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The Washington times., 1929-02-09
MEDITATIONS
OF A WIFE
BY Helen Rowland.
The Fatted Calf
CONSIDER the Woman-Hater,
~ my Daughter.

CONSIDER the Woman-Hater'
~ my Daughter.
For. verify, it is with good rea
son that he hateth women. Yea,
with an hundred good reasons!
He hateth the women who
butt in" on his games--and
despiseth the woman who is too
stupid to play a good game.
He hateth the modern woman
because she is self-sufficfent and
wilful and forward-and scorneth
the old fashioned woman, because
she Is supine and clinging and
Intellectual.
He hateth the highbrowed dam
sci who talketh politics and eu-
genics and F'reudian philosophy,
and disdaineth the dumbbell who
talketh nothing but 'drivel."
He hateth the ''prude" who
cannot be easily kissed--and des'
piseth the 'petter" who demand
eth to be kissed.
He hateth one woman because
she is too eapricious to be trusted
--and another woman because she
is too dependable to be inter-
esting.
He hateth one woman because
she is a clothes-mannikin and
human fashion-plate-and another
woman because her dowdiness
humiliateth his pride and her
frumpiness offendeth his taste.
He hateth the flattering and
tactful woman because she in
sulteth his intelligence e"-and the
frank and candid damsel because
she woundeth his vanity.
He hateth women who smoke
cigarettes-and women who use
perfumed lipsticks.
Women who pursue him--and
women who ignore him, Women
who powder their noses in public
---and women with shiny noses.
Women who do not understand
him-and women who see through
him!
Yea, verify, verify, when a man
electeth to become Woman
Halter, he shall find no lack of
justification. Yet, alas, a day
shall come when his will shall
weaken and his pose shall drop
from him and behold, a fluffy
dumbbell with a weak chin and a
baby-stare and a chiffon soul
shall find him EASY! For the
heart of a Don Juan is encased
in defenses.
But the heart of Perfect
Woman Halter" is the softest spot
on earth! ~
The Washington times., 1929-02-09

"H UMAN nature doesn't
A change"-you've heard that
often.
And probably. like most Of us,
you've thought OF human nature
as something we receive at birth,
just as we receive our skeletons
and internal organs-infant size,
to be sure, but all ready to be
wound up and set going.
Johnny takes after his fathers
side OF the family" you We heard
that too-the assumption being
that Johnny arrived with a full
set OF cussed impulses and in
stincts all patterned after the
Joneses. Such being the case, it
was futile to buck heredity. And
what a lovely weapon it put in
mama's hand every time Johnny
pulled tantrum.
Human nature didn't-coaldn'
change. Human nature was
tangible quality which was fixed
within, us as our bones were fixed,
and there was nothing we could
do about it. You might teach
a child to use his hanky or raise
his hat but his essential nature
was beyond your manipulation.
That was the way we've regarded
human nature since Eve first bit
into that apple. But at last we're
discarding that theory.
Come now wise men who say
that human nature not only
changes. but does nothing but!
And claim that it's all poppycock
to blame Johnny's disposition on
dads side OF the family. for it's a
sheer impossibility for Johnny TO
get anything at birth from any
human being save his seven or
eight pounds of baby flesh.
In other words, these gentlemen
claim that human nature Is MADE,
not transmitted, and that we
inherit nothing save a few crude
brute reactions-that all our
HUMAN nature is shaped by train
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Hearst Papers Advocate:

l. An agreement OF EnghshspedEsng peoples to pre-
serue peace among themselves and to promote the
peace of the sOorld.
g. Proportional representation IN the United States
Senate no State to haze less than tao Senator's
Legislation to enforce prompt constitutional reap
portionneat IN the House OF Representatives.
s. separate Department of the Army, of the NaOg
and of the Ar Forces all united under Secretary
of National Defense.
A. Federal action to the hRt OF Federal potOerS to
dbottSh iterGcy in the United States under Secre
taYy OF Education.
Election OF Congress in November. Installation on
the 1st of January fonoIOtnq. Inauguration of the
President 1st Of January nert after November
election. S.
The Washington times., 1929-02-09
Capt. Burlingame's Case and
Graft and Corruption Charges

CoINCIDENT with the Gibson subcommittee demand that
~ Capt Guy Burlngame be suspended from the police
department pending final official action ugly charges
against him. open hints that the subcommittee is i'm
pressed with fresh charges of alliance between members
of the police force and gamblers and bOOeggers of Wash
ington
It made whether the committee believes that
back the Burlngame there elements of police
graft corruption but is made clear that the committee
suspects that there evil alliances which must be deved
into
It is inevitable that there be official show down
in the Burlgame case only in the interest of the public
and the police department but in fair play to the police
officer himself
Ihe District Attorneys is mainly concerned with
whether Captain Bungame may have committed acts that
subject him prosecution Responsible heads of the police
force should be vitality concerned to whether this officer
departed the high which should be maintained in
the department and open to official charges of misconduct
prejudicial to himself and the department
Captain Burngames superior officers naturally loath
10 suspend while before the District Attorney
office His record has long creditable Be-
des there has been much shifting Of responsibility which
does not indicate that the accusations strongly
ported this time as prosecuting officials might wish
Captain Burlngame's suspension need PREJUDICE his
ease either in the District Attorneys office the police
department but the public will insist that at the earliest
opportunity the accused official be given full opportunity
The is not which should drag The good
M the police department is seriously involved Captain
Burngame is the victim Of frame up" of any kind he
should welcome the chance to show it. If he guilty of
moral misconduct unbecomng his high station there
should be little delay possible in finding verdict and
taking suitable action.
AS to police collision with gamblers and bootegger the
House committee will find that has common gossip in
this city for months that there is police protection Of gam
bling and vice establishments that policemen reap
rich financial rewards therefrom Many responsible
openly make charges to this effect.
Gossip of is not trustworthy there is always
tendency Of akave people to hint police corruption
This talk is repeated and becomes wild as it goes
High police officials usually ignore it, it might be Just
well for them to inform themselves as to its truth or
falsity
Underworld activities and influences in Washington are
not growing less It is favorte scheme of underworld
chetain to aay uneasness of clients by limiting at police
protection They perfectly willing drag to shame
police officers who may yield them or those who
do sell their honor for money
Nevertheless high city officials and prosecuting officials in
the courts should KNOW what is going on in
the mysterious criminal world They should conduct such
private Investigations will satisfy them that police officers
are incOrruptbe dishonest and their oahs
The Washington times., 1929-02-09
WISE SAYINGS

When you are aspiring to the
highest place, it is honorable to
reach the second or even the
third rank. Cicero.
The mind of the scholar, if you
would have it large and liberal,
should come in contact with other
minds. -Longfellow.
Love, which is the essence OF
God, is not for levity, but for the
total worth OF man. Emerson.
Society is like a large piece of
frozen water; and skating we'll is
the great art of social life
-Landon,
The Washington times., 1929-02-09


II remember that when Stoves used for heat
farmer went TO town took in homes the wealthy Bath
MN any Ifom hGn uay
and back . known. Nearly everybody bahed
al remember when in kitchen. In morning
pie used coal oil lamps for light and dressed cold
gallon of coal oil cost 25 winter You washed
cents You paid little ice cold water, after break
for headlight OIL which ing through the of ice in
supposed to give winter light the ronsOne china pitcher
Senator Capper reminds you that could always
call doctor the telephone and also that human beings
today have to be thankful for freedom from plaques
and other calamities not far away from in time
II remember if the doc explains Why spared
needed in the night that He from home
send someone and wake him. PeOpe did not have appen-
And And sometimes . meant gong deis then 1t was congestion
supposed to be hereditary One the patient died.
member after another of the Every sunni
same family became infected yellow fever and the
survivor Of one such family printed death lists eegrapRsd
He travelling which from Southern cities"
Some Of Senator Cappers memories will startle young
people paying todays prices and spending todays income
He says
cents worth of round steak SOzOdOnt! Thirty dollars
enough for family of four month grocery
and required good strong teeth bill for family.
patient mastcation There of
fever dentists those days educated salary $50
and only dentfriee was month";
cannot buy enough steak for family of four with
ID cents now and you tried to to cohe and educate
family of eight $50 month you would appear in the
Poorhouse.''
THINGS COST more now but you get more So be
GRATEFUL.
Working days shorter and hours leisure are longer
so be GRATEFUL.
Diseases that once killed off thousands have vanished like
yellow fever, and others their way oblivion
Be GRATEFUL.
Senator Capper renders public service by reminding us that
remembering UNHAPPIER THINGS can make today more
pleasant
The Washington times., 1929-02-09

advertised preparation called
'SOzodOnt.' Thirty dollars q
month was a fair-sized grocery
bill for such a family. Families
of eight were clothed, fed and
educated on = salary Of $50 a
month";
The Washington times., 1929-02-09

Senator Capper pays tribute TO the modern automob
The Washington times., 1929-02-09

For instance, Senator Capper of Kansas, grateful
Creators many mercies, recalls some changes seen
comparatively short life.
The Washington times., 1929-02-09
Those Good" Old Days
They Were Not So Good in Everything.

ENNYsoN, who wrote " Tis truth the poet sings, that
/ a sorrows crown Of is remembering happier
things borrowed the fine sentiments from Dante In he'll
Dante found misery much increased by memories of
happier days earth, which isnt surprising.
is only fair remember however, that happiness is
sometimes increased by remembering days that not
quite GOOD
Youth to whom the late is more real than the
Spanish War, the Civil War, the young lady who
asked What war;" when the war mentioned cannot
remember old days appreciate today.
improvements amazing, as those past middle life
can testify.
For instance Senator Capper of Kansas grateful for his
Creators many mercies recalls some changes seen In his
comparatively short life.
Says he:
VIII 4 a. M. o 8 m
which before
differed
railroad time. nearly midnght-lOnger on Sat-
remember urday There no
m. and Saturday half holiday and
at dollar hardly general obser
day good wages. Farmers of any holiday
Young white collar gentlemen holding clerical jobs to-
day could hardly imagine being work at clock in
the morning and sticking work until o'clock at night
or later If necessary.
The Washington times., 1929-02-09

worked from 4 a. m. to 9 p. m.
Stores opened an hour before
breakfast and stayed open until
nearly midnight-lOnger on Sat-
urday nights. There was no
Saturday half holiday and
hardly ever a general obser-
vance nf any hOlidaY.''
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-01-14
ALUMNI PLAN
CELEBRATION

The annual charter day dinner
and reception of the Howard Uni
versity Alumni Association will be
held March 4, in the new gym
nasium, J. Franklin Wilson, presi-
dent of the body announced today.
The plans for the reception were
completed Saturday night at the
monthly meeting of the association
held in Library Hall on the uni.
versity campus. At the same hour,
DR.. MordeCai Johnson. president of
the university. spoke to the group
on the subject, The Duty of the
Alumni Association With Reference
to University Life"
A surprise birthday gift, a brief
case and a wallet, was presented to
Dean George w. Cook. general
secretary of the alumni association.
by Thomas Walker The gifts were
from the local body. composed of
over 1900 members, Dean Cook
recently celebrated his seventy.
fourth birthday.
The executive committee com.
prises the following: J. Franklin
Wilson. chairman; William Lee, Miss
Nellie Quander, George Parker,
Archibald Pinkett. Mrs. Mamie
Piummer. DIR. William Jackson. w.
r. William, Dean George Cook,
and DR.. &c. Terry.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-01-14
Contractor Is Sued
For Absolute Divorce

Francis A. Williams, 500 block
Seventh ST. N. W.. described AS a
bricklaying contractor making SIS
weekly. has been sued for absolute
divorce by Mrs. Harriet M. Viii.
liams, 400 block Meridian Pl.. in
Equity Court. Mrs. Williams brings
her suit through Vera Nichols, as
next friend, and names a CO.
respondent who is said to have re-
Gently figured in the arrest of Will
liams in his own home by officers
on statutory charges.
Through Attorneys Raymond Neu-
decker and William c. Ashford, the
wife tells the court that her hus-
hand pleaded guilty when arraigned
in Police Court on charges growing
out of his arrest with the CO.
respondent The wife is but 20
years of age. and was married to
Williams on August %, 1925. They
have no children.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-01-14
BITES HUSBAND
IN ARGUMENT

An argument between James r.
Brady, employee of an interior deco
rating firm, and his wife over
whether they would attend movie
led the wife to bite her husband
on the finger after which the hus-
band struck her with his fist, ac-
cording to testimony in Police
Court today before Judge Gus A
Schuldt.
The argument started. Brady
told the court. when he informed
his wife that he wanted to take
their 1-year-old daughter to see
"Uncle Toms Cabin"
A scene rivaling some of the
turbulent passages in the picture
was then enacted, according to
Brady. During the course of his
testimony. the husband accused
Mrs. Brady, an attractive blonde.
of frequent indulgence in liquor.
The charge of assault against
Brady was referred to probation of.
ficers. The couple live in the 900
block of Twelfth st. n, W.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-01-14

Representative Chapman answered
to the name of John Doe" when
it was called by a bailiff reading
from the list of persons on col
lateral. Later he asked for con-
tinuance and indicated that he will
contest the case. 1t was set for
Wednesday,.
He was booked at the First
precinct under the name John
Doe with a non-existent address in
southeast. He gave lis age as
81 and occupation as a lewycr.
A conversation between Chap
man, one of the youngest members
Of Congress, and Smith. who had
accused him of disregarding a sig
ma led to the charge of disorderly
conduct. Three others men were
in car with the defendant. who
was pulling into the curb at the
Washington Hotel, wheer he lives.
Policeman Smith said that Chap
man infromed him, when he ap-
preached him over the traffic mat
ter that he was a Member of
congress. The policeman said he
then tod him, that as a lawmaker,
ne should be unusually Jealous in
ooeynlg fot1cials regulations.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-01-14
1rate Judge Gives Youth
5 Years for JOy-riding

James r. Shields, who admitted
having been released from the re-
formatory at Lorton less than six
months ago. has been sentenced to
serve the maximum term of five
years in the penitentiary on a
charge of joy-riding, by Chief JUS
tlce Walter I. Mccoy in District Su-
preme Court.
The Chief Justice excoriated
Shields for failing to profit by his
Lorton experience and imposed the
maximum sentence today because
Shields had not been Impressed with
the necessity Of "gOing STRAIGHT"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-01-14
France BestOws Honor
On Virginia Army Nurse

The silver Madaille Hygienique
Publique and diploma has been
awarded Major Julia c. Stimson,
superintendent of the Army Nurse
Corps, by the French ministry of
labor, hygiene, charities and social
providence, according to an an
nouncement today.
Major Stimson served as superin-
tendent of Base Hospital 81. while
that unit was attached to the British
army in France. She was later ap.
pointed director of the nursing serr-
ice of the A. Z. F. Her service in the
latter capacity earned for her the dis
tinguished service medal. Major
Stimson is a native of Alexandria, Va.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-01-14
France Gives Medal
To u. S. Army Nurse

The French government has con-
ferred upon Major Julia Stimson.
superintendent L. S. Army Nurse
Corps, the silver medal and diploma.
Medaillo d 'Hygiene Pubique.
AS the Constitution prevents any
Government official from accepting
gifts of any kind from a foreign
nation. the me 1al will be held by
the State Department until Congress
rules Major Stimson can accept
them,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-01-14

Six hundred supporters of the
amendment, who gathered al a mass
meeting in the Masonic Temple,
heard the law praised and its stricter
enforcement demanded by former
Governor Clifford Pinchot of Penn
sylvania, and Clinton Howard. who
presided. They both Endorsed the
proposal of Major Edwin B. Hesse
that laws be enacted which would
make the buyer of liquor in Wash
ington equally guilty with the seller.
Pinchot declared that responsible
ity for the enforcement of the law
depends entirely upon the President.
and expressed the hope that when
Herbert Hoover takes office he will
prosecute the laws vigorously. The
essential thing" he said, lis that the
head of the department, and every
man directly concerned with enforce
ment actually believe in the law
Prohibition has not succeeded be-
cause the Government has not
wished it to succeed. Not until the
President makes it his. personal bust
ness to see that enforcement is a
fact will We have success"
The liquor situation is at it's worst
in Washington and Chicago, F. Scott
Mcbride, general superintendent of
the Anti-Saloon League, told the con-
gregation of Foundry M L. Church.
Henry Curran, president of the AS
sociation Against the Prohibition
issued a statement in
which he denounced conditions sur
the traffic in liquor.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-01-14
Tweedale Estate
Valued at S61.582

An estate valued at SCI .5S2.93 was
left by Miss Mary Tweedale, who
died December "a at Evansville.
Ind, according to her will filed for
probate by the executors, the Amer
lean Security and Trust Company.
The First Congregational Church
Is given $500 as a memorial to her
lare brother, Col. John Tweedale,
and his wife. Myra Bourr Tweedale.
Frank Il, Bourn is left $4,000 and
the residue is directed 10 be dis.
tributed equally among Ter nephews
md nieces. Alonzo TweedaIe. Linda
NJ. Fowler John NJ. Twecdale. Sam.
uel Tweedale and Mabel Meller.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-01-14
STATION Of.
CADILLAC
COMPANY
!. LOOTED

Driven by the biting cold,
police believe, amateur" rob-
bers broke into the office of
the. Washington Cadillac Serv-
ice Station, 1900 block of
Twentieth st. n. W., and took
approximately $1,000 from a
safe.
After knocking the combination
dial from the safe, the robbers
dragged it about ten feet to another
room. This leads police to believe
that at least two men must have
committed the robbery.
Used Repair Tools
The service station closed at 6
o'clock Sunday night. The ROB
berry was discovered when Victor
Little, manager, opened the office
at a. m. today.
The robbers used tools designed
to repair automobiles to open the
, safe.
The tools were taken from
tool box in the first floor office.
The safe was in an office on the
second floor.
Although police today had not
been able to determine how the
robbers gained entrance to the
garage, they discovered they had
"jimmied" the door of the first
floor office and the window of the
second floor office.
Disorder Follows
The money represented funds col
1ected by the firm over the week
end.
Books and ledgers We're strewn all
over the floor of the second floor
office. Desks and lockers had been
broken into, but apparently the rob
bers took nothing but money, of
ficials of the firm said. Nothing
was disturbed but the tool chest in
the first floor office.
The robbers had so much diff
Guilty opening the safe that police
feel sure they are not professional
''cracksmen."
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-01-14
14th Infantry First
Completely Motorized

The Fourteenth Infantry at For!
Eustis Va. will be the first infant, 8
to have all its personnel. ammu.i.
ton, weapons and supplies trans
ported by motor vehicles. Although
several infantry regiments are partly
motorized. the War Department said,
complete motorization of the Vir-
sinia regiment will be accomplished
hv lima an
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-01-14
WEEK ND
VICTIMS
| 100

Bearing out the predictions
of Health Department officials
that influenza is beginning, >to
wane here, only 100 cases OF
the disease were reported over
the weekend. All last week
an average of 100 cases were
reported daily.
Five deaths were caused by the
disease yesterday, raising the death
toll for the month to "a. Las
month when "flu" first appeared "a
deaths were caused. Twelve hun.
bred and six persons have been
stricken with influenza thus far
this month Last month 597 cases
of FLU" were reported.
Health officers believe that tho
disease reached it's peak here last
week when 1876 cases were reported
in one day. The comparatively
large number of deaths reported
daily is to be expected after a
disease has reached its full force,
health officers pointed out.
Records of the Health Depart
ment show that one death occurred
in every IS cases reported this
Last month one person in every
25 stricken with FLU" d led. An
accurate estimate of the death rate
can not be made. health officers
said. because the cases of MANY
persons suffering with the disease
are not reported. ,-
DIR. Edward Schwartz, acting
health officer, believes that before
the end of the month the daily re-
ports of influenza will have dropped
to their normal level.