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District Manufactures.

The Chamber of Commerce has
been discussing means for extending
light manufacturing industries in
Washington, and the committee on
manufactures reports that "the COM
mittee again urges that the growth
and expansion Of the manufacturing
establishments now here should be
encouraged, and also that every proper
facility should be freely rendered every
legitimate manufacturing enterprise
Of nature which will not reduce the
standard of our citizenship seeking q
location in or adjacent to Washing
ton"
While it may not be easy to draw
a hard and fast line between eight
and "heavy" manufactures or to
define clearly the manufacturing en-.
terprise which would reduce our
standard of citizenship, the matter is
susceptible of liberal and common
sense Interpretation. The. nlanufac.
lures Of Washington are now Of the
light variety, and they are numerous
ana generally prosperous. IHey Will
no doubt grow as the section they
serve grows, and they should be able
to extend their market into new fields.
There is no opposition in the Dis.
trict to industry and very little to
manufactures which do not diminish
Washingtons attractiveness as resi-.
Dental city. Opposition is felt to-
ward "heavy" manufactures, which
involve the operation of smoke -produc.
ing and noise.making plants, but the
opposition is chiefly academic, because
it is improbable that these kinds of
manufacturing plants would seek
Washington. The industrial plants
which have grown UP here are mostly
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ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKlN

Q.-What Detroit automobile fac
tory has a brass band?-M. NJ.
A.-The Detroit Board Of Commerce
says that three Detroit automoblle
manufacturing plants-the Ford Mo-
tor Company, Dodge Brothers Com
pany and Studebaker Company-main !.
tain brass bands made up entirely OF
factory employees.
Q.-What is goosenesh and what
causes it?-B. M.
A.-Goosefiesh is the contraction of
tho little muscles, called arrector pa
pillae, which are found penetrating
! the bulbs in the skin at the base of
every hair on the human body. These
muscles are contracted in response to
nervous impulses from the "sympa :
thetic" nervous system. 1t has al
ways been thought that only exposure
to cold or nervous shock could cause
gooseflesh, but recent experiments
show that If a person plunges the
lower half OF the body suddenly INTO
pleasantly warm water goosefiesh
will appear.
Q.--Is 1t a universal custom for
architects to make a minimum charge
of per cent on any contracts, re-
gardless Of size?-M. 3. Med.
A.-The American Institute of
Architects schedule calls for 10 per
cent LOT small contracts anu per
cent for large contracts.
Q.-When were nails first used?-
M. NJ l..
A-There is no date in history
fixing the first use of nails. Up to a
century ago they were still exclu-
sively hand made, and even as late
this country for the nail maker with
his forge and anvil to come with the
carpenter to make the nails needed
in the erection of building. The
first Matchmaking machinery origi-
mated in Massa chusetts in 1910 to
make cut nails from steel or iron
plates. The use of cut nails is now
greatly reduced by the introduction
of machinery and wire nails. which
came into the United States from Ger
many in 1875. u was discovered
shortly after their introduction that
power This defect was overcome in
1882 by Ira Copeland of Whitman,
Mass. who conceived the idea of coat
ing them with vegetable gum, the re-
suit being TO give them even greater
holding power than cut nails.
Q-How many countries are men,
bers of the league of nations?-H. NJ.
A.-Fifty-two countries are mem
bers.
ON what town were the first
Seth Thomas clocks made?-L A.
! A-Seth Thomas clocks were manu-
| featured at Thomaston in Litchfield
| county, Conn. The town was built
up by Seth Thomas. who removed
| there in 1919 and established his
| business.
Q. Is the Cape-to-Cairo railway fin
| ished yeti. K
| A. The Cape-to-Cairo railroad, built
! from Capetown, Africa to connec,
| with the Egyptian railways, is prac-
! tically completed.
| O. Are there any of the original
! manuscripts of the New Testament in
! existence?-A. F.
| A. Not one still exists.
| Q. Why do SO rSany Jews wish tc
| go back to Palestine to die?-H. y.
| A. According to a passage of scrip
iturc-Joei. iii.1Z-the final judgm en-
| of the world will take place in the
Valley of Jehosaphat. This valley lie'
! between Jerusalem and the Mount oi
| Olives.
| @. Should a boy be forced to read
books he does not like. *. S.
! 4. If the joy of reading is not tc
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be lost forever TO the boy. he must
not be compelled to read. A Juvenile
reader needs to be led gently 70 an
understanding OF books in such q
they meant to Emily Dickinson. who
wrote: There is no frigate Sike a
pook to take US miles away, or any
courser like page of prancing
poetry. Such traverse may the poor
est take without oppress of toll: how
frugal is the chariot that hears the.
human soul"
Q. Is there anything that can be
quicksand?-D. S. n
A. To make il. possible to opeYate
IN quicksandS engineers arc accus-
TONED to CONCEAL the sands by forcing
into them brines and other LIQUIDS II
low temperatures.
Q. Is dollar bird" a slang name FIR
the American eagle?-H. {. L.
A. While the term may be used in
TINS sense in America, the dollar hird
Is an Australian roller, prevailing
blue and black in plumage. 1t is so
called from the large roundish spnt
of white on its wings shown in fight,
.. What were the huzzars "A ".
A. The word huzzar was first an-
pIied TO the light cavalry troops
raised by Matthias Coryinus in l45S
to fight against the Turks. The word
was derived from a Magyar word,
'husz," meaning twenty, the method
of selection being every twentieth
man in the community. The term
huzzar was adopted by regiment of
British cavalry in 1905, and has since
then been applied to certain bodies
OF Lght cavalry in many countries.
u. a - ~
orado minerals ever been made
T. E. VI.
A. Pueblo. Col. has such a collec-
tion.
Q. What sweetening was used be-
tore sugar was known?-A. O. L.
A. The ancients valued honey very
highly and used it in many OF the wsys
that sugar is now used.
Q. What was the original spelling OF
the word succotash?-C. G. Z.
A. The Puritan writers who frst
like beanes" spelled its Indian name
Sukquttahhash. Both the principle OF
the dish and its name are borrowed
from the native Indians.
Q. What English authors were born
in London?-J. H.
a. Bacon, Blake Broun. Bro~nings
Byron. Chaucer, Crashaw, Defoe, De
Morgan. Donne, Gaskeli, Gibbon, Gray,
Herrick. Hunt, Huxley. Jonson, Keats,
Lamb, Milton, More, Morris, Newman.
Pater, Pinero, Pope, Mrs. Radcliffe,
Rosetti, Ruskin, Shirley. Spencer, Swim
burne, Walpole, Zangwill.
@. How does the refraction of the
earth's atmosphere alter the apparent
position of the sun y. L. L.
A. The Naval Observatory says the
refraction due to the earth's atmos-
phere causes the sun TO appear slightly
| higher in the sky than its true position
| The maximum elevation, which occurs
when the sun is at the horizon, is about
equal to the suns apparent diameter.
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| bureau cannot Dire advice on Legal,
medical aud financial matters. IT
does not attempt to settle domestic
troubles, nor to undertake. erhduSttrc
! research on any subject. Write youT
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| t,oo cents In stamps for return post
| age and send yoltr query 10 The Star
| Information Bureau, Frederic
! Hcskin, Director, 1920 North CGpHo!
street,
Evening star., 1923-12-22
Santa Claus a Reality
Despite Old Scrooges

Old Marley has been deader than a
door nail a long time, and Old Scrooge
was reborn. but there are other
Scrooges in these later days. They
are the ones who think Christmas is
a nuisance and a bother and stick up
their noses because children are still
taught to believe in Santa Claus.
There is a Santa Claus. He Is in tho
faces of the mothers and fathers in
the streets these busy shopping days.
He is shining in the eyes or eager
children. He's a spirit If you will.
but he's a very tangible spirit and he
cannot be scoffed at nor denied.
AS long as little children are, SO
long will Santa Claus be. Even
Scrooge came to know there was q
Santa Claus. What's the use of being
cynical about Christmas? It doesn't
make you any happier-it makes you
unhappier. And IL you don't believe
there is a Santa Claus you do know
there ought to be one, SO why don't
you be one yourself.-Albany New
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BY THE MARaUIsE DE FoNrENoY.


Lord Wittenham. who is associatd
with the late Lord Grimthorpe's
brother, the Hon. Rupert Beckett, i'll
the purchase Of the London Morning
Post from the Countess of Bathurst,
formerly a partner Of the old family
hank of Beckett & CO.. of Leeds, was
for some years registrar OF the priyy
council and had put IN eighteen years
in the house of commons as George
Denison Faber, when raised to the
peerage, in 1918, as Lord Wittenham.
Extremely good looking, clever and
Of that eccentric Croesus, the late
Andrew Montagu of 1nghamthorpe,
that when the old fellow died it was
found that he had left him the bulk
of his great fortune of S4o.000.0oo,
with mere bequests to his brother
and to his nephews.
Montagu was a rabid tory, and dur
ing his lifetime loaned out enormous
sums, running into millions OF dol
lars, to conservative leaders and
statesmen. At his demise. which was
rather sudden, CONSERVATION prevail
ed for a time, owing to the belief that
his heirs would call for the repay
ment of all his outstanding money.
This would have resulted In the ruin
of many public men and would, con-
d
blow to the conservative party. Great
relief was, therefore, experienced
when IL was found that George Faber
was not only the chief heir, but also
the executor. as he was known to be
an enthusiastic tory and a particular
who, when premier, had secured for
him the office Of registrar of the privy
council.
Lord Wittenhan1, now a prominent
figure OF the turf. Is married to one
Of tho beautiful Grahames Of Bether-
by, one of his wife's sisters being the
Duchess Of Montrose, while among his
sisters-in-law are the lovely Lady
Cynthia Graham and Mrs. Hugh Ora
ham. who was Miss Jessie Lowe of
Savannah, Ga He comes from an old
Huguenot family which has been set
centuries and which has furnished
several distinguished converts to the
Roman Catholic Church, among them
Rev. Francis William Faber, the well
known poet. who, after his conver-
sion. founded the order OF the ora
in one Of the finest churches and
mona stries Of the British metropolis,
at South Kensington. On his mothers
side Lord Wfttenham is related to the
great Carolnal NeWHldIl. heL me duu
That he was associated with the late
Marquis Of Ripon as one of the prin-
cipal hackers of the Covent Garden
opera. Association, and be is an inti-
mate friend Of the Earl Balfour.
y X X
Under the narne Of Baron de
Broke" which savors of the comic
journals and of the farcical titles
given on the vaudeviils stage here
10 penniless alleged English mobiles
seeking the hand and fortune of an
American heiress. or a loan from
her male relatives, few will recog-
nize that popular sportsman and gall
liant soldier. Lord Wilioughby y,a de
teenth peer of his line, and who has
Just been gathered, to his long line
of fathers. For his barony was
created In 1tS1 by King Henry VII,
in favor of Sir Robert Willoghby. one
of the chief commanders of the vic
torious army at the battle of Bos-
worth, which gave the crown to that
monarch, and who still enjoys the
Evening star., 1923-12-22
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANpER JOHNSON.

Standing i'm Line.
Standing in line to pay taxes;
Standing in line to secure
The tag you must get
When your f1ivver you set
On the road for a pace that is sure.
Standing in line for a ticket
To get you a glimpse Of the show
OF joyous relief.
The pleasure is brief,
But the path to that pleasure is
slow.
Waiting from pay day to pay day;
Hoping for weather that's fine.
Fate somehow contrives
That lot of our lives
Must be made up Of standing in line.
Changes.
Politics isn't what it used to be-"
sighed the old timer.
"True," answered Senator Sorghum.
''Some Of the most startling interviews
get by without being denied next day."
Jud Tunkins says everybody thinks
he would be wonderfully good fell
low all the time if a lot of incon-
siderate people did not make it i'm
possible.
Evening star., 1923-12-22

If Henry Ford's Endorsement Of
President Coolidge was an effort to
avoid appearing overanxious on his
own account he may by this time be
suspecting that he rather overdid it.
Evening star., 1923-12-22

The term Christmas cheer" has en-.
couraged John Barleycorn unduly in
an ambition to take the spotlight away
from Santa Claus.
Evening star., 1923-12-22

In certain classes of politicians in
various parts of the world the PROPOSE
ton to reduce general taxation is re-
garded as almost unethical.
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Sovietists who desire to see "the
red flag floating over the White
House may have mistaken applause
for the Russian ballet for an indorse-
ment of Russian craftsmanship.
Evening star., 1923-12-22

Technical argument as to points of
faith fortunately offers no interference
with religious influence in matters Of
moral obligation.
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Laborers and farmers who desire to
enlist are discouraged by Obregon.
They can be more useful to their
country by laboring and farming.
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At first Secretary Melons idea of
reduction resulted only in a few ses-
sions Of the "It-Can't.Be-Done" Club.
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1 other State
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Motor Warnines.

Unto your speed. oh friend, give heed!
Taxation cannot stop
If every fiivver comes to need
A separate trafiic cop.
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Art Observation. .

MANY dancers do not use stockings
any more"
Excepting" rejoinsd Miss Cayenne,
ITO hang up on Christmas eve"
Evening star., 1923-12-22

"De best man doesn' allus win in an
election" said Uncle Eben. ANY mo-
dan at weddin'.''
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The Evening Star, with the Sunday morning
edition, is delivered by carriers within the
city at 60 cents per month; daily only. 10
cents per month; Sunday only, 70 cents per
month Orders may be sent by mail or tele-
phone Man 5000 Collection is made by car
rIers at the end Of each month.
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Q. What was the original spelling OF
the word succotash?-C. G. Z.
A. The Puritan writers who first
described this dish as being "seethed
like beanes" spelled its Indian name
Sukquttahhash. Both the principle OF
the dish and its name are borrowed
from the native Indians.
Evening star., 1923-12-22

If the present Congress breaks
down the budget as the last Congress
broke down the Harding budget"
then the Lincoln Journal, .Gndepend-
ent republican,, feels "the budget
system is very much of a farce. The
country cannot permit it to be that,
The budget system is the only means
Evening star., 1923-12-22

Q. What English authors were born
in London u. H.
a. Bacon. Blake, Broun. Browning.
Byron. Chaucer, Crashaw. Defoe, De
Morgan, Donne, Gaskeli, Gibbon, Gray,
Herrick. Hunt, Huxley. Jonson, Keats,
Lamb, Milton, More, Morris. Newman.
Pater, Pinero. Pope, Mrs Radcliffe,
Rosetti, Ruskin, Shirley. Spencer, Swim
burne, Walpole, Zangwill.
Evening star., 1923-12-22

Q. What sweetening was used be.
tore sugar was known?-A. o. l..
A. The ancients valued honey very
nlghiy and used it in many OF the ways
that sugar is now used
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@. Has a complete collection of Col.
orado minerals ever been made
T. E. VI.
A. Pueblo. Col. has such a collec-
ton
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Q. How does the refraction of the
earths atmosphere alter the apparent
position of the NJ. L. L.
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Q. Is dollar bird" a slang name ror
the American eagle?-H {. L.
A. While the term may be used +,
this sense in America, the dollar bird
is an Australian roller, prevailing
blue and black in pIunage 1t is 50
called from the large roundish SPOT.
OF white on its wings shown in fight,
Evening star., 1923-12-22

Q.--Is 1t a universal custom for
architects to make minimum charge
of per cent on any contracts, re-
gardless of siZe?-M y. Med.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-18
RAIL WORKERS MAY GET NEW INCREASE
tCOntinued from Page OneD

business men, have improved rapidly in point of efficiency during the past three months. Freight movement has been almost unprecedented. Some
 thing less than 1,S00,000 employees are doing this work, and there will In the face of growing labor short age the predicament the roads may face is readily seen.
 Clerks Active.
 Although other union officials deny that any concerted movement is just now under way for higher pay. and general boost seems not to be in i'm mediate prospect, the clerks are al ready completing negotiations to ask for return of rates of pay existent prior to July l, 1921. This would mean an increase of about 80,OO0. 900 over present rates to about 250. co men. A final meeting will be held here Thursday, at which definite de- mands will he drawn up. It is ex- pected that if the carriers refuse their demands, the case will go to the rail- road labor board forthwith.
 The clerks cailm their wages were cut 4S cents a day July l, 1921, and q cents a day July l, 1928. Recently the labor board granted a 2-cent-an- hour increase to lower paid classes of the union, but ignored the mass of the clerks.
 Four hundred thousand maintenance of way men will be the next railroad labor group to ask for an increase, 1t is believed. They were also recent ly granted cents more an hour by the board, following the wage cuts of last July As one of the most un- skilled classes of railroad labor, they will meanwhile probably be much in demand by the highway contractors and steel mills.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-18
5|TA[Y'S DICTATOR
 .FORC|BLY | J q $ FOUR OF CAb|NET I
Counter Revolutionary Coup Possibility With Consoli-
 dation of Opposition

ROME, April 17.-Benito Musso- lini, fascist dictator of Italy, faces his most critical political fight since he rode into the premiership at the head of hundreds of thousands of his black -shirted followers.
 Four members Of the Mussolini cabinet, adherents Of the populist party, handed :hei- -esignations to the premier Tuesday after he had, In effect, ordered them to relinquish their portfolios.
 The populists left their posts after Mussolini had taken them to task for publicly criticising the fascist administration. Ii is believed by many that the resignation of the populists may be the signal for members of that party, and other factions opposed to the dictatorship of the bourgeoise, to embark on counter-revolution coup.
 The cabinet ministers who quit un- der fire were members of the cabinet through the grace of Mussolini. Mus solini, after his coup of last fall, did the unexpected by inviting the four populists into his cabinet when near ly every observer believed he would give portfolios to none but fascist.
 o o o
 ReigBed as Autocrat.
 opponents or MOSSoAnl-pOpnllStS socialists, communists. and others charge that he has reigned like an autocrat during his incumbency. It has been charged that he censors the press and suspends all newspapers which dare criticise his government.
 The fascisti. these opponents de- clare. still treat unhumanely many . of those who do not agree with them. , The administration of castor oil as punishment for opposing the fascisti still goes on, political foes state. The break of the populists, the great Catholic party of Italy. came { at the convention of the organization held recently at Turin. Father Sur : 20, one of the leaders of the party, introduced a resolution condemning the fascist and declaring that hence forth the populists would refuse to support Mussolni. King Victory (Em- manuel attended this convention and made 8 brief address.
 O o o
 Asked Resignations.
 After the convention was over. Mussolini called the four populist
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-18
LANG URGES EARLY WORK FOR RELIGION
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music will aid visitors to enter into the spirit of the pictures. Montgomery Day.
 The Wednesday sessison of tho convention will be known as Mont gomery Day" and Governor W. w. Brandon, will be the principal speak CT at the morning session. The Gov ernor's Sunday school special train will arrive at 10 a. m. at the l.. X N. station and the chief executive and Mrs. Brandon. accompanied by number of Sunday scnool work CTS, and Montgomery delegates will be met by members of the reception committee and a march will be staged from the station 10 the con- Vention church.
 cooperative Sunday school Work State Asset" will be the, subject of Gofernor Brandon's address, while Dr. haSh $. Magill, general secre- tary or the International Sunday School council, will also speak at this session o1 the cUnN ention, using for his subject christian Education the Hope or CiVllization."
 o Q O Events Of Day.
 The program in full for the Wed nesday session is as follows:
 First Methodist church. Montgom- cry day. pr. George Lang, president, presiding.
 Governor and Mrs. W. W. Brandon and Montgomery delegates guests of honor.
 1o:So-Service of worship, Prof. H. Augustine Smith. Song by the Wom- ans college double sextet. Prayer, Dr. S. Il. Spragins.
 l1-Address, "Co- operative Sunday School Work a State Asset" Govern or Brandon.
 11;45-Address. Christian Educa- tion the Hope of Civilization" Dr. Hugh s. Magill
 12;3o1Benedict Dr. J. R. Hobbs.
 Wednesday afternoon, April IS, session No. ,, general, First Method isl church. pr. James $. Thomas, pre- siding.
 2-Seryice of worship, Prof. II. Au- gustine smith. Prayer, Rev. C. Il. Bolton.
 2;2o--Address. How to Make a Sunday School Grow," Dr. Robert M. Hopkins.
 2:5o-Address, "Convention Theme: Our responsibility for the Religious Education of the Childhood and Youth of Alabama" pr. James E. Dillard.
 S:2o-Address. The Sick Sunday School" Dr. George Stuart.
 3:5o-Address, The Need of Relig- ious Education in Alabama, Bishop William G. Mcdowell.
 1;20-Song by the Women's college double seXtet.
 4:30--Address, The Motive Power of Christian Education" Dr. Bob Jones.
 o-Benodiction, pr. oscar de Wolf Randolph. Adjourn to visit fine arts and publishers exhibits.
 a;45-Banquet hall, Sunday school building, First Methodist church Judge C. E. Thomas, toastmaster. Governor and Mrs. Brandon. speak CTS, and Montgomery delegates honor guests.
 Invocation, Dr. Guy E. Snavely.
 Song by the Womnan's college dou- ble seXtet
 Wednesday evening, April IS, ses- sion No. 6, general, pageant evening, .o0 people participating. Fine Arts
 ellsion,' Prof. II. Augustine Smith.
 .--,- ConSre gational singing ana h. mn study. Community sing Of the immortal hymns of the church.
 e.I5 - Stereopticon pictures with correlation of special singing, ana congregational hymns, organ music, ana spoked word. Famous art mas terpieces from the art galleries or Europe and America in original col ors. The life of Christ in un forget table pictures.
 s:45-Pageant Light of the World The Governors Sunday school spe- cial will be held till close of pageant.