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Evening star., 1923-10-13
Not Afraid of Spooks.

All the world will follow with in
terest the exploration of the tomb of
King Tutankhamen which Is to be
resumed by the Psychologist, Howard
Carter, who left London yesterday to
take up the work abandoned upon the
death of Earl Carnarvon. In the
lonely Valley of the Kings. near
Luxor, the Pharaoh'ss tomb has re-
manned sealed since then, Stunned by
the superstitious who credited the
legend that disaster would overtake
the despoiler of the dead monarch's
resting place, and found confirmation
Of it in the mysterious fever which
carried off the British explorer.
But the hardy and matter-of-fact
American pooh-poohs the legend and
the supposed threatened danger. ut
is too much to ask me to believe that
some spook is keeping watch and
ward over the dead Pharaoh, ready to
wreak vengeance on any one who goes
too near" says Carter. He intends
to unseal the sarcophagus and ex-
anime the body in the interest Of
science and history, but when this is
done he will let the body remain as
it has lain through all the centuries.
Suppose and suppose again that he
should come down with an attack OF
something? What a to-do will be
made by the psychics and the legend
mongers. Even the skeptics may then
sit up and take notice. with the
gooseflesh breaking out all over.
Evening star., 1923-10-13
by predecessors of Gen. Stephan as

by predecessors of Gen. Stephan as
commanding general, and number
of plans have been drawn.
Such a structure, which would be
designated as a memorial Tor the SOL
diers and sailors of the city who lost
their lives during the wars Of the
United States, is strongly urged by
Gen. Anton Stephan, who has sent let.
ters to the heads of civic and patriotic
bodies to name two members each for
joint committee to discuss ways and
means for obtaining the armory.
In the old days of the District militia
several of the organizations, notably
the Washington Light Infantry and
the National Rifles, erected large and
handsome armories which were the
property of the organizations, but
since the liberalization of the National
Guard the troops have been housed in
rented buildings generally ill-adapted
to military purposes. With the de-
mands made upon the National Guard
by the War Department, and with the
great demand that may be made upon
it by the nation at any time, it is en-
titled to proper quarters.
Evening star., 1923-10-13
Budget Bureau Hearings.

The community realizes the impor
tance of the task in which the Com
missioners and school officials are en-
gagged in the hearings before the
budget bureau. The task is not, how
ever, one in respect to which these
officials must feel in advance the dis
couragement of certain defeat. The
only doubt should be as to the degree
of their success.
For the declared purpose of the
tentative figure of budget allotment to
the District is not to fix arbitrarily and
unchangeably an amount which may
not in view of the relation of national
revenue to national needs be substan.
TALLY exceeded. On the contrary, it is
an amount which by budget bureau
investigation is Thought roughly to
approximate as a minimum these Dis
trict needs. and the purpose in naming
this amount is not to set up an i'm
movable obstacle TO District progress,
but to compel disclosure by the Dis.
trict of it's really vital needs and Of
the relative Importance and urgency
of these needs in order that expendi-
ture of the Districts money may ac-
complish a maximum of wholesome
result. The tentative allotment is
pictured by the bureau not as a pro-
hibition, but as test.
The Commissioners are thus re-
heved from the encouragement which
weakens those who feel that they at
tempt the impossible. since they are
assured that if they demonstrate vital
urgent needs either Of municipal main
tenance or development they will gain
for the Capital the necessary enlarge
ment of the estimates.
Since the budget bureau intends to
do justice and since justice demands
substantial advances in the provision
for such municipal needs as those of
schools, streets, sewers, police and fire
forces, public library, Fairgrounds,
etc, ETC., the Districts representatives
may well fight with vigor and con-
fdence. The community will follow
their struggle to promote the National
Capitals welfare with interest and
concern.
Evening star., 1923-10-13
0klahoma's Legislature.

Oklahoma, having run close to
tragedy in the row between the gov
ernor and the legislature on the Ku
Klux Klan issue, is now providing
comedy for the entertainment of the
country. The legislature. held by the
governor for a time from session,
when it was bent upon meeting to i'm
peach him, has finally assembled, af-
ter a referendum vote held under au-
thority of a court decision, and when
it got into session it started out to
establish the foundation for i'm
parchment proceeding. But almost as
soon as the gavel fell In the lower
branch troubles developed between
members. Charges of misconduct be-
gan to fly about. Hints at corruption
were dropped in broad terms. There
were accusations of bartering in par
dons, grating on road contracts, col
lection of commissions and taking toll
from payments for state printing. And
the remarkable fact is that, according
10 one Of the reports of the proceed
ings, not one of the representatives
resented the allegations Of official
Evening star., 1923-10-13

complete statehood. Turkey Is for
the first time in the modern era a
compact state. What will Turkey do
with it's freedom? Whether Turkey
will become pauper state or whether
1t will earn a strong position in the
world depends upon the statesman
ship of Angora-"
"The dead on Gallipoli must have
stirred at the salute to the crescent,
and the bones of the brave must have
moved as the propellors of departing
entente warships churned over them
over Kun Kali" asserts the Rich
mond News-Leader, which, also COM
menting on the existing treaty status
of the Dardanelles. insists "if the
Turks wait until their old enemy is
occupied elsewhere they can seize the
straits again and close the narrows.
This will not happen tomorrow, or
next month, or next year, but 1t will
come. The roadway of races, the an
cient battle-ground of continents. the
most strategic stretch of water in the
whole world, the blue thread the fates
spun on and on through the war,
W
gle in 1916 had they cut the thread
the Dardanelles-are to revert to the
people to whom the allies swore they
never would be returned. That the
deposed Sultan Mohammed vi also
may prove a menace to the new Tur-
key, although living quietly at San
Reno at the present time. is pointed
out by the Salt Lake City Deseret
News, which feels movement to re-
store him will not long be delayed.
"The trouble with the edans
Is their explosive nature" the News
continues. They have the qualifica-
tions and ability to create an upris-
ing overnight. Hostile propaganda
among them is carried on in secret.
Those who know the Mohammedans
best have no restful assurances about
their peaceful nature" Inasmuch as
1t has been the foreigner" who has
been the backbone of Turkish trade
in the past the Cincinnati Enquirer
feels the future must be one of un-
certainty unless Kemal Pasha can
conciliate the progressive element,
while the Cleveland Plain Dealer won-
ders what action will be taken, should
the United States retain its destroy
ers in Turkish waAers in the face of
the demand that thSy leave there for
good.
Evening star., 1923-10-13
Death on Train Takes Head
Of Pierrepont Family Branch

come Earl of Bristol. and from whom
she had never obtained any divorce.
She was. therefore, convicted OF
bigamy by her peers and, IN conse-
ouence thereof, was divested of the
title and style of Duchess of King
ston This had the effect Of reducing
her to the status OF the Countess OF
Bristol.
The penalty for bigamy in those
days was death. But as Countess Of
Bristol the fascinating Elizabeth was
able to plead the privilege of peer
age. and escaped all punishment pc
yond the payment of the fees OF the
trial and certain fines. This she was
well able to afford For while her
conviction of bigamy cost her her
straw wberry -Ieaved coronet of duchess,
it left her in the possession OF the
great fortune of the duke, whose Will
was judicially upheld. while Philip
Meadows and his wife, Lady Frances,
who We're responsible for the various
suits against her, found themselves
completely ruined.
X X X
The ex-ducheSs retired to the cor
tinent, and after having, during her eN-
traordinary career. played role in
the lives of Frederick the Great, Of
Voltaire, of King Augustus Of SaXony
and of other great personages of her
time she died at the chateau of ST.
Assize. near Fontainebleau, when it
was found that, perhaps by reason of
compunction, she had left the fortune
which she had inherited from the
Duke of Kingston to one of the lat
ter's nephews; that is to say, to the
son of Philip Meadows and of Lady
Frances Pierrepont, who had deprived
her of her title of duchess and whom
she. in turn. had ruined.
Charles Meadows. the nephew in
question, on coming into the posses
sion of all the property of his
mothers brother. the last Duke of
Kingston, secured permission OF the
crown to assume the patronymic and
the arms Of the Pierrepont family,
and was finally raised to the peerage,
stirst as Lord Pierrepont of Holme
Pierrepont. then as ViScount Newark
and finally as the Earl of Manvers, so
that the present Lord Manvers, chief
of the English Pierreponts. merely
represents the family in the female
line and through distaff descent,
whereas the Pierreponts of Brooklyn.
including Robert Stuyvesant Pierre
pont and Robert Low Pierrepont, and
Seth Low Pierrepont, that is to say.
the American born Pierreponts are
the only ones to represent this an
cient Anglo-Norman family in the di-
rect and senior male line.
Evening star., 1923-10-13

says that in 1922 "a per cent was
thus taken. In the same year. Eu-
rope supplied practically 80 per cent
of our imports.
Q. Who made a bequest lately for
home for vaudeville artists N.
A. Percy C. Williams. a vaudeville
producer who died recently, provided
in his will that the bulk of his for
tune or more than S5.000.000 should
be used TO endow and maintain "a
home for those who through age,
poverty or infrmity have been
crowded out of the profession"
Q. Where should 1 write In regard
to entrance requirements for nurses
of the United States Army?-C. X.
| A. For detailed information rela-
tive to the entrance requirements for
nurses Of the United States Army,
you should write to the Army Nurse
| Corps, surgeon generals Office, Wash
ington, d. c.; for the Navy. Navy
Nurse Corps, Navy Department,
/ Washington, D. c.
Q. From what source did the Lii
brary Of Congress receive the original
manuscript of Lincoln's Gettysburg
| address?-W A.
| A. Mr.. Clarence Hay and his sisters
gave the original manuscript to the
library. 1t Is evident that one sheet
! was written at the White House and
the other one at Gettysburg. The
donors are children of the late John
Hay, secretary TO President Lincoln.
Q. What is the largest pigeon farm
in the United States?-F. L.
A. The largest pigeon farm in the
United States is the King Pigeon
farm at Hayward, Calf. On it there
are $4,000 pigeons.
Q. Please give me the age OF Henry
Ford's son and the date of his mar
riage?-A. a. q.
4. Edsel Ford Is thirty-one years
old. He was married November l.
1916, to Miss Eleanor Clay a niece
Of the late Joseph L. Hudson, dry
goods merchant of Detroit. The we'd
ding was at the home of the bride
and was quiet family affair.
Q. What is march past?-M. S.
A. This is a coined word used by
English officers III lieu of our word
review"
Q. Who was the Bible character
Gamaliel?-G. r.
A. There Were two Bible characters
by this name The better known was
Gamaliel, son of Simeon He has
been called a prince of peace. A
member OF the Sanhedrin, the Jewish
council he was a righteous Judge,
saving the apostles from condemna~
tion for preaching the word of Christ
when all the people cried out Tor
their death.
Q. Should strong tea be made ly
letting it steep longer than weak tea9
R. J. McC.
A Tea should never stand for moro
than three minutes after the freshly
boiled water has been poured over
the leaves. Regulate its strength by
the amount of tea-leaves used. In
three minutes or less the leaves give
up all their flavor, aroma and caf-
fein. After three minutes the leaves
begin to give up their tannin.
Q. Is it true that some oriental
rugs or carpets have been used over
100 years?-J. W. 2.
a. Carpets are still in use in some
of the palaces OF Persia which are
said to have been constantly used
since the end Of the sixteenth
century.
Of you hare Il question you trdnt
alStrered, send Il 10 The Star In
formation Bureau. Frederic j. Has
Kin. director, 1920 North CGpitO!
street. IncloSe , cents in stamps
for return postGGe)
Evening star., 1923-10-13
Saving the Presidents Strength.

c. Bascom Slemp, secretary to
President Coolidge, in his capacity of
buffer between the President and the
public. is finding his new plan of con-
serving the Presidents time and
strength working successfully. He
limits the time given to the reception
of official and unofficial callers to two
and one-half hours of the forenoon,
thus leaving the remainder of the
working day uncrowded, SO that the
Chief Executive may dispose of off
cial business more leisurely.
1t is a wise policy, as is any plan
which tends to take the strain off the
executive officer of the greatest going
concern in the world, the government
Of the United States. 1t has frequent
ly been said that the presidency is al
most too great a job for one man to
fill, and President Harding was quoted
as finding considerable truth in that
statement.
Since President Harding's death the
public has been deeply interested in
discussion of this subject, although
there has been no indication of a let
up in pressure from individuals for
interviews with the President until
Secretary Slemp began to put up the
bars. Secretary Slemp's plan is un-
derstoOd not to contemplate isolation
of the President from the public, but
encouragement of unnecessary callers
and more judicious grouping of the
hours in which they are to be re-
ceived.
The people do not desire that their
public officials shall be penalized in
health and their lives shortened in the
service they render the country. More
power to Mr.. Slemp, and may he find
still other means to keep the head of
the government fit and fine.
Evening star., 1923-10-13
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN

| Q. Are there any schools where
sewing or millinery is taught free of
charge in evening classes?-F. R. z.
| A. The Mckinley Manual Training
| School teaches sewing and millinery
on Monday, Wednesday and Friday
| evenings from 1880 to $50. If appli-
| cations sufficient to warrant it are
received, a class will be formed at
Wilson Normal, meeting Tuesday and
Thursday evenings.
@. Is Providence Hospital a cor
poration or is it owned by church,
L. e.
| A. Providence Hospital of this city
Is owned by the Daughters of Charity,
| attached to the Catholic Church at
Emmftsburg, Md. 1t is incorporated.
Q. What was the cost of building
the Navy dirigible ZR-1?-W. ]. NJ.
| A. The Navy Department says the
| cost of the ZR-1 has not yet been
\ finally determined. However, its cost
| has been approximated at $2,0OO,000.
ZR-1 means Zeppelin Rigid No. l,
| and this airship has now been chris
| tened the Shenandoah.
| Q. Can twenty acres of lumber be
| worked proftably for the production
| of turpentine and resin?-J. r. *.
| A. The forest service says that
/ twenty acres cannot be worked with
profit, but that sometimes such d
small plot is worked for the pro-
duction of crude turpentine and this
; is sold to some larger operator for
refining.
| Q. Is 1t correct to say, HE. differs
with her. or differs from her"?--
A. In the sentence. HE differs with
her." the thought expressed is a diff
ference OF opinion. The sentence,
He differs from her" conveys the
idea of physical or mental dissimi-
| larity.
Q. How long did it take to revise
the Old Testament?-M. H. c.
! A. The revision of the Old Testa-
ment was accomplished in 1872 days,
and was completed June 20, 1881.
The revision of the New Testament
was a more exhaustive task, requir-
| ing 407 meetings. which lasted over
| d period of ten years. The new
version was completed and presented
to the convocation on May II, 1881.
@. Is 1t true that the daughters of
the late car slept on camp beds
| l. c.
A. Nine. Debn says that this
/ CuSIOIn was ODSSENcu ny I4lC ION
grand duchesses. 1t dates back to
the reign of Alexander l, who de-
creed that the daughters of the en-
peror were not to sleep on more
comfortable beds until they married.
O. How is the new disease "tul-
aremia" transmitted?-R. S.
A DIR. Edward Francis says that
this is transmitted from rodents to
| men by the bite of an infected blood
sucking insect or by the handling and
dissection. of infected rodents by
marketmen or laboratory workers.
Q. How long does 1t take to send
| a letter to South Africa?-P. NJ. H.
A. The Post Office Department says
| that the average transit time of
mails from New York to Cape Town
/ is twenty seven days.
@. What is the largest club in
point of membership i'll Ireland?-
NJ. T.
A The Royal Irish Automobile
/ Club, 81 Dawson street, Dublin, re-
ports d membership, 1922, OF 1,40O.
! Q. What percentage of our exports
! is taken by Europe?-J. ].
] A. w. H. Booth, president of the
International Chamber of Commerce,
Evening star., 1923-10-13
A National Guard Armory

Need for an armory for the District
National Guard is to be pressed upon
the attention of the next Congress by
the commanding general. The neces-
sity for an armory adequately ap-
pointed and equipped is admitted by all.
The argument has been gone over
many times during the past fifteen or
twenty years and no opposition has
developed. 1t is a case with but one
side. Congress has taken no affirma-
tive action only because it has never
become sufficiently interested in the
matter. The proposal has been urged
Evening star., 1923-10-13
Abiding Faith.

From the Saturday Evening Post.
We live best by faith, dear brethren,
not what we call knowledge. We are
frequently with the
facts we assemble. l suppose this is
the reason why We have never yet
been permitted to lay our hands for
sure upon the mystery of truth and
everlasting life. Go ahead with your
diggings and your discoveries. You
cannot reach beyond the Short-wind-
ed powers of mortal men to know
Evening star., 1923-10-13
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

A Slogan Silenced.
Now, sing as you may a lugubrious
lay
OF an outlook that's dreary or dire
November draws near and the year
drifts away
Into scenes we are bound to admire.
We Danish all grief as we tear a new
leaf
From the calendar brightly arrayed.
'Mongst various sorrows, we're
through with the chief,
Which was ninety degrees in the
shade"
The fears that arise under far distant
skies
Are mirrored in skies of our own.
A rumor of wintry discomfort now
flies,
Pronounced in a terrible tone.
But this one little thought with great
comfort is fraught
When by threats that are grim
we're dismayed-
The temperature has no chance to be
caught
Around ninety degrees in the shade.
Evening star., 1923-10-13

Communism as it now asserts itself
culated to make the conservative citi-
zen long for the old-fashioned parlor
socialist.
Evening star., 1923-10-13

If the oil discoveries in Lower Cali
fornia hold out the rush for the Pacific
coast may recall stories of the days
of '49. The old romance, however,
will be gone. The fiivver cannot COM
pete in picturesqueness with the
prairie schooner.
Evening star., 1923-10-13
Wonders of the Radio.

From the Chicago News.
Many American families are eating
dinner to the best musie i'll the land,
picking 1t up from Chicago or Pitts
burs-h or Schenectady or elSewh ere.
This is real luxury Whososver
hath ear let him hear by wireless
Evening star., 1923-10-13

The innocent bystander again gets
the worst of it. Autos are killing
harmless toads in great numbers,
while noxious mosquitoes frolic around
the headlights.
Evening star., 1923-10-13
Colorado'S Foresight.

From the Chicago News.
Those 100000 tourists who visited
Colorado and left S45.00o.o0o behind
this season demonstrated Colorado $
foresight in filling its waste places
with picturesque mountains.
Evening star., 1923-10-13

The Shenandoah was christened
with water, champagne having been
long since dispensed with for such
ceremonials. The giant of the air sets
an example not only in morals but in
governmental economy.
Evening star., 1923-10-13
In a Few Words.

1t is the day of the feeting
vision. Concentration. thoroughness,
the. quiet reflection that ripens the
judgment, are more difficult than
ever. SECRETARY HUGHES.
If Henry Ford gets the democratic
or republican nomination for Presi-
dent he will be elected.
SENATOR COUZENS.
All social and political fabrics
must in the last resort rest upon
faith. H. q. WELLS.
I have been a candidate for Presi-
dent five times and have been in Jail
to be a presidential candidate next
time. EUGENE V. DEBS.
To some persons drinking Is mere
fore, If the oPPort9nitiss lies are redueed
ISRAEL ZANGWILL-
It is a curious and melancholy fact
that the result of the thinking of the
small minority who continue to think
is to help the large majority to do
without thinking.
-ELIZABETH r. PENNELL.
1t must never be forgotten that all
human activity rests on improved and
unprovable assumptions.
well remember when a book was
q luxury. I have lived to see the day
when 1t rarely escapes being a
THOMAS :. MARsHALI4
Evening star., 1923-10-13

Chicago reports that the largest
business done by dry goods houses is
in hosiery. Fashions long-skirt de-
cree has evidently not prevented the
fiapper from providing for rainy day
Evening star., 1923-10-13

Most of the communications Poin-
care has to make to Germany resolve
themselves into the simple formula,
please remit"
Evening star., 1923-10-13

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled
TO the for republication of all news dis
patches credited to 1t or not otherwise credited
10 this paper and also the local news pub
iished herein. All rights of publication OF
special dispatches herein also reserved.
Evening star., 1923-10-13

Statesmen who are protesting
against the printing of menu in
French might start with the elimina-
ton of the word menu"
Evening star., 1923-10-13

The boil weevil, having destroyed
nearly quarter Of the cotton crop,
calmly asserts itself as still another
problem for the farmer statesman to
struggle with.
Evening star., 1923-10-13

No German philosopher available to
Stresemann has given him reliable in
formation on chow to be happy though
dictator"
Evening star., 1923-10-13

Every time Berlin official attempts
a decisive move he sees handwriting
on the wall which looks like safety
first signal.
Evening star., 1923-10-13

The popularity of Mussolini in Italy
is not fully reflected in all parts of
Europe. 1t is frequently thus with a
favorite son.
Evening star., 1923-10-13
Just an Empty Word.

From the San Francisco Chronicle.
Dictionaries are funny. Ours de=
fines the mark as q kind Of money!
Evening star., 1923-10-13

The Evening Star, with the Sunday morning
edition, is delivered by carriers within the city
at go cents per month; daily only. 40 cents per
ders may be sent by mail or telephone Main
5000. Collection Is made BY carriers at the
End of each month.
Evening star., 1923-10-13
Fully Informed.

Does your husband tell you what
he does with his money!"
'He doesn't have to tell me-" re-.
Piled the woman with weary express
sion- He reads and talks about moth
ing but horse races
Evening star., 1923-10-13

''An expert knocker.'' said Uncle
Eben, kin sympathize in way dat
simply calls attention TO de fact dat
somebody is in hard luck ana 1t serves
him right
Evening star., 1923-10-13
Entanglements.

Entanglements.
Give man rope enough and he
will hang himself remarked the
ready-made philosopher.
"True," replied Senator Sorghum,
''and in political life the same result
may often be accomplished by giving
him plenty of red tape to play with"
Jud Tunkins says man who talks
about himself gets as tiresome as a
phonograph with only. one record.
Not to the Ult. Consumer.
Inventors so in deeper
And they undertake anew
To make production cheaper
But somehow they never do.