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Evening star., 1925-04-07

which cannot be estimated nor fore
seen. due to the American genius for
mass production, coupled with our
great and varied natural resources
and the unparalleled requirements Of
this home market. He held the tower.
ing stature of our industrial structure
to be complete vindication Of the
policy to conserve to the American
producers the right of first oppor-
tunity in the home market.
The President pointed out that from
our national beginnings we have
sought no advantage by reason of
our primacy in natural resources.
Such staples as cotton, copper and
petroleum might have been made the
basis on which to build great national
monopolies. but we have refrained
from utilizing them as such. They
have been as freely available to the
industries of other countries as to
our own, although this policy is not
reciprocated by all foreign nations.
He announced his desire to see the
National Government assume toward
all business in general, and the textile
industry in particular, the attitude of
sympathy and cooperation for every
lawful effort to promote our CONNER
cial prosperity and our economical
well being
All in all, the Presidents address,
holding little of novelty, was frank
expression Of the administration de-
to adhere to a policy
which, perhaps more than any other,
has made for past Republican popu-
larity with the people. The principles
of protection are again recalled for
the Nations consideration; the weak
nesses Of such attacks as have always
been made against it again exposed
and emphasized. And hearing what the
President has had to say, the
Nation will go on about its business
with confidence in the man at the
helm and in itself.
Evening star., 1925-04-07
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN

IL among 14.5 females has real
blond hair. One-half of the males
and over four-tenths of the females
show medium brown hair. One
fourth of the males and three-tenths
of the females have dark brown hair.
Approximately 1 per cent OF the males
and a very little more in the females
have fully black hair. The females
sho@ a slight excess of true blonds
oveK the males.
Q. OF what is chewing gum made?
M. Z.
A. 1t is a preparation of some
form of gum resin to which flavor
ing matter is sometimes added.
Probably. black spruce furnished the
first gum resin used for chewing
gum. Chicle, an elastic gum of the
| Easeberry tree. furnishes the base for
| most of the chewing gum of today.
The naseberry Is somewhat similar
to the India rubber tree and grows
in Central and tropical South America.
Q. How mary pyramids were built
| in Egypt?-J. w. r.
| A. The pyramids Of Egypt some rs
| in number, date from the period be-
tween the fourth and twelfth dy-
| nasties and were built as tombs for
| the kings. The great pyramid at
Gizeh is the largest and is the tomb
| of Cheops.
! Q. Just what is a minimum wage?
t-R, A. g.
| A This is term employed TO in
dicate the lowest level of earnings
| for a given class of laborers, which
| will afford them and their natural
dependents a means of existence ade
Quate to maintain them in full ply
steal efficiency and social decency.
@. How long ago were Greek ships in
| existence?-K r.
A The records of the Greeks reveal
that their ships were in existence about
| 1900 B. c.
| Q. What is the meaning of "VaiIima,'
1 the name Of Stevenson's home?-A P S.
| A. The word means Five Waters"
Q. What is laughing gas and when
was 1t first used when extracting teeth?
w. III. A.
| A. Laughing gas is nitrous oxide
DR.. Horace Wells, an American dentist.
| first demonstrated that ii could be used
for the painless extraction of teeth.
| Q. What painter has executed the
most mural decorations in America?
IA. L. B.
A. 1t is said OF Edwin Blashfeld
| that, as q mural painter, he is repre-
sented on more walls than any other
artist in this country. Two beauti-
full examples of his work are in the
Library OF Congress, Washington.
His painting in the lantern is called
Intelligence Unveiled" The collar
! decoration has for its theme the
twelve great periods in the develop
ment of civilization.
Q. Did Charles Dickens invent a
stenographic system?-A. E. II.
A. The novelist altered the system
invented by Quincy to suit his own
| needs.
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Evening star., 1925-04-07
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

, jobs. living frugalIy. saving every
penny he could.
Yarrow's goal was 500.
When he earned 1t. after several
years Of effort, he felt safe at last.
his old age.
Bit by bit he placed the money
with a merchant of the town, who
saved 1t all for Yarrow. But one
day the merchant died, and was
found fnsolvent.
| Yarrow has lost his all.
| "Old Yarrow go to work again,
said the colored man, as he stretched
his still powerful limbs, the arms
and legs of one of the best swim
mers in town, despite his age.
He told of his loss to sympathetic
! ears. "Old Yarrow work a-soon, a
late, a-hot, a-cold," he told them.
| Sometime he sweat, sometime he
blow a finger. He get f1penny bit
Is pennee, glib him to Massa to put
| by.
| Put by a dolla, till comes a heap
| Oh! poor Massa take sick-die-Ya ar
row money gone. Oh, Yarrow go to
| work again"
| And he did. He worked at wages in
the day, and at night made baskets
nets and other articles, which found
| a ready sale.
In a few years Yarrow was rich
again.s He had another 800 to his
| credit. This time he selected young
merchant, in the prime of health
| Yarrow was taking no chances this
time.
Erect and active, despite his years
| the former slave enjoyed that Christ
mas as he had none in years. He had
| the satisfaction of the independent
| man. He had enough slowed away
to live on comfortably for the remainder
of his life.
He got out his gun and went to the
| homes of his white friends. Standing
beneath the windows, he fired off a
salute as a signal for his dram.
Merry Christmas, old Yarrow"
| "Mehy Christmas. Massa. Yarrow
tankee kindly, Massa."
| Shortly after New Year the young
merchant went into bankruptcy, and
left town. With him went Yarrow'
| independence.
! "Oh, oh. OH" moaned old Yarrow
| 'Oh, oh. oh! Yarrow old for true
now Old Yarrow work hard, ge,
more dolla. more dolla, glib to young
Massa, he Young, he no die
| Den young Massa den broke-den
| go away. Yarrow old for true now
MUST WORK agaln-Worky, "orky, get
| more dolla. Get more dolla''
| So he worked away, getting more
| dollars, with such persistence that In
a few more years he had more
| money than he ever had before
! This time 5000 was his White
| friends, who admired his dogged
perseverance did not want to see
| the old man lose again, so this time
advised him to invest his money in
shares of the Bank OF Columbia
| The nature of banking institution
was not clear to Yarrow, but he had
trusted to one man. and lost twice
SO finally he decided to trust to sew
eral men, He bought shares in his
| own name.
His dividends gave the now old
man comfortable support, his neces-
stiles being few, his diet extremely
abstemious, his life, in short, being
reduced to philosophical simplicity
| In his old age he loved to tell, in
his broken way, the history of his
financial reverses and final success
recounting in detail his adventures
with the old Massa and the young
| Massa, and the final chapter:
"Yarrow worky, worky, make dolla
| glib him dis time to all de Massa-
all the Massa can't die-cant sc
away"
Evening star., 1925-04-07

@. How many miles of street ara
there In the District?-JA r. w.
A. The division of atree.s of the
District Building sayS>there were 544
miles of travelled streets in the Dis
trfct of Columbia in 1924.
O. Who was the pastor of the
| Washington church which President
Lincoln attended?-B. E. G.
A. The Rev. DR.. Curley was the
pastor of the New York Avenue
Presbyterian Church, which Presi-
dent Lincoln attended in Washing
ton. In the course of sermon
preached by DR.. Curley's successor
Dr. Wallace Radcliffe, the latter
stated that Lincoln shortly before
his death told DR.. Curley that as soon
| as he Lncoln) could do so without
creating an awkward situation he
would join the Presbyterian Church
Q. What percentage of the people
| in leading cities transact their own
| buying and selling of real estate
without the aid Of a real estate
office?-J. T, f.
A. The National Association Of
| Real Estate Boards says that the
| percentage probably varies greatly
! One of its boards found last year by
| investigation that more than so pei
cent of all transs ctions recorded
were handled by members of the
| board. Real estate Offices, however
are not all represented by member,
J ship in it's boards
| Q. Our woman's organization has
! some trees which were planted soor
after the war as memorials to oul
| soldier dead. They are now large
| enough to be marked. Where car
the markers be obtained?-M. P.
A. The American Forestry Asso-
| citation at 1923 l. street northwest
Washington, d. c., sells at a cost oi
! 81 a shield-shaped copper bronzec
marker. The dimensions are inches
| by 3 inches. On this marker /.
| l9l7-191s." tSpace is left for the
| name, rank and date.) At the base
| of the marker is written, Registered
with the American Forestry Associa,
| ton" They also have a more ex.
pensive marker which can be used
| dedicating the marker to more thar
| one person. This is sometimes i'm
bedded in concrete posts. These var,
in size. They are made of cas-
! bronze.
Q. How many Americans live il
Rio de Janeiro?-F. C.
A In September, 1920. in the fed
| eral district of Rio de Janeiro Their
were 1866 Americans.
| Q. How much does the silve
coined in this country total?-M. P.
A From 1893 to 1924, inclusive
silver dollars have been coined t,
the amount of s750,365.321; half dol
lars. 1924, 4,573,s4S: quarters, s137.949.
| 5s5.25; dimes, s110,613.S79.7O; half
dimes, s4,sS0,219.40. This brings th'
total DIP to s1,22s,SS2,s53.35.
Q. Are members of the white rae,
as blond as they used to be?-
| NJ. W. ].
A DR.. Hrdlicka Of the Anthropo
| logical Laboratory of the United
States National Museum at Washing
ton recently made a study of "olo
| Americans"-that is. of those white
persons whose families have had nj
mixture with more recent elements
| due to immigration, on either the
fathers or the mothers side. for a
| least three generations. He con.
cluded that these Americans, as vel
as the people in Great Britain, are
| slowly growing darker 8 to hair and
Eeyes. Only l among Is males anc
Evening star., 1925-04-07
James Alexander Henshall.

All fishermen worthy of the name
and all fish, too, were they able to
realize it-lost good friend when DIR.
James Alexander Henshall died in Gin.
cinnati day or two ago. OF his 80
years the good doctor spent as much
as he could out of doors, learning the
secrets Of nature, the vagaries of
fishes and the cleanest and most
sportsmanlike ways of their capture,
and, later, giving the world in nu-
merous volumes and articles the bene-
fit of his profound experience
If the mantle Of Izaak Walton can
be said to have descended on any one.
Henshall is eligible to that honor. Ger
tainly as far as the New World is con-
cerned he fully shares the fame of the
old Englishman who, like him, lived to
a great age. He wrote largely Of mat
ters distinctively American. His Book
Of the Black Bass has become a
classic, and. dealing as it does with
the most popular and most widely dis
tributed of American game fishes, for
are manufactured than for the taking
of all other species together, shares to
great extent in American minds the
fame of 1.-The Compleat Angler
DR.. HenshalI was the first man sue
cessfully to propagate the American
grayling, and thereby fend from that
beautiful and rare fish its rapidly ap-
preaching fate. He was the founder
and always the leader of the school of
angling which prefers lightweight
tackle for large game fish. He
preached the creed of conservation in
the days when, to most Americans, it
was just long word in the dictionary.
Fishermen everywhere stand indebted
to him not only for mass Of practical
information, but for an inspiring out
look on recreation and on life itself
which is of far greater value than all
the technical knowledge and skill in
the world.
Evening star., 1925-04-07
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Garden Time.

Garden Time.
A garden is a charming spot
Which nature loves to nourish.
Imagination paints lot
OF flowers that will flourish.
While frost still fingers in the air
And bright the fire is cleaning,
What joyous landscapes you prepare
With fond expectant dreaming,
l only read about the fiow'r.
The canny advertiser
Said nothing of the drought or shower
Nor of the fertilizer;
Nor Of the weeds which rise again
To make toll necessary.
A gardens most alluring when
You dream in February.
Evening star., 1925-04-07

Hidden away in musty old books
and records are some very interest
ing things, but needing some one to
bring them forth to the light of this
age.
1t is with the idea Of extending
this helping hand that I undertake
here today to retell the story of Var
row, as related by the late Hugh T.
Taggart in his article, "Old George
town." read before the Columbia His
torical Society In 1907.
The story of the old negro Yarrow
occupies but three pages at the end
of the rambling dissertation, which
may be found in volume III of the
records of the society. Perhaps in
an ordinary lifetime the average
reader of this paper never would find
the book.
That Is the trouble with old records.
They usually are so .voluminous, so
inaccessible that the gems in them
commonly pass away unseen amid the
dross. 1t shall be the pleasant duty
of the writer of this column, then,
to rescue the diamonds, from time
to time, and do his best to set them
forth to the gaze of admirers of
today
The story of Yarrow, for an ex-
ample of sheer perseverance, can
hardly be excelled touching as IL
does on the heartstrings of old age.
the desire for Independence, repeated
losses and great determination, with
an early banking institution play
ing the role of good Samaritan.
X X
Old Yarrow lived near and in
Georgetown from the days prior to
the war OF '76 to the early part of the
last century He was a Mohammedan
ha
the colonies before the Revolutionary
War.
He was sold as a slave to a family
who lived near Georgetown on the
banks of the Potomac. Scharf the
Maryland historian. thought 1t prob
able that the first settlements in
Frederick County We're made in the
vicinity of Georgetown.
Washington had just been estab-
lished. In comparison with George
town. the latter having been founded
sembly of Maryland, the National
Capital was somewhat OF an upstart,
as it were.
George Washington had only a few
years ago passed to his eternal re-
ward. The old streets of old George
town, old even then. had seen the
majestic roll of his great carriage
many times.
1t was to this town. ION the
Patowmack," that Yarrow came,
about 1900, when his master gave
him his freedom after many years of
hard labor.
"Old Massa been tink he got all
de work out of a Yarrow bone" de-
clared the ex-slave as he strobe UP
High street that bright Spring morn
ing. The perfume OF lilacs was in
the air
The cool breeze blew in fresh from
the river. Yarrow was free, White
citizens, of the new republic were
busy about their daily tasks Old
Yarrow was free to have tasks of
his own, too
"Old Massa tell a Yarrow go free
farrow, you been work nuff for me,
go work for you now" declared the
man from Guinea. to group OF
loafers at the High Street Tavern.
so you are free?" asked one
"Old Yarrow he say. tankee, Mas
sa. iarrow say, sure nuff. Ysrrow
go to work for he now. Yarrow get
dolla.''
II did not take the citizens of the
town long to find out that the white
wooled man was terribly in earnest
when he said he was after the dol
lar He worked at all sorts of odd
Evening star., 1925-04-07
Virginia Sandstone
Was Used in Capitol
To the Editor of The Star;

To the Editor of The Star:
An article In The Star of recent
date about stone in the central part
of the United States Capitol Building
is misleading, being far from correct.
The original part of the Capitol
Building is built of Virginia sand
stone, as is also the White House.
The Patent Office is constructed of
what is known as alum" limestone,
as is also the old part of the Wash
ington Monument. They resemble
each other about as much as chalk
resembles cheese, neither in looks,
composition, or any other way is
there any similarity, other than they
are both stone
The outer wall Of the new part Of
the Monument Is of beaver dam
limestone from quarries that former
ly were operated in the vicinity of
Baltimore, Md, and is a first-class
stone, far superior to either of the
others mentioned. B. E. McCANN.
Evening star., 1925-04-07
"Bayete. +"

Those who read of the recent at
tempt of a party of Christian Zulus to
repeat the miracle of the Red Sea, as
a result of which the children of Israel
passed dryshod, may have smiled at
first. but their smile could not have
been of derision, for so of these simple
people were drowned.
Christian mankind is told authorita-
lively that with perfect faith noun
tains can be moved, ills remedied and
life itself preserved. What faith could
Evening star., 1925-04-07
Changes Suggested
For Traffic Signals
To the Editor of The Star:

\
Would 1t not be well to have the
semaphores equipped with lenses of
about six or eight inches in diameter,
and have placed between the red and
green lights shield so that only one
light is visible to the motorist?
Would it not be wise to have the
arms of the day semapores lengthen-
ed several inches and increased in
width several inches? Both the lenses
and semaphores should be kept clean,
especially in rainy weather.
Would it not be well to substitute
for the permanent concrete car stop
platforms attractive wooden plat
forms which could be moved easily
in case of an emergency?
LAURENCE M. HYNSON.
Evening star., 1925-04-07
Oratory and Stratagem.

Are you in favor of keeping poll
ties out of business"
"Of course answered Senator Sor-
ghum. But how can you do 80 when
some sort of politics becomes the natu.
raj relaxation for the tired business
man.
Evening star., 1925-04-07

II is possible to become accustomed
to almost anything. The American
public has learned to accept any kind
of resignation rumor with imp,r-
turbable calm.
Evening star., 1925-04-07

The Pennsylvania Railroad will
name one of its fast freight trains
the Comet" The astronomical figures
as to the speed Of a comet should not
invite imitation.
Evening star., 1925-04-07
Rate by MaiI-Payable i'm Advance.
MARYLAND and Virginia.
All Other States
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IN the use for republication of all news ai :,
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special dispatches herein also reserved.
Evening star., 1925-04-07

Florida has a much-admired climate.
but even Florida is not tornado proof
As the ancient philosopher said, ma.
ture abhors sure thing"
Evening star., 1925-04-07

Reports that Hindenberg contem-
plates retirement from public life are
easily started, but invariably contra
dicted.
Evening star., 1925-04-07

The opening of the new Traffic Court
was attended by curious" but not
necessarily delighted, throng.
Evening star., 1925-04-07

The Evening star. with the Sunday morning
edition, Is delivered by carriers within the
city at 60 cents per month; da,Iy oniy' 40
rents per month; Sunday only, 20 cents per
month Orders NAV be sent by mail or tele-
phone Main 5OOO Collection is made by car
riers az the end OF each month.
Evening star., 1925-04-07
Getting to Work.

To business I swiftly roam;
Then, at the curbstone mark
Turn, and go back miles toward
home
To find q place to mark
Evening star., 1925-04-07

Jud Tunkins says a woman appre-
ciates a beautiful bouquet because it
shows some man was willing to spend
8 or 10 dollars
Evening star., 1925-04-07
Weird Versatility.

Assassins study various terms
And with ill-favored glee
Use anything, from tiniest germs
To tons of INT.
Evening star., 1925-04-07
Trout Streams.

Trout Streams.
Books on the running brooks-to
quote the poet
In hours of passing leisure may be
sought.
There's many such book-and
anglers know it-a
That tell of fish nobody really
caught.
DE man dat talks to hisself," said
Uncle Eben, '.is de onliest one dat
positively believes all he hears"
Evening star., 1925-04-07
Saurian Gayety.

Saurian Gayety.
What extraordinary colors that
young man wears.'
Il shouldn't accuse him of being a
lounge lizard" said Miss Cayenne,
''but I will say he apparently desires
to be a chameleon
Evening star., 1925-04-07
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Evening star., 1925-04-07

To find a place to park
Evening star., 1925-04-07

Q. Did Charles Dickens invent a
stenographic system?-A. E. H.
A. The novelist altered the system
invented by Quincy to suit his own
needs.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-27
S. A. IS VERY,
VERY bALMY,
THANKS!
Old Sol Crins on Favorite
City as Rest Of Coun-
try Shakes Furnace.

With zero and below zero weather
prevailing throughout the northern
and northwestern states Saturday, and
extreme cold weather forecast for the
north portion of East Texas Sunday
and Sunday night, San Antonio was
congratulating herself over the pros.
pect of generally fair weather for Sun
day, with little change in tempera-
ture.
Chicngo's mercury flirted with the
zero mark during Saturday night and
Evanston, home of Vice President
Dawes had two below. n drop of more
than a score degrees in "a hours. Lit
tie relief was in prospect during the
next few days for the Windy City,
weather predictions indicating that
the temperature would go to ten be-
low zero Saturday night.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-27
CONFERENCE
LIS S ) | .
SITES FOR
FUTURE ].
Chain Of Camp Ground.
From Amarillo to Browns
vile Is Projected.

Working out a program to develop
81 state park sites scattered from
Amarillo to Brownsville and from
Texarkana to FL Paso. making Texas
the most attractive tourist state in the
Union, Is planned at a regional park
conference to be held In Texarkana
January Is and is.
With 81 beautiful and well organic
cd parks forming a chain through
Texas, it is said. the state can soon
become the touring and vacation
grounds for additional thousands of
motorists.
Plans FOR the regional conferences
were announced Thursday by D. E.
Colp, chairman Of the Texas State
Parks Board. Park officials and gov
ernors from six states. Mr.. Colp said.
will attend the meeting. A number
Of San Antonians will accompany Mr..
Colp to the conference with the view
of working out the park problem. .
Other states have developed a plan.
Mr.. Colp said, by which state parks
are not only self sustaining, but earn
enough money to purchase and, de-
velop additional Fairgrounds. ~
to the state without cost, Mr.. Colp
said. They comprise a total Of 60.
S21 acres valued at s1,3OO,000.
Work of developing and opening
them has been temporarily held up
and it is hopd that the conference viii
produce plan whereby they can be
boautified, equipped and put into pub
lie use. Is
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-27
NEW $4,000 INDUSTRY
TO LOCATE In S. A.

San Antonio is to get new $4,000
industry. Gas floor furnaces. base
ment gas furnaces and gas heating APP
pliances are to be manufactured at
home.
Assurance of this is given in an an
nouncement by II. Il. Dickinson, presi-
dent of the II. Z. Dickinson company
that he is promoting corporation to
be known as the Unit Manufacturing
Company with a capital of $4,000 for
this purpose.
The new corporation will take over
business which has been in operation