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The Washington times., 1929-06-01
SAYINGS OF
MRS. SOLOMON
by Helen Rowland
saIesmanship Versus Courtship

SAleBHlauSHp NcASuS SVH IS'1'P
XIERILY, verify, my Daughter.
' the way of a man with a maid
filled Solomon with wonder. when
the world was young and simple.
How, then, would the way Of
modern lover battle and confound
him!
For. behold, the lover of yes
terday was filled with doubt and
subtility and applesauce. But the
lover of today is filled with self
assurance and nonchaiance and
HOT AIR!
With caution and trembling and
much finesse, did the lover OF
yesterday seek the way to a
damsel's heart.
But the lover of today maketh
no DETOURS. For in his bright
psychology, the shortest distance
between two points is that between
the introduction and the first
kiss. ..
Go to. He approacheth her not
with humility and burnt offerings
and stammered petitions. He
playeth not the devoted slave"
Nay, as Conquering Hero,
he dasheth up in his motor. car,
with the lreralding of horns and
the blowing of trumpets, as one
who saith. Attention, Woman!
Look who's here!'
He wasteth not his words in
extolling her charms and praising
her virtues; neither in telling her
how wonderful she is.
Nay. verify. He putteth up a
good SELLING talk. He telleth
her how wonderful HE is!
His line Is not Love me-or
1 suffer! Kiss me-or l dier
1t is Love me-or youll be
sorry Kiss me-or think what
you'll MISS"
He doth not say, "Oh, Beloved,
thy kisses are sweeter than myrrh
and frankincense and warmer
than a Bodenheim novel;
Nay, he commendeth his own
kisses. saying, BE of good cher,
oh Little One! For the kiss witch
l now bestow upon thee is no
amateur product, but the work of
an artist, who knoweth women.
Yea. 1t is de luxe"'
Doth she scorn him? He is not
cast down, but only amazed at her
blindness. He doth not chide her,
but only warneth her sorrow
fully that she will regret her
folly. when her chance" hath
slipped.
He calleth her attention to his
perfect technique: he hinteth
darkly at his prowess among
women, He painteth himself as
an opportunity He filleth her
with propaganda.
Verify, verify. in the time of
Solomon. the way Of man with
a maid may have been mysterious.
But the wax Of modern lover
Is the way, ut. an insurance agent
with a good prospect For. alas,
courtship hath become SALES.
MANSHIP!
GSlAAi
The Washington times., 1929-06-01
The knowledge Test for
Readers Of The Times
Do you know:

Do you know
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Va. Good in woman, dear my lord,
Is the immediate jewel of their souls ?"
4 2. For what Gilbert Stuart famous? 80
3. In what State is Lookout Mountain?
What device be used to break sunlight spectrum?
5. What is Plaster of Paris? .4. -
6. In what the Fiji Islands?
z. What is namingo?
Match correctly:
8. 1914 United States entered the World War
y 8. 1776 Spanish American War
10. 1898 Beginning of World War
~. 1865 Declaration of Independence
IL. 1917 Lees surrender at Appomattox
IS. commanded the Allied armies during the World
War.
IL -- President during the Civil War;
is. invented the steamboat. ,...
Answers Magazine Page
The Washington times., 1929-06-01

LII over the earth there little boys and girls growing
~ up And the future Of the world and Of the human
race depends what these little boys and girls accomplish
Here you four small boys, and you probably will find
it hard to identify any of them.
Take the upper picture Suppose that you had this
little boy on left when this picture taken at the
OF five Would you have said yourself THAT boy will be
President Of the United States? Suppose you had the
little boy the right with the fancy costume. Would it
have occurred you that that boy aged the picture
would become Stanley Baldwin Prime Minister Of the British
Empire?
The Washington times., 1929-06-01
WORDS FROM LIPS OF WISE MEN

Through ignorance of what is
good and what is bad. the life of
men Is greatly perplexed.
Cicero.
We thank our fathers fools, so
wise We grow:
Our wiser sons, no, doubt. will
think Us So. pope.
A bad ending follows q had be.
SHINING, @Euripidea,
The Washington times., 1929-06-01

Our grand business. undoubted-
", is, not to see what lies dimly
at a distance, but to do what lies
clearly at hand. Carlyle. \
And how good it feels
The hand Of an old friend.
-LonEfellOw.
A knock down argument; t1s
but a word and Q blow.
Dryden.
The Washington times., 1929-06-01

But we observe a modest tag
Which doesn't fit the labels brag.
And also we can see alas,
What's showing through the chemists glass!
N. III.
Evening star., 1929-01-04

places, the farm was laid waste and
the manor house burned. DR.. Atkinson
was born in the old dairy of the home
stead, used as a temporary home by
the family after the war. Growing up
in the post-bellum days of poverty and
financial stress, as a young man he
taught school during part of the year
and was rewarded by the county with
an appointment to the University Of
North Carolina. He taught in the
county school while attending college,
and after graduation at the State Uni
versity, attended the College of Physi-
clans and Surgeons in Chicago, later
winning his M. d. degree at George
town University. In 1891, he became
resident physician at Emergency Hos
pital here and took up the private
practice of medicine the following year.
Long Wanted to Pay His Debt.
During the nearly four decades in
which he was growing up as young
physician in the National Capital Dr.
Atkinson looked forward to the day
when he could repay the county back
home" for the debt he had incurred in
the years when he needed help. He
paid periodical visits to his home,
Wnere MS DrOCner lives on Lne Ola
estate. and noted the backward condi-
ton of the people of the county. Two
years ago he was visiting one of the
schools, and, comforting with the
teachers, he found that three or four
young men were far beyond their usual
class age, but were exceptionally back
ward mentally. He examined them and
found that all were suffering from dis
eased tonsils and adenoids in bad con-
dition.
There was born the germ of the idea
Evening star., 1929-01-04
FAST. HOUSE ACTION
. ON DALE ACT ASKED
Proponents Seek Pension
Law More Liberal Than
at Present.

Another battery of facts regarding
pensions more liberal than now paid by
the United States Government was
turned today upon House leaders in an
effort to get early action upon the Dale
bill to liberalize the civil service retire
ment law, which has already passed the
Senate and on which House leaders
have promised vote as soon as possible.
Data compiled by advocates of the
measure and supplied to all members
of the House includes a statement
showing how rapidly the retirement
fund is growing, an analysis by Gov
ernment statistician in the Pension Bu-
reau showing that this fund would not
be weakened by more liberal provisions,
statement by Government Actuary
Mccoy that real economy is promoted
by a liberal retirement system, and a
compilation of the more liberal Sys-
TENS in other countries and in many
States and municipalities.
Today Robert H. Alcorn, as president
of the joint conference on retirement,
representative Of more than 100000
beneficiarieS under the fund, to which
they are contributors, laid before House
members a summary of generous re-
tirement provisions in private industry.
He called attention that 10000 en-
Evening star., 1929-01-04

with which he struggled for two years
before bringing it to fruition. Last
Summer he had it worked out, and he
wrote the county school commissioner
letter, offering his services free for
100 tonsil operations on backward
children of Johnston County. The
matter was taken up with the over
worked county DOCTORS and they agreed
it would be fine thing for the county.
Hospital Co-operates.
Sibley Hospital gave him full CO.
operation, furnishing him with oper-
ating gowns, instruments and some of
the necessary anesthetizing materials.
An emergency operating table was i'm
provised and DR.. Atkinson fastened to
the edge of the table his instrument
racks and necessary equipment. With
these materials he went back to john
Ston County, prepared to defeat the
evils of bad throat trouble.
His first act on arriving was to
gather all the patients and to give
them solution of calcium lactate,
which causes blood coagulation and
acts as preventive of hemorrhage.
But he found on arriving that the
number of patients was far greater
thar he had expected, and that vir-
tually the. entire school population of
the county needed the operation. On
his improvised table, using an adjacent
schoolroorn as ward, and with the aid
of two nurses, one a student, he set to
work, performing from 10 to 18 opera
tions day. On the last day, he did
36 operations. AS he was about ready
to stop, bus came from a place near
by, bearing 13 school children He
took care. Of them too. Sterilization of
his instruments was only one of the
problems with which the physician
struggled, for complete sterilization
processes were not available. He made
no restrictions such as usually cover
an operation, and any one was free to
watch the job, DR.. Atkinson only de-
manding that onlookerS remain az far
away from the patient as possible.
Aid Of Husky Men Enlisted.
eve worked out quite an efficient
system after we got started" Dr. At
kinson said.' I'VE enlisted the aid of
several husky men, and as fast as they
took one unconscious patient from the
operating room and laid him in the
ward they picked up another and
brought him in. The stream was al
most continuous and little time was
lost DR.. Atkinson used general
anesthetic in all the cases.
The operations were performed in
the Office of Superintendent of Schools
F. NJ Waters of Selma, N. c., and DR..
Atkinson was aided by DR.. c. c. Mas
sey, county health officer. and Drs. G..
D. Wick, j. B. Person and I. w. Mayer:
berg. Nurses who aided in the work
were Mrs. E. L. Woodall, graduate
aurse, and Miss Edna Cate, student
Evening star., 1929-01-04
new ROCKEFELLER
FOUNDATION FORMS
Two PhiIanthropic InStitu-
tions Worth S223,000,-
600 Merged.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, January 1.-Two phi
1anthropic institutions founded by John
d. Rockefeller Ito promote the we'll
being of mankind throughout the
world" which have property with a
listed value Of more than S223000,000,
were consolidated yesterday by permis-
sion of the Supreme Court.
The institutions are the Rockefeller
Foundation, organized in 1913. and the
Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial,
founded in 1918 in memory of the oil
magnate's wife. The combined organ
ization will be known as the Rockefeller
Foundation.
More Effective Work Desired.
Consolidation was desired because the
two institutions were organized for kin
dred purposes and it was believed their
work could be carried out more effec-
lively if they were merged.
Since they were organized the foun-
datior and the memorial have given
millions of dollars to educational and
research institutions in this and several
foreign countries.
Until the first annual meeting of the
new organization in May the following
were appointed as directors and trus-
tees: James r. Angel, Trevor Arnett.
John w. Davis, David L. EdSall, Simon
Flexner. Raymond B. Fosdick, jerome
d. Greene, Ernest M. Hopkins, Charles
p Howland, Vernon Kellogg, John D.
Rockefeller, jr., Julius Rosenwald, An
son Phelps Stokes, Frederick Strauss,
Augustus Trowbridge, George E. Vim
cent, George H Whipple. William Allen
White, Ray Lyman Wilbur, Arthur
Woods and Owen D. Young.
SpeIman Fund Created.
The application for consolidation set
the value of the foundations property
at S158090, ,543.04 and the memorials
at SOS, ,127, ,535.42.
The Rockefeller Foundation an
nounced creation of a new corporation,
the Spelman Fund of New York, to
carry. on the work done by the Laura
Spelman Rockefeller Memorial in the
advancement and diffusion of knowledge
concerning child life, the improvement
of interracial relations and co-opera-
tion with public agencies.
Evening star., 1929-01-04
100000 is GIVEN
TO LEPROSY FUND
| Donation Is Made by Phillips.
Half of 100000 Goal
Reported Raised.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, January A 100000
contribution to the Leonard Wood Me-
mortal for the eradication of leprosy
has been received from Ellis L. Phillips.
president of the Long Island Lighting
Co.. who had previously contributed
$4,000 to the work.
Gen. James G. Harbord, president of
the board of directors of the memorial.
said half of desired fund of S2,000.000
had been obtained, and that Mr.. Phil
lips donation was the first large sub
scription toward the final million dol
lars.
The leprosy campaign was inaugu-
rated by the late Leonard Wood.
governor general of the Philippines.
where large part of the fight against
the disease is being carried on.
Evening star., 1929-01-04

ployes of the Eastman Kodak Co. bene-
fit under a comprehensive life insur-
ance, retirement and disability annuity
plan, the company making an initial
payment of $6,5oO,000 to start the fund
for payment of accrued liabilities
Evening star., 1929-01-04

Competitors from many countries took
part in the recent typing contest at
Paris in which Miss Eleanor Mitchell of
England was declared Europe's type
writing champion, with Mile. Dupuis of
Paris second.
Evening star., 1929-01-04

Paris holds the record of any city of
its size in having over 5000 beggars,
who collect from the public f250,000 a
wear.
Evening star., 1929-01-04
WASHINGTON DOCTOR PAYS DEBT
TO COUNTY THAT AIDED HIS RISE
Physician Returns to Old
North Carolina Home to
Aid Children.
205 TonsiI Operations Per-
formed in 10 Days by
Him Free.

Repaying a debt of gratitude after
four decades to a little backwoods
county in North Carolina where he was
born, Dr. Wade H. Atkinson, 1902 M
street, recently undertook a physical
examination of all school children in
Johnston County and performed 205
tonSil operations in 10 days, it was
learned here today.
Using an ironing board for an i'm
proviSed operating table and other oper-
atmg room accessories loaned by Sibley
Hospital, DR.. Atkinson, with the as
siStance of two nurses and physicians
of Johnston County, performed The
operations in the Office of the superin-
tendent Of schools.
Believing from casual inspection that
backward mental and physical condi-
tions in Johnston County are caused
more by bad tonsils and diseased ad-
enoids than by malaria. DR.. Atkinson
took fortnight away from his prac-
tice in Washington last October to go
through with what he regarded as a
deep debt fer an appointment to the
State university back in the days when
he was young man needing help. All
his patients recovered within a few days
and are reported to be in much better
health than they were prior TO the
operation. The work was done by Dr.
Atkinson without cost to the patients
for the operation, although a fee of
SIS was charged to those who could
pay for the necessary post-operation
care. This money was paid the nurses
and the amount that was left over was
distributed to the county charities. DR.
Atkinson's accomplishment has received
more than passing notice, however. for
he has been asked by several medical
magazines for the details, and has been
urged particularly to describe the i'm
provised operating table and other ap-
paratus with which he performed the
operations.
Evening star., 1929-01-04
Homestead DESTROYED in War.

DR.. Atkinson was born near Prince
Ton. Johnston County, N. c., November
4. 1866, Is months after the close OF
the Civil War. Before the war the
family had been wealthy and prosper
Gus, but the family homestead lay in
the path of the fighting through the
South, and like many other Southern
Evening star., 1929-01-04

Gets Lieutenant's Commission.
Joseph E. Benoit, 1876 G. street, this
city, has been commissioned by the War
Department, a second lieutenant of IN
fantry, Organized Reserves of the Army.
Evening star., 1929-01-04
SPAIN HAS SURPLUS.
Budget Indicates Prosperity Under
Rivera Regime.

MADRID, January 4 Discontinued
prosperity in Spain under the admin
istration of Primo De Rivera was re-
f1ected in estimates for the national
budget of 1929, made public yesterday:
The estimates showed a surplus of
100000 900 pesetas (about $16.00O,OOO
The government announced that Co.
600 900 from this surplus would be used
to cover extraordinary expenses OF varl-
OILS departmentS.
New Britain herald., 1929-05-07
Married for 2 Years
 Wife Sues for Divorce

After 23 years of married life. Mrs. Natalie Schmidt seeks to divorce her husband Gustave Henry Schmidt. alleging intoler- able cruelty for the past five years. according to a writ issued today by Attorney Edward A. Mag.
 They were married on April 2S, 1906, in Hamburg, Germany and have two children, Fred. aged 20 and Henry. aged 1s. Mrs. Schmidt also. asks the cus- tody of both sons and alimony. Papers were served by Deputy Sherin Martin Horwitx. The writ is returnab.e in superior court on the first Tuesday in June.
New Britain herald., 1929-05-07
NEW TARIFF BILL CALLS
 FOR INCREASED RATE ON
 RAW SUGAR AND WOOL
Fresh Beef, Veal, Lamb and Pork Rates Doubled But no Change Proposed on Cattle on Hoof- No Change on Sugar Beets.

Washington May The republican tariff bill introduced house and of ?4o cents of 220 
 tarf refined world pound refined Cuban The pound and l9l
 The bill proposes no change in the rate pig iron
 Long staple cotton would be
 No limitation would of from the Philippine Islands.
 A three limport be provided
 The bill would practically double
 An increase from 5 cents 25 imports
 There would be change in the Changes
New Britain herald., 1929-05-07
CHARTER CHANGES
 FOR NEW BRITAIN
General Assembly Passes BA
 Under Rules Suspension
ONE MORE DAY OF SESSION
Senator Fox Rencws Fight To Re. instate New London Mayor on
 Harbor Commission of That City
 State Capitol, Hartford, May R

The general assembly, under sus- pension of rules. today passed tile New Britain charter amendments. These provide that the board of finance may order audits, that the tax collector need not report tax collections to treasurer in detail; au- thorize the city council to provide additional voting districts in tEte first, third. fifth and sixth wards by dividing each ward into two dis tricts; provide that the council shall be the sole arbitrator of salaries not fixed by the general assembly; make persons responsible for street ob- structions liable for damages, limit to S1,000 amount which may be re- covered for ice or snow damage or injury, provide for abatement of tax and authorize special school rental fund.
 Democrats Stand Together
 For the first time. :his session the 13 democratic members of the sen- ate used the only effective weapon against the majority-the power to prevent 2 blanket suspension of rules.
 With only one more day remain- ing before the legislature adjourns the 13 minority senators decided to use their only power at time when it would be most effective.
 Senator Peasley of Cheshire. ma- jority leader, had moved at the be- ginning of today's session that. to make possible action on all meas- ures, All rules be suspended. Under the rnles. bills passed by the house would have to remain on the call endar before the senate could con- slider them. Thus bills passed yes- terday by the house or this morn- ing could not have been voted on in the senate except by suspension of rules.
 Senator Peasley's motion also in- cluded suspension of rules for the purpose of immediate transmission. for immediate action, all senate bills voted on in the upper body, or transmission to the various authori- ties if senate action meant concur renee, who must handle an enacted measure before it becomes law.
 Senator Bergin of New Haven. minority leader. opposed a blanket suspension being made in advance. By 20 to 13 rising vote Senator Peasley's motion was lost, the rules requiring a two-thirds vote. The minority action made possible the democrats blocking any un-
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New Britain herald., 1929-05-07
He Pressed Button
 And Got Tear Gas

Harrisburg. Pa, May @- It was an inconspicuous button, so inconspicuous. in fact. that Robert E. Swartz, chauffeur for Samuel s. Lewis. former state treasurer. probably would not have known he had touched it last night had 1t not been for what happened.
 The pressure on the button released the contents of a num- Der of tear gas bombs placed in various parts of the state treas. urer's vault as a precautionary measure and the fumes soon made the entire office section uninha bitable.
 Windows and the doors lead ing into the corridors were quickly opened with the result that watery eyes were every. where in evidence. throughout the affected portion of the cap itol.
New Britain herald., 1929-05-07
FIND EXTRAVAGANCE
 IN CITY PRINTING
Council Committeeman Discover Waste and
 Make Cut in Order

Fer reasons of economy. Council man Roger W. Whitman Of tho first ward blocked the printing of 1000 copies Of the municipal record at the meeting of the common council committee on supplies and printing last night. and the committee voted. after . long discussion. to have only 700 copies published. City Clerk A. l.. Thompson. who was at the meet ing. could not recall . time when the number sf copies available each year was less than 1000.
 Bids were received on the contract for printing the Municipal Record. bills and reports to the common council and minutes of the common council. and the roster of city offi- cers, from the New Britain Record Co. and the New Eastern Weekly Publishing Co. Councilman Whit man inquired the reason for pub fishing 1000 copies of hls Municipal Record and City Clerk Thompson said 1t had been customary to have that number.
 Further discussion brought out the point that the books, which con- tain the annual reports of the vari- ous city departments. the mayors message and similar material. were distributed to property owners when they called at city hall annually to declare their property lists and also when they called to pay their taxes but since the law wa changed to eliminate the requirement for filing lists, t.ie circulation of the books had llen off.
 OnA -~ar Mayor Paonessa took large number of the books from the city clerks office and distributed them among the schools for use in the civics classes. City Clerk Thomp- son said. It is always well to keep 100 or more on hand fer future ref erence and demand. and cities about the state often call for copies. in ad dition to those taken by members of the common council and city offi- cials and employees. he said.
 The committee left the city clerks office where the meeting was held and went into the hearing room, where is was found that fully 400 copies of the 1928 municipal record were on hand. Councilman Whitman made the point that 1t was an un- necessary expenditure to pay for printing of books which were not used, and the other members agreed. City Clerk Thompson replied that the principal reason that the books were not given . wider distribution last year was the delay in filing the re- ports of some of the city depart ments.
 It was voted. on motion of Coun- ctiman Adam Zeigier. to publish 700 copies of the Municipal Record in- stead of 1000. Of this number 500 instead of SO0~will be in double thick paper cover and 200 as usual in cloth case sewed binding.
 Inasmuch as the committee adver- tised for bids on 1000 copies there was a question as to whether the bidders would change their figures On . lesser amount. This matter was being looked into today.