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FARM AND GARDEN.
WELL RoTTED cow MANURE. Special
p PTocss on large orders. Phone Falls Church
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
ANTIQUES end modern furnitare-we ac-
asI7: Be satisfied before you sell. rs:
ANTIQUES. old gold. silver, diamonds. Jew
rokers sses c Sa s Sd 81 nW h. p ssss
e 2n sSc l ;s's diamond: &: Sa Main
BOOKS BOUGHT Main 5slS III q At.
NV. Paul Pearlman.
RooKs-Highest cash prices paid for entire
9ts sSSd back; Sans Rs
enSa M fso7 David
SoO KsIPhone The Lincoln Co. Franklin
ssi market prices Tor nseyat anS D csss Ss
nction and manuscripts. Books Of all kinds
ana QUANTITIES. as
CASH REGISTER, Nationals; win pay cash.
STATE price ana number. Address Box 27s-B,
mems letters. bousht: sold HoSSy SHOP ss' sis
18th St NV. Phone District 1879 as
FURNITURE = Am needing . quantity Ct
I ,irnt: rHss. ic-a-brac also some once
FURNITURE--Wheny you have first-ciass fur
niture for sale, do not hesitate TO call The
Lincoln Co., Franklin S6l1, and you Will get
every penny It Is worth. as
FURNITURE wanted ct once. Some used
55n ns 20 eutit large house. Phone Met.
rgRNrTORE g every descript.on; best
sa1sls Deal IaIniiilEs Co. Sol we g. nv.
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COOK WANTED.

NOON w AN I'D.
Colored woman; must be ex-
cellent cook and have best local
references; neat appearance
able and willing to assume re-
sponsibility. Family of 3 adults /;
no laundry; SIS per week. Give
references; full details about
yourself and telephone number
in your reply. Unless your ref
ernces show that you meet these
requirements, please do not an
swer.
Address Box 137-A Star Office.
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CHEVROLET COACH, ls2s-Gone less than
1000 miles; good paint; good tires: fully
seuipped; $3.50 down and $50 per month.
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SITUATION-DOMESTIC.
GIRL, colored, neat, reliable, desires morn
tngs or evenings work. Call Atlantic 273S.
GIRL, colored, wants place as mother
helper, waitress or light housework. Call
Potomac ele3.
GIRL, colored, wishes place, dishwasiler or
away for Summer. Atlantic 1878.
GIRL, colored, wants days work, also place
to cook dinner Sunday from 4 to Pm.
Atlantic 2520-J.
GIRL. eolored, wishes Steady housework or
part time; no cooking. 80 e st. ne.
GIRL, colored, wants JOB going away nurs-
ing or chambermaid. l7l7 goth st. NV,
Dupont Apt. janitor. 22'
GIRL GIRL, colored. neat. wishes Light housework;
WOMAN, colored, wishes days work or
i!aundry to take home; good ref. 1905
WOMAN wants general housework; willing
to go to the country; references. Potomac
1861. 1916 st. NV.
ho1sefeeper Apply t ioiS M ~ &. NV. e''"'''
WOMAN, light colored, neat, refined; part
time, night work or fine laundry work to
take home: personal ref. Call North 5534
WONAN-Settled white; in family Of q; for
general housework; good refs. Address Box
402-B. Star ONCE. %.
WOMAN, colored. cook and general house
worker; high-class ref. Col 1885,
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CHEVROLET COACH. 1s2s-orieinal finish
excellent; motor perfect: good tires. Price
only $3.50; terms. Emerson & Orme, 18th
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SITUATION-WOME
BOOKKEEPER, also p. B. K operator. will
ing, conscientious, Al references. Phone
Lincoln 565l-W, ask for Miss Lewis. 23'
DENTISTS ASSISTANT, Companion or
light housekeeper Call North 1851. 22'
DREsSMAKING and altering; special atten-
able. C. Howell, 1898 2sth st. NV. Potomac
4392-J 23s
DREssMAKING by day or week. Phone
GIRL. young. without parents, wants posi-
class home. will travel. Can drive any
standard car. Best references given. Age
le. High-school education. Address Box
437-B, Star ONCE.
GRADUATE NURSE would like position; en-
vironnent more to be considered than amt.
Of salary; reference. Address Box ALB,
HOUSEKEEPER, now employed fine hotel,
wants mgr.'S position apt. house or house,
keeper of fine establishment, home or club.
Address Box 1888. Star once.
LADY, Protestant, Of refinement, desires
light hpusekeeper. Will leave town Good
reference. Phone Columbia S748-J, BETWEEN
5 and pm. 23s
TxpIEq ,. e any kind to DO at home. Can
WIDOW with boy, 2, would like care home
employed couple or housekeeper. Address
Box 42l-B. Star once.
WOMAN. reliable, employed TO 4:s0. viii
perform light duties in home for room and
board; can sew. Address Box 1888, Star
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Nkuer man orsgrnnr Recommendations sehen
eMSgersng entertainments for employment.
Use COPIES.
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RECOMMENDED SERVICE.

The following business concerns
guarantee satisfaction to Star read
ers Any complaint found necessary
to be made TO The Star will receive
prompt attention. For admission to
Recommended Service Column call
Main 5000. Branch lis.
ANT. ,BEDBUG, MOTH. ROACH. rat exter-
minAtion guaranteed; we maintain q mod
ern fumigation chamber for furniture, rugs,
etc, also specialize in house fumigation.
American Disinfectant Co.. 936 Eye st. NV.
BEDDING. MATTRESSES, box springs and
E1iiSSSs EeEn s,;; BET pEises and prompt Del
The Washington times., 1929-09-26
FROM CHAOS TO TELEVISION
Bp Herbert Kant n9dn

SEVEN hundred mile glacier and radio message have
inst made ncdding acquaintance through The Macmillan
expedition
Many things have happened since that monster chunk broke
loose from tie icecap which formerly covered continents and
stifled every form Of life in It's frozen embrace.
From where you stand, nothing in sight once grew
breahed And all that's left 70 mark The passing o Naur
most amazing mood the peasIs and boulders litter
nearby hills and streams-brokap tEaa bedrock ana g
under It's weight the frozen 5surnsyed TO the sea
Tbe dsry Il our wanderer would be the most revealing
document that knowledge might inherit
PaIeontOIoQy the sexton Of the sciences digs vay INTO
such aeons for remnants 81 the bridges that link . cata
cysms which swept the universe back e cnao ana Nngn
to erase fauns crahuanity ana its engage il
another experiment with seasons and matter
Nobody eyer knows what ocean currents an9 3
nationa the controls which established over substance
and b broken like spider webs Wasnsgs M oa sun e
which we have boldly the pattern of
Meanwhile We making hay and melons while there's
snll chance 10 turn tricks and pennies
The future holds 50 many promises that minds have
scant time fritter catastrophe dWe On
the possibilities Of million years hence.
It's far more interesting contemplate he prospect q Pro
fessor VoronCs hope that soon mdeflnite poact
Thousands 81 telephone find the collective
value Of their shares improved II single day ny some nun
drsd and rygs mqn SSss rs slns
It's great world we've reclaimed from sterile WRECK ana
only dsingdo and optimism could have done = -
constructive intelligence.
We're smashing aheadscorng against pesaim at every
turn
The croakers who insist were building too fast and TOO
high haven won scored point for long that they
fear to lay odds against any dream Of ennprise.
Billion dollar banks which last year seemed the limit Of
financial intrepidty, have since expanded mreefOd
HundredstOry structures aeady begin r. me
horizon
Hotels are actually erecting landing stages for aaveng
narong and the five vans have finally been seQuesrated
into concentrated dosage and viii Be ready y Danish
another batch of ailments and systematic deficiencies
What 4 pity that Macmillan couldn't swap with the
casagay and offer that Zip Van Winkle tevsion glimpse
Sc what's been happening, since tiny twolsgged creaur
which il behed has cleaned up te mess lett behind
Qcopyrght
The Washington times., 1929-09-26
ONO D. " ERS

runs III = talk with employed.
girls:
Do not stint yourself tn tood ~
IS 10 have more tp spend tor
clothes. .
Are you 50 determined To get ana N
keen slender that you do NOT eat
enntixh 10 provide the food Your
boiv requires to be strong
~ limiting yourself u nctirisn-
ine food you prepare the way 1or
disease to Anter and rum your
lie 70 say nothing of your good
looks.
Thin, anemic girls are not 2
pleasing prospect.
And IN order 10 protect y0ursslL
from minor ailments you need gcod
food.
For your own ,eAcs q AllAalN : %
want "a Be well-dressed.
Often your idea Of Weil-oFesAeo
a over dressed.
TO dress more plainly ana have
enough IN your bones is tar more
~ vo,,r credit. girls. And sensible
yr1nr men prefer health %
clothes.
~ Srnv yourself Wholesome fcc9
e,- ee5rrai aays 20 purchare ao1.o
~ - f|nrrT q payL11 .alIrIE -1.I
iss hIsh = rslns e1r a.
The Washington times., 1929-09-26
b. G. Estimates, Congress and
the Budget Bureau

: rnDRANCEs and prannes through which District 81
Columbia budget estimates must before appropriations
are finally By Congress constitute severe indictment
against official red tape and the complicated legal machinery
Congress Has set up for handling District finances
II spits 81 ali these drawbacks Congress has managed in
the past to give the District fairly good appropriation
measures even though that body has unloaded District
taxpayes unfair and increasing burdens and sased the
financial obligations Of the Federal Government toward this
cisy.
washington wonderful growth Is sure u Be checked
however there generous attitude BY Congress
ana the Budget Bureau in local finances
beginning July next are extensive and there should be
little interference with estimates possible that he Districts
needs may Be cared for and municipal functions permitted to
continue without being crippled
The Budget Bureau Il 81 agency set up ~ Congress to
aid that body II the preparation of FEDERAL and District
can ~ d with fun recognition 81 TIE that profound care
shond Re exercised Iii restricting estimates t wishes to do
is part il the building of Greater Warrington.
il somewhat past intelligent comprehension that the
Budget Bureau should cut estimates cf the Commits
soners and radically restrict the total budget 70 Be allowed
this city when ths Federal Treasury s not involved beyond
the usual allotment ct SsoOoOOO as Federal contrbuon
Ito District upkeep.
the Commissioners for example are extravagant and
wastefu ii their estimates people Of Washington
Ons of Congress for the next fiscal year may b the Federal
Government viii pay nothing beyond its regular share which
Congress ii fully aware this truth and may il desires
with tie final budget approved By the Budget Bureau but it.
too sharpens pruning knives and cuts O is full content
lment
Congress Isl 81 course justified il doing this ID instances
where estimates may Be found to BE exceve but the trouble
Is that Congress m really important local matters Is disposed
o restrict appropriations beyond reason merely because il
has that habit
Our public schools are gIarng example Between the
Commissioners and the Budget Bureau the annua aomsnt
for new school buildings have been shamefuy inadequate
M any time within the last ten years Congress could have
forcefnl acted Overridden all estimates 80 schools and
appropriated sufficient money e have sensd construction
0f MANY pnuch needed school huldings
ssvsntytwo nimsy outOfdate portable school buildings
viii h IN use here for least another year and probably for
some years 10 come They necessary 20 help for
overcrowsd conditions: % relieve serious congestion in The
main school buildings
condiaonB7
The Washington times., 1929-09-26

TNo you give certain persons
the impression that YOU agree
with them and then ridicule their
opinions to others?
Why do this2
IL it because YOU don't want to
make the effort to express an
adverse opinion and hold up your
argument for 1T? Or Is II that
you want to be POPULAR
Is # 4 fair or manly thing to
dog
If you think that person Is
expressing ideas and making state
nlents that are ridiculous should
you not make your ideas known
Is that effect? Why should vcn
try 70 agree with every person
You meet?
This practice weagens your
power to think and sets Won down
az q jelly fish.
II you have convictions why
not express and stand bv thenfP
Why be 80 deceitful a 10 ap.
parently support the opinions of
others at whom YOU later lauehs
Perhaps vou think anythfne fhaf
you might say could not rIior az
chans the ideas ot tho 49,.
you Fe heard Tharefrra ~
Iet lFn rse8 a. 1ta fEr-. -
maAo rDort q th1n iatrr.
The Washington times., 1929-09-26
SECRETS OF
HEALTH
DRAcTIsE observing your own
By Dr. Touis .. Bisch-

DRACTIsE observing your own
reactions.
Watch yourself III perspective,
as Ii were. trying to obtain .
detached and impersOnal view
and judgment. trying 70 discover
what ruts of thinking and be-
havior YOU may have H1know-
ingly stepped into.
Every human being is continu-
ally on the defensive anyway.
We are continually making ey-
cuses for Our conduct. We are
egotistic and stubborn. Often we
are conceited. such faults are
forever preventing as from fac
ing the real true facts about our
selves.
We are always trying to JUS
tffy our mistakes and are max
ing excuses e things do not turn
out as we would like.
One thing we find It hardest
to do ID 10 believe ourselves to
be wrong We are prone to
criticize others, but altogether
too loath 10 recognize our own
weaknesses
IL you doubt the validity Of
these statements. IL You think
they are exag ggerations, have q
heart -t0-heart talk with yourself
AMI find out
Review yoItr own life. Maybe
you viii be surprised TO find how
little YOU have changed In the
past years You may be aston
ished how 81 latlv YOU have bene.
fitted by yo,lr errors Of the past
and BY habits which were OBJ
viotisIy bad.
For instance, examine your
way or living and thinking for
the past year and compare IL
with the year that preceded.
Have you actually changed
n1lchg
Have you MT perhaps been
just about as iInsystenatic, as
careless. Us though htless, as N.
dOlent, as you ever were?
What about New Year Day and
Its resolutions2 Did you resolve
to turn over new ieaf2
The truth Is chat IL We keep
honest tabs on our habits we ara
often surprised at what we find.
We give too much advice to
others instead Of giving the same
advice to ourselves.
And vet II Il SO easy really, TO
explore ones inner self honestly
and fearieEsly and to profit BY our
faulty habits It Ii hard at first
to face ourselves fearlessly but
with little practice 4 ceases to
upset us.
With q little patience we learn
to make good, to repair the faults,
TO be happy In the realization that
We have conquered and are march.
ing forward To capture the prizes
Of achievement that the world
holds in store.
Indeed. IL - harder to remain
Ia the rtlf and repeat the same
faulty habits over ana over again
than It IS to pull ourselves ont
Of the rut BY 3 supreme effort,
and then proceed more smoothly
along the highway of llfs.
Keep tabs on yourself, and you
win never regret e.
Study yourself as you would q
book.
n can Be made q fascinating
paslime NJ that. with TIE rlEnt
1pirIl. selth4lp never ~ bore.
onco you have nottcr - ts re
h1ack q q ~ 4 4rirAiiy
envy =
The Washington times., 1929-09-26
Yours, and ! Gorilla s

rOMO sapisns il what man calls himself II means liter
~ ally tA man. knowing.
Possibly the gorilla that once owned the tOot On the right
Had he known any Latin, would have called himself gorilla
sapisns convinced that HE was the knowing creature
scientists ten you that these feet one Of highly developed
a sbe other Il lis humble cousin tie gorilla illustrate
snd proye evolution and show Of ears twoegged
creatures one powerful physically the other powerful MEN
foot i built j has evolved solely 8 hold Up
body The toes little century by century they are
The gorIas foot upon which hs walks, leaning over
one sds order make TIE fiat of the foot hard one
Hs uses II for climbing He also uses II for ssing and
holding things.
n excellent book The Ascent cf Man parental affection
as born when some gorilla stayed awake al night st the
fcot Of tree with female gorilla up IN the branches taking
care Of the new born gorilla baby.
ittinp there tie gorilla watching TOR Iecpards that might
climb and attack snakes that might wrggle up and steal
the baby used that big hind foot hand well his front
q h g ne ss e e ss s nss Ss e 81 hsi
Wrapped around the neck of big snake that powerful
gurias Big toe and four little toes would end the
eDalxass career. breaking It's back.
Homo sapss could only kick the serpent fssbly and in
sffsctualy. the snake beat him, long ago n Eden.
Thss feet ars important because they show yOu the great
importance of the thumb developed Y connection with ms
The Biz toe which Is Ire thumb of hs foot nndsyel
Man thumb asShsd Is his hand working il connection
with the four fingers and the BRAIN has been and more
developed through the centuries.
You are told by readers of character that the thumb
means IS much, almost, Is the face itself.
ME thumb on gorilla hand tiny compared with his
fingers THAT b because he only = hook u put
ar0und trees hold club.
AS mans brain developed he invented things 70
do with his hands, from shooting arrow playing the
VIOLIN the thub has been obliged to do BY itself much
work the four fingers DO y has grown and become
stronger.
THAT, what EVOLUTION tells you. a..s5
But you at liberty believe that Adam first Of all
men, had perfectly developed thumb which he handed
Do his descendants
Evoution tell you Also which need not annoy you be-
cause zen need BELIEVE ii that study 81 infants proves
descent from primitive man much LIKE The higher
1pe although not necessarily from any ape monkey now
known to
baby for instance pick things up with It's feet It
loses that ability iates.
baby when new born, can hold It's own weight when
ats little fingers hooked around stick The scientist
tells you The MONKEY baby had to hang ito its mother
r while she eaped from branch branch IN the forest and
thus holding on tight is nborn even yet in human babies
although they lose that power later. !"
Also you told that born baby thrown into the
swim Two three years later that same baby
would drown
Believe as much or as little Of what evolutonists tell you
as you please in any you will find the contrast Of
The Washington times., 1929-09-26

Isl Ellen wants TO write. she.
says she cant stand the
deadly nonotony ana discipline of
ordinary work" she's sure there
must be some loyelier. IiyeIier
way to i've and she thinks that
maybe writingss 1t. So viii ]
please tell her something about
writing particularly whats hard
est about itgg.
Itss evident that Helen thinks
that writing Is one of the Sacred
Mysteries. and expects ms to
rive dramatic account OF my
spiritual travail what 3 sur-
prise that girl III going to gefs
THE AROE ST THING
ABOUT WRITING, HELEN. rs
10 STICK TO YOUR SEAT, AND
I STAY STUCK.
Which was, when I first started
writing. rs rude q shock TO me ass
it must be to Helen. In common
with most humans, il had high.
faIutins ideas about Art. II
Thought that people who com.
mitted literature were Special
Breed by themselves, of rare and.
exquisite sensibilltles, subject 10
NO common law. Human htimming
birds, as II were. On no account.
must these unique specimens he
treated like ordinary guys, lest
! their genius be cramped. They
should do their stuff either I'M.
der lofty pines and spreading
oaks, or In dim, tlraped rooms
with q lot Of incense and maybe
soft music There they should
await the Mood,
The Mood, I thought, was the.
big idea with writer's. You
couldn't write unless you were
Elm the mood. 1t descended
upon you like b spiritual sun
stroke and gripped you like the
collie. While in its throes you
The Washington times., 1929-09-26
MEDIT A TIONS
OF IA WIFE
81 Helen Rowland.

Ks The Button. Conscious Sex
AF ali the resent protests against
~ the discomforts and absurdities
Of modern masculine clothes. the
most poignant and touching was
one feeble wall against the tyranny
Of BUTTONS,
Did you ever stop to think how
many buttons ii takes TO set q
man all together. In the morning
while 4 woman Il slipping 4 couple
ef garments over her head
Just WHY 4 man should have
SO many buttons and buttonholes
to struggle with. no woman has
ever discovered unless it Is to
keep wives busy and out Of mis-.
chief.
A woman may. carelessly trust
herself to safetyspins Or shoulder
straps; but y man must be but
toned up to the neck and then
trimmed all over with buttons.
they give him sense Of security.
l suppose.
Buttons On his coat his ever
coal, bis waistcoats his undershirt
his top-shirt and his trousers;
whole rows Of them! Cuff but
tons, collar buttons; buttons on
his pajanlas and sometimes on
his bathing suit. He would but
ton On his hat, somehow, i he
could find 4 way to manage Il.
He ii that button conscious!
A wife who believes in pre-
paredDess' may forget to order
the winters coal, but she never
let's her supply III buttons run
otIt--wIlite buttons, black buttons,
large buttons, small buttons. metal
buttons, hone buttons ana cloth
buttons! He can detect q missing
button On any Of his garments ii
the dark Sew on all his buttons,
except the one IN the back and
see Is YOU can fool him!
Yet. in his naive inconsiste tency
man always puts the most butt
tons where the strain Il smallest.
Rows of buttons down the front
of his shirts and vests, where
there Is no strain whatever at
least three buttons on his suit.
coat. though he never fasters any
Of them; button oh each of his
hip pocket -aEld ornamental but.
tons on his cuffs.
But only ONE button on the
BACK where II would do the
most good! And never more than
one collar button TO his name. no
matter how many wives or motor.
cars or airpianea he may keep
Then. Just to satisfy his passion
for buttons, he decks himself put
In fraternity buttons campaign
buttons. Elk buttons. delegate bat.
tons. Rotary buttons and Masonic
buttonsl an HIS political opinions,
club affiliations and moral tenets
can Be Illustrated By a bettOnI
Butiona. hufiousr .buttcnsi
h h anv uohdsr that his fayor-
lln sonr - -Bution % xour Over
cc1ti
The Washington times., 1929-09-26
LISTEN WORLD!
Tke Hads.I Tling Abonl Wriling
BY Elsie Robinson.

perpetrated Art and nobody
nothing must, on any account
interrupt the Mood
Soch was my idea Of the sacred
calling Of Writing Then started
10 write. AND WHAT a KICK IN
THE SHIN I GOT. For It imnle-
diazeiy become apparent that
WRITING WAS JUST ANOTHER
JOB, Maybe didn't think 80 put
my editor did. and he was boss.
Did anyone treat me like q hum
ming bird? Did anyone protect
n1v Moods. or sequester me 10
sillsen seclusioEf with incense ana
aim lights n everything2 Thay
lIia NOT they gave me 8 busted
char and Hi old typewr a llQ
ffYld me rs hop TO. 1t and rs II
snanpy. And from that TINS 70
fhie. Helen. my main concern hes
llear no STICK TO 1'k1lA E Is III ~
tYNpTI. sd F,TlgISEIED AfY
gAil4 fI.e resk of 1.-THE thinking
af love th0ughta, the picklng o.
sassattv words Is secondary 20
tl,at grim business Of holding my
Iagv fidpety peeved, silly self
down On ItlaI GAAslAh ..N,t 4 s9s 3 "a
to do something worth Wnile.
And indeed, As i look from ON lsa Z
chair out at life, 4 perceive tIlah
that SIS the fund danneEita ! REQUIRE.
nleiIt In, any real lol1--s ~ e alSs5 q, :,
pJJT. FOR that Is the basis q 81
rof,a work. all fine art. HAkS-.
MESSING YOURSELF, EleE4
fnfrs THE RESTLESS, Af11M1 M1ALl..5 81.
TkEPTJI SECS WITHIN YOU At
{ PRc,MPT Yot5 no DREAM and
TlAWDLF. You must CONQUER
those Impulses before you'll ever
amount "a shAcks, Helen. Until
Won have CONQUERED you can I
CREATE s.
n isrl't his SOARING but his
STICKING that makes man
great
The Washington times., 1929-09-26

I'm anv ucnd1r that his favor
lla sons y -Butten % Hour Over
The Washington times., 1929-09-26
Hearst Papers Advocate:

NJ. An ugreenet Of Engsh-sp peoples to pre-
serVe pence among HsNssetUss and to promote the
peace: of tke aCorlds
2. Proportional Representation III The J,sted States
Senate, no State to haze less than tlUO Senators.
Legislation to enforce prompt constitutional reap
pogtionnleat il the House of Representatives.
5. separate Department Of TIE Army. 81 tie Naug
and Of tie Air Forces all united under d Secretary
Of National Defense.
a Federal action to tie limit of Federal poaefs to-,
abolish dteracy i the United States under Scere-
tary of Education.
5. Election Of Congress II November Installation oa
the first Of JaRRaFB f0lOVRg. Inauguration Of The
President first Of JaNNayy next after NOVsmber
election.