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ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS.
Or FREDERic j. HAsKlN.

d. How can / ma out who IL the
beneficiary eof 40 insurance policy
taken out BY soldier during the
World WARM, B.
A. The Veterans Bureau says the
beneficiary Of an insurance policy il
strictly confidential and there Is no
way for you to get the information
desired except from the person carry.
Ing the policy.
K Q. Where do electric light bugs
come from s.
i a. Electric light bugs are water
bugs, the cOrrect name Of which II
fiDi1.IxiIiers. They come out of the
water, In early Summer and fiy in
swarftis at night, gathering about
lights, and Iii sOrne places 20 thrOng.
ing the street lamps that they have
become known a. electric Light bugs.
8. who was Duncan Phyfe9 =.
a. Duncan Phyfe was i famous
American cabin0tmalker Of the early
Federal period. He lived from 1853 to
1854.
Y q. In growing hedges what differ
emit kinds Of plants may be used?----
Al. Priyet, locust, Usage orange, the
sbuckthorn and cockspur thorn, the
rose Of Sharon and the Japanese
barberry are among the best Of the
deciduous plants used for hedges,
and, among the evergreene. arbor
vitae, juniper, box. hemlock and
spruce are found satisfactory.
q. How ii the name "LAscelles,"
which is now Princess Mary's, pro-
nOunced? FL. T. T..
A. The British Embassy says that
Lascelles, h pronounced with a broad
"a" and accented on the first syllable
/ @. Has the Federal Government
the right to take land in q State for
Federal purposeg?--A. B. L.
Al. Yes. Such a right In the Fed
eral Government was questioned until
1875, when 1t was settled.
I Q. why are there two iron rods
extending from the two corners Of the
Massachusetts, Monument at Gettys-
burg2--G. III. G.
A. The monument has the distinc-
ton Of being the first regimental
monument erected on the battlefield
Of Gettysburg. It stands at the south
side of the meadow near Spanglers
Spring, and was erected by the sur
yivors Of the regiment during the
Summer Of 1879, while the battlefield
was under the supervision Of the
Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial As
ISOLATION It consists OF bronze
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THIS AND THAT

cai sort of fashion. the first time you
ASSERT authority as 81 parent.
Whether you succeed, IN that most
diflicult role, depends largely upon
whether you Undue John with the idea
Of your authority A. 4 giyer Of moral
obligations.
"You must not strike little Nary
Ii well enough. as an obligation Inn.
posed on Johnny, but somehow or
other you have gOt e give that str.ig.
Cling little brain some idea Of your
authority ID impose upon him the
obligation Of stop kicking little Mary
around.
Every parent makes some EFFORT to
teach the children about the Ideal
human character under civilization.
something Of the validity Of the sense
III duty. b great deal Of the character
and authority Of moral obligations.
Mr.. and Mrs. Simplet0n Jones may
not know nor care d whoop that
there, is an egoistic theory Of ethics,
which places happiness as the great
est good. This theory, consciously
or unconsciously. has the greatest
following.) They may never have
heard Of the theory Of perfection. or
retaliation. which also has q great
following.
Through their. church connections
they will know more concerning the
ethical theory resting on the rein.
ton Of man to the universe, or the
divine law, 40 exemplified In Chris
tianity, for instance. The ancient
doctrine OF stoicism and the modern
one Of evolutionism both rest on the
same ground.
Much Of our heated discussion to.
day goes back to the ideals 81 abS0-
lutte ethics and relative ethics. II you
believe in the former, you froth at
the mouth when your wife gets her
code insists on long hair for women.
The champion 81 relative ethics
smiles at such belief, and feels
immensely superior to the other hus.
band. The relative man welcomes
bobbed hair, Knockers, cigarettes, feel
ing that everything is relative. May
be he goes too FAR. He Is fond OF
telling you about certain tribes Of
savages In which to wear clothes Is
regarded as highly immoral
He read that In q book once, and.
as ii fits into his ideas in general,
he accepts 1t as u fact. He could not
locate the tribe on q map OF the
world, but would tell you In return
tn4Ia you nave newer u heSE 1zOAiuUH
either, yet you are positive that 1t
exists, so he feels about his African
sayages.
Ethics ii no dry bookish thing, but
something that comes home to the
hearts and bosorls Of men every day,
whether we live In cities or towns, In
the country or at the seashore.
whether IN mansions or average
homes, or IN hitts:
All of us ought to think or the
subject more abstractIy; and many
ought to be required to take a
course IN the ethics or everyday living,
as there are too many today trying
to live without any idea whatever Of
duty or moral obligation.
Man IL q moral animal, ilcurably
so. gThe immoral man is less than
the animals, immeasurabIy SO. So
1t may be seen that merely thinking
good cannot be held In as high esteem
as both thinking and doing good. III
the doing results in distress. then we
fall back upon relative ethics, and
say the mere thinking would have
been enough. But, all things con-
sidered. the man who does good deeds
as well as thinks them is he who Is
the Happy Warrior.
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A Typical Criminal Record.

A suit and cloak makers strike il
In progress In New York. which Ii
a perennial happening. It Is follow
ing the usual course. Strikebreakert
have been hired. pickets have been
stationed in front Of the establish
ments and, now comes shooting. One
Of the pickets is wounded and the
police are busy making arrests. One
Of the persons taken into custody Il
a notorious character whose nickname
lis Little Augie. His real name is
Jacob Orgen. He was once head Of
ia gang Of his own. the principal rival
of the gang of the late Kid Dropper.
Dropper was killed in front OF court
house about three years ago and
Little Augie was held for that crime,
but was afterward discharged for
lack of evidence.
The principal business of the Little
Augies and the Kid Droppers was
the furnishing Of gunner and strong.
arm men for strikers and employers.
IA profitable line of business had been
built UP. but competition developed
and hence the shooting Of 1923. Now
it is asserted that Little Augie has
turned over a new leaf and is going
straight" having gone into the cloak
and suit business himself. Perhaps
he has. Maybe he Is capitalizing his
intimate knowledge Of the manner In
which that business IS operated, az.
quired during several years of aerv.
ice on the outside. But the police
are skeptical. For their books show
his record for the past seven years
to be as follows May. 1919. robbery,
discharged: June, 1919. felonious as
sault. penitentiary. two years: Decem.
Der 30, 1920, felonious assault, dis
charged; June 8. 1921. felonious as.
sault. discharged; September 5. 1921,
gun. acquitted: April 10. 1922. gum
penitentiary; August %, 1928. homi.
eide. discharged. /"
Thus 1t appears that this man has
been arrested seven times In seven
years, with only two convictions, with
q total imprisonment of between three
and four years. Yet he has been
known as one Of the most dangerous
men in New York. There is some.
thing decidedly wrong with the law
or the police methods when such a
career can be continued. This case
is not unusual There are numerous
others Of the same kind It is the
rule rather than the exception that
the professional lawbreaker gets the
better Of the law. although in the
long run he meets final punishment,
but ordinarily at the hands Of some
rival in crime.
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The worst part about not going
tp sec ] sick friend IA the hospital u
the having 10 apologize for ths fail.
ure afterward,
well. well, old man, glad 10 zee
you out again! Yon look fine. !
aimed to get up to We you, but there
was something always coming up,
1 you know
/ OH sssf
You certainly do look well, old
man. You1l be al lit As fiddle IN
another week or two. Take It easy
and don't let 'etn rush you.
| So II goes,
| talker In the above dialogue cannot
| be shown-or paper. but almost any
one can imagine Il. drawing the pic
l5ture from his own experience.
II there Is any one In the world
who has not had 81 similar regret to
| talk down, let him step forward and
claim the medal He Is e hero and
| doesn't know II.
Only recently Ia this space We
| treated OF the necessity for having
kind thoughts, even Il one doesn't
some detail, how one sometimes might
| better omit good deed than do It.
Today we consider the converse Ok
| the propositi how It is fnerftorious
both to think OF q good deed and also
to carry It out.
Beautiful upon the asphalt streets
OF the cities are the feet of those VINO
dream kind thoughts and then swiftly
carry them into execution.
Faith without deeds--how about
kind thoughts without them?
Here Is q major stumbling block In
ethics lthe practice Of norals).
whether one shall be satisfied with
thinking good and not putting It into
lpractice, or shah be content with moth
/ ing less than thinking and doing good,
| too.
The ethics Of q conscientious man
Tor woman have q more Widespread
acceptance than are commonly sup
posed, even IL this sort Of thing no
longer il regarded. In our somewhat
sophisticated civilization. as exactly q
topic for table conversation. s5
Mankind cannot get away from its
consid Iteration. rs any one knows who
follows the newspapers from day to-
day.
You may not exactly realize 1t. In
everyday life, but, generally speak
| ing yon belong to one Of two opp0s~
| ing camps In modern Christian ethics.
You take your stand either on alb
solute ethics. or upon relative ethics.
You believe in an unchanging moral
code, or In one varying with human
development. Both ways, danger lies
The term ''ethics. Is applied, pri-
MARTY. to d treatise On morals, a
fayorite subject Of the ancients. A
secondary meaning il the science Of
moral duty. or the science Of the ideal
humans character. III may be seen,
Therefore. how closely ethics borders
on religion. The third, and most ac-''
lcepted. meaning Of the term today Is
that OF moral principles. in general.
az the morals OF individual action or
practice. If
Since we are on this subject. il may
interest the reader to review briefly
the principles mainly treated In most
ethics These include the subject
OF the highest good. the origin and
validity Of the sense of duty, and the
character and authority Of moral OBJ.
legations.
1t will be seen that this Is no
strange subject, but one that little
| Johnny begins to study, In practi-
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tablet reciting the facts connected
with the historic charge Of the regi.
ment on the morning. Of July 3. placed
on q large granite rock. The iron
rods in themselves have no signifi-
canoe whatever, and were placed
there to stablize the monument.
Q. Which Of the Great Lakes has
the most fish IN. It'll. n.
Al. Lake Michigan produces the
largest catch Of food fish. amounting
TO Fl per cent Of the total for all the
Great Lakes. Lake Erie yields 81
per cent. Lake Huron Is per cent
Lake Superior 8 per cent, and Lake
Ontario 2 per cent. 3
@. Where and what is the Portal
Of Peace2 -H. g. l..
A. The Portal of Peace is massive
concrete structure in the form Of a
gateway. It is located at Blaine,
Washington, and was dedicated Sep
TENDER s, 1921. in honor of the peace
between the United States and Can
ada, which had lasted for more than
100 years without break. The me-.
mortal, which cost $4o,0 900, stands 100
yards from the international bound.
airy where the forty-ninth parallel
meets Boundary Bay.
@. How big was Jumbo?-C. e. T.
a. Jumbo was IL feet inches in
height, and weighed tons, or
$4,000 pounds. The average weight
Of mature male elephant Is from 2
to tons. and height about or 10
feet.
@. What per cent Of the total num-
Der of persons who take civil service
examinations pass them?-H. l..
A. About 10 per cent Of those TAX
ing civil service examinations within
the past 80 years have passed them.
4 The Government is spending pour
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inOt0n Information Bureau Is ready
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found out. There Is information GUGil-.
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tiles of both ship and men. II sue 4
cessful new record win not only
~ established Tor prolonged straight
away dying, but the elapsed time be-
tween the two cities WIN be placed
at such low mark that only another
flight 81 similar character could
possibly better ii.
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Propriety Of W. G. 7. y. Hiring
State Officers Is Debated

zation need no defense" The El
Paso Herald independent offers its
lows: because the w. G. +. II. was
unwilling that the State prohibition
law be rendered dead letter, it felt
obliged to ind the money to defray
the expenses Of the attorney generals
ONCE in enforcing the law. III any
odiun attaches to this proceeding. It
should be to the Legislature, not to the
citizens who made personal sacrifices
In order to promote the enforcement
OF law
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-08

Conditions run to extremes. While
there Is drought in one part Of the
world there are devastating floods In
others. The law Of averages, like
other more humble laws, is difIicult
TO depend on for practical results.
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Drought in the q. s. A. was rem.
dsred more aggravating by reports
81 deIuge in various parts OF the
world. The distribution Of rainfall
Is one element OF necessity which alb
xoiutely defies any effort to reduce
human requirements to q commercial
system.
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Efforts to rewrite The Star Span
gled Banner serve to can attention
to the fact that in music and poetry,
as in motor mechanics. every knock
may become q boost.
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The Hohenzoilerns had to make q
plea for their estates. There appears
to be general approval Of any ar.
rangement that win shield wilhelm
from the necessity Of trying to earn
living as painter or q poet.
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The Summer vacation Is an Incl
dent in political affairs that has its
significance. 1t issa reminder that
even the most exalted Official il after
all but human and Ia need Of periods
of repose.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-08

Contests are prevalent. The polar
explorers may succeed in awakening
the Arctic bellies TO interest them
selves in beauty rivalry which win
depend ON display Of heavy furs
instead of nothing lit all.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-08

A New York music show producer
says he is going to put the girls In
long skirts next season. It Is the
only hope of introducing novelty to
compete with the -for-alI display
on the sidewalks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-08

New York theatrical managers say
they win put more clothes on the
chorus girls. There must be novelty
and it would be impossible to go any
further in putting on less B
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-08

A generous downpour Of rain con-
stituteh reason for holiday rejoic-
ing on the part Of the farmer. with
no sense Of political obligation for
farm relief. !"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-08

1t may be discovered BY Mussolini
that handling the prohteers IS q much
more difficult proposition than bring.
ing the working population to q
proper sense Of patriotic duty.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-08

Hindenburg continues to command
admiration BY the manner IN which
he avoids a spotlight which could be
Of little use to him in his present bust.
ness. Il
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-08

1 The use Of money in politics is de-
plored. And vet. money must have
something to do with itself. ss
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IA submarine is troublesome old
craft though at present not doing.
nearly as much damage az fiivver
in the hands Of speed maniac.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-08

! After Mussolini gets through with
the political spotlight there is very
little luminosity left, even for 9 king.
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..You can't make silk purse out
81 i sow's ear, remarked the ready.
made philosopher.
.sNo, answered Uncle Hill Bottle.
TOP, 'but under present conditions 4
bootleg may be made j very hand.
some receptacle tor coin. I
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4 Isn't It terrlbIy WAEHl.
The Junetime's a wonderful season
when butterflies gladden. the gaze;
When rhyming dispenses with reason
And the hours seem to dance on
their ways;
The world seems garden Of beauty.
with nothing at all to reform,
since Loneliness Is the firstl DUTY,
s5. But
~ Il 4nrrfl1lv warm
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CI.hange 81 Audience.

Change Of AUDIENCE.
.Wilf you be glad ~ get back
horne?'
.There are two things which In the
uresent critical state Of politics 81.
ways bring me relief, answered SEN
ator sorghum. One il getting away
from washington and going home.
The other Is getting away from home
ana going to washington,
Jud Tunkins says you may have
trouble in hearing 4 lot that 4 radio
announcer says, but he always man
ares to make his own name perfectly
plain. 8
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SHOOTING STARS.


Butt!
The night breeze Is languidly bringing
The perfume Of day.weary flowers.
The moon to the river Is flinging
A treasure or siivery showers
The rainbow is arched far above W.
Respondent. subduing the storm.
And all this old world seems to love Us,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-08

No supernatural Friends
There isn't any Santa Claus,
There are no fairies kind;
nm sure they don't exist, because
No parking space T flnd.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-08

The sane, Il cynical. calculation Of
BRAND has been steadily that the
really wise thing was to let the fall
ure Sc as complete ana rapid ~ pos
sible. and when Louis LOucheur I'M
wisely took the finance portfolio
sonae months ago. BRAND IL reported
To have said sadly 10 one 0f Lou
cheura friends, would have
Mons anything for him. but why
could he not watt What WAS want
ed was the most ridiculous possible
failure ia prepare the WAY; the worst
finance minister could alone Pc the
best preparation for Il good one.
III III perfectly Idle to attempt To
read into the present manenveI1ngs
any systenaRtic program. BRAND.
WHO Ms tire largest share 81 both
|'nopuIar ana political confidence, Is
simply holding the fort ard waiting
tor the proper moment to arfiye. He
naakes eonnainRp from time to time
Tor D. national ministry 81 concertrat
don. He has Just made q sounding
ana ii has shown the water Is stilI
kt0o shallow Now he will walt
tifoukh another failure and the
franc viii sink lower.
The great danger is that Ia the
end there may BE- panic and hope.
IAsa collapse That Is the risk, but
Il n also the risk that appears Iii.
escapnhlei France does not want 4
dictator and the French politicians
are sim thinking about votes first.
about saving their own skins. They
are fearful Of the wrath of the people
when the misery incident 70 recovery
fiofi Is rinsninE toward remedy. but
49, x{SsSk 100 SS7fk XiSf 1000. ss THAT Il
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1926-03-05

DR.. Hubert Bunyea of the United
States Department of Agriculture,
photographed at his microscope with
which he is making a study on viruses
of animal disease. Doctor tnyea's
work Is contributing largely to the
protection of one of Americas largest
industries through developing ways
and means to prevent or cure various
diseases, including rabies foot and
mouth disease, hog cholera, fowl pest,
bird poX.
An old farmer sat on his back steps
and moodily regarded the ravages of
the flood. A neighbor pulled up in
a rafting wagon.
"Wohaw yelled the neighbor "Say,
Jed, your hogs was all washed down
the creek an they're all dead"
"How about Flaherty's hogs ?" ask
the farmer.
"They're gone, too.'
"And Larsen's ?"
"Washed away"
"Humphw calculated the rustic
cheering up. 'Taint as bad as |
thought"
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1926-03-05

A $1,OOO,0O0 shoe plant within the
walls of the federal prison of Fort
Leavensworth, Kas., began operations
the first of the year. When operated
at its capacity, hte factory is. eX
pected to turn out from $500 to 5000
pairs of shoes daily for the United
States army and navy.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1926-03-05

Without the union all labor would
still be the victim of the long day, the
insufficient wage and kindred injus-
tees. Under the present organfza-
tion of society, labor's only safe
guard against a retrogression to for
mer inhuman standards is the union.
Commission on Social Justice, Cen
tral Conference Of American Rabbis.