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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-25

at the time of her death?-H. g.
A. She was almost 40 years old.
She was imprisoned for more than Z.
year Eefore her execution.
q. How much spraying material
would 1t take to spray ! ton Of toma.
toes?-C. w. B.
A. The Bureau of Plant Industry
says that allowing 10 tons of toma.
toes TO the acre, it will take approx
nately 30 to 40 gallons of Bordeaux
mixture TO spray one-tenth of an acre
or 1000 to 5000 plants.
Q. What is the average daily growth
OF bamboo tree?-P. Z.
A. The Bureau OF Foreign Seed and
Plant Introduction says that the aver.
age daily growth Of the bamboo tree
Is IL inches. The fastest growth Is
from 21a feet to feet day.
@. When was the Sketch Book writ
tenP-W. o. II.
A. Washington Irving wrote the
Sketch Book during the years 1919.
1920.
Q. What is an encyclical?-C. It. T.
A. An encyclical is a circular letter
letter addressed by the Pope TO all
communication with him.
Q. Why are I. w. WIS called Wob,
blies?-A. NJ. z.
A. Various explanations have been
offered. A plausible one is that a,
Chinese cook in an I. W. w. camp
was asked what he was Not able 10
pronounce the 1. W. w. clearly, he
made his sympathies plain by saying
II WObbly WOobly"
Q. What course does a bill have TO
take to become a Federal law?-C.
H. B.
A. The routing chart of the normal
course Of a bill introduced in the
House Of Representative follows:
Draughting room. introduced, referred
to committee, debated in committee
debated on floor of House, passed
House, published as House bill, intro.
duced in Senate, printed as act Of
House. referred to committee, &c.
bated in committee, debated on floor
Of Senate, passed Senate, signed by
President, printed as slip law, printed
in session laws, printed in statutes.
at-large.
The Government is spending Y0U7'
money to find out ho1U to do things.
The Evening Star, through its Wash
tn0ton Information Bureau, is ready
to tell you 1Chat the Government has
found out There is Information
available on practically every subject
affecting the daily life Of the Ameri-
can citizen. Experts of the highest
order are deUoting their entire time
and erer9y to this great cork OF
promoting the public areEtGre. What
do you 1UGnt to kno1C? What question
can the Bureau ansaCer for youP This
service is free. Just inclOSe 2-cent
stamp to coUer the return postage.
Address The EUeniHg Star Informd-
ton Bureau, Frederic j. HGSkiT, Di-
rector, Washington, d. C.
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ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

.. AT dinners attended by the Pres
ident and Mrs. Coolidge do the ladies
wear gloves at the table?-F. A NJ.
A The White House says that at
formal dinners given by the President
and Mrs. Coolidge or for them the
ladies wear long white kid gloves to
the table. The gloves are then re-
moved or the hand portions turned in.
Mrs. Coolidge removes her gloves en-
tireIy.
Q. Is Wallace Nutting alive?-
A. The Rev. Wallace Nutting is
still living.
Q. What is the story Of the ex-
preston IT'S a long time between
drinks"?-R. r. l..
A. The saying, said the Governor
Of North Carolina to the Governor of
South Carolina, It's long time be-
tween drinks" concerns the Governor
of South Carolina who required the
return of Il fugitive slave The
Governor of North Carolina hesitated
because Of powerful friends of the flu
gitive. He gave a banquet to his
official brother. The Governor of
South Carolina in a speech demanded
the return of the slave and ended with
What do you say?" The Governor
of North Carolina replied as above.
Q. What is intuition?-A. L. Y.
A. Intuition Is applied to direct or
immediate knowing, whether mystical,
perceptional, intellectual or moral,
and Is, in general, contrasted with
speculative, reflective or mediate
knowing.
O. Were the mound builders the
ancestors Of the Indians?-G. Oh,
A. The mound builders are gener.
ally believed to have been a race sep
arate and distinct from the Indians,
since there are differences in the
formation OF their skulls.
@. Why does coal turn to clink-
ers?-J. r. w.
A. Clinkers are caused from the
fire getting too hot. The only way to
overcome this is to carry a deep fire
bed and not allow the fire to get too
hot. Carry large fire at low tenn
perature instead Of small fire at high
temperature and regulate the tempera-
ture by reducing the draft.
@. What is the difference between
che marine insurance terms with
particular average" and Free from
particular average"?-H. E.
A. Marine insurance is determined
on an 80 per cent average loss. 1t
exempts an insurance company from
the payment Of any partial loss or
particular average insurance which
exceeds a certain per cent Of the value
of the property. The particular aver
age clause is sometimes applied to the
value Of each parcel or package or
series Of parcels and packages, accord
ing to invoice numbers. The differ
ence between with particular aver
age" and Free from particular aver
age: is that the former has a particu-
lar average and the latter has not.
Q. How old was Marie Antoinette
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-25
Not So Black as Painted.
From the Pittsburgh Sun.

From the pittsburgh SUM-
During the recent strike Eastern
cities were inclined to speak dis
paragingIy of the fuel that had helped
them out in a pinch. They were &C.
we're in their comments on bituminous
coal. But why so distinguish 1t? Let
other varieties take qualifying
word as charcoal, camel coal anthra-
cite coal, but the softer mineral is
Just coal and was so known centuries
befores its rivals were in use.
Philadelphians should not forget
that in 1912 a man trying to sell
load of anthracite there was threat
ened with arrest on a charge of false
pretense. The citizens wanted real
coal. In 1903 200 tons had been sent
to the same city, but, as it could not
be sold, was thrown away. Still ear
lier, in 177S, anthracite had been tried
at some FORCES along the Delaware
and was found to be stone that
would glow but not burn 1t was
first discovered, according to Justin
Winsor, when two hunters, having
started a wood fire on what they be
lieved to be a black rock. were sur
prised to find the rock on fire.
Josiah White and Erskine Hazard,
wire makers, tried load of hard coal
at their works at the falls Of the
Schuylkill in 1912, but found that it
did not give the necessary heat. One
of the partners, more persistent, or
dered a second load and after trying
all night to make it burn closed the
furnace doors and went home in dis
gust. Half an hour later a workman
awakened him with the announce
ment that the Goals were all red hot.
That was the beginning Of anthracite
as a commodity.
Soft coa1 ia p0f &c black az II Ga
painted. When used in poorly adapt
ed furnaces or stoves as a substitute
for the harder variety it may have
it's faults But with a fireplace, q
hearth, a we'll ventilated room and
flue that draws well it is at its best
An open CRATE, an armchair, a pipe
or a book-or both of then-and the
longest Winter evening passes Joy.
ously.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-25

I the woman's remark, "You have got
such good Clothes" Suppose she had,
what of it? She had earned every
square inch OF them.
| You have got such good clothes. I"
80 that was an excuse for stealing
her money!
You have got such good clothes"
So that was an evasion for theft.
| You have got such good clothes"
Oh! that was her inner resentment.
Poor woman" sighed Mary: and
| then to herself: What do you know
| about the inner resentment Of the
poor? To such one you are a
wasteful creature. with your precious
virtue machine. which seems to work
| up strange lack of virtue"
Mary broke Off her thoughts, like
stick of peppermint candy.
She began to sweep the pile Of
| nickels into Boston bag. which
shortly was filled to overlooking. The
thing was heavy. but Mary was no
weakling.
She turned and confronted her
machine.
What did she stand in need of?
Mary hesitated, undecided between
Kindness, and Kindness to Animals,
| each priced at one nickel. Then she
dropped her coin into the former slot,
reached behind. plucked forth the
three coins she found there. two Of
them contributed by Mrs. Hennessy.
and put them into the bag with the
others.
X x X X
1t was quite dark when Mary came
to Mrs. Hennessy's apartment, in
another section of town.
She crept up the rickety stairs. The
hall was dark. with a darkness Mary
Rogue did not like. There was a
musty smell in the air and no win.
dows open anywhere.
Mary knocked at a door facing the
steps.
The fiimsy panel finally opened.
Miss Roque!''
Mrs. Hennessyl May 1 come in?"
Mary eased herself through the OPEN
ing. The charwoman shut the door
and then faced the intruder.
What you want?" she growled,
picking up a sharp meat knife from
q table. Mary felt her good resolu-
put in five nickels for a plate of Cour.
age.
She looked around. Beneath the
bed was an empty milk bottle and a
portion of loaf of bread. Soiled
clothes were lying around everywhere.
The pickering gaslight showed dirty
window panes. "a broken chair, the
implanted table. That was ALL
Mary shivered.
What you WANT" reiterated Mrs.
Hennessy.
II brought you those nickels," said
Mary calmly. showing her the bag.
Il thought perhaps after all you
might need them"
God forgive me-" breathed Mrs.
Hennessy, dropping her knife. Il
thought you was going to arrest me-"
You are very poor" inquired
Mary.
Yes. poor. and worse"
"Worse?'
Yes, alone, miss
Wont you take these nickels?"
asked Mary. with a royal pity that
became her.
IF you want me to, miss" And
Mrs. Hennessy accepted the heavy
bag Of coins with trembling hands
She started to weep.
Don't cry, Mrs. Hennessy," said
Mary.
II don't deserve"
mo one does, Mrs. Hennessy," said
Mary Rogue.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-25
Tax Reduction and Economy.

In ample season for the effect upon
the first quarters payments for the
current tax year the revenue revision
bill reaches the President and, without
question, will be signed by him and
become law. 1t has been put through
all stages in remarkably short time.
almost according to a strict schedule
of consideration in committee, in the
chambers and in conference.
Providing for a larger reduction of
revenues than the Treasury had esti-
mated as warranted, the bill may
cause some curtailments in appropria-
tons for the coming fiscal year. Init
nations have been given III the Presf
dent that the money bills must be
lowered to a degree corresponding with
the excess of the tax cuts beyond the
original estimates. 1t might be posi-
BILE to carry through the next fiscal
year otherwise without a deficiency.
But the margin would be small and
there would always be the possibility
of a shortage.
The policy of continuous debt re-
duction is not to be changed. During
the years since the end of hostilities in
Europe this Government has pursued
q course of consistent liquidation that
has already freed it of an enormous
load of interest and released a vast
sum for commercial and industrial
uses. With the discharge of wartime
obligations in unprecedented volume
has come great saving in interest.
Twice it has been possible to reduce
the taxes, which were carried to an
unprecedented point during and i'm
mediately following the war, in conse.
quence Of this course Of liquidation.
In the framing of the present
revenue bill the Senate has gone
further than the administrations pro-
gram contemplated. adding exemp.
lions beyond those determined upon by
the House in agreement with the
Treasury calculations. In the confer.
ence a compromise has been effected.
dividing the difference. The net reduc-
ton finally effected was 1887 ,0Oo,0 900.
The lower rates provided by the new
bill may yield a larger revenue than
has been calculated. 1t often happens
that smaller charges bring larger re-
turns. 1t will thus perhaps not be
necessary, in order to maintain q
Treasury balance, to cut the appropri-
atoms, this year or the next. If, how
ever, the new revenue measure yields
only approximately enough to carry
the Government. without yielding
surplus, the day of a further tax re-
vision will be postponed.
Emphatic Endorsement of the policy
of the administration in effecting debt
reduction and tax reduction together,
through economical management of
the operating costs Of the Government,
has been given by the people. They
are intelligently aware of the fact that
1t is Impossible to discharge the debts
without unusual revenues, that it is
impossible to appropriate extrava-
gantly and at the same time to pay
debts and reduce taxes, that in order
to effect tax reductions and at the
same time to pay off wartime obliga-
tons there must be economy in admin
istration. Grateful as they are for this
latest cut in the taxes, they are not
impatient with the economies that
may have to be made in order to keep
the Treasury fully supplied.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-25

China's contempt for modern civil
lization is possibly increased by recol-
lection Of the merciful old days when
1t was possible to settle war by the
use of false faces, stinkpots and fire.
crackers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-25

Personal circumstances of the ex-
Kaiser are so prosperous that it is i'm
possible to stife regret that he could
not show the same competence as a
statesman that he has manifested as a
financier.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-25
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHnANDER JOHNSON.

Prosperity.
Prosperity is going strong.
That's what the wise ones say.
Such wealth Wen have ere very long
That we can all be gay.
So bring your bathtubs of champagne
And Charleston steps so light.
Our daily toll is fraught with gain
That Hvens all the night.
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Rate by Mail-Payabie i'm Adv ance.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-25
And it's an awful pace!

When Moses handed down de Ten
Commandments" said Uncle Eben, "he
made a great record as the leadin' law
expert dat was satisfied to work hard
wifout sendin' nobody a BILL"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-25

Legislators are exerting themselves
with faithful energy in the apparent
hope that proceedings in Congress
will yet command as big headlines az
proceedings in q night club.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-25
Motors and Horse Sense.

From the Los Angeles Times.
Not only has the motor car super.
seeded the horse, but for a lot of
drivers it seems to have banished
horse sense also.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-25
Compliment Questioned.

"The boys in Crimson Gulch have
nominated you for sheriff"
Yep" answered Cactus Joe.
THAT shows you are popular"
L dunno. Around here a sheriff
gets shot at oftener than anybody else
In the State
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-25

Germany wants to get rid of Berg
doll. This fact establishes him pretty
safely as the champion undesirable
citizen Of the world.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-25

Prohibition does not prevent repre-
sentatives of gay European life from
selecting the U. S. A. as a place for
staging demonstrations of spectacular
hilarity
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-25

Difference is still shown to the con.
sentative impression that the only
moral turpitude this country has to
fear is the imported variety.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-25
Another Screen Artist.

From the New Orleans Times Picayune
We see the inventor of the smoke
screen is dead. and, remarkable to be-
lieve, he was not q United States
Senator
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-25

At least the demand of German stu.
dents for the privilege Of dueling is
more moderate than the previous leu
tonic urge for a world war.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-25

American wealth has been much
more successful in choosing bright
young men as business neutenants
than in selecting sons.in-law.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-25

One of the impressions which Egyp.
tan research leaves Is that King Tut
paid as few taxes as possible and
boarded his wealth.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-25
Another Celebrity.

From the Albany Knickerbocker Press.
What do you know about Kansas
City. except that it's the town Marion
Talley comes from? Well, there's Jim
Reed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-25

and made 1t place Of inspiration
to the young mathematician.
This Is a day of revolution, Of
anarchy, and the tendency is to dis
count that which has gone before:
but in art, as in other realms, we
have a tradition, a great tradition. a
tradition Of beauty and nobility which
is precious. This tradition may well
be handed on to our school children,
and if handed on will mean. not only
an extension of privilege but an en-
richment of our national life.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-25
So Passes Glory

So Passes Glory.
How oft a very splendid bluff
Turns out to be a dummy!
King Tut appeared the real stuff
And now he's Just a mummy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-25

Jud Tunkins says he has read lot
OF Investigations that don't do much
except leave him free to suspect the
worst.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-25
A Plutocratic Plural.

From the Greensboro Daily Record.
The price of meal is putting on as
many airs as if the word were plural
nowadays.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-25
Father, Dear Father!

Father, Dear Father!
George Washington was the Father
Of His Country"
He was" answered Senator Sor-
ghum. But the assertion Of paren.
tai authority is proposition that gets
harder every day."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-25
Going Some.

The wicked flee when none pursues;
The righteous join the race,
To dance the Charleston or the
Blues
And it's an awful Dacei
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-25

What was 1t that most attracted
young Michael Pupin, the Serbian i'm
migrant, who, having educated him.
self in America, was continuing his
education at Cambridge? The stained
glass windows in Kings Chapel,
which, through their art, lent color
and beauty to that house of worship
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-25

Q. How old was Marie Antoinett
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1926-01-15
HRoZNE NESTAsTIE v BRA
TISLAVE.

V TaloSi pri Bratislave stale sa
II. dec. hrozn6 nest 'astie. Pri OBJ
sluhe benzinoveho motoru, ktory
vyrabal electricity prild pre- pam
stvo Ceresetto prlsiel zivot u mo-
toru Eamestnany Alexander Pay
llk. Motor mu prestal fungovat a
on nalial don kyseliny uhlieitej,
naco motor vy'bflsil tax, ze Pavlik
bOl na kusy roztrhany a na ME
kol 'ko krokov stojaci sof6r Varga
bol tiez zabity. Trosky. motoru po-
ranily este tri osoby: vel 'kostat-
karovi Ceresettovi vybily oko, je-
no zenu poranily ma nohe, sofero-
i Rockerovi poranily tiez nohy a
to TAX, ze jednu museli mu bra
tislavskej nemocuici amputovat
Nest 'astie zavinene boIo neopatr-
most 'ou Pavlikovou. Bnda, kto-
rej bol motor umiestneny, zhorela
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1926-01-15
MADARSKO BUDE PLATIT CS.
PRiSLUSNiKOM ODSKODNE.

Ceskosloyensko-mad arsky roE-
hodci sud Haagu zaoberal sa v
poslednom case otazkou mad ar
skej nahrady skodS sposobenych
vpadom mad 'arskych bolSevikov
na Slovensko roku 1919 a zamie-
tol mad 'arske namietky oproti Ia
aobam eeskoslovenskych. prislus-
nikov. Prave tax zamietol mad ar
ske namietky sporoch ceskoslov.
prlslusnlkov oproti mad 'arskemlg
statu "a dodany tovar, alebo "a
vykonane prace ma zaklade smluv.
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1926-01-15
KTO KLAME A ZAVADZA MAS
L'UD MA SLOVENSKU.

Sadlow, Man, Kanada. - Zai-
ste sd, bratia moji, zaujimate i 0
hospodarsky stav nasho I'udu na
SlOycnsku. Zaiste chcetc pocut' i
o tom, ze ako Sd ma a ako napre-
duje ten mas rol 'nfcky l'ud po Wy
maneni Sd jarma mad 'arskeho.
Nuz, idem tedy tuna aspon len V
kratkosti opisat' hospodarskc po-
'lozenie nasho l'udu a najma mo-
jich rodakov byv. Gemerskej zu-
py. V prvom rade idem pollkazat
Ia parcelaciu vel 'kostatkov a na
pridelovanie pody.
V roku 1920 zavltal do nasej
malej a chudobnej obce tajomn1k
republikansko-zemedelskej strany
Rimavskej SobotyL Po kratkej
reel so starostom obce, dial svolat
obecnn sch0dzu, ktorej i sam pred
sedal. Ma schodzi rozpovedal nam,
re prisiel spojit' tamojsl malorol' :
nicky l'ud V jednu malorol 'nlcku
organizaciu (Resedu). Organiza
cia tato vzala 81 I'd ciel': vyma-
hat pocas mad 'arskej komasacie
zabratf pozemky a zabezpeGit
vlastnfcke pravo ma he. Dotycny
tajomnik poukazal nam j ma to,
ze ako sd name drzat' a vymahat
svoju dedovizen, ktorn nam zane
chali nasi praotcovia- a ktoril
mas obral Franc Jozef i s jeho lac
nymi svagrami este roku 1850
Rec p tajomnika bola krasna a
prijatel'na kazdemu, lebo v sku-
tocnosti pani CROFT ponechali :
po yysappmenutej komasa,cii -
naseJ obcl len toi 'ko zeme, ably 81
mas 'Wd mohol vydzat' svoje ov.
ce. Pred kom asaciou mala nasa O.
bee 944 kat. jutar pol "a, lilk "a
brad, kdezto po komasacii ostak
lasej obci maj1cej $50 obyvate
l'ov len IA kat. jutar.
| Pan tajomnik vysvetlil nam a.
to, ze kde 81 name podat' ziadost
Q prinayratenie naiich pozemkov
Ba poucil mas j Q tom, ako ISL ma
me zariadit ',ssyoje, veci 4. j. zef ka
ady Glen Besedy bude platit frot
| ne 6 korlin 60 clenovske prispe,
| ky. Toto sa vsetko stale talk, ak
81 to len pan tajomnfk prial. Pe
maze sa len tax hrnuly od cleno
" nadeji, ze co sloro dostanen
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1926-01-15
KULTURNE POKROKY MA
SLOVENSKU.

V dosledku zakOna o obecnych
knizniciach zariadene bolo dosial
na Slovensku len $50 verejnych
kniznic, dnes vsak dodava Matica
Sloyeska / 800 kniznlc do roznych
miest a nakladatel 'stvo spoll1u
Sv. Vojtecha dostalo objednavku
Ia 800 'udovych kniznlc. Mad an
skych kniznic sa doteraZ obJedna-
10 800. Sloyenske kniznice su So
stavene najlepsich spisovatel 'ov
slovenskych ceskych.