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Evening star., 1927-05-14
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

@. viii you kindly toll me where
the Jennie Wren radio station Is To-
cated?--J. NJ.
Al. The Jennie Wren radio station
Is at Lawrence, Kans. Its call let
ters are WREN.
@. What is the difference between
q minister with portfolio" and a
minister without portfolio PC.
McH.
A. minister with portfolio" is the
term given to a member of the Brit
ish cabinet who has jurisdiction over
special department. Minister with
our portfolio" is q term given to a
minister of the British cabinet who
has no specific department over which
he has jurisdiction.
@. Give the origin Of bungalow
n. f. S.
A. This is an AngloIndian word
from the Hindustani bangIa, belong
ing to Bengal. 1t is characterized as
a one-storied house with n veranda
and a projecting roof. 1t is the typi-
cal dwelling for Europeans III India.
The name is also used for similar
buildings which have become COM
mon for seaside and Summer resi-
dences in America and Great Britain.
Oak or dawk bungalows from dak
or dawk, a post. a relay of men for
carrying the mails, etc. are the gov
ernment resthouses established at in
tervals for the use of travellers on the
high roads of India.
0. Is there such a plant as the
tape worm?--A. o. II.
A. The tape worm plant is a plant
of the rose family, used incidentally
for treating tape worms, hence the
name.
@. What is the correct pronuncia-
tion of Sabreur"?-C. Z. K.
A. "Sabreur" is pronou d
sa-brur, the letter ''u' rhyming with
the "u" in fur"
@. How should iced tea be served
chilled before serving or with ice in
the glasses?-B. G. 3.
A. This is largely a matter of per-
sonal taste. Some people prefer fresh
tea poured over ice, while others feel
that the tea blends with the lemon
and sugar if prepared several hours
before serving.
O. What States have the lowest
percentage of illiteracy?-E. w. NJ.
A. The States of Iowa and Ne
braska have the lowest percentage of
illiteracy.
@. What is the legend concerning
the lotus tree of North Africa I'd.
s. M. Il
A. The lotus tree of North Africa
to which you refer is the jujube.
There is a fable in which it is said
that this tree makes strangers forget
their homes.
@. What was the date of the worst
blizzard in New England, and did the
Evening star., 1927-05-14
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRAcEwELL.

/, Immediately all his intelligence Is
brought into play building up a struc-
| ture of reason to uphold his convic-
| tion. which was arrived at. forsooth,
| only by reason of chance utter
ance!
X X \ X
How many of our daily judgments
are formed without due examination
| of the facts only the intellectually
honest man can know--or will admit!
This is one of the secret reasons
| for schooling 1t is seldom men,
toned in public, and never by edu-
Gators. 1t is one of the secret springs
of conduct, however, Of nations as well
as of men.
Only the wise know how the rank
and file of human beings are swayed
| by their prejudices, gathered in every
| day from the age of one day onward,
placed in the child, indeed, long before
| it is born.
To "train the mind," as the old
phrase had it, Is necessary in order
to remove unwholesome prejudices.
This was the secret reason for such
training, though life work and sue
cess and other fine things were held
forward to the public view.
1t must not be supposed for a Sec
ond that this constituted or consti-
tutes form Of deception. The wise
| men Of the races have seen that too
much explanation is a waste of time.
"Let them have their prejudices,' y
they said, in effect. 1--WE will form
them into good prejudices. And, at
the least, we hope to teach them to
attempt, at least, to examine facts
and reasons, and not to go on blindly
with naked prejudices alone"
u n n y
The wise men want us to reach
just and impartial determinations
upon all subjects. They would have
us, If they could, select mate upon
So we retain our prejudices!
Many persons are utterly ignorant
of their prejudices. They cannot
search the good from the bad because
they simply do not realize that what
they think is based only upon feel
ing and fancy. u
And the problem is further compli-
Gated by the fact that often feeling
and fancy, resulting in intuition, make
for the truth.
What appears prejudice in me
may be, as matter Of fact, the
truth and nothing but the truth; what
seems to be the rankest sort of preju-
dice in you may turn out to be, in
the cool light of due examination of
facts or reasons" the truest possible
sort of truth.
1t will be realized, then that "un-
fairness is not a good synonym for
prejudice" despite the dictionary. A
prejudice may be essentially fair; that
is the hope of mankind.
IL this We're not so. this life of
ours would. be a seething tissue of
lies, built solely upon feelings, good
and bad emotions of like character,
imagination, innate likes and dislikes,
all grounding at last in obscure men,
tations beyond even the power of
Freud to disentangle.
AS long as the mind holds firmly
it's seat in the citadel of the brain,
mankind may hope to overcome its
bad prejudices. with their resulting
moderation, and substitute harmless
and necessary ones. which shall, like
the medicine of old, be good for
man or beast"
Evening star., 1927-05-14
UNITED STATES
in WORLD WAR
Ten Years Ago Today

Espionage bill, with press censor
ship provision eliminated, passes in
Senate by vote of n to g..
The measure is stripped of provision
restricting manufacture of grain into
alcohol. Former German
raider Eitel Friedrich is commissioned
in the United States Navy as the DE
Kalb. Talk OF a Dictatorship
as only solution to save Russia to the
allies. Congress warned to-
expect heavier taxes. . Forty
nine thousand Ave hundred and sew
enty mine prisoners, 444 cannon and
943 machine guns have been captured
by the French and British since April
8. President Wilson ap-
proves Of completed plans for the Inn.
mediate expansion of the Regular
Army to its full war strength of 29s.-
900 men, entailing the organization OF
IS new regiments. Brewers
ask compensation for lost business
due to diversion Of 81 ins 70 conserve
food supplies.
Evening star., 1927-05-14
Flight of l8 Planes
Called Wonderful

To the Editor OF The Star:
On Wednesday, May II, between
dawn and dusk was accomplished one
of the most remarkable achievements
OF the century, when Is pilots of the
Army Air Corps, led by Maj. Thomas
G. Lanphier, flew Is pursuit planes
from their home station at Selfridge
Field, Mt. Clemens, Mich, to
Kelly Field, Tex, arriving fit and
ready to do their part in the air
maneuvers being held in the vicinity
of San Antonio.
Fourteen hundred miles between
Selfridge Field and Kelly Field,
Eighteen pursuit planes flying total
Of $4,000 miles. or a distance equal
to the distance around the world
and all In IL hours and 25 minutes
flying time,
The civilian public. uninitiated as
it is in the affairs of it's Army and
too often disinterested therein. NAV
well pause in the hundrum routine
OF the days operations to consider
this romantically splendid achieve
ment. Eighteen men from one Air
Corps field fit enough, fine enough,
trained enough to take their regular
equipment, 18 service pursuit planes,
and, without mistake or mishap, per.
form such mission--one which may
well be, called the greatest flight of
airplanes yet accomplished.
In the old days when kings and
generals had some hero stuff that
needed doing they searched their
Kingdoms or their armies for one
man to serve the purpose-hand-
picked he was and hard to find.
When Maj. Lanphier, commanding
officer of the Sd Pursuit Group at
Seifridge Field, was assigned the job
or getting these Is planes to San
Antonio in time for the maneuvers.
ne couldn't pick because there were
none to choose from. Instead he lust
detailed the II he had and led the
flight himself. That's the way they
do 1t in the Air Corps and it seems
70 work quite as well as picking from
thousands did in the old days
DOROTHY POTTER BENEDICT.
Evening star., 1927-05-14
Prejudices are wonderful things.

Prejudices are wonderful things.
Life is made up of them.
The mental ideas of the race. tend
| ing toward conviction, are Offset by
i the prejudices Of mankind.
The daily life of a person or ma.
tion is made up of prejudices. we
have bias for this or that: we hold
partialities and prepossessions. Our
| presumption is so and so.
| We aim at certainty, fondly hope to
reach conclusions, really long for con-
viction. We ask for demonstrations
and call for the evidence. We speak
much of reason and seek for the
necessary conclusion"
| All the time our life Is tissue Of
prejudices. mostly against. seldom for,
although we may be prejudiced, as the
SAYING is. in a certain persons favor.
The very usage of the term Is sig-
nificai1t. The word prejudice" is
mostly used in reference to an un-
favorable view, unless qualifying
word is used. A "prepossession," on
the other hand, is always favorable.
The large dictionary tells the truth
seeker that a prejudice is "a Judgment
or opinion formed without examina-
ton of the facts or reasons that are
essential to q just and impartial de-
termination"
The definition shows the store which
men, as thinking beings, put in facts.
reason, justice. impartiality, determi-
nation.
These qualities, as stated. are the
ideals of the races in their highest
and best moods, when feeling and
fancy and associations are carefully
put aside.
There will yet remain, despite our
best pretensions, a thousand and one
prejudices, a veritable garden of
blooms Of the human spirit, some
evil, some Indifferent, some even nec-
essary.
Inasmuch as the prejudices Of any
individual are made up of those in
one Of these three classes, so will his
outlook upon life be, and so will be
his influence upon others.
What are your prejudices?
Are they evil, innocuous or neces-
sary?
Taking thought upon this matter.
of course, will do little good, as far
as any essential change is concerned,
for prejudices are-prejudices!
Yet. in an idle moment. it might
be interesting as well as salutary for
the average person to look over his
personal assortment of prejudices,
and mark them off into compartments,
as it were, for ready reference.
A prepossession for ones country,
of course, falls into the necessary
group. The sometimes laughable
state PRIDE even, comes under
like classification.
These are amiable prejudices which
the whole world believes in, being
based, as they are, upon the deepest
emotions of the races Of men.
Every one, too, is partial to his own
folks.
A man is prejudiced In favor of his
children, and his dog. and his motor
car, and the section of town he lives
in, and in his make of radio receiver
and the brand of paint he uses upon
his house.
Often prejudices. of the good kind
as well as of the bad, are based upon
nothing more than chance, such as
when one offhand praises something,
and it Is attacked thereupon by
some one else.
Evening star., 1927-05-14

steamer Portland go down IN it,
Il. G.
A. What was probably one OF THE
worst billiards. that ever ragged over
the New England States was that
which occurred March 11-1i, 1855.
The steamship Portland was not sunl;
during this blizzard. but 10 years latev.
on November q. 1898.
Q. How does the hole gs, in the
Taacaroni?-D. ID. L. =,
A. The dough Of macaroni is
pressed through holes In a machine.
coming out in long strips with holes
In the center. These strips are cut
to the desired length and hung UP
to dry.
Q. IN what year did the United
States Government coin the last a.
cent piece?-P. /. M.
A. Three.cent pieces were last
coined in 1873.
@. Who was the engineer OF the
Panama Canal?-J. C..
A. John j.. Wallace was the first
engineer of the Panama Canal. He
was succeeded by John +. Stevens
and Col. G.. w. Goethals. The last
named is best known in this connec.
ton.
Q. How many children had Robert
Morris, signer of the Declaration OF
Independence?-R. N. C..
A. He was the father OF seven
children--five boys and two girls.
Q. How does robin detect where
there is worm in the ground?--G. H.
A. The Biological Survey says that
robin sees the movement of the
worm in the ground
@. Why did the Kaiser flee from
Germany at the close of the World
War?-E. B. B.
A. The former Kaiser left Germany
under pressure of his encourage and
as q result of demand for his abdi-
cation BY the revolutionists. TO this
demand he replied on November 10,
1918: ITO facilitate peace for the ma
tion, | will go to Holland"
Q. How much does gallon of creo-
sote weight. b. B.
A. Creosote is somewhat heavier
than water and weighs about SIS
pounds to the gallon.
Stop minute and think about this
fact. You can ask The EDeHing Star
Information Bureau any question OF
fact and get the dns1Cer back in a
personal letter. 1T is a great educd-
tionat idea introduced into the hues
OF the most Intelligent people in the
ICorld--Am ericGn newspaper readers.
1t is part of that best purpose OF a
neUspdper-serUice. There is no
charge except cents in stamps
for return postage Get the habit Of
asking questions. Address gour letter
to The Evening Star Information
Bureau, Frederic j. HdskiH, director,
Washington, ID. G.
Evening star., 1927-05-14

eral election which may, indeed, be
preclpitated by this incident.
In any case It is expected that the
raid on the ARGOS offices win cause a
definite break between Great Britain
and the Soviet government. The fact
that the offices OF ARGOS, a private
corporation, We're in the same build
ing with those of the official Russian
Trade Delegation does not in the view
of the government justify protest
from Moscow. The safes which are
now being opened are the property Of
the ARGOS corporation and are in that
part Of the building which is oc-
cupied by it's establishment. There
" no question of the right under
British official secrets" law of the
government to examine the premises
of any individual or business suspect
ed OF subversive activity. The fact
that these rooms are in building
which also shelters an official body
does not grant them immunity. But
Moscow, 1t is believed, will take a
contrary view and carry its protest to
the point of denial of the. right of
the British government to enter the
premises for any purpose.
1t is not to the interest Of the Soviet
to break with Great Brit
ain. 1t may, however, be forced to
do SO. for its failure to withdraw from
would be tantamount to an
that the suspicion
Of the British ministry of subversive
operations on the part of Moscow is
justified.
Evening star., 1927-05-14
Experts and Inexperts.

From the Chicago Daily News
David Belasco is attending the Sny-
der murder trial 'tas duty to my
public" David Wark Griffith in the
interests of his art, Will Durant for
philosophical reasons. Among all the
celebrities in court for esthetic rea-
sons, there are no doubt few humble
murder fans, who don't know much
about art, but know what they like.
An interview with one of these honest
loWbrows would be a refreshing
change from the hokum of highbrow
sensation seekers.
Evening star., 1927-05-14
Spare the City's Trees!

Announcement that many trees are
widening of certain streets Of this
city has aroused indignation on the
part of those Washingtonians who
regard the growths Of nature as the
chief charm of the Capital. Previous
tree-cuttings have caused the same
feeling, but protests have not availed
to stop the process. The widening of
the streets has been decided upon as
q means of increasing the space for
the movement of traffic, and once
started the operation continues re-
gardless of the sacrifice of the trees.
No tree should be cut without COM
pelling necessity. No street should
be widened unless in no other way
can the traffic be accommodated in
safety. The most urgent need for
sithe increase of the driving space
should be established before any move
is made to strip the street of the
towering border of growths that have
taken many years for development to
4 their present size.
The promise to replant the. trees
after the work of widening has been
finished does not allay the feeling that
4 too great a sacrifice is being made
to traffic needs. The new trees will
not develop into shade givers for
years. They will not grow as rapidly
as did their predecessors, which were
planted before the days of asphalt
apavements, when they had plenty of
room for rootage and abundant food.
The newly planted trees will have a
hard time to live, in the new con-
ditions that have come with the
growth of the city and the adoption
of modern street pavements.
It is an open question whether the
! solution of the traffic problem lies in
1.-THE widening of the streets. or in
the limiting of the number of vehicles
using the streets. 1t is likewise a
question whether that problem can be
solved SO long as practically all-day
sparkling is permitted in the downtown
sections. There are many who hold
that the root of the evil lies in the
excessive number of machines and
the obstruction of the present street
spaces with standing cars, rather than
In the narrowness of the streets.
Those questions. however, are of
point now only to the end of en-
phasizing the need of the most scrupu-
lous care in determining upon the
necessity of street changes that in
volve the sacrifice Of trees of long
growth and present beauty and value.
Even though decision may have been
reached to proceed with certain street
widenings, regardless of the cost in
terms OF trees, reconsideration may
be had. with sufficient delay to study
more thoroughly the traffic require
nlents before adopting an expedient,
the evil result OF which, once it is
put into effect, cannot be remedied.
A tree that is cut down is gone
forever. The product of half GEN.
tury is destroyed. The character of
the city is changed. Let there be a
pause to determine whether the need
Of wider streets is imperative, whether
other measures cannot be found to
effect the safe and effective flow of
traffic, whether the addition of more
may not only cause the addition OF
more cars, to make the condition
after widening quite as bad as be-
fore, IL not worse. Street widening is
q palliative, not a cure. 1t should be
the last resort.
Evening star., 1927-05-14
Overlooked.

"You have been returned to Wash
ington many times"
Yes" answered Senator Sorghum.
I've had to keep working along at
Government pay. None Of those big
corporations seemed to fancy me-"
Evening star., 1927-05-14

1t is to be regretted that those who
must face the perils Of the ocean can
not, for the present, be limited to
something comparatively safe and
pleasant, like swimming the English
Channel.
Evening star., 1927-05-14

their country and in whose honor
miles of lovely shade trees stand,
hopeful and alive, in a beautiful hom.
age to them? Women of Washington,
step into this calamitous situation and
save it, as you so certainly can do.
IDA GILBERT MYERS.
Evening star., 1927-05-14

It has long been the custom to pic.
ture Miss Democracy in pantalettes.
An up-to-date political lady should by
this time be entitled to her knicker-
bockers.
Evening star., 1927-05-14

A number of Republicans are so sure
President Coolidge will be renomi.
mated that they apparently fear it
will be impossible to interest Tex
Rickard in a primary election as a
sporting event.
Evening star., 1927-05-14

Boccaccio told some questionable
stories. He told them we'll and should
not be dismissed from the library be-
fore recent inelegancies in literature
have been intelligently dealt with.
Evening star., 1927-05-14

Objection is made by Chief Justice
Taft to lawyers who seek to obstruct
the effective operation of criminal law.
There are two kinds of Iawyers-wise
ones and shrewd ones.
Evening star., 1927-05-14
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Latent Spirit Of Democracy.

Latent Spirit Of Democracy.
In ancient Egypt was tomb H
Wherein reposed a king.
Mid the magnificence and gloom
That only riches bring.
Alas" he seemed to say to me,
Il should be very proud
If a base ball game could see
And mingle with the crowd."
Evening star., 1927-05-14

Efforts to establish any kind of CEN
sorship Immediately bring up the
question of who is going to censor the
cenSorS.
Evening star., 1927-05-14

The Associated Press fs exclusively entitled
20 the use for republication of all news dis
patches credited to il or not otherwise cred
ited in this paper and also the local news
published herein. All rights of publication
of special dispatches herein are also reserved.
Evening star., 1927-05-14
Rate by MaiI-PayabIe i'm Advance.
MARYLAND and Virginia.
Ar O,l,e, States and Canada

psIy psy snf oy sunday yr sSS sSS mo- MO- 5Se 5Se
Sunday only ....... / yr.. $500: mo-. 25c
Evening star., 1927-05-14
Pets of the Present.

Pets of the Present.
saw a picture in the spape.
Attention 1t could not escape.
l said as it came into view,
Whose little murderer are your
Strange pets we take, in present
stress,
To ease life of loneliness.
The photo bids us ask anew,
Whose little murderer are your
DE man dat plays wifi marked
deck" said Uncle Eben, 10 liable to
find hisself prosperous. but lonesome. =
Evening star., 1927-05-14

The Evening Star. with the Sunday morn
ing edition, is delivered by carriers. within
che city at go cents per month: daily oniy
per month. Orders may be sent by ns~ ~
telephone Main 5000. Collection is made by
carrier at end OF each month.
Evening star., 1927-05-14
Economies,

The price of gas has gone down"
Glad to hear it," said Mr.. Chuggins.
THE old fliv might as well begin to
understand that it is necessity and
NOT a luxury
Evening star., 1927-05-14
Refrigeration.

htIFIStTdLIUH.
An Eskimo I'd be, indeed.
Where inconvenience is but small;
And if a bit of ice I'd need,
I'd chip it from the kitchen wall.
Jud Tunkins says a hip pocket is
deadlier than it used to be when it
carried gun instead of flask.
I'VE reverently call on our ances-
tors said Hi Ho, the sage Of China.
town. ignoring the fact that If they
could return they would probably be
ashamed of u.s."
Evening star., 1927-05-14
"Dayiight Saving. !"

What time have you?"
Are you asking for information on
trying to start an argument?"
Evening star., 1927-05-14
Member Of the Associated Press.

Daily and sunday..1 yr.. $1,000; ! mo-. 81 g
Sunday only 49,. / yr- $4.o0: 1 mo-. 81
Evening star., 1927-05-14

Q. How many children had Robert
Morris, signer of the Declaration OF
ndependence?-R N. C..
A. He was the father of seven
children-five boys and two girls.
Evening star., 1927-05-14

Q. How does robin detect where
there is worm in the ground?--G. H.
A. The Biological Survey says that
robin sees the movement of the
worm in the ground
Evening star., 1927-05-14

1t was to prevent Congress from
enacting any such law of intolerance
that the first amendment was
adopted, but a negation is not the
same as a guarantee and absence of
Federal legislation on the subject
does not limit the States from what
ever legislation their own Constitu-
tions may permit. The Federal Con-
stitution does not affect liberty of the
States-except as to the eighteenth
amendment.