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Watch Your Health

and dark, but they are not able to
fix their attention on any single
object.
II
INABILITY to control the mus
l. cles of the eye may give the
young baby a squint, or its eyes
even may seem to be crossed. This,
however, should not frighten the
mother, because it is only normal.
The sese of taste is not devel-
oped in little babies, but they seem
to be able to distinguish between
sweet, sour and bitter Our sense
of taste includes not only these fun
damental traits, but also the odor
of food and the feel of the food
on the tongue. Such abilities de-
velop later with education.
A little baby can feel pain, but
not as acutely as can babies who
are older.
An infant is startled by a loud
noise, but does not appreciate small
variations in the sense of hearing.
Babies recognize noises and voices
very soon after birth, but they are
unable to recognize particular
sounds for two or three months.
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IF YOU CAN'T ANSWER, ASK THE TIMES!

A-Senator Joe Robinson Is the
Democratic majority leader, and
Senator Charles L. McNary is the
Republican minority leader.
Q-Can resident Of one state
be legally married in another state?
Ayes. by complying with the
marriage laws of the state in which
the ceremony is performed.
Q-What was the maiden name of
Clifford Pinchot's wife?
A-Cornelia Elizabeth Bryce.
Q-What is the lowest tempera-
ture ever reached in Texas. Where
and when did it occur?
A-on Feb. II, 1899, at Tulia.
Tex, and on Feb. 8, 1888, at Sc
minole, Tex, % degrees below zero.
to-Who wrote the words and
music of the song, Il Did Not Raise
My Boy to be a SOLDIER"
Words and music are By A.
piantar7oSi.
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BY DIR. MORRIS FIsHBErN

A BABY is born without habits.
L n Its habits develop as a result
of its care and training and, of
course, conditions under which it
lives.
We form habits by doing the same
thing over and over again, imitat-
ing actions of other people. There
fore, the child begins to acquire
habits on the day that it is born.
If it is to have good habits, parents
must plan accordingly.
The baby should be fed at certain
hours every day 1t should be put
to bed at regular time. 1t should
be bathed every day at the same
hour.
It should be trained to use the
toilet as soon as the mother is
strong enough to begin such train
ing. In later articles, the methods
OF such training will be discussed in
detail.
At birth the normal baby can cry,
nurse, sleep, move the arms and legs,
and sometimes lift its head very
slightly. Babies at birth apparently
are able to distinguish between light
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WASHINGTON, May 9.-Many
w battling problems await solu-
ton in the field of atomic phys
les. Savants are hoping that the
increased powers given atom smash
ing apparatus in various laboratories
and the yet more powerful devices
being planned, will yield the solu-
tons to some of them.
Recently the great electrostatlc
generator at, the Round Hill Lab
oratory of Massachusetts, Institute
of Technology was improved to de-
liver cottages of five million volts.
The cyclatron of "whirligig atomic
machine gum at the University OF
California has yielded similar volt
ages. DIR. NJ. A. Tuve OF the de-
partment of terrestrial magnetism
of the Carnegie Institution OF wash
ington has drawn designs for sub
terranean generator of 10 million
volts
The first problem which needs
solution is the composition OF
the nucleus of the atom. Present
experiments point to the probability
that the nucleus is composed OF pro-
tons and neutrons.
Now the proton is electrically pos
tive while the neutron is electrically
neutral. The great problem, there
fore, is to discover the mechanism
which holds the nucleus together.
When two protonS are brought
within small distances of each other,
they repel each other. Since they
are both charged positively, this is
to be expected. In similar fashion,
the positive poles OF two magnets
will repel each other.
1t was suspected, however, that
when protons we're brought Suffi-
GENTLY close together, another set
of forces, more powerful than the
repulsive electrical force, would have
to come into play. Otherwise, the
atom would always fly apart. Since
the hydrogen atom has nucleus of
one proton, this means that If only
the repulSive force existed, the
whole universe would fly apart into
cloud of hydrogen atoms.
BY a series of brilliant expert
ments, DR.. M. A. Tuye and his
associates at the department Of ter
restrial magnetism Of the Carnegie
Institution of Washington have
demonstrated that this second at
tractive force which comes into play
at close range is 20 times as pow
erful IS the flrst repulsiye force.
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CRITICISES MANAGEMENT
OF PIANO FESTIVAL

BY A Parent
First, permit me to say that the
125-grand piano festival given at
Butler Fieldhouse Sunday, May 3,
was an unusual event, beautiful
spectacle admirably conducted. 1t
was an undertaking which would
have been a credit to any COM
munity.
However, there were one of two
incidents which would unquestion-
ably arouse considerable resentment,
although most OF it SO far has been
inarticulate.
First, after the children, all piano
students, had been invited to par
ticipate, long and arduous practice
was necessary. 1t entailed a great
loss of time on the part of parents
taking their children to and from
rehearsals and in many cases no
small monetary outlay.
Despite the cooperation of In
dianapolis teachers, mothers and
children, the association under
whose auspices the recital was given
resorted to the most despicable form
of "chiseling" by requiring that each
of the children participating pur-
chase a ticket.
Please understand that the writer
hereof does not in anywise regret
the small amount which his child
was required to pay for the ticket,
but rather voices protest as matter
of principle.
Again, those in charge were guilty
OF gross discourtesy. Although at the
Sunday night concert almost every
one and everything connected with
the festival was given free advertis-
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SATURDAY. MAY Q. 1896.
THE SAME OLD SHOW?
ON the surface of things the world today presents
a disheartenng picture.


disheartening picture.
Mussonis Marshal Badogio prepares like
Scipio Africanus before Carthage, to grind the
italian heel into Ethopias capitol, while the 1886
Caesar orders victory mobilization" to mark the
birth of Rome
In Germany Adolf Hitler more modern, mobiles
his new mechanical army to march in celebration
of his forty-seventh birthday. The blood-and-ir
days of the Prussan war lords under imperial Will
liam are back, even to the goose step.
In Outer Mongolia, the Russian bear growls at
Japan as in the days before 1904 Famine, Chinas
ancient curse, stalks through rich Szechuan province
threatening the lives of IS million people. Medieval
ism returns to Palestine. where Arabs loot ard kill
Jews in Jaha and Tel Aviv.
And so history puts on what looks like the same
old show the story dreary repetition, with only the
actors and stage trappings different
But is it the old show?
Those of us who believe in progress will take a
long-ran look back through the years There we
believe will be a vastly world than exists
today. History, however, will appear not as deadly
level circle around which the human race is being
beaten, but spiral, seeming to slip down.
ward at times, but, in fact gradually lifting the
human upward.
Right now the League of Nations, hope of the
peacemakers, may appear defeated and impotent, but
when before did 50-odd nations even attempt CO.
operatively to isolate outlaw country and apply
economic force in the effort keep the peace? When
before April did great republic like France seri-
ously propose to world peace by safeguarding
other nations in essential resources?
When before did munition- makers face such
challenge the majority members of the United
States Senate Munitions Committee laid down when
they proposed government monopoly in the making
of the instruments of war? When, in short, has the
will to peace and security been stronger among the
people of the world and when has this will been so
vocal among the masses?
1t may be as Spengler who died yesterday, wrote
that western civilization in Its death throes, NO
one knows But, looking back to its beginnings, We
inclined to believe that the pains it is suffering
are birth pains of better order.
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that, and some sold over 500 worth.
The children paid nothing except
for the festival music, at a discount,
and the badges.
In reply to the charges of gross
discourtesy, the children were
thanked, and presented with roses
and song books. I also should like
to quote IAN Appreciation" by Mr..
Frank o. viking. director of the
festival ensembles, which appeared
in the souvenir program:
THE 125-grand piano festival is
dream that has come true. After
months of serious practice and work
you can point with pride to your
achievement.
"Such it is with all things good!
We can not attain the heights with
out working, and every one has
worked. You have been faithful and
sincere and this is one accomplish
ment that you can point to with
pride, because you have made this
event the most outstanding in the
world.
1.-The teachers and parents have
been a great Experimentation
their cooperation this glorious fes-
tival could not have been made pos
sible. ;. I salute you-members of
the 125-grand piano festival"
I have at least Is letters from
teachers whose pupils participated
in the festival, expressing their sp-
probation, satisfaction and hope for
a repetition of the event OF course,
out of 1900 parents, we are bound to
find some who did not appreciate
fully the training and benefit to the
children and the festivals cultural
value to the community.
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LINES TO AN OLD POEM
BY JOSEPHINE DUKE MOTLEY

A poem wrote itself one day
From the tip of well-worn pen,
A poem which drew more contempt
than pay
From the throng of practical men.
For verse has made no millionaire,
Has built no fine home in wood;
So the scorners laughed at the
poets fare
And died, but the poem still stood.
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fTimes reuters are invtted to cypress
their Utet0S in these columns, religious
controversies excluded. Make UoWr letters
short, so all can have q chance. Limit
them to ESQ a0ords or Tess. Your letter
must be si0ned. but names t0iI be
,Cithheld ON re0Mesti
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Our
Town
By
ANTON SCHERRER
A DIVERSION that gives us much

A DIVERSION that gives us much
4 n innocent pleasure is the read
ing and re-reading of the pet peeves
of great mel.
1t adds flavor to our life, for in
stance, to know that Richard Wag-
ner hated Johannes Brahms like
everything; that Berlioz hateo Wag-
ner; that DR.. johnson despised
Henry Fielding; that Aristophanes
picked on Euripedes every chance
he got.
And certainly, life wouldn't be
the same if we didn't know that
Ibsen called Tolstoy a fool, and that
Thomas Carlyle once said that John
Henry Newman didn't have the
brains of full-grown rabbit.
just now we are wondering when
we can add Wilbur Peat's name to
our collection. Last year, if we re-
member correctly, Mr.. Peat had a
run-in with E. E. Spenner over the
merits of Regional Art and just the
other day, with only third of the
year gone, he proceeded to wade
into Gilbert Wilson of Terre Haute.
Mr.. Wilson, it seems. charged
museums with being "mausoleums"
and left some doubt as to what
he thought of the persons inside
mausoleun1s. Mr.. Peat removed
that doubt. At least, he didn't take
it lying down.
N7HILE We are on the subject of
" artists We might as we'll tell
you about the men around town who
paint just for the love of 1t. They
don't ever expect to sell a pic
ture and they don't seem to care.
All that interests them, apparently,
Is their amateur standing.
We know probably a dozen such
men. Anyway, enough has leaked
cut to involve one-time Councilman
Ernest Ropkey, Vernon Kniptash,
Latham De Milt, Wilbur Shook,
Frank Wickes (not to be confused
with the Unitarian preacher), Ed
James, Leslie Ayres, Kurt Vonne-
gut and DR.. Horace R. Crank
Allen.
There probably are s hundred
more. We can't keep track of
everybody. We have kept track of
Kurt Vonnegut, however. Enough,
anyway. to know that he has an illu-
sive, underslung lower lip and an
upper lip without much Of curve
and it's hard to render in paint.
Anyway, didn't Rembrandt paint
himself % times before he got the
hang of it?
MIR. VONNEGUT takes his avo-
Iva cation so seriously that not
long ago he took off two weeks and
spent it in Simon Baus' studio over
in the Union Trust Building. He
told everybody he had gone to Flor
ida and everybody believed it. In
those two weeks Mr.. Vonnegut fin
ished his eighth. self-portrait ard
a picture of DR.. Walter Bonns which
is the splitting image Of him.
One day while Mr.. Vonnegut was
working all alone with himself in
the Baus studio, there was a knock
at the door A Federal officer IN
PRODUCED himself and Mr.. Vonnegut
was scared as everything because
he thought the government had
gotten wind of his painting. But it
was something altogether different.
The officer told, Mr.. Vonnegut
that the G-men had discovered
ring of moonshiners and a 200
gallon still in a house on N. Penn
sylvania-st, so what was MIR. Won
negut going to do about it?
But it turned out all right. The
Oman was on the wrong trail.
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SAYS CHILDREN DID NOT
PAY ENTRANCE FEE

BY NJ. M. Miller, 125-piano festival man
ager.
First of all, the children did not
pay an entrance fee. On the entry
blank sent to each participant it
was stated that players would have
a badge, which would serve as a
souvenir of the festival and admit
them to both performances, and for
which a charge of Is cents would be
made.
The only performance comparable
to the 125-piano festival was one OF
Is pianos held in Tulsa, Okla. The
managers there charged an entrance
fee of from three to eight dollars,
because they felt that the training
received was worth it. However,
when the local festival first was pro-
posed we felt that an entrance fee
should be dispensed with. We also
recommended that the children wear
plain, simple white dresses in order
to avoid further expense.
Each teacher who entered pupils
in the festival pledged herself to
sell $40 worth of tickets. Of the 40
teachers entered, all sold at least
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ing, none of those in charge had the
courtesy to publicly thank, or in
anywise express appreciation for the
part played by the children who
really made the festival possible.
Many parents of children who
participated have expressed resent
ment to this neglect, as has also at
least one of the teachers whose
pupils played at the festival.
I reiterate the festival was lex
cept for the two incidents above
noted an unqualified success and
one which should be made yearly
event, although it is hoped that
those who conduct in the future will
be sufficiently courteous to thank
those to whom thanks are due-the
children participating. saa5s
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DAILY THOUGHT

And if a stranger sojourn with
thee in your land, we shall not vex
him.-Leviticus 1888.
THE origin of all mankind was
Il the same: 1t is only a clear
and a good conscience that makes
a man noble, for that is derived
from heaven itself. Seneca.
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Q--When was the last dividend
paid by the Packard Motor Co. prior
to the 10 cents per share paid Feb.
/. 1886?
A-That was the first dividend
since Dec. II. 1881.
Glow many persons were en-
ployed in air transport in 1895?
A-Including pilots, co-pilots,
mechanics, field and Office workers,
the number was 8087.
Q-What do dealers who are L.
censed TO buy old gold do with it?
A-They may turn it in to the
U. S. Treasury. or may resell it to
another licensed dealer.
@ Name the majority and minor
lty leaders in the y. 8. Senate.
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The HOOsier Forum

disapprove of pOhat you say--and aUM defend
to the death your right to say it.-VoItaiye.
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Vagabond
from
Indiana
ERNIE PYLE

EDITORS NoTE-This rowing reporter
for The Times goes where he pIeases.
when he pieases. in search. of odd stories
sSeut this and that
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TODAY'S SCIENCE
BY Science Service

May 9.-Many
Evening star., 1936-11-13
flattering Irish.type lace!

Wear Ioce on your velvet dress
and be q little princess in your
own right! Five charming styles
see them Saturday!
The Washington times., 1936-05-27
TRAFFIC DEATH
TOLL HERE 35

The instant death of Harry
Walsh, 81, while he was attempt
ing to cross the intersection at
Third st. and Maryland Ave. S.
W., last night, brought the Dis
trict's traffic toll to IS. His home
is in Oxon Hill, Md.
Walsh, police said, was run
over by a truck operated by Her
man Bane, 35, of Halifax, Va.
Bane was arrested and il being
held for the inquest.
One person died and several
others were hurt in auto mishaps
in Maryland and Virginia.
Emanuel c. Fuller, colored, 26,
Of AHA Foote st. N. E., died in
Casualty Hospital last night of
injuries suffered when four others
were hurt in a head-on collision
near Hollywood, Md, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Mckenzie,
of 1475 Columbia Rd. N. w., were
injured on Mt. Vernon Memorial
Highway, near wilmington Villa,
at 2 o'clock this morning. They
were taken to Alexandria Hos
pital. Their automobile collided
with one being driven by Mrs.
George Parker, IS, of Octurous,
Va, who was attempting to make
a left turn through a parkway
on the Memorial Highway, police
said.
The Washington times., 1936-05-27
F|REMEN HURT
IN THEATER

Three District firemen we're
recovering today in Emergency
Hospital from burns, cuts and
asphyxiation suffered while fight.
ing an almost inaccessible fire be-
meath the floor of Wardman
Park Theater last night.
Those injured and overcome
are:
Sergt. Stewart H. Ritnour, 80,
Of No. l Engine Company, over
come by smoke
Pvt. James N. Keyser, 80. of
No. Engine Company, cuts and
burns on the face and hand.
Pvt. Albert RAIDER, 2S, of No.
% Engine Company, overcome by
smoke and fumes.
Firemen worked nearly three
hours trying to reach the flames
which were burning heavy wooden
timbers supporting the floor.
The Washington times., 1936-05-27
NRA'S 5000 Jobs
Du,indle DOWn
To 40

Less than 40 of the 5000 work,
ers who formerly labored on codes
of "fair competition" for the Ma
tion's industries were on hand at
the Commerce Building today to
celebrate the first anniversary of
the burial of the Blue Eagle.
Those remaining on the payroll
of the National Recovery Admins
tration are attempting to chron-
icle the rise and fall of the 700
codes designed to guide the pro-
ducers of hog-nose-rings, gas
ranges, candlewick bedspreads
and a legion of other articles to-
ward prosperity.
Thousands upon thousands of
rules, regulations, handouts,
speeches, decisions and opinions
have been ground into fodder for
code histories which may or may
not be beacons for future expert
ments along similar lines. It is
expected that the task will be
completed by the end of the year.
The Washington times., 1936-05-27
STOCK FRAUD
|SCHARGED
T03HERE
Lawyer and 2 Others
Indicted Under SEC
Registration Law

Dan F. Reynolds. local attorney,
and two others were indicted by
the grand jury today under the
registration section of the Securi-
ties Act in connection with the
promotion of the Continental Dis
tillers and Importers Corporation.
The two indicted with him are
Harry E. Hanes, general manager
of the Standard Appraisal Com
pany of New York and Milton
Janis, salesman for a New York
brokerage firm.
Nearly score Of suits are now
pending in the local courts in
which persons who purchased
stock in the company are seeking
to recover the amounts they paid
because of alleged miSrepresenta-
ton on the part of the officers Of
the corporation. The indictment
is an outgrowth of the civil suits.
The men are specifically
charged with conspiring to mis-
represent the value of the distill-
ing plant equipment in a regis
tration statement filed with the
Federal Trade Commission on
December 20, 1888. The plant is
at Shrewsbury, Pa.
Taxi Driver Held
The grand jury indicted Carl
r. Loveridge, 29-year-old taxi op-
orator, for first degree murder in
connection with the Staying, on
May /, of Miss Jessie E. PoSey,
"a, Of 244 Ninth St. S. E.
A total Of so indictments were
reported by the grand jury, in
cluding the following:
Joy-riding-Claude Summers, Ch aries
Summers.
Observation-Disclosures Mason.
Housebreaking and Larceny-Leroy
Mason. Joun T. Kidd. Charles r. Sang
ster Darnell Kinnard, Nathan Strong,
Roger c. Hammond.
Grand Larceny-Freddie Washingto
Odell Leftwich.
Embezzlement and Grand Larceny
John Kowlos
Grand Larceny and Larceny after
Continued on Page 22, Col. y
The Washington times., 1936-05-27
WOMAN FOUND
IN POTOMAC
IDENTIFIED
Recently Came Here
From Home in
PhiIadeI phia

The body Of a well-dressed young
woman taken from the Potomac
opposite the Naval Radio Labora-
tories, Bellevue, D. c., yesterday
by police, was identified early to-
day as Evelyn Helvin, "a, of the
HOO block of Sixth st. N. w. She
recently came here from her home
in Philadelphia.
The woman was identified by
Mrs. George Carr, I'LL Sixth st.
N. W., friend.
Mrs. Carr read reports Of a
girls body having been found
and wandered about the city
until after midnight before going
to the District morgue.
After identifying the body, Mrs.
Carr told morgue officials she had
not seen Miss Helvin since early
Saturday morning at night club
near the Washington Hoover Air
port. At that time. Mrs. Carr
said, she appeared to be in good
spirits and was in the company of
a Navy Yard employe. Recently,
however, she had been despondent
after a quarrel with a Pullman
conductor who had been courting
her, according to Mrs. Carr.
Miss Helvin has brother, John
Helvin, living in Alexandria, Mrs.
Carr said.
Police yesterday dispelled a
theory the girl might have been
murdered. An examination did
not disclose any marks of vio-
lence
Nearly a hundred persons
viewed the body yesterday and
last night. So badly misshapen
were the woman's features that
Identification could be made only
by the blue silk dress, red belt,
white shoes and rings she was
wearing.
Police today were trying to To-
cate parents Of the dead woman
in Pennsylvania. Mrs. Carr told
police the girl had moved to the
Sixth Street address last week.