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Evening star., 1926-04-07

Q. How many medals and degrees
has Secretary OF Commerce Hoover!-
| IL. r.
A. A complete list has not been
compiled. He has degrees from about
! 30 universities. Many medals and
| diplomas have been presented 10 Mr..
| Hoover, while streets, avenues. high
ways, squares and stars have been
named for him.
@. Why are some races called
Derbies?--M. II.
A. The Derby is an annual horse
race at EPSON In Surrey, England,
generally on the wednesday before
Whitsuntide. 1t is named for the
founder, the twelfth Earl OF Derby
078O). Elsewhere a race called a
derby means race of first impor'
tsnce.
q. do people living in cold climates
have thicker blood?-J. G. G.
A. The Public Health Service says
that there In no truth in the state
ment that persons living in cold
climates have thicker blood than those
living in warm climates.
Q. Were the Haviland potteries de-
stroyed during the war? What about
A. The Haviand factories are stu
| ated at Limoges, which is far removed
| from the war zone and were, there
| fore, not destroyed during the war.
| Due to the depletion of the factory 3
ma terial and personnel. certa In sha pes
| and decorations were discontinued, the
| factory in the meanwhile operating on
what could be best made during that
| time.
| Q. What Is the length OF the shore
line Of the Great Lskes?--M. A. ID.
| A. With their connecting channels
| they have a shore line of over $500
miles. The Great Lakes have an area
Of about $500 miles.
Q. Please give the first words heard
over a ephone.-M. r.
A. On one hot afternoon. June 2
1875. the telephone gave forth its first
sound a faint twang The thing
seemed almost finished to Alexa nder
Graham Bell and his associate, Wat
son. but such was not the case. For
30 weeks they labored with the tele
phone to try to teach IT to talk. FL
nally. on March 10. 1875. it's inarticu
late screams. walls and gurgles sud
denly gave way to a clear voice. Al
his end Of the wire Watson heard
nlmSet addressed DE BELL, Mr.. wat
son, come here. / want YOU" That
was the first message ever conveyed
over the wires by human voice.
q. How does the st. Louis Zoe
compare with other zoos?-F. J.. p.
A. The National Geological Parl
says that the st. Louis Zoo cannot
be compared with the geological park
maintained by the Government, ina 8
much rs the one in st. Louis is ir
the process of being developed and a.
the present time has no bird or rep
tile house. 1t is said. however. thai
when all plans are completed the st
Louis Zoo will be the finest in The
country. AT the present. however. the
New York Geological Park. at Bronx
n, T.. is recognized by some author
tiles to be the finest and to have thu
largest area. The Phila delphis anC
Evening star., 1926-04-07
SHOOTING STARS.
BY pHnANDER JOHNSON.

Last Faint Hope.
Though puzzled by the frequent lesis
lation
Inducing arguments both loud and
long,
There comes anew a state Of gita tion
That needs authority both prompt
and strong.
When April skies should be serene
and sunny.
And the climate won't provide the
proper thaw
We can't be philosophical Or funny
We're tempted to request another
law.
There are laws abstruse concerning
ma ematics
Aud astronomic movements which
affect
The weather. Rules should not be
problematic.
This years enforcement hasn't been
correct.
So, once again to Congress we're
applying.
Though they may have to labor
after dark,
We want a law expressly notifying
Old Winter that he mustn't over.
park.
Evening star., 1926-04-07

testify. no Federal officiaI--least Of all
1udce-should be impeached on in
sufficient or dubious evidence: only a
strong presumption Of guilt warrants
Impeachment proceedings
The architects of our Constitu-
tion.'' according TO the Miami News.
were forehanded in their provision
for such a court, which would serve
TO maintain the integrity of the Fed
eral courts, even as the courts them
selves were established and consti-
tuted with the authority which safe
guards the people against the will of
an autOcratic legislature"
"A United States judge ought To
be very superior man." remarks the
Topeka Daily Capital. for certainly
he has the opportunity 10 be a most
oppressive tyrant as well az corrupt"
With this opinion the Pasadena Star
News agrees. stating as self-evident
corollaries that lit is Of paramount
Importance that public confidence in
the judiciary he maintained and II
is of vital importa nee that the iu.
dietary he worthy of public conn.
dencs.'
The Fort Worth Record Telegram
would like to believe that the charges
are untrue, for. il affirms: We do
not want our faith in our Federal
judges shaken. There will hardly hs
time in the history of the Nation
that we will need that faith more than
we need it during these days of uncer.
tainties, law violations and rapidly
cha nging conditions Says the Al.
bany knickerbocker Press. "The av.
erage of the American judiciary IL a
high one and IL should be sustained
at its present level
The Richmond News.Leader records
that magazine and newspaper re-
ports, indicate that the Illinois Judge
goes into this fight with his strongest
friends. organized labor and the Anti.
saloon League, definitely separated
from him.
Referring to Judge F.nglish's Eng.
lsh." which Is one of the points ct
issue, the Springfield Daily Repub.
lican pictures Speaker Longworth as
having heen $50 shocked by Judge
English's English that he ruled that
House members participating in the
debate should identify his honor's
blazing oaths on the bench by their
first letters only or not bring them at
all into the discussion" This paner
thinks that II is hard to foreteIl what
the Senate will do about IL, because
Whether the precedents classify the
profanity of the Mississippi River
bottoms as 'misdemea nors' within the
meaning of the Constitution, IL is hard
to say"
Evening star., 1926-04-07
Mussolini Escapes Death.

Todays attempt on the life of Mus
solini Italys virtual dictator, Is not q
surprising development. He has been
in danger of assassination for several
years, ever since he entered Rome at
The head of his Fascist, in fact. Plots
AGAINST him have been formed and
thwarted. Not many months. ago a
would be assassin was arrested as he
was training rife on the balcony on
which Mussolini was shortly to ap.
pear to address a thronB. This imne-
date attack was made by woman
who gained close access TO the dicta-
tor as he was leaving a convention of
surgeons She fired point blank at
him. but only slightly wounded him
in the face. His escape from instant
death was remarkable
Mussolini has challenged assassina-
ton. He has dealt ruthlessly with
conditions that, he believes, have men
aced 1taly's national life. He has
made enemies in great numbers, has
aroused fanatical hatred. That Italy
Ia the better for his ministrations Is
not to be denied. He has put an end
to corrupt bureaucratic government,
has brought order out of the chaos Of
maladministration, has suppressed
radicslism, has sustained the throne
and has revived the industrial pros
perity of the country. His methods
hayA haen drastic at times tvra nnical
He has not tolerated dissension in the
ranks of his own party, and is sus-
pected of resorting to extreme meas
iires to punish recalcitrants.
Thus no other man in high public
station in Europe has become SO plain
Iy exposed to the threat of death. AS
sass!aattcn. however, has been rack.
ened uSoa hy Mussoiini a . resei.
Evening star., 1926-04-07
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES +. TRACEWELL.

In the house. The beautiful hyacinth
too, IL rather ovefperfumed.
Nature has perfunery factory In
which she brings forth everything
from the cioying to the faint ano
dainty.
The sweet. .smelling shrub stands
about halfway in this scale.
II IL just right, II you ASK us.
y X n
This sweet smelling shrub or ours
In a. species Of the genus OF pa nus o.
the family Calycanthaceae. II ~ sise
known as the Carolina allspice, OF
American n alIspice; aometinnes called
strawberry shrub.
Ii crows naturally from Pennsyl
va MIA southward, although 1t can pe
RI ised. with care, as far north a. NE"
York. 1t successfully w1thsta mas TINS
very cold winters of the Middle west
A dry situation suits 1t best.
IL il universally beloved OF chiloren.
Probably the fragrance accounts lof
much of this preference. one or lts
chocolate colored blossoms, crusheo
In the hand. leaves a sweet smeh
and. as stated, placed In the hsndker
chief, where the warmth OF the pod!
brings out It's odor, IL something not
to be forgotten.
the child Is perfectly natural
beins. hence It cares for the doors OF
flowers. Sometimes when 1t grows
older, In some cases. 1t nnds various
sweet odors distastefui. Education
and surroundings have q great deSi to
Go with these changes In taste.
MoAt boys, as they begin to grow
an seouire A disposition TO reject
IRA era nee as something distinctly
feminine. Yet 1t IL q notorious fac
that most men Of the ultra ma scuiine
tyne have real fondness for per
fumes.
Certainly no one, however fastidious
couId be offended by the spicy odor oi
the Cslyca nthns.
In the Spring paintings. therefore
reserve a place for this humble shrub
which asks nothing more than nor
msIly dry spot. with plenty OF ali
and sunshine, to give you one or Ma
ture's Aweetsst odors.
OF the Ave senses, there Is nom
more worth hiIe than that OF smell
The gentleman who has been deprived
Of hiN OIfactory senses-and we know
one such--has lost u great deal.
For him there are no violets. see mt
ca with dew ana sunrise: for him M
OdOr or beef6teak. mdklnS even th'
dyspeptic hungry; for him no sal
breeze from the ocean.
The man with a true nose, however
enjoys life 10 the full. While dis
sustins odors may find him sensitive
he accepts them as the necessary re
verse Of the picture.
Everything in life. seemingly haI
such a reverse--everythins except thu
love OF q good woman who wears bu
one face. that Of Love.
The man with 4 good nose, as th'
saving Ia, revels in the fresh fra
srance Of the very wind, and tn
smell OF freshly turned over earth
He knows the true delights of th'
table, too, better than any man.
One eminent writer. in fact. ha
gone 80 far as TO say that the trr'
sourma nd eats with his nose-that is
he first smells, then eats-and tha
the odor Is, in reality, the best par
Of the meal.
Modern scientific reses rch has son'
far TO uphold his curious contentious
In the list OF odors. Calyca nthus
the sweet smelling shrub. holds a no
bic place.
Evening star., 1926-04-07
Faithless Enforcement Agents.

1t was undeniably a clever move on
the part Of the wet" prosecution, as
1t may be termed. in the Senate pro-
witness in the case the Government 8
chief enforcement officer, the Assist
ant Secretary OF the Treasury charg-
ed with that duty. For 1t was thus
possible to set forth the difficu,ties en-
countered in enforcement, and from
an unimpeschable witness. Yet Gen.
A ndrews, In his testimony vest erday v,
stated nothing but familiar facts.
that enforcement. is exceedingly diffi-
cult, that Government agents have
been corrupt, that court decisions on
technicalities Of the law have ham
pered the administration, that as a re-
suit OF loophoies In the statute large
leaks Of liquor have occurred.
There Is no occs sion for surprise in
this testimony, especially that relating
to the corruption OF government en-
forcement agents. Perhaps, on the
contrary. there is occa sion for sur
prise that out OF force Of $500 men
only S75 have proved unworthy, when
the circumstances Of their selection
for this service are taken into consid-
Grafton.
1t is we'll known that from the out.
set certain interests have undertaken
to break down the enforcement law,
by direct defiance and by indirect
methods. Those interests, with large
means at command and with enOr-
nous profits In view, have spared no
efforts to corrupt the agents of the
Government, or to get their own men
into the service by dint OF false repre-
sentations.
The law should not be condemned
because OF the adroitness and persist
ence with which II Ia fought. There
are laws which forbid the taking Of
property, ga inst which criminals are
constantly at war. There Is no de-
ma nd for their annulment on the
score OF the warfare that is wased
sainst crooks. A law forbids the
taking OF human life. Many hundreds
Of murders are committed annually in
this country. Yet there is no dema nd
for the repeal OF the laws against
homicide, because it liz difficult in some
cases TO catch and at times even more
difficult to convict and punish the
slayers when they are caught.
TO be sure. one OF the arguments
advanced by those who are now being
heard on the wet" side of the case is
that the difficuity Of enforcement
shows that prohibition is impossible.
The fact that enforcement agents have
been corrupted, have taken bribes.
have conspired to defeat the Govern
ment. have themselves been intemper-
ate. becomes e factor In the case. But,
in this country TO a sea ndalous degree
in some cases, police forces have been
corrupt and untrustworthy, under po'
itical influences. Policemen have
fallen victims to seduction, have taken
hribes, have been guilty Of Niscen'
duet. But nobody has ever demanded
Evening star., 1926-04-07
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

the Washington ZOOS are Of about the
same caIiber.
O. How much warmer are houses
kept now than they were 100 years
ago?-S. j. G..
A. One hundred years ago 80 to
So degrees was considered A good
house temperature. Fireplaces pro
vided the heat in those days. When
stoves came into use, about 20 years
ago, the temperature rose To about
81 degrees. With the increasing uss
Of furnaces, some 80 years ago. a
heat of Y degrees was quite usual
Today temperature OF 10 degrees Is
considered standard.
Q. How much does baby elephant
A. The United States Geological
Park says that tho approximate
weight Of an elephant at birth Is $50
to 200 pounds.
O. How does our water supply get
from its source TO our water taps?--
J. y. f.
A. The water supply Of the city
Of Washington comes from Great
Falls through the conduit To Dale
carlia reservoir and then through the
conduit to Georgetown reservoir,
which is a distance Of miles from
Great Falls. From here II goes 10 the
Macmillan reservoir and the raw
water is pumped on to the filter and
pa sses into the filtered water reser-
voir. 1t then passes ny gravity
through various sections Of the city.
Some OF the water is pumped 10
Brightwood reservoir and Reno reser-
voir.
O. What was the Bacon Rebellion?
R. I. G.
A. Bacon's Rebellion was the
movement against Sir William Berke
ley, Governor of Virginia. in 1875,
led by Nathaniel Bacon, a young
planter.
Q. Is copper wire used To support
grspevines Injurious TO the plants?
j. j.
A. The Bureau of Plant Industry
says that copper wire may he used
10 support gra pevines. While the
copper wire is more expe nsive at
first some believe that II is ches per
in the long run. as II endures longer
than galvanized iron. which is used
more universally. The galvanized
iron wire needs to he removed in
about three years. No. ~ wire is the
size which is used for vineyard treIlis.
O. When will the Wimbledon ten.
mis- tournament he held?-M. NJ. r.
A. 1t commences Monday. June 81
| 1925, and lasts about 10 days.
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pou. IT is hfes greatest treasure
knowledge mag be acquired bU the
simple effort of using the free infoy-
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Evening star., 1926-04-07

| Sweet smelling shrub Of my Childhood
In the Wildwood,
Where We met,
You had an odor
| Swester than clover,
In drea ms l smell YOU yet;
Roses ana lilies are fragrant,
sweet 10 the frsil misnonette;
But, little brown bud,
sweet SIN ellins shrub.
You | shah never forget!
1t was not precisely in q wildwood
that We first met our sweet.smetiinl
shrub, but, in composing tho above
song, We found there In no other pos
| sibie rhyme for childhood.
The popular red brown shrub bios
som smells as sweet, labeled
Calycs nthus horidus. a. by any other
name. but most readers will more
readily recall 1t simply rs shrub"
1t In more common in small towns
and the country than In the cities
although 1t deserves, and no doubt
yet viii have. as wide an urban pla mt
ing a. any Of the Spiress. the golden
Forsythia or other Of the popula r
bushes.
rhe Calyca nthus goes under various
names. In most Of the nursery books
1t 10 called Sweet. smelling shrub" a.
II 1t were the only shrub In the world
10 smell sweet.
Certsinly none IL sweeter.
y n
He who has not. a. q child, crushec
one OF the small chocoiats.browr
shrubs" In his ha ndkerchief has lost
O valuable memory.
Memories Of odora, a. the whole
world knows by this time, are the
most tenacious Of all. we may Tor
get faces, sights. sounds. but Q char
acteristic fraGrs nee, ono that mas
something defnite about It, Ia held
In mind forever.
Can an odor be held In mind? We
believe II can. The 0lfs otory Orss ns
have the closest connection with ths
brain, and impressions taken in by the
one rems In firm fixed in the other.
This may not be exact physiology
but 1t IL near enough for all prac
ticsI purposes, which. In this case
simply mean the retention Of an odor
once smelled.
II was a warm night, years ago
when We first took q snin at the sweet
smelling shrub. 1t In a delicious fra
era nee, snG no impressed our child
ish senses. In the passing wears We
have seen no eason to alter that i'm
preston.
The odor OF this little bud or bios.
som is unique We would like TO write
most unique" were that not frown
ed upon by the best authorities
tsometimes the best authorities are
terribly bothers0ms
The weet.smellinG shrub. then
has smell unlike any other. YET
strangely reminiscent. 1t reminds ons
OF new song. Just being plugged
into populs rity. rhe thing is pleasing
undoubtedly new. vet we feel that We
have heard 1T before"
The shrub which We will call 1t
for short, has a spicy. tingiinE odor
fragrance that fingers. for which
rea son 1t was commonly placed In
ha ndkerchiefs.
II was the frst sachet, one made ey
Nature, neither too punsent nor too
faint.
In the tubeross. fer insts nee. Ma
ture produces q heavy. cloyinE odor
which some find impossible 70 allow
Evening star., 1926-04-07
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he is to have the support of a mum.
ber of the so.called prosre essive Demo.
Gratis. II the Senate should uphold
Senator Brookhart's right to his seat
the privileges and elections committee
will sustain a second blow within a
few months. II voted against the
seating of Senator Nye OF North
Dakota almost as decisively as against
Evening star., 1926-04-07

Mah-jons has lost it's populs rity to
large extent; possibly because 1t re.
Quired SO expensive an OUTFIT that the
mind wandered from the game in
order to admire the jeweiry.
Evening star., 1926-04-07

Prohibition cannot be regarded as
complete success until the charge
Driving while drunk" has been en-.
tirely eliminated from the Trsfic
Court records.
Evening star., 1926-04-07

The April climate Is occa asioning a
sense of uncertainty as TO when the
sleigh riding season comes to q def
mite close in this vicinity.
Evening star., 1926-04-07
No Patronixing Airs.

Would you ,patrontze bootlegger?'
I'D never try it, answered Uncle
Bill Bottletop. "Ail the bootlessers
know have become too wealthy and
influential to be patroniZed."
Evening star., 1926-04-07

From the Oklahoma City Daily oklahonen.
Unfortunately, Jate Spring freezes
do not AFFECT the budding political
gepiuses.
Evening star., 1926-04-07
the abolition Of the police because OF
such evil ha appeninxs

such evil happenings,
Less than twenty-five per cent or
the enforcement agents have proved
tsithless. Most OF those have been made
the victims Of deliberate seduction by
the foes of the law. II may be sue-
gested that this percentage Is perhaps
about that which today in the BODY
polite OF America is dems ndins the
aba ndonment of prohibition, the re-
cent so.calied polls Of public opinion
to the contrary notwithsta ndins.
Evening star., 1926-04-07

Getting the L. s. A into the World
Court begins TO look like expert
selesna nship as well as diplomacy.
Evening star., 1926-04-07
The C,,ssing Court.

From the Omaha world Herald.
Among otner things, the committee
finds fault with Judge English's Eng.
lish.
Evening star., 1926-04-07

Alcohol has always. been denounced
as a poison. The denaturing process
has enabled 1t to 60 from bad to
worse.
Evening star., 1926-04-07

From the Utica Observer. Dispatch.
Success consists Of buying expert
sncs ana selling 1t at q profit.
Evening star., 1926-04-07

From the 81. Paul Dispatch.
Good blocd isn't everything. The
child Of king must be taught which
spoon 20 uso.
Evening star., 1926-04-07
Poetry Of Motion,

do YOU realize that dancing Is the
poetry Of notion"
II like poetry" answered Sena tor
Sorghum, but I'm shy about dancing.
A good line Of Gle ssic verse helps an
oration, but ! can't ina gine what
would ha ppen IL | were to try to intro
duce few Charleston steps into one
OF my speeches
Evening star., 1926-04-07

Jud Tunkins says it's a great thing
in being a good listener, especially
when you're waiting for q balky NUM-
ber over the phone.
Evening star., 1926-04-07

"De man dat's never polite except
when he wantsse favor" said Uncle
Ehen, lis liable to get 20 far out O.
praet!cs dat he can't fool nsOody,'.
Evening star., 1926-04-07
Interference.

The little lambkin loves to play
At fina ncial bluff.
The bulls and bears obstruct the way
And make the game too rough.
Evening star., 1926-04-07
Rough Relations.

We speak about MANS brotherhood
To praise it all prove able,
Yet wish SO many brothers would
Not act like Cain and Abel.
Evening star., 1926-04-07

proaehes the moro It becomes ap-
parent that the contests In various
States where there are real contests
are to be fought out largely on the
wet" and dry issue. or on some
local issue that has really nothing
i'm common with the national party
issues. So far, at least. there seems
to be a dearth Of national party is.
sues. The Democratic leaders have
fallen back on the time. .honored tariff
issue. But Aven on the tariff ques-
ton there seems to have been a con.
siderable drawing together OF Demo
Gratis and Republicans. Two former
Democratic chairmen Of the United
States Tariff Commission and the
present Democratic vice chairman Of
that commission have testified at the
senatorial investigation of the ad.
ministration of that commission that
they believe it would cause disast
in this country to do away with the
protective tariff, although they insist
they are for lower tariff duties on
many Of the imports into this country.
The people at large can understand
pretty well q division along the lines
of protection and free trade. but when
1t comes to q mere difference as to
degree of protection the issue cannot
be as clearly drawn.
\ 4
Fifteen months after the senatorial
elections in Iowa the Senate has
finally taken up for disposition the
Brookhart.S .Steck contest. The battle Is
on. Senator Brookhart, insurgent Re-
publican. is to have greater support
in the Senate itself than was sup
posed Immediately following the re-
port of the committee on privileges
and elections, when by vote
Of 10 to i, with two members un.
recorded that committee recon.
mended the ousting Of Brookhart and
the seating Of Steck. Unless report
Is entirely wrong some Of the strong.
est Republicans In that body are lin.