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Evening star., 1925-03-13
NEW BROADCASTER
TO START TONIGHT
WBES, Bliss Electrical
School, to Make Debut.
WCAP to Have Concert.

An hour-and- half concert by the
Cuited States Marine Band symphony
Orchestra, Capt. William II. Santel-
mann, first leader; Taylor Branson,
second leader, will be the principal at
traction on WCAP's varied program
tonight. Beginning at $50 o'clock
and closing at 10, the concert will
be followed by two hours of dance
music by the Wardman Park Hotel
Urchestr direct from the hotel.
The evenings radio entertainment
@ill be opened by the debut of a new
station on the air-W WBES-Bliss
Electrical School, Takoma Park, ID. c.,
which will broadcast from to I
o'clock on 222 meters. The initial
program Of Washingion's newest sta
tion will include announcements by
William NJ. Johnson, jr., of the faculty
Of the school; orchestra selections by
the class of 1925, and addresses by
J. r. Mueller aud Prof. Louis D.
Bliss, president Of the school.
Talk on Quakes.
WCAP's program will open ct 1:30
o'clock with an explanation of
"Earthquak which should carry
Gnusual interest inasmuch as II was
demonstrated in Washington re-
gently that the city is not immune
from the seismic disturbances. DR..
Sidney Paige, geologist of the United
States Geological Survey, will give
the talk under the auspices of the
National Research Council and Sci
ence Service.
Following this, fifteen minutes OF
banjo solos will be given by r. H.
Greenwell, accompanied at the piano
by Paul Gable, and then II. NJ. Cool
OF the Better Business Bureau will
talk on Dishonest Door-toDoor
Vendors and Work at Home
Schemes"
Nine. Henriette Coquelet, soprano.
Of the Poul Bleyden studio, will con-
tribute the only vocal music of the
evening from SIS to $50 o'clock
Evening star., 1925-03-13
Radio Combine Formed.

Firms handling radio have combined
I'm Stockholm TO form the Svenska
Radio Intressenforbundet a. national
radio association. The object of the
association is to protect the Swedish
interests, to exchange market in
formation and promote radio interests
on the part of the public.
Evening star., 1925-03-13
Home Talent Night on WEAF.

Representatives of virtually every
department of WEAF will take part
in the 'home talent night" program
to be broadcast March 10. Stations
WEEI, WGR, WIFI, WAR, WCAE,
WEAR, WWJ, WCCO and woo will
be linked up for the program.
Evening star., 1925-03-13
NBES - Bliss Electrical School.
Takoma Park. ID. c. (22. Mcterx).

= p.m.-Special inaugural program;
music by members of the school
orchestra and glee club; announce
mentS by William NJ. johnson, jr.,
and speeches by Prof. Louis d. Bliss,
president of the school, and F. r.
Mueller of the faculty.
Evening star., 1925-03-13

and working on these short waves
the station expects to establish aux
iliary long distance commercial cir
cults to Buenos Aires, Berlin and
Paris.
Evening star., 1925-03-13
Local Radio Entertainment
Friday, March Is, 1925.
NAA-NavnI Radio Station, Radio. Va.
t434.5 Metersb.

S:45 p.m.-Weather Bureau reports.
1905 p.m.-Weather Bureau reports.
Evening star., 1925-03-13
RADIOS BEST OFFERINGS
TONIGHT.

1ON lbT1 L.
Concert by the United States
Marine Band Symphony Or
chestra, WCAP, Washington,
$50 to 10 o'clock.
Three-act comedy, Just
Suppose" by WGY Players,
WGY, Schenectady, and WY,
New York, Sis to 1880
o'clock.
Debate, Boston University
vs.. Dartmouth College WEE1,
Boston. $50 o'clock.
Hour of German music,
WNYC; New York, 9 to 10
o'clock.
United States Army Night.
WIZ, New York, OILS to 1880
o'clock.
Dance program by Wardman
Park Hotel Orchestra, WCAP,
Washington, 10 to Il o'clock.
Evening star., 1925-03-13

Some people want their money to
go a long way, others won't let it go
at ali.
Evening star., 1925-03-12

never enter business establishments
at all IL 1t were not for the stenog-
| raphers!
The program is entirely fair to the
executives. Two complete periods are
allowed for work, and these at the
| time of day it counts most. %.
The entire time elspsing between
| 10 and 1890 am. Is given over to
| intensive work, work all the harder
| because it comes before the mid
afternoon fatigue arrives, when the
hands find 1t necessary to resusci-
| tate their spirits by recourse to coffee
substitutes.
! Nor Is this all. Let no executive,
trying to look both important and
| single half-hour Is all / am going
to permit his stenographer to work.
Dear me, no. 80
/ am cruel taskmaster. OF course,
| allow a social hour" following the
| application at hard labor, this hour"
coming between 1880 and IL o'clock.
But even its name is misnomer.
II is by no means an hour" so
there will be no need for the busy
executive to call in an efficiency ex-
pert. All the efficiency necessary Is
| comprised in the program. The So
| called social hour is but a n1isera BILE
half-hour. not an hour at all, and
only called SO in compliance with
social customs.
| After the enliveninE conversation
| of this period, the stenographers can
| return to their desks with determina- =
tion, the sort OF evident desire to do
the work In hand that calls the blush
| of pride to the cheeks of the tired
| business man.
I submit that the program. too. is
absolutely fair to the girls. II any
| stenographer in Washington can
| show me better arrangement OF
hours in any Office in the city l wal
| make haste to amend mine accord
ingly.
! point with particular pride to that
afternoon schedule. 1t begins in the
morning, to begin with. Pro ba bly,
the preparatory period, from 1870 to
| noon, is somewhat inadequate, but IL
is the best that one can do in the
present mercantile development OF the
United States.
Too many business men bolt their
food at lunch, SO our program side
steps that culinary inadequacy by al
lowing a full hour FOR luncheon /
believe that Senator Royal S. Cope
| land, former health commissioner OF
New York City, and other authori-
ties Will agree with this.
The big feature OF this program.
however, begins at l o'clock. Instead
of the girls being forced to sneak
out to the movies, now they can go
with heads up and little hats on.
This two-hour period will come as
welcome interlude in the full work
ing day. 1t will CLEAN with color
and song. emotion and tears. laugh
ter and happiness.
1t will enable the tired working
gil TO return to her Office refreshed.
determined to make tomorrow a bigger
and better day in every particular.
| After the triumphal return half
hour is allowed for cleaning the type
writer from all traces of the soil of
the mornings work. All is now in
readiness for another day,
Tea, dear to the heart of every
woman, is not forgotten. Did l not
tell you that this is distinctly super
program? The last task of the day,
of course. Is to leave for home. And
SO. as Roxie says, Good night
pleasant dreams-God bless you
Evening star., 1925-03-12
The Suburban Roads.

The decision of the District su-
perintendent of public roads not to
make use of funds available to
expedite repair work upon the roads
under his supervision is, it is to be
hoped, subject to reconsideration.
1t is perfectly true that, taken as
whole, the District suburban roads
Suffered less from the ravages of
Winter traffic than did the paved
streets of the city proper Many of
the suburban roads, such as Con.
necticut avenue extended, Sixteenth
street extended, the Bladensburg
road and Pennsylvania avenue east
extended. are today in admirable
shape, having been but recently and
substantially rebuilt. But there are
others, such as the Canal road,
Georgia avenue, Wisconsin avenue,
Michigan avenue leading to the
Queen Chapel road and others. which
are today in wretched condition.
Driving upon them in their present
condition involves personal discomfort
and danger-to say nothing of the
Evening star., 1925-03-12

per kilowatt hour for electricity in
your vicinity. A local electric COM
pany informs US that the cost per
half hour for a curler consuming %
watts would be approximately one
tenth of a cent.
Q. Is Gutzon Borglums brother
represented by any sculptured figure
in Atlanta IS. B. c.
A. The statue of Gen. John p. Cor
don was designed by Mr.. Borglum's
brother the late Soloa Borglum.
Q. Was Omar Khayyam noted for
anything but his poetry?-A ].
A. He was a poet and an astroloEer
but ii was as a mathematician that
he made his most noteworthy con-
tribution OF science. He attempted a
systematic classification Of types Of
equations OF the first three degrees
He knew the rule for expanding n
oinominal for positive integral
powers, a rule afterward perfected by
Newton as binomial theorem.
q. Who was Prester John?-J T.
A. Prester John was a supposed
Christian king and priest, whose ter
ritory was believed during the mid
die ages to lie either in Asia or
Africa. The legend first appeared in
1fO Nhi OIllSiO VI -OIHO Oh en-
who lived in the twelfth century II
was believed that the HISTORIAN
Christians had built up a large mon
archy ruled over by priest-king
| named John. Letters from this per-
| sonage addressed to ethe Byzantine
Emperor or the Pope were circulated.
In the fourteenth and fifteenth
centuries the home OF Prester John
was generally believed to be in Africa,
where it was identified with the
| Christian kingdom Of Abyssinia
Q. who made the grandfather
clock at Mount ,Vernon?-M L. s.
A. The grandfather clock I'm Mount
Vernon was one made by Thomas Will
son of Birmingham, England. who
was member Of the Clock Workers
Company in 1859.
Q. How much money has John D.
Rockefeller given to the University
of Chicago?-C. r: E.
A. During the 60 years of the his
| tory OF the University of Chicago
John D. Rockefeller his contributed
the magnificent total of s34,373. 5000,
| including his final gift.
Q. Who founded Garden City, Long
Island?-C. D. G.
A. This suburb was founded by
A. T. Stewart.
| Q. Where can one study TO the best
advantage the history of the engrav-
| er's art?-H. T. z.
| A. The American Federation OF
| Arts handbook says that the print de-
partment of the Boston Museum of
Fine Arts offers this opportunity.
| (To knot0 where to find information
| on q subject IS, according 70 BostUeH. as
| true knowledge as to knotD the subject
! itself. Perhaps "yo4tr drop Of ink falling
| on thought Icill make thousand
think" Submit your perpEeztng q,les-
| tions to The Star Information Bureau.
| Frederic !. Haskin. Director, T,ceufy-
| first and c streets northwest. Send a
E-tent stamp for direct reply)
Evening star., 1925-03-12

strain and damage to the cars in.
Volved.
These roads. under the supervision
OF Supt, Grablll, are those upon which
motorist visitors to the National Cap
ital must approach the city proper.
Their maintenance in condition as
close to perfection as may be is Of
obvious interest to create happy
first impression. They are the roads
over which local motorists, with
Spring weather approaching, must
travel as they go forth to enjoy the
surrounding country.
Work upon the paved streets of
Washington is to be rushed as swiftly
as possible, the public has been as
sured. 1t is to be assumed that. in
this work of expedition, such en-
frances and exits to the city proper
as the Highway Bridge, NJ street
the city stretch of wisconsin avenue,
and SO forth, will receive early at
tention.
It has been admitted by the au.
thorities in the premises that extra
road gangs could be advantageously
employed upon the suburban roads
at this time. The funds to make such
a course possible, at first believed to
have been unavailable. are at hand
1t is recognized that the longer the
work of repairing the present con-
dition of those roads which now need
1t is delayed the longer will Wash
ington and visiting motorists suffer
inconvenience, expense and danger.
and the higher will be the final re-
pair bill with which the city must
ultimately be charged. The dictates
of economy and the public interests
are clear 1t is fair TO hope and to
believe that Supt. Grabill, relieved
of the earlier dread of impairing the
morale of the permanent road force
incident to enforced layoffs later In
the Spring should extra gangs now
be employed to rush the needed re-
pairs, will reconsider his decision and
save the public both discomfort and
money.
Evening star., 1925-03-12
Longworth Generally Approved
For Post of Speaker of House

in the choice of Nicholas Longworth
for Speaker" says the Topeka Capt.
tai (Republican), Nick being rather
a great society leader than q states
man of any kind. On the other hand.
the Western Representative who op-
posed him did not make much of an
appeal to the Western members" 1t
was openly and avowedly a caucus,
observes the St. Paul Dispatch On
dependen), "and IL decided that
Nicholas Longworth will be the next
Speaker of the House" No happier
decision, the Dispatch adds. could
have been taken to signalize the fact
that the Republican party has re-
covered its unity" In the opinion of
the Butte Post (Republican), Long
worth is recognized as an orthodox
Republican. despite the fact that he
had his father-in-law on his hands,
about Y years ago"
The Oakland Tribune (independent
Republican, thinks: Nicholas Long
worth's abilities and likeable person
ality have conquered what politicians
call handicaps and he is to be Speaker
OF the House. 1t is a fitting triumph
in career of service and a merited
tribute to hard-working, able and
friendly man. His record in the
House attests to his capabilities, and
his friends, including many Demo-
Gratis, are predicting he will acouit
himself in a. way to add to his
laurels." Little of light aud leadinr r..
says the Milwaukee Journal Gnde-
pendent), may be expected from Mr..
Longworth as Speaker" The Journal
continues: He seems to have accept.
ed the gospel OF stand pat Repub-
licanism without protest and never
to have been disturbed by question:
ings. But after all not many Speak
Ners have been notable for light and
leading. though some have been
noted as party cars"
Evening star., 1925-03-12
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES &. TRACEWELL,

We business menNd do not properly
appreciate our stenographers.
/ never see one of these fairest
flowers of modern commerce but what
/ think a cog has slipped somewhere.
What do they care for your pre-
cious bills of lading?
What real interest have they in
your dull old letter, retailing the
startling information that the order
has been received and will be filled
promptly?
Their thoughts are elsewhere, and
properly so.
For. IL 90 OF them but endure you
and your affairs and one be truly in
terested. know ye this:
L That the 90 are right and the one is
wrong.
Your pride of business may rebel
at this, but Nature knows nothing of
your bc@iness. She speaks q differ
ent language from 6h per cent.
She begins with tender care OF
dollles and ends with dreams OF 10
little fingers and 10 little toes. love
ly alphabet of life and love.
And do you, o hardheaded man of
business, think to thwart Nature?
The dreams that they shall dream
before your unseeing eyes you will
attribute to laziness.
The little songs they sing you will
all foolishness.
Minutes spent fixing their hair you
will say is time stolen from you.
But Mother Nature, nevertheless,
Will smile upon them in secret, and
say: We'll done, thou good and
faithful servants of the Lord"
X x !, (:
With this feeling strong upon me.
r lrn lNAn n1 ia -
= new heaven and a new earth for
stenographers.
saw business world where
bosses realized that white-armed
Lavatera and blue-eyed Veronica, shy
Vic ct and bold Gladiola really had
no business in their old Offices.
Though economic conditions made
heir bright presences necessary,
bosses made the conditions fit the
girls. not the girls fit the conditions.
So. returning from that dream
world. / take pleasure in presenting
20 business everywhere the follow
ing program for a model working
day for stenographers and typists:
A sTENoGRAPHER's
WORKING DAY.
Q a.m.-Report for work.
9 to 9:30-Fix hair, etc.
$50 to 10-View beauties of city
and Nature out window.
10 to 10:30--WORK.
1890 to 11-SoCial hour.
IL to ll:30-wORK.
1880 to noon--Prepare for lunch.
IL to l p.m.-Luncheon.
to 3--Movies.
, to 3:30-Return to Office.
3:3O to 4-Clean typewriter.
n to 5-Tea.
5 p.m.-Leave for home.
4 =
I present this program with pride.
I do not see how better program
could be drawn up. 1t is fair to the
boss, Ii is fair to the girl.
There is just one thing that could
better II, and that would be to omit
il entirely: but. that would mean the
banishing OF the girls from the Of
fees, which would never do at all.
Every business Office is the better
for its stenographers. it's typists, it's
file clerks. They are like bright
tulips in an arid waste of dull chairs.
desks, fling cases.
why, thousands of customers would
Evening star., 1925-03-12
Deplores Strife Over
Mountain. Memorial
To the Editor of The Star;

To the Editor of The Star:
IT the Stone Mountain memorial TO
the Confederate Army is, the mag
nificent inspiration which it's friends
and an increasing number of outsid-
ers believe 1T to, be. it should not be
lost to the Nation and the world he
cause of fight between the com.
mittee and the sculptor, no matter
which is the more to blame. The
committee exists to further the
project and if it's members can no
longer do so. they should step aside.
or be put aside, and be replaced by
others who can. No layman or group
OF laymen is essential to a work of
art-its creator is, and no one will
deny that Gutzon Borelum is the
creator of this particular memorial
in it's present projected form and on
it's unprecedented scale. No one will
deny that his vision. daring and en-
ergy have brought it thus far within
reach. though the germ of the idea
Ca monument on Stone Mountain)
was the suggestion OF Southern
woman. If a thing Of heroic and
moving beauty, which Mr. Borglum
has devined. is locked In Stone
Mountain, it belongs to the world. and
the world wants it, no matter how
difficult it may have been.
1t is the grossest ignorance to claim
that one sculptor, even of the first
rank, could visualize the dream of
another. 1t is equally dishonest to
propose that the originator's design
be adopted and he condemned.
The South has a special and deep
concern that the manner Of building
a memorial to honor her dead should
not dishonor them. and that the
memory of this sorry episode be sup
planted by the proof that she can do
a big thing and do 1t with dignity
and grace. The Nation has an even
wider interest that the noble and uni :
flying gesture made by Northern men
and a Republican Senate to the South
shall not fail of its fine and far
effect. MARY LOUISE ANDERSON.
Evening star., 1925-03-12
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN

Q. What Is the District water pres
sure per square inch m M c.
A. Water pressure per square inch
differs according to the particular To-
cality. How high the pressure will
carry the water also depends on the
location. In your neighborhood, in
the vicinity of Florida avenue. the
water pressure Is 30 pounds per
square inch, and with this pressure
II would lift approximately 100 feet.
Q. How high do ocean waves get?
r.. r. *.
A. Waves rarely attain a greater
height than so feet, but they appear
to be much higher when seen from a
ship. The ship rolls toward the wave,
hence the increasing apparent height.
O. Does the Postmaster General
come before or after the Secretary OF
the Navy in order of succession 2
IT. S. d.
A. The order is: Secretary Of State,
Secretary of the Treasury, Secretary
of War, Attorney General, Postmaster
General, Secretary of the Navy.
Q. what are the religious affilia-
tions of the publishers and editors
of the Literary Digest?-L Z. y.
A. The publisher Of the Literary
Digest says that practically all re-
ligious creeds are represented on the
staff OF the Digest.
Q. How large must a community be
to- become a city?-R. s. p.
A. The size OF population is not a
determining factor In regard to a
city. A city is a municipal corpora
ton posses ssing the power TO sue and
% tro haiH ana die
pose of property. to enact ordinances,
to raise money by taxation and to
exercise the right of eminent domain.
Q. Do poets ever compose their
poetry in an inverted order of stan
zas?-S. f. y.
A. Wordsworth and Edgar Allen
Poe are examples Of poets who occa-
sionally wrote the last stanza of a
poem first. I'VE Are Seven" and The
Raven" are so composed.
O. What acid when dropped or put
on iron or steel will eat II away
B. g.
A. Hydrochloric acid nitric acid
sulphuric acid and ferric chloride are
some OF the chemicals which eat iron
and steel.
Q. Is the polecat found in coun-
tries other than North America
u. L. V.
A. A true polecat is the largest of
European martens, and is found par
ticularly in the rural districts OF
Great Britain. The polecat of the
Americas is the skunk and that OF
South America is a badger.
0. How many post Offices are there
ba T-pjs al EtotaS0-p .
A. Reporting on January 1, 1925
in all four classes, but not including
substations, there were 51,113.
O. How much does II cost for cleo
tricity for an electric curler one-half
hour a day ?-R. M.
A. The cost of using electric curl
er q specified time is dependent upon
the type of curler used and the rate
Evening star., 1925-03-12
10000 Sioux. Cheyennes and Arapa

| 0,00O Sioux. Cheyennes and Arapa-
hoes, of both sexes and all ages.
OF the force opposed to the Indians
two living creatures survived Crow
scout and a horse. And of the thou
sands of the enemy few are now alive
who took part liz that bloody fray
! A day or two ago the Great White
Father received allegation of Sioux.
which included three old men who on
that fateful June day fought against
Long Hair"
During their stay here they have
given "reminiscences of the struggle.
In a few years the last brave will have
died who. in 1875, participated in the
encounter which was once pithily
characterized by "Chief" Bender, the
eminent aborigine base ball star. as
the only time in history the red man
appeared to have gotten an even
| break.
There have been persistent misap-
/ prehensions both as to the details of
this battle and as to the part therein
played by Sitting Bull, who is often
spoken OF as the planner of the en-
gagement and the commanding chief.
, AS a matter of fact, Sitting Bull was
/ never a war chief. He was a ''medi-
| cine man." and successful one. For
some time previously he had been
| prophesying a great Indian victory,
and when 1t came his prestige in
| ,raaSad an ararp,ouely that he ua
able to make trouble for the next
| quarter of century, until his death. in
| $780, He was a factor in the victory
| only in that great concourse of his
| followers happened to be encamped IN
d good game country, and their as.
semblage had been so effected that
the military powers of the United
States had not the remotest idea OF
| their great strength. The two real
outstanding figures of the engagement
were Custer and Gall, a war chief
who was not only warrior of the
best type but who was a strategist
of ability.
Those who knew Sitting Bull at ali
well were generally convinced that
he was a coward. At any rate, he did
not wait for the battle to begin, but
took to the hills to make. as he ex.
planned. powerful medicine" or magic.
He was overtaken by messengers
bearing the news Of the victory; re.
turned and promptly claimed the
credit that was due men far better
than himself.
Prejudiced, as is natural, and con.
tanning a few obvious errors. the best
and perhaps the fairest account of
the battle, or massacre-for it partook
more of that nature-was dictated
some years afterward by Mrs. Spotted
Horn Bull, an exceedingly intelligent
Sioux woman. Whatever criticism may
be made of her story, she. at any rate,
was there and saw it all, which is
more than can be said of other au-
thorities. Mrs. Bull was a relative OF
Sitting Bull, and that she considered
that he had on that day been u
shameful skulker is evidenced by the
fact that not once in her lengthy mar
rative did she mention his name. and
when questioned categorically blandly
ignored the inquiries.
To the Western traveller of today it
seems incredible that scarce half a
century ago fight so important and
so disastrous could have occurred.
Yet three old men now here in the
! National Capital and q few others
scattered on reservations have keen
memories of that day of transient
glory and rejoicing for the red man
and Of tragedy for the white.