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The Washington times., 1929-01-15
Progress Still Wears Diapers
By Herbert Kaufman.

CHEMISTRY has cornered the atom but hasn't conquered
~ its secret ~
Science guesses what the genesis of all substance concea
but can find key on its ring unlock the mystery.
When that's accomplished all previous performance VIII
shrink to insignificance. -
Man will then control forces as children play with toys
Lead will become gold at his VIII
The abundant metals shall obey given formulas and
acquire the characteristics of the rarest and most precious
ones.
meanwhile we're doing very well with the knowledge
hand Each year witnesses the transformation OF
throwaway into an industrial servant.
The history of cottonseed and vat refuse consistently
peatS itself
silk emerges from sawdut; synthetic wool around the
corner and artificial cotton close on its heels.
Lumber mills can't much longer afford their sacrcal
fires to the gods The chips and shavngs that
go up in smoke will later pay bond interest.
Nature never produced single purpose product The
obvious utility OF anything Will eventually De 1ound tne least
important
Coal tar is still showing the testube unsupported talents
The tiny laboratory in which young Perkn extracted mauve
from anne continues father explosives coors flavor
ings perfumes drugs anodynes and stimulants
Farmers will make money out of stalks than
slider saw waboard insulation building practice and
millions in i"
We're merely nibbing at nformation-ow mental teeth
are hardly through the skim
Time alone knows what hides at the core
No shortages threaten hereafter There's substitute and
an alternative at hand for every wherewhal of existence
Rubbers growing in the back yard chcle ourhes in the
weed patch radius lurking in the neighborhood and the
nut grove over the hill is disguised lard pail
Tomorrow will push rod into the air and capture ilumi
nation and heat for your home.
When become sufficiently nqulsltlve constructive
curiosity will increase national wealth housandfod.
Achievement travelling Hddycar. The greater tri
umphs of civilization are In reserve
The Washington times., 1929-01-15
LISTEN WORLD!
A Foolish, Beautiful GIFT
By Elsie Robinson

could not arouse myself sat
inert, hour after hour in my
cheap room, stiIl wearing the
stained flannels, the hobnailed
boots. Starving.
About that time an old mining
friend came to town. We had
prospect together In the old
days. He had made little stake
and wanted to celebrate. After
some search he POUNDS me and
came, bringing present. He had
given much thought to that pres
ent, remembering the pain and
ugliness, we had shared. To him.
it represented all the beauty and
fineness those years had lacked.
1t was a blouse--a cobweb affair
OF pink gauze and lace.
He laid it in my lap and for
a long moment I sat lingering II,
the thin silk catching on the
rough broken skin of my hands.
1t seemed so strange to me,
that lovely thing.
1t seemed like something that
belonged to woman and a life
that had died long ago, Some
thing that could not possibly be-
long to me.
Then suddenly, as though a
hand had awakened me, / felt
a warm shudder or delight. De-
light in that beautiful thing thai
was mine. / lifted the blouse and
held it against my flannel shirt.
And found myself crying and
laughing all in a breath. And
the old woman pride came back
and, a great desire for all the
beauty and joy that is woman's
right.
/ found my job after that. I
was so eager to live that moth.
ing could keep me from finding
a job. No, I never wore the
blouse. 1t was two sizes too
small. But it made my life ten
sizes bigger--and it has kept it
so.
/ thought of that when Esther
King said that it demoralized a
working girl to give her q real
silk shirt.
The Washington times., 1929-01-15
To Make Washington Dry With
New and Drastic Laws

HERE is considerable activity at the Capitol mostly IN
the House. in the consideration and preparation Of dras
tic measures for drying up Washngton-AT THE EX-
pENsE or TAXPAYERS or THIS CITY.
Federal enforcement officials having made miserable
failure Of enforcing national here are now JOY
ousy accepting ideas looking to legislation that will en-
force prohibition through largely increased local police
force. s.
That of course would relieve Federal authorities of
sponsbties they relish and enable them should boot
logging continue thrive to put the full blame OF possible
failure upon authorities and the police department
cress most Of the members Of which refrain from cri
cisnr Federal enforcement agencies would be glad Of the
opuortunity unload accusations and venom upon Dct
officials
prohibition getting be tender spot IN Congress Economy
lis the watchword the Bureau Of the Budget controlled by
the White House. and it would serve Federal official pur
put additional cost burdens upon local taxpayers
There isn't chance Of snacting "bOne dry Legislative
nrooram for the District at this session of Congress The
House might find to put through drastic BILL but the
Senate wouldn't rush forward to greet measure OF this
W informed representatives in the House feel that sOme
thing should be here but they do not know Just what
that something IS
II al probability Congress viii ultimately adopt dry law
for washington which will include features Of enforcement
Iav ii various States Representative SprOu Of Kansas
to make the Kansas enforcement law pattern for the
Distrc That law example provides penalties for
unr medical whskey for beverage purposes The penalties
apply both to physicians and users
All the proposed would compel the local police force
to enforce them The Kansas plan Furnishes policeman who
fails to report the existence Of speakasy there reason
Ito believe he knew Of its existence.
The District has long been used as an experimental station
for legislative fads and anCes and will continue to be
dumping ground for the theories Of some statesmen
All laws however, must reckon with public sentiment and
with that sentiment its exists among jurymen called to
pass upon prosecutions
The chief drawback effective enforcement prohibition
here now the frequent reluctance Of ues to convict
citizens and jurors oathe the conditions which
exist and earnestly desire Washington rid of the peri
Of bootleg activities Jurors will convict when convinced
that defendants are crmnay inclined habua and
dangerous voaors Of law They often refuse convict in
minor involving what they regard infringement
personal liberties,
Washington citizens too heartily tired Of being vic
increasing for funds to enforce laws that
essentially national which should be enforced in this
Federal Capital by Federal agencies.
The Washington times., 1929-01-15
SECRETS OF
HEALTH
BY de. Louis E. Risch-

WHETHER alcohol, az such,
w should be considered a food
is still debated question. Some
doctors do not agree with others,
also, as to whether small amounts
have beneficial effect upon the
system.
Certainly all are agreed that
large amounts are extremely
detrimental and it may be added
that the taking of small amounts
often forms a habit and leads to
larger ones.
In small doses. alcohol, whether
in the form of beer, wine, whiskey
or brandy. promotes appetite,
stimulates the digestion, and,
due to its burning-up qualities
yields sensation of warmth and
well-being. 1t also removes the
sense of restraint and stimulates
the imagination.
On the other hand. as soon as
the small quantity stage is passed
and the amount that should be
considered small varies with diff
ferent individuals alcohol pro-
duces what might be termed a
progressive stage Of paralysis.
First the mental processes are
involved, then the nerves of the
body. In the end the individual
Is unable to think coherently and
clearly and he cannot walk, stand
or even move.
No one can habitually drink in
toxicating beverages without pro-
Quoting a bad effect upon his
organs, possibly upon his mind
And certainly in these days of
the prohibition amendment, when
most OF the beverages are hard
liquor and made syntheticalIy,
sometimes OF deadly poisonous IN
gradients, the evil effects of alco-
holism are multiplied a thousand
times.
Alcohol ultimately causes kidney
and liver disease. 1t undermines
the strength of the heart. 1t
causes chronic stomach disorders.
With the nervous system chronic
alcoholism plays particular havoc.
Unsteadiness or the muscles,
tremor, blurred and confused
thinking, poor memory and gem
eral inefficiency are common re-
suits.
And. as the Individual finds
himself slipping mentally, he feela
impelled to take larger and larger
doses at more and more frequent
intervals in order not to break
down completely.
A considerable proportion of In
sanity cases are purely alcoholism
in origin.
Delirium tremens is possibility
in alcoholics. It is also q dam
gerous condition as regards life.
People who cannot stop drinking,
no matter how hard they try,
should be considered as sick.
Whether the patient is daily
drinker of small amounts, or goes
on spree every now and then,
but remains a-total abstainer be-
tween times, he is sick man,
nevertheless, suffering from a
nervous disease.
One Of the most difficult things
to do in the wide realm of medi-
cine is to treat chronic alcoholism
successfully.
But is has been done, although
it requires unusual perseverance
on the part of the patient and the
doctor.
Knowing how handicapping and
distressing alcoholism is, not only
to the sufferer. but to his family
and friends as we'll. every effort
should be made to bring about q
sure. lA.
The Washington times., 1929-01-15
ONCE-OVERS

What sort Of occasion is mealtime in household?
Is the time when each member of the family rapidly
possible and then leaves the table and goes what he
she wants to do without the courtesy of waiting for the
others to finish p
An "very fellow himself atmosphere good for dges-
tion.
the children? Is{ 4va.E
Perhaps Mother will Father Of
of your children.
And wordy and heated arise.
Before the meal issove it becomes family quarrel
Perhaps put the in front you and demand
that the Others talking
Then become interested that
into the conversation of family.
The children found out that anything
you when you read at the meal hour and you
blame yourself for it.
meal.
Happy hours aid digestion and leave good your
mouth.
The Washington times., 1929-01-15

Why Bachelors Are Nervous
cOMETHING ought to be done
~ to make the world safe for
bachelors!
The Washington times., 1929-01-15

ESTHER KING says it's idiotie
II the things we do in the name
of Charity.
Giving the poor the cra2iest
ideas
Why, one of the Christmas Re-
lief Workers actually gave that
Smith girl two real silk under.
shirts. AS il a girl who was
working for SIS per week should
be wearing real silk shirts, That's
the sort of thing that utterly de-
moralizes a working girl
/ wonder.
I'm remembering back to
gift some one once gave me--a
quite inappropriate, entirely fool
ish gift.
For three years I had been
working in the mines. Working
as a man in the muck and rock
During those three years had
known no slightest touch of lux
ury or beauty. had worn tie
coarse, rasping clothes of miner
hard flannel-heavy, hob-nailed
boots. reeking of their greasing
OF FauclQ TIT naQ eaten coarse
food. Beans. Bacon. Bitter
coffee. / had slept on a narrow
cot, under ragged blankets slept
the heavy, sprawled sleep OF a
weary animal And little by little
/ had come to think and look like
an animal.
Ny feet were as calIouaed as
burro's hoofs. My hands were
scanned and cracked. NY salii
was a welted hide. And my spirit
had forgotten those lovely whin.
sizes which a woman's mind should
never forget.
Then, after three years. a turn
of the wheel sent me back to the
city to earn living for myself
and my little son. / was under
desperate necessity but at first I
could do nothing. For / could
not. adept myself to any work
which a woman might do. / hal
become a drudging brute. Indif-
ference and WEAKNESS lay in 4
heavy callous over my spirit. /
The Washington times., 1929-01-15
Hearst Papers Advocate:

L An agreement OF EnGhsb-spedksag peoples to pre-
peace among themselves and to promote the
peace OF the aOortd.
2 Proportional representation in the United States
Senate no State to haze less than t1Oo Sendt0rs
Legislation to enforce prompt constitutional reap
portaonmeRt III the House OF Representatives..
s. A separate Department Of the Army, OF the Navy
and of the Ar Forces all united under Secretary
of National Defense
A. Federdt action to the limit Of Federal poWerS to
abolish iR,teracg the United States under Secfe
tdrg Of Education,
s. Election OF Congress in NoUember Installation on
the 1st of January foltOWing. Inauguration OF the
President 1st of January neat after November
election.
The Washington times., 1929-01-15
MEDITATIONS
OF A WIFE
BY Helen Rowland

Why Bachelors Are Nervous
coMETHING ought to be done
y to make the world safe for
bachelors!
A man never knows, when ne
wakes up, these mornings,
whether he is going to find the
announcement of his engagement
in the newspapers, a marriage
certificate under his pillow, or
breach-of. promise suit on his
hands.
All this makes an eligible
bachelor so nervous that he is
afraid to go out alone-and un.
armed!
once, all a man had to do was
to dodge temptation. And as
Temptation" was usually painted
bright red and plainly labeled. it
was simple thing for a strong
man to detour around 1t, and
come up smiling, single and un-
entangled.
But that was in the days when
the dangerous woman" in
mans life was the worldly, de-
signing siren bent on Turing hl1il
to sin and destruction. Now, the
dangerous woman" in his life is
the business.like little thing who
is bent on Turing him to the
altar.
He never can tell when he Is
going to be misunderstood -
and taken SERIOUSLY!
To him, the world, appears full
Of highwaywomen, just lying in
wait to hold him up and rob him
of his freedom. It is no longer
possible to distinguish a tempta-
ton from a danger, by the slen-
derness of its ankles, the brevity
of its skirts or the rouge on Its
lips.
He dare not, in his simple in
nocence, follow a pair of red heels
or flashing calves down tho
street, for fear their owner may
turn out to be, not the harmless
adventures she looks, but a per-
ACGI AoAJ Will AAAc~NAA
signs.
He can no longer bank on the
girl with peroxide hair and mas
cared eyelashes to be just good
sport, who will accept his care
less pettings in ''the right spirit
and his kisses as just little
diversion. She is much more
likely to turn out to be a serious
minded young woman, with her
heart set on wedding ring.
Now that all women wear war
paint. high-water skirts and exotie
earrings. and use long cigarette
holders, no man can tell safe
little vamp from a dangerous
marrying girl!
Alas. bachelor cannot feel
absolutely safe, even with mar
ried woman! For the first thing
he knows, she may have divorced
her husband, slipped her we'd
ding-ring and her slave-braceIet,
and be ready and waiting to
ANNEX him!
No wonder bachelors are so
NERVOUS.
The Washington times., 1929-01-15
WORDS FROM LIPS OF WISE MEN

man when he becomes absolutely
contented with the life that he
Il living. with the thoughts that
he is thinking, and with the
deeds that he is doing Brooks.
Examinations are formidable
even to the best prepared, for
the greatest fool may ask more
than the wisest man can answer.
~-Colton.
The Washington times., 1929-01-15

A man never knows, when ne
wakes up, these mornings,
whether he is going to find the
announcement of his engagement
in the newspapers, a marriage
certificate under his pillow, or
breach.of. promise suit on his
hands.
The Washington times., 1929-01-15
The knowledge Test for
Readers of The Times

Match correctly
1. Peking Hindu temples.
2. Bombay. Mt of Olives.
8. Cairo. Parthenon.
4 Jerusalem. Pyramids.
5. Athens. Great Wall
Do you know:
g. Who wrote "Cyrano de Bergerac"?
g Where are immigrants received in New York?
g. What is by liability?
What American statesman called the Great Pacif
Gator"
10. What is the birthplace of President Coolidge?
H. In what George Danton play important part?
IL. Where is the Bay Of Fundy?
Complete these quotations:
13. Drink pretty - drink"-Wadsworth
H. 20 death, where thy sting? where is thy
-?"-Bible.
Is. "The glass of - and the mold of fashion"
Shakespeare.
The Washington times., 1929-01-15

Reason elevates our thoughts
as high as the stars. and leads as
through the vast space of this
mighty fabric; yet it comes far
short of the real extent Of our
corporal being.--7Johnson.
The vanity of human life is like
q river, constantly passing away,
and yet constantly coming on.
Pope
The Washington times., 1929-01-15
Do You Know

"Blau" gas, used in airships in
Germany is manufactured from
mineFal-oil distillates, distillates
from Ignite trr or shale tar, and
even vegetable oils. such as castor
oil. The gas is obtained by spray.
ing gas oil into highly heated ~
tortss
The Washington times., 1929-01-15
An Italian Genius
He Knows His Business.

TTALYs government runs smoothly thirteen portfolios
in his Cabinet Musson holds seven foreign affairs
army navy internal affairs aeronautc corporations and
The Italian is not afraid of responsibility, important
proof of great power
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-10

Many new motor bus routes are being
opened in Norway
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-10
Organized Reserves

both Air Corps officers, will conduct
the Air Corps meeting, which will be
held In rooms lO55-57 Munitions Build-
ing, Nineteenth and B streets, at 8 pm.
A moving picture on Air Corps subjects
will constitute the first part OF the eve
nings program, to be followed by O.
map problem. The Adjutant Generals
conference will be conducted by Lieut.
Col. Clark Lynn, at which viii be taken
up the officers division of the Adju-
tant Generals Department, which will
tons of the officers division of the Adj
jutant Generals Department and the
procurement of officer material in peace
and war. A few simple problems Illus
trative Of typical cases viii be pre-
scented.
Local Reserve quartermasters will
meet at Reserve headquarters Wednes-
day evening, under the direction OF
Maj. w. r. White, at which will be
taken up the organization Of an Infan-
try division. There will also be dis
cuSsed the functions of the division
general and special stats, with special
reference to Ga and the quartermaS-
ter, the organization and purpose Of
combat, field and service trains and the
administrative order.
Finance Reserve officers of WaShings
ton will meet at local headquarters next
Thursday evening tinstead Of the
Finance SCHOOL, at 8 pm, to take up
the preparation stock record account Of
a regimental supply officer. under the
supervision of Capt. John Vernon,
Finance Reserve.
Next Friday evening at 8, at Re-
serve headquarters, Specialist Reserve
officers Of the District will meet to hear
Maj B. C. Dunn lecture on Power"
washington Reserve, headquarters an
nounced last week the following changes
in the assignments Of local Reserve
officers: Capt. William L. Finger, Field
Artillery Reserve, Bureau Of Foreign
and Domestic Affairs, having moved
beyond the continental limits of the
United States, is relieved from assign
ment to the Goth Division. as is also
Second Lieut. Stanley G. Slavens, In
fantry Reserve, Department of State.
Second Lieut.. Bruce Lancaster, Field
Artillery Reserve Department of State,
having been transferred to the branch
assignment group, is relieved from as
signment to the 80th Division. The fol-
lowing officers having been assigned to
the 80th Division are assigned to units
as follows: First Lieut.. Henry O. Co
lomb. Medical Reserve, st. Elizabeth's
Hospital and Second Lieut.. Raymond
H. ,Heiskell. Infantry Reserve, 1922
Thirty-seventh street, to 320th Infan-
try; Second Lieut.. Maceo Falco, Air
Reserve, Park Lane Apartments, to S0th
Division. Air Corps, and Second Lieut..
Rodman street, to 80th Signal Company.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-10
FISHING FLEET OWNER
BUYS HISTORIC FORT
John Vela Offers $40, 900 for Site
Guarding Entrance to
New Orleans.

NEW ORLEANS Predetermined as
was Farragut when he issued his IA
nous edict Damn the torpedoes, full
speed ahead" John vela, owner of a
Gulf Coast fishing fleet, entered a bid
of $4,000 at Government auction
sale and Fort st. Philip fell again.
The new commander Of the famous
old fort, that historic strip of land
which projects itself strategically out
into the Gulf of Mexico nearly 80 miles
below New Orleans like a flattened
Gibraltar, Is native of Crotia who
came to Louisiana as q boy.
Sieur de Blenville was the first to
fortify the commanding position.
The fertilization passed to the United
States Government with the Louisiana
Purchase.
In l846 Congress granted authority
for use Of the fort for military pur-
poses and about IL years later Gen.
p. G. T. Beauregard replaced old
earthen ramparts with brick fortifica-
tons and changed the muzzle- loading
cannon to meet the requirements OF
the day.
In 1918 the Government spent an
proximately a million dollars In remod-
cling the fort to ward OF any possible
attacks BY German raiders.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-10
District National Guard

Increase of the enlisted personnel
OF the National Guard Of the District
Of Columbia by six has just been
authorized by the Militia Bureau of
the War Department, and instructions
have been issued by local brigade head
quarters fixing the maximum strength
of each unit of the local Guard. The
| figures given cannot be exceeded, but
officers have been enjoined to comb
their organizations and pick out the
| no company spirit, and dispose of them
by discharge or otherwise, so that the
vacancies can be filled by men who will
take an active interest and attend drills
The order fixes the following limita-
tons on strength in each unit: State
Staff, Is; Headquarters Detachment.
20th Division Special Troops, g. Head
quarters Detachment, 29th Division,
So; 29th Military Police Company, So:
Medical Department Detachment. 121st
Engineers, 81; Headquarters and Ser
vice Company, 121st Engineers, 80;
Company A, 121st Engineers. IS; Com
pany b, 121st Engineers, sc; Company
6. l2lst Engineers, IS; Company D.,
Engineers, "a; Company F, 121st
Engineers, 66: Medical Department
Detachment, 260th Coast Artillery, 8;
Headquarters Detachment, 260th Artil-
lery, %; Battery A. 260th Coast Artil-
lery, So; Battery B, 260th Coast Artillery,
So; Battery c, 260th Coast Artillery,
So, and Company A, 372d Infantry,
colored troops, II.
This gives a total maximum member
ship of the local Guard for the ensuing
year of 885 men, as against 879 for the
last year.
Every effort Is to be made to keep
up strength by the retention on the
rolls of each command men who will
take an active interest in the military
training provided by the local Guard.
The very small increase allowed has
been distributed throughout the bril-
gade, and no provision Is made in the
War Departments order for the organ
ization OF any new units. As matter
OF fact, the small increase allowed
will not permit of the organization of
any new units.
Although one of the obstacles to the
increase Of strength for the local
Guard as well as other units through
out the country is the limitation on ap-
preparations, as no more can be en-
listed than there is money to pay for
In armory drills, the greatest obstacle to
lack of suitable armory facilities.
Under the national defense act there
has been allotted to the local Guard
AZ units with total strength OF 1902
enlisted men, where as at present there
have only been organized IL units. with
the strength given above under the
latest War Department order. 1t was
pointed out that artillery troops Or
ganized here some time ago and offered
for Federal recognition were denied
admission simply on the ground of the
lack of suitable armory facilities.
Unless Congress comes to the aid of
the local militia and provides suitable
building or buildings In which the troops
not only can receive thorough training
but in which there Is q safe place for
the storage of the thousands of dollars
worth of Federal property which is is
sued to each unit of the Guard, there
is danger Of considerable loss.
A gesture has been made at the cur