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The Washington times., 1929-04-04
MEDTTATIONS
OF A WIFE
By Helen Rowland

A1J lAANANtNA ANeh - AeeAeNA
A GOOD husband Ii the noblest
N work OF woman. But hache-
lors, like poets, are born and not
made.
II q man lives and dies with his
bachelors buttons on, It Is not
because he never intended to
marry, but because Nature never
intended him to marry. NO man
ever marries Intentionally!
When q man escapes the moose.
up to 40. It is not because he is
filled with caution and cyniciynn,
but because he is filled with the
carefree' spirit OF Pan which
never can be taught and tanned by
any woman.
It is not because he never loved
one woman q lot--but because he
loved so many women little.
It is not because "the right
woman never came his way; but
because when she did he was al
ways ION his way to call on the
wrong woman.
Not because he dreaded the
storms and struggles OF married
life-but because he dreaded the
dead calm Of dornesticity.
Not because he waited too long
to look for the Ideal Love but
because he began looking for 1t
too early-and too often.
Not because he never met the
kind OF woman he could live with
but because he never met a
woman he could not live without.
Not because no woman ever
tried to get him--but because so
many women tried to get him,
that It spoiled all the JOY Of the
lovechase.
Not because he never had an
! impulse to tie himself to a woman
for life but because he never had
the heart to disentagle himself
from all the other women in his
life.
That Is what keeps 4 man q
bachelor not his inability to fall
In love, but his marvellous agility
in catching his balance and crawl
ing out Of it--just In time!
Marriage is q matter Of chance
sor choice; but permanent bachelor
hood requires slsill luck, dexter
ity. eternal vigilance and nat.
! ural genius!
The Perennial Bachelor is born
and not made!
The Washington times., 1929-04-04
SECRETS OF
HEALTH
By Dr. Louis Il. Riscll

= ~
Whether you have all the
money you need. Or more than
you need. 81 whether you require
much more for your wants than
you possess. there can be no
doubt that sou harbor i money
complex. Z
What mean BY this II that
you tend to become emotionally
upset over money. that II means
too much TO yon.
Time was, A. you all know.
when money was nonexistalk.
People bartered directly one
with the ether, excharging what
they did. not need or want for
something they desired.
Nowadays values are inter.
preted Ia terms IL money. The
how much" lii dollars signifies
the generally accepted worth ~
the commodity.
SnlsII wonder really that people
{ by far and large have placed d,
money value on other things llet
sides commodities an such. TAKE
. talent, for example. Suppose 81
person has the gift of writing.
whether what the tndividua.:
writes i saleable and how much.
It may bring.
The joy, the satisfaction, the
emotional rousings that the writer
may experience are brushed aside
as nonessential. Why. what
good Ii his atuff2', someone will
ask. He can't even make 8
living out Or Il.
i know 1t II trite TO say that
money ii not everything
But II only we could believe it
and live by Ii! So 81
People bitten admit that there
ars many worthwhile values TN
life besides money. but too often
II 10 said BY way Of excuse for
failure not. to have money.
When q girl nlarries man
In moderate circumstances how
common 1t Is to hear her say to
an acquaintance something ike
+ this.
sOf course John isn't rich but
money Is not everything =
am not one of those who
claim that money Is the cause or
the root OF an evil.
Money ~ necessary and money
Is desirable. There Is nothing
wrong with money.
On the other hand. there Ii q
lot wrong with some people who
= ha va fk sfSsa M fss. r4JSSIsn hin ~ aue
fetish.
How absurd ii Ii to accunil
late thousands and millions Just
for the sake 81, gutriyaling spn1e'
body else.
How silly To work like slave
to gather In the gold when there
is plepty IN the bank already.
The desire te accumulate money
has become q disease with many
0f us. That Il why can It the
money complex
a complex Is an emotional dis
turbance Of which, technically
speaking. we are unconscious.
The money grabbers do not seem
to realize what they are doing bs.
cause. apparently. they cannot
stop themselves.
Money should be q means to
an endright living and right
thinking never an end in itself.
When 1t Ii an end in Itself
It IS neurosis and should be-
!. treated the same as any other
functional disorder.
am not joking when / say
this. The mere making OF money
for moneys sake leaves IT'S VIC
Tins utterly dehoiatel and unhappy
81 the end.
The money complex might b.
likened TO 4 cancer enawing At
the soull
The Washington times., 1929-04-04

viii never forget my first
zIit Of j gorilla. A crash in
lie African tlickets dozen
rifle lengths distant, and prO-
I1nged HeFve-racking scream
rilIed through the forest then
ilence, long and tense, through
which / could hear the deep
breathing Of my gpnsbOy and
Feel the tliump Of my heart
pOnndinR against my ribs.
sudden clatter like the
sound DC bones played BY j min
trel man invaded ali sides Of
The thickets as q concealed
gorilla beat rapidly upon his
Elsin. ft iB ail Ontin0uE sound to
those hearing IL for the first
tine, and has ii II j threat like
lie rattle Of i snake. Al If in
answer TO the signal, there
irObbed from the thiekets to
the left ! metallic drumming,
lie small boy would make
playing upon tin can, as q
rDriIIa with open palms heat
RAPIDLY each drawn cheek.
vague sense of being
watched held my nerves on
edre. and, qneOnsciOusly. my
yes focused On one spot,
where slowly arose above the
now would some heavyweil
The Washington times., 1929-04-04
WISE Sk YINGS

~ u
An author may influnce the
fortunes Of the world to as great
an extent as q statesman or a.
warrior. Al book may be as great
thing as q battle. Disraeli.
What. then. do you call your
soul? What idea have you of IL?
You cannot Of yourself. without
revelation. admit the existence
within you Of anything but q pow
er unknown to you Of feeling ana
thinking. yoltaire.
Do the duty that liest nearest
thee. which thou knowest to BE
= iutyl The second duty will a,
ready become clearer.
Carlyle.
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Brutal? Yes
(Continued from First Two Columnu)

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limb from the tree he would pull the good ght arm from
the socket Of any fighter The giant ape would put his left
hand against the heavyweight ribs SEEKING in arm with his
right hand and simultaneously crushing n the ribs and
pulling out the arm
This Ii mentioned to show little boys that there mus be
something important than prize fighting and knocking
somebody down. since average gorilla OF even small
sized orang outang weighing less than half as much -
champion prize fighter would easily beat that prize fighter
TO death. S5 rs
Whereas any intelligent boy can beat the gorilla at think
ing; and that's tie thing WORTH WHILE 81.
The Washington times., 1929-04-04

gEeenery IN bristling mop Of
hair. Up. up, higher it arose,
until two shining eyes were stalA
ing into mine. Up, until q
black-whiskered, human like face
that was at once human and
yet SO british, hung there above
the bushes like. an appariti0m
from one Of POe's weird tales.
Suddenly the face disappeared
and great arm reached toward
limb; strong fingers closed
about IL. Upward reared u
massive, grOtesQlle form COWS
cred with long, black hair, fad
iaK to tan upon the back. Two
small. crafty, llIiwinking eyes
stared into mine. II was then
that the native saying came to-
mind Z None hut the gorilla can
look d man iii the face.
The gpriIlass right hand sup-
ported his body hy holding to 3
sturdy limb above him, sand
with il he now gave 4 demon
stration of physical force that.
was indeed startling. III sud-
den Outburst Of rage lie tore
the limb bodily from the tree as
easily as if il had been 4 small
branch. Bit off hunk Of the
wood, and spat i out.
{ white hope" like to meet
the fcreat7 As be pulled .
The Washington times., 1929-04-04

How would some heavyweight white hope like TO meet
i heavyweight gentleman Of the foret7 As be pulled
tcaptinued Il Last Two columnsl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-14

TOMORROW and throughout this week
you can purchase dependable and
artistic Karpen Upholstered Furniture
at sharp price reductions . every up
holstered suite and piece is specially
priced this week . surely you'll not
miss this opportunity to select Karpen's
newest designs at such low prices.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-16
BY GIDEON A. LYON.

course of which we had been informed
/ might almost say warned-raw fish
with beefsteak plant and horseradish
sauce. The raw fish was excellent and
not at all displeasfng to our taste,
Boiled prawn with vegetables came
next, and then vegetable broth with
mixed pepper" The succeeding course
was boiled rice and pickles. Finally
dessert was served.
Served by Geislra Girls.
All this food came to us at the hands
of wondrously clad young women.
oeishas of the highest degree, engaged
for the occasion to pass us our food and
to sing and dance for our entertainment
and to chat with us as well as their
language lirlitations-or rather our
own-permitted. Later the geishas dis"
appeared from the table service and in
a few minutes there was q hush as
several of them came into view at the
end of the room, clad more gorgeously
than before. Four of them sat on the
floor two with samisens, the long"
rpecked Japanese musical instruments,
which they plucked as an accompani-
meut to the other two, who were the
singers, while the two dancers, who
were named on the menu card as the
Missea5 Chiyoro and Ikko. performed the
famous classic dance Of "Ren-Jisht,"
derived from an earlier mo" dance OF
"Shak-kyo," or "the stone bridge"
Appreciation of Japanese music and
dancing is to be acquired, perhaps, but
it is hanlly to be expected of a party
of American tourists who have been
rushed from the ship to the scene of
the performance within couple hours
of landing To our Western ears and
eyes there was something lacking in the
performance, beautiful as it was in the
matter of Costuming and posturing.
Despite the admiring explanation of the
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delightful Japanese gentleman who sat
alongside Of me, regarding the peculiar
yet always ''harnaoni1ing" effect of the
two Samisens. which seemed TO be con-
stantly in need of tuning, the accom-
panirnent was to my own sense one con-
slant jar of harsh sounds, while the
voices of the singers, pitched in the deep
alto, with twanging quality that marks
the tragic actors delivery, were not the
dulcet tones that were to have been
expected from such lovely creatures.
Legend Il Rendered.
The dance is a rendering of o legend
about Japanese priest named Jakuslo
Hoshi, who, visiting China about q
thousand years ago during the Sung
dynasty, met strange adventure when
he assembled Tien Shan, the seat Of a
famous monastery of the Jodo sect. As
he approached a stone bridge spanning
a very deep gorge he was stopped by q
woodcutter, who told him that nobody,
not even q priest of great virtues, was
permitted to go over the bridge unless
he had undergone every kind of bodily
notifications. Presently, AS II to en-
force this injunction, there appeared on
the scene number of lions. dancing
with every sort of menacinR gesture.
saw 1t failed somehow to convey the
picture described in the words have
just paraphrased from the description
in the menu, 1t is true that the scene
has been reduced to the disporting Of
two lions, parent and cub. These were
represented by two fearsome heads,
borne on the left hands of the dancers,
one white, with flowing white name,
the other red, with red name, respec-
lively elder and younger lion. These
heads were carried up the arm with
scarves which flowed around the necks
of the dancers. feathered and grace
full. They had on them bells, which
rang with the motions of the hands.
The description calls attention to the
fact that in the course Of the dance,
the papa lion makes motions as If he
we're daShing the cub down a preci-
pice up which the flaming youth climbs
without much difficulty. This Is SYM
bolioal of the popular belief that in
this way the lion trains It's cubs from
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their earliest days for q life Of pluck
Perhaps that is how the Chinese
lions--aIl this II supposed to have hap
pened on the other side of the Yellow
Sea, be 1t remembered-kept their or
spring in condition. II so. they may
have rendered them immune to all Sc
verities of experience. Would that our
progenitors had given our precedent an
cestors and thereby ourselves such
training. Then we might have been in
shape to meet the great test which is
now upon us. For example, there Is
something IN the achievement of a two
hour feast sitting on the heels, or In
eross-lsgged style, without suffering
maids knee. There is something in
the manipulation of chopsticks for
every sort and shape Of comestible
There is something in the ability TO
digest the great quantities of food that
constitute a japanese formal dinner.
And there is likewise something in the
strength of constitution required to alb
sorb without arrangement the innu-
merable cups of saki-heated saki,
served without warning by the kneel-
ing geisha across the little table-even
though the cups are tiny.
Pleased by Hospitality.
But be that as it may, however de-
fective our ancestral training, we pass
ed the stone bridge" of this great adj
venture into Japan without casual
ties and without regrets. We reached
our hotel, q place of architectural mir
acles-shortly after midnight. all pres
ent' and accounted for, all agreed that
Japan is a wonderful place. and that
Japanese hospitality. while strenuous, Is
something worth crossing the Pacific
to enjoy.
Today begins the real test of our en-
durance. The official program, find
upon examination, gives us actually two
whole mornings in the course of the
coming eight days, when we are not
assigned" to some form of sight-see-
ing or function of ceremony. 1t is hint
ed, however, that these blank spaces
on the calendar my be filled shortly.
Those of us who are trying TO set down
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Kagetsu Restaurant, one of Tokio's
most interesting and famous places OF
refreshment. That would be whole
story in itself. And then again might
begin by reciting the set features OF
our program, copies OF which reached
us this morning at breakfast time and
gave us cause to wonder whether well
be able to survive all the kindness and
all the attentions that are TO be show
cred upon us.
Flood Of Invitations.
Taking all in all, it is perhaps just
as we'll to say that Japan has opened
her arms and taken us to her bosom.
This hospitality is altogether too en-
thusiastic to be merely the result OF
organization. There is every evidence
that the Japanese press, at least, Is glad
to see us, glad to show us everything
that there Is to show, glad to have us
appreciate the picture that is being SO
rapidly unfolded to our view. This
the fatigue involved in responding to
the invitations that are literally pouring
upon us.
a. I think, all IL Of us, although two
" our party have visited Japan before.
Coming as we did straight from the
steamer, with not even hesitation at our
stepped from the motor cars into the
real Japan. True, the men who re-
ceived us we're likewise in modern bust
ness dress. But they and we likewise
sat down on the threshold of the restau-
rant and removed shoes and put on felt
slippers.
Anything less like restaurant can
not be imagined. The floors were COW
cred by tatami, straw mats several
inches thick and invariably three feet
by six in dimensions. There were no
pictures on the walls, which were of
straw colored wood. There was no
furniture-no tables, no chairs. In the
largest of the rooms cushions had been
set around three sides on the floor. That
was the table"
Waited Several Hours.
These gentlemen of the press, with
some officials of the foreign office, our
hosts and fellow guests, had been wait
ing for us for several hours. Some Of
them had been at Yokohama since
noon. Yet they received us with ardor,
commiserating with us for having thus
to rush from ship to the banquet at so
late an hour-it was after 10 when
we sat down to the feast-when they
all knew that we were rather Wearied
by the strain of landing day.
A beautifully printed menu card con-
tanned first the announcement Of the
occasion, then geographically correct
list OF our Names real achievement
the menu itself and finally a brief
description of the dance that was later
given, the dance of "Ren-Jishi," an
Invaluable Interpretation for the aid
Of our Western senses.
This was not "sukiyaki" dinner. 1t
was a veritable feast in the true Japa-
nese style. Chicken soup a la Nagasaki
was followed by prawn with egg sauce,
and that in turn by mixed rice sand
Ndch with duck balls and boiled squash.
Whe succeeding course was young "ayu"
9Th horseradish sauce. Then came
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all and for each Of US 10 90 our own
way, acting sensihly and soherly and
in neighborly fashion, but free and
unfettered."
Mr.. Churchill added that since Nh,
Hoover became President q more SYM
pathetic spirit had been an important
policy in America toward Great Britain
and Europe in general.
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CHURCHILL SPEAKS
ON NAVAL. QUESTION
Opposes Mere Numerical Measure
of Fleets-Praises Hoover's
Sympathetic Spirit.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHTNGFORD, England, June Is
Former Chancellor of the Exchequer
winston Churchill, on the same day
that Ambassador Dawes landed to con-
fer with Prime Minister Ramsay Mac
Donald on the subject, discussed in a
speech here last night Anglo-American
naval parity.
1T would not, in my opinion" he
said, ''be a fair Interpretation of the
principle of equal powers upon the sea
If a mere numerical measure of the
two fleets, each a replica of the other,
were to be made the rule.
IF naval equality is to lead to a
jealous and suspicious scrutiny of every
ship and gun and every armor plate
between the two navies 1t would be
much better to have no agreement at
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-16
INDUSTRIALlZE EGYPT.

CAIRO GH9.-The Egyptian govern
ment. through its ministry of trade and
industry, is making plans for a number
of factories and the characterization of
Egypt in general.
In the departmental budget are sums
for q tannery and a boot factory in
Asyut. Other industrial promotion
plans include the establishment of q
trade exchange for domestic products;
the building Of workshops for the train
ing of artificers, and the appointment
Of six foreign industrial experts as
advisers.
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up to TOXIC, an
hour of mystic,
tantalizing glimpses
of the highway of
continuous occupa-
ton that stretches
between the cities,
the wildly colored
shop fronts and
the brightly let
tered signs giving
us our first real
contact with this
highly decorative
land.
Or again l might
tell of last nights
entertainment at
the hands of the
journalists of the
AA.sAA1 - &l1n
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POLICE PRIDE HURT.

WARSAW GP.-Professional dignity
has caused the Polish police to register
naughty protest against the Warsaw
production of the "Beggar's Opera" in
which British policemen are humorous
ly characterized and shown accepting
brides.
Polish guardians Of the law, it was
explained, are trained by the British
forces. and they consequently felt the
offense keenly. The opera director was
forced to SreSs the policemen in civilian
clothes cid omit the "bribe song"
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our impressions and to write back home
in expression of them are wondering
how we are going to manage the COM
position Of our articles without keeping
the hotel guests awake with past-mid-
night typewriting.
Whatever the difficulties, however
voluminous the notes. mental and
otherwise, we are going to do our best,
trusting to an occasional lapse from the
schedule to give US . chance TO catch
up with our copy.
Eote-Another of Mr.. Lyons letters
will appear in The Star tomorrow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-16
BY GIDEON A. LYON.
May II, 1929,

May II, 1929.
Hotel Imperial, Toxic.
THIS first letter written in Japan
might be started in several ways.
might tell of our belated arrival,
i due to the heavy weather and
fog encountered off the coast,
causing a delay of eight or ten hours
in reaching Yokohama. I might tell of
the assemblage on board before we had
actually touched dock of large group
of newspaper men. all eager for inter
views and with cameras ready for fash
light photographs taken on the damp
deck or might tell of the motor drive
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BEAUTY TOO HASHFUL
FOR $4,000 CONTRACT

Father in vienna Must BE Consult
ed, Says ''Miss Universe," Pre-
pairing Home Trip.
BY the Associated Press.
GALVESTON. Tex, June i5.-Aver-
sion to appearing before the public in
bathing suit, or an abbreviated costume,
stands between Lisl Goldarbeiter. Miss
Universe" and $4,000 theatrical con-
tract. The Viennese beauty. victor in
the Pageant of Pulchritude here, was
still considering the matter while she
awaited q cable from home today.
Papa must decide" she said.
The Galveston pageant committee
prepared to book her q passage home on
the French liner Lasalle, sailing from
New Orleans Tuesday, In event she de-
cided not to accept the contract.
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BuInsteadSW OrmSyrup

saTO children an angel Of mercy" Where
directions are followed, 1T NEVER
FAILS. Despite scarcity and enormous
Stood sixty year, test. sold everywhere
or by mail. soc q bottle.
Eat. C, A, Voorhees,. NJ. D., Philadelphis
New Britain herald., 1929-10-31

heard his happy. excited whistle growing fainter in the distance. She shut the door with a littl" snap.
 Life was q queer tanglt. Contin- ually you awoke to find yourself in love with some one who didn't rcciprocate.
 She strengthened herself with jerk. She'd have to cure herself of the emotional madness of the past weks! But-shc would have 10 help Ray work on that score. She couldn't be so rotten a sport as 10 let him down now.
 And she was as good as her word. In the weeks that followed, she ren- dered invaluable assistance to Ray. encouraging, criticizing and taking down notes as he played them. Gradually they drifted into the ha- bit of returning 10 her apartment after the cluo had closed down and of working on, sometimes into the dawn.
 Those first days Rita tried to make herself believe that her chief interest in Ray lay in their mutual Work, but sha was too basically honest to fool herself for long. Hours when they were not together seemed interminably !Ong, and there came a time. when she frank ly admitted that she could not voluntarily have given up Ray, even had she wished to.
 She forced herself 10 live en- tirely in the present. With q philo- sophical shrug she conceded that many things might happen His wife might grow tired of waiting and find consolation elsewhere. Ray, himself, might grow to prefer her.
 In the meantime life was very good, well worth while. The day the producer approved their ini- tial efforts they were like two de mcnted creatures. intoxicated with joy, What dreams they shared that night over the dinner table, With renewed vigor they returned to their work, Success stimulated them to an amazing extent, and lyrics. brimft.I of melody came 10 life almost too fast for them to put on paper.
 Rita was alternately wildly happy and strangely depressed. Ray. ab- sorbed in his work. vas happy. dreaming of the day when. with a jazz crown of fame. he could claim Barbara for his own again
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