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household continues the Journal and
Courier. The wife is more nd more
coming to be recognized es a worker
entitled to remuneration as a. sh7 re-
holder and as share-taker in the
domestic income. We are sound SEN
timentally on the mother PROPOSE
ton" contends this pa per: let us
try To he fair and square economical
ly toward the mothers of men
Speaking to those to whom Mot hers
day brought poigrant regrets over
having caused their mothers heads
to droop in sorrow and snan1e over
their misdeeds. the Rock Island Argus
asks them to live the balance If
their lives as their mothers would
have them" A further thought from
the Admission Star is that "the love
which gets beaten behind the dam by
the feverish pulse of rushing every
day life gushes forth for its little
hour today. telling mothers that they
are loved always even as today" The
Morga ntown New Dominion finds
that the day stimulates A new reso
luton. new promise. new dedica-
tion and a new conservation 10 the
things she taught and the ideas she
sought to inculcate.
That is the day" observes the
Fort Worth Record Telegram. when
we see ourselves as we are. whether
We want to or not. For good or had
We check UP our account with our
selves and the stock we spring from
more completely on that day than
any Of the others Of our lives" Rut
In the opinion Of the ST. Paul Pioneer
Press. the ohserva nee of tho day ~
a pathetically Inadequate recognize.
Of the love born in woman which
endures 10 the end and through
which she Is willing to give up life
itself in order that her children may
live
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work of the congress will live after it.
| The Latin scribes who came TO the
United States, he SAYS, will now be.
come professional lecturers on the
subject of ''The United States as |
Saw It," Each of them took home
with him the handsome cluster Of 2i
flags Of the America n republics as a
souvenir of the Washington congress
An idea for which Ada ms Was main.
~ responsible
Edwin r.. SIosson author Of Gre.
atl'e Chemistry and director Of Sci.
ence Service, at Washington. made
some striking statements at the re-
cent disafma ment round table OF the
Carnegie Peace Endowment at Briar.
clin Manor, \. y. He declared that
nghting nowadays is carried on with
chemical formulas, and that the ma
tion which invents the best one wins.
Ihat Germany WAS able TO hold out
so long against encircling. enemies. -
said Dir. Slosson, was due less 10 Hin
denburg than to Haber, who discov.
cred how to extract nitrogen for ex.
plosiHes from the air and thus blow
over the blockade. War has been vir.
tuaily branch of applied chemistry
ever since the invention of gunpow-
der, or even from the first forging of
the steel sword from the ore. The
question now pending. therefore. ix
not the elimination of warfare, but it's
limitation to the older and less enec-
tive forns''
Jack McCvrd Alaska's buoster.in.
chief, was in Washington as the dele.
gate from farthest North" at the
United states Chamber of Commerce
convention. He represented the
Cha of Commerce of Anchorage
and Seward. and was given the priv
llege OF the floor al the group meeting
dealing with natural resources. Fol.
lowing his enthusia site recital of Alas.
ka's wealth, the meeting una nimo dsiy
indofsed McCord's proposal that il
should express its interest in the pro
lection, development and utilizs ton of
Alaskan public lands. It's the great
reindeer herds. over which the air.
ship Norges engines have just been
purring, that McCord has mainly in
mind. If the reindeer are to be pro
tected in their ranges. Uncle Sam
must enact laws enabling grazing
grounds to be allocated and lea sed
Appropriate legislation is now pend
ing in the Senate. TWENTY-FIVE yea rs
ago the United States imported sec
reindeer from Siberia. There are $50. :.
600 of them in Alaska now. ca pable OF
nOurishing a great industry in meat
hOOfs, horns, hides ind by-products.
y X X
An inmate of st. EiiZabeth's, the
Federal hospital for the insane al
Washington, recently asked a rather
plain-faced nurse IL her stiff white ca p
was a crown. because. he said, 1t made
her look like a queen. First time a
man ever called me a queen" she la
mented to her comrades, land he was
crazy
Copyright. 1920
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ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

O. What city had the first fire de-
partment?-L. r. b.
| A. The first record Of what might
be called A fire department is found
in Rome. A disastrous fire occurring
In the reign Of Augustus called his
| attention 10 the benefit OF a regular
| fire brigade, so he organized one con
ssting Of seven companies Of a
thousand men each. The first real
| fire engines were used in 1888 at a
great fire on London Bridge. The first
| fire hose was invented in 1872. The
first steam fire engire was invented by
John Braithwalte of London, in 1929.
| The first city fire department in this
country was organized in Boston in
1873 the fire engine being hand
pump bought in England.
.. Where will the next Army.Eavy
/ foot ball game be played?-M. ID. G..
A. 1t will he played in the Munici-
pal Stadium in Chicago, in the Fall
of 1926.
q. How many wells are producing
oil in this country at present.
A. v. D.
A. The bureau Of Mines says there
are about 100000.
x NHd' are FfehFn IehteS -
c. G. V.
A. The "rentes'' are interest pay
able bv the French government on
the consolidated debt and also on
bonds, shares, stocks. etc, which
represent this Indebtedness.
Q. What is the significance Of the
red tile or plate in the floor in front
of the altar of the Cathedral Of st.
John the Divine?-N. J. G.
A. This 14-iDch square piece of tile
was taken from the ancient Church
| OF st. John the Divine, which was
built by .Iustinian. emperor of Rome,
at Ephesus, $40 A D.. over the sup
| posed site of the grave of st. John.
q. Why is a horseshoe supposed
to I've lucky?-M. :.
A. Anything in the shape of
crescent has alwers been considered
a thing to bring luck. 1t is made Of
iron, and since early times iron has
been a good luck metal and. English
mythology having always held the
horse TO be A lucky animal, the com
bina ton OF the crescent. the iron and
the horse has become a lucky emblem.
q. DO ice cream manufacturers
their ice cream and put 1t in cold
storage for months AT time?-M.
[ ". ID.
A. The Burea u OF Chemistry SAWS
| that il is not contrary to the provi-
Sions of the Federal food nd drugs act
| to allow fresh fruit to stand in cold
storage If the material when used Is
good and entirely wholesome. Several
/ ice crea III manufacturers say that il
| Is their aim TO get the ice cream To
! the public within 4S to ~ hours after
! it is made. Ii preserVatives are used.
| ice crea m may be kept for d month or
more. lf kept long time. ice Cry$
! tails form and make IT gritty. 80 that
| il is unSa la bic. but not unwhoIesome
| Manufac cturers often buy the fruit
| while II is in sea son and preserve il
/ for use during the Winter and make
| up sma II quantities Of ice crea m from
/ time to time.
| q. What language IL spoken in
Czechoslovakia Il. X.
A. German is spoken. Bohemia N.
/ which is the official language, is Of
/ Teutonic origin
| Q. How was the number of stars
| and stripes in our flag determined?-
$. &.
A. On June IA, l717. congressional
resolution was adopted which pro-
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Vided that the fag of the l3 United
| states he IS alternate stripes, red
and white; that the union be Is stars.
white in blue field, representing the
new constellation" After Vermont
| and Kentucky had been admitted 70
the Union. Congress decreed in 1874
that after May I. 1913, THE flag OF
the United States he 10 stripes. alter
| nate red and white. and that the
union be IS stars, white on a blue
field" On April A. 1918. Congress
passed another resolution reducing the
| number of stripes to 13 again, "a rep
| resent the original colonies, and pro
viding that a new star he added 10
the field each time a new state was
admitted to the Union.
q. Will lights attract the holl
veeVil?-G. G.. T.
A. II is not attracted ny lights.
O. How far above bedrock Is
Trinity Church built?-J. n.
A. Under Trinity church II is only
26 feet to bedrock. and under the
City Hall, 80 feet
.. What is the dismeter ot the uni
verse in light years?-F. r.
A. The Naval Observatory saws re
cent estimates give the diameter NJ
our stellar system As approximately
100000 light years. The spiral
nebulae are regarded as other stellar
systems widely separated from ours,
the presumably nearest ones being
nearly million light years away.
g. About how many Government
forest rangers are there?-C. s.
A. About 900 are employed al
present.
O. How far can a lion or a tiger
jump?-T. W. ID.
A. A well known animal trainer
Miss Mabel Stark, saws that tiger
has been known to jump almost so
feet At spring. while lion has
been known to jump almost 30 fee'.
O. Was there ever statue of
George Washington In the Capitol
Grounds? If So. where is it now
A. &.
A. For many wears statue Of
George Washington stood before the
ast front Of the Capitol. The figure
rs now in the Smithsonian Institution
O. What is the new capital NJ
Sweden?-E. G. X.
a. j ne Cdpftdl Oh SNeuen ndN nN'
been changed. II is still Stockholm
You probably have in mind the capital
of Norway, which became Oslo on
January ]. 1925. On that date
Christia MIA resumed It's ancient name.
O. What caused the yellow snow
which fell in Minnea polls in February?
a de G..
A. The Wea ther Bureau SAYS thst
we sometimes have SHOWS more or less
colored ny dust carried from distant
regions The snow to which Yon refer
was cOlOred in this manner,--that is.
by soil particles carried from a con.
Sidera bic distance away.
Government statistics bring out the
fact that the HHFdHcGted man hos
only one chance in 500 to attain dis
tiHctiOu There is no reason 1rhp dUp
one shOulf live under SHch haHdi-
cap in these dduS Of free schools and
free Information. This paper supports
in Washington D. e.. the ldrOes. free
in formation bureau in eTiSfeHce. II
/ irH procure for you the 1HStrer IN
any question DOu may 0Sk. 4 rail
/ yourself Of its facilities for y0ur self
proremeHt IHciOSe n 7-c~Ht St1Mp
/ for return postage. Address The Ere
ming Star Information RurFdB. Fred
eric J. Hdskin, director, WHShin0to
] n. r.
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A Plea for Higher
Retirement Paw

To the Editor of The Star:
| cannot understand. nor will ! ever
he able To understand. the Govern
ment's attitude toward The retirement
bill. There is now sum of over $5o.-
900 900 to draw from. and vet they say
they fear a deficit il they increase the
ma ximum annuity from 1920 to 81 200.
When YOU consider that on June 40.
1925 dhe latest available report of
the commissioner Of pensionsl. there
was in the fund. after $8.949. .2s2.32 had
been paid out to annuita nts that fiscal
wear, the gross sum Of &44. .665. 1855:
when YOU consider that the fund has
grown from $9.672. SAP .03 June 40,
1921, to over S44. .OOO. 900 in four years.
after q II annuitantS and expenses have
heen paid. why cannot the brains of
Congress figure out that " they even
double the annuity for every one of
the 1859 snnuitants on the roll
the fund. being so much more rapidly
increasing than diminishing hy the
paid out annuities. will never cause
the Government any more trouble?
But, of course il the bright minds
in Congress load up the bill with
lower age limit which is ridiculous.
and put in a lot Of other new features.
they could soon dissipate any sum,
no matter how large. ] hope no mem
ber of either Senate or House will
vote for less maximum annuity ths IN
81. 200, especially when every penny is
taken from the employees wage lin
many instances a pitiful one), and
even IL they cannot be just enough
and fair enough to do that let them
at least be merciful enough not to
take a larger percentage than the pres
ent Pa per cent from the employees.
L. l. 49, L.
pie 10 meet all dema nds. And the idea
that the Government will ever have 10
put in anything. in view nf present
facts. is pure fiction. and is hound to
cloud the issite.
LUCIA HoRDNNf.
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Bright Prospects.

Prospects of Senate action on the
District traffic bill appear bright. Yes.
terdaH conference was held between
Senator King of ttah, Representative
Blanton Of Texas, Maj. Hesse and
Traffic Director Eldridge and the en-
tire situation was discussed. Senator
King, fer the first time since the bill
was reported favorably from the Sen.
ate District committee, made known
his objections to it and the amend.
IneutS he wishes to offer. lnasmlch h
as the Utah Senator is the only mem.
Der of the upper house who has op-
posed the bill. and his amendments af.
feet in no way the desira bility OF the
measure, there appears to be an ex-
cellent chance for speedy considera-
tivn.
AS d matter of fact uIatters have
reached the stage where almost any
compromise should be accepted rather
than to have the bill fail OF pa ssage
at this session. Washington cannot
go through the Summer without lesis-
lation clearing up the traffic mudde
that has been created here. More
than one hundred thousand persons
will he operating their automobiles
without legal permits; plans for the
extension of the automatic sigma |
lights cannot be carried oat; and weird
court decisions will probably continue
to be given unless the measure passes
All members of the House and Sen
ate should therefore cooperate in get
ting action. 1t is u vita! thing and no
more delay should he tolera ted by
those who have the best interests Of
the city at heart.
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Retirement Annuity
And Congress Paw

Te the Editor OF The Sta:
Representative Tilson says. I'VE
have been working hard on the prob.
lem Of fitting our expenditures to our
pocketbook," re the retirement bill
Our Expenditures Our pocket
book" Since when has the t53. 900. +.
eco Of the Government employees re.
tirement fund-since when has ii heen
TO the amount Of a single penny our
expenditures and our poe cketbook'
to the United States Congress?
The United States has never con
tributed one single penny toward the
retirement pensions OF its employees:
The Government employees out OF
their own salaries have raised every
penny Of that pension fund OF $50. .0O0. J..
coo for their own retirement fund. and
the statement Of Representative Til
son quoted above Is grotesque
farce:
Did Congress work hard on the
problem Of htting'' Government ex-
penditures to Government pocketbook
when they took an additional $2.5O0
per member out Of that Government
pocket book?
Did Congress ask the public
whether it was willing to give that
2.5e0 per man increase out of the
public's tax-paid Government moneys?
Never. Congress just took!
How many congressman are there
Multiply that number OF congressman
by that 81 SOC and see just how many
millions more were thus taken ny Con
eress for congressman out Of the
pockets OF the people: The bitter
farce OF ii:
I'VE have been working hard on the
problem. Says Representative Tilson.
All right. Put back those unauthor.
ized millions taken yearly--without
the consent Of the public-from the
poe ocketbook OF the public, Ito make a
congressional holiday" before foisting
such twaddie upon the public.
Every penny paid to retired Gov.
ernment employe Is paid by the Gov.
ernment employees to themselves out
Of their own individually earned sal
ary.wages called the retirement pen.
sion fund.
Not one penny has ever come out OF
the pocketbook or the money Of the
public!
Not one single penny:
MRS l.. ID. GOIIDSBERRY.
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Waiting for the Norge.

Concern is world wide at this
moment for the safety of the Norge
but the air may give up one word at
any clock tick which viii turh
anxiety to joy. 1t is believed thai
the word will come. Amundsen ana
his men have startled and gladdeued
tho world by reappearing when hope
was lmost gone for their safety. On
his previous flight poleward from
Spitzhergen no word came from him
to civiIiza tion in several days. When
belief that he was lost was almost
universal ne came back. 1t would be
heartleSs trick of fate if the Norge
were to he lost on the American con
tinent after making the trans polar
trip. Europe to America. The prob
had weather and it may have risen
higher than wind or fog.
II is a lonely course the Norge was
to follow from Point Barrow to Nome
and there Is no way to learn what
the weather is along the route, but
It is announced from Nome that all
the indica tions point to storm in
the territory where the dirigible was
nroceedins. The ha rometer at Nome
dropped more than half an inch in
the past twenty four hours and Was
still falling today.
1t seems not to he known pre-
Ia "A
take from Point Barrow To Nome.
The short way would he above the
land. but one published chart of the
route shows the course laid over
the Arctic Sea along the coast from
Point Barrow TO Cape I.isburn, then
south over sea adjacent to the north
end OF Rering Strait and across the
Seward Peninsula TO Nome.
Fog in the Point Barrow neighbor-
hood was mentioned in the message
of the sighting of the Norge. and
there has been much fog there, ac-
cordinG to wireless messages from
the Wilkins party. 1t may be that
on running into a, wide area Of fog
tho Norge cut down speed to the
minimum. and. being unable to get
her earrings. is drifting off her course.
There are many possibilities other
than disaster
Difficulty in wireless communica-
tion is reported. There is "a strong
Government wireless on ST. Pauls
Isa nd Of the PribilOfs, in Bering Sea,
about ten degrees. or seven hundred
miles. southwest Of Nome, and there
is a Government wireless al Nome.
II was the Pribilof station which
caucht the words. Norge bound
Nome. Alaska" and which was taken
as a message from the ship. 1t is
now suggested that the signals may
have heen sent by wireless stations
irving 10 get an answer from the
Norge. There has been much static,
and messages tell of interference
from private stations of canning
compa nies. The air within the
Arctic circle and eight or ten de-
grees south OF it seems perplexed.
Nome is waiting for word from
Amundsen, Ellsworth, Mobile and
the adventurous crew, but not with
greater anxiety than Washington
and other cities, whose people un-
derstand the Importance and the
romance Of the flight
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Rate hy Maii-PayXbie im Advance.
MARYLAND and Virginia.
Al Other states and Canada.
Memb.r Of the Associated Press.

The Aseociatpi Prose j. exclusively sfhtie'
20 the use for repuhl:cat'1n - All news IA,
nafches credited To il or not otherwise rreu
tied N this raprr and also the local new
published herein All rights OF phhhcSuo,
~ sne"i al dispatches herein are also resPrN ed
Evening star., 1926-05-14

Opposition to the League OF Ma
tions is in number of cases based
on the fact that in some sections of
the country 1t exercises no authori-
campaign.
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SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Days.

Days.
Fathers day and Mothers DAY!
Sisters day and Brothers day.
Days for sentiment serene.
Days for being neat and clean!
Days for speeding to a crash.
Days for enterprises rash!
Gentle days soon disappear;
Rough stuff's with us all the year.
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Mental Stress Avoided.

DO YOU understand the Einstein
theory
II don't have to try to underst a nd
it," answered Senator Sorghum. ''fhe
scientific vote is not sufficiently nu-
merous to be worth going after"
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The Marines are a brave lot. but 1t
will he many a long day before one
Of them has nerve enough to ask
Gen. Smedley Butler to have cock
tail
Evening star., 1926-05-14

The average investigation reveals
q man who found things coming his
way so fast that he was unable to
stop them.
Evening star., 1926-05-14

Kudyard kipling wrote poem
about the strike. Now that hostilities
have been suspended, all parties will
have time to take an evening off and
read it.
Evening star., 1926-05-14

Europeans used TO declare that
they could not understand u. S. pol
itics. Americans are rather frank In
asserting a claim to easy compre-
heuSion of European politics.
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Fair Play.

81 give ap" exclaimed Farmer Corn
tossel. II have done my best to keep
my boy Josh from wastin' his time on
music!'
ITS all over the county that you
walked right up to the ba ndstand at
the strawberry festival and busted his
ukulele."
II did. Next day he came home
with a bass fiddle an dared me to
tackle somethin' his own size
Evening star., 1926-05-14

FlvinE over the North Pole will
Eskimo will doubtless develop a soft
drink and sandwich service for the
benefit Of tourists
Evening star., 1926-05-14
Good Listener.

'It is a great thing to be a good
listener"
''One may carry the idea too far"
answered Miss Cayenne. In the
course Of time you are liable to ac-
quire the facial expression Of a micro
phone"
Evening star., 1926-05-14

The fact that there is no land at
the North Pole should avert a con-
siderable amount of dispute among
the international realtors.
Evening star., 1926-05-14

II requires tact to settle a strike
IN q manner which will prevent an
other from following at too close
an interval.
Evening star., 1926-05-14

Tanpis IL still popular, although
"hv swatting" is again asserting IT.
self as "A prevalent pastime.
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FrigidatiOn.

In polar exploration
A Summer hope we see.
With propee transportation
Ice should be almost free.
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CiOwning.

When circus comes to town,
Kind o. wish l WAS the clown,
Maxim people laugh with glee,
Never KNOWN / am me.
Joinin' in to chase away
Every thought that is not gay
When a circus comes to town,
Kind o. wish / was the clown.
Jud Tunkins says a three-ring cir
Gus is the only business he knows OF
at present that honestly tries to give
people too much for their money.
Evening star., 1926-05-14

Franklin Adams, counselor of the
Pan-American Union, has sailed away
for holiday IN Spain. It's In the ma
ture Of vacation after his arduous
and triumphant labors on the recent
congress ri pan American journalists.
Adams 10 convinced that the good
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THEODORE w. MOVES. Editor
The Evening Star Newspaper Company

Tn. Evening Star. with the SUNDAY morn
lag editlor is delivered NV "aruers ""ni'
the city q. 80 cents ner month daily ohlN
- cents per month. sunday "n'y. :" 'T"'s
Der month Orders NAV he seut 10y mAlt OF
telephone Main 5000. COLLECTION - mace ny
psrrler ~ the end Of each month.
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RealfOriStie.

Isn't there some bull in the real
estate business?"
There is," confided the salesman.
II sometimes feel like realtoreador.' -
Evening star., 1926-05-14

evolution" said Uncle Eben. "is a
great subject for debate. De monkey
hisself an has de hest of de argu-
mert." .,
Evening star., 1926-05-14

Q. What is the new capital NJ
Sweden?-E. G. X.
A. The capital of Sweden has not
been changed. II is still Stockholm.
You probably have in mind the capital
of Norway, which became Oslo on
January !. 1925. On that date
Christia MIA resumed It's ancient name.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-02
Former Crown Prince
Frederick Pays Visit
To Father in Holland

Doom, Holland, Feb. l - (AP) -
Profiting by the first day of the aboli-
ton of the visa between Germany
and Holland. former Crown Prince
Frederick William Of Germany, ar
rived here today and passed through
the village unobserved to his fathers
chateau.
The meeting between the former
emperor and his son was very touch
ing, for it was the first time in more
than two years that they had seen
one another. William embraced his
son and was unable to master his
emotion, but the former crown prince
displayed his usual gaiety.
Princess Hermine, who had pre-
viously made visits to Frederick Will
liam at Gels. Is reported to have
greatly facilitated the reconciliation
which, owing to the princes attitude
In militaristic and monarchist quar-
tiers In Germany had been deemed
Impossible. 1t is thought, however.
that the principal reason for the
reconciliation is to be found in the
matter of the settlement of the royal
properties which. rumor says. Presi-
dent Won Hindenburg has promised
will be deliverable to the former roy
al families.
The police guard. around the
chateau has been doubled.