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The Washington times., 1929-04-24

As a matter of fact. they are
perfectly normal and could be sue.
cessful within their own scope,
IL they were not nlisled by this
popular will-o' '-the.wisp.
Every American boy may be
President some day." is one of
our most cherished traditions and
more pernicious piece OF
hokum WAS never invented. Tce
average boy stands about as much
chance of being President as he
does of leaping TO Mars, and he
will only waste time and energy
IL he sets his heart on such a
goal
HITCH YOUR WAGON TO A
STAR" is another popular slogan.
GENERALLY s e A KIN G,
YOU'LL GO MUCH FARTHER
AND MAKE MORE SPEED IF
YOU HITCH TT TO A WHEEL
BARROW.
Thousands of young men are
going around with their ears trait
ing because they aren't Fords or
Edisons or RoCkefellers or Du.
rants. The ruth is they never
had a ghost of n chance to be in
the same class with these gentle.
men. They were well equipped
for simpler destinies but they
were born. unfortunately In
day when no one has any excuse
for simple 1estiLies. They were
expected to lump right into the
arena and become Captains OF
Their Souls at at least $4,000 per
annum-you know the rest OF the
story.
Our fathers were wiser. They
didn't kid themselves. They knew
that most common folk were just
common folk. and they didn't ex-
pect Spectacular results. Tney
respected, advocated and reWarde0
commonness, with their healthy
minds commonness is quite as nee
essary and valuable as genius.
Don't be discouraged II you are
not geared for the novel adVen-
lures. the lonely experiments Be
glad that you are spared the rest
lessness and risk, Do perfectly
that which you can do. yours
NAV be the greater contribution
The Washington times., 1929-04-24
MEDITATIONS
OF A WIFE
BY Helen Rowland

What Women Don't Tell
NEXT to chewing gum, there
~ is nothing that sticks to a
woman quite so persistently as
the memory of having made a
fool of herself.
Greater love hath no woman
than this: That she feed a man
all the things he likes, knowing
perfectly well that the dyspepsia
which follows shall be visited
upon her head.
The real test of L mans love
Is not his willingness to give up
the things that are bad for him,
like cocktails and late hours, to
please you--bu+ his willingness to
give up the things that he
thinks are good for him, like
spring onions soft collars and
golf.
One cocktail makes a man
want to talk to you; two make
him want to confide in you; three
makes him want to kiss every
body!
A plain mar who knows how
to look into woman's eyes is
infinitely more dangerous than
An Adonis who merely looks
through her at his own reflection.
The modern love affair must
have been invented by the same
man who invented revolving doors.
You're out of it almost before
you are aware that you are in 1t.
The styles change in ev9Ey'
thing-in clothes. in manners, and
even in diseases. But in nothing
have they changed so radically in
the last decade as in the art of
lovemaking. Indeed. it is so
modernistic that you'd hardly
know it was the same old emotion.
1t is easier for the average man
TO love a pretty woman than to
love a beautiful one. just an it's
easier for him to appreciate an
attractive parlor ornament than a
work of art.
At this dangerous time Of year,
a man is almost afraid to pre-
tend that he's in love, for fear he
may take himself seriously.
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Hearst Papers Advocate:

l. An agreement of Engssh-speaking peoples to pre-
serOe peace among themselves and to promote the
peace Of the World.
2 Proportional representation IN the United States
Senate, State to haze less than t9Oo Senators.
Legislation to enforce prompt constitutional reap
portionnlent Gn the House of Representatives.
g. separate Department of the Army, of the Nary
and of the Air Forces all united under Secretary
of National Defense
A. Federal action to the limit of Federal poWers to
abolish IherGcy IN the United States under Secre-
targ of Education
s. Election of Congress IN November Installation on
the 1St of January following. Inauguration of the
President 1st of January neat after NoOe0pber
election. Y
The Washington times., 1929-04-24

TN coming to think that we
overstress initiative.
Thousands of unhappy souls go
through this office in the course
Of q year. Most of them are la
boring under a sense of inferior
ity. They are really not inferior
people. They are friendly. hard
working. honest. capable. normally
intelligent. BUT THE PRES
SURE OF MODERN LIFE
MAKES THEM FEEL INFER.
IOR.
MODERN LIFE LAYS DE.
MANDS UPON THEM WHICH
THEY CANNOT MEET.
1t requires first of all that they
shall have initiative, and predicts
failure for those who haven't.
But initiative is An extremely
rare and often a very dangerous
gift.
The man who has 1t carries ter
rifle responsibility and often pays
a cruel prios.
Nor does the world need many
people with initiative. Human So
ciety would speedily "faw down
and go boom" IL we were all
leaders. One leader to thousands
Of capable, conscientious followers
Is the healthy ratio.
A wise destiny has ruled that
the average person shall have it,
tie initiative. He II not Seared mp
for it. He is able to follow trail
when it is once set and can rem
der competent service on that
trail. But he cannot branch out
for himself. and il he tries to do
so he comes a cropper.
A tragic amount of discoura ge-
ment and failure is due to mis-
understanding of this basic fact.
Young people face life feeling
that they must strike out for
themselves in some novel line,
display initiative. When their
feeble, fumbling efforts fail they
Immediately concluded that they
are cursed by some cruel and IN.
usual handicap. And they stop
trying to do even that which they
are quite able to do.
The Washington times., 1929-04-24
SECRETS OF
HEALTH
BY DIR. Louis e. ,Bisch.

by Dr. LOUIS e. 'BlScn-
THE hearing apparatus is a
Il very remarkable affair-as is,
indeed, every other organ OF the
body. When we contemplate the
wonderful workings of the human
organism in all its complexity,
ramifications. and intercorrela-
tion. we are certain to gain re.
spect for ourselves and. in turn,
to increase our watchfulness over
our health ana weIl-being.
Too often are we careless, for
instance, about the care Of our
ears.
The daily removal of accumu-
lated wax in the external ear
should be a simple matter. Yet it
is astonishing how many cases OF
deafness are due to neglect Of this
kind. Often the accumulated wax
becomes, after months and years,
as hard as stone and special in
struments are required to remove
it.
The auditory or hearing aDpara-
tus consists of the external ear,
the middle ear. the internal ear
and the auditory nerve.
The external ear is made up OF
a flap OF skin and cartilage which
We see on the outside of the head.
Leading from the outside to the
so-called drum-membrane OF the
ear Is the auditory canal.
The auditory canal is somewhat
curved and is higher in the middle
than at its ends. It's lining is skin
which is not sensitive toward the
outer half. but very sensitive
along the inner half. Slightly in
wards are found certain kinds of
Sweat.glands which secrete a kind
OF pasty, yellow substance the
wax referred to above. 1t is held
by some that this wax has an
odor offensive to insects, thus
preventing them from intruding
into the ear.
The middle ear-also called the
tympanum-is a small. irregular
and flat cavity. situated in bone.
1t is separated from the auditory
canal by the drum-membrane.
1t is likewise separated from
the internal ear by bony wall in
which there are two small open.
ings or windows. also covered
with membrane. One is called
the oval window and the other
the round window.
The cavity of the middle ear Is
so small that it could readily be
filled with five or six drops OF
water.
"A canal or tube connects the
middle ear with the back of the
mouth. This is the Eustachian
tube It is through this tube that
infections in the mouth may
spread to the middle ear and
from the middle ear to the little
caverns of bone, the mastoid
cells, in the temporal bone, pro-
ducing the familiar mastoid dis
eases.
Across the drum-membrane. on
the inside, are three tiny movable
bones. called the malleus. because
it looks like a hammer, the incus,
because it resembles an anvil, and
the stapes, which Is like a stirrup.
The malleus is firmly attached
to the drum ana the stapes to the
oval window behind. In between
is the incus. Every time sound
waves strike the drum-membrane
these tiny bones are set in mo-
ton and transmit the sound to
the oval window leading to the in
ternal ear.
In the internal ear is the end of
the auditory nerve. which receives
the sound impulses and records
them as such In the brain.
In the internal ear are also the
So-called semi-clrcular canals.
E These have to do with our dAense
Of equilibrium. ~ knowing etheR
We are standing upright hot.
The Washington times., 1929-04-24
ONCE-OVERS
It's NeUer Too Late for SeH-control

HOW do you act when an un.
4A unfortunate circumstance
takes you by surprise?
Have you perfect control of
your face as we'll as your words?
Have you schooled yourself to
take disappointment like a thor
oughbred?
You say you don't understand.
Well, to be homely about it,
would you expect the club presi.
dent to fly in a temper because
one of your club members failed
to take the part assigned at the
proper time?
OF course, not.
You would expect to see digni-
fled control and the ability to
The Washington times., 1929-04-24

pass over petty things without
making fuss during meeting.
In fact, you would expect the
head of any organization te which
you belong, to show enough re.
serve force to be unruffled by an.
noyances which surprise the best
ordered houses.
Yet you fly in q tantrum when
things don't go your way.
A thoroughbred never loses his
or, her sense of dignity.
In fact, no matter how appar-
emily frivolous or carefree at
times, the thoroughbred is never
surprised into exclamations of
temper or displeasure.
1t takes practice; you can't be.
gin too early to exercise self.con.
troll.
The Washington times., 1929-04-24
The knowledge Test for
Readers of The Times

Fill each blank:
1----s the capital of Wyoming
The Tombs is the for municipal prison IN -
The first five books of the Old Testament are called the
A. -- is the capital of Greece.
5. sea with many islands is called
g. Albion is the ancient for .
z. Booreas is another for ---.
8. Delft is a kind of - made in Holland.
8. The word fiasco
10. gazette is .
Match correctlyA
II. Washington New York
IL. jackson Virginia
13 Cleveland Ohio
ID. Mckinley New JERSEY
Is. Wilson Tennessee
Answers ON Fiction Page
The Washington times., 1929-04-24
LISTEN WORLD!
Everyone Hasn't InitiatiUe
By Elsie Robinson

TN coming to think that we . As matter
~ nveretra., ;r;tiatva nerfectv normal
The Washington times., 1929-04-24
Do YOU KNOW THAT

A shoe stretcher for use at home
can be n chaSed and will pay for
itself may times over In the con-
Venienca In using.
The Washington times., 1929-04-24

There are now some 10000
applications for patents swalting
action At the Patent Ofrice IN
Washington, d. g
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and issued singular order-that three piers of the
bridge within the state of Iowa" be removed thus
arordng navigation UP and down on the west side
of the river Four years later. when Abraham Lin
coin became President the United States Supreme
court reversed the decision. BY this time It had
become apparent to many politicians. and others
that the Lord wanted travel east and west as Wen
north and south
Dodge completed his survey across Iowa on
November % 1853 at Council Bluffs "Siy years
later Abraham Lincoln was to visit this village
and to meet the young engineer who had won the
surveying race TO the Missouri, and ten years later
Lincoln as President Of the United States. would
designate this village as the eastern terminus of
the Union Pacific railroad whose chief engineer
Dodge was to become.
During the early fifties the building Of a trans
continental railway a national issue mixed
up with the slavery dispute between the North
and the South and In 1856 both Democratic and
Republican National conventions placed in their
platforms the statement that railroad to the
Pacific was national necessity. The South want
ed the eastern terminus of such railroad on the
lower Mississippi and the North wanted 1t on the
upper Mississippi. Before the dispute could be
settled one way the other the Civil war was
preciptated. Then on June a. 1862 with most
OF the southern representatives absent. hil was
pushed through congress for the construction of
road with the eastern terminus "a point on the
south margin Of the valley of the Republican river
and the north margin of the valley of the Platte
river In the territory of Nebraska"
Although this foreshadowed the selection OF
Council RlHas as the eastern terminus as Dodge
had desired 1t snd he had pointed out to Lin
coin at the time Of Llncolns visit TO Council
Bluffs Ii was TO be several years before the build
Ing OF that railroad would begin. In the mean
time Dodge had entered the Union army colonel
of the Fourth Iowa infantry. He rose rapidly 10
the position OF brignder general and commanded
a division at the battle OF Atlanta. But II as
railroad builder that he made himself indspen-
sable to Haley Grant and Sherman In the armies
OF the West. Grant and Sherman especially were
his fast friends and Sherman has told how Dodge
repaired railroads and built bridges almost as
fast as his troops marched on the famous expedl.
ton 10 Georgia
At the close OF the Grant sent Dodge to
take cure of the campaign against the Indiana ON
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Can't Talk With Mars

Radio communication with Mars is
considered unlikely. In the opinion of
e. 0. Hurlburt of naval research lab
oratory. because Of atmospheric condi
tions on the planet and because Of
certain limiintion.--there. says Popular
Mechanics Magazine The gist of the
situation. as he sees, 1t, Is TINT the
short waves which we might transmit
10 penetrate our atmosphere, II they
did reach Mars, would probably fint
no receiver for them. since the MIR
tlans, If they have radio sets. yer,
likely have gone In for those using
long waves.
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IF Il Isn't One Thing

"Why IRE you looking 80 down In
the mouth, old fellow2"
Lost my new car"
GOOD heavens Why don't you re-
port Il to the sheriff."
mo good. He's the one who took
it."-Boston Transcript.
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AS0u!r
Stomach

In the same time 1t takes a dose Of
soda to bring little temporary relief
Of gas and sour stomach, Phillips
Milk Of Magnesia has acidity complete
ly checked. and the digestive organs
all tranqulized. Once you have tried
this form of relief you will cease to
worry about your diet and experience
a new freedom in eating.
This pleasant preparation is Just as
good for children, too. Use IL when
ever coated tongue or fetid breath
signals need Of a sweetener. Physi-
clans will tell you that every spoon
full Of Phillips Milk Of Magnesia neu-
tralizes many times Its volume In acid.
Get the genuine, the name Phillips is
important. limitations do not act the
same
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WHAT THE ENGINES SAID

What was It the engines said,
Pilots touching head to head7
Facing the single track,
Hall = world behind each back.
This Is what the engines said,
Unreported and unread.
With predatory screech.
In = forid Western speech,
Said the engine from the Westi
Il am from SIera's crsst
And If attitudes . test,
Why reckon its confessed
That I've done my Isvsl BEST
Said the engine from the EAstt
They who work best, talk the least.
Suppose you whistle Down your brakes,
What you've done ID great shakes
Pretty fair. but let our meeting,
Be different kind Of greeting.
Let these FOLKS with champagns stuffinx,
Not the engines do the putting.
Listen where Atlanta beats,
Shores ck and heats.
Where the Indian autumn skies
Paint the woods with wampum dyes.
I have chased the flying sun,
Seeing all that he looked upon,
Blessing all that he biest,
Nursing In my iron breast.
All his vivilyinx heat.
All his clouds about my crest
And before my flying feet
Every shadow must retreat"
Said the Western engine, "PhewW
And long whistle blew,
Come now. really that's the oldest
Talk 70, modest.
You brag Of your East, you do,
Why, / bring the East to you.
All the Orient, all CAthay
Find me through the shortest way
And the sun you follow hers
Rises in my hemisphere.
Really II must be rude,
Length. my friend. amt longitude
Said the Union. Don't reflect, or
I'll run over some director"
Said the Central. I'm Pacific,
But when riled, I'm quite terrific.
Yet today we shall not quarrel
Just to show these folks this moral
How two engines In their vision
Once have met without collision"
That l. what the engines said,
Unrcportcd and unread
Spoken slightly through the nose.
With = whistle At the close.
Bret Harts.
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POISON IVY
EIanford's Balsam Of Myrrh
Money back for rrt bottle II nos suited All dsasrs
"Rahyn Airpiano

Measuring only % feet from wing
tip to wing tip, and capable of flying
more than 40 miles per gallon of fuel,
a new type of baby" airpiane was
recently demonstrated In London.
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Pacing Her

what kind Of tennis game does
she play?"
"She belongs to the no sox school,"
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And That's That

'Do you have any trouble with
shall and 'will?"
No; my wife says, You SHALL and
say, i will "-christian Herald.
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1929-08-22

IXTY years ago there took place In
the state OF Utah an event which
marked the completion OF what has
been aptly described as the might
est work of utility ever undertaken
by man," For on May 10, 1869, at
Promontory Point. not far from the
Great Salt lake, golden spike was
driven In n railroad tie which con-
nected the Central Pacific railroad
with the Union Pacific and for the
first time In history ribbon OF steel
lay clear across the continent Of
North America.
The Washington times., 1929-09-24
TRIAL
IN GUN THEFT

William Bell. colored. of the so
block / st. n. E., pleaded not guilty
in Police Court today to a charge
OF stealing an automatic gun from
James Moore, also colored, OF the
500 block c st. S. w. The accused
demanded a trial.
According to Policeman S. w.
Howland, of the Sixth precinct, Bell
admitted at the time that he took
the gun. There is also a possibility
he said, that there may be a charge
of threats pressed.
Moore told the Y. s: attorney s
office that Bell came to see him and
his wife and that they were all in
a room in which a child, James
Simms, was playing on the bed.
James pulled the pillow back dis
closing the gun, he said, and Bell
grabbed it.
I'VE grabbed him." Moore con-
tinued, land tried to take it from
him." The noise attracted Dock
Bizzell. colored, in the next room.
| Bizzell told police that when he
opened the door Bell threatened to
kill him if he didn't get out in a
| hurry.
The Washington times., 1929-09-24
Weu-Jailep Man Gets
Cell Here-AndEnd
Is Not Yet

ITS the best Jail | was ever
in" was the enthusiastic remark
Of pretended colonel in the
Nicaraguan army shortly after
his release from Major William
l.. Peake's hostelry for District
offenders, last year.
A rival for the much jailed
colonel is now in sight, the police
version Of the difficulties of
Donald Raymond Leeson, 80. of
New York, indicates.
Leeson was arrested on his re-
lease from the Federal prison at
Atlanta and claimed by Baltimore
authorities. On his release from
a Baltimore Jail, Detectives Ira
E. keck and B. W. Thompson
nabbed him on bad check charges.
He is said to have passed two
rubber" checks while working
in the uniform of a welfare or.
ganization, the Volunteer Work
ers of America.
When Washington gets through
with Lesson, other Jurisdictions
want him for incarceration in
more jails, police here say,
The Washington times., 1929-09-24
FURNITURE MAN
HELD IN THEFT

Martin T. O'Boyle, Of the 1900
block Belmont Rd., president of the
{. Bauer Furniture Company, and
father of family was arraigned in
Police Court today before Judge Gus
A. Schuldt on a charge of en-
heZzlement
J. w. Shepherd, his partner, ap-
peared against him. The case was
continued until October l when it
will come up before the Grand Jury.
Bond was fixed at $1,000.
The amount named in court was
SO, but Shepherd estimates that the
loss at around $4,000 during the
past year. He said that O'Boyle
has been with the furniture COM
pany for three years as president.
and that he lived in the District
for several years before that.
O'Boyle's lawyers demanded that
the books be made accessible to
examination by certified public
accountant.
The Washington times., 1929-09-24
Mild Bad Man Talks
Tough to Women,
Not to Law

James Hall. colored., 5s, is the
bad man OF Union Street, South
west, his girl friend indicated in
a conversation with detectives at
police headquarters.
Detective Arthur r. Fihelly care
fully examined his revolver and
checked his memory to see il his
insurance was all paid up before
sallying forth to arrest James on
a warrant.
The prisoner turned out to be
mild appearing man about 5
feet in height
Il knows how to talk to the
women" he said in explaining
why the girl, half a head taller,
thought he was so tough.
James faces trial tomorrow on
charges of stealing a violin,
banjo, mandolin and some clothes.
clothes.
The Washington times., 1929-09-24
Cosmetologists Urge
Beauty Shop Probe

That Washington rsking their hair and beauty by
patronizng cheap permanent wave shops claim of the
Washington Hardressers and Cosmetoogss Association
letter from Secretary Carey Quinn the Better Business
4oIay
The Washington times., 1929-09-24
HAS WRONGED
NO ONE, HE
DECLARES

From the District Jail,
where he is serving nine
months for contempt Of court
and contempt of the Senate,
Harry F. Sinclair sent out a
personal message to stock
holders in his oil company to-
day, thanking them for their
support Of his policies and
proclaiming his innocence of
wrong-doing.
"As to my own fortunes" said
this message, 'I am confident that
time will justify whatever l have
done.
My government drove a hard
bargain with me over an oil lease
on public lands and then accused
me of attempting to defrsud the
quilted of this charge by a jury
LhdI Idu all Tic loCtS
Refused to Answer
"I refused to answer what my
lawyers told me were improper
questions asked by a Senate COM
mittee and l was sentenced for con-
tempt.
II took steps to have the con-
duct of the jurors observed-some-
thing that government prosecutors
as we'll as defendants have done for
years-and ] was again convicted of
contempt, although no juror was
approached directly or indirectly
by an agent of mine.
Acquitted of Crime
"It is impossible now to go into
the details of these matters-I shall
do so later-but I do want to en-
phasize the fact that with all the
resources back of my prosecution
and with the public mind systemati-
cally influenced against me, jury
acquitted me of the only charge of
wrong doing that has been laid at
my door. I know that / com
mitted no fraud and engaged in no
corruption. That is why / am con-
fident that time will bring out the
truth.
Meanwhile my thought and eff
forts will be devoted to the upbuild-
ing of the corporation that bears
my name and in this 1 want you to
know that I deeply appreciate your
confidence and support"