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The Washington times., 1929-07-13
WISE SAYINGS

OF all cruelties those are the
most intolerable that come under
the name of coincidence and con-
ISOLATION. -Landor.
1t must be confessed that wit
gives an edge to sense, and rec
on1rnends it extremely.
The youth OF America Is their
oldest tradition. It has been go-
ing on now for three hundred
years. Wilde.
If you wish to appear agree
able in society you must content
to be taught many things which
you know already. Lavater.
Where It is duty to worship
the sun it is pretty sure to be
a crime to examine the laws of
heat. Morley.
That character In conversation
which commonly passes for agree
able Is made up Of ciyility and
falsehood. Pope.
It is well for q man to respect
his vocation whatever 1t Is, and
to think himself bound to uphold
it, and to claim for 1t the respect
II deserves.
The Washington times., 1929-07-13

A Cheer for Work
INSTEAD Of complaining about
i having to work you should be
thankful that you are kept busy.
The times you have been
tempted to do wrong are coinci-
dent with the times you were not
busy.
Isn't this true?
II you had much leisure you
might do things which would
prove harmful to your health and
reputation.
Because 1t has been necessary
for you toswork may be the rea.
son why you are respected to.
day.
In your idle time you know
that you have thought of doing
certain things, things which would
have hurt, maybe ruined, you.
But where you are you are
obliged to do your best, and it
has built up character. has taught
you self.control and seIf-reliance.
There is no reason why YOU
should complain because you have
to work hard to make q living;
It is a privilege you should ap-
preciata. 1 q. 1 -A.A-AAsA-AL-A
The Washington times., 1929-07-13
LISTEN WORLD!
Look Out for Ticks!
By Elsie Robinson

Nor are people our only para
sites. There are parasitic notions
and parasitic habits which at
tach themselves like wood ticks to
our lives.
We get notions that sap our
growth as thoroughly as any
beastie from the chaparral Fool
pre- ia ices-they attach them
selves to us in youth and hang on
through life,
There's Ed. for example. Eds
a bright. forceful person. but
he spoils all his opportunities by
imagining that people are against
him" Life's just one feud after
another for Ed. He's sure that
society has 1t in for him. 4
regular wood tick notion-it
started when he was a youngster,
and it has been chewing on him
every since. It was just a petty
peeve when it started; but now 1t
has grown so big that it has con-
sumed his whole life.
Easy enough for us to see Eds
wood ticks, but mighty hard to
see our own. Yet each one Of
us has notions which are quite
as tenacious and vicious.
Wood tick habits, too-habits
of excusing ourselves, blaming
the other fellow, putting things
off, losing our tempers-habits
that sap our energy as surely
as the tick sucks blood.
Like the tick, they're seemingly
innocent at first. Trivial seIf-In.
dulgences that we admit to our
program without a thought-but
presently they have demolished
our pride and honor and ambition.
LOOK OUT FOR TICKS!
KEEP YOUR MIND AND
YOUR LIFE FREE OF PARA
SITES!
The Washington times., 1929-07-13
Lower Gas Rates Promised

HATEVER may be the legal status of the new owners Of
w the Washington Gas Light Company, the outright
promise made by their representative of LOWER RATES
to consumers and that will sound good Washington people
accustomed to hearing little but demands for higher car
fares and higher rates Of all kinds
Assuming that the new in good faith there
here marked difference in policies The old ownership
seeking higher valuations and higher rates The
ship proposes to increase the consumption gas here
get that increase will offer lower rates bother about
valuation
That's modern sensible business The lower the prices the
more rapid and widespread the consumption Conse
quenty the larger the business and the larger the financial
rewards The new evidently know the potentates
Of Washington better than the former owners
you want sample Of huge increase in business
suit Of lower rates take the Of the Potomac Electric
Power Company this city It's have been reduced right
along by agreement with the Public Utilities Commission
Each reduction brings wider Of electricity and bigger
financial rewards.
The Washington times., 1929-07-13
ONCE-OVERS
HOw's Your Mental Breadths

How's Your Mental Breadth.
UTHEN you talk do Won give
w people anything worth think.
ing about?
When visiting with anyone, how
often do you present valuable in.
formation?
AS a matter of fact, how many
subjects are there, aside from
your particular lire of work. of
which you have much knowledre?
Do You make any particular ef.
fort to become better informed?
Do you find people uninterest.
ing who have anything more To
say than mere piffle?
You don't want to be bothered
to think, even in conversation
do: your
You realize your knowledge is
limited.
You just don't care for science.
history or politics.
You can't get interested in
heavy subjects because Won lsean
putting off the study periods Won
have promised yourself.
You like stories, you want tn
be amused. You are restless and
careless.
Why don't you try to get some
balance? is
Those you really want to meet
and know well would tire Of vo,,r
small talk and senseless patter.
The Washington times., 1929-07-13
TOLERANCE A
VIRTUE
BY Lucy Lowell

r FIND 1t more and more diff
4 cult to understand q certain
belligerent attitude some persons
adopt toward the world and hui
manity, evidently under the i'm
preston that 1t will make the way
easier as they journey along
through life.
This is especially true OF per-
sons beginning to get long in
years, those who. have passed SO
and points beyond.
1t is true, know, that age Is
supposed to possess the privileges
OF grouchiness. "Old and irritable"
is a phrase somewhat overworked,
and it appears that many who are
by way of being old do all possible
to live up to the tradition. Ct re.
fuse to cali it truth, you see,
since some Of the kindest, sweet.
est persons that ever I have
known have been old1
And why should this be the
case?
At the root of most irritability
Is Misunderstanding; we are intoI-
Grant of our fellows, impatient and
angry with them because we do
not understand the things they do;
we cannot see into their minds
and disco yer what Is back Of ac-
tions and moods and speech that
we consider illogical and disagree.
able.
Given a better understanding
we could not find intolerance in
our hearts since an enlightened
view would be sure to disclose the
fact that most folks are just about
as we are, subject to our own
shortcomings and struggles and
fine impulses and hopes and dis
appointments and triumphs and
failures.
The point / am trying to make
is that by tie time a man or
woman reaches SO he or she should
have acquired sufficient under.
standing Of other humans toNb be
tolerant OF them.
At the age Of so or 20 this man
or woman should have gone be-
yond tolerance and developed
gentIeness something very near
to love.
Where love Is there can be no
irritabiIity.
The Washington times., 1929-07-13
British Open Championships
And Some, More Important.

HE British supposed to worry and feel ashamed be-
foreigners nearly always win the open Champion
ships on British soil The British Tennis Championship for
men was recently competed for by two Frenchmen and
by Of them The British competitor did not count And
two California girls Helen Wills Of course Of them,
conquered all the British women.
Intelligent Briths disturbed by foreign victories
with ARMS and LEGS.
Only victories Of the HEAD count.
Germans winning open championships in industrial chem
isry and Americans holding the championship in pro-
duction Of automobiles farm machinery echose the
really important championships,
And those are the things that worry Great Britain.
the British Islands possessed city like Detroit turning
out millions Of automobiles year. the wise British would
worry about Helen Wills poker face" the wonderful legs
and arms Of the Trenchman Cochet
The Washington times., 1929-07-13
Hearst Papers Advocate:

l. An agreement Of EngHsh-speoking peoples to pre-
serVe peace among themselves and to promote the
peace of the 4OOrld.
g. Proportional representation In the United States
Senate, no State TO haze less than taUo Senator's.
Legislation to enforce prompt constitutional reap
portionment in the House of Representatives
g. A separate Department of the Army, of the Many
and of the Air Forces all united usder Secretary
of National Defense.
Federal action to the limit of Federal poWers to
abolish terGcy in the United States under Secre-
tGyy of Edacdtion
s. Election of Congress In November. Installation on
the first of January folloWng Inauguration of the
President first of January neat after November
election ,#te
The Washington times., 1929-07-13

I've been picking wood ticks off
4 my dog, Laddie.
/ realizs that wood ticks are not
supposed to be subject for polite
conversation but they're a great
theme for philosophers.
Ever see tick?
They're not much to look at.
Small. round. flat bugs-seem-
ingly innocent OF all offence. Why,
II you weren't on to them. you'd
take wood tick into your heart
and home with never a suspicious
thought.
But oh, boy, just wait until they
get into action!
A wood tick win sink his face
into a trusting hide and from that
time on you're His Pantry! From
a mere blob an eighth of an inch
in diameter he rapidly becomes
the size Of a young grape. There
are, as far as know, no limits
to how much of you a wood tick
will consume If you'll let him.
Picking wood ticks off my dog
Laddie. I thought Of other ticks
I've known
Two-legged ticks Of Identical
habits that infest all the trails OF
life
False friends, hangers on, who
attach themselves to you and
proceed to consume your time,
money. energy.
Laddie has nothing on the aver.
age citizen when it comes to
toting parasites. The woods are
full Of 'em-particularly In these
make whoopee days.
MOST OF US COULD ELM.
MATE JUST ABOUT THREE
QUARTERS OF. OUR ASSO.
GATES AND BE HEALTHIER
AND HAPPIER AS A COySF-
QUENCE.
The Washington times., 1929-07-13
DO YOU.KNOW THAT,

Both Tin and steel are now re.
aOvered from old tin cans. The
cans so through a mangling and
shredding machine first. Then
the crushed scraps go through an
iaacinerator into q chute Of churn-
ing water and into a vat of
caustic solution which separates
the tin from steel by chemical
action.s The steel remainder goes
into q hydraulic baler with a
Squeasa Of 1000 pounds to the
square inch.
a compound which ig claimed
20 be 800 times as sweet as sugar;
has been created in the chemical
laboratories of Iowa State College
from common corncobs. g,
More than rs per cent OF the
approximate 200,00O,00O messages
handled every year by the West.
ern Union Telegraph Company,
are now sent and received auto.
matically. 81 =
The Washington times., 1929-07-13
MEDTTATIONS
OF A WIFE
By Helen Rowland.
A Tip to Husbands

"A AkR W. 1A0SWe@4BseS
LIVERY man has his pet econ.
"a omy. with some. it's q pas
sion for wearing q revamped, old,
last years hat. Others get 4 real
glow Of virtue out OF giving up
cigars and smoking pipe
sometimes for almost a whole
week, after losing q few thous-
ands on the stock market. And
others have. = maddening habit
of going around the house, turn.
ing out the electric lights, after
everybody.
But, there are just two "extraya-
gances" that try every mans
soul! TWO things, to which
nearly every man, rich or poor,
spendthrift or tightwad, generous
or selfish, is a conscientious OBJ
tector-two things which always
rouse his fighting spirit! The
laundry bills, and the price Of
his wife's hats!
81 IL
He may cover her with sables
and deck her with pearls! He
may spend hundreds of dollars
for gasoline or golf balls or din
ner parties, and cheerfully pay an
extortionate price for antique
wormeaten furniture.
But, as surely as Monday morn.
ing comes around, there Is the
same old storm or argument or
gentle nagging about the LAUN-
DRY BILL! Try to dodge 1t!
Gosh! why do you let 'em
sting you like that?" Why
don't you get woman in by the
day." How do we use all that
linen? why don't you buy a
washing n1achine?" Every wife
knows how the old song runs.
Yet, / ASK you, what IL there
on this earth quite so soul-satis-
tying as plenty Of clean, snowy
linen? What is so appetiZing as
the sight OF a fresh, satiny da-
mask tablecIoth and the opening
of a fresh, smooth napkin?
What Is so luxurious as rack
covered with shining clean towels?
What is so stimulating to the
self-respect as the consciousness
of clean, smooth, dainty lingerie?
What Is so surely next to Godli-
ness, and, indeed, productive OF
Godliness. az delicious, perfect
cleanliness?
And who is so insistent upon
having IL as NAN? Who uses
most of the bath-towels, stains
up the hand towels, and howls
for a fresh shirt and collar twice
a day?
Oh well--YoU know how 1t is!
And, as for a woman's HAT!
1t is the keynote to her peace of
mind, the sine qua non of her
happiness-the barometer of her
temper!
She may cheerfully wear gaso-
lined gloves, have her old fur
coat remodeled for the fourth
season, and make her evening
gown out Of . couple of yards of
chiffon.
But, q. new. becoming, smart.
snappy, artistic HAT, she must
have! 1t is the halo, which
frames her face, sets off her
hair and crowns her whole cos.
tune. 1t buoys up her spirit,
stimulates her vanity, soothes
her soul, sweetens her disposi.
ton and braces up her courage.
The Washington times., 1929-07-13

Instead Of placing luminous
paint upon the hands of watch,
an inventor in France has coated
the dial, leaving the hands black
so that their position can be seen
against the glowing background in
the dark. The dial is said to give
sufficient light to enable the right
key to be selected from the ring
and placed in the keyhple without
undue fumbling. Fl
A fire alarm box has been in.
vented. consisting Of an outrigger
to which are connected a camera,
a bell and a siren. The apparatus
is designed to check false alarms
by photographing those in search
of excitement.
The Friendly Societies Of Great
Britain, long recognized as one of
the most potent agencies for
thrift and social bettermeIit in the
country, have a membership ex.
ceedfng s.5OO,00O.
Evening star., 1929-01-04
DR.. Caldwell's 3 Rules
Keep You Healthy

DR.. Caldwell watched the re-
suits of constipation for Al years,
and believed that no matter how
careful people are of their health,
diet and exercise, constipation
will occur from time to time re-
gardleSS of how much one tries
to avoid it. Of next Importance,
then, is how to treat it when it
comes. DR.. Caldwell always was
in favor of getting as close to ma
ture as possible, hence his rem
edy for constipation, known as
DR.. Caldvell'S Syrup Pepsin, is a
mild vegetable compound. 1t
can not harm the most delicate
system and is not a habit-form-
ing preparation. Syrup Pcpsin
is pleasant-taSting and young
SterS love it. 1t does not grippe
Thousands Of mothers have writ
ten us to that effect.
DR.. Caldwell did not approve
Of drastic physics and purgeS. He
did not believe they were good
for human beings to put into
their systems. In a practice OF
Al years he never saw any reason
for their use when a medicine
like Syrup PepSin will empty the
bowels just as promptly, more
cleanly and gently, without grip
ing and harm to the system.
Keep free from constipation
1t robs your strength. hardens
your arteries and brings on pre-
mature old age. Do not let a day
Evening star., 1929-01-04
LICENSE LACK BARS
GOULD CASINO PLAN
Opening of Gambling Palace
on Riviera Delayed.
Nice Frantic.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
NICE, France, January 4,-Failure OF
the French government to issue a gam
bling license, has prevented the opening
of Frank Jay Gould'S new $5,0000 00C
casino.
The situation was regarded today as
so serious to the welfare of the city
that the mayor of Nice went to Paris
to plead that the government grant a
gambling license to the establishment
City leaders feared that the failure tC
open a casino, since it would result in
heavy loss to its builder, might create
unwillingneSS among other foreign cap
italists to invest their money in France
Gala Opening Advertised.
The gala opening was widely adver-
tised for New Year day. Hundreds OF
persons dressed in evening clothes
waited outside the gates for several
hours while 500 employees, including
walters, croupierS, cashiers and mana
gers, stood at their posts within
Authority Of the city council to operate
what had been described as the most
beautiful European casino had been OBJ
tanned but the opening was suddenly
Cancelled because the government had
not issued a license.
Gould Long Resident.
Frank Jay Gould has lived in France
for many years and owns several large
hotels and resorts on the Riviera. His
project for an immense casino at Nice
was announced early in 1926. The place
was to be called the Palace Venetian
and was intended to compete with the
famous casino at Monte Carlo and other
resorts for the gambling profits of the
Riviera. The announcement of the
project was followed by considerable
boom in land prices in the region.
MIR. Gould is one of the six children
of Jay Gould, who left an estate of
S82, 900, 900 at his death, in 1892. The
estate was to be divided into six trust
funds for the children, and the will
contained a provision that any of the
children who should marry without the
approval of the executors should lose
half the income from his trust fund,
Courts Untangle Marital Snarl
Frank Jay Gould'S first marriage was
so approved, but when he was divorced,
remarked, again divorced, and again
remarked without such approval, half
of his income was withheld until the
courts decided that the will applied
only to first marriages.
Evening star., 1929-01-04
GOOD Morning. y


TIME employees of the Golden PROD.
ucts. Inc, had a new sensation
Fast as gossip runs through the
different departments of a large
corporation, it exceeded the
sneed limit when little Louisette
Bonheur went to work in the account
ing room. q,
thought they never considered any
one under that"
She must have some pull"
Did you see the way she dresses?
No rouge. Not even lipstick. And
skirts longer than my granny's."
"Ah-ha! The little French girl. Wish
1 knew her"
The last remark Of course was mas
culine Which was part of the reason
for the chill in the air when Louisette
tried to be friendly with the othe.
girls. For she was Sociable to degree
and longed for real girl friend, such
as these Americans joked about II,
the daily journals which were her only
approaches to the life of the country
that had been home so short time
Though mother was mother, still she
was hardly more than name after SO
many years in the convent which was
to keep her for the little lady Nine
Bonheur desired, rather than the over
dressed but underclothed t1apper.
And such good fortune had placed In
their way this chance of place with
the Golden Products, Inc. 1t had been
pull, in a measure. for neighbor OF
the Bonheurs. loving the lonely mo-
ther, and fearing for the experiences
the daughter might have in some
business offices, had pleaded with the
Golden chief to give Louisette employ
ment. So the word had gone from the
private Office on the top floor of the
Golden building. and Louisette began
the strange ordeal of earning living
And none too soon, for Mamma Bon
heur had used almost the last Of her
bit of money for that year of extras
at the convent, when the mysteries OF
stenography became one Of the little
French girls assets.
But something else she had not
learned. That was the rushing care
lessness of American business life. A
day was a day, to Louisette, and she
began it right. Each morning when
accounting force clattered typewriterS
and adding machines all day, she be-
gan with Mr.. Reuter-, at the nearest
desk, and all the way down the room
wished each one Good morning" She
meant it, too. No one could doubt 1t
who glanced at the eager little face
and sparkling eyes. Too eager and
too sparkling, some thought. Miss De
Murie said so fatty.
This is no tea dance. Nor after
Evening star., 1929-01-04
THE EVENING STORY

noon reception. Who does she think
she is anyway? Wasting time that way.
Why doesn't Reuter- give her a call
down? Let one of us try that racket
:. :. HIM 80.
But no one reproved Louisette. That
is in words. Some of the girls barely
answered her. Mr.. Reuter- nodded
gravely and absent-mindedly. Miss De
Maurie made it point not even to
glance up from her desk, whether busy
or not. Or if they met in the hall she
gave the newcomer one of those sting
ing stares that women only can
achieve.
Louisette tried not to mind. She
told Mamma that she cried at night
because her tooth ached. And the kind
neighbor who asked how she liked her
place was satisfied that she had per-
formed whole years Boy Scout deed.
wonderful chance women have IN
this country Mrs. Bonheur. I'm sure Il
you were back in France LouiSette
would never get such place. So care
full there, too. Such nice class of
employees. Must be a real pleasure to
go to business, eh?"
Louisette longed to reply as she heard
the girls In that fascinating American
slang:
yeah? How do you get that way?
Write it on the ice, all the pleasure
there is. for me at the Golden Products,
Inc"
But that wouldn't do. A business
woman, whether II or 81, must con-
slider how hard it is to get another job.
And yet, the very next day the little
French girl did that unheard of thing,
quite without notice!
1t happened as most things do, just
when life seems bit brighter than
usual.
Mr.. Reuter- actually smiled at her
when she began her good mornings
Several of the girls added "Louisette'
to their greetings And Miss De Murie
had not come, so there was no snub
from her for a bit. She made up for
n h<y sailing r,ast tho little French girls
Evening star., 1929-01-04
"Happiest Girl
in w ashington"

So many mothers nowadays talk
about giving their children fruit
juices, as if this were new dis
covery. AS a matter Of fact, for
over fifty years, mothers have
been accomplishing results far
surprising anything you can Sc
cure from home prepared fruit
Juices, by using pure, wholesome
California Fig Syrup, which is pre-
pared under the most eXactlng
laboratory supervision from ripe
California Figs, richest of all fruits
in laxative and nouriShing proper
ties.
It's marvellous to see how bilious,
weak, feveriSh, Sallow, conStlpated,
under-nourished children respond
to its gentle influence; how their
breath clears up, color flames in
their cheeks, and they become
sturdy, playful, energetic again. A
Washington mother, Mrs. Samuel
E. Elliott. 1927 N Street NV, says:
MY little daughter, Gennell, be-
came so constipated that I was
badly worried. Then I decided
10 give IleI SOlllc CdA1AOIIl1d rAS
Syrup. It stopped her conStipa-
tion quick; and the way it inn
proved her color and made her
pick up made me realize how run
down she had been. She is so
sturdy and well now, and always
in such good humor that neigh
bors say she's the happieSt girl in
Washington"
Like all good things, California
Fig Syrup is initiated, but you can
always get the genuine by looking
for the, name California" on the
carton.