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The Washington times., 1929-01-05
THE PLUM PIE CONSPIRACY
JANUARY 5, 1929
By Herbert Kaufman

A COLLEGE man with twelve years buying and selling
"A experience" claims he has been hunting for mo1E
and cant get lob because anybody attempting % puh
ahead by sheer energy sticktoveness and negsnes WI
land in no place worth mentioning Those holding reon
sible positions and getting good money generally AVE
1sGod onIv knows what kind Of pull'-etc etc, etc
He admits time when ability counted In this country ana
comedies there chances to rise from the h@.
But concludes from personal experience that hoss as
gone -.
America we are warned has graduated from the HOso
Alger school Of success.
All ME is now reserved for little Jack HOrneT. the far
haired bow whose thumb holds monopoly In plums
Which naturally explains recent business growth noss
expansion increased automobile sales and constant oesns
in national bankruptcies.
Influence of course in charge everywhere Practically
nroved capacity been kicked out Of office Cousin Cora
bow and old Charley's managing the concern
% nov Won also know the secret Of present property
Yet neposm hardly accounts for the promotion, within
of young advertising writer 10 tine mAnAsn
of Fifth Avenues most impressive store
Nor does it explain how various obscure bond statesmen
became presidents and directing officials Of ths
biggest Manhattan banks and trust companies.
It hardly accords with Clarence billions sudden str1as
nor does It give satisfactory lOwdOwn for red headed
stenoprapher rapid climb to presidency Of our leading
scales company
The record seems to disagree with the critic.
Classified of newspaper deny there ISN'T
daily chance seasoned real gogeerH
for reliablitv-for determination-for scOreholdsrs
The market is always interested in firscass article
If brain goods all wool and yard Woe tape me ano
acid pot are ready to test their quality
But shoddy and short measure are so prevalent IN human
nature and so many dressing their shop fronts with
mental merchandise which they can't deliver that Wei
inclined to ask substaniatng references and explicit aaa
on personal habits and former engagements.
Opportunity hasn't the reputation for snuDbng demon
srabe merit and the proftlOyng dollar never turns
cold shoulder verified producer
| copyrigh by the Daily Mirror and herbert KAUFMAN
The Washington times., 1929-01-05
IoHN D ROCKEFELLER GAVE HER A DIME--THEN MORE

HE lady the center is Miss Martha Berry who devotes
all her energies the education of mountain boys Mrs
yohn Hays Hammond and Mrs Douglas Robinson sister Of
Theodore Roosevelt stand on either side OF her
Three fine women and Miss Berry in the center Is one
of the country's useful workers. =
This picture is printed attract attention to story
about what one small silver dime did m
nav after John D. Rockefeller had given it to Miss Berry
Miss Berry met rich man. who nearly ninety years Old
has turned over business and the bulk OF his
ruorlr Ia his SON. John D. Rockefeller, jr.
Miss Berry told Mr. Rockefeller that she needed building
Far her mountain boys He thanked her for the information
and when she left following his CUSTOM he presented her
with new ten-cent piece
Nis. Rerrv decided that dime TEN CENTS, and
decided to see what that dime could do for the mountain
bows It did more than she expected
she bought ten cents worth Of watermelon seeds planted
the seeds had them well cared for The ten cents worth
AZ watermelon seeds produced $500 worth Of watermeons
Having accomplished this financial miracle Miss Berry
wrote to Mr. Rockefeller to tell him about it, thinking ne
might be interested in what of his dimes had accom-
plished -, J. LII 49,
building needed for the boys .
That il the story carefully accurate narrator too
IL this writer And ST non ben troOotO.
The Washington times., 1929-01-05
OF SUNS, WORLDS
BY Garrett P. SerYiss-

a vtino Of blae you said that recent Discoveries "a the
.ty,ye ud haze set scientific sRecnd
the search for consistent theories W
cosnooon viii uot kindly tell aUha these recent dtscocs
and hon they changed scientific opinion regarding the Aeodf
huDothesis?"- M. Brooklyn
that solar
formed through the contraction Of great ne6ulou mass @
rings left off at the periphery OF the rotating
accounng continued radiation of IN the form
a. heat theory assumed that the gravatona falling OF the
sor of the the latter went on
slowly shrinking uffced maintain the radiation through opera
ton the mechanical equivalent OF heat 1T
hat the radius of the shran only 200 feet per
would supplied in this Tor az least
2OO000OO 30y000000 years. ~
first blow nebuar hypothesis dealt by the demon
ratio that it mathematcay inconsistent in its details with
Of At the time the supple
theory the thermal effects arising from the con-
tnued shrinking the suffered st more convincing check
when new about the constitution OF atoms led to
vast extension probable lifetime OF the and other stars
as sources of radiant energy. !. 49,. .
the liberation locked the atoms and that the life
ta IF sun NAV be hundreds or millions of
IF that be So be gradually radiang away its
by continuing furnish light and heat to its surround
ings On this hypothesis the English astronomer Eddngton has
calculated that is losing 130000O 900 million tons OF its
ass per year. might dsspatng itself away at
that rate for 100000 million years!
suggestion that in Russell Dugan-
to the effect that single star might
through every known spectral type starting very
passing through various stages to the main
Class B. and finally contracting to the density and
temperature Of q white dwarf
The Washington times., 1929-01-05
One More Warning to Police
Department Heads
TxIDNAPING of Washington policeman by criminal m

p -
n not convey significant warning to the Police Department
of Washington but it should do So
The nervy deed of the stranger, Wnlie unique ana ss
tona NAV be regarded isolated but it just another
h;b;tion Of the fact that Washington not free FROM modern
criminal tactics from modern criminals =
AS SUCH affair should be one more warning 70
and police heads Washington that they should prepare -
cope with increasing crime of bold nature In TINS
more or less organized crime The warning this time snouA
be amply sufficient, too to bring action
Members Of modern criminal syndcate far ahead Of
noIce systems and methods They make business ct es
and of crime commission that offers the greatest pOs
of escape =, -, 60.
possessing Federal antcrmnal agencies Of power and pres
re il addition to good police force has tended In the past
to keep national criminals away from here but that nc
longer Bad Of other cities are coming here ana VII
organize unless suppressed with an iron hand.
wasbingtOn Police Department long warned by this Is
naner must prepare for drastic efficient action Modern
crime systems and methods be met by modern police
methods and equipment detectives and more Pohce-
men are necessary we must have them
Crime must not get greater sway here must De ruin
Iessy sharply suppressed and court ana olc
must join passing out discriminating justice 70 those VINO
attempt to inaugmate gang activities.
It ID 10 city and police heads to far enough to DO
their full duty and handle the situation efficiently Do. one
step il the direction Of protection TO Washington ponemsn
That Il orders changing their equipment that their pistols
may be within easy reach when necessary to use ana ooe
that when their weapons be used they should be used
with telling effect.
mr. nol;cemen are supposed to be regularly engaging
pistol target practice that their aim may pc deadly wnen
must defend themselves there has been any lss up m @
nolicy of developing expert markmen mistake mas Oeeh
made -. I..- a.. =.
The best pistol marksmen in the world however are ~
t 5;s5vanta0e Il they cannot draw with quckness
Our policemen are handicapped by having to carry tnsr
ueanang under heavy clothing To reach the weapons
slow process just the kind Of process modern criminals WIN
approve.
this process without delay Permit Officers TO
carry their On the outside using Sam Brown belts OF
anv other that win enable them to act promptly
Ia uinf
nurderers there must be human targets let them be Grim
inals
The Washington times., 1929-01-05
JOURNEYS IN
BRIEF
-Ry Temple Manning

OF the two races Of Pygmies
~ known to be existing today,
the Nigrilloes Of equatorial Africa
are the smaller in stature. Their
maximum height Is about four and
one.half feet, while they seldom
weigh more than 10 pounds. SIR
Harry Johnston says OF their ap-
pearance:
THE Negrilloes are wonderful
mimics and are quick to grasp
the salient points of a situation,
They are bright and cheerful, with
marked sense of humor, often
going off into gales OF Laughter
when conyersing among them.
selves. One often wonders, hear
ing their unintelligible chatter,
what old chestnut from the
Pygmy anthology of humor they
are retelling and chuckling over.
1 am sure they are a race OF
raconteurs. They fly into sudden
tempers, but as quickly recover
their good humor. They are
Clearly in their habits, and have
a natural sense of modesty ana
refinement"
He adds that, he believes that
intellectually they are far the
superiors of the Negritoes. They
are believed. also to be thoroughly
versedN in the science of poisons
and their antidotes. They love
the dance. and at most of their
festivals dancing plays an i'm
portant part, together with q
weird sort Of music
The Washington times., 1929-01-05
NEGOTIATIONS
OF A WIFE
.Rv Helen R0Wland.
Things we Hate to Hear

Things We Hate to Hear
NTow that the honk of the
~ motor.horn has become the
national love.call, the door-beh
il right in the class with Othello
A mans idea Of reforming
il to be more careful that his
wife won't find out, next time.
Things We Women Hate TO near
From the Old Family Friend:
"Why, / remember you when you
were Just growing up, and wore
a Merry Widow hat and pempa'
dour."
From the Woman Who Has
Your Good at Heart; But, my
DEAHi You simply must try my
diet, and take a lot of 1t OFT
From Husband: "Well, 1t may
be .tthe last word from Paris
but it makes you look IKE
circus PARADE
From the saleslady: Yes, It's
lust your style and color--but it
would never go over Your hips.
From the Cat: That's q lovely
shade you've. got your hairW
To a modern girl, when Mother.
begins talking about twin souls,
'womanly reserve" and waiting
for the right man." she SOUNDS
lust like a Fundamentals.
A REALLY good mixer" i
one who carefully avoids mixing
his drinks, his love.affairs, and
his women.
AS long as mans vanity makes
him want to feel superior, this
il going to be hard, cold world
for the girl with just enough
brains to be wise to him, ana
not enough sense to LOOK other
wise.
The Washington times., 1929-01-05
LISTEN WORLD!
The Trutk About Motherhood
By Elsie Robinson

OF Divine Calls echoing through
the infinite is all blah and il apt
to lead to lot of misunderstand-
ing and disappointment, ana
greatly lowered census.
Motherhood is not ushered in
with a heavenly fanfare.
1t generally happens as the
great things in life are apt TO
happen. 1t happens with peevisl-
ness and boredom and a lot of
tiresome detail. We are not sud
denly elected by the Lord to be
mothers. We are not purged OF
our laziness and meanness and
initiated into the inner mysteries.
We come to motherhood as we
come to our other big chores
chuckful of cussedness, And that
is why motherhood is such an
amazing miracle,
For God doesn't stage a special
demonstration to make us moth
ers. Out OF our weak and foolish
commences the miracle is born.
out of our ordinary cowardice and
selfishness comes the greatest dis
play OF courage and love OF which
humanity is capable, And in spite
OF our peevish reluctance, we enter
into the deepest pride and joy
which the human heart can know.
That is the truth about mother
hood.
Mrs. Towle is a smart and
beautiful young woman who
thinks her attitude toward mother.
hood is exceptional. 1t isn't. Il
has been shared by all mothers
since Eve bore Cain and wished
she had never eaten the apple. No
woman with the sense God gave
gooseberry, bankers after the
iob-beforehand. But try and
take her baby away after she has
| one and see where you get off.
The Washington times., 1929-01-05
Did Hoover Promise?
Probably Not

PRESIDENT IRIGoYEN Of the Argentine supposed to
have said r Hoover is not in accordance with the IDEAS
Sc President Coolidge referring to the United states ner
vention in Nicaragua. ].
Ne Hoover IS alleged have told the South American
President that in future the Omitted states Wouo never
vena1 in the internal affairs Of other countries.
Iisnt likely that Mr. Hoover tied himself up Dy any sucn
steet Mr. Hoover Of course would not intervene unless
the other country made intervention necessary ana proper
II that he is like President Coolidge, u a
The Washington times., 1929-01-05
SECRETS OF
HEALTH
by DR.. Louis E. Bisch

TUNE was when the employer
Il hired as many men as ne
wanted, put them to work, and let
it go at that.
This is exaggerating the meth
DDS Of the past, but / make the
statement in order to emphasize
the difference in point of view and
methods between then and now.
Nowadays the employer Is con-
stantly on his toes.
He endeavors. in the figst place
to find the most efficient men pos
sible. For this he employs psy-
biologists to devise efficient tests
SO that materials may not be
wasted and that he may not en-
ploy individuals untitled for work.
He likewise arranges for periodi-
cal examinations of his employees,
for he realizes that sick or other
wise physically HANDICAPPED work
ers spell an economic loss.
He also tries TO improve his
product by Installing the best ma
ehinery possible and by serapping
machinery that Is obsolete.
The up-to.date employer builds
factories that are Light and airy.
Recreational activities are added
to the daily routine. He inquiries
into the problem Of meals for his
workers.
Neither is his marketing Of the
product nor his advertising done N
a hit.or-miss fashion. All this. too,
is turned over to specialists, men
who make a life-study of that sort
of thing.
/ IN i nutshell, the modern and
progressive employer makes use o.
science to help speed him on ms
/ way and he continues to- apply
i scientific principles and new uls
coveries as quickly as they appear
He has learned that the ways o.
business are constantly IN pro
cess OF change.
He Is forever on the lookout fol
improvements.
But what about the employee
Is he also as careful to keel
abreast Of the times2
Generally speaking, no. Excep
for 4 comparatively exceptions
few. too many are quite willing 7
perform their work in the sam
routine way day after day. year i
and year out.
1T is so much easier to folloN
| the line of least resistance an
work as you have always worke
than to analyze yourself an
your work and see If some sort
Improvement is not possible.
r. il any wonder, then, tina
orr daily work so often become
an insufferable bore?
THE trouble Is. we do not tax
enough interest in 1t. Certa!nl
we do not take as much inleres
IN our particular duties as doe
our employer in MS own bushes
and of which we form an mte
Don't be too satisfied and col
tent.
At least be dissatisfied and res
less enough to find out If 70
cannot improve yourself.
For If you improve your Wor
YOU likewise improve yourself
interest, in your future, in you
happiness, in better salary eve
Il in better mental as well as phi
steal health.
Be an up-to-the-minute employ
in the same way that your er
ployer 10.
That Is the quickest way to b
come an employer yourself.
The Washington times., 1929-01-05

KEARGERY LAWRENCE tMrs.
IVA Arthur Towle) doesn't want
to be a mother. She tells all
about 1t in the January number of
the Cosmopolitan. According 10
Mrs. Towle, real mothers don't
Just happen. They get a call.
She describes that call intriguingly.
Somewhere out In the void,
that a few of us, with humility
and patience. are trying to ex-
Dlore wait the souls that must be
incarnate-in their own good
time or in Gods good time-ln
mortal flesh. | firmly believe that
when a soul chooses its place on
earth-as / think they do-a silent
call goes forth from that spark
of divinity on the Other Side and
wakes a response on This Side,
in the soul of the mother that is
to be and then, gloriously,
certainly. Enthusiastically, the desire
for motherhood is born! The
woman desires a child, That, to
me, is the only true motherhood
when Deyond all doubt or Won
dering, deeply, sincerely, one
knows that one wishes to bear
childt'
such is the Call which divinely
ordained mothers receive accord
ing to Mrs. Towle. Since she
hasn't received 1t. she is politely
but firmly refusing motherhood.
And, having read her article,
several thousand other young
women who have been looking for
a good excuse, will probably re-
fuse 1t also.
Now, don't care whether Mrs.
Towle has baby or not. Nor do
I care whether those thousands Of
other young women become moth
ers. But as a mother, / do pro-
test against this article. And !
rise to announce that the theory
The Washington times., 1929-01-05

God be thanked FOR books. They
are the voices of the distant and
the dead. and make us heirs OF
the spiritual life OF the past ages.
Charming,
Let us be thankful for the fools.
But for them the rest of US could
mt succeed. Clemens.
wealth lost. something lost;
honor lost, much lost. courage
lost all lost. Goethe.
Depend upon It, a lucky guess
Il never, merely luck--there rs al
ways some talent in it.
Austen.
The Washington times., 1929-01-05
WORDS FROM LIPS OF WISE MEN

Govern the lips as they were
paiace doors, the king within:
TRANQUIL and fair and courteous
he all words which from that
presence win.--Arnold.
A true.bred merchant Is the best
gentleman in the nation-Defoe-
No one ever became thor
ougly bad all at once.-Juvenai-
Learning Is a kind Of natural
food for the mind. Cicero.
MANY things are wanting to
poverty, ali things to avariee,
-SyrqA
The Washington times., 1929-01-05

scotland's birth rate last year
was the lowest on record.
The Patent Office Bureau in
Washington has more than 100. 900
requests for protection of a wide
range Of inventions
The Washington times., 1929-01-05
DO YOU KNOW THAT

Paper is now manufactured into
MORO than 10, 900 varieties.
A red rose is the rent paid Tor
tenure of a manor in sonersel..
England; the custom is 700 years
old.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-29
SPORT SLANTS
BY ALAN J. GOULD.
Associated Press Sports Editor.

A T something over 20 years OF age,
~ Jim Thorpe still apearS to be
"A one of the hardest Of the spe-
cies that ever broke through q
line, high jumped over feet or
swung at q curved ball. Fully three
weeks after pumping paws with the Ia
nous Redskin the joint of the third mn
ger of my right hand remained some
what sore from the force Of his grasp.
Nevertheless Thorpe thinks he has
had about enough. He Is through, ne
says, with the gridiron, even though ne
probably can 90 out in civilian clothes
now, without warming up, and dropk1ck
with any one at distances UP to so yards
with q greater degree OF accuracy.
The Indians legs can no longer stand
the wear and tear Of foot ball cam
paign, although he has outlasted nearly
all of his contemporaries as q profess
sional over a period Of about o dozen
years. His last athletic enterprise was
the bunion derby. Jim contracted no
bunionS, for he was ballyhoo man ana
not a contestant, but neither did he de-
velop any profits. His most recent as
signment was as bodyguard to D. Scott
Chisholm, the Los Angeles Scot and
president of the California Golf Writers
Association, during the amateur cham
pionship at Pebble Beach.
THORPE has reached the end of the
i athletic trail without much to show
for his greatest efforts. He was shorn
Of his Olympic medals of 1912 after be-
ing declared PRO-" but this was be-
fore the big-money era of commercial
sport. Red Grange made more in one
afternoon as pro" foot ball player
than Thorpe did in any two complete
seasons. The big Indian was exploited
in any number of ways, but somehow
the proceeds remained elusive or else
they vanished about as quickly rs they
came.
Nevertheless, nothing can deprive
Thorpe of his rank as one of the great
est of all-around athletes. No all-time
All-American foot ball team is complete
without the Sac and Fox Indian. On
the track, in his prime, he could run
the 100" in 10 seconds, high jump
around feet inches, and toss any
thing from the javelin to the 16-pound
shot with careless skill that amazed
observers. He hasn't the medals ia
show for it, but he is still the only man
who ever won both the Olympic pen
tathlon and decathlon. Curve balls
forced him out of big league base ball.
but his natural ability carried him quite
way on the diamond. Lacrosse was q
soft" game for Thorpe and no on ever
tried putting ice skates on him or he
might have been a star at the bruisine
sport Of hockey.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-29
M|DWE|GHT CLASS
LAURELS AT STAKE
~
Fierce Fight Expected as
Mickey Defends Crown
in Ring Tonight.
by RUSSELL ]. NEWLAND,
associated Press Sports Writer.

CS ANGELES, october 29.-On
canvas-covered battle-ground at
Wrigley Field, Mickey Walker,
- middleweight champion, tonight
will defend the crown which Is
his by right of might against the
savage rushes of his most persistent
challenger-Ace Hudkins.
Reared in the ring school that teaches
mo quarter asked and none given"
these two gladiators are expected to
settle q hstic dispute, in 10 ROUNDS or
less, that will 60 down as one Of the
memorable jousts of the game.
One year ago they came together In
an encounter which since has provoked
much comment, both for and against
the decision. The Rumson, N. j., bull
dog retained his title after 10 furious
sessions, but Hudkins always has
claimed he was the victim OF a poor
decision.
Tonight the Nebraska Wildcat knocks
at the title door for q second time. Some
5000 persons, accounting for gate
Of between $125, 600 and $4,000, will be
ON hand to see whether he Is to don
the robes Of a champion or remain in
the ranks of those who have tried and
failed.
OId-Fashioned "Battlers."
Different in their ring styles, each is,
however, an old-fashioned "battler" in
the final analysis. Walker is the better
boxer and harder puncher. Hudkins,
a mauling, failing bruiser, bores in
steadily to the ultimate end of wearing
down his opponents.
A months training grind has put
both champion and challenger at the
peak of physical condition. There will
be no alibi from either side
Those who back their opinions with
money have made Walker 1913 IA
vorite, although in some quarters they
stack I'D even. It will be Walkers third
defense Of the title since he won it from
Tiger. Flowers In 1926. In 1927 he
knocked cut Tommy Milligan in Lon
don and last year edged out the decision
over Hudkins.
Ring careers of the two principals
run parallel and the wildcat always has
been walkers shadow" When Mickey
was the king of the welterweights,
Hudkins was trailing him around the
country. Walker moved into the mid
dleweight ranks and Hudkins followed.
Their fistic feud is one Of many seasons.
Normally scaling over the middle