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Evening star., 1924-03-15
Poincare's Victory.

Premier POincare has just won a
fight for official life in the French
senate. The conflict was over six
words, written by the finance COM
mittee Of the upper house into the
fiscal measure of the ministry, grant
ing the government authority to issue
DEGREES. The committee would have
inserted the phrase within the scope
of existing laws" The premier in
sisted that the government should
have free hand in providing means
for meeting emergencies. He de-
manded vote of confidence on this
score. If the ministry could not be
| trusted to promulgate sound DEGREES,
regardless of the limitations of stat.
utes. it should be eliminated by an ad.
verse vote.
This was a courageous challenge
1t was the more courageous, indeed,
because of the uncertainty of the re.
suit. The senate has been not alto.
gether friendly to the Poincare gov.
ernment. Still. if the unfriendliness
was majority sentiment II was
as well to fall on a major as on
a minor issue. Hence the premier's s
insistence upon the rejection of the
six words proposed by the finance
committee.
When the senate voted the margin
was small. The premier's motion car.
ried, 154 to 141. a majority of only
thirteen votes. But it v-as big enough.
1t granted the ministry the needed
authority to proceed with fiscal re.
forms that are urgently needed in or.
der to prevent the collapse Of the cur.
rency, by cutting off expenditures
and concentrating resources upon the
immediate strengthening Of the fiscal
structure.
An adverse vote in the French sen.
ate would undoubtedly have resulted
| in the resignation Of the Poincare min.
istry. In the present state of things
that would have been calamity
France today urgently requires a sta.
BILE organization. Domestic politics
1ntrigues against the government,
while foreign complications embarrass
it. AT Berlin there is no concealment
of the wish that Poincare may be de-
feated at home. He has stood firmly
for the utmost possible collection of
reparations and for the policy of CO
ercion to bring Germany to the point
of payment Aspirants for his post
are numerous. Were the reparations
question not open, domestic issues
would probably ere now have caused
the collapse Of the ministry. Hence
it was doubly courageous on the part
of the French premier to demand a
vote of confidence upon what, save
for the ever-present question Of for.
eign relations, would have been
strictly a home issue.
Evening star., 1924-03-15
The New Park. Tracts.

A strong sentiment evidently pre-.
walls in Congress favorable to the ad.
dition Of the Patterson tract and
small tracts in Klingle and Piney
Branch valleys to the park system Of
Washington. The Senate has. passed a
bill for the purchase of these lands,
authorizing that the K1ingle valley
parcel be taken over at a cost of
5000. 900, that the Piney Branch tract
between 10th street and Rock Creek
Park be bought for $155, 200, that the
Piney Branch tract east of 18th street
be bought for s1o7 900 and that about
fifty-nine acres Of the Patterson tract
be bought for 100000. Senator Ball,
chairman Of the Senate District com.
mittee, strongly urged the passage of
the bill by the Senate. Senator Phipps
Of Colorado supported the measure
with arguments that are familiar to
Washington people. and Senator King
of Utah told the Senate that he
thought Congress had been derelict in
the provision of parks for the Capital.
He pointed out that while the found.
ers and designers Of the Capital gave
great consideration to parks, the new
Washington, which has grown beyond
the first limits Of the city, has been
neglected in the matter Of providing
park space.
A bill having the same purpose as
that passed by the Senate has been
ordered by the House District com.
mittee to be favorably reported to the
House after an inspection Of the prop
critics by a special subcommittee. and
Evening star., 1924-03-15

=. What system is used by the Japa-
| hese TO dwarf pfnes?-O. T.
A: The forestry service says that the
system used by the Japanese TO dwarf
pines is kept secret by them
O., How will the shenandoah land
at the north pole?-w. D. G.
! A. 1t is not to land at the poie.
The plans for the expedition provide
nore rna, at tban no f,me ha1e Vim the airshp be
from a moorirg mast base.
Q. Are there two Colorado rivers
in the United States?-G. N.
Texas. But the river to which this
name Is usually given bears the
| longer title, Colorado River Of the
West"
| Q. What Is meant by the word diva
when used in reference to a great
woman singer?-R. e. F.
| A. The word diva is the feminine
form of the Italian word dive, mean
ing divine.
Q; What language is spoken in
A. Spanish is the official Language
of Panama. but English is ALMOST
universally spoken in the CaAnai
Zone, is the predominant language
| of Colon, and is understood and spok-
en- by the most of the business people
| of Panama.
Q. Who painted the Descent From
| the Cross"?-A. P. B.
| A. This has been favorite theme
with artists and there are at least
| six famous pictures Of this name,
| by Sadoma, Gerard David, Cavazzola,
Correggio, Titan and Rubens.
| Q. How much money did Abraham
Lincoln leave?-G. A. B.
| A. His estate was worth about
| s450,0o0. .
III. w. W.
| A. The oldest microscope on record
is a lens of quartz found among the
ruins of Nineveh, which is now in the
British Museum. During the middle
ages simple lenses were more and
more used. A spectacle maker OF
Middleburg, Holland, was the first 70
build a compound microscope, which
he constructed about 1890 for Charles
Albert. Archduke Of Austria ROBERT
| Hooke, secretary of the royal So
ciety, made various improvements.
@. Please give a sketch OF the life
of Hoffmann?-G. S. Il
A. Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoff-
mann was born in 1776. He was an
1 eccentric out ~
| mantle novelist of cosmopolitan repu-
| tation and influence. His birthplace
was at Konigsberg. He dealt by pref
| erence with the grotesQue, starting
| and marvellous. until toward the closes
of life morbidity verged on madness.
He prepared carefully for the law,
| though he wished to become COM
poser, lost his position IN Posen De,
cause of some witty caricatures, and
suffered from penury and dissipa-
| ton. He eked out a living by scene
| and portrait painting and mustcai
| composition and criticism. with IL
iustrations Hoffmann's works are III
fifteen volumes. He died in ls22.
tAny reader can get the dnstc- to org
question bu trrtting The StGr Intormd-
ton Bureau, Frederic j. HdsEtit. Dtrec-
tor, 1890 North Capitol street. TBS ogcT
applies strictly to info17noston. The or
redu cannot Cite ddutce on teJo!, fredt-
col and financial matters. 1T does nos
ntteDrpt to settle domestic troubles, TrT
TO undertake exhaustive reseorch or Gny
| subject. WrSte your question ptoaHlg osaG
briefly. Gtpe fsllI name and address; and
| iucIose cents in stamps for Tesas1s
postage. an replies are sssss direct to
the inQpSrer.)
Evening star., 1924-03-15
The Teachers Salary Bill.

Another urgent District measure
has been placed on the House calen-
dar awaiting action, This is the bill
for the revision Of the salaries Of the
public school teachers, whose rates Of
compensation have been shifted and
ixed by haphazard methods during
many years past. The urgent need
OF comprehensive, consistent legisla-
ton on this subject has long been rec
ognfzed by those who are familiar
with the situation. Now it would ap-
pear that a prospect opens for enact.
ment.
Teachers salaries have been in the
past determined almost exclusively
through the appropriation bills. 1t is
notorious that in this process Of ad-
5ustment many injustices have been
committed, not deliberately. but as a
Evening star., 1924-03-15

the House District committee speeded
up its consideration Of the measure
because building operations which
would destroy klingle valley as park
land are postponed pending action by
Congress on this matter. If the Capt.
tai is to have section Of klingIe val
ley as Il small park and as western
approach to Rock Creek Park there
must be quick action by Congress. 1t
is likely that If prompt provision is
not made for the purchase Of what re-
mains of the Patterson tract, and for
the purchase of lands desired for park
purposes In Piney Branch valley.
these lands will be forever lost to the
park system Of the Capital.
Evening star., 1924-03-15
Successful Floating of Loan
By Japan Gratifying to u. S,

tions." Indorsing this suggestion, the
Columbus Dispatch explains the in
terest situation by recalling "it was
but the usual thing in the money
market that under existing condi-
tions the bonds could be made at
tractive only by high rate of inter-
est, and the rate shows no discrimi-
nation against Janan, because any
other country would have Jared the
same under similar circumstances"
The American investment Is ana
lyzed from materialistic standpoint
by the Newark News, which saws. IF
only half of the jingoist talk of the
past was true, and the Japanese had
entertained the idea of warfare
against America, the arrangement
that has now been entered into is a
better guarantee of peace than the
signing of the treaties growing out
Of the Washington conference of
1921" Backing up this line of argu-
insists "it Is a good thing to lend
money to any nation now, providing
the nation intends to use it for con-
structive purposes and pay it back
when it is due"
An interesting fact Is emphasized
by the New Orleans Times-Picayune
in that this is a dollar loan, payable
in dollars, not only here in America
but also that part of it being noated
in Holland. The American dollar
thereby takes the place formerly Sc.
cursly and exclusively held by the
pound sterling" 1t Is the belief OF
the Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph
that the Washington arms conference
made easy floating the loan here
to which the Springfield News adds
the mutual relationship emphasized
is important becau,e business, after
all. Is a primary factor in this world, u
and the loan lis an index to COM
mercial relations"
This latter suggestion has the IN
qualified approval of the Providence
Journal, which holds Gin no small
sen q the loan finances American
business as well as Japan" The
Denver News sos, recalls .sias that the las,
1905, the year Of the Rus ,o-Japanese
war, when approximately $137,5o0,00
In bonds of a ~ per cent sterling
issue and a 4 per cent international
issue were sold in the United States
This is especially interesting. in
enese empire has paid it's obligations
for 1854 years, and flnanciers have
no doubt about her continuance OF
that policy" says the Quincy Whig-
financial views the political signif1.
canoe is important The financial
giants who underworld the loar
knew that much of the building ma
tertal TO rebuild Japan would come
from this country. while lumber sup
plies assaey Tire sea savs coas seen
incfdent 6f International Significance
] the japanese loan has perhaps beer
treated too lightly"
Evening star., 1924-03-15

@. How iS the name "Dtxmude" pro
nounced "A. p. B.
A. This proper name is pronounced
Dee-mud. the second syllable having
the sound Of "u" that an umlaut
gives 1t.
@. When will the first horse races
start it in New York state this spring:
III. E. ].
A. The opening date for horse racing
in New York state is April %. Racing
begins on the Jamaica track on this
date.
Q. What country has the largest bat
tleship?-H. N.
A. The Japanese Nagato Nucsu Is the
largest battleship in the world at the
present time.
Q. How are Lord Louis Mountbatten
and Lady Louise Mountbatten related
, to the King of England?-H. Z. D.
| A Lord Louis and Lady Louise Mount
batten, now Crown Princess of Sweden,
i are nephew and niece of King Gorge
V. They are great-grandchildren OF
toria. Marchioness of Milford Haven
the daughter of Princess Alice of Hess
who was daughter of Queen Victoria.
Q. What date was the money made
that has no date on it and bears the
name Carolina go'd?-C. H. B.
A Carolina gold was a private issue
The undated dol ar to which you refer
was coined about the year 1884.
Q. Is america sung to the tune OF
God Save the King'?-H. L
A. America" and God Save the
King" are sung to the same tune
Whittier the tune was original with
God Save the King is a matter Of con.
troversy. 1t is probably much oder than
the words now sung to it Almost every
country has set words to this popular
air.
Q. What names do other countries give
to the game of checkers?-D. NJ.
A. In England the game is known as
draughts; in France, jeu des danes
Italy, das damenspiel; Holland, dam.
rod; Poland. DANA; in the Arabic OF
Egypt, damah. The recurrence OF the
forms of dame" is attributed to the
fact that part Of the board and some
daughter of Thothmes, who lived in
Egypt 1900 Be, were found.
Q. How many schooIhouses are hers
In this country FL. r D.
A. In the continental United States
there are 277,609 school buildings, and
in our territorial possessions there
are 1854.
Q. Please tell how to write 765 vingtil.
ions w. Z.
A The figures 765 are followed by
sixty three ciphers.
Q. How wide is the River Jordan ?
S. S
A. The width of the River Jordan
varies with seasons Of the year. During
the short rainy season. it becomes a
rushing torrent. In many parts it is al
times a narrow stream which may be
stepped over.
Q. At what distances are storm clouds
visible to the naked eye?-A B. NJ.
A. The weather bureau says that tbs
distance at which storm clouds are vlsl'
be to the naked eye varies great!
! with ones position and the kind Of
| couds II person is in an open, fla
| country, and the clouds are of the broat
stratus or layer type, he may not SET
| them more than thirty or forty mile:
away, and even not half so far If ths
/ air tends to be misty or hazy. On th'
| other hand, when the air is quite cleal
a well developed cumulo-nimbus, o!
| thunderstorm. cloud may. in favorab.t
circumstances, be seen when more thar
| 100 miles away.
Evening star., 1924-03-15

Practically unanimous approval has
been given the Japanese loan fioated
for refunding and reconstruction pur-
poses in the United States and Great
Britain. 1t is taking care" of the
financial needs of a good customer,
officials and editors agree. The Japa-
rangements took advantage of a
plenitude of money in this country,
as most editors see it, and there will
be no pinches here, because most of
the money will be utilized to pur-
chase reconstruction supplies and
materials in the United States.
The time is most opportune," the
indianapolis Star says, and it takes
care of substantially the whole of
to 1881" In addition, this country
not only obtains good security. but
has a trade advantage that Will be OF
large value during the present year"
it, while, more than that, 1t helps
strengthen the trading conditions be-
tween the two countries for the fu-
ture, and Japan is a good buyer ana
will continue to be-"
This is the business view, to which,
from the political standpoint, the AS
bury Park Press adds, IF bankers
cold, practical, weighing things for
just what they are worth and dis
counting even them-look upon Ja-
pan as a good investment, 1t detracts
from recurring rumors of the i'm
pending break with Japan"
X + 4 +,
The high rate of interest, while
necessary, was to be "deplored," sug-
gests the Chattanooga News, because
| there is every reason why we should
cultivate friendly relations with the
Japanese, though we may still believe
that their immigration would be un-
| wbolesome for our body politic and
| Economic" and the Terre Haute Star
| likewise feels "the high rate appar-
emily reflects somewhat on Japan's
| credit"
manity prompted them to give freely
to the relief of stricken Japan their
| sense of good business will now
pIompt them to buy freely Of the
bonds" according to the Atlanta
( Journal and in doing so "a good out
| let is found for some Of the: money
with which American vaults are
J burstinE," continues the Evansville
Courier. and thus provide against
! "what bankers fear Is a condition that
| will lead to a new and costly period
| of imitation If 1t continues to pile up
The fact that this is a "three-cor-
| nered investment problem" brings
| ton that '.there is a most kindly in
| ternational feeling between Japan
| England and America. In this re-
| spect the loans secure sort of qua =
i antee of mutual business relationship
] that will be helpful to all three ma
Evening star., 1924-03-15
In a Few Words.

Most Of the people who have come
to me for help In America have been
sufferers from nervous ailments.
Nerves seem TO bo the national
malady. In France there Is no
phrase for the equivalent of nervous
prostration." -EMILE COUE.
It. is; the belief of our British ex-
perts that no great war need be an
ticipated for period of ten years
WILLIAM LEACH, British Air
: Secretary.
England is as tired az tho United
States of a revolution every half
hour. in Mexico and would welcome
intervention by the American govern
ment with a sub ,equent cleanup of
this disease spot just as 1t welcomed
intervention IN Cuba
ARTHUR NJ SAMUELS. II. p.
&; Americans take OF their hats,
talk In whispers and tiptoe aroupd
when they visit an art gallery. They
And that's all Americans have, re-
spect. They have no love or under
standing OF It. JOHN SLOAN.
AS a. schooimaster / have come tn,
the conclusion that the naughtiness
of boys is due to boredom.
BISHOP OF LIVERPOOL
No one in the world could induce.
me to accept the Navy portfolio or
any other political office.
CHARLES II. scHwAB.
It is fatal to be appreciated In ons,s
own time. -oSBERT SITWEIIA
Evening star., 1924-03-15
SHOOTING STARS.
By PHILANDER JOHNSON.

p, The Gay Life.
The gay life! The gay life:
The run along and play life!
The life where merrily we see
Our fortunes in cup Of tea,
AS each pretends he doesn't care
For heartaches happening here ani
there.
I fear. while echoing the song,
That the pronunciation wrong.
The jay life! The Jay life!
The figure up and pay life!
The silencing OF simple sense
All for the sake OF slight pretense;
The sacrifice Of hope sincere
To sad endeavors TO appear
For all the mocking world to see,
What we are not and cannot be.
Evening star., 1924-03-15

Mucn sentiment in England favors
extending the prohibition zone beyond
the ,twelve-mile limit clear across to
include the British Isles themselves.
Evening star., 1924-03-15

"A prominent actor had to miss a
performance because of his difficulties
Many thousands of citizens have been
enduring the same mental suffering
without the benefit of a press agent to
invite public sympathy.
Evening star., 1924-03-15

Reports indicate that Philadelphia
is much improved, and is now able to
sit up and contemplate with great
regret moral obliquities revealed in
other parts Of the map.
Evening star., 1924-03-15

Exactly what form Of power radio
uses is not known, but arrangements
will eventually be perfected to make
the ultimate consumer pay for it, just
the same
Evening star., 1924-03-15

4 In this era Of large figures Mr.. Van
~ 7derlip maintains the attitude Of one
who regards a 100000 libel suit as a
mere trifie
Evening star., 1924-03-15

1t is the privilege Of the Attorney
General to boast of the most highly
embellished resignation rumor yet
brought to public attention.
Evening star., 1924-03-15

Several statesmen have been willing
to salute the secretaryship of the
Navy without caring to come on board
during rough weather
Evening star., 1924-03-15
Member Of the Associated Press.

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled
to the use for republication Of NIL news dis
patches credited 10 it or not otherwise credited
n this paper and also the local news pub
Iixhed herein. All rights of publication Of
special dispatches herein are also reserved.
Evening star., 1924-03-15

The Congressional Record is turn.
ing great deal of its space over to
announcements Of a crime wave.
Evening star., 1924-03-15

At all events the income tax pro.
ducer may nurse the hope of read.
justments and rebates during the cur.
rent year.
Evening star., 1924-03-15

According to witnesses marines were
sent to Teapot Dome on the theory
that fight is preferable to a law
suit.
Evening star., 1924-03-15
Rate by Mail-Payabie i'm Advance.
Maryland and Virginia.
All 0fhpr States

Daily and Sunday.l yr., $1,000: mo-, $50
Daily only ......1 W.. 500; l mo-, SOC
Sunday only. .....1 yr., $500; 1 mo-, 25c
Evening star., 1924-03-15
EnflIess Embellishments

With, midnight oil they sit. up late
Each witness takes his turn.
The further they investigate,
The more there Is to learn.
Evening star., 1924-03-15
Legal Restraint.

Crimson Guich has lost interest in
the old poker game"
1.-THE law has interfered," said Gao.
tus. Joe. "Unless the sheriff wins
most Of the time he sends notice that
gamblin' has got to be stopped"
Evening star., 1924-03-15
Playing the Game,

49,, Playing the Game.
81 am in the hands Of my friends, -
remarked Senator Sorghum.
Tor all timer '
: mo. Only for so long as they con.
slider me trump and have no idea of
throwing me into the discard
Jud Tunkins says as far as he is
concerned the Investigation is a fail.
ure, not having once mentioned the
party that sold him the bogus oil
stocks. a.. g..
Evening star., 1924-03-15

"Some men," said Uncle Eben, "gits
de, mos satisfaction FUN ,tellin' de
truth. when dey's specia1izin' on
sumpin' disagreeable.~
Evening star., 1924-03-15

The Evening Star, with the Sunday morning
edition, is delivered by carriers within the
city at so cents per mouth; daily only, 80
month. Orders may be sent by mail or tele-
phone Main 5000. Collection is made by car
xferS at the end Of each month.
Evening star., 1924-03-15

Western High School in Washing
ton ought to have a considerable pull
with the present administration. Its
principal. DR.. Elmer s. Newton. was
graduated from Amherst with Presi-
dent Coolidge's class Taciturnity
Evening star., 1924-03-15

Prof. J. Arthur Thomson's monu-
mental four-volume work. THE Out
fine Of Science will shortly b.
translated into Braiile for the blind
veterans Of the world war,
Evening star., 1924-03-15
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

@. How In the name "Dixmude'' pro-
nounced "a. p. q.
A. This proper name is pronounced
Dee-mud. the second syllable having
the sound of "u" that an umlaut
gives 1t.
Evening star., 1924-03-15

The Evening Star Newspaper Company
Business Office. 18th st. and Pennsylvania Ave.
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Evening star., 1924-03-15

No one in the world could induce.
me to accept the Navy portfolio or
any other political office.
CHARLES M. SCHwAR
Evening star., 1924-03-15

It is fatal to be appreciated In one's
own time. --OSBERT SITWEL
Evening star., 1924-03-15

TomOrrows Can the Debt Charges
he Cut.
Evening star., 1924-03-15

O. When will the first horse races
start it in New York state this spring:
H. =. j.
A. The opening date for horse racing
in New York state is April 90. Racing
begins on the Jamaica track on this
date.
Evening star., 1924-03-15

Fear" book on mental hygiene, and
now 1.-The Discovery of God" In this
book the author traces through the
Bible the struggle of man to find God,
as shown in the experiences of the
spirits most deeply sensitive to God,
such as Abraham, Moses. Isaiah and
st. Paul. whose insight opened and
lighted the way for others. The con-
ception of God that he traces was
progressive from Abraham, to whom
He was the almighty; to Jesus, to
whom He was the universal father
and in whose conception was includ-
ed the crowning thought of the BROTH
erhood, of mau. Tho author studies
the Bible as the mirror of the prog
ress of mans spirit in its conflict be-
tween the material and the spiritual
81 -
Rejuvenation has been a will-o'-the-
wisp for poor, aging human beings
since long before Ponce de Leon ex-
plored the Florida swamps, probably
since our earliest cave ancestors be-
gan to evolve a brain. Gertrude Ath-
erton's treatment of the subject in
! her novel, BLACK oxen," which ex-
| proits gland transportation as prac-
ticed by certain Austrian surgeons, as
+, a remedy for old age, aroused mu h
/ interest and some disgust In readers.
Two recent books purport. to give the
scientific facts. of gland transplanta-
i, ton, according to the method OF Prof.
Eugen Steinach, M. D. They are:
Degeneration and the Prolongation
I of Human Efficiency" by DR.. Paul
g. Kammerer, and "ReJuvenation: How
: Steinach Makes People Young" by
George F. Corners.