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The Washington times., 1930-03-18
SECRETS OF
HEALTH
BY Dr.. Louis z. Bisch-

AAS S~SSAAS e4s @~SS~Ae
WHY do really capable in
w dividualS sometimes fail?
Why do persons who are we'll
prepared, whose application and
industry are above reproach.
achieve a moderate degree Of
success?
It is cases like these that dis
courage those who hear about
them. They make people cyni-
cal.
1t gives them that what's
the use" feeling. Why bother
about success" they ink.
when even the best of them
can't make good!"
But there is a cause for
everything and these types Of
individuals. those who. ought
not to fail but do, are no ex-
ceptionS to the general rule.
Among such causes for fail
ure in individuals who ought
to succeed, perhaps the com.
mOnest Is lack Of punch.
You may possess = lot Of
strength but IL you do not
strike hard at q vital point you
will not deliver a telling blow.
No prize fighter, for example,
succeeds simply because he is
big and strong and powerful.
What pugiliStS call science"
must go with a husky frame in
order that the muscular energy
be directed in a purpoSeful way
at the right moment.
Wild hitting and scattered
blows are worse than useless in
the prize ring. t
Just so with men and women
in business and in the profes-
SionS.
Too many persons who are
capable do too many things.
Often they are too ambitious.
Too many scatter their ef-
forts In n vain attempt to cover
too much ground.
If these failures or near
failures would limit their activ-
tiles and concentrate upon one
particular thing the results
would be far different.
Narrowing the field Of interest
so that one has absolute COM
mand of every detail Of the pri-
mary life work in which he is
engaged will inevitably bring
about a degree Of success far
above the average.
Concentration is undoubtedly
the watchword If you would in
crease your punch.
Don't. Of course, ignore other
activities outside your immediate
work. Many make that mistake.
thinking that by so doing they
make their punch more effec-
tive.
The Washington times., 1930-03-18
The IngIOriOus Fourth
He s Really Superior

HE dub bridge player who makes fourth be oblging
and suffers accordingly defended by DR. Alfred Adler
viennese psychologist
The dub better than the shark says this specialist
and like all specialists he proceeds to tell you why
Most people play cards time he points out
Time if man is not courageous, is his worst enemy.
Bridge is great invention. little of is relaxation But
lot becomes mental habit attempt satisfy striving
for superiority It offers attempt to conquer others.
The good bridge player suffers from inferiorty
plex and finds that bridge the easiest way acquire
momentary superiority
Many of who play bridge only when compelled to will
grateful to Dr. Adler After ALL the real stuff We
don't need to rubber be convinced of our own excel
lence. We are just naturally superior.
When set few hundred points we can now remark nom
chalantly: .- ..
Sorry partner Their inferiory was too strong for u.s.
The Washington times., 1930-03-18
THE MARRY
GO-ROUND
BY Helen Rowland
Spring Musings

Spring Musings
THESE are the sort of days,
= when a man goes down to
his office and works a little
every morning, just to take his
mind off his golf.
When a man marrieS, he
thinks he wants a piece of
alabaster to admire and cher
ish; but what he really wants
is a piece of putty to mold over
into whatever image happens
to suit his fancy.
The worst thing about long
skirts, high waists and long
hair is that they DATE a
woman: and women and mu-
sic should never be dated"
Most marital "misundcrStand-
ings" are just a matter of
laughing in the wrong place.
First. girl fibs to a man
about how wonderful she thinks
him! Then. she murmurs a
few white lies at the altar:
then she lies to the world about
how happy or successful they
are: and, lastly, she puts a
beautiful lie on his tombstone.
Many a man can fall desper-
ately in love with a girl, at
this time Of year: and then.
has to stop to recall her last
name. when he wants to ad-
dress a card to her, next Christ
mas.
A man is not middle.aged un-
til he can feel all the antici-
patory thrills at the thought of
a Rotary luncheon that he used
to feel at the prospect of a
date with a new spring sweet
heart.
No matter how complete a
woman'S confidence in f,er hus-
band, she just naturally can't
HELP wondering why he insists
on wearing his new suit and a
snappy spring tie to the office
on Saturday mornings.
The marriage partnership
should always start out with
a big surplus of love. When a
little love has to last a life
time it spreads out awfully
thin.
A bachelor loves to dream of
marriage-becauSe it is so sweet
to wake up and find himself
still e.
The Washington times., 1930-03-18

which life has given the mod.
ern woman.
But Ella and her friends
don't think it strange. They
think fancy-work is the sort OF
thing every nice woman should
do.
1T ISN'T!
IT'S A DISGRACE FOR ANY
INTELLIGENT WOMAN TO
SPEND HER TIME CROCHET
ING DOnIES IN THIS AGE
OF THE WORLD.
Time was when grandma
didn't have anything better to
do in her spare moments. She
could learn all she needed to
know about her world while
she did her tatting on the front
veranda. And since her huS.
bands interests were aoout as
limited as hers, she riSked moth
ing by having a repertoire lin,
tied to cake recipes and embroi-
derry stitches.
BUT LADIES WHO WISH
TO QUALIFY AS WIVES AND
MOTHERS NEED TO KNOW
MUCH MORE THAN THAT
NOW.
They should know about poll
tics, business, sports, education,
labor problems. hygiene. social
service they should be
interested in good books and
music they should be able
to read and talk intelligently
on any subject that interests
their husbands and children.
They can do and know all
these things and still be good
wives, mothers, housekeepers
and neighborS and they
fail in all these functions un-
less they do have these wider
interests.
The woman who has nothing
better to do with her spare
time than do fancy work is a
failure as a citizen, a nuisance
as a neighbor, a handicap as
a mother, and a bore rs a
wife. She cannot be a con- 'ada
to either husband and childre'o,
and, as the years go by, they
are bound to drift awav from
her. She has only her ;elf to
blame if they do.
IT'S AS SHAMEFUL FOR A
GROWN WOMAN TO SPEND
HER TIME MAKING PINK
SCALLOPS ON BATH TOWELS
AS TT WOULD BE FOR A
MAN TO SPEND HIS TIME
PLAYING MUMBLY-PEG.
The Washington times., 1930-03-18

With each new and larger
telescope which is constructed,
man is able to look ever deeper
into the great interstellar
spaces. More and more stars
are "diScovered"-seen for the
first time; new planets, neb-
ulae. island univerSeS. globular
clusters. swim into the ken Of
our vision. The question nat
urally arises: Is this process
destined to go on indefinitely?
Is there no end to the ex-
pansion of the limits Of the
visible universe?
II the theories of Einstein
and De Sitter prove well-found-
ed. we are already beginning to
reach some comprehension Of
the probable dimensions of the
universe. Recent discoveries Of
bodies moving at enormous
velocities at almost incalculable
distances away indicate that
these bodies are not going
straight away from us, but are
beginning to swing around and
begin the long voyage of re-
turn. II space has ever so
slight a curvature, and we can
discover the amount Of that
curvature. we shall be able to
compute how large the universe
really is.
For example, Hubble has re-
Gently made a series Of calcula.
tionS, indicating that space
does not extend to more than
about a thousand times as
far as the farthest nebula Wis
ible in the biggest telescope"
A ray of light would take about
100000 million years to travel
around a universe Of this size.
In his little book, Eos"
Jeans says: Suppose the size
Of our earth represented by q
single atom, whose diameter is
about q hundred-millionth part
of an inch. Then the range
Of vision Of the biggest tele-
scope is about represented by
the whole earth, and the size
of the whole universe, accord
ing to the theory OF relativity.
Is represented by . stack Of q
thousand million earths."
The Washington times., 1930-03-18
ONCE-OVERS

you hear another cenSured for
your mistake or your faultP
Instead Of reasons for mis-.
takes do you make excuses for
yourself?
In the place where you are
employed there may be a hust-
Ter who is kind and helpful to
you. Do you impose upon this
person by seeking assistance
when you yourself should make
greater effort to accomplish
what is expected?
Have you cultivated an in
gratiating way in order to bait
others to assist you?
The Washington times., 1930-03-18

Do you play square?
Honest and just in big mat
ters. are you fair in little
.. things?
Do you not shirk sometimes
and make it necessary for
others to do work that should
rightfully be yours?
II you make a mistake or
are in error do you keep still
about it with the hope that it
may not be discovered or an.
other may get the blame?
Are you courageous enough
TO come forward and take the
blame that belongs to you when
The Washington times., 1930-03-18
The knowledge Test for
Readers of The Times

DO know.
i, How time belts In the United States?
What American battesip blown up in the habor of
1880 -
3. On what river Florence. Italy?
4. Where
s. Where is the Matterhorn?
Who
2. What is typhoon?
3. Who said
Trust in keep your powder dry?
g. What humorous form IN
-
TO- Who wrote Field of Honor?
Fill each blank;
II, Let the its dead"
IL The author Of Alice Wonderland was professor
Is. An autograph a
IA, The character Goneril is Shakespeare's
Is. The expression hggledy pggledy means
ANSWERS Fiction Page
The Washington times., 1930-03-18
WORDS FROM LIPS OF WISE MEN

PerseVere and preserve your.
elves for better circumstances.
-Vergil.
Peace has her victories.
No less renowned than war.
Milton.
The Washington times., 1930-03-18
DO You Know

Experimenters at Columbia
University are using apes to
study the source and effect of
colds and tuberculosis.
Cyclones in the Northern
Hemisphere always whirl to the
left: in the Southern Hemt.
sphere to the right.
The Washington times., 1930-03-18

We think our fathers fools, so
wise we grow;
Our wiser sons, no doubt, will
think us so. Pope.
Every honest miller has Q
golden thumb. -Chaucer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-23

Neutrality-suspicious., who have been look
ing forward to getting . glimpse
of the newly discovered tranSneptunian
planet are due for disappointment, un-
less the weather Is exceptionally clear,
II they, purposed to look through the
telescopes at the Naval Observatory.
Capt C. S. Freeman, superintendent
of the Naval Observatory, said yester-
day that the equipment OF the Naval
Observatory Is OF too antiquated q
character to be of much use In keep
ing the newly discovered planet under
continuous observation"
With especially good weather" he
said, 'it may be possible occasionally
to bring the new member OF our celes-
tial family within range Of the ohser-
vatory's largest telescope, but only rs
4 pin prick OF light, entirely uniMpres-
sive to the casual eye, IL not altogether
indistinguishable from other and per-
hsps brighter offsets in the field Of
the instrument"
Capt. Freeman disclosed that as .
result of an observation taken on
Wednesday night, the new body APP
peared on a Photographic plate, exposed
on the 10-inch Photographic telescope,
Thursday night was likewise clear, Capt.
Freeman asserted; and several members
of the observatory stan saw and identi-
fed the Lowell planet with . 26-inch
telescopes. An additional photograph
was also taken with the l0-inch tele-
scope. - $50
In disclosing that the Naval obssTEs-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-23
Tablet Il, Believed !.
Oldest Record of
Law Yet Uncovered
Finder Describes Account
of Feudatory's Trouble
With Lords Son. :.
Ry tha Aseociatad .PreEE:: !.

ny ths Assoeistsd Press: ~
NEW YORK, March a3.-A clay
tablet, believed to be the oldest legal
document: in existence, was described
tonight by its finder, Or. Henry r.
Lutz, professor of assyrtOlogy ct the
University Of California. at meeting
Of alumni of the University of California.
Prof. Lutz, WHO came back from
Mesopotamia on March g.. said he be-
lieYed the tablet; on which was recorded
the verdict in q legal case about 2,20O
years before Christ, would have great
bearing on the history Of jurisprudence.
The accused was q -feidatOry and tn
some way had shown characterization
to this lords son, and later. beat him
up" he said the tablet showed THE
case came up before civil court. but
1t was found the court had no jurisdic-
ton over a feudai subject. He was
sent under guard to Babylon, where he
was judged by feudatory tribunal and
found guilty. He got on by payment
of q heavy fine"
Prof. Lutz said he had collection
of 900 objects dating from $500 B. O.
down to the beginning Of the MohamS
me0an era. - =, -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-23
FORGERY CHARGES
IN BURNING CASE
State Holds Mrs. Dodd Shared Pro-
cssds of Check and That Son
Planned Transaction.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
FAIRFIELD, Tex, March 22-An in
reStigatio Of the story of Miss Wilma
Jones, 235> that some one attempted to
burn her to death in q hotel room here
resulted In forgery charges being filed
today against Mrs. Sarah Jane Dodd
50, and her son. Tommie, 80. at whose
home IN Buffalo, Tex, Miss Jones
stayed.
The charges grew out of the alleged
forgery OF q $3.50 check on O. 8. Moore,
lakewood, Tex, business man. A like
charge already had been placed against
Miss Jones, who admitted signing the
check. Moore was charged with arson
after the IRE in the hotel room We'd
neSday night. Miss Jones told ofdcers
she was not able to identify her alleged
asSanant. She was not injured.
The yonng woman said she had
Moore's permission TO sign the check
and told officers that she used it to pay
Tor recent operation.
Although State rangers and county
authorities investigating the case sought
yerifcatton of their belief that black
mail played a part. Miss Jones had moi
changed her Story-that some one en-
tered her hotel room, bound and gagged
her and fired the mattress of her bed
and that she saved herself by rolling of
the bed and humping her head against
the wall TO attract attention.
The State contended that MRS. Dodc
shared the proceeds from the. CHECK
and that Tommie Dodd planned ths
transaction.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-23
ITALY TO OBSERVE
FASCIST BIRTHDAY
MussoIini Declares All At
:. tempts Against Black
Shirts Win Fail.
~ the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press. IL
I ROME, March 22-The eleventh an
niversary of Premier Aussolini's found
ing of Fascist combat groups, designed
to deal summmarily with Communists
and other subversive elements, will
be commemorsted throughout Italy to-
morrow
Foglio D'ordini, the Fascist order
sheet, today published q nation Wide
message from the premier saying that
of 42.DO0,OOO Inhabitants was bound
to fail: "
During IL years, fascism prevailed
over a thousand diflculties, OF every
sort but many Others, no less grave,
are before u.s." said the premier. i They
impose upon us always more per-
emptorily the command and united
discipline by which the Fascist italian
people ought always more and more to
unite into single group. Today the
first battle legions flnd themselves side
by side with the young men who have
grown up to life dedicated to . faith
which unites two ages and two his
toric moments, the past and the future
Of the nation. Let us therefore regard
with tranquil security the unfolding
of events. Retrograde forces In coali-
ton against young Fascist Italy do not
disturb as = let us make known
to every one that we have the same
spirit, the same viii and the same
motto Of IL. years ago. Added to that
We have experience, method and a
things. With these reflections we rest
one day to remember, while Fascism
enters its second decade which viii be
more glorious and more comhative than
the first. on gtiardp
The premier's message to the black
shirts will be read aloud by the political
secretaries of every Fascist branch in
Italy at the beginning of tomorrows
commemoration.
The most important gathering will
be at Milan where Augusta Turati
dress the black shirts of FaScisn's
birthplace. He then Will review huge
parade.
Everywhere in Italy, the Fascists
will pay tribute to the memory of
Michafi Bianclni, one of the quad
rumvirS" of the march on Rome" OF
October az, 1923. Bianchi died Febru-
airy 3, tituIar head Of the ministry
of public works, and three days later
. was accorded o state funeral, Musso-
lini himself walking behind his cofiin
IN eacn case Inc eltuPiE FhScHI Lltc AoL
the dead win be observed, an officer of
the black shirt militia calling out
"Comrade Michael Bianchi," with the
assembled adherents Of the party
shouting as one man: Present"
i DELEGATIONS will lay wreaths on ali
monuments to the Fascist Sallen, the
Junior organizations OF the party, the
avanRuardiste composed Of youths be-
tween IA and Is, and the baIilla. boys
from to Is, participating in the
ceremonies
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-23
OLD RECORDS. SHOW
MANLY WAS CITIZEN
Slain Recluse Was Naturalized in
1899, New Mexico Docu-
ments Disclose.
By the Associated Press.


SANTA FE, N. Mex, March 32.-The
unindexad Federal District Court rec.
ordS Of, New Mexico territorial days
were produced today to show that Ar
thur n. Manly, aged recluse, whose de-
capitated body was found In his home
at Taos last July 3. was citizen of
the United States. The records show
that he was naturalised December 4,
1899, l6 years after he had filed a dec
laration OF intention to become q citi-
zen of the United States
The mysterious death of Manly. ma
tive of England, became q matter of in
teFnationaf note because of intervention
in the case by the United States De-
pertinent Of Justice at the request of
the British embassy.
The argument over whether Mandy
vas q citizen of the United States
originated when ]. H. Crist, who had
represented the recluse legally and was
q close friend, protested that Manly
had been naturalised and that the De-
partment Of Justice had no right to
participate in investigations into his
death.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-23
MARC0M TO LIGHT
F: BIG FAIR :DYRAD|O
Proposes to Drive Energy
Through Air From Genoa
TO Sydney, Australia.

Specief Dispatch to The Star.
ROME, March 22.-Coming close on
the news from sydney, Australia, yes
terday, that Guglielmo Marconi, in
ventor Of wireless telegrapl1y, had CON-
inundated with that city radio-tele-
phonically from his steam yacht the
Mlectra, is the announcement made
from Genoa today that Signor Marconi
was planning next Wednesday to trans
nit sllflcient energy through the air
from the Electra to switch on the lights
ut the Sydney exposition.
1t Is explained by the inventor that
there is no thought OF sending sufncient
energy through the cir actually to IL
luminate, the lights at Sydney. The
energy transmitted will be ample To
close switch and thus provide the nee
essary contact.
Details of the new apparatus which
Signor Marconi has developed on his
famous yacht have not been divulged
and the newspaper men who made their
way out to the yacht, moOred in the
roads at Genoa, today were not per-
United to so on board.
Normal Principal Applied.
Outside the inner Marconi circle, II
10 known only that the new; develop
ment Is an application of the normal
Communication. -
The Importance of the development
lies in the demonstrated ability to com
municate over 50. long q, distance BY
means Of a statien small enough to b
contained on q yacht Of the size OF the
Electra.
AS to the significance of the expert.
ment planned fer Wednesday, there II
. difference of opinion, the Giornale
D'Italia tonight stating that the inven.
ton is destined to revolutionaze al
electrical systems, opening up the pos
sibility, not only of illuminating or ex'
tinguishing all the lights of city from
great distance, but of 'halting Oh
and laboratories" while several scientific
observers insist that such statement,
greatly exagserate the facts.
Friends are Confident.
There appears to be every confidence
In the Marconi encourage that mex
weeks experiment, despite the great
distance involved, will prove successful
Instructions As to the technical ar
rangements to he, made at Sydney were
dispatched TO that city by radiogram
today,
Preparations for Yesterdays COM
elaborated. Early in,1 the morning
Signor Marconi talked With the Eng.
lish statton ut Dorchester, and when he
found that all was working well tried
sydney, the Australian station respond
ing almost immediately. A tWo-way
conversation continued for an. hour
During the forthcoming 20 hours, tho
Electra station viii attempt commune
cations with Buenos Aires, San Fran
cisco and New York. ...,
Copyright issol
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-23
ENGLAND'S PUBLIC FIANGMAN VT
FEELS PINCH OF UNEMPLOYMENT
Parliament Committee Capital Punishment to Hear
His Argument Against Its Abolition.

select committee Of Parliament studying
capital punishment that he 10 not in
favor Of the abolition OF capital punish
ment, his reason being.
''MurdereFs, when feprieved and sent
to penal serUtlIdk for life, are q great
expense to the country. They should be
made to suffer the same penalty as the
victim"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-23
MEXICAN BELIEVED
SHOT IN RUMF|GHT
Border PatrOlmen Discover
Evidence at Scene Of
sklrmish Near PasO.
b the Associates Preas.

- hut AssuCteSSa Rteas.
III PASo, Tex, March 2a-BulIets
whisEed across the Mexican border last
night in the fifteenth skirmish of the
year between Mexican rum runners end
United States border patrolmen, and to.
day the Federal ofacers discovered that
they had wounded q member Of the
gang which YVES attemptine to rt,n It's
contraband into Texas.
The patrolmen today returned to the
scene OF the gun night, west of ri Paso,
where they were forced to shoot their
way out OF ambush, and took possession
OF whisky valued at more than e4O0
which was abandoned by the smuRRlers.
They also found evidence Indicating
that at least one Of the rum runners
mad been wounded.
When two border patrOlmen last night
ordered the smugelers to halt, they re-
piled with > rapid succession, of shots.
The odds were against the oflcers, only
Two being on guard on the line in the
sand hnls. while at least six rum run
ners. carrying liquor on their backs.
f1red upon them. Other members of
the gang were believed concealed in an
Despite the odds, the patrolmen with
gunfire forced the snaueglerS to cover.
and the contreband was abandoned in
their Night.
Drops Of blood found today at places
In the position known to have been oc-
cupied by the smugglers were taken by
the officers as clear indication that at
least one of the TlIm runners had been
hit BY bullets fired by the border pa
trolmen.
OF the Is skirmishes this. year. all but
one have bean In the n Paso district.
The other was at Alpine, Tex. Two Do :
trolmen have bean wounded in the en-
gagements, N. d. CoIlaer, assistant SUI
perintendent In charge OF the border
patrol, said. They were Oscar NJ. 6tet-
son OF Alpine and Irving IA. Gone Of
FARM Ann GARnEN