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The Washington times., 1929-07-25
MARY is the wife of a travelling 4

M AhA Is Ihe "i1e OA =
Wl salesman.
Yes, you guessed II right
there's trouble.
Mary has to send the Big Boys
suits to the dry cleaner, and natu-
rally she must go through the
pockets first.
AND ALMOST EVERY TIME
SHE DOES SHE FINDS GIRLS
ADDREssEs-w RITTEN IN
HUBBY's OWN HAND
He has been a good husband
never given her a moments anxi-
ETY. outside OF that, so she hasn't
even mentioned the subject to him
hut she worries and worries and
WORRIES.
And now she writes to ask If
honestly believe that "all travel
ing salesmen chase around with
other women"
OF COURSE DON'T!
Let me tell you something,
Mary!
WOMEN AREN'T HALF AS
MUCH OF A TREAT TO THE
AVERAGE MAN AS WE GIRLS
THINK THEY ARE.
This isn't merely pretty
theory of mine have had an
unusual chance to prove it by
actual experience. For years men
were my only companions in the
woods and mines. Often, for
months at a time. saw no women.
Only men, at their widest and
wooliest.
AND YOU'D BE SURPRISED,
sIST ER, AND PROBABLY
The Washington times., 1929-07-25
: FAMOUS SONGS :
And What Inspired Them
G. FOy
THE ROSARY
"Tke hours l spent NTH thee, dear heart,
Are as string Of pearls to me;
1 count them OUer, every one apart,
MN Rosary mn Rosary" ,tt

6tWTHY do I like to sing THE
w Rosary?' Madame Schu-
mann. Heink once replied In an.
swer to q question. Because it
is q perfect song. The critics
may not all agree with me there.
But the public Is the best critic
after all, and the public likes The
Rosary You can always
trust the public to like a great
song
EtheIbert Woodbridge Nevin.
born at Edgeworth. Pa. in 1852,
at the age OF IL revealed a hint
Of the genius that was later to
produce "Narcissus" and ''The
Rosary" At that tender age he
produced his first musical connpo-
sition the Lillian Polka"
Nevin attended Western Uni
versity In Pennsylvania. hut left
that institution in 1879, att the
end Of his freshman year. His
father then obtained a position
for him as clerk with the Pena-
sylvania Railroad.
The Washington times., 1929-07-25

His business career ended when
one night he told his father,
Let me be poor all my life
and be q musician
Nevin composed "The Rosary"
when he was thirty. five. just a
few years before his death in 1901.
One evening he received a letter
from . friend enclosing poem
by Robert Cameron Rogers. Its
lyric beauty struck Nevin at once
! and he paced the floor, repeat
ing the lines:
The hours / spent with thee.
dear heart.
Are as a string Of pearls to me
The next afternoon he handed
his wife the manuscript of q song
with note attached. 1t read:
Just q little souvenir to let you
know i thank the bon Dieu for
giving me you. The entire love
and devotion Of
ETHELBERT NEVIE."
The Rosary" was first sung
publicly at Steinert Hail. Boston,
IN February. 1sss.
The Washington times., 1929-07-25

dunn, called radon, has a rediating
power similar to that of radiun.
This power is weak as compared
with that of radium. Moreover
the emanation in the case of radon
lasts for only a few days as con-
trasted with that from radium
which goes on for thousands of
years. The doctors now use tiny
glass tubes of radon, barely larger
than a hair in diameter. Tubules
of from an eight to quarter of
an inch are used. They are in
serted into hypodermic needle
an injected into the tumor or
generous growth. There they are
allowed to remain until the ema-
nations are exhausted. These. tiny
tubes are comparatively inexpen-
sive, q few dollars apiece. whereas
radium is excessively costly. The
curative power of these little tubes
of radon, inclosed in glass, has
been proved in the case of cancer,
especially in the early stages. II
radium, in this or other ways, Is
brought to bear upon small
growths, 1t not infrequently brings
about a complete cure.
If you observe radium under
miscroscope, you will see that 1t
ig continually giving off scintilla-
tions. This illuminating quality of
radium Is now widely employed
in industry. An almost infinitesi-
NAL quantity of radium, mixed in
proper proportions with zinc sui
phide. varnish, and some adhesive
substance, gives an illuminating
paint. 1t is used in countless
ways to reveal objects in the
dark-the hands and numerals on
watches and clocks, and the vari-
Gus dials on aeroplanes, ac-
customed to fly over enemy camps
at night. Millions Of watches
with Illuminated dials are anau-
ally manufactured in the United
states. During the World War,
one nah out of every six in the
United States Army had radcliffe
watch.
The Washington times., 1929-07-25
LISTEN WORLD!
Fish Worms and Females
By Elsie Robinson

GREATLY DISAPPOINTED TO
KNOW HOW LITTLE OF THEIR
TIME THEY DEVOTED TO
THINKING ABOUT WOMEN OR
LOOKING THEM UP.
Your particular man MAY be
chasing--I can't pass on that. But
the mere fact that he's carrying
around bunch Of girls addresses
doesn't prove 1t.
Did you ever go through a little
boys pockets? You will find every
sort Of loot there-from bed
springs to fish worms. There's
something in little boys nature
that makes him just naturally
long to accumulate souvenirs.
AND THAT SOMETHING
PERSISTS AFTER HE BECOMES
"A NAN. Your husband is prob
ably accomplishing female ad.
dresses just an he once accumn-
lated fish worms. The chances
are that he won't give them
second thought after he has once
acquired them, but he loves the
adventure Of discovering them
and he likes to lug them around.
ALSO HE LIKES TO THINK
WHAT. A DEVIL HE IS-oR
MIGHT BE! That's another little
boy trait which it's well to rec
ognize, Mary.
EVERY NAN WHO'S WORTH
SHUCKS WANTS TO THINK
HE'S A HARD.BOILED EGG.
AND EVERY WOMAN WHO
HAS THE SENSE GOD GAVE A
GOOSE 'ERRY WILL LET HIM
THINK go!
The Washington times., 1929-07-25
SECRETS OF
HEALTH
Nv Or. Louis q. Bisch-

FTlHE newly-born infant cries, or
should be made to cry by
gentle slapping, for this expands
the lungs, 1t must be borne in
mind that the lungs are being ex-
panded for the first time and care
must be taken that they continue
to expand.
The cry OF the infant as well as
the older child Is really q form OF
exercise. When the baby cries
Justify after the cool sponge bath
and waves his arms and kicks. he
Is really indulging in his daily
DOZEN"
The nutrition of the child. you
see. il the most important factor
in its early days. II the food given,
whether breast milk or a milk for
mula, IL not proper, the child can
not possibly grow or prosper. And
IL the lungs do not function ana
grow an they should, sufficient
oxygen Is not given 10 the blood
ami carried to all parts OF the
body.
II il not wise to allow very young
infants to remain In their cribs
too long at . time. Il weakens
them perceptibly. It'is best to take.
them up every few hours and
carry them q little. The position
OF the child while sleeping should
also be changed now and then.
And in children who seem to be
failing a general mild rubbing of
the body about twice q day helps
to promote the circulation.
To be sure. there are mothers
especially young ones with their
first baby-who are forever dis.
turbing the infant by continually
taking 1t up and fondiing it. Such
exaggerated practices are, OF
course, very bad. They disturb
the child's sleep and rest, which
babies so sorely need in order to
build up. In the beginning In
fants are supposed to sleep most
of the time.
The temperature OF the bath
water at first should be SO degrees
Fahrenheit. Nor should this be
Euesswork. A bath thermometer
fs an essential in every nursery.
Always have the room warm In
giving the bath and make the
bath short. When the infant Is
taken from the bath 1t should be
dried quickly but not rubbed too
vigorously.
Only older children, over one
wear old at least, and those who
are vigorous should get cool
sponge. But the water should not
be colder than 20 or possibly 65
II. the child has not been accus
toned to 1t.
An infants clothing should be
light and cool in summer but of
light weight and warm in winter.
1t should never be tight or con.
stricting in any way for il so 1t
prevents free movement of the
limbs. In pinning bands about
the abdomen care must be taken
not to make them so tight as to
embarrass breathing or squeeze
the intestines.
In early infancy strong lights
are injurious to the eyes. In fact,
during the first few days a dark
room is desirable.
The mouth of the baby requires
care. 1t should be washed gently
with boiled water and soft cloth
or gauze wrapped around the lit.
tie finger. There is danger in be.
ing too rough in this cleansing
process.
An infants skin ie also very
delicate. A good busting powder
like starch or talcum should be
gently rubbed in all folds Of the
skin after the bath. at night, and
oftener II necessary
The Washington times., 1929-07-25
MEDITATIONS
OF A WIFE
-By Helen Rowland.

( GoMPANIONATE DIVORCE Is
" 4 fact in Chicago, and Judge
SABBATH is its father. He wisely
grants unloying couples six months
OF temporary divorce, in which to
think it over Then he gives
them a second guess.
What could be fairer? Or
sweeter? Or wiser?
six months Of complete vaca.
ton from matrimony, in which
to get rest from its trials, strug-
giles and vicissitudes; to get q new
slant and a new perspective on
each other; and to try out the
new candidate for the next matri-
monial adventure.
Because, there always is a new
candidate. somewhere in the off.
ing! Parting with a husband,
like parting with a tooth, is such
a painful thing, that few women
can bring themselves to the point
OF getting rid OF the old one. until
they have a new one all ready to
fill up the gap he leaves in their
lives.
And few men actually reach the
point where they are anxious to
7 slough an old wife-or an old
hat-untiI they have found new
one that looks better to them.
But. in six months, you may
discover that the new flame has,
not only. all of the old ones try
ing little ways and failings, but .
few OF his or her own special
brand, for good measure.
Not only does Harold get spots
on the tablecloth, throw lighted
matches into the waste basket,
and show up an hour late for
dinner, just as John did: but, he
criticizes your complexion, wants
to pick out your hats, dictate
your politics. choose your friends
and ''Mussolini" your life all up,
besides.
And, it's hard to get used to liv-
ing with a dictator, after all the
years you have spent in q nice,
scrappy democracy, with careless,
genial old John. It's hard to re.
adjust yourself to new set OF
idiosyncrasies and face a brand
new collection of problems.
In six months, man may dis
cover that the sweet young thing,
who looked so much more allur-
ing than his tired, middle aged
wife, may be a very good play.
mate, she would bore him to
death, worry him to death! or
speed him straight into the poorf
house.
Marriage gets you too close to
the picture. Sometimes, all you
need Is a good. long matrimonial
vacation, and chance to com.
pare your current husband or
wife with somebody else, to dis.
cover that your first guess was
best. after all.
Many a woman has traded In a
wild. good-natured, fascinating,
devil.may-care husband for a nice,
reliable, steady going one, only to
find herself bored to death, or
bullied, or bossed, or nagRed to
death for the rest Of her life.
A six months trial divorce
would end nine times out OF ten.
In grand old reunion. Nothing
makes you appreciate a comforta-
bic old shoes kke trying on ; new
nnsi
The Washington times., 1929-07-25
Hearst Papers Advocate:

4 An agreement Of EngLtshspeGksng peoples to pre-
serOs peace among themselves and to promote the
peace of the t0Orld
2 Proportional representation IN the United States
Senate no State to haze less than tao Senator's.
Legislation to enforce prompt constitutional reap
pOrtiOnnaent IN the House of REPRESENTATIVES.
3. separate Department of the Army, Of the May
and of the Air Forces, all united under Secretary
of National Defense.
Federal action to the limit Of Federal poi0era to
abolish iLterdcy In the nited States under Secre-
tGry OF Education.
81 Election of Congress In November Installation on
the first of January folloeCin9. Inauguration of the
President first of January neat utter November.
election
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-06
HALT SEEN IN OUTPUT
OF PASSENGER CARS
Reduction in the Manufacture At
tributed in Detroit Largely to
Seasonal Conditions"

DETROIT, Mich-Still rejecting the
effects of seasonal conditions. passen-
ger-car output for the current week and
the week preceding continues on a
somewhat reduced basis, according to
B. H. Cram. president of Grams Auto
motive Reports. Inc. A general trend
toward slackened operations Is being
adhered to by many major producers,
with the most sensational cuts IN Sched-
ules coming from the low-priced group.
Indications point to continued recess
sions from this time forward, as many
factories will taper their activities to
low point around the end OF the year
for the purpose of not only cleaning up
stocks, but to permit the preparation
for new models as well.
The truck division OF the automotive
industry shows the least change in
either current production or sales. Pro-
ducers. finding a good market being
maintained. are adhering to the same
schedules which have been in effect for
some time. The anticipated drop in
paSsenger-car production may change
this situation in the near future. IN
doubtedly, as the paSSenger-car build
ers who also turn out light delivery
models begin to Slacken, the output to-
tails for the general industry will show
major declines. However. this does not
apply W Vic 4ACoNJ -AoCJ
builders. whose operations will probably
be maintained for as long a period as
the market continues favorable.
A current survey of the partS-manu-
featuring division of the automotive
industry shows that operations gener-
ally remain firm. with output reaching
a fairly heavy volume. Basing current
activities on a comparison with past
years, production is beign remarkably
well maintained. rejecting the unprec-
edented rate of output that has marked
the automotive industry proper through
out the late Summer months. Never
theless, with the tapering of schedules
that is becoming evident on the part OF
passenger builders. it is reasonable
to look for a decline in the activities
of parts and accessories manufacturers.
One of the largest automobile compa-
MES has been reported as having in
definitely suspended delivery and COM
mitments on all parts and materials,
and this condition alone should lower
operating levels of the industry until
close to the end of the year. Undoubt-
edly, other companies will follow this
lead. with q corresponding production
decline between now and January l,
1880.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-06

If the motor industry could pay the
cost Of maintenance Of the highway it
uses the motor vehicle would put itself
on an equality with the steam and cleo
trio railroads which pay for the main
tenance of their own way and struc-
ture through direct change to operation
instead of by taxation.
This would permit business to pass
along to the consumer further saving
through lower distribution cost, with
an increased service to which the public
Is entitled.
When the farmer prepares to send
his cattle to market his first problem
Is transportation. During the past
year data from II markets shows that
10000 900 head Of cattle, calves, hogs
and sheep were hauled in trucks, an
increase Of 46 per cent over 1927.
Truck receipts Of livestock at II mar
kets show an average gain Of 40 per
cent. a gain of 112 per cent being shown
at Chicago.
This means that the farmer is help
ing to lower distribution cost by taking
the short cut to market by motorized
transportation. In doing so he did not
have to drive his cattle along the road,
losing pounds per head before reaching
his market.
Nor did he have to load them into
railway cars, provide for feeding and
watering and risk the danger of losing
stock through injury. His stock was
loaded into trucks built especially for
the purpose and carried the short route
to market.
This is also true in the operation of
the truck farmer, who because Of the
highly perishable nature of his product
- bet NTH I1ic a hloc
while they are fresh and crisp.
Probably there is no better illustra-
ton of how motorized transportation
has helped out distribution cost through
speed and fiexibility Of service than
that of dairy operation. Surveys in va
rious parts Of the country show that the
percentage of milk supply for cities
handled by trucks varies from 20 per
cent Of the total in Philadelphia to 80
per cent in st. Paul and Milwaukee.
Many communities average over 80 per
cent.
In several States where the motor
equipment Is being used on the farms
and other private property no gasoline
tax Is required. However, when this
equipment leaves to carry its load to
market the tax must be paid. The
consumer again pays, not for produc-
ton but solely for distribution.
Duties being performed by the COM
mercial car are endlesS-the depart
ment store, the chain store. community
movies: in fact, every business finds the
motorized vehicle with its pay load at
the door each and every day.
The motor industry has been alert To
this evolution in transportation and
distribution. Engineers strive to antici-
pate every need and to prepare unit
adaptable to that need, whether it be
the 1-ton light delivery truck to the
special heavy-duty truck. built precisely
to fit the individual requirements of
each installation.
How, finally, shall we make highway
transportation serve to further cut the
cost Of distribution? Easily enough.
Construction of improved highways
should be financed by general taxation.
the expense of keeping the roads to
market prorated among motor vehicles
in proportion to their use Of and wear
on the roads.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-06
URGE SINGLE PLAN
FOR AUTOISTS' TAX
American Motorists Association
Committee Takes Action on Plan
for Computing Gasoline Taxes.

A single standard for computing
motorists Federal income taxes was
urged last week by the legislative COM
mittee of the American Motorists AS
ISOLATION.
Under the present method the U. s.
Internal Revenue Bureau employs three
separate formulas for computing the
motorists annual income tax, in so far
as it relates to gasoline taxes, 1t is
pointed out.
This is no criticism of the bureau"
declares Thomas j. Keefe, general man.
ager of the A. M. A. THE bureau in
terprets the law in each State, impos-
ing gasoline taxes according to the laws
phraseology. In the State where the
law imposes the tax on the consumer,
the motoriSt is allowed to deduct this
from his annual income return. In
those States, such as the District Of Co
1umbia, where the law imposes the tax
on the dealer or the distributor, the
bureau uniformly holds that the dealer
or distributor pays the tax and that it
is not collected from or paid by the
motorist.
notwithstanding the bureaus tech
nical ruling the motorist does pay the
tax, regardless of the wording of the
law. It follows that he should be
granted an allowance in his income tax
4CIuL IL ~ OCIIy Vic oCOuCtlOll
to double taxation in that he is taxed
on his taxes. The question as to who
pays the gasoline tax has been raised
by motor clubs and dealers in IL States.
The bureau has ruled that in seven OF
these States, viz, Delaware, Kentucky,
Michigan, Missouri. New York, North
Carolina and Virginia, the motorists
pay the tax. In the States of Colorado
Connecticut, Maryland, Ohio and Dis
trict of Columbia the bureau holds that
the tax is not paid by the motoriSt but
is imposed on and paid by the gasoline
dealer or distributor.
Millions in double taxation, now
paid by the motoriSt, could be saved
by the simple expedient of writing into
the District of Columbia law and the
law of each State clear intent that
the act imposes the tax direct on the
motor car owner" declares the A. M. A
statement.
I'm a test case from Michigan the
Bureau of Internal Revenue has already
ruled that by making the phraseology
of the law clear to the effect that the
tax is consumers tax the motor
list might deduct his gasoline taxes from
his Federal income tax return"
The association is urging on all State
automobile clubs, where the tax Is moi
deductible, an amendment to the gaso.
line tax law, thus clarifying 1t ano
granting to all motorists uniform taa
regulations in this respect.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-06
DISTRIBUTION COST LOWERED
BY HIGHWAY TRANSPORTATION
Every Business and Every Consumer Is
Affected, According to White
Motor Company Head.

placed In the hands of State regulatory
commissions which exercise the same
powers they exercise In regulating other
forms of public utilities.
Seek Revision Of Taxation.
In the matter of taxation the motor
industry contends that the cost of con-
struction of improved highways for the
use of the general public should be
paid out of funds raised by general
taxation and that the entire annual
budget for maintenance of improved
highways used by motor vehicles should
be paid out of special taxes equitably
leVeled on the motor vehicles such as
gasoline taxes.
This Is not being done. The motor
industry pays all the general taxes that
other industries pay. State and Federal
income taxes, general property taxes,
capital stock taxes, special business
taxes and in addition to these, State
license fees, gasoline taxes and consid-
cradle number Of additional special
taxes.
Each time these taxes are levied the
consumers fail to receive the benefit
of motorized transportation and instead
absorb through daily purchases the tax
levies eventually passed on to them
The widespread and erroneous i'm
preston that the heavy increase in
general taxes has been due to the high
way improvement program, neceSsitated
by the growth of motor transportation,
Is dissipated by the tax figures. The
facts are that while the total increase
in State revenues from 1922 to 1927
amounted to 1898, 1854, 1913 that 66 per
cent of this gain came from increased
special motor vehicle taxes, or $685.
928,679.
In 1927 special motor vehicle taxes
were IS per cent, or one-third Of the
total highway income, although this
income had increased from $240, 000, 900
in 1914 to $l,465, 100000 that year.
Between the years 1921 and 1927 spe-
cial motor vehicle taxes were trebled.
In 1921 motor taxes assumed 1915 per
cent of the burden, with 381 per cent
in bonds and 44.4 per cent in general,
State and local taxes. In 1927 the
motor taxes assumed 352 per cent,
bonds 1876 per cent and general, State
and local taxes 407 per cent.
Trucks Pay 2s Per Gent.
In the "a States and the District of
Columbia where motor truck taxes were
segregated from the total registration
in 1927, motor trucks were Is per cent
of the total registration and paid %
per cent of the license fee. BY care
full survey it was determined that the
common carrier motor truck of average
size pays 1903. or Is times as much as
a private automobile, and the common
carrier buses pay $5l2 per vehicle, or
% times as much as the private car.
With an increased registration each
year the motor industry will continue
under the present rate of tax increase
to bear an ever-mounting burden,
despite the fact that proportionate ex-
penditure for highway construction Is
declining.
In 1921 more than 60 per cent of the
highway income was expended on con-
struction. with "a per cent being used
for maintenance. In 1927 there was
but 48 per cent expended on construc-
ton and 267 per cent on maintenance.