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Evening star., 1925-07-24

avert the crisis. The mine owners
have made demand for longer hours
and lower wages, insisting that they
cannot continue operations otherwise.
The miners simply refuse to accede
to the demand, without making any
counter proposals of their own. The
government is going through the mo-
tions of trying to bring the disputants
together, but apparently without any
belief that its efforts win be success
full.
1t is difficult to see how either the
miners or mine owners can hope to
gain by permitting their differences to
reach the point of strike. 1t Is ad-
mitted that conditions in the British
coal mining industry are bad, but so
are conditions in most other British
industries. German steel is undersell-
ing British steel in the markets of the
world, cheaper coal being one of the
factors which enable German steel
mills to do this. If British coal pro.
duction ceases, British steel produc-
ton will necessarily cease, and the
Germans will have opportunity to
grab off larger slices OF the diminish
ing British market. The London
Times is warranted in its gloomy as
sertion that the threatened strike
would be "a disaster of immeasurable
magnitude. which could give satisfac-
ton to none but England's enemies" ="
Certainly the American people are
not among the enemies of England
who would take satisfaction in such a
disaster. In the light of our own
mining situation. the thing comes too
close home to think of possible profit
at the expense of England. What our
own miners and mine owners ought to
do is TO take note of the disaster
which threatens England and let the
light of reason and consideration for
the national welfare enter their nego-
tiations.
Evening star., 1925-07-24
All Is Not Rosy
For the Criminal

There is a feeling that criminals are
having it more and more their own
way in the world. Frequent COM
ment appears on the prevalence of
crime in all civilized countries, but
particularly in the United States,
which boasts Of being one of the most
progressive countries in the world.
Moreover, the increase in wrong doing
Is attributed to the fact that convic-
tions are getting rarer and rarer, and
that punishment gets lighter and
lighter. Now comes the suggestion
that convicts should be paid for their
labor while serving out their SEN
tences, and the effect Of this is feared
by many as a direct incentive to the
commission of crime. At the recent
International police conference in New
York the principle of paying prison
ers was approved, and it Is one IA.
vored by high authorities in this
country.
If it is being made more comfort
able for criminals after capture, there
is this to be said about the matter
1t is being made distinctly less com
Portable for them before capture That
Is to. say, they are aware that their
chances of escape are being steadily
diminished. 1t Is true that many OF
the inventions of modern science are
as helpful to the criminal as they are
to the authorities responsible for his
suppression. The motor car, for in.
stance, has been most fruitful source
of crime and has contributed per.
haps more than anything else to the
preparation Of daring robberies and
the escape Of the miscreants Yet
what a boon to the police have been
the telephone, wireless telegraphy
telephotography, etc.
An extension of these services is
now In contemplation, and has. in fact
already given practical demonstration
of it's effectiveness, In the establish
ment of an international finger.print
bureau in Washington, where some
5000, 900 finger prints will be regis
tered, which will be placed at the
disposition of other nations. A Grim
inal identification system, on inter
national lines, Is about to be set up
and the transmission of essential in
formation by means of long-distance
photography and telephonic communi
cation Is being provided for. The way
Of the wicked is thus to be made
harder-Hamilton Spectator.
Evening star., 1925-07-24
Advice to Hay Fever Patients.

Reports by the United States Public
Health Service and the American Hay
Fever Association contain a number
Of 'don'ts," but give little consolation
for hay fever sufferers. The associa-
tion says that II has figures to show
that more than a million persons in
the United States have hay fever and
that the number is increasing. 1t says
that maladies called Summer cold"
rhinitis and recurrent catarrh are hay
fever. 1t believes that the increase Is
due to the easier transit facilities be-
tween cities, their suburbs and ad.
jacent country and the increase of
population where weeds grow. The
Public Health Service says that hay
fever subjects should choose locali.
ties distant from weed.infasted locali.
ties" and that though pollen of
grasses and Summer hay fever weeds
does not commonly travel more than
a mile, pollen Of the ragweeds and
other Fall hay fever weeds In breezy
weather will travel five miles or
more. MANY perDo5ls uHucE5uhno thc
difficulty Of living in the country so
far from weeds that pollen will not
reach them, and a large number of
persons passing between their country
home and city work.place usually have
to pass troublesome weeds.
Hay fever patients are advised by
the Health Service not to ride in sub
urbs abounding in weeds, to avoid cleo
trio fans in the hay fever season, to
keep away from theaters and other
places where crowds gather and not
to take railroad trips in the hay fever
season because dangerous weeds grow
along the railroad and action Of pollen
is aggravated by dust. Il railroad trips
are to be avoided 1t would seem that
motor trips should be foresworn, be-
cause weeds grow along auto roads
much as weeds grow along railroads.
The Health Service gives advice as to
diet, exercise and bathing which may
help hay fever victims, but nearly all
hay fever patients have tried every
thing. or nearly everything, that has
been recommended.
Evening star., 1925-07-24
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

impure. though he should happen to
be pure"
Whence comes. no doubt, Mr..
Mencken's delightful crack, "A man
Is known by the company he keeps"
/, Now we come to one Of the best
bits Of advice in this book of conduct
Epictetus says:
III man has reported to you that
a certain person speaks Ill of you, do
not make any defense to what has
been told you, but reply, The man did
not know the rest of my faults, for he
would not have mentioned these
| only"
Personally, / am waiting with in.
fantile and Babbittish JOY for the first
busybody who shall come to me with
whispered "So-and-So says so-and-so
| about you"
What" / shall exclaim, without
one fear Of what Mr.. Mencken shall
me? Why, he doesn't know one-tenth
my faults!"
Then 1 shall grin with an II. L.-ish
| expression.
Mr.. Epictetus had no proper regard
for theaters. either. Evidently they
had bedroom farces in his day
1T Is not necessary to go to the
| theaters often,' he says, but II there
Is ever proper occasion for going,
| do not show yourself as being a par
| tisan of any man except yourself.
Abstain entirely from shouts and
! laughter at any thing or person.
When you are come away, do not
talk much about what has passed on
the stage"
Epictetus passes on a few pointers
about how to act when you go TO
meet a bank president:
When you are going to meet any
person, and particularly one of those
who are considered TO be in a SUI
perior condition. piece before yourself
what Socrates or -.iencken would
have done in such circumstances, and
you will have no difficulty In making
proper use of the occasion.
When you are going to any one of
those who are in great power, place
before yourself that you will not find
the man at home, that you will be ex-
cluded. that the door will not be open
ed to you, that the man will not care
| about you.
IF. with all this. it is your duty to
visit him, bear what happens, and
never say to yourself that II was not
worth the trouble
Epictetus has a few words of wis
dom for the conceited. He says:
| In company take care not to speak
much and excessively about your own
acts or dangers: for as II Is pleasant
to you to make mention of your own
| dangers. IL Is not so pleasant TO others
to hear what has happened to you"
Epictetus warned against discussing
evolution before a mixed company. He
used the term "theorems," of course.
but would have included evolution,
etc, had he lived today. He says:
'On no occasion speak much among
| the uninstructed about theorems. If
any conversation should arise among
| instructed persons about any theorem,
! generally be silent: for there Is great
danger that you will Immediately
vomit up what you have not digested.
| When a man shall say to you that
| you know nothing. and you are not
vexed, then be sure that you have
begun the work of philosophy.
| For even sheep do not vomit UP
their grass and show the shepherds
how much they have eaten, but when
they have internally digested the pas.
ture, they produce externally wool and
milk.
| do you also show not your theo-
rems to the uninstructed. but show
| the acts which come from their di-
| gestion."
Evening star., 1925-07-24
Columbus Salary
Was $500 a Year

From some old record it has been
discovered that the Nina, the Pinta
and the Santa Maria, the three ships
of Columbus, cost $2,s00. Adding to
this the expense of the voyage, the
discovery of America mounted up to
the munificent sum of $1,000. Colum
bus received an annual salary of $500
IL Columbus had waited until today
to do his discovering he would have
had hard work locating bungalow
on a 50-foot lot for that figure. II he
were a base ball scout he would have
TO get Queen Isabella to pawn $4,000
worth of jewels for a new pitcher. Oh
IL he were a movie star astronomer he
might have to disgorge several hun
dred thousand ducats to drag the star
down out of the armament.
Columbus manifested rare business
acumen in choosing an age when dis
covering was comparatively cheap
Even a first-class North Pole in good
condition would tax the great naviga
tor more than the entire Western
Hemisphere combined.
This reminds US that Milton put his
Paradise Lost" on the bargain coun
ter for f23. Michaelangelo spread his
dreams over the vaulted arches of st
Peters for nothing and it took him
years to do 1t. Emerson had hard
work marketing mis- wares.
Even today you have to give people
a bonus to get them to accept and en-
joy the best things. The flying ma
chine was received with outlaws.
Possibly it is a good thing for hu
manity that Columbus lived when he
did. If he had undertaken to discover
America now and prove that the eartf
is round he would have to have 6
whole battery of lawyers to defend
him.
AS it was, they brought him home
in chains. Statesmen have otter
shown peculiar wisdom in handling
matters of science. Chains seem to be
their favorite decoration for the bene
factors Of the race.
Considering the billions the United
States has loaned Europe the past few
years, the discovery of America has
paid fair dividends.-Los Angelo:
Times
Evening star., 1925-07-24

melons from Smiths patch--when they
were caught--have been chased by a
hoop snake. which Is q long snake
that takes its tail in its mouth and In
hoop fashion rolls along the road with
the speed Of a devil chaser" in pur.
suit of a fleeing kid. The virtuous boy
who pretended to wash his face in the
morning. who would not go barefoot
without mothers permission and who
would not go swimming in the branch
when believed to be at school has
struck a snake which flew into a
thousand pieces-the glass snake.
A few days ago one Of the scientific
bureaus Of the Government got out a
manifesto denying that there are or
ever were hoop snakes. glass snakes
and stinger snakes. The ordinary
man refuses to be consoled by this
He insists there are such snakes. He
knew it well when he was a boy, and
his boy perhaps has seen one, and
surely knows a boy Who has seen one
These scientists may show disrespect
to the Bible by teaching biology
geology, geography and all that. but
they cannot get away with their denial
Of the existence OF hoop, glass and
stinger snakes.
There are other snakes which the
Zoo should add to its collection. One
Is the snake that IL mashed and cut in
half at any time of day would not die
until sundown. In fact, that was a
characteristic of most snakes in the
days when we were boys. Another
snake was that which was evolved
0reacherous world from a black hair
taken from a horses tail or name
Every boy in the Washington region
knew that II a long black hair were
clinched between two stones in a
branch 1t would turn to a black snake
In the Ohio country it was only neces
sary to put the long black hair in 9
rain barrel to produce a black snake
but the better practice in Maryland
and Virginia was TO put the hair In
running water. Another snake tha,
ought to be shown at the Zoo 10 the
milk snake-the snake that crawIed
into the COW barn and MIXED the
cows. or which would pilfer milk from
a COW in the pasture.
Evening star., 1925-07-24
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

@. Give dates OF the founding OF
several of the old Italian universi-
ties?-G. C. NJ
A. The oldest italian universities
are Bologna, founded 1900; Padua,
1922: Naples, 1924: Genoa. 1243; Pc
rugia, 1916; Macerata. 1890. There
were nine more founded between 1890
and 1850. During the Middle Ages
Italy was the greatest resort for stu
dents seeking higher education.
Q. When a pine thicket is cut down,
what makes an oak thicket grow in
its place, and vice versa "A. c. o.
A. The Forest Survey says that
when a pine thicket is cut down the
oak growth which starts is a natural
sequence Of forest types. The acorns
are doubtless brought TO the pine
forest by squirrels and other small
animals and as soon as the larger
growth is removed 1t makes room for
this oak growth which starts. The
same would be true of an oak thicket
being removed and pine trees starting
to grow. Pine needles are doubtless
blown into the oak forest from older
pine trees near by. AS soon as the oak
Is removed the pine starts its growth.
@. VIII the use of a sextant fix
ones position with accuracy?-W. T.
NJ.
A. The Naval Observatory says the
amount Of error in determination Of
position by means of the sextant de-
pends very much upon the skill Of the
observer. A competent navigator
working under the best conditions.
makes an average error OF about 2
miles.
Q. What ships brought the news of
the discovery OF gold in the Yukon?-
c.. NJ. N
A. The arrival of the steamers Ex-
celsior in San Francisco and the
Portland in Seattle brought the news
in 1897.
@. Will anything make hair grow
| on scarf B. L.
A. So far as we can ascertain there
is no substance that will do this.
Where scars are very disfiguring
surgeons have by operative measures
transplanted hair.
@ Where are the Irish Hills of
Michigan located-H. w. P.
A. They are in Lenawee County, on
the southern border Of the southern
peninsula.
Q. In what dimensions is the height
| of a horse measured?-E. F. H.
| A. II is measured in hands. A hand
is equal to a hands breadth, which
| for calculations is considered 4 inches.
O. How many cables cross the
oceans M. r.
A. According TO late figures, there
are at present $50 submarine cables.
(The Star IS prepared to assist you
| in DouT pursuit Of knowledge and in-
| forndtdion. When you 1cGHt opinions
Substdntiated or facts certified consult
our Washington Information Bureau
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| formation of all kinds 1t Is q free
educational serDice instituted to seTpe
q Uery apparent need Of our recders
aud Its popularity Is dttested By the
many tCho seek information from it
daily. Use this free serUtce and learn
its possibilities. No question OF f6ct
Is too difficult for its stdn to dnStCcY
Address Inquiries TO Frederic J. Has
kin, director. The Star Information
Bureau, Ttcenty-tirst and @ streets
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Evening star., 1925-07-24

Q. Is there an official international
radio language?-J. T.
A. At the international amateur
radio congress held recently in Paris
Esperanto was adopted as the official
international radio language. It fur
Eishes the medium for addresses and
special courses broadcast from nu-
merous European stations. Esperanto
has a place in the curriculum of
schools in many cities of Europe.
Courses are frequently conducted for
policemen, post Office. hotel and in
dsstrial employees and for Boy Scouts.
O. Did Persia ever make any repa-
ration for the death of Robert Imbrie,
American vice consul at Teheran?-
NJ. w. II.
A. On October 2, 1924, three Per-
| slams, one an officer, were executed by
a firing squad in Teheran and the
Persian treasury remitted $50, 900 in
demnity to Mrs. Imbrie, widow Of the
major.
@. Does the Coast Guard do much
actual life-saving?- J. G..
A. During the fiscal year 1924 the
Coast Guard saved or rescued from
peril 2.462 persons.
@. How many automobiles are there
| world?-C. D.
A. The Department of Commerce
says there are approximately 22,50O,-
| 900 passenger cars, motor trucks and
motor cycles in the entire world.
| About four -f1fths of these are in the
United States. During 1924 there
| were 1851, ,ss1 motor vehicles regis
tered in the United States.
Q. Please tell me how to rid a
dwelling house of bats?-B w. B.
A. First, close all openings where
the bats usually enter. Then set sew
eral small steel traps, such as are
| used in catching rats. batting them
| with any of the bats used for rats
| II they infest the building to any
great extent, 1t is suggested that yor
burn a sulphur candle or fumigate
| with carbon disulphid.
O. Who directed the picture 1.-THE
White Sister? Isn't Lillian Gish un-
| der the direction OF d. w. Griffith P
]. NJ. L.
A. THE White Sister" was pro-
duced by Inspiration Pictures, dis
Henry King. Miss Gish has recently
| signed contract with Metro
Goldwyn.
Q. Which State has the greatest
| number OF Fairgrounds ?-F. NJ. II.
A New York State is the first, with
| 85S Fairgrounds and community Gen.
| ters. Massachusetts is second, with
| 706 centers, and Pennsylvania third
with 6S7.
@. My daughter is going on a visi
| to a distant city in which lives ar
old friend of mine who is an un-
married man. In what manner should
request this friend to call on my
daughter?-J. r. G.
| A. The most usual way of inviting
a friend to call upon a visiting daugh-
| ter or relative in another city is b.
a personal letter, recalling old friend
ships and saying that il would give
| you pleasure to have your old friend
make the acquaintance of your young
| daughter.
| Q. Do bananas grow up or DOWN.
F. A.
| A. Bananas grow upward, opposite
from the way they appear in shops.
Evening star., 1925-07-24
British Coal Strike Threat.

Faced by the possibility of at least
partial suspension Of coal mining in
this country, Americans can sympa.
thize with the gloom In England over
the strike threat there. British miners
and mine owners are seemingly IRE
trievably at odds and hope has about
been abandoned that suspension of
mining at the end of July can be
averted. Great Britain, with nearly a
million and a half of her people un-
employed and most of her industries
in bad way, can see nothing but dis.
aster ahead If the strike materializes.
There is warrant for believing that
neither party Immediately concerned
in the British dispute Is anxious to
Evening star., 1925-07-24
Ireland Faces Crisis
Concerning Doctors

Achievement of independence by
the Irish Free State offers a serious
problem to Irish doctors. Ireland has
trained thousands of doctors for ex-
port Irishmen practice in Great
Britain and in all the British colonies.
Their names appear on the British
register and that fact entities them
so to practice. II the Free State is
to have a separate medical register
and the names of qualified Irish prac-
titioners disappear from the British
register it is feared that the result
will be to cripple the Irish medical
schools. Thus far the situation has
been met by temporary acts continu-
ing the present system. But a final
decision must be reached soon and
the medical profession generally is
convinced that the accommodation
with Great Britain in this matter
should be made permanent.
Evening star., 1925-07-24
Flog the Wife Beaters! !!
To the Editor OF Tho Star:

To the Editor OF Tho Star:
Kindly allow a reply to your edi-
torial "The Whipping Post" You
cannot brutalize a brute. Tears shed
in behalf of and bouquets thrown to
that Frederick brute are wasted. If
the sheriff did his duty the mans wife
may rest assured she will not again
be beaten. l trust he did. A few
pleasant words from his honor, a few
peaceful and restful days in Jail; three
square meals daily while his wife and
children get along as best they can
do not deter from wife beating such
members of the community as this
Frederick man.
Delaware Is the fortunate possessor
of an ancient and honorable post.
Wife beaters are not indigenous to
the soil of that State.
MARGUERITE DU POINT LEE.
Evening star., 1925-07-24

Col. Bryan mentioned a desire "to
drag" reporters who had ridiculed him
before an audience which was very
friendly to him, Even so persuasive
an orator could not in his dispas.
sionate moments hope to transform
the courteous hospitality of Tennessee
into a demonstration Of mob violence.
Evening star., 1925-07-24

Dayton, Tenn. by this time Is doubt.
less rejoicing in the fact that hot
sausa ge" has retired from a command
ing epicurean position and given fried
chicken a chance to reassert its native
supremacy.
Evening star., 1925-07-24

Every attack on foreigners in China
Is attributed to bandits. A bandit Is
person who can be held to no official
responsibility. He may be diplomatical-
ly useful even when mythicaily en-
ployed.
Evening star., 1925-07-24

The requirement of the crown
estates has evidently made Wilhelm
Hohenzollern so prosperous that he
feels able to employ a press agent.
Evening star., 1925-07-24
The Fond Illusion.

$50 this 10 hemlock." said Socrates.
Its rank poison" said the execu-
toner.
IT know. But in order 10 cheer my
last moments couldn't you have pasted
a fancy label on 1t and assure me you
bought Of bootlegger?'
Evening star., 1925-07-24
The Real Question.

We need the toiler to relieve
Each sorrow new.
1 do not ask what you believe.
What can you do?
Evening star., 1925-07-24

Many statesmen insist that the fill
buster has its use as a check on the
growing tendency to senatorial i'm
petuoStty.
Evening star., 1925-07-24

Maybe religion would be mo- infiu-
entail" said Uncle Eben. III dey'd
print mans name every time he goes
to church same as dey does every time
he .sitS axrAatAA."
Evening star., 1925-07-24
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Evening star., 1925-07-24
A Fondness for Fiction.

A Fondness for Fiction.
The katydid thus early sings
OF Autumn days.
And so. little comfort brings
To Summer ways.
I don't believe the little song.
Yet, solemn fact
Has grieved me, till for speech I long
Quite inexact.
Evening star., 1925-07-24
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
High Cost Of Chatter.

Everything goes up in cost.
The beefsteak and the stew
Amid the spinach find US lost
AS prices rise anew.
Opinions that were once SO free
For expert chatter call,
And conversation seems to be
The dearest thing Of all.
Evening star., 1925-07-24

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Evening star., 1925-07-24

JOkers.
why do they call these surprises
in legislation 'jokers'?"
"I dunno" answered Senator Sor-
ghum, unless they refer to practical
jokers who never make anybody laugh
and always make somebody mad"
Evening star., 1925-07-24

Jud Tunkins says the man who pre-.
tends to know more than anybody else
usually gets IN bad by acting as IL he
thought nobody else knew anything.
Evening star., 1925-07-24
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