy salad. No dessert.
Saturday
Breakfast - French omelef. crisp
waffle. stewed pears.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Of huttermilk.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-12-27
Quotations
By Ahern

Dictatorship Is always merely an
aria, never and opefa."-Emil Ludwig.
II do not count unlaid eggs."-Prof.
Albert Einstein.
i 4 \
II am not governed by principles; ]
am inspired."-Bernard Shaw.
"A bad conversationalist always
talks about the things that interest
him, and not about the things that
interest others. Ben w. Levy.
TN large cities people can hide
themselves when they want to: In
small places they can hide only their
Northumberland lde.