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Evening star., 1927-09-19
ANSWERS TO QUESllUi.o >
BY FREDERIC J. HASKiN.

, applied to Central Brazil. in honor of
Amerigo Vespucci. who claimed It's
| discovery. 1t was first applied to the
whole known Western World by Mer-
Gator. the geographer. in 1541.
| O. What will take tar of automo-
biles?-M. G. j.
A. We are informed that tar
| Splashes on cars and motor cycles may
| be removed quickly with eucalyptus
| oil. The Gil. when applied with soft
| cloth. Immediately softers old and
dry tar splashes and effectively re-
moves them without in any way in
! iuring the surface which the tar dis
! figures. During the cleaning process
| the tar.stained cloth should be dis.
| carded for new one as soon as so!led
! The oil should he applied liberally
the cleaning commencing ct the
boundary OF the stain and proceedinf
toward the center.
/ .. How many eyes has a house f.
| and where are they located on h.s
( body. r. NJ.
/ A. The greater part of the head q
a fly is occupied b. the eyes. som"
! several thousand in number. described
as compound. Between the compound
| eyes and near the top of the head Is
| a triangular arrangement of three
simple eyes. The upper two are much
| farther apart in the female than in
| the male. In spite of the arrange
ment of the eyes and the great mohil-
/, ~ of the head. it is not believed that
| the vision of flies is especially acute
although the range of vision is wide
| Q. Will you please tell me how pea
nuts may be salted in the SHELF.
NJ. A
A. Sailing peanuts in the shell IA
| done quite extensively in the tropics
| The peanuts are boiled in the salt
| liquid and then allowed to dry. after
| which they are roasted. No special
! equipment is required fer this process
Q. What are the duties of a stew.
ard OF first-c'ass hotel?-M. f. y.
A. The Lewis Hotel Training
Schccl says that steward In a large
| hotel is in effect the purchasing agent.
! The steward also helps a ciief plan
meals. In large hotels there are often
a number of stOreroom clerks under
| the direction of the steward.
| Q. What is lazy mans switch"
| electrically. G..
A. The Bureau Of Standards says
that a 'laZy-man switch" also called
|
a single-pole. double-throw switch.
Using two Of them. light can be
controlled from two places, such as
upstaiis and downstairs in the case
/ of hall lights. A related switch.
called a "four-way" switch, is elec.
| trically double-pole reversing switch.
| Any number of fOur-way switches
may be used with two three-way
| switches to control light from any
number OF points.
| The resources of our free InfOrmd.
ton Bureau are at your serrice, and
you are inUited to call upon 10 as often
as you please. 1t is being maintained
solely 10 Serre you. What question
eau ace dnslcer for yOu? There is no
charge at all. ercept 2 cents in stamps
| for return postage. address pour
letter to The EreHin0 Star Informn-
ton Bureau. Frederic j. HdSkin, di-
rector. Washington. u. c.
Evening star., 1927-09-19
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

Our esteemed cotemporary, Fred.
eric William Vile, told us personal
| anecdote the other day which pleas
antly brought to mind one of the
distinct foibles Of human nature.
do you still get letters?" he asked
| bearing in mind, evidently, that This
! and That is now in it's fourth consecu
! tive year.
"Oh, yes" said this writer, proudly
| displaying a sheaf Of latest arrivals.
AS matter of fact. the letters
| from readers have been one of the
greatest rewards of this work and
| the inspiration of whatever good we
may have been able to do.
II never get any" went on Vile In
his jovial. abrupt way unless it is
! to criticize. If | say some Sena ter is
a tall man. II readers write i'm in
stantly reminding me that the Senator
is. as a matter of truth, a very short
man"
X X
Human nature, ii would seem
dearly loves to find fault.
1t is amusing to see the way many
persons carefully pick out the one
flaw from something otherwise good
and harp insistently upon it.
Perhaps 1t makes them feel better
thus to detect defects in others. All
the world loves a lover, it Is true, and
misery loves company.
The feeling of solidarity is what
humanity Graves. Every one wants to
feel on an equality with every one
else.
x 4 x y
There seems to be a very mistaken
idea on the part of some that every
one who writes harbors the sublime
conviction that he is always right.
Nothing could be farther from the
truth. A writer is confined to plain
print, however, and must set down the
truth in so far as he sees it to the
best of his ability.
When it is in type it is there for
ever, in sense. Yet some readers do
not allow for this immutabilty of cold
type. but seem to feel that a writer
ought to hedge himself about with
This is my opinion merely" and "Ac-
cording t6 my belief" and This is the
way the thing seems to me-"
Some obdurate persons. in fact,
would require, seemingly, that a
writer put a footnote to his writing to
escape their charge Of egotsm, stat
ing:
"Ail the above is. of course, only
tiiC OpIilOii III tfp WRITER, whose HdfflP
Is, by the grace of God and the pub
Usher, attached hereto.
"It is distinctly understood by the
writer that he may he wrong and
that any reader who disagrees with
him may be entirely right"
~ X
The writer of This and That re-
fleets with great deal of honest pride
that his correspondence in regard to
this mildly disagreeable trait is in
much the same class of the soap that
advertises itself as '99 44-100 per cent
pure"
Face-to-face greetings, however, do
not always handle us so gently. Here
we come in for our share of this
foible of our common humanity. Here
good old human nature crops out.
Recently this column carried the
adventures in more or less detail of a
hardy hug that made the grand pas
sage across + street at the height of
traffic.
1t was a darn good yarn, IL we do
say it ourseif land we are our own
worst critic.
Some score or more of acqua int
ances personally assured us of the
same, so that we are reasonably sure
of it.
Evening star., 1927-09-19

! Now. the point is:
! ONLY one of these failed to point
| out that our estimate Of 10 miles an
hour as the bugs speed was a gross
! eXaggeration, if not a downright mis-
| truth.
How unerringly honest humanity is
when it detects untruth or what 1t
thinks to be falso in another
| X X II
! Being quite human ourself-or
| fondly believing that we are-we re.
| serve the right of the traffic cop to
overestimate the speed of offenders.
The bug, black and yellow, carried
| no speedometer. There was no tangi-
BILE method of computing his speed.
| The estimate of 10 miles an hour.
| which so offended these righteous
readers. was based largely on trip
we made in an automobile of a eau
! tious friend. who insists on running
| his car at 10 or II miles an hour.
To dashng soul such as our own
we seemed to he veritably crawling
| So when we came to estimating bug
! progress, 10 miles an hour seemed
about right.
| Note that the writer said "dashing
soul" We have one of the most dash
| ing souls in existence. If we lived
clouds with Lindbergh and personally
do combat with great apes in the
| jungle.
The soul is willing, but the flesh is
weak.
Another recent article we took an
| innocent pride in was the one on the
| annual death of the garden.
| We thought the phrase annual
death" rather good. AS far as we can
recall, we never saw the thing stated
in print exactly that way.
Yet one of our good friends who
| loves the flowers accosted us in this
| wise, failing to say a good word for
the rest of it:
Say. where did you get that stuff
about the death of the garden? Why
my garden is the best ii has been
! this year--grass green. gladiolus still
| blooming, marigolds doing fine: and
you ought to see my hardy asters.
Amt you bit previous?"
Previous?
| Yes. thank God-just bit.
Previous about the death of the
garden, because we know the garden
is going to die.
Previous, perhaps, concerning hu-
man nature. because We hold the hope
that some day human beings will for
get their poorer traits and concen-
trate solely on their best ones
Let us close with one of those good
letters we spoke of:
Dear Sir: Apropos your article re-.
garding the sort of kilograms that
could not be sent to prospective Wis
itors, want to tell you of a method
used once by myself.
AN aunt and cousin who had never
been known to lend helping hand
with the work wrote that they would
arrive at a certain time on a day of
the coming week
Realizing / had no time to lose, /
Immediately sat down and wrote them
a cordial letter to the effect that /
was so glad of their impending visit,
as / had long wanted to visit them,
but could not manage the three small
children alone, but, with their help.
after their visit was over, | would
return home with them.
Needless to say, the aunt and
cousin did not visit us then or ever.
| should add, not to seem too heart
less. that it was only an aunt by mar
riage and Stepcousin.
Sincerely yours, r. s. c."
Evening star., 1927-09-19
A "Razzer" Silenced.

From time immemorial, since base
been the practice of a certain type of
enthusiast to root" for his home
team by means of contemptuous re-
marks anent the failure of individual
members Of the local aggregation. BY
a strange inversion these persons have
conceived the idea that the way to
victory lay through the path Of
ridicule. They have "booed'' fieldeIs
who have made errors, have jeered
batsmen who have failed in pinches,
have ''razZed' base runners who have
critics of the individual offenders have
made lives miserable for the unfor-
tunate performers. Upon their ap-
pearance at bat they have been greet
ed with catiric remarks. Loud calls
for the substitution Of other batsmen
have been voiced.
Such treatment, now says that
eminent and veteran leader of the
sport, Mr.. Cornelius McGilllc uddy, bet
ter known 20 millions as Connie Mack,
director of the Philadelphia Athletics,
is calculated to demoralize the best of
ball teams. Accordingly he has at
last assumed the aggressive against
these disturbers OF the peace of his
own aggregation and has caused the
| arrest of particularly annoying
critic, whose voice has been heard
| throughout the season In deprecat ton
! of the intelligence. the capacity, the
| industry and even the integrity OF
certain players. This man, despite his
illogical disclaimer that he has been
| at heart a most loyal booster for the
tsam, has been found guilty Of dis
Evening star., 1927-09-19

mans salvation. Wait just a min
ute, now. says the philosopher; don't
get excited. Let's think this over
But it is to be feared that some ad-
justment other than the one proposed
by the bishop will have to bring us
poise and re-establish in us our lost
sense of mastery. Let the
scientists go right on bestowing upon
us benefits which only make us
nervous. but. meanwhile. why cannot
a delegation. headed by Sir Oliver
Ledge, instead of chasing up spooks,
help us tn uncover our own submerged
capacities?"
Admitting that many of the fore
most scientific investigators are i'm.
PEELED rather by natural human curl
osity. burning desire to tear away
the wells that hide the unknown, than
by wish to make the lives of their
fellow beings happier" the New York
Sun, nevertheless, believes that al.
ways in the backs of their minds is the
thought that when they have attained
their goal. or even come within meas
urable distance of it, the human race
will have advanced TO a higher plane
and life on this planet will be some-
thing far richer and deeper than it is
today" The Sun surmises that lit may
be that he merely wished to give the
scientists a jolt-a forceful reminder
that science is not everything. and
that, to quote his own words. there is
a wisdom which is older than and
greater than knowledge, and without
which knowledge may be a curse"
''The point is that science is CON
stantly furnishing human nature with
cause for greater happiness" states
the Minneapolis Tribune, land if hui
man nature does not realize the
greater happiness made possible for
it by science, the blame should be
placed upon human nature rather
than upon science. Apparently, the
one miracle which even science can
not achieve is that Of making human
nature appreciate its blessings"
The Rochester Times Union con.
cludes that this plea, which the
Bishop of Ripon makes on behalf of
calmer and more philosophic life
might we'll find an echo in the heart
of many worried manufactures or
business man. New discoveries. in.
ventions and applications of scientific
principles follow one another so fast
today that a producer must be alert
to avoid being caught mapping"
Evening star., 1927-09-19
Children Accused
AS Law ViOlatOrs
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
Thanks to the arrival of MEMBER
Of the police force as neighbor In
our vicinity, we find that our young
sters ranging in age from ? TO IL
years are disobeying the law by riding
their scooters, automobiles, busses.
bicycles and skates and are making
themselves reprehensible for the Juve-
nile Court. as the officer asserts.
If this be true, why do the best stores
In Washington sell such toys? Aren t
they in truth bootlegging in toys? II
our children are amenable to punish
ment for the use of such toys, why
isn't there a law forbidding their sale:
The mothers are very discouraged
and the children most unhappy. is
there no redress for US?
REREccA SMITH.
Evening star., 1927-09-19

to he religious. and the passage of
Sunday law in the District of Column
bia announces the engagement be-
tween the Church and the State and
leads the masses to the altar where a
union of the State with the Church
will pave the way for persecution in
America.
The movement is violation of
every virtue that lies at the founda.
ton of our religious life, and there
fore may be properly branded as un-
American and unit Christian.
REV. HENRY M. LAWSON.
Editor, the American Sentinel.
Evening star., 1927-09-19
Tax Reduction Hearings.

II is announced by the House ways
and means committee that the hear
ings on tax reductions will begin on
the 3lst of October and will be con-
tinued for ten days. Within that
limit of time all arguments and
demonstrations must be confined. A
schedule is arranged. The first two
days will be devoted TO general state
ments. One day will be given to
arguments on the income taxes of
corporations and another day to in
dividual income taxes. Then will
lone two days devoted to the discus
sion OF administrative features The
seventh day will be set apart for dis
cussing excise and stamp taxes, the
eighth and the ninth will be devoted
| to the estate tax question and on the
concluding day miscellapeous subjects
will prevail. There will be no exten-
sion of time. With the conclusion of
the hearings the committee will close
Its doors to write the bill that will be
submitted to the House, probably
shortly after the opening of the
session.
= This is an excellent plan of action.
1t will result in concentrated pro-
cedure and will not prevent an ade-
ouate presentation of any topic. With
"a fair allotment Of time all interests
nn be heard. There will. Of course,
be competition for the few hours that
are at the disposal of the committee
under this arrangement. Some may
be disappointed. But they can be sure
of representation on the floor Of the
House and in the Senate when the
bill has passed the lower branch and
has gone to the upper.
There will, of course, be a partisan
debate on this question. The Repub-
lican ma ajority of the House will
doubtless draw a bill that will effect
IA reduction in accordance with the
Recommendations of the President and
the Secretary of the Treasury. The
Democratic minority will seek to
amend it by effecting a larger reduc-
tion, based probably upon different
system of changes, giving the major
benefit of the lowering Of taxes to the
smaller taxpayers rather than the
larger.
Whatever is done in the way Of tax
reduction legislation will figure in the
campaign of next year. Indeed. out
side Of prohibition and farm relief, il
those two questions should become
issues, the amount and character of
tax reduction will be one Of the chief
points of disputation in the presiden-
tial fight No matter what the Re-
publican administration may recon-
mend and the Congress may enact,
with a Republican majority in the
House and a near Republican control
OF the Senate, the Democratic con-
tention will be that more OF cut
should have been made.
The hearings that will open on the
31st Of October will probably be non-
partisan. The political and partisan
discussion will come in the House and
Senate. Arguments and demonstra-
tions will prevail before the commit
tee, leaving the oratory to the mem
hers of the two houses. Whatever
the outcome. the taxpayers will be re-
lieved In a large amount and the
financial condition of the country will
> remain sound.
Evening star., 1927-09-19
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JouNsON.


Confession of a Parent.
The boys and girls are on their way
To school. I wait to see them play.
Some Of them do not seem to know
The rhymes and games of long ago.
They talk of heterodynes and waves,
And why the static misbehaves;
OF airships overhead 80 far,
And how to mend a motor car.
And as the youngsters congregate
I linger with an air sedate
To listen, as they pass the spot
For they can teach me such a lot!
Evening star., 1927-09-19

Radio transmits much good thought
and fine music. Its greatest service,
however, is rendered when it sends a
distress call in the hour Of peril.
Radio may he expected to do much,
indeed. toward making the world safer
as Well as happier for humanity.
Evening star., 1927-09-19

Joseph Conrad Is another of those
fine authors who did not live long
enough to defy poverty by selling an
occasional autograph.
Evening star., 1927-09-19

The only eminent Democrat who
appears to be enjoying life thoroughly
for the moment, regardless Of politics,
IS Mayor Walker Of New York.
Evening star., 1927-09-19
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Evening star., 1927-09-19

Refusals to run for office are seldom
registered so late in the proceedings
as to leave no time for a little coax
ing.
Evening star., 1927-09-19

Nearly everybody who disapproves
of prizefighting will be at the ring
side, or else listening in.
Evening star., 1927-09-19

King Tut is almost forgotten. Even
a mummy needs a press agent.
Evening star., 1927-09-19
Plenty of Cars

From the Terre Haute Star
New York wants theater ticket
czar. but what Is the matter with
those in almost every box ONCE?
Evening star., 1927-09-19

Air routes have taken the place of
the old grade-crossing as a means Of
startling the public with daily tragedy.
Evening star., 1927-09-19
Always a Chance.

so your boy Josh refuses to learn
grammar"
YES" answered Farmer Corntossel.
my hope Is that maybe he'll get a
place with the moving pictures. where
he won't. have to talk out loud"
Evening star., 1927-09-19
Dangerous Imitation.

A genius oft upsets the scheme
OF order which should still prevail
SO easy do his efforts seem.
He tempts a lot of folks who fail.
Evening star., 1927-09-19
Hard Work.

"How do you manage to be re-
elected so frequently"
by hard work." answered Senator
Sorghum.
But you never say much"
Its hard work to keep from it."
Evening star., 1927-09-19

The Evening Star with the sunday morn
ing edition IS delivered hy carriers within
he city at 90 cents per month: daily only
as CENTS per month sundays rnlv 20 can'
per month Orders NAV be sent hy mail or
Telephone Main 5000. Collection ts made by
carrier at end OF each month.
Evening star., 1927-09-19
Tables Turned.

plifed.'
Yes" answered Miss Cayenne. Il
hear many wives complaining because
1t takes their husbands so long to
dress"
Evening star., 1927-09-19
Never Content.

From the Santa Barbara Daily News.
Six months after the arrival of the
millennium there will be petition out
asking for q referendum.
Evening star., 1927-09-19

Life would be easy" said Uncle
Eben, IF a sinner could allus remem-
her dem good resolutions he made
dnria de cap,p meetin'.' Sd
Evening star., 1927-09-19
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Evening star., 1927-09-19

The lass whom suitors would confuse
Retains visage frozen.
And though she says, II do not
choose"
Still hopes she will be chosen.
Evening star., 1927-09-19

Jud Tunkins says a successful holi-
day tires a man just enough to make
a regular working day seem kind O.
restful.
Evening star., 1927-09-19

He who has never been deeply dis
appointed" said Hi Ho, the sage of
Chinatown, has entertained only
slight ambitions
Evening star., 1927-09-19

@. What is ''podasra "?-J. c.
A. A species of gout which recurs
at regular intervals, attacking the
joints.
Q. What part of the world was first
called "America" a"?-S. A.
A. The name america" was first
Evening star., 1927-07-28
Clearance Silver Toilet Articles
In the JeweIrv Section

Small Sterling Silver SaIve Jars Were $3.50 each Now 81
Large Sterling Silver Salve Jars Were S. Now. SLzS
Pairs Mancuring Scissors Gas s) Were $3.50 to $3.50
Sterling Silver Letter Openers Were $3.50 Now each ST
3 Sterling Silver Clothes Brushes. Were $650. Now.
each 'SooO
Sterling Silver Hat Brushes Were $l4 Now, each $3.50
Sterling Silver Hat Brushes. Were $40 Now, each 81
Sterling Silver Shoe Horns Were S. Now, each 81
Perfume Bottles, with sterling tops Were So5O Now
Large Sterling Silver saIve Jar. Was $3.50 Now $3.50
Large Sterling Silver Salve Jar. Was $425 Now $3.50
1 Sterling Silver Buffer. Was $l150 Now N
Sterling Silver Dresser Tray. Was SILL Now w....-.se
Enaneled Desk Set Was $45 Now ...............Slo
Clearance of Jewelry Novelties
IL s-day Leather Travelling Clocks Were $zo Now.
3 S-day Travelling Clocks. Were $35 Now each.. $50
2 S.day Boudoir Clocks. Were SIS Now each .I5O
2 GoId-ilIed SoIdered Mesh Bags Were $50 Now $4ou
2 GoId-flled SoIdered Mesh Bags. Were $N5O. Now,
siver.pated Soldered Mesh Bags. Were $2S5o Nov.
French Cut Steel Beaded Bags. Were $50 Now, each 81
2 14-kt Gold Cigar Cutters Were $21 Now, each %
WOman's Sterling Silver C1garete case. was si''o
Sterling Silver Match Box Holder Was $3.50 Now. 81
Sterling Silver Cork Screw. Was $o50 Now. %
French Cut Steel Beaded Bag. Was $40 Now....SS2o
Cameo Gold Ring. Was $3.50. Now :.........S4SS
Genuine Topaz Gold Ring. Was SIS Now.
Genuine Lapis Ring. Was $l450 Reduced TO- .sSSo
Topaz Gold Ring, with diamonds was $5o NOW e,V
Women's 1Skt Gold Eversharp PENCIL WasSZ| or e1.o
Womans 1s-kt Gold Eversharp Pencil: Was $Z Greatly
pearl EnameIed Gold Cross Gas is) Was $zO Now >1'
: platinum, Scarf Pin, set with sapphire was ~:
Now =. -, r. -. ... - '''
FIVE JEvEIRY SECTION. FIRST FLOOR
Evening star., 1927-07-28

I 9xI2 Oval Rush Rug. Was
S36.5O. Now ...... .$"6.10
q 8xlO Oval Rush Rugs. Were
$3D.50. Now. .$"l.'1
1 0xI2 Velvet Rug. Was 81 30:
Now .$3f.so
2 S.3xiO.6 Velvet Rugs. Were
S51. so. Now. :. .$34.5O
2 3x6 Plain Blue, Chintz-bor-
der Rag Rugs. We're ~:
1 exg Armstrong Linoleum Rug
limperfect). Was $1:50.
1 sxs Ccnisolciiin Rug (imper:
fect). Was. S5.45. Now 80
/ S.3x1O.6 Wilton Rug. Was :
$S5. Now: 49,. $52.o
2 R.3x1O.6 Seamless Administer
Rugs. Were S45. Now $?0.5O
3 36xs3 Cherokee Fiber Rugs.
We're SO. Now. .Sl.9b
RUa SECTION, FIFTH FLOOR.
Evening star., 1927-07-28
Special Size Apparel Reduced

Little Women's One and Two Piece Dresses, of plain
colored georgee, fiat crepe and crepe de chine and
sizes 16 2O1l and 33H. Were much more. Now sl7.so
4 Larger Women's Street and Afternoon Dresses, OF
printed crepe and combinations of georgette and
prints, in tan, blue and green; sizes 4OH. 4h, ~
Were $2o5O. Now. $3.50
Larger Womens Imported OiIskin Raincoats sizes sON
and s2H. Were $3.50 Now. w...................$1z .$1zSo
SPECIAL SIZE SECTION, THIRD Floor.