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Evening star., 1926-05-19
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

1t was our habit, as we remember,
to carefully go over the envelopes
from time to time and file between
the leaves of the book, at the ap-
propriate places. the various clip
pings.
In this way our Natural History"
was supplemented with papers "by
various hands" and contained a lore
of animal history utterly beyond the
original volume. Unhappily we lost
the book, and also our collection.
but the memory of both remains
with us.
Modern systems of filing in boxes
and drawers and in books have sup
planted to some extent the old scrap
book, but the latter still has thou
sands OF adherentS. Ones ScrapbOok
is almost as sacred as ones diary.
tBy the way. does any one keep a
/, diary any mOre?l
Two handicapS of Scra pbookS still
remain-their bulk and the necessity
of mussing around with paste Efforts
have been made to surmount both
these difficulties, however
The main thing is that scrapbooks
are still kept and that unknown thou
sands still get pleasure and benefit
from their keeping. AS stated, the
chief point of interest is not so much
what Is kept as the very keeping it.
self.
Running a scrapbook means that
you are interested in something. Now
there are tens Of thousands Of persons
who actually seem interested in moth
ing. Perhaps they do not lust Sit
but at most they indulge in little that
requires either mental or physical
effort.
Such vegetating persons would be
immensely benefited by going in for
scrapbooks. The columns of this pa
per are full of interesting material.
The well known Rambler papers,
printed every Sunday for the past II
years, are in hundreds Of sCrapbooks.
The news columns. besides an mex
haustible fund of information on any
one Of a thousand of topics, still
carry much clipped miscellaneous
matter, although not as large guam
tity as in past years.
One who has never tried it, Will be
surprised and delighted, we believe, II
he will start a collection of clipped
material on some topic that interests
him. The recently established garden
column in The Saturday Star, for in
stance. is filled with interesting and
Informative material.
If this material is cut out every
week and properly filed, it will he of
aid TO every gardener. amateur or
otherwise. Al the particular moment
one may have no need for information
of the culture of the dahlia, but next
year-ah, that is another matter.
Y x
So ii goes with scores Of topics.
II you have the proper temperament
land. of course, one has to have II
you can get a great deal more out OF
your paper than merely looking over
the headlines and reading an article
now and then.
Ones favorite magazines are filled
with matter of interest. but they pile
up SO in the average household that
the trashmen get them all after
awhile.
Why not cut out the articles that
particularly interest YOU and file them
away in some convenient manner. sc
that in future years you may have
them for reference"
An intellectual hobby is as neCes
sary as a physical one. Get the scrap
| book habit and realize some perma
| nent good out of the millions Of words
being printed nowadays.
Evening star., 1926-05-19
New York to Buenos Aires.

With the exploits of Amundsen and
Byrd fresh in the public mind par
ticular interest is manifested in the
proposed effort to link North and
South America via the air route. On
Nav %, if the flight is carried out as
now planned, Bernardo Duggan of
Argentina will soar aloft at New York
with two companions and when "finis''
is written to the historic trip he hopes
not only to have reached Buenos Aires,
but to have laid the foundation for a
regular schedule between these two
cities.
Although the flight will not be with
out stops the aviators intend to push
through as rapidly as possible and to
come to earth only when it is neces'
sary for refueling or repairs to the
plane. If successful the proposed air
VOYAGE will be the first direct flight
to Buenos Aires from New York. An
American aviator, who attempted the
feat several years ago, was six months
en- route and required a replacement
of his seaplane before he finished.
A regular service between the two
Americas presents an alluring picture.
With trade constantly increasing and
be interests OF the peoples of both
Evening star., 1926-05-19
The Yankee at Geneva.

The attitude Of helpful leadership
toward the goal of arms limitation as
sumed by the United States at the
opening of the preliminary conference
on disarmament in Geneva yesterday
cannot but be gratifying to millions of
Americans The United States is sin
cere in its efforts TO better conditions
throughout the world and to reduce
the probabilities OF another world
| war through limitation of the arma-
! ments. At the Washington confer
ence on limitation OF ornaments four
years ago, Secretary Hughes of the
State Department, heading the Amer
| lean delegation, thrilled the world with
| his practical proposition for naval linn
itation. In Geneva. the American dele
CATION under fhe leadership Of Hugh
Gibson, American Minister to SWitZer-
land, is carrying on, with the same
purpose firmly III mind. In the sug-
gestions made by Mr.. Gibson at the
opening of the conference. the same
vein of practicability is found. The
| American effort is TO avoid abstruse
problems and to bring about real re-
suits
With the Yankee conception that
the way TO disarm is 10 disarm,
the American delegation has put for
ward the suggestion that if it is not
practical to work out plan for linl-
! itation of armaments covering the
whole world regional agreements may
be successfully planned and brought
! to consummation.
| 1t is well established that the prob
! lem of land ornaments is largely
academic SO far as the United states
| is concerned With an Army of 1lS.
| 900. or about one man for each GOO
of the population, the reductions have
been as drastic as can be made with
any regard for national security. In
Europe, however, the situation is vast
liz different, and it is to help to cure
that situation that the United States
is now at Geneva, as we'll as to seek
further limitation Of naval armaments
in which the United States naturally
is more keenly interested than in land
forces.
The great danger to the success OF
the present conference lies in the de-
sire of some of the attending nations
to broaden the scope of arms 1mlta-
ton until it takes in everything un-
der the sun and falls by its own
weight. France, Italy and some of the
others insist that the industrial
strength of the nations must be reck-
oned in arriving at any ratio OF arms
limitation. To such suggestion the
United States and Great Britain will
offer strong opposition. Strength i'll
industry may be potential strength IN
time of war. particularly under the
conditions of modern warfare. But
so is strength in agriculture, ana
strength in population, and every
other conceivable asset in a nations
| makeup. In the interest of success
at Geneva. the effort should be mate
| to keep the problem of arms limitation
as simple as possible.
Evening star., 1926-05-19
Ordeal by Nails.

Not all the motorists of the District
| have occasion to traverse the klingle
| Bridge on Connecticut avenue extend
ed, but there is likelihood that any
| who do will remember the crossing for
some time to come.
The boards which compose the floor
| ing of the two roadways are SO worn
down that they are ornamented with
collection of spikes. projecting any
where from a quarter of an inch to an
inch or more. AS one approaches the
| beginning of the bridge he or she Is
reminded of the boards on which
Hindu fakirs recline in order to lay up
for themselves merit in the future life
Steering the four wheels Of a car in
and out between these stalaGmlte-like
tire destroyers is a ticklish job. Often
the driver who thinks he has passed
the ordeal safely later finds SLOW
working nail of vast dimensions i'm
bedded in one of his treads. One nall
in particular is of such outstanding
altitude that the approaching driver is
weed has taken root in the moss and
mold of the ancient boards.
Just now the usual solution of the
problem is for the motorIst who must
cross or who desires TO cross and
there are thousands of them-at once
to groove his wheels in the street car
tracks. Following the attainment of
this line of vantage, no other motorist
can safely pass him on the left or with
propriety pass him on the right. Not
only are vehicles endangered by this
condition, but traffic is slowed down.
The subject of widening and perma-
nently surfacing this bridge has been
broached and favorably considered.
Doubtless ii will be done in due sea
son. In the meantime a few truck
loads Of fresh boards, firmly nailed in
place, would bring smiles of Gratifica-
ton to thousands of Careworn faces.
Evening star., 1926-05-19
Shoe Leather i'm the Orient.
From the Seattle Daily Times.

From the Seattle Daily Times.
Occidental influences are working
a slow but unmistakable change in
Oriental habits. and customs. regarded
for thousands of years as immutable
In the matter of footwear. for ex
ample. Figures just given out by the
Seattle district office of the United
| States Bureau of Foreign and Do
mestic Commerce show that in 1925
China bought five times as much
American sole leather as it imported
in any of the five years Immediately
preceding the World War. The
Philippines imported six times as
much. And Japan's imports OF the
commodity showed large gain.
The Orient has millions OF feet
that have never known the feel of
shoe leather. There is food for
thought in the fact that the owners
of these feet are turning from ma
lures foot covering or sandals of
straw to the brogans of the Western
World.
1t should interest the American
farmer who produces the hides, and
the American manufacturer who
tans the leather. The United States
has a surplus of the kind of leather
that the Orient is likely to demand
in increasing quantity, and can In
crease the production many fold IL
market can be found for 1t in the
Orient.
Eventually the growing Oriental de-
mand for shoe leather may have an
important effect on the tanning in
dustry of the Pacific Coast. which up
to the present time has lanGuished for
want of a market. Seattle might we'll
add tanning Of leather to her list of
potential new Industries needed to
build up reciprocal trade with the
countries across the Pacific.
Evening star., 1926-05-19

Pole overlook one little detail that
isn't altogether without significance
That is that Richard Crane, a former
Washingtonian and one-time Ameri-
can Minister TO CZechosloVakia. now
owns Westover and lives there. With
the aid of his clever wife. a niece OF
Senator William Cabell Bruce of Mary
land. Dick" Crane diSpenseS hos
pitality in openhanded Southern fash
ion at the we'll known estate. His
friends doubt seriously whether he
would be inclined to give up West
over. even in honor of the distin.
guished sailorman whose name is now
being mentioned in connection with
the place. What the punsters would
do If a "Dickie' Crane We're to evacu'
ate in favor of a "Dickie" Byrd is al
most too terrible to contemplate.
Florence p. Kahn. Republican. the
gentlewoman from California, has in
troduced in the House of Representa-
tives a bill to provide special com
pensation for one of the truly great
heroes of the World War. He is
Sergt. Michael A. Donaldson. Mike
holds 80 decorations for World War
fighting service, including the Ameri-
can ulSIlUS SSINlCS CIOoS. hC
latter was awarded Donaldson 'for
extraordinary heroism in action" on
October IA. 1918, at Sommerance-ep-
Landres, France. The sergeant. who
was n member of the 165th Infantry
Regiment, rescued six severely wound
ed men from a position exposed to
heavy shelling by enemy machine
gun fire necessitating six trips to the
top Of a hill to carry the wounded
men back to a place of safety. His
residence at time of enlistment was
Haverstraw, n. Y. Representative
Kahns bill, if approved by Congress
and signed by the President, would
award Sergt. Donaldson the sum of
$4,000 and life pension of 5000 a
month.
The National Civic Federation. of
which Elihu Root is the honorary
president, has had President Cool
idge's recent D. A. r. address on vote
stacking inserted in the Congressional
Record The purpose is to distribute
more than 100000 copies of the Rec
ord in question MAY 12) throughout
the country, with a view to arousing
practical interest in the obligation of
suffrage in time for the 1925 congress
sional elections. For the past year
the Civic Federation, under the. lead.
ership Of it's Jealous executive coun-
Gil chairman. Ralph NJ. Easley. has
been building up a. program of politi-
cal education. 1T not only wants citi-
Zens to get out and vote on election
, days. but to enroll in party organiZa-
tions, participate in the primaries
and even join their respective ward
clubs. Roosevelt used TO say that
politics begins in the precinct. and
that a. man or woman who doesn't I
| take the trouble to interest himself
in precinct politics is starting on the
wrong road to good citizenship.
(Copyrigkf. 1926.)
Evening star., 1926-05-19

of the hackers OF the Amundsen eX.
petition has said that despite the neg
ativee findings Of that expedition 1t is
still a probability that there is great
tract of land between the North Pole
and Alaska. Admiral Peary from a
point 1000 feet high on Cape Colgate
in Grant Land, about the SD degree,
wrote; 1T was with q thrill that my
glass revealed the faint white sum
mitS of distant land which my
Esquimos claimed to have seen as we
came along from the last camp.
Thomas Hubbard, standing In ANel
Heiberg Land, which is about 81 or
SO degrees north. thought he saw
white mountains to the north. Mae
MILAN, far in the north. thought he
saw unknown mountains before nm.
went fifty miles in their direction OBJ
served that they did not become plain
er, and concluded that the mountains
were mirage.
Stefansson is taking some of the
cold out of the North Fole cllilldte'
but will probably not draw many inn
migrants to the region. He points out
that the Amundsen party reported the
Pole temperature as l. above. zero
and he says that temperature is not
extraordinary in New York, Chicago,
St. Paul and Minneapolis. He says
that Arctic temperature ranges from
100 in the shade to 80 degrees below
zero and that the Weather Bureau
gets reports Of 81 below zero in
Canada and Alaska. This will not
shake the popular belief that Autumn
sets in early at the North Pole, that
Spring violets are little late and that
Winter there is long and dark.
Evening star., 1926-05-19

We have heard with great satisfac-
ton of several persons who are MAX
ing scrapbooks of This and That, one
even continuing the good work while
| in Europe.
Others are collecting separate pa
pers dealing with literary topics, par
ticularly on the poets, while others,
according to information we receive
from time to time, are putting the ami
| NAL stories in their scrapbooks.
Collections such as these are well
worth while, not SO much for what Is
collected as for the collectors per
sonal interest.
IT pays large dividends Of content in
| this life to be interested in some topic
enough to make collections of ma
| terial regarding it. The enthusiasm
of the stamp collector is perhaps the
best known.
Many gather together books upon
one topic. such as chess. golf games
| in general. detective stories, etc. We
have heard of one gentleman who be
| lieves he has on his shelves practi-
cally every tale of mystery in print.
A we'll known local clergyman has
in his church office scores of detective
stories of Conan Doyle, Fletcher, Har-
of this sort of fiction.
The late Daniel Murray of this city.
we'll known colored leader, had filed
| scores of This and That papers in his
magnificent collections, made over
many years and begun when he was
| first connected with the Library of
Congress.
There is an inexpreSsible satisfac-
ton in making collections of articles
that interest one, so much so that we
know of but one quotation that ade
quately fits the case. Shakespeare
| said:
Nv crown IS IN my heart not on my head.
Nor deCkcd with diamonds or Indian stones.
Nor to he seen, my crown Is called content.
x X
The writer Of this column as a boy
collected assiduously from. the col
umns of The Evening Star the mis-
cellaneous articles dealing with ami
mails.
Evidently some one handling the
| exchanges in those days was fond Of
every created thing, including bears,
tigers, dogs. cats. birds. snakes, in
sects. bees. butterflies and the re-
mainder of Natures children.
Everything that went on all fours
or flew through the air, or craWled
| in the dust, or swan through the
seas was food for his clipping shears
and in turn for our home pair of
| scissors.
Although he never saw us. and we
| In turn do not know his name to this
day. there was between lis bond OF
| interest, n common love for what we
| have since called the people that
| God forgot the creatures that can
| not talk.
There was scarcely a copy Of this
| paper in those days that did noI
! have one or more items about ami
! mails. One day it would be note
| on beavers and their dam building
| exploits.
The next it might prove To be a
| half dozen lions. Whatever it was
| the clipping went into one of seVera
| envelopes. variously labeled Ami
| mails. Birds etc.
In those days we possessed hand
some copy of Woods Natural His
| tory" which. though it might not
| have been an extremely accurate
work, did manage to inculcate q
| love for animals and considerable
! knowledge of their habits in count
| less thousands of children.
Evening star., 1926-05-19
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

Q. AS a center of population. how is
Philadelphia situated?-C. f. f.
A. Half the entire population of
the United States lives within a ra-
dius of 500 miles. Within a radius
of $50 miles of. the city approx
mately 20,000,000 people live, and
about half. of these within a radius
of so miles.
Q. What are the various classes in
the French Legion Of Honor
J. w. Il.
A. They are chevaliers. officers.
commanders. grand officers and
grand crosses.
q. In q golf match one Of my op-
ponentS had TO drop his ball after
being in a water hazard. lie
crOuched or squatted until when he
dropped the bah it had only q few
inches to fall, and he was assured
of a good lie. ] claimed he had no
right to do this. lie said all thai
was required of him was to face the
hole and drop the ball over his
shoulder, and that there wasn't any
penalty. anyhow. Who was right
J. Il. n.
A The rules of golf stipulate that
in dropping a ball the player must
stand erect, as we'll as face the hole
and drop the ball over his shoulder
The penalty for an infraCtion of this
rule is the loss of the hole i'll match
play and of two strokes III medal
play.
Q. Where do circuses get then
lions and tigers ?-W. X.
IfIG
nageries and zoos, and the chief sup
ply is from stock bred and reared lr
captivity in the United States.
q. How much does house paint
weigh II. G. y.
A. Various colors of outside house
paint have different weights. BroWf
and green are light in weight, while
white and light shades are heavy
The brown and green WelSh j
pounds per gallon, white lead
pounds, red lead 22 pounds. Nhltt
lead is used for house painting. whlit
red lead is used for metal painting.
q. Was Cuba ever considered a par
of the United States?-G. {. ).
A Cuba was not considered par
of the United States. The treaty o
Paris. 10th of December, 1898. provided
for the temporary occupation of Cub5
by the United States. This occupa
ton lasted from the 18th Of July, 1898
| to the Goth of May, 1902. On the lat
ter date. at - noon, the Republic o
! Cuba was established.
| Q Was the district known as Mur
| ray Hill. New York City, the scene
| of a battle in the Revolutionar!
! War?-A. G.. y.
| A A battle was fought on Murra,
! Hill, September Is. 1876. following
J Gen. Howe's victorious attack ON th'
| Continentals at Brooklyn. and Wash
| ington retreated to Harlem Heights
! The rise of ground on the farm o
Evening star., 1926-05-19

Robert Murray gave the British an
advantage till Washington, person
ally, rallied the troops with Take to
the cornfields, men," Aaron Burr
guided the rallied troops to place
of safety.
@. What makes electric lights
flicker. get dim. and then bright
again ?-R. r.
a. II is the variation i'll speed or
the generators or intermittent ground
somewhere on the line.
O. When did American Indians first
have horses? ? r. Y.
A. Horses were not known To the
Indians prior TO the advent ~ tns
white man in America. The first horses
seen by the mainland Indians were
those of the Spanish invaders of Mex
leo. A few years later De Soto brought
the horse into Florida and westward
to the Mississippi while Coronado. in
154I, introduced il to the Indians Of
the Great Plains.
G. What Queen was first called
Empress Of India '"---i4. &.
A. The title Empress of India
was first assumed by Queen Victoria
of England. In 1876 a bill was intro
duCed into Parliament providing for
this title. II met with much opposi
ton. and Disraeli was accused of sur
rendering TO the whim of the Queen
in this matter. In reality. the idea
of the title was To impress British
suzerainty forCibIy upon the minds OF
the native princes.
@. How does the tuxedo coat get
its name?--k. \.
a. TuXedo-a diner jacket, so call
ed from Tuxedo. the name of II Sum
mer resort in PaSsaic County. y. J..
| on the lake Of the same name The
word is derived from the Delawarr
dialect of Algonquin, in which the
Wolf subtrihe was called P'tuksit.
| spelled by Morgan Took seat. This
name is 4 socio esoteric term for W"l'
and signifies literally. He has round
foo;,' from p'tuksiteu leu o..
Q: When was Mohammed born: e.
| A The traditional date Of Mohau.
| meds birth is $40 a ID. 1t Is though
that Mohammedanism was founded
| about 6l0 AID.
Gen. Robert T.. lee said. THE
| thorough education Of people rs the
most FficGciOUS means o. promoting
| the prosperity Of me Nation. TheSe
! 1rOrdS Of the distinguished Southern
! general are none the less true notr
| than 7chen he spoke them. our Wash -
! ingtOn Information Bureau is one %
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i ton Of free information and educG
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