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The Washington times., 1929-09-16
PRESS THE TRIGGER
BV Herbert kaufman.

HNK before you act but act soon Caution ceases to
be q virtue when it becomes vse
Doubling trembling fingers have never yet yanhed
single hair Of opportunity
Progress cant afford to slow down for hesitatcrs.
If you re on the right track 90 ahead
While you're waiting for smooth bumps and filled gaps
some chancetaker will discount adverse odds risk few
spups and fadowns and leave you at the crossroads Of
irresolution.
There many others shooting at the same target
many paths leading the point that you cant
reasonably conservative and succeed at anything.
Fortune variety store with wide choice Of careers
Join gun club and practice the traps fire in
time-you aim too long.
Your brain acts hair trigger, but you don't press
Many Fortyniner requiescated in pace" because he
placed too much reliance the accuracy Of his marks
manship.
It the misfortune Of more than pioneer with
quick eye to afoul Of gent with swifter wrist
The life story Of multitude is condensed in early
Western epitaph: Sacred to the memory Of Buck TOivw
he was too slow the draw
You're constantly anticipating coming events they're in
variably casting shadows before you
You take the diamond studded hairruh for prophecy but
you get the BOBBY prize for performance.
also your hind action
wait for things to happen instead Of helping them
Your wife comedies how often you called the big turn
that's why it's hard for her to reconcile family poverty and
obScurity with such manifest sagacity.
No denies that predicted half the important changes
which enriched recent decades But why ddn play the
ace ideas when you held them?
We rccoect how you figured the shifting of former bust
cetes to their but there's record that
you invested in any options there.
We admit your correct estimate of automobile output
also how hard you worked get in the ground floor
Consequently understands why you aren't the
neighborhOod agent Of secondrate commercial truck
As combination sOothsayer and clavOyant you stand at
the head Of the class.
But what good has done you what benefit do you derive
from all your lunches?
We've faith in your Judgment but none in you.
YnNsv 0f hnuR hrSm of
You're again correct in your theory that televOn and
aviation viii shortly produce another bunch Of ionaes
but it's equally certain that you won't be found among them
Wisdom isn't worth rap to . laggard.
!copyrght 192. by Daily Mirror Inc Herbert
The Washington times., 1929-09-16
Threatened Changes in Parking
and Traffic Code
Traffic Directors Office Should Not Get Ratified.

DECAUsE subcommittes Of the Senate District Comttee
to investigate traffic and parking matters in this city
not sufficient for the Traffic Directors office to
become ratified and hint radical changes favored by
Washington citizens
The wishes Of Congress clearly expressed should receive
the consideration Of all District officials opinion of
one Senator two Senator's that anght parking should
abolished and downtown parking eliminated altogether is not
the wish OF Congresyet Instead Of trying pacate the
views Of individual statesmen let traffic authorities await
developments Let them remember that Washington people
should also have opportunity to express themselves
There is much intelligence Senate and in the House
There brainy in both bodies They solve many diff
cult problems but when they tackle traffic and parking uues
iOns they go up against the noe problem in America
today
This subcommittee investigation will enable lot Of people
to air their opinions but when it is all the committee
will be badly befuddled and the whole thing will be up to the
Traffic Director a. it is now
One Senator especially does not like the parking congestion
in downtown Washington he favor elimination of
parking not for Congressional machines Of because
special parking privileges accorded Congressional" tags
The Senator to do away with night parking on
most city streets he has his way automobile owners will
be forced to seek garages they cant find them they will
be in bad shape they do find them their poCetboOks will
Of all downtown parking Il viii be great thing for them
II will be just the opposite for Washington citizens who still
rights in the towns streets Il viii certainly not hsn DOWN
town business establishments which wish to be acoessbe to
all customers particularly to out Of town people coming here
to trade.
Elimination of parking has been resorted to in some cities
with narrow busy streets There nothing else to do
Washngons streets wide Many Of them have been pur
posy wdened at much cost to property owners that auto
mobile owners might have reasonable access to business
and offices
Anght parking is nuisance in some secticns Of the cy
but is it much Of nuisance will Be the operation Of
large numbers Of smoke and noise making garages? How
many garages viii be required to for the thousands
machines parked in streets all night? Will they be
beneficial property and to residents in beautiful neigbor
hoods7 What viii be the additional cost car owners?
There may be justification for banning alnight parking
in Of the much Travelled Orougares Of the city but
The Washington times., 1929-09-16
LISTEN WORLD!
Restless Youth
By Elsie Robinson

SOMETHING MORE, BRUCE
HEAPS MoRE-AND YOU WILL
BE IN THE THRILLING MIDST
OF 1T ALL-PRovIDED YoU
KEEP THAT REsTLESSNESs
WHICH YOU NOW RESENT.
For restlessness is the yeast of
life at work within you, AND
WITHOUT THAT YEAST you
ARE GOING TO BE MIGHTY
FLAT DOUGH-.
All great lives have been rest
less lives. They have never been
contented lives. They have never
been satisfied to stop and leave
well enough alone" They have
always fidgeted, as you are fidget"
ing. They have been beset by
doubts within and jeers without
People have asked them, what
was biting them," as they will
ask you. People have punished
them, sometimes terribly, because
they wouldn't settle down and
conform. But they didn't-and
today the whole world owes them
a debt because they wouldn't.
Socrates and Joan of Arc, Lin
coin and, Christ were restless
people. too. They were restless
as children, and they kept right
on being restless and raising
Cain until finally they ended at
the cup of hemlock, the burning
stake, the assassin's bullet and
the Cross of Calvary. And |,
suppose their neighbors said 1t
served them right. But you and
know now that the stake and
the cup, the bullet and the
cross. were only little incidents
in THEIR careers. You and ]
know that THROUGH THEIR
RESTLESSNESS AND REBEL
LION AND Discomfort THEY
MADE A. GLORIOUS ADVEN.
TITRE of LIFE AND SHOWED
US A WAY TO FOLLOW.
Don't avoid restlessness, Bruce
seek It! Never mind the blue
and seemingly. futile days. RICH
FIELDS MUST SOMETIMES
LIE FALLOW. So must Youth
if it would hear, good crops, But
through blue days or scariet, Keep
yourself eager-keep yoursen Won
dering and hoping and. reDelllng;
KEEP YOURSELF On Tie ii..
MOVE-NO NATTER WHAT IT
FOR LIFE is WORTH ANY.
THING YOU PAY FOR 1T, SON.
The Washington times., 1929-09-16
SECRETS OF
HEALTH
BY DR.. Louis z. Bisch-

VoU may have observed that,
4 in 4 fundamental way. all
diseases behave in q certain way.
Each disease comes from, q def.
mite cause, with possibly hlight
modification from incidental causes
AN illustration of the natural
law of cause of effect.
Each disease has fundamentally
definite symptoms and a definite
natural history, both before fur
ther manifestations of natural law.
These same scientific or philo-
sophical facts apply to tuber.
culosis.
tuberculosis, says Lyle Cum
Minis, regarded from the point OF
view Of the individual patient,
behaves in a highly irregular
manner. 1t assumes all sorts OF
unexpected forms. At the same
time wlen we take wider view
over large groups of individuals,
it tends to vary on such definite
lines, even In its variations, as to
suggest a conformity to natural
laws.
1t has been found. indeed, that
tuberculosis takes it's general char.
acter from the type, OF social
group In which 1t happens to pre-.
vail.
The tuberculosis Of children.
for instance, is not the same as
that Of adults. The tuberculosis
Of females is not strictly compar-
. able with that of males. There
are decided differences between
the manifestations of the disease
in rural as compared to urban
areas and in certain racial groups
az contrasted with others.
Variations in the average age
Of death from tuberculosis are
really variations in the survival
period Of tuberculosis, and are
the expression of variation in
the clinical type Of the disease.
Anti-tuberculosis measures, there.
fore should be prescribed with a
view to the particular community
concerned, and not on routine
lines. And yet the measures ad.
vocated tend every year to con.
form more closely to the routine
pattern which has been found to
answer in big wealthy industrial
communities.
! The social variations are far too
constant, far too universal
throughout different strata Of so.
ciety, to be described in any defin.
lite terms. They cannot be ex-
plained by any Of the usual form.
uIae Of deficient diet" faulty
hygiene" absence of sunlight =
or inherited disposition
Diet, climatic and hereditary
factors enter the problem only as
secondary influences which may
temper or accentuate for individ.
uals the operation Of natural laws.
For there are natural laws behind
all these variations in social tn.
berculosis. laws which are wider
than tuberculosis, wider than hu.
man society itself; the laws Of
the adaptation of individuals or
communities to their environment.
The Washington times., 1929-09-16
Hearst Papers Advocate:

/. An agreement OF Engtshspeaksng peoples to pre-
serVe peace among themselves and to promote the
peace OF the WOrtd.
2. Proportional representation IN the United States
Senate, State to haze less than tao Senators.
Legislation to enforce prompt constitutional reap
port,onmaent in the House of Representatives.
8. separate Department OF the Army, of the Many
and OF the Air Forces, all united under Secretary
National Defense
Federal action to the limit Of Federal poaOers to
abolish iterocy IN the United States under Secre-
tcry OF Education.
Election OF Congress in November. Installation on
the first OF January tOlLOalng. Inauguration Of the
President first of January neat after November
election.
The Washington times., 1929-09-16

The way. he argues with the
waiter over a two-minute egg, or
shifts critically at the food she
puts before him. or turns over
his waffle to see ii 1t is done on
the other side.
The Washington times., 1929-09-16

HERE comes Bruce, all tan
IA gIed up with his 20. years,
wondering what it's all about and
how he got that way. AS YOU
wondered when you were 20. AS
PERHAPS YOU'RE WONDER
ING NOW.
Dear Elsie Robinson:
Why is 1t that youth Is so
restless and finds so little salts
faction. l am young man, 20
years of age. college graduate.
am fond Of literature, music
and art, also business administra-
ton which / have determined to
make my life work. have a
good job and like my work but
at times I am attacked by melan.
cholia and feel that my life is
filled with insipid, futile days.
Nothing to live for Is this
the aftermath of college? Illi-
terate people appear contented and
peaceful but after four years Of
higher education I am obsessed
with a surging and cropping -"
for what I do not know.
have never been in love.
Perhaps this might be a pam
acea for my i'll feelings but I am
dubious-so dubious l will not
allow myself to fall. l am of a
very erratic nature but have ale
ways controlled it in my search
for an education. But now I
wonder IL it's all worth while.
What would you advise to cure
this restlessness? BRUCE.
NOTHING ON EARTH, SON!
THAT RESTLESSNESS IS THE
GREATEST ASSET YOU CAN
POSSIBLY HAVE.
Just at present you feel that
It's getting you nowhere. You
wonder If you're suffering from
"the aftermath of college" You're
not. YOU'RE SU FF ERING
FROM THE PRELIMINARY
FIDGETS. OF LIFE!
You haven't really lived yet
you're not cdueated. You've just
had your ears washed and your
nose bowed and your Sunday
necktie tied and you're waiting
for the big party to begin. And
while you wait, you fuss around.
chewing your nails, wondering IL
there isn't going to be anything
but this. t
THERE is GOING TO BE
The Washington times., 1929-09-16
MEDITATIONS
OF A WIFE
BY Helen Rowland

Mental Cruelty"
LIVERY now and then, some
IL woman gets a divorce on the
grounds Of mental cruelty"
Like charity. mental cruelty"
covers a multitude of sins; and
there are indigo moments in
every wife's life. wnen she
secretly suspects that she Is its
victim.
Just the way a man LOOKS at
her-or doesn't look at her
sometimes constitutes mental
cruelty" to a woman with
martyr-complex.
The way he grasps the door
knob and glances at his watch
when he kisses her goodbye.
mornings.
The way he shoots the shades
up to the tops OF the windows or
slams the bathroom door, or rat
ties his newspaper. or gulps his
coffee.
The way he argues with the
waiter over a two-minute egg, or
shifts critically at the food she
IAR hi
his waffle to see ii 1t is done on
the other side.
The way he smokers to himself
and won't TELL her what he's
laughing at--or the way he yawns
and closes his eyes as though he
were waiting for a street car TO
go by, when she starts to tell
him something funny.
The way he. goes snooping
around the house and into the
cupboard or ice-box to detect"
something wrong-or frowns at
the monthly bills, as though he
had never eaten at the table or
slept in the house or left electric
lights burning, himself.
The way he drums on the arm
of his chair. or turns over and
goes to sleep in the middle Of
an exciting argument, or dozes all
through a picture show.
The way he looks her over criti-
cally, when she is all dolled up to
please him, and remarks that the,
seam in her stocking is crooked,
or that she's got on too much
lip rouge-and doesn't even SEE
her new spring hatl
The way he tries to read her
letters over her shoulder, or asks
her, what she's been doing with
her TIME, all day." or muses.
up the newspaper, or goes into a
coma, right after dinner.
The way he looks wistfully at
every pretty flapper on the street
or at every pretty woman at the
country club dance.
The way he yodels in his bath
and wrecks the bathroom, and
leaves the soap on the floor and
wipes his razor on the guest
towels.
The way he REFRAINS from
ever COMPLIMENTING her!
Lord! Lord, yes! These are the
thousand little aches from which
big divorces grow! Any wife who
iS Tn0KTNE fnY. sfYuanfa1 cruelfvo
can find 1t without turning her
head. Ninety-nine men out Of a
hundred would be paying alimony
II their wives were representative
and 'touehy."
The Washington times., 1929-09-16
Another Cotton Picker
Let's Hope It Will PICK.

4 MOTHER cotton picker is offered, this one by W. G.
Durant He hopes the cotton pickers the South will
be able to take long rest
Don't let this persuade you to buy any cotton picker
Many pickers have been offered and present
picking to any extent
But Mr.. Durant SOMEBODY will find way to collect
the cotton crop without picking each boil separately by hand
The wheat crop harvested with sickes then with
scythes; machine it, threshes it, delivers in
sacks, weighed. @.
Mr. Babst head Of the American Sugar Refining Company
recently natives in Java harvesting hay crops with little
sharp knives
The Washington times., 1929-09-16

Tr 10 unwise to write the folk
back home about the inpor.
tance Of the position you hold in
the city where you are located.
Perhaps you have q good posi-
tion but it may not entitle you
to finely furnished office and
that Is what the town folk win
expect when they come to see
you.
If. when they call on you. they
find you in a little 2x4 apart.
ment or seated at a desk in a
large room with many other
workers, the report that goes
home win be unfavorabis.
In ths little city from which
The Washington times., 1929-09-16
ONCE-OV ERS

you came, it Is probable that the
man holding an important job in
noanufa acturing plant, had a
s.,.Ix,a ~ officA commensurate with
he position with the firm.
The small city person does not
understand that more and more
big business is doing away with
private offices.
This is point to be- consid-
ared bv fhe man moving from the
small town to take a job in q
larger place,
work to full advantage unless he
is alone in an office he would
better remain where he Is. 4
Unless he goes to an unusually
inportant position he must work
in 4 room with many others.
The Washington times., 1929-09-16

you can't have mass-produc
in the saving Of souls.
DR.. Stetson does not believe
in the plan Of "Evangelistic
Drives for the Salvation OF
Sinners. And he objects to
any church use of political
weapons.
The earnest and reverend
gentleman says:
I'm other words, the Church's
real business is to deal with the
souls of men. This cannot be
done by wholesale methods. No
method of standardized mass
production has yet been found
that will effectively develop
Christian character. We have
become so fascinated with the
stupendous success of Ameri.
can manufacturing methods that
many men long to see the
Church produce Christians as
Mr.. Ford produces Ford cars-by
the thousands, at so much per
head. There seems to be de-
sire to make the clergyman the
directing head of a corporation,
giving his attention to general
subjects, such as world peace,
law enforcement, prohibition, dis
armament, ETC., while commit
tees under his direction care for
the individuals who may come to
Church. The political activities
of churches and denominations,
which has become so strikingly
feature of our national life
since the passing of the Eigh-
teenth Amendment to the Con-
stitution, is definitely hurting
the cause of religion in this
country. There is a growing
resentment on the part of many
who are loyal to religion, to this
attempted dictation on the part
The Washington times., 1929-09-16
WISE

Any one who Is prosperous may
by turn Of fortunes wheel be.
come most wretched before eve.
ning.-Marcellinus.
Our country. right or wrong!
When right, to be kept right:
when wrong, to be put right!
@ -SchuFz.
The world is q beautiful book
but Of little use to him who
cannot read it.--Goldoni.
The Washington times., 1929-09-16
THE REVEREND DIR.
,STETSON

of church agencies as to the
conduct of government as we'll
as to legal enactments. It is
this phase of the subject which
causes me grave anxiety. We
profess to believe in free
Church in a free State. Let US
see to it that they are kept free.
The Church should keep out of
politics if she would retain her
spiritual influence. Churches
should not be used as centers of
propaganda for either pacifism
or prohibition"
The Washington times., 1929-09-16
No Wholesale Saving Of Souls?
So Says. the Reverend DR.. Stetson
Billy Sunday Doesn't Agree.

LERGYNEN and aymsn viii be interested in the Rev Dr.
~ Caleb setson formerly Of Washington now rector Of
Trinity Episcopal Church in New York who says 1t all
right to manufacture automobiles by masproducion But
The Washington times., 1929-03-11
Engagement of New
York Girl Has Much
Interest in Capital

An engagement Of interest in
Washington is that of Miss Grace
Coffin, daughter OF DIR. and Mrs.
Lewis A. Coffin, Of New York, to
Roynon Cholmeley,Jones. of New
York, son of the late Mr.. and Mrs.
Edward Cholmeley Jones
Miss Coffin, who is a niece of
Rev. DIR. William Montague Geer,
vicar emeritus Of St. Paul's Chapel
in New. York, was graduated from
Barnard College and served with
the Red Cross during the world
war. She is now a director in the
occupational therapy department
at the Reconstruction Hospital.
The bridegroom-eiect is the twin
brother of the late Col. r. G.
Cholmeley-Jones, who was director
of the Bureau of War Risk Insur-
ance during the Wilson Admins
tration. He served in France in
the world war and is a major IN
the Reserve Corps. No date has
been set for the wedding.
The Washington times., 1929-03-11
Take Boxes for
College Benefit
By TheGter Guild

Many large box and theater
parties will be the order of the
day. when the Vassar and Mount
Holyoke ,Alufnnae associations give
their two theater benefits on Fri.
day night and Saturday after.
noon at Polls Theater, at which
time the New York Theater Guild
will be seen in "The Doctors
Dilemma" and "John Ferguson.
The proceeds will go to the local
scholarship funds of the two
alumnae groups.
Among the box holders are
Mrs. . Henry White, Miss Jean
Dean Cole. Mrs, Thomas w. sid.
well, and Mrs. Frederic e. Far.
rinBton. Parties for one of the
two performances viii be enter.
tained by Mrs. woodrow Wilson,
Mrs. Avery Coonley, Mrs. Fer
Ilando Cuniberti, Mrs. Carl Droop.
Mrs. Gilbert Crosvenor, Mrs. John
B. Larner. Mrs. Cazenove Lee,
Mrs, Ormsby McCammon, Mrs.
Schuyler Merritt, Mrs. John ].
Myers, Mrs. Thomas w. Phillips,
and Mrs. Harvey Wiley.
Miss Anna Southard Larner.
daughter ,t Mr.. and Mrs. John B.
Larner. will serve as chairman OF
the committee on ushers for the
benefit.
The Washington times., 1929-03-11
Dollar Sale!
Art Goods
u Good q
Values at VA

Stamped Pillowcases -
hemstitched for crochet
edge ............$1.OO Pr.
Stamped Linen Sets
five and six pieces,
Stamped and Tinted
Coverall Aprons, of un-
bleached material, bound
in colors. .$1.OO Each
New Cretonne Pillows
good size, in assorted
shapes ........2 for $1.OO
Stamped Linen Scarfs,
with hemstitched hems,
2 for S1.OO
Stamped Aprons, of un-
bleached material - plain
or tinted ....2 for $1.O0
Stamped Linen Towels
white or with fancy coli
ored borders ..3 for $1.OO
--Children's Stamped and
Ready-made r Rompers
sizes / and 2 years,
3 for $1.0O
Stamped Tan Linen
Scarfs, with hemstitched
hems-size 1Sx48-in,
3 for $1.0O
Stamped 1s-in. Linen
Centerpieces. Choice OF
several designs. 4 for SLIGO
Stamped Wolfe Pillow
Slips, in pink, blue. green
yellow, and lavender.
4 for $1.OO.
Stamped Tea Towels, in
new designs
hemmed -. .....4 for sl.O0
Kann's-Fourth Floor
The Washington times., 1929-03-11
Diplomats Are
Entertained d By
Italian Visitors

Count and Countess Sant'E
have been passing about 10
IT, the Wardman Park Hotel,
WI 10 New York tomorrow and
wilIs aril 10 for Rome, where
Count aia is master of court
ceremoiii His Majesty, the
King Of Ita
Count and ntess SAINT Ella
entertained at tea yeAterday at the
'Wardman Park. Hoteh when their
guests were members Of the Diplo-
matte Corps and thA ladies of
their families.
Among those who called yester-
day were the AmbassadOc of Italy
and Nine. de Martino, the Am
bassador Of Cuba and Nine, Fer.
rara, the French ambassador, Mr..
C1audel; Mile. Rosa Padilla and
Mile. Maria Padiila, daughters of
the Spanish Ambassador and Nine.
PadillS; the minister of the Meth.
erIands, j.. H. Van Royen; Brig.
Gen. Augusta Villa, military at
tache of the Italian embassy;
Leonardo Vitetti, first secretary
oil the italian embassy; Brig. Gen.
Raymond Casanave, military at
tache of the French embassy;
Count de Sartiges, counselor OF
fhe French embassy; Giuseppe
C.atalani, second counselor. of the
Italian embassy: the Secretary of
the Italian Embassy and Nine.
Mascia and Eugenio Bonardelli,
attache of the Italian embassy.
Count and Countess San Ella
were entertained at luncheon to-
day at the Capitol after meeting
y Chief Justice and seeing the
Supreme Court In session.
M&#
The Chief Justice and Mrs.
Taft entertained at luncheon to-
day in their home in Wyoming
Avenue.
~
The Chilean Ambassador and
Nine. Davilla entertained a COM
pany of IL at luncheon yesterday
at the embassy
The Spanish ambassador, Senior
,Padilla, will return today from
New York. where he went to see
his son, Ramon Padilla, sail for
Spain.
r. -
The Italian Ambassador and
Nobil Antoinetta de MARITIME will
sail for Europe on April 6 for
vacation.
The Minister of Panama,
Ricardo j. A1faro, has postponed
for a month his departure for
Panama.
X 4 X
The Minister of Austria and
Nine. Prochnik entertained at a
buffet supper last evening.
X ~
The Minister of Norway and
Nine. Bachke will be hosts at din.
ner this evening in the Chtnsee
room OF the Mayflower when
there will be 40 in the company
~ \
Mile. Refine Claudel, daughter of
the French Ambassador and Nine.
Claudel, has gone to Miami, Fla.
to remain until March 20, when
she will, return to Washington,