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The Washington times., 1929-07-02
Diplomats Violating City's
Traffic Regulations

THE Senate having received from the Washington Police
Department list Of traffic violations by diplomatic
representatives here will probably be able to do little about
but talk Old Diplomatic Immunity stands in the
of legislative action Publicity however may have sautay
effect particularly the Senate should repeat M request for
the names of offenders and their offences.
The Police Department has been unable in the past to
do than list those stopped and warned by traffic
officers and to submit the reports each to the State
Department.
There have been fragrant violations Of traffic laws by
diplomatic representatives Of them menacng the safety
Of citizens Police officers have in instances been
ruthlessly nsued, and in at least instance
spat in officers face and called him dirty American
pig"
Diplomatic immunity is wise thing but It should not be
taken advantage Of to deliberately violate traffic laws de-
signed protect lives and property drunken diplomatic
aache the wheel of automobile is just dangerous
as drunken American at the wheel Public sentiment will
tolerate either Speeding by foreigner just as
gerous by American.
The Police Department is fully justified in casting aside
the sacredness Of diplomats and publishing Intervals the
of those who have committed grave offences providing
Of course the department has full confidence the officers
turning in the reports
The Washington times., 1929-07-02
GOING---GOING---GONEl
.BgHerbert Kamnsay.-

BE ornately carved golden oak Edeboard near the stars
couldn't be manufactured today for thousand dollars
It won't bring fifty under the hammer. "
Recent modes in home decoration its famboyans
spirit somebody, who can't afford to be pernckeT N
such matters will obtain piece Of furniture designed for
nabOb at less than the Of the unworked wood.
The onyx pedestal with it's chiseed ormolu capital and
basebands the pride Of Fifth Avenue household before
good taste banised elegance and condemned
to wander from sale to sale, until today reaches the
final degradation of auction basement.
Whanots and Victorian horrors in gded wood
and srdtnt pushes handtufted Austrian carpet woven
to special order but whose cacophonous patterns mustard
fellows hvid reds and browns defy even the rsdyerl
strongest pigments marbletoppsd wash stand panss.d
with buried walnut sound and sturdy the day left
Trumbuls workshop but obles in any home with modern
plumbing
Obsolete wardrobes and panopy Of PAPER armor
relic Of the coy eraa Of step with the times
therefore route to the hall room, tenement and the
junker 5 bench
No one debates their quality or doubts the sincerity the
craftsmanship lavshed upon themthsy don't Just conform
to present ideas.
adapt themany than bothers to find holes for the
human who cling to dfashicned habits Of
thought and action and still mutton sleeves and
padded shoulders their brains
Eccentric merchandise and folk alike clutter the
bargain counter Progress and ptiless forces
Men and behind the procession have the
ket value bangle bracelet strangers crayOn portrait
The perfect penman, who didn't learn to typewriter
ard adding machine is sitting park bench instead Of
bookkeeper'S STOOL
And the COachman who wOuldnt drop rsns and whip
seize the steering Wheel like othec belaedy discovers that
his occupation gone.
The price Of survival is utility your mind and methods
belong to another generation overhead won't waste standing
room you.
Experience becomes useless when It to
temporary tasks
Drop in at the storage warehouse sale and watch
what happens misfits That's where you'll land you
don't bring your stock Of notions to date.
painted sofa cushions chenille lambrequns glded
spinning wheels pyrogaph picture frameshatracks brass
beds and gas chandeliers hassocks and tass
porres-poor and trashy ephemera voators Of line and
classic traditions cheap tawdy products Of feeting
fundamentally wrong by every that rules the arts tried
found wanting, and elected.
Stick basic principles study current trends revise
review and conform-or vanish with them
by
The Washington times., 1929-07-02
Police Drive Against Unsafe
Automobile Drivers

oCAL public opinion unanimous in approval Of the police
campaign against unsafe automobile drivers il Washing
and letters to this newspaper express the hope that the
compaign viii continue until real results plainly manifest
Another campaign should start soon indications point
irresponsible drivers forgetting the lessons they are
getting in the Police Court which is cooperating 70 tbs
fullest extent with traffic officers
Human life is too sacred to be held in the contempt shown
by many drivers in this city There Why the
police force should not get the Of accidents
here It centers in speeding reckene hcggng and booze
drinking.
It is not as writes The Times, due to faulty
cars but to faulty minds ovsrbearng rough tactics
necessary rushing and total disregard Of the rights Of others
The writer attributes many of the dangers Of night
driving to glazing headlights aroganty and unfairly used
against automobile owners who do comply with headlight
Segulations.
The Washington times., 1929-07-02
SECRETS OF
HEALTH
BY DR.. Louis E. Biseh-

by LIT. LOUIS =. bISen-
CTRIvE always for the best
~ Grade A, II karat, 100 per cent
best.
The best, always, should be your
watchword.
Be careful not to be satisfied
with what is commonly referred TO
as second best"
Try to achieve the best. Try
to buy the best. Try to emulate
the best.
Be the best worker if you can.
or the best in your profession.
Make the best, invariably the best.
your standard of excellence.
Now we know full we'll that try
as you will You cannot always be
or have the best, Nevertheless, if
you think in terms of the best and
will have none Of the second rate,
you will come nearer and quicker
to the goal of the superlative than
II you allow mediocrity to satisfy
you.
In this age of rush and hustle
we are altogether too inclined to
accept second rate for first rate.
AS long as we get by. we are
Nsl-~I~v -4~@
But this attitude soon leads to
habit.
And when the habit of second
best has gripped you. it is really
a most difficult. job to get out of
the rut and achieve something
really unusual and of superior ex.
cellence.
The world often pays well for
mediocrity. but the world win pay
most any price for achievement
that stands head and shoulders
above the commonplace.
We are given to Standardization
these days and Standardization IL
usually second best.
Witness the difference between
q piece of furniture turned out by
machinery by the thousands and a
chair or table Of genuine antique
make that a workman spent
weeks and months to carve, al.
most as a labor Of love.
A machine-made, second-best
imitation of such a chair can be
bought for few dollars. But the
genuine product brings hundreds
or thousands.
1t is hard, mighty hard, to keep
ones standards high when others
about us seem to be getting on
with no special effort or ambition.
But, unless we are dissatisfied
with the easy way. unless we con.
tinue to strive for the very
highest perfection In everything
we do. then we will be unable to
inscribe on our banners the
magic word Excelsior"
We must not envy those who
have already arrived and made a
name for themselves. In nearly
every case. they are the ones who
would have none OF the second
best.
1t was difficult for them, too.
They were beset by the tempta-
tions of the second best, the same
as we are. But they stuck it out.
They kept the ultimate goal Of
their ambitions clearly in sight.
All of which we can do as well
as they, If we will but put energy
to the task and win strive only
for the very best pcssibles
The Washington times., 1929-07-02
LISTEN WORLD!

By Elsie Robinson

VoUNG MRS. WILSON is mad
i at the whole human race.
She says we're a bunch Of evil
thinking. cold.hearted selfish
towards, incapable of appreciat-
ing noble acts.
Mrs. Wilson did q noble act,
and she certainly was NOT
appreciated. She took in that
Allen girl-the one who got her
self so talked about last winter.
Her husband told her it wouldn't
work.
1.-The neighbors will say you're
no better than she is" he warned.
But Dorothy Wilson wouldn't
believe it" Folks aren't unchari.
table like that any more" she
cried. And sent for the Allen
girl.
Now she knows that Jim was
right. For within a week the
other ladies' were giving her the
dog, eye over. the bridge tables
ana knocking her over the phone.
Poor little Dorothy is terribly
hurt. She vows she'll never do a
fine thing again--says it doesn't
pay. She's wrong. Noble acts
may not be popular BUT THEY
ARE ALWAYS PROFITABLE.
Crusaders always have a tough
time Of It. There's a reason for
that. The. conventional human
program Is based on the amount
OF courage, intelligence and broth.
erly love possessed by the aver.
II, al fnL
He's a good buy. but he can't
attend to much more than his
regular chores.
If he's kind to his family and
loyal to his community that's about
The Washington times., 1929-07-02
ONCE-OVERS
Success"

Success"
SGT WAS in the same room In
i school with Mr.. so.and.so,
when we were boys, but he has
advanced 50 far ahead Of me that
I don't believe he would care to
meet me now" said q man in
the early fifties. the other day.
No man should have such a
feeling about an old classmate.
The really big man does not
feel superior.
The really big man never loses
interest in those he knew when
he was boy.
Because a former school mate
has not progressed as far as he.
Is not a reason for not feeling
friendly to less fortunate boy.
hood friend.
A large.calibered man never
ceases to have an interest in his
associates Of youthful days.
The person in the most humble
position should not feel that way
about real fellow because he
has made good and better.
Go and call on your former
school mates whenever you have
an opportunity: successful or
otherwise it will do you obth
good to shake hands.
A visit with a man who Is as
big as his job. would help a lot
in getting away from the in.
feriority complex that some men
have and from which they must
free themselves before they too
can succeed
The Washington times., 1929-07-02
III intelligent london Sph

TvHE intelligent London Sphere prints this picture as
typical Of modern girl life
The little girl that has been kept in cage all through the
long centuries is set free at last BY the spirit OF modern
youth. .sss,Ns. sss.s.s
That is no dark secret You may have noticed that the
little girl has been free also her knees her back and her
front And the freedom is QUITE extensive
Freedom is good thing Our fought and bled
for it, although Of hardly know what to do with it
now that have it.
But freedom should come gradually ~
You cant establish freedom in the nursery.
You cant release the little canary bird from its and
say Go on out there and fight those Crows
In the dear little girl set free from the Of
old convenonay apt in the language Of the day to raw
down and 60 BOOM
Many little girl free too and two violently wishes
she back in the cage with and papa
The Washington times., 1929-07-02

Platonic friendship is the safety
device with which he guards his
heart from slipping and keeps
from losing his head in . romantic
affair,
The Washington times., 1929-07-02

his limit. He doesn't understand
unusual people or acts, Hes
afraid Of them. He thinks they
are a menace to his world. And
naturally he's going to criticize
anyone who violates his little safe
n sane code.
That's all right. People who
take on themselves the RESPONSE.
bility of doing more dangerous
and difficult feats than other folks
should expect criticism. YOU
CAN'T BLAZE TRAILS AND AT
THE SAME TIME SIT SNUG
AND WARM IN THE FAMILY
CIRCLE.
People like Mrs. Wilson who do
unusually brave and generous
acts, beyond the comprehension OF
smaller natures, are trail blazers.
They are doing more than good
deeds for distressed individuals.
They are clearing way into a
finer civilization. for all humanity.
But while they're doing it they
must pay the price. And some
times the price is heavy.
Joan Of Arc paid the price--so
did Socrates and Lincoln. They
gave greatly to humanity, but no
one handed them much applause
while they were doing it.
If YOU HAVE THE COURAGE
AND INTELLIGENCE TO BE A
CRUSADER, BE ONEi
BUT MAKE UP YOUR MIND
BEFOREHAND THAT IT WILL
COST you PLENT K-AND
DON'T WHINE WHEN THE AG-
COUNT COMES DUE.
IF THE THING YOU HAVE
DONE is REALLY NOBLE
THEN IT'S WORTH ANY PRICE
MEN MAY MAKE YOU PAY.
The Washington times., 1929-07-02
The Old Fellow Is Having
Sport, Too!

Sport, TOOs
KKUCH has been written about
W1 the middle-aged man who IL
eIated when . young girl pays at.
tention to him.
But seldom il anything said
about the sport the man is gain
ing at the girls expense.
1t il amusing to the man who
can control himself to watch the
antics of the young Girl who. is
endeavoring to interest him.
She may be doing this for the
edification of her friends, for the
fun she gets out of 1t, or for the
firm for whom she works.
II makes no difference what
the object.
The business man who goes to
any large city to attend a meet
ing is seeking relaxation as well
as benefit otherwise to be gotten
from conference.
The time he spends with a
young girl is likely to be looked
upon as a rather unimportant
part OF his entertainment.
1t is something OF a matter or
course, like the theater.
OF course, there are foolish old
fellows and silly young girls.
And fellows who can't help act
ing silly in the presence OF girls
But the majority OF business
men consider the young women
he meets as a piece of the
scenery" which the metropolis
affords
The Washington times., 1929-07-02
The Rain and Snow
Where Do They Got

HAT becomes Of rain and snow? The Geological Survey
w the question after three years study Of
typical
In that every year foryour inches Of water fall from
The sky.
Twenty inches Of the ortyour going into streams
carried back the ocean, again lifted up into the
by the and again dropped in rain or
Twenty three inches of the returned the
atmosphere by direct evaporation drawn up through roots
of plants and evaporated through their leaves.
The early Christians thought the rain in bulk
somewhere in the air and fell down when commanded
by the Lord to do That is exploded theory We
know that the same water is used over and over.
The Washington times., 1929-07-02
Hearst Papers Advocate:

|. An agreement of Notwithstanding peoples to pre-
SERGE peace among themselves and to promote the
peace Of the 1cortd.
3 Proportional representation IN the United States
Senate, no State to haze less than tVo Senator's.
Legislation to enforce prompt constitutional reap
portionment IN the House of Representatives
8. separate Department of the Army of the Navg
and Of the Ar Forces all united under Secretary
of National Defense.
/ Federal action to the limit of Federal posoers to
abolish iteracy IN the United States ssder Score
tdry of Education
5. Election of Congress IN November Installation on
the first Of January following. Inauguration of the
President first of January merit after November
election
The Washington times., 1929-07-02
Learning Self Reliance
It Must Begin Young.

NEW YORK father sent two daughters to travel alone
in Europe He said he wanted them to learn be sell
reliant, courageous and fearless
One Of the daughters killed in automobile accident
Last week in Austria 1s111#t
Previously this daughter driving automobile Ra-
VIENNA in Italy struck and killed Italian seventy years old
riding bicycle.
Investigation showed that the daughter was not all to
blame, the killed having ridden his bicycle behind
wagon against the car ,s.a
reliance must begin very young five years good age
The Washington times., 1929-07-02
WORDS FROM LIPS OF WISE MEN

Tomorrow never yet
On any human being rose or set.
William Marsden
Some praise attmorning what they
blame at night
But always think the last opinion
right. Pope \
The Washington times., 1929-07-02

Synthetic Love
MOT everything that passes for
an "platonic friendship" IL the
genuine article. Sometimes it il
just denatured love.
When a man begins to talk
glowingly of being lust good
pals" somehow it always makes
a woman suspicious. She knows
that what he really wants is not
a glorified affection, but a syn
thetic LOVE. A non-inflammable.
Misunderstanding emotion, guaran.
teed to stimulate him and amuse
him. but not to make him so dizzy
that he will stumble into any
serious situation.
PIatonic friendship is the safety
device with which he guards his
heart from slipping and keeps
from losing his head in romantic
affair,
1t is the plank over which he
hopes to cross safely the danger.
Gus quicksands OF love without
falling in"-the beautiful camou.
flage behind which he fancies
that he is conceaIing his emotions
when he can no longer hide the
love-light In his eyes.
It is the armor which q cautious,
non-marrying man puts on when
he feels that he is weakening to-
ward a woman or succumbing to
the marrying mood.
he fancies that he can always re.
1t IL the drawbridge over which
treat when he suspects that he is
about to surrender.
To q woman, on the other hand,
platonic. friendship Is the little
side.gate by which she hopes TO
slip into q mans affections when
he isn't looking. 1t is the sedative
by which she 1ulls his suspicious
to sleep long enough to slip the
bride over his head.
A clever woman listens with q
cryptic smile when man begins
bahbling the good pal'' stuff.
She knows that when you put
the LID on love you merely
hasten the combination. The long
est way around romance is some.
times the shortest way to matri.
mony.
A man who has a genuine pla-
tonic affection for a girl never
talks about it. He just takes it
for granted.
1t Is not until he feels himself
growing too weak to struggle
against a womanas attractions.
and fears that he is going down
for the third time, that he grasps
at the good pal" stuff and tries
to climb up On the raft,
AS child fights against the
odnuLudHs SO a man nights
against falling in .ove--and
platonic friendship is the fairy
tale which he hopes will keep his
eyes open.
Alas, many an intelligent woman
really longs for an honest platonic
friendship. She longs tC be some
brilliant mans "Egeria in.
spirationsl platonic friend. But,
even when he agrees to it, this
Elorified affection somehow ends
in the same old ''fadeout." Just
Ike all the moving picturesl
The Washington times., 1929-07-02
MEDTTAT1ONS
OF A WIFE
.By Helen Rowland,

Synthetic Love
MOT everything that passes for
an 'platonic friendship" IL the
genuine article. Sometimes it il
just denatured love.
The Washington times., 1929-07-02

It is good to be zealously az.
Sected always in a good thing.
Galatians
The temple of fame stands upon
the grave, the flame that burns
upon its affairs is kindled from the
ashes Of dead men. -Hazlitt
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-10
.Bottonley on
Homer Spree.
Sunny Jim WaIIopS Eight
in Seven Games.

BIZ united Press
BROOKLYN, N. Y, July John
Bottomley, star first baseman Of the
st. Louis Cardinals, is off on a home
run orgy which threatens to hoist
him to the major league home run
leadership.
Bottomley has hit eight home runs
in the last seven games in five con-
secutive days against the Pirates
and Phillies. Bottomleys streak of
homers tied the record of six hon.
erS in four consecutive games held
jointly by Babe Ruth, Ken Williams
and George Kelly and seven homers
in five games held by Ruth and
Kelly.
Bottomley is tied with Lou Gehrig
for second place among the major
league home run hitters, each with
twenty-five Mel OFT of the Giants
is the leader with twenty-four.
Bottomley started his streak in the
first game OF a double-header against
the Pirates July 4. He hit another
the next day against the Phillies,
and on July hit three homers in a
double bill After an off day he hit
one July and two TueSday-the
last one coming with two men on in
the tenth inning and winning the
game.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-10
WITH THE BIG LEACUERS

TFERB PENNOCK relieved Waite
4 1 Hoyt in the ninth inning with
the bases filled and two out stopped
a dangerous rally and enabled the
Yankees to beat the st. Louis
Browns. 5 to 7. Tuesday, and move
within ~ games of the Philadel-
phia Athletics. Babe Ruth hit home
run No 10 in the fourth.
With RedtFaber on the mound the Chi
caEo white Sox beat the Athletics. S to :,
and annexed the series. three games out
Of four. The White Sox drove Jack Quinn
out Of the box in the fourth.
HOLDING THE TIGERS TO FOUR
HTS. GARLAND BRAXTON PITCHED
WASHINGTON TO 2 TO VICTORY
OVER DETROIT. MYERS TRIPLE AND
VESTS SINGLE ACCOUNTED FOR THE
WINNING RUN. Soluble MADE A
COSTLY ERROR IN The FIRST
A FTER blanking the Pirates for
"A seven innings. elise Dudley,
Brooklyn recruit, faltered in the last
two innings and the National League
leaders beat the Robins, 3 to /. l..
Waner hit a homer in the ninth.
Ben Cantwell held the Cubs to FIVE hits
and the Boston Braves broke even in
four-game series by winning the final
game, to =. Hack Wilson returned TO
the Cubs lineup after three days
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-10

but, believe me. they'd give it lot
Of color and excitement.
was talking with Joe Tinker, the
old Cub shortstop, the other day
and Joe commented on how players
have changed. Joe is one Of the fell
lows who liked a bit of close har-
mony along with his beer, and a
few bars Of Sweet Adeline' with
his shower bath.
We were watching the boys take
hitting practice and when Sam
Byrd came up I remarked to Joe
that there was one of the best golf
players in baseball
Babe" Joe saio, and he was
serious. too. If a guy had come
along in the old days packing a set
Of golf clubs and wearing knee
pants, you know what would have
happened. The guys would have
murdered him. that's what"
Copyright. 1929. by The Times
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-10
Fistic Chief
Opens Probe
Paul Prehn Says He VIII
Clean Came

BIZ United Press
CHICAGO, July 10.--Around Chi
Cages loop district, where prize
fighters and their business directors
buzz their daily gossip OF the resin
ring, there was a very psrceptible
stir today
For these fighters and their bust
ness directors awoke to discover that
Paul Prehn, chairman of the Illinois
athletic commission, president Of the
National Boxing Association, and
general high mogul of the fstic
sport in all states except New York
and one or two others, has an
nounced in effect that he is ready
to clean up the fight business"
Prehn's charge reads as follows
Under the present method Of do
ing business. unless the manager
agrees to give a per cent of the
purse to some fiXer. the boxer is IN
able to get on the card. Many boys
are unable to get bouts unless they
stand for a shakedoWn. Quite often
preference is given to men Of
mediocre ability because they readily
consent to the Shakedown.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-10

It's Just another tip-of on how
baseball and ball players have
changed through the years. Fifteen
years ago players were a carefree
lot Of kids who took the breaks a.s
they came, grinned over them, and
forgot
Today they're just a lot Of young
business men. attending strictly 10
their business, and playing baseball,
not because they love to play base
ball but just because baseball gives
them a chance 70 make more
money and quicker. than they
could make it at anything else.
Which. I suppose. is a good thing
for the game,
4 young collegian, fresh from
college. and polished and cultured
and gentlemanly, is a lot better for
baseball than the RUDE Waddells,
and the Bugs" RaymOnds. But
Id like TO see a few more Ray
n.onds. just the same. They might
not add any culture to the game