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Evening star., 1925-03-26
MUSIC

The Sweetest Singers of the South"
is the ambitious title of the Emory
University Glee Club, which entertain
ed an audience of several hundred
people, members of the Georgia State
Club of Washington and friends, in
the ballroom of the willard last night
with a sprightly program of fine
songs well sung and comic sketch,
"Cataline. Being a Lie of Ancient
Rome" There are only about So mem
bers of the club, at least in the trav-
cling organization, but the boys seem
to have remarkable volume, as we'll
is sweet, round quality to most of the
voices. The clubs accompaniments
were played by a capable orchestra,
that opened the program with spir-
tied rendition of music from Doni-
zettrs Lucia di Lammermoor."
The clubs most ambitious num-
bers were Bach's ''Now Let Ev'ry
Tongue Adore Thee" and two
Choruses from Meyerbeer's Les HUI
guenots," of which the second, the
'Rataplan," was particularly well
sung. The feature of their offerings
that appealed most to the audience
was the group of negro spirituels as
arranged by Curtis -BurIin.
The boys gave the true colored ac-
cent and intonation to the songs,
also filing them with the vigor typ
ical of revival meetings"
James Stiles, tenor, sang two solos.
Van Ferguson, violinist, played the
first movement of de Beriot's "Sev-
enth Concerto and Drdla's ''Souve-
MR. The orchestra also gave jazzy
'interludes" between the comedy
sketch and the choral finale, selec-
tions from Gilbert and Sullivan's op-
eretta, "Pinafore." George Baker as
Little Buttercup" was especially
good.
In the nonsensical dramatic sketch
written by Gordon Watson, who also
impersonated Luke Cataline" well,
Cleopatra was given unique inter
pretation by Euclin Reeves, and Mark
Antony and his famous speech are
cleverly caricatured by Jack Stew
art. Trigg James is a SISSY" Cicero
and Lester Harbin is clever as Pyrex.
valet to Cataline.
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RELIEF IS PUSHED
IN STORM REGION
Committees Begin to Help
Red Cross in Work of
Adjusting Claims.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, March 26.-ReConstruction
and replacement were the objects of
activity today in the storm-swept areas
of five States, where Il week ago ruin
and death were left in the wake of
the tornado.
The American Red Cross went on
apace with its plans to replace and re-
furnish homes, clothing and all neces-
stiles of victims to re-eStablish them
as nearly on a disaster basis as
possible.
Community and county committees
began their work of cooperating with
the Red Cross in adjusting claims.
y few more days viii end the emer-
gency relief period fixed by Red Cross
officials.
The total deaths in the storm area
today stood at $50
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Representative and Mrs. Thomas W.
Phillips, jr., will leave here today for
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Willebrandt. Mrs. Bessie Parker
Brueggeman, Miss Grace Abbott, Miss
Mary Anderson, Mrs. Nina Van
Wrinkle, Mrs. Clara Sears Taylor, Mrs.
Ellen Spencer Mussey and DR.. A.
Frances Foye will be ION the air.
from 7:l5 to s:15 o'clock,
Judge Mary O'Toole will preside at
the dinner, which will be served
promptly at 6 o'clock, preceding the
program The committee invites the
members to come for the program
sin se it was impossible to make res
ervations for the dinner for all the
subscribers.
Mrs. Henry Fitzhugh and Mrs.
Isaac Cans are the latest recruits to
the life mem bership. each being
given an Easter gift by her husband.
Other new members are Mrs. Marie
Moore Forrest and Miss Sheldon
Jackson, in addition to Mrs. e. j.
Brennan, Mrs. Anna Belle Stewart.
Mrs. Charles Boughton Wood, Miss
Cornelia Fl. Hill, Dr. A. Frances Foye,
Judge Mary O'Toole, Miss Myrtle L.
Bum, Miss Grace McVey. Miss Mar
tina E. Armistead, Mrs. Marie Stair
Lawyer, Miss Margaret Bayly. Mrs.
David II. Blair, Mrs. Harry Ward
man, Mrs. Pauline Velati Boyer, Mrs.
Bessie Parker Bruegsenan. Mrs.
Caroline B. Stephen and Mrs. Theo-
dore V. Boynton.
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Almas to Fete Nungesser.

Capt. Nungesser, ace of the French
army, will be the honor guest at the
luncheon meeting tomorrow of the
Almas Caravan Club. at 1880 o'clock,
at the Mayfiower Hotel.
President John j. p. Mullane stated
that an attendance OF 200 is expected.
among them a number of Army and
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tion in Washington. Invitations have
also been issued for a tea to be given
by the Connecticut delegation in the
Fairfax room at the New Willard,
April 10.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry N. Hickey viii
have with them for Easter in their
apartment at wardman Park Hotel,
their sons Mr.. Harry Norris Hickey,
jr., who attended the Babson Statis-
tical School in Boston, and Mr.. John
Hickey, who Is going to the AsheviRe
School
Mrs. r. J. Reynolds of Durham, N.
c., entertained small company at
dinner last night at the New willard
when she had six guests. Mrs. Rey-
nolds is spending a fortnight in
Washington.
An illustrated talk will be given un-
der the auspices of the entertainment
committee of the Women's City Club,
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Arrangements have been made for
the annual dinner to be given by the
National Officers Club of the Daugh-
ters OF the American Revolution at
the New willard, April ls. The din
ner will be held in the palm room and
there will be about 125 guests, the
dinner being one of the features of
the annual meeting OF that organiza-
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Charles Baltimore Calvert. Mrs Rich
ard Hill, Mrs. Absolom Waller, DR..
Edward E. Morse, Mr.. Francis A..
Richardson, Mr.. William Lybrand and
the Rev. Meade Bolton McBryde.
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Capt. Dukes Transferred.

Capt. william II. Dukes, Quarter
master Corps, has been transferred
from the War Department and Or
dered to AIcatraz, Calf, for duty.
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Additional sponsors for the recital
which will be given Saturday evening
by Mr.. Emmanuel Wad, pianist, for
the benefit of the Kenmore Associa-
tion in the auditorium of Gunston
School include Mrs. William G. Rives,
Mrs. Francois Berger Moran, Mrs.
Percy Quin, Mrs. S. Austin McCarty,
Mrs. Edward Browning Meigs, Mrs.
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WOmen's City Club to
Broadcast Program Tonight.

Maj. Frederic William Vile will
announce the program over WRC
from Station Women's City Club this
evening, when Mrs Mabel Walker
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Naval Air Service officers. An invita-
tion is extended to all visiting
Shriners from other temples y
Evening star., 1925-02-24

to discuss the provisions of the pro-
posed international agreement for the
protection of migratory bird life.
Many species of birds that visit us,
either to spend the Summer, to lay over
for meals on their way to higher lati-
tudes or to stop off just long enough to
raise a family. spend the Winters in
Mexico. Others go TO Central Amer
lea, and some of the bird families
which interest us in a sentimental way
and work hard to help the farmer
save his crops frcm bugs prefer South
America. Every bird to its own taste.
The point is that we have done, and
are still trying to do, a great deal
toward protecting game birds, song
birds, plumage birds and other use
ful-to-man birds, and once headed in
this direction we are likely to keep on
the way. If birds are given protection
in their southern and northern homes,
much progress will be made. Inter
national protection for birds on the
American continent and the Caribbean
Islands is indicated, and the sooner it
is brought about the better pleased
will be millions OF Americans and the
faster will proceed the humane and
economic education Of other millions
of our people.
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the technical questions involved. Con
gress might well learn lesson from
the case of German reparations, which,
after being almost hopelessly muddled
by politicians, had to be turned over
to committee of experts.
The public mind has become so be-
clouded over Muscle Shoals that it
does not know what to believe. Prom
Use of cheap fertilizer for farmers,
with resultant cheap food for every
body, makes a powerful appeal, but Is
there anything in it? Some OF our fore
most agricultural economists insist
there is not. One of them estimates
that crop growing in America depletes
the soil to the extent Of 3,500,0 600 tons
of nitrogen each year. If that is true,
the 40, 900 tons a year it IS proposed to
produce at Muscle Shoals would not
cut much of a figure, no matter how
cheaply it might be produced. And it
is at least an open question whether
electrical fixation Of nitrogen can CON-
pete commercially either with the
natural product, such as Chilean salt
peter, or other processes of atmospheric
derivation. 1t is asserted that 100, 900
tons year are now available as by
product of coke ovens and gas works,
with much more going to waste. Other
chemical processes, not calling for the
use of power, are said to offer large
possibilities of nitrogen production at
costs far lower than through electrical
energy. Mine wastes, it is contended,
could be utilized more advantageously
than electric current from water power
in the production of nitrogen.
The whole question is one which de-
serves to be examined by a non
political commission of experts, com
mission made up of engineers. chem
lists, financiers and economists, and a
solution sought which would liquidate
this huge public investment in a way
to be OF the greatest advantage to the
public, without regard to the political
fortunes of any man or set of men.
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Constructive Legislation Needed.

The situation in respect to bathing
beaches for Washington remains cloud
ed and confused.
The outgivings on the subject sug-
gest that the immediate legislation in
this matter will be wholly destructive
and not in the least constructive; that
the existing bathing beaches and the
completed and unfinished bathing
beach structures are both to be wiped
out without any specific provision
whatever for bathing beaches else
where than at the Tidal Basin; that
none of the bathing beach appropria-
tions are to be kept alive for expendi-
ture on beaches in new locations, and
that the only immediate appropria-
tions contemplated are to enable the
Government to tear down the bathing
beach structures and facilities which
built up, and which have been utilized
by over 100000 recorded bathers in a
single season.
If the only reference to future bath
ngtonians-safe, comparatively sani-
tary and Government-regulate to
consist in the suggestion that the
superintendent of buildings and
grounds make a fresh start at the
very beginning of bathing beach de-
velopment and apply for a deficiency
appropriation for temporary facilities
at some point or points undesignated
we will have refrigerated in the whole
some municipally-regu use of the
waters Of the Potomac by Washing
tonians to a more primitive stage Of
bathing beach development than that
painfully attained many years ago un-
der the supervision of the District
Commissioners.
The Congress about to die is build
ing up for itself a wonderful record
for constructive, progressive legisla-
ton in the wise and wholesome de-
velopment of the Capital City, making
it more attractive. more healthful,
safer in its streets and better equipped
in it's parks, its schools and its Ii
braries. This Congress ought not to
leave any blot upon it's record in the
matter of relocation and continuous
maintenance Of the bathing beaches
driven from the Tidal Basin.
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Would Exceed Blanton,

An attempt to cut the lower House
at Washington from 435 to 304 mem
bers was blocked at once when pre-
sented by Representative Blanton of
Texas.
He was Ilooted from both sides, and
surely his conduct was not what one
might call chubby. The only thing he
could have accomplished was to save
the Government s1,000,0o0 a year and
simplify legislation. To effect this
131 good and faithful Congress ssmen
would have had to give up their soft
snaps and go back to work in the bill
lard halls or police courts.
One Senator and two Representa-
tives from a State, or even one Sena-
tor for every four States and one Rep
resentative for every 100000 people.
would accomplish far more, with
greater intelligence and at less ex-
pense, than the present unwieldy bodies
of mediocre men.
Still you can't blame the Congress-
men so much, they being only human.
Try something of the kind in your
own office or factory and see how
popular 1t makes you.--Rockford Re-
public
Evening star., 1925-02-24
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN

@. Are fairy stones explained in a
natural way?-G. A
A. They are mineral hydrated iron
aluminium silicate in the orthohombic
system. They have subvitreous to
resinous luster and are brown or
black In color. The crystalline varieties
are frequently cruciform, owing to twin
ing. The proper name for ouch stone
is "saturolte,' which is a combination
of two Greek words meaning "cross"
and 'stone."
Q. Was the White House completed
when Thomas Jefferson became Presi-
dent?-M S.
A. The principal building was still
in an unfinished state when Jefferson
| took possession. The principal stair
way had not been built, and the East
Room and some of the upstairs apart
had not been plastered.
Q. What was the Pemberton mill
disaster?-D. NJ.
A On January 10, 1880, the Penn
berton mill at Lawrence, Mass, col
lapsed and fire ensued. About one
hundred lives were lost and several
times that number of persons were
injured
@. Has there ever been time
men lue IEtSlutul Oh IHG DHlISu
States was not paid his salary?-T.
G. b.
A. During the panic of 1897 it was
said that there were times when the
President could not always get his
salary when due from the Treasury.
@. When were the farmers of this
country first organized on a national
basis?-M. l.. T.
A. The first national agricultural
| convention was held in Washington
June "a, 1852. Delegates were pres
ent from 22 States and the District
| of Columbia
Q. Has a ffrst-term membeC ever
been elected Speaker of the House
| after the original organization of that
! body?-P. G..
A. Henry Clay was chosen Speaker
! of the House of Representatives upon
entering that body in 1911 for his
| first term.
Q. When was the Irish invasion Of
Canada?-A. T. d.
A On June I. 1866, about 1,500 men
crossed into Canada from Buffalo in
what was known as the Fenian raid
| on Canada. They were routed by the
Canadian militia on the following
day, losing heavily in prisoners and
| wounded, although few were killed.
Q. What is the derivation of the
| terms "Wop" and Guinea" -. r.
A. The word "Wop' is shorteded
| from Wapparousa, Sicilian localism
| for a good-for-nothing fellow. An
| other term for the Italian is Guinea"
| 1t comes from the days when coun-
| terfeit coins were brought to Eng
| land on the boats sailing from Italy.
| The men who issued the counterfeit
| gold coins, English guineas, were
| called by the name of the coin and
gradually the British extended the
! name to all Italians-but it is not
| resented a 8 much as the term "Wop."
Q. How are radio wave lengths
measured?-T. 3.
| A. Wave lengths of radio commu-
| nication are measured in meters,
| meaning a certain number of meters
| from trough to trough of the waves
sent out from the transmitter. One
meter equals 39.37 inches.
| Q. Where is the largest sulphur
mine in the world?-J w.
| A. A definite statement cannot be
made, since a mine which produces a
| great deal Of sulphur may be nearing
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in the past that the President shall
possess the power to name his own
cabinet officers without the advice of
the Senate. But the Constitution gives
the latter body the power to consent
to such nominations as the President
may make for cabinet positions. In
these days when Senate authority not
only is exercised by that legislative
and 'consenting' body, and enlarged
upon through the acquiring of such
additional authority as some Of our
Senators may seize, even in defiance
of the CONSTITUTION, events prove
clearly that eventually something is
going to transpire that will settle
once and forever just how far the
Senate can and should go, and the
limitations of the exercise of it's pow
er, constitutionally authorized and
otherwise acquired"
"It was never intended" says the
Lynchburg News published by a
Democratic Senator and former cabi-
net officer). that the Senate should
have equal power with the President
IN selecting appointments, especially
to his cabinet, but this a far differ
ent thing from saying, as some crit
les of the Senate have said, that
the Senate should recognize no re-
sponsibility at ALL" While the Hart
ford Times (Democratfc1 believes
general Endorsement of the Presi-
dent does not involve any theory
, that 1t Is impossible for him to max e
a mistake in selecting an Individual
for public service" The Times con-
cludes: "Mr. Coolidge's certificate of
character, received from the people,
is not transferable"
In the opinion of the st. Louis
Post-Dispatch independently, IAN i'm
portant question of public policy is
involved. Are there to be any real,
vital standards for official prefer
ment? Must nominees for high ap-
pointment meet any ethical require
ments? May a man, in the pursuit
of fortune, turn sharp corners and
subsequently. with fortune won and
ability established, be eligible for Of
fetal distinction without inquiry or
examination? Regardless of prac-
tice, such a cynical philosophy is re-
voting"
Evening star., 1925-02-24
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Return.

Return.
The birds and blossoms disappear
Amid the wintry blast.
But well we know the season drear
Cannot forever last.
Although, as has been said in rhyme,
The parting gives US pain,
We know that in the course Of time
They'll all be back again.
When designations fill the air
And ducks are going lame,
We know the future will, somewhere,
Renew the glad acclaim.
In lecture, law and literature
Their splendors We'll discern.
Like birds and blossoms, we are sure
They're going to return.
Evening star., 1925-02-24
Muscle Shoals.

If the Underwood Muscle Shoals bill
fails of enactment at the present ses-
sion of Congress, as now seems prob
able, such failure will lack much of
measuring up to the caliber Of public
calamity. In fact, the public can af.
Iord to view with a good deal of
equanimity postponement of a final de-
cIson on this complicated problem.
The problem is complicated enough
In it's engineering and financial ele.
ments, but it is worse complicated by
the political considerations which have
been injected into it. 1t is a problem
into which politics should never have
entered. 1t will never be settled intel
lgently until political considerations
are laid aside and weight is given to
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exhaustion, while a new mine with
no record for great production may
have d great future. The Sicilian
mines as a group have made the
largest production. but tho Texas
Gulf deposit may produce more in the
future.
Q. Is II possible to estimate how
long ago a forest fire occurred?-s
l. A. G.
A. The Forest Service says that tho
underbrush that has sprung up since
the fire and the amount of healing
that has occurred on the fire trees
would indicate the time of the fire "a
an experienced woodsman.
Q. What country obeys its laws
most strictly?-A w. c.
A. A book on police systems states
that Finland has no police system
and that the natives are the most
law abiding people on earth.
@. Which is more important 20
Great Britain commercially, India or
Canada?-M. W.
A. Commercially, India is Of great
er value TO England than is Canada
Among the countries constituting the
British Empire, India comes second
to the United States itself in the
volume of sea borne trade and almost
equals that of Canada and Australia
combined.
Q. Are cedar chests efectuaI as a
| protection from moths?-A. f. i.
A. Chests made of heartwood Of
red cedar, If in good condition as re-
CARDS tightness, will prevent damage
| from moths if clothing is beaten,
brushed and summed before being
! placed in the chest. The door of red
cedar will not destroy adult moths or
millers nor the eggs, but it will Kill
the young larvae or worms.
Q. Was Andrew Carnegie wounded
in the Civil Warn. +.
a. Carnegie had charge OF the
| Eastern military railroads and tele-
graphs at the outbreak of the war
and was the third man wounded on
the Union side, while removing OBJ
structions from the Washington
| tracks.
Q. In comparison with "The Ring
and the Book" how long are Para
disc Lost" and 1.-THE Iliad.'-B. b.
A Browning's masterpiece is 1000
| lines longer than the "Iliad." 1t IS
| twice as long as Paradise Lost"
Q. Can rural mail carriers solicit
subscriptions for newspapers and
| magazin Is 2-R. w. c..
A. According to the postal laws
! and regulations rural carriers shall
| not, either in person or through
| others, directly or indirectly, or by
| any method whatever, cooperate
| with or assist publishers or others,
/ or furnish the names and addresses
| of patrons of the service, with or
| without compensation, to any indi-
! vidual or company, except to officers
| who are, under the regulations, en-
| titled to them.
| Ut is certain that you zTe daily
| oUer questions that tCe can GfrstCer tor
you. You are confronted by problems,
grdue to you. 1Uhicb can be GHSWere5
easily by as. our attention IS directed
| chiefly TO matters Of fact. IN matters
! legal, medical and financial ICe do not
| giUe strictly professional adUfce, but
| eUeB in these 1Ce can often smooth your
| tCGy aud provide the contact you need
| tCtth technictdns Mdte q pr0ctice Of
asking rs 11hdt you do not k1lolC Ad-
| dress The Star Information Bureau,
! Frederic j. HGSlcjH, Director, Itoenty-
| first and C streets northwest. IncEose 2
| cents in stamps for q direct reply.)
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Bird Protection.

Things are shaping themselves
the Western Hemisphere. The United
States has taken the lead in this mat
ter; but our country was so long a
laggard that we should not praise
us in this matter, and now it is an
nounced that Mexico will offer every
assistance within her power to assure
success of the mission of a special
representative whom the American
Government IL sending 70 Mexico City
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A Strategic Silence.

A Strategic Silence.
"You have been strangely silent of
late"
"I have decided" answered Senator
Sorghum, "that the people do not like
a man to talk continuously. It's better
to permit the impression that you are
taking time off to do little thinking"
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At the present moment the idea of a
third party has so completely subsided
that there is room in public attention
for only one.
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Two questions refuse to be effaced
from consideration; why the L. S. A.
is building so few airplanes and why
Japan is building so many.
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Political influence is now being in
vestigated from time to time to see
whether, like art, it is in danger of
being commercialiZed.
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Cases of craftsmanship and finance
do not prevent Paris from sending out
her annual quota of frivolities and
fashions.
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The Chesapeake oyster has always
been favored by bon vivants. Its posi-
tive refusal to associate with germs
heightens the esteem.
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Rate by MaiI-PayabIe in Advance.
MARYLAND and Virginia,
All Other States
Member of the Associated Press.

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled
to the for republication of all news dis
patches credited 10 IT not otherwise credited
N this paper and also the local news pub
Nshed herein. All rights of publication Of
special dispatches herein are also reserved.
Evening star., 1925-02-24

Among those who are hard worked
and very modestly paid are members
of some of the grand juries.