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Evening star., 1924-12-20

.. Were two rivers ever known 70
| now in cna channel?-M C. V.
"A. At khartum. the capital of the
iAnglo-Egyptian Sudan the two Niles,
the White and the Blue, meet. Tho
water OF the one river Is of a green
ish-gray color; that of the other is
cIear and blue, except when in food,
| when IT gains a chocolate brown
from Its alluvial burden.
| ~: W mat Is the technical name for
eating clay or dirt?-J. NJ.
| a. Ine practice of eating some kind
| OF earthly matter, such as clay or
| chalk is known as geogphagy or geo
phagism.
Q. What is the mathematical name
for a solid the shape of dougbnut,
| that is described by circle rotating
| ABOUT q straight line in its own
! plane?-P. I. d,
A Such a solid is called tore.
Q. In what countries was HaIIey.s
comet visible the last time it was
| seen?-H. D. S.
A The Naval Observatory says Hal
! ley's comet was visible in 1910 in ali
| parts OF the earth
Q. Are both alligators and croco-
| dies found in the United States?-
S. B.
A. There are only two species of al
| ngator, one OF which Is found in
f!orlda and other parts of the South
There are several species of crocodile,
one OF which is also found in Florida.
O. Where was the first Methodist
| church established IN this country
Z. p.
A. Immigrants from Ireland ana
England brought Methodism 10 tho
| United States. One group, headed BY
Philip Embury, formed what was
called the first Methodist Society in
America in New York in 1855 About
the same time Robert StrawbrIdge
! began to preach and form societies in
frederick County, Md. Some claim
the Maryland beginning was prior to
that OF New York. The matter is in
controversy.
| q. What States besides Louisiana
are divided into parishes ?-L L.
A. Ihere are no other States IN
| which the political divisions are
known as parishes.
| @. Do birds which go South for tho
Winter raise brood of young chill
| dren while there?-D. B. s.
A The Biological Survey says that
| as a general rule birds do not raise
young while in the South during the
| winter. Most birds breed during the
summer Some species raise more
than one brood during this time
Q. At what age do children usually
| graduate from high Schools NJ
A. The average age of high school
| graduates is IS years
! Q. What State in the Union IS tho
| windiest?-G. w
| A. The Weather Bureau saws that
| this has never been accurately deter
! mined, and II Is probably Impossible
| to make positive statement How
| ever. 1t Is quite probable that Okla
| homar as a whole, is the windiest
| State IN the Union. This is due to the
! fact that the winds are rather con-
stant at moderately high velocities
| during the entire year in this State:
! In many other sections the wind NAV
| at times average higher than Okla
| homa, nevertheless. they are not so
| constant or cover so completely the
| entire State.
(RGre you question you t0dnt ar
stCeTedP Send it to The StGr Tufor,pn-
| tto'' bureau, Frederic j. Hasktn, direc-
Tor, Ttcentp-frst and G streets north
Eest The only charge for this service
IS cents IN stamps tor return postuoe1
Evening star., 1924-12-20
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

have a proper scorn for that old
dtctum that "beggars must not be
choosers."
Better a beggar for friendship
than desecrator of that sacred thing.
X X *
You retire, after a lonesome day,
10 your hall bedroom and there com
pose poem in the manner of Rabin-
dranath Tagore as follows:
am watf on the streets of life.
All that / have and love Is waiting
for me In another land. My parents
and my friends, my sweet dream of
love, all are waiting for me in an
other land.
We were together, in sunshine and
shadow, hearing each others laughter
and frowning each others frowns II
was not my fault that they went
away or that l went away. Life is
too much for us, sometimes.
We did not desire to part, ] from
them or they from me- yet are we
parted and | am homeless. Friends /
have, and the sound of their laughter
In remembrance, is sweet in my ears
their pleasant smiles gladness in my
eyes.
Yet in the twilight stretches be-
tween remembering and forgetting, !
dream OF the friends L have not, /
hear the sounds of their laughter
their pleasant smiles l see
Oh, land afar and dream so near
who Will bring you together? Shall
| not journey at last to that other
land where wait my parents and my
friends and my sweet dream of love
Shall ] be Wajf on the streets Of
life forever?
Evening star., 1924-12-20
Speed Bouleyards and Pedestrians,

The proposal of certain traffic
boulevards for Washington along
which vehicles might be sped at a
higher rate of speed than is now per-
mitted in the city raises the question
OF pedestrian safety, which is quite
as important as that of moving the
traffic. If motor cars are to be al.
lowed to sDeed-the rate Of 35 miles
On hour Is mentioned as the possible
hlnaximum-along these thoroughfares,
Evening star., 1924-12-20
Big Influence.

DO you regard woman as q power
in politics?"
Decidedly" answered Senator Sor-
ghum. "A man used to vote by him.
self, but when q woman makes up her
mind, she's likely to carry the whole
family with her.
Evening star., 1924-12-20
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
The Successful Farmer.

The Successful Farmer.
The Farmer says, II long to be
So prosperous and gay and free
That wealth will roll along SO fast
III have a bank account at last.
With cash secure at my command,
In some big city I would land
To revel in its mystic charm
And never more attempt to farm"
Evening star., 1924-12-20

European comment suggests that
this country has no leadership. A
closer analysis Of the bloc develop
ment reveals the fact that we have
more leaders than we know what to
do with.
Evening star., 1924-12-20

Death has claimed many eminent
leaders in the thought Of this republic
The task Of separating the responsible
personalities from the lounge lizards
is now before the people.
Evening star., 1924-12-20

The recent election left President
Coolidge in a position to indicate TO
Congress that the man with a veto has
a considerable share in popular con-
fidence.
Evening star., 1924-12-20

Members of the Senate and the
House of Representatives, in contem-
plating possibilities Of highly proper
salary increase, frankly admit that
there Is no Santa Claus.
Evening star., 1924-12-20

An operate season must develop a
wonderful amount of harmony to
make up for the preliminary discord
in the business arrangements.
Evening star., 1924-12-20
Futility of the Hour.

From the Portland 0regonian.
Our idea OF a futility Is a conyen-
tion of grand dukes called to debate
ways and means for getting royalty
back on the throne.
Evening star., 1924-12-20

So much urgent business is in wait
ing that 50 far as Congress is con.
cerned the salutation. Happy New
Year" Is an empty formality.
Evening star., 1924-12-20

If there is to be another war the ex-
periments Of the rum runner in de-
veloping the smoke screen may be
worth studying.
Evening star., 1924-12-20

ing to figure a way out of my con-
tract"
And he walked off leaving the ex-
ecutive painting for wind.
Bud meets all comers and fights at
about the lightweight limit. He never
takes q backward step.
copyright. 1921
Evening star., 1924-12-20
Not Much to Mix.

From the Houston Post Dispatch.
And then, again, you notice occa-
sional1y that the man who never
mikes his religion with his politfcs''
never mixes It with anything else.
Evening star., 1924-12-20

A nation is not in any great danger
Of political disturbance so long as 1t
takes its crossword puzzles as seri-
ously as we do.
Evening star., 1924-12-20
Rate by Mail-Payable In Advance.
All Other States.
Member oy the Associated Press.

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled
TO the use for republication Of all news DIS.
patches credited to 1t or net otherwise credited
II this paper and also the local news pup
Hshed herein. All rights Of publication OF
special dispatches herein are also reserved.
Evening star., 1924-12-20

Sam Gompers will leave footprints
on the sands OF time" His restraining
influence on radicalism will be felt for
long time to come.
Evening star., 1924-12-20

Ibanez is a novelist rather than a
statesman. His politics, however, Is
an undoubted asset, If intelligently
utilized by his publishers.
Evening star., 1924-12-20

Party lines have been confused to
such a degree that a voter, like some
other things, is hard to judge merely
by the label.
Evening star., 1924-12-20
Washington Hospital
Rates Are Questioned
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor OF The Star:
Following the query Of H Y. Dav-
kins in the issue of The Star OF Ian
uary 6, as to why rooms in Washing
ton hospitals cost around $40 per day
would like to say that member of
my family was recently confned :,
first-class hospital of a Middle West
ern city. She received a very good
room, with board and nurses care
for $3.50 per day. "
Why should there be such q differ
ence? P. w. MASON.
Evening star., 1924-12-20
Rather Pleased. .

Did you shed tears when you first
heard there wasn't any Santa CLAUSE"
mot tear" answered Miss Cay
enne. "I was rather pleased to have
my parents admit that they couldn't
fool me any longer
Evening star., 1924-12-20

Russia has demonstrated that $50
vietism" can cover a multitude Of gov
ernmental systems.
Evening star., 1924-12-20
Messenger OF sympathy and .oye,
servant Of parted friends,
Consoler Of the lonely,
Bond Of the scattered family.
EnlnrRe- OF the .,nT,r.Inr, Iifn

Those beautiful words, by Or,
Charles W. Eliot, greet the lonely
one from the southwest corner of the
Washington city post Office building.
Surely the post office becomes a
veritable temple Of friendship and
consolation TO the strangers, includ-
ing all those who feel keenIy the
loneliness OF city life.
Through its gates come the letters
from home.
Letters from home!
AS long as the lonely get their let
ters from home, they find their lone
illness bearable. Distance lends en-
hantment-absence makes the heart
grow fonder
Those who, at home, we thought
not much of, or maybe despised. have
become angels of light, in our imae-
nation, senders of beautiful news OF
home things.
The great daily gives us the news
of the day, but we want to hear about
the calf gotten by the old red COW,
and whether anything has been done
about repaving Main street and what
became Of that Sally girl who was no
better than she ought
IL Is Inspiring to learn that Sister
Susie had a bad cold, but is now re-
covering. 1t is enthralling to hear
thal Ma" looks fine in her new black
silk dress.
Ihis Is better news than the open
ing OF Congress. or the Presidents
message, by gum,
X X X X
There is the loneliness OF the
boarding house, the Ion eliness Of the
restaurant, the loneliness of the
street, the loneliness of the theater.
In all these situations one needs
the consolation OF hope, the inspira-
tlon Of patience, the backbone Of
courage.
There is solace in the thought that
otners are lonely, too, and that COM
radeship will be found presentIv fror,
their ranks.
Time heals all things-even loneli-
ness.
Evening star., 1924-12-20
Individualisn.

] care not for the problems great
Which so disturb affairs OF state.
My present apprehension is
That the old water pipe is friz!
Evening star., 1924-12-20
No Gernophilc.

They say, BE kind to animals" I
shall
Attempt to do my bit.
But IL the Grip Germ is an animal,
Here's Where Quit!
Jud Tunkins says you can't Judge a
mans influence by the amount of
noise he makes. The worse a mans
voice is the louder he seems able to
sing.
Evening star., 1924-12-20

The Evening Star, with the Sunday mornins
edition, is delivered by carriers within the
city at so cents per month; DAILY ony' ~, =.
month. Orders may be sent BY mail or tele
phone Main 5000. Collection is made py cur
tiers at the end Of each month.
Evening star., 1924-12-20

Our reason foh de high cost of
livin'." said Uncle Eben. sis dat dar's
too many banjo players and not
enough farm hands"
Evening star., 1924-12-20
The Evening Star Newspaper Company

Business once, l1th st. and Pennsylvania AYe
New York ONCE: ll0 East 42nd st.
Chicago once Tower Building:
European ONCE: 16 Regent st.. London, england
Evening star., 1924-12-20

-. What is the mathematical name
for solid the shape of a doughnut,
that is described by circle rotating
about straight line in its own
plane?-P. T. d.
A. Such a solid is CALLED q. tnrs
Evening star., 1924-12-20

Q. Are both aIligators and croco-
diles found in the United States?-
S. B.
A. There are only two species OF al
ligator, one OF which is found in
Florida and other parts of the South.
There are several species of crocodile,
one OF which is also found in Florida
Evening star., 1924-12-20

=. In what countries was HALEY
comet visible the last time it was
seen?-H. D. S.
A The Naval Observatory says Hal
ieys comet was visible in 1910 in all
parts OF the earth.
Evening star., 1924-12-20

Q. When was Perth Amboy settled
and why was it SO named?-M. z.
A. Perth Amboy, y. j., was settled
in 1888. It was named Perth for
James, Earl Of Perth. Amboy, q cor
ruption Of the original Indian name,
was afterward added
Evening star., 1924-12-20

Nautilus, have considered the question
of population as the key of all social
problems. Many others, who make no
claim to economic wisdom. but be-
long to that large group known as
the general public, are lukewarm or
even cynical toward the various forms
of peace propaganda because they are
convinced that wars will of necessity
always recur SO long as population
keeps on increasing. or this latter
class is a British engineer, j. Swim
burne, who has written book called
Population and Social Problems"
Though pursuing sociology and eco
nonics merely as pastime, Mr.. Swim
burne has very decided ideas, which
he expresses vigorously, on various
social problems. He calls attention
to the fact that the human race dou-
bles itself every twelve years at the
physiological rate of increase. If 1t
were not for limitations on this phys
iological rate the catastrophe would
be Overwhelming. His conclusion is:
For about 20 years the limitation of
families has been practiced. 1t began
with the middle classes and spread
IN and down, and 1t will gradually
extend until it changes all the rela-
tions of society The limitation of
ofYsnring and the means form the
greatest discovery man has ever
made"
X X X y
Several volumes OF one-act plays
have been recently added to the rep
crtoire available for Little theaters.
girls school dramatic classes and
women's club players. "Boccaccio's
Untold Tale and Other One-Aci
Plays" by Harry Kemp, contains ten
plays presented in Mr.. Kemp's unique
Little theater in Greenwich Village.
''The Sim Casters Halloween" by
Francis Nelson, is a two-scene fan
tasy. "The Plays Of Turgenev,"
translated from the Russian by M. s..
Mandell. with an introduction. by
William Lyon Phelps. contains- ten.
plays by the great Russian novelist.
seven OF which are one-act comedies
Evening star., 1924-12-20

.: What Is the technical name for
eating clay or dirt?-J. NJ
A. The practice of eating some kind
OF earthy matter, such as clay or
chalk is known as geogphagy or geo
phagism.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1924-09-25
Mary Succeeds
on Main Street
"KINDLY WATCH JANE"
By LAURA MILLER

If woman really wants to have fun
In this modern world, said woman gets
into a niche where she can watch, re-
port upon and, on occasion, manipulate
some of the currents of feminism.
There's a woman out in Topeka doing
that very thing. wherefore there has
grown up a tradition in Kansas, par
ticularly in Kansas politics. "Kindly
watch janet" Now Jane Is merely
nickname for newspaper known Off
cially as the Kansas Woman's Journal.
1t is the initials of the paper plus the
necessities of the case that worded the
slogan quoted.
Who and what are behind Janef
There's an advisory board that covers
all one side of a sheet of paper There's
a motto. Devoted to the interests Of
women, children and home" that is
honestly lived up to. There was dur
ing the last political campaign, the Re-
publican state central committee which
made the paper official organ of the
Republican women of Kansas. There
are the subscribers, both men and
women. And there is Lila Day Mon
roe. editor, who describes herself az
chiefly responsible except when the
printers of my most capable publishing
company commit some kind of crime,
mayhem possibly, on some pet article"
1t was July when Mrs. Monroe wrote.
"Ha' mercy! have the rheumatics.
I've one wrist trussed up in a red fan
mel bandage. tDr. said hot applications,
and I'll leave 1t to you If there's any
thing more torrid than red flannel
bandage.)
Il was born into family that was
crazy to have girl. AS the only girl
In a bunch Of boys, had many priv
ileges, but had to learn to be good
sport. My father died. / became
school teacher, read law, grew up and
married lawyer politician. When
first went away to school I boarded at
the same place with newspaper man
and his wife, who were mighty nice TO
the lonesome little stranger. The edi-
tor took the most inconvenient times
to become drunk. With his wife used
to get up In the middle of the night to
get out the Courier. To keep awake
learned to set type, until could stick
it-up-with-a-click' and even compose as
went along. Ask any old printer II II
ever gets out of the blood when the
inoculation happens in youth.
Il only advise girl to go to big city
for bit of post graduate work, for a
so1ourn that viii make her appreci-
ate the wide spaces more when she
comes back. One Of the greatest boons
for women Is the feeling that they have
a sort Of proprietary interest In the
homo town. such as have for Topeka.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1924-09-25
GOOD TICKET TO ELECT

For President-ROBERT NJ LA TOILETTE
For Vice President-BURTON X. WHEELER
For u s. Senator, Long Tern-ALVA B. ADAMS
Eor Ills. Senator Short Term MORRISON SHAFROTH
For Congressman, 4th District-EDWARD T. TAYLOR
For Justice of Supreme Court-JAMES H TELLER
For Governor--WILLIAM E. SWEET
For Lieutenant Governor STERLING B. LACY
For Secretary of State-DUDLEY B. HUMPHREY
For Auditor of State-JULIAN E. HALL
For State Treasurer-HARRY CASADAY
For Attorney General-WAYNE c. WILLIAMS
For State Supt. of Schools-MARY c. c. BRADFORD
For Regents of the University of Coorado-CLIFFORD
W. MILLS NINA WEISS
For Regent of University of Colorado to fin Vacancy
CLIFFORD w. MILLS
For Judges of the District Court-THOMAS j. BLACK,
STRAUD M. LOGAN
For District Attorney-ADAIR j. HOTCHKISS
For State Senator, 11th District-J. s. FERRIS
For Observation-Disclosures H. COWAN
For County Judge-SPRIGG SHACKLEFORD
For County Clerk and Recorder-M ]. SCHMITZ
For County Treasurer-M. B. HERRICK
For Sherf-PAT HANLON
For rAssessor-COLUMBUS L. STONE
For Superintendent of Schools-MARGARET M. Balm
For Coroner-N j. HYATT
For Surveyor. H. ROBINSON
For Co. Commissioner 1st District-FRANK COMSTOCK
For Co. Commissioner I'd Dstrict-L. B. SITTER
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1924-09-25
Mary Succeeds
on Main Street
By LAURA MILLER
LEGISLATORS AS HOME.
KEEPERS

For years progressive women have
been resenting the dictum that their
place is in the home, but a brilliant
man recently remarked, once out of
the home the worthwhile ones all
turn instinctively to home affairs.
There's the case. for instance, of the
first woman In the Texas legislature.
When Edith Wilmans took her seat
last winter there was a wall of Gus
tom, an impalpable but apparently i'm.
passable barrier between her, "the
woman messing In politics." and the
rest of the legislators. 1t took Just
three weeks of her sunshiny DISPOSE
tion and calm determination to do her
work we'll to dissipate the miasma.
What did she do and how did she do
it2
1t seems a bit absurd to chronicle
this first, but she did not try to stop
the men members from their imme-
mortal privileges of smoking and put.
ting their feet on their desks. II she
kept on being feminine, she felt, she
| owed 1t to the men not to interfere
with their being masculine.
She brought In the bills on which
she had won her campaign by a ma.
Jority Of 1900, and gained solid SUD-
port for them. To accomplish this so
quickly she must have had good prep.
aration, you say. She had.
AS the wife Of a lawyer, she grew
interested while her three children
were at school in the difficulty of hay.
Ing good schools without good school
laws. She took up the study of law
with her husband, who later died. so
that her five years of active law prac-
tice was necessary as well as good
training.
OF the four hundred cases she tried.
with the loss of only two, a large pro.
portion dealt with women and chill.
dren. Mrs. Wilmans successfully es.
capped being swamped in divorce cases
with which the Dallas courts are
choked. But the very necessity drove
her to put in as one of her first egis.
lative bills. one for the establishment
OF domestic relations court. Her
other bills were to modify the mothers
pension law. to raise the compulsory
schooi attendance age to eighteen. and
to require health certificate from
both persons before Issuance Of mar.
riage license. Years of experience az
a member Of the third house." or un.
paid lobbyist for welfare measures
have given her knowledge of how to
gain support from her fellow legisla.
tors. Even her opponents now 40
knowledge that she can honestly iov,
her home first, and yet make a bril-.
liant success as legislator.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1924-09-25
WHAT BETTER POWER

Z ADVOCATING. in effect that the Supreme Court CT
the United States be left in its assumed right tc
control the legislation of this country John w Davis
that there always be power in the land to
founded That is, power to protect free
dom of speech freedom of assembly freedom of
freedom of labor and freedom of religious Worship
True. And what better power can he suggest thar
the people of the country whose voice the Consttu.
ton and whose habit is its support
That voice never did, and it does not now, delegate
that the Supreme Court and the Supreme
That voice conceded, and it does
that the making and rights of the people
should be surrendered to judicial usurpation.
The Constitution belongs the people, the peo-
pie the Constitution Never any time have they
surrendered their rights in under that instrument
Denver Express.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1924-09-25

Think how much safer your wife
feels when there Is a telephone
in the house while you are away.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1924-09-25

IN small town in Penre. an a a suburb of Pitts.
burgh, the Ku Kiux Kls an hat its members
would march in the Defer Parade wearing hoods
and robes The committee charge of the event held
that masked men had place patriotic
ton of citizens and denied the Kan participation the
parade under the conditions outlined Whereupon the
committee served with notice ansmen
were permitted to turn out in full regaa the parade
would be broken up by violence AS matter of precau-
tion and to preserve the parade called
Colorado Springs Gazette.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1924-08-23
sENrnd1ENTo DE BIENEsTAR

Ese sentimiento de cansancio y dis
gusto causado por ell NAL funcionamiento
del hfgado Y las digestiones diffciles,
puede hacerse desparecer de un modo
orprendentemente rapido usando Herbine.
Desde las primeras dosis Sc sienten sus
beneficos efectos que purifiean y regu-
larizan ell systema Linlpia ell est6mage,
hace desaparecer las bills y esparce por Ell
cuerpo ese sentimiento de bienestar y
algeria que es siempre compafiero de1la
buena salud Deventa en- las farnacias v
droguerias