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The Washington times., 1929-06-26
NEARBY STATIONS

WBAI.-BaItimOre-- -1O6O-283
5:00--Salon Music.
6:0O-WJz Program.
6:30-Musicale.
6:45-WJZ Program.
10:00-The Marylanders.
WPG--Atlantic City-11OO-27s
7:00--Scores; Dinner Music.
7:30--Songs: Concert Orchestra.
S:3O-Vineland Red, White and Blue
Band.
s:15-Concert Program.
10:00-Dance Music: Ensemble
WCAO-BaltimOre-
6:00--Better Business Bureau Talk BY
Robert w. Test.
6:15-To be announced.
7:00-Rettberg Melodeers.
7:30--Studio Program.
S:00-United symphony Orchestrs
with George Rymer.
S:30-La Palma Smoker.
9:00--Kolster Radio Hour.
9:30-Kansas Frolickers.
1O.00-Duke Ellington's Jungle Band
WFBR-BaItimOre-I
6:00-Dinner Music.
S:I5-Baltimore and Virginia Steam
boat Co. Program.
6:30-Lord Baltimore Hotel Or
chestra.
7;15-Taik under auspices of the
Junior Order United American
Mechanics.
7:30--LeRoy Heine,g CollegianB.
8:O0-Thelma Sheselsky. soprano.
8:15-Art Perkins and his uke.
s:s0-Frank Sachs Polish Dance
Orchestra.
9;30--Musical Arts Trio.
10:O3-Rio Rita Orchestra.
WOR--Newark-5lO-4
6:00-Commodore Orchestra.
6:30-The Outdoor Girls.
The Washington times., 1929-06-26
|BET TIER RADIOS
PROMISED

Increased satisfaction in radio
reception and improved variety and
quality in radio programs are as
sured the public during the COM
ing season, William E. o'Connor,
president of Southern Wholesalers.
Inc, declared in talk to over 300
Atwater Kent dealers at their an
nual gettto-gether meeting and ban
quet at the Mayflower Hotel
"An index to the continuing
growth and development of radio, .
Mr.. o'Connor said, sis the compile
ton of the new 1876 acre unit to
the Atwater Kent factory. The en-
larged plant now covers 81 acres,
virtually under one roof.
Mr.. o'Connor outlined to the
Washington dealers the program
for the coming season, and pictured
to them the enormous buying power
of the Washington public, he stated
that there are now $1,000 sets In
homes in this city, but that there
are over one half Of the 10000
homes in Washington potential Gus
toners for radio in addition many
that now own radios are buyers
for the improved SETS"
Lewis Fl. Sullivan, manager OF
the furniture division of A. Atwater
Kent, outlined an enormous plan for
the marketing of cabinets and EN-.
phasized that style was the pre-
dominating factor in sales today.
f. c. Ferber, secretary Of South
ern Wholesalers. Inc, Atwater Kent
distributors, was master Of ere
monies and in a final address
stressed the importance Of placing
carly orders. He informed the
dealers that a complete assortment
of the numerous models would be
carried in stock and also outlined an
enormous advertising campaign
which will be carried by evening
newspapers.
Beginning Thursday a new pro.
gram of dance music win be fea-
tured over the Blue network in
addition to the famous Sunday
evening hour and the Nation Home
Hour on Wednesday mornings spon-
sored by Mr.. Kent.
The Washington times., 1929-06-26
Big Car 46 OVER

is that quality in a gasoline which
enables youeto exact the most from
your motor no matter whether it be
a Ford or Chevrolet or a de luxe
Rolls Royce :. that quality of flex-
ibility which despite weather or
loads never fails to start on the
punch of the pedal, to accelerate in
swift surees of pickup ;. to keep
on delivering maximum of power
from each and every drop.
VOU may be sure that improUed STANDARD"
i Gasoline gives "big car power" Little cars.
Seven ton trucks. Seven passenger limousines.
Any kind of motor vehicle delivers ''big punch
power with improoed Standard" Gasoline :.
sUjite gasoline so designed that its range of
boiling points insures smooth, powerful, continu-
Gus firing in the cylinders. So cleanly refined
that it burns completely. Leaves no carbon. No
gummy residue. No crank case dution. SO rich
thatitgives extra power from every gallon. Sou uni
formly good that it outsells every other gasoline
in this state two to one. :" it's the champion"
The Washington times., 1929-06-26

7.OO--simmon's Show Boat
8:O0--United Symphony Orchestra.
s:3O---La Palma Smoker.
9:O0--Kolster Hour.
9:3O--Piano and Violin.
f1O:O0--News: Canton Orchestra
I0.3G--Astor Orchestra.
WEAF-New YOrk-660-45f
5:OO--Sport talk: dinner music.
6:OQ--Synagogue Services
6:3O--La Touraine Tab.eaux.
7:0O--Mobiioil symphony
7:3O---Wonder Bakers.
S:00--Ipana TroubadourS.
S:S0-Palmolive hour.
s:3O-The Two TrOupers.
l0.00--Vallee's Orchestra.
11!00-Palais dor Orchestra.
WJZ-New YOrk-76O-3S6
6:30-Ballew's Orchestra.
6:O0--Scores; soprano.
6:30--John b. Kennedy
6:45--Announced.
T:O0--Yeast FoameTs.
7:30--Sylvania Forester1.
S:00--Flit Soldiers.
8:30-"Fathom Fish" program.
9:O0-Ths Voyagers.
9:sO--Stromberg- Carlson Orchestra.
10:00-S!umber Music.
WCAU-Philadelphl
6:00-Golden Dragon Orchestra.
7:00--Louie and Mark.
7:30-Jump Wreckers.
8:00--Columbia Network.
1O:0O--News; Ellington's Orchestra.
WIP-PhiladeIphla l92
6:00-Uncle Wip.
6:30-"Voice of KIaxon."
7:00-Entertainers.
7:30-Studio Recital
s:00--Radio Forum.
9:00--Adelphia Orchestra.
10:00--Organ.
WRVA-Richmcnd-
S,30-Edgeworth Hour.
9:30-N.B.C. System.
10:00-Richmond Orchestra.
1f:16-Organ.
Schenectady-59O-3
S:00--N.B.C. System.
9:30-Concert Orchestra.
1Q:00--De Witt Clinton Orchestra.
WEW-CInCinnati-
3:30-Artisans.
9:O0--Studebaker Champions.
9:3O-Perfect Circle Program.
10:O0--Night Club.
1O:S0--Theis Orchestra: Chime Re
veries.
ls:OO-GibsOn Orchestra: crOsls!
Singers
WNAC-BOstOn-l23O
10:OO--News; Columbia Network.
11;00-Steven's Orchestra.
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1:30-Farm reports.
6.30-Civic Hour.
7:3O--The Castillians Dance orches-
ira.
S:00--Studio program.
s:1S--Roland Wheeler, tenor.
S:30-Hilo Boys.
S:t5-Studio program.
9;O0--Jlmmie Tester--Harmonica and
guitar.
9:15-WorId Bookman.
9:20-The Pinch Hitters.
9:S0--Virginia Dye. Reader
9;45--Studio program.
1O;00-Harmonious Twins.
The Washington times., 1929-06-26
District Radio Programs

9:3O--sylvanfa ForesterH
10:00--Lake Harriet Band.
11:05-The Admiral
11:3O--Dance Orchestra.
12:30--Organ
KMOX--St. Loufs--10B0-27s
10s00--Oyark Program
1t:00--News; Amos n Andy.
11;20--Studio Feature: Night Club.
KSTP-St. PauI--1460-2O5
10:00--Musical Caravan.
11:00-Amos m Andy; Dance Music.
1:00-Varieties.
WKHW--BuffnIo--I
9s00--Ensemble; Oxiton program.
I0:00--News: Ellington Orchestra.
WMAK--BuffalO--0O -0O0-833
8.0O--Columbia Network.
10:00---News; WGY Orchestra.
WIKI -Cleveland--1300-21
8:30--Columbia Network.
10;o0--Lunaticss Oxiton program.
10:3O--Slumber music.
11;00--Luna Park Orchestra; Variety
KOA--Denver-830-3
10;00--Concert Program
12:00-Elitch Gardens Orchestra.
1:O9--N.B.C, System.
The Washington times., 1929-06-26

WSI3---Atlanta--7lO-l
11:40---Concert.
Chlcago--750-38
S:30--Studio Frolic.
s;00-Variety Program.
s:30--Green's Orchestra.
agO--Sso-346
g:00%-Minstrel Show.
10:00--Smith Family.
u:00-Westphal Orchestra.
11:30-~-Mike and Herman.
12:00--yaudeville.
N-Chicag0--790-4i6
9:30--Courtesy Program.
10:00-Tomorrow'a Trib.; Hungry Five
10:2s--G oldkette's Orchestra; Night
hawks.
12:O0-Chapman's Orchestra.
WMAQ--ChicagO- -67O-44T
1O:00--Concere Orchestra; Dan and
Sylvia
INSTRUMENTATION Boys
11:00-Dance Orchestra. A
WTMJ-ATiIwaukee-- -82O-4s7
1G:00-Goodfich Program: features.
11:00--Me1ody Market.
12:00--Dance Music.
WCCO-Mpls.-st. Paul-81O-37O
The Washington times., 1929-06-26
By BEN WADE
Today;s Song Hit

Another Popular Chorus The Washington Times Series
"YOu and i in the MOOVlLiglIt
BY the stream, let dream and J. in the moonhgh
Holding hands making plans, and in the mo0nngnt
Through the night so close to my heart let hold
Through the night these loving arms will enfod you
Fate kind love will find, you and in the moonlight
(copyright, NJ witmark . sonS)
The Washington times., 1929-06-26

THE furnishing of uniformly good "Standard" Gasoline
and STANDARD" Motor Oil is only part of the wide
spread service offered by Standard dealers Wherever
you big red STANDARD pumps there you will find not
only those little extras that make motoring worth while
but also that service with SMILE"
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H-Men's Sport Shirts, in sChite
oxford. Sizes Ia, I412, IS and
II -----------,--$I.55
5-Men's $500 FIanneIette Pa
jamas, soiIed, in size A only 81 90
4-Men's $3.50 to $1,000 Pajanas,
in silk and rayon mixture, soil
ed 1926
H-Men's $4.95 to $3.50 Summer
Robes, small and medium
I-Man's $4,000 Silk.lined Dress
ing CO,on, small size, reduced, $685.
5O-Men's $I.OO Neckties, some
handmade .---2 for $I.OO
5-Men's $500 Tie and Handker-
chief Sets, soiled, light cOlOrs.
NOU .-.-.$I 90
5-Men's $1,000 S. /. S. Step-in
Union Suits, sizes 30, 80, 40, and
12-Men's S. /. S. $500 Step.in
Union Suits, sizes 30, 80, 40 and
~ .--$2.5O
2-Men's $3.50 Wright's Wool
Drawers, size 40 only, slightly
sOiLed -----..--.--
24-Men's Athletic Union Suits,
discontinued numbers, sizes 81, 80,
38, 40 ..-------.----.---.--- $3.50
0-Men's $1,000 RayOn Smoking
Jackets, satin collars, cuffs. Sizes
30 to 40 .--......---...-...$4.05
6-Men's Imported English Sus-
penders, striped effects soc
34-Men's $1.OO Adjustable Size
Bo,o Ties, patterns on light and dark
backs --......-.---....--.---3 for 800
,I66-Men's $3.50 and $3.50 TUX
edo and Full Dress Shirts, sOiIed,
sizes IS to I8-. 90
39-Men's $3.50 to $3.50 mPOrted
SaxOny and French Halt-HOse, sizes
10 to III .....-......-.--$I so
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Clearance of Trunks
and Travelling Bags

1885 Seal Travelling Bags, 18-in. $500
2-Sl6. so Brown Cowhide ID i'm. Hat Boxes, $3.50
1-$18.5O Black Seal 18-in. size Hat Box $3.50
1-$25 Wheary Hat Box, in wardrobe style--$l85O
l-$25 Wheary Black Fibre Tourola-
l-$l8.5O Black Cowhide Travelling Bag .---$l25O
$500. SO extra size Cowhide Travelling Bags, $3.50
1-Woman's $40 l1-pc Seal Fitted Case --$32.5O
1-$35 Fitted Travelling Bag, with Z fittings $500
1-Mans $3.50 fitted 22.in. Cowhide Case, $3.50
3-$37.5O Seal 18-in Travelling Bags
1-$75 Hat Box and Week End Case-------.-.-$ $3.50
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~ ~ Observation-Disclosures
DOYS OlCdl 1llCC OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

32-Little Boys 1896 Winter
Overcoats, warm and comfortable,
sizes z to o --------S O.9S
8-Little Boys $1.OO Wash Suits,
for school or play hours, now----25c
Little Boys $500 Topcoat for
Fall wear ---%@s1O
20 prs.-Boys' $1.OO Khaki Knick-
ers, for school, sizes 6, z and 8, Soc
10 prs.-Boys' $3.50 Palm Beach
Knickers, sizes 8, 7& 8 years, $l.OO
11-Boys' $7.95 Striped Blazer
Goats, many color combina-
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Clearance of
Mems Shoes

81 pairs Mems $3.50 Soft
Sole House Slippers ---$1.95
4 pairs Mems $3.50 Brown
Kid House Slippers ----$l.95
6 pairs Mems $500 Soft Sole
House Slippers 65c
8 pairs DR.. Schools $3.50
Foot Easers, pair -------$l.OO
9 pairs $3.50 Daniel Green
Felt Comfy Slippers ------.-$l.95
II pairs Black and White Golf
Oxfords, sizes to 7-----$2.05
19pairs $3.50 Genuine ALI.
gator Oxfords -.----$8.85
IS pairs $1.75 Miller Adjust
able Shoe Trees -.......95c
9 pairs Chauffeurs' $500
Puttees, black calfskin-$3.05
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Stout Boys $4,000 and $500
Suits, with 2 pairs trousers, sizes IL
and ID ----------SlO.OO
Boys $8.95 Palm Beach Sum-
mer Suit, sand color, in size 8, $3.95
48-Boys' Csc Rain Hats, Sou
wester style, good size range-..---lOc
200 pairs-Children's Csc Half
Sox, Isle and rayon- lOc
Boys $5.95 Mackinaw Sport
Goats for Winter, sizes 8 & 9, $2.95
Boys $4,000 Imported English
Winter Overcoat ---.-----$5.OO
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Auto and Sport
Accessories

21-$2.OO Leatherette Auto Cushions, with mating
seat attached 1890 81 90
6-$85O Auto s'Ride Lites'' with 10 feet of cable;
throws bean, 100 feet .... - So. so
1O-$1.25 HighPressure Tire Gauges reduced for Fri
day clearance to
2-75c Carrots, removes glare of headlights; ideal
for night driving
18-$l.OO Auto Cushions, in wedge shape; come in
assorted colors.
$500 Deluxe Auto Cushions, removable pillows,
with Upper openings
l5-Men's 75c Sport Belts in small sizes; assorted
strined patferns - :35c
$3.50 Binocular Cases, made of leather with shout
der straps attached - ST .95
85-$2.5O to $500 Golf Clubs, including woods and
irons; shopworn
8-$l25O Canvas Golf Bags, with Upper hood and
pocket: reduced to - So. 05
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Boys 2-Trouser
School Suits
1896
Regularly $IO.95

Affording an opportunity for
thrifty parents to save on school
clothing. Creys, tans and browns
in cheviots and cassimeres. Sim
gle breasted. Each suit COM
prises coat, vest and 2 pairs of
knickers. Sizes z to 10 years.
(second F1oor)
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Boys Fast-Color
School BlOuses
79c

Whites, fancy patterns and
plain shades of tan, green,
blue. Guaranteed colorfast.
Cut generously through the
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pearl buttons and double
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34-$35.W to $4,000 Sheldon
and Braeburn Student
OUercOHtS O..
$500
A really good assortment of fine
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Sizes from 81 to 81.
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'2l.OO

Discontinued patterns, but all
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All sizes in the combined group.
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39-MEN'S SHELDON 5000 TO
$500 HOT WEATHER SUITS,
$7.5O-These sizes: Regulars
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35's, 6-36's, PITS, 40; StOuts
-I-37, 1888, I-42, 2-44's, 2
46's, 2-48's and 5-5O's.
3-MEN'S $40 BLAZER COATS,
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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-05-30
SABBATH

The Sabbath. once the day o. rest, is now fast becom-
ing known as the day of eternal. rest. For more people
now so to an untimely death on that day than any
other day Of the week. Mad motoring is responsible. for
this CHASTITY change.
The Sabbath vas made for man. 70 be sure. but not
for the exercise to his ut.ermost folly. Yet as surely
as Monday rolls around We have the gruesonle front
page news Of the dead. the dying and the injured who
have apparently gone mad over Sunday and have paid
the price.
This is not the full extent of the tad uses to which We
are putting the Sabbath day. although they are the most
spectacular. Add to this list the tangled nerves Of many
a good wife. the tired body of many a husband. the un-
natural stimulation of many children of the families
that rise early and start out on a quest Of distance.
Fast anC furious driving is likely to mark such a trip.
with many near accidents. The mind, body and soul
undergoes almost every experience and emotion except
those Of rest and repose and recreation. Then the home
ward journey and the sleep Of exhaustion or. what is
more likely, the sleeplessness Of exhausted nerves.
The pendulum swings from extreme to extreme. The
deathlike silence and stupor Of the Sabbath Of the past
is gone and probably gone forever. But the deathly
clamor o. our Twentieth century Sabbath is equally
impossible. Wise motorists avoid Sunday travel as much
as possible, or seek byways and unfreQuented places. Or.
what is best of all, use the car to take them a rela-
lively short distance to a spot where they may make
the most OF the day in the rest and recreation Of body
and spirit which alone justify the Sabbath.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-05-30
BILLBOARDS LESS UNsIGHTLY

There is much promise in the mere fact that the
Outdoor Advertising association is turning its collective
thought to the outdoor ~signboard with the view Of saving
both it and the landscape. To save the billboard from
Punishment from scenic highways those who own and
use them must find a way to make them less obnoxious to
society and less injurious to scenery. 1t is high time that
constructive steps were taken to eliminate q condition
that still remains an evil.
The situation is not as bad as it was formerly. When
outdoor advertising came into universal use there was
no disposition on the part Of those buying and selling
this form Of advertising to pay the slightest bit Of
attention toward preserving the beauty of the land
scape. Signs we're erected where they did the most harm
to the scenery. Finally the public began to protest
against these landscape scars, but the advertisers paid
scant heed to them until they discovered the effect Of
their advertising was being killed.
Legislation, public opinion, public spirited landowners
who refuse to allow poster boards on their property, and
a willingness Of advertisers to go half way have COM
bined in recent years to correct a condition which was
becoming intolerable. Signboards are being reconciled
to the landscape by reduction in size, use of natural
colors and artistic designs. and discretion in placing.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-05-30

&<->---b

Courage and imagination are
necessary to restore our economic
prestige-courage to scrap ruthlessly
ld-fashioned methods and machin-
cry. and Imagination In exploring
every commercial avenue o~verseas."-
The Prince Of Wales.
"Of course, II someone came along
with Q bona fide offer for 100000
I'd have to consider It seriouSly."-
Jack Dempsey, former heavyweight
champion.
>"The classic Of Ill classics u the
Bible."-Calvin Coolidge.
mo one can be . good Christian
and not believe In demons 1t al
kinds."-H. L. Mencken.
= \
The earnest women who compose
the Ladies' Aid Society in the Bap-
fist Church In Genoa. Neb.. are posi-
lively brilliant compared with their
sisters who frequent the night clubs
Of New York."-Wiliam Lyon Phelps,
professor ut Yale. (0utlook.)
Watching what goes On In ones
head u m experience Just as truly
% watching what Q newborn baby
does when you threaten to drop It."
Or. James Harvey Robinson. author.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-05-30
Editorial Comment
SKIN.DEEP PHILOSOPHY
philadelphia Public Ledger

4 aSA1
It is the fashion to deny any spiritual realities beneath
the surface of life, or else to leave them out of con-
sideration when matters of right and wrong, conduct and
obligation are under discussion. These can SO readily
be made matters purely practical matters OF fact: the
others are intangible and immaterial and in a manner
speculative. Since no one has touched or seen the soul
or isolated the unwrtten laws of life into an indisputable
standard and commandment, there readily arises a ma
~terialistic philosophy that concerns itself alone with be-
havior and its immediate consequences.
The plain weakness Of such a philosophy is that it
comes from nowhere, reaches Nowhere and has no satis-
flying endurance. It is upset by every new notion. at the
mercy Of every discovery and experience, and never valid
for more than one case or crisis at a time. What is true
of It today may prove false tomorrow, so that no man
can find in 1t much assurance to guide him in his real
perplexities.
It is the commonest fact in the world that men are
aware of the spirit within them. with its loves and fears
and needs. They may give lip service to a ~skin-deep
philosophy, but they secretly lind it poor comfort in
their personal lerplcxities. At heart they know that
human life is deep as well as wide and that no phil
osophy can fit it like a ready-made suit of clothes. 1t
must go deeper than that and find place for spiritual
experience no less than for surface facts.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-05-30
THOMAS JEFFERSON

Games M. Beck in the National Republic,
Thomas Jefferson truly mad the "oversou," of which
Emerson wrote. the personality that neither flatters
nor fails, ard which never appeals from itself but be.
lieves in itself" It tonsistei in that faith wnics, can
remove mountains" and overcome the world" for he
20 Ntrfully a'oed in reno, ing mountains of old customs
ana habits OF thought and oyercame a world, in which
the CONNER, mar had LAD but too little oppor suni.y.
The world has no use for half hearted men. It's prizes
are for those who throw their whole soul into their work,
and with che devouIln2 the of determination AID enel ~
consume the obstacles which lie in their path. Such
was the spirit Of Thomas jefferson. He met respon-
Sibtltty halfway. He rejoiced as q strong man to run
his course.
Without suggesting that Mr.. Jefferson was never
guilty Of inconsistencies-for q successful political career
Is only top apt to involve at times q compromise of con-
vtction-yet the judicious historian will recognize that
Jefferson was as consistently loyal to hts lofty political
ideals as any public man OF our history. with the single
exception Of Washington.
Freely recognizing his fanings and errors, they were
far outwetghed BY his transcendent merits. His ideal
istic distractions have turned the world upside down.
i It be true. and ! think It is. that they have done q
great DIAL q harm, yet It Is also true that they have
done even greater good. They gave the common man
hope and inspiration. The level Of the human race was
appreciably raised by jefferson.
A. one Of his most engaging biographers. Parton, has
well said:
He defended the honor Of the human intellect when
It's natural foes throughout Christendom conspired to
reyile. degrade and crush IL. He enjoyed his existence
and made II : benefacti0n TO his kind"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-05-30

&.parents
THE DINNER TABLE
(By Alice Judsou Peale)

In these busy days the only time
the American family meets for any
thing like l~eisurely sociability and
conversation is at the dinner table.
The evening meal remains the one
daily opportunity for father. mother
and children to sit together and talk
OF things other than the mechanics
of living.
What topics come up for discus
sion? Is there a free and honest
give and take OF conversation across
the board? Is there tolerance and
courtesy in discussion between old
and young?
Don't let the talk dwell on the
petty annoyances of the day, the
state of your health, the trials Of
your job. Children all too readily
pick up the tone Of complaint and
irritability.
The things which are emphasized in
conversation at the dinner table are
the things which your children will
consider important. If your discus
sion Of the daily news gravitates gen.
orally toward accidents and crime,
you must not be surprised when your
children evidence a shocking cal
lousness In regard to questions Of
public welfare.
Censor your topics of conversation
before you bring them up. but talk
honestly before your children. After
you have entered upon a doubtful
subject 1t is useless to gloss the facts.
sweeten your Interpretation or pursue
your discussion in yelled language.
Let everybody hold the floor now
and then. In the democracy Of the
dinner table, each one, from the shrill
voiced seven-year-old to the most
reverend member present, should be
allowed to say his say without fear
Of ridicule or crushing interruption.