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Evening star., 1928-11-22
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

How hot a hot November day seems
Eighty degrees in the shade in a
normally cool month is great deal hot
ter than 80 degrees in the Summer.
displacement is what does it.
Dirt, they say. is only matter out
of place.
Lint, when in the cloth, is perfectly
clean, but let it come out of the vac
uum cleaner bag, 1t takes on aspects
displeasing.
So those two warm days recently
affected thousands of persons Even
those who profess to like hot weather
, best rebe!!ed against so little as 80 de-
grees in November.
Such temperature is really ideal II
this latitude-except in November.
One never thought this standard Fail
month would fall down on one so!
Weather preference is like the liking
for the white meat of turkey.
Some say they like dark meat tho
best, but most will eat white meat If
they get the chance.
So with weather.
Many claim to detest Summer, but
every one enjoys it, heat and all, but
not in November.
* y X X
Thousands of homes stood on an even
footing with the outdoors during those
two days: 30 degrees inside and 90
degrees outside.
Our good old friend. the home fur
mace, becomes real problem on hot
November day.
If one allows it to go out. the weather
will suddenly turn cold in the night.
If the householder solemnly keeps the
fire alive, the house becomes-and stays
much too hot for comfort.
Even cold-blooded persons who de-
clare and maintain that they like a
room temperature of rs degrees were
willing to admit that the house was
too hot last week.
These are homely conSiderations-not
war, not politics. not even theatrical
vet nothing that is common to man can
be foreign to us.
The problem of heat and cold Cave
men had to solve it, every generation
since has had to look into the matter,
We of today are no exception.
In this latitude there is no house.
whether small or large, whether great
building or small cottage, which does
not face the heating problem in cold
weather.
Seventy degrees has been agreed upon
as the theoretically correct indoor tenn
perature for Winter. but the discrimi-
mating know that few degrees more
often make a house more comfortable
for them.
The individual must remain the test
What matter if the theorists have held
up 10 degrees as perfect" if home
seems cold to you at that temperature?
In such a case, the wise man viii
open the draft and say no more about
1t. What money is better spent-!n
Winter-than fuel money?
X y X 4
The trouble with hot weather when
cold IS the natural order Of the day
is that one is not prepared for it.
If one dared let the furnace go out
II one dared leave that oVercoat al
home-if one dared throw discretion te
the winds and lie down on yon cool
inviting sward--
Evening star., 1928-11-22

ence and out of his own conscience, find
something useful to do.
At such times, point out United States
naval officers, there is always something
better to do than to be taking pictures,
no matter how interesting the scenes,
no matter how certain the pecuniary
profits, provided member of the ships
T, company can get his camera or his
films safe and undamaged to land. To
be bothsring about camera and It's
contents, they declare, is distinctly not
in line with their conception of a
seaman's proper conduct
There would seem to be large measure
of justice in the contention of these
men, so many of whom hold medals for
doing little more than their plain duty
on similar occasions. The Star has no
apologies to make for printing these
photographs. They were excellent and
| they were timely. 1t would have failed
in its duty to its readers had it neglected
the opportunity of securing them, al
ready printed and ready for distribution.
1t would seem evident, however, that
the husky sailor, who, amidst the peril
Of the last moments before the liner
sank, took them, ought not to have been
so occupied. There are number of
things on ship that are qualified or
identified by the word "main"--the
main hatch, the main brace and others
which any seafaring friend will supply
on which seaman's attention may with
propriety be riveted in emergency. The
main chance" is not one of them.
Evening star., 1928-11-22

executives that he submitted the scheme
at Mr.. Hoover's request. If it emanated
from less practical source it would
almost sound visionary. 1t is in any
event fabulous in conception and an
augury of the constructive note likely
to distinguish the engineering admins
tration which will take Office on March
4 next.
The President-elect's vast prof.
ect aims to stabilize prosperity by Or
ganizing it. More than once during
the late campaign, Mr. Hoover depicted
the humiliation of poverty--a job for
every man and woman, as he put it--as
the great objective of the American
economic system. He does not propose
contenting himself with the mere pro-
mitigation Of such program. Mr. Hoo
YER projects the holding in reserve for
emergencies of sum total of about three
billion dollars in public and quasi-public
construction contracts and awarding
them in periods of unemployment.
This reserve would be made to equal
two years normal expenditure on i'm
provements. Municipal, State and ma
tional governmental departments would
cooperate in the creation and priodical
execution of reserve activities.
The United States expends seven bill
lion dollars year on construction. 1t
is evidently Mr.. Hoover's belief that
this can be spread over periods that will
not produce jobs for all of the workers
some of the time, but for all of the
workers practically all of the time. Mr..
Hoover is quoted as believing that his
ingenious scheme will avert panics as
well as cure unemployment. While
Gov. Brewster was announcing the Hoo
yer plan at New Orleans, the American
Federation of Labor happened to be in
session in the same city. 1t will be in
teresting to observe the reaction in that
quarter to the construction reserve"
system for banishing unemployment.
Evening star., 1928-11-22
Buy Auto Tags Early.

"Shop early for Christmasl" will soon
be the order of the day, but shop early
for 1929 automobile tags annually
takes precedence. Application blanks
will be distributed within the next two
weeks to police stations, motor clubs
and other organizations and issuance
will begin at the District Building on
December l. 1t is to the motorists
own interest to buy his plates early
because by doing so he avoids annoying
delays and assists IN orderly distribu-
ton. Since the contract for the licenses
was transferred from private companies
to the reformatory at Lorton, Va, the
District has done its share to assure
prompt issuance. 1t will be up to the
motorists after December to do their
share by buying before the last-minute
rush.
Evening star., 1928-11-22
Battle Inside Gland
Puts End to Childhood
BY E. E. FREE, PHI. d.

Conflict between two armies OF NV
ing cells in the same tiny gland INSIDE
the human skull, to see whether the
body to which the gland belongs Snall
keep on growing or shall stop growing
and become mature, is disclosed by IN
vestigations of the pituitary gland re-
ported to the American Medical AsSo-
citation by DR.. H. M. Evans ana Dr.
Miriam E. Simpson of the University
of California, In Berkeley. For sew
eral years students of the glands have
belicVed that some part of this pltul-
tary gland is responsible for bodily
growth. Disease of the gland frequent
ly results, for example, in what Is
called giantism, in which a person may
keep on growing to height OF seven
or eight feet. 1t has been noticed
also that such gland-created giants are
apt 10 be mentally childlike and M
mature. DR.. Evans and DR.. Simpson
now find that two kinds of living cells
exist side by side in the same portion
Of the pituitary gland, being distinguish
able under the microscope by different
ways of absorbing chemical reagents.
Tests with animals show that one set
Of these cells supplies to the blood a
substance that stimulates growth. The
other set supplies material which ap-
parently overrules the action of the
first set, stops growth and starts the
processes which lead to sexual and
mental maturity. Natures method of
controlling human development Is ap-
parently to let the groWth-producing
cells in the gland develop first and rule
the body during childhood. Present.
ly the maturity producing cells come
along, stop the activity of their pred
ecessors and turn the child into an
adult.
Evening star., 1928-11-22
Discreditable Souvenirs.

Remarkable pictures of deck scenes
and of the waters in the vicinity of the
Inflated Vestris were obtained, were
distributed through a Photographic
service and we're published exclusively
in Washington by The Star. They
caused much favorable comment, as
indeed they might, because they were
thrilling snapshots Of incidents in a
great maritime tragedy.
These photographs also caused un-
favorable comment. especially among
those who go down to the sea in ships,
clad either in the uniform of those who
serve Uncle Sam or in the garb of the
mercantile marine, because they were
taken by member of the crew. Com
ments among the former group have
been particularly caustic. They are, in
effect as follows:
When vessel is in eXtremis, as was
the Vestris, there comes the command
"All hands save ship!" In such crisis
every officer, every sailor, every steward,
every boy has allotted to him a position
which he shall instantly and with con-
stancy occupy, and duties which he
must unfalteringly perform. He is
assigned to a certain lifeboat and to a
particular place, first alongside and
then in that lifeboat. If his lifeboat be
smashed up in process of launching, as
were some of the small craft of the
Vestris, then he shall seek out some
superior officer for assignment to an
other duty. If he can find no superior
officer, then he shall be governed by the
! tradition Of the sea and its service and
shall. Of his own knowledge and expert.
Evening star., 1928-11-22
Pennsylvania Season
Opens December |

To the Editor OF The STAR
1 wish to call your attention to an
error which occurs in an editorial pub
lished in the November 10 issue of The
Star. entitled "Inexcusable Uncer-
tainty." This editorial refers to the
deer-hunting season as having opened
in Pennsylvania.
AS matter of fact, our deer hunting
season does not open until December
and extends to December Is This has
been the custom for a number of years.
This year, however, a radical change
has been made in our deer hunting
regulations by the Pennsylvania Game
Commission in that doe only may be
killed. This change has been made
because male deer only have been killed
for a number of years, except in few
special cases; consequently deer have
multiplied rapidly and are becoming a
nuisance to farmers in many parts of
our State.
Small-game season has been open for
several weeks. This includes rabbits,
squirrels, grouse. wild turkeys, etc
GEORGE G.. WEBER.
Evening star., 1928-11-22
Outlay in Army Cadets
Foot Ball Discussed

To the Editor of The Star:
I also was amused under your cap
ton, Says Taxpayers Pay" in The Star
of November IA, to read what Huldah
w. Randell had to say to the question as
to who paid the cadets way when they
attend foot ball games away from the
academy. 1t might be interesting to
this person to know that the Army
Athletic Association at West Point is
today one of the richest of athletic
associations in the country and from
its earnings pays the transportation
to and from these games, free from any
aid from the taxpayer. Also that the
trip to Washington once every four
years for the Inaugural has been stop
ped, indirectly. because the taxpayer
helps to pay for this one. Except for
these games a cadet never leaves, what
a college calls the campus for the first
13 months he is there After that he
is allowed three short Christmas leaves
and but one Summer furlough of little
over nine weeks.
am not afraid to say that with
exception to furloughs and leaves the
same conditions exist at Annapolis.
w. B. GIBSON.
Evening star., 1928-11-22

! All. If one we're not the victim of so
many inhibitions!
All, how we'll for us that we are so
terribly thwarted by plain common
sense!
Some one should speak up in favor of
| inhlbltlons, so here goes: There has
been entirely too much talk during the
past decade of the danger of inhibitions
| Good inhibitions are good.
If one may judge from many men,
women and children at large in the
world. few inhibitions would be
| splendidly in place in the lives, char
acters and dispositions.
| Little Johnny, who lies down on the
ground and kicks and screams when he
does not get exactly what he wants
when he wants tt
Wouldn't little Johnny be better off
! In the long run, If he suffered from
some sort of inhibition?
Dear mamma, who simply can't re-
SlSt speaking her mind to her friends
no matter how much 1t hurts them
Who is there who thinks that dear
mamma would not benefit from a few
well placed inhibitions?
| AS for the old man, when he goes
careening down the road at 70 miles per
hour, burning out his connecting rod
| bearings
Wouldn't an inhibition or two come
in handy for and in him?
X X X x
! Ordinary common sense Is. after all
| the great inhibitor of much of the folly
Of mankind.
| If respirational diseases were not SO
prevalent, and If common sense did not
warn most people, no doubt the com
mon cold, which seems determined to
make clean sweep Of humanity, would
succeed in its nefarious plot
| Most people realize full well that over
heated houses are as prolific source
Of colds as underheated ones. Whereas
| the cold house chillS the body and
thus induces congestion at once, the
too-hot house causes insensible perspira-
| ton, as it is called, which in turn
results in a chilled skin a few moments
after one steps out of the house on a
! cold day.
| When the temperature stood at 80
| degrees indoors. therefore, and one
stepped out into an exterior tempera-
| ture of 80 degrees, there was not Sc
much danger of catching a cold
| So much for the theory. Actually
| there was Just about as much danger
as ever, since the great outdoors con-
tains more moisture.
| Practical experience finds it difficult
to keep the indoors air property humid
flied. No matter how many pans OF
water are kept sitting around, indoors
air insists on remaining rather dry
Try to grow few plants indoors and
you will see.
The drop in the outdoors temperature
was universally welcomed as more
seasonable." We have got used to Ger.
tain months being warm, certain
months being cold.
Months which diSappoint us must
bear the brunt of our disapproval.
Whoever heard Of such weather ir
November? Why, the Weather Bureau
says that it has been half a century
since we had temperature OF 80 de-
greeS In November!"
Naughty, disconcerting November!
From now on please be cool-but not
too COOL Smile at us once in while
| and speak pleasantly. We ask no more
Evening star., 1928-11-22
The tuberculosis Sanitarium.

The Board of Education's indorse-
ment of the plan to provide twenty
four-hour care for tuberculous chill
dren is valuable in that it emphasizes
once again the unanimity of opinion
behind this project. Washington is
one of the few large cities of the
country lacking any institution de-
signed to give adequate care to chill
dren suffering from incipient tubercu-
losis. The tuberculosis Hospital cares
only for adults. The Children's Hos
pital is equipped only for bed cases,
and the two health schools, coming
under the Jurisdiction of the Board of
Education, care for the children be-
cause of the educational problem in
volved, with the health problem a
secondary consideration. In addition,
these schools, as valuable as they may
be, have the children for only few
of the twenty-four hours Of every day.
The rest of the time the children must
spend on crowded street cars or buses,
going to and from homes that cannot
offer them the careful treatment they
should receive. The tuberculous child
in the District must look out for him.
self, unless the disease is so far ad-
vanced that the Children's Hospital
may offer temporary refuge. But the
great problem lies in the treatment OF
children in the early stages of the
disease-not the advanced stage.
There has been difference of opin-
ion between the Board of Education
and the Society for the Prevention Of
tuberculosis over the future use of the
two health schools. The latter organ
ization has hoped to make these schools
/ the nucleus for sanitarium, providing
twenty flour hour care. The Board of
Education has been unable to concede
that this is the solution of the prob
lem, principally because the health
schools were created as schools, and not
as sanitaria. Changing their function,
without special authorization from
Congress, would be illegal. The board
maintains, and its stand is logical,
that there are two problems involved,
one which is solved by the health
schools, another which should be solved
by the creation of sanitarium.
On the need for twenty -four hour
sanitarium there is no difference Of
opinion. The health agencies favor it,
the Board of Education has added its
Endorsement, and the Bureau Of Eff
ficiency, in its report on the health
situation in the District, strongly rec
commended it, At the last session of
Congress Representative Gibson and
Senator Capper sponsored measure
calling for appropriation of $500,000
for the erection of the sanitarium. The
bill was referred to the District Com
missioners and by them to the Board
of Public Welfare. The Commissioners
have not made their report on it. It
is to be hoped that at the coming ses-
sion of Congress the bill will receive
the attention that it deserves, and that
it will be pushed energetically by all
of the agencies now united behind 1t.
Evening star., 1928-11-22
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Officer!
Anxieties affiict our lives
And troubles never cease.
Whenever some new care arrives,
We call for the Police.
The Bootleg Argosies will ride
To gather Golden Fleece,
While we, in patience, stand aside
And call for the Police.
The Classic Drama grows confused
And tales of crime increase;
And even when we'd be amused,
We call for the Police.
Evening star., 1928-11-22
UNITED STATES
in WORLD WAR
Ten Years Ago Today.

With Gen. Pcrshing at her side. the
youthful Grand Duchess Of Luxembourg
from the balcony of her palace watched
the American Army OF Occupation
march into her capital today.
Gen. PerShing. in a proclamation.
pledges his protection TO Luxembourg
and warns It's people against hostile
acts or giving aid TO the enemy in any
manner. William G.. McAdoo
tenders his resignation as Secretary Of
the Treasury, and also as director gen.
eral of railroads, giving as his reason
pressing need to return to private buSi-
ness in order to increase his personal
income. Railway heads move to
get the railway systems back into pri-
vate control. Holders of rail securities
totaling five billions unite TO fight red.
eral control. A great consign-
ment of money has arrived in Holland
for the former Kaiser. Reported to oa
more than two hundred bags OF geld
and silver-estinlated at as high as
$4,000 ,o00-renloyed across the border
in a sealed wagon.
Evening star., 1928-11-22
Portraits Commended
For Their Accuracy

To the Editor OF The Star:
The readers of The Sunday Star are
under obligation to Mr.. John Clagett
Proctor for illustrating his interesting
reference to Gov. Henry D. Cooke and
Gov. Alexander r. Shepherd in
Sundays Star with such accurate por-
traits of them as they appeared at the
time they performed the public service
for which they are so favorably distin-
guished. The portrait of Gov. Shepherd
is of especial interest and value as a
contrast with the unfortunate statue
of him in front of the District Build
ing, which represents him as he ap-
peared when advanced age and illness
had materially impaired his form and
features. WILLIAM TINDALL.
Evening star., 1928-11-22

now agree that adults learn more easily,
with more interest and greater profit,
than do children.
O. Is the Mona Lisa a holy picture?
j. G. II.
A. The portrait of Mona Lisa, BY
Leonardo ola Vinci, is by no means a
religious picture Mona (madonna or
madam Lisa Gherardini was the third
wife of Francesca de Giocondo whom
Sic married in l495. Leonardo ola
Vinci was engaged in Dainting her por-
trait from 1900 to 1904.
@. What history is connected with
the good ship Adventure"?-J. E. d.
A. Adventure" was the name Of the
ship commanded by Capt. Kidd. This
famous pirate sailed from Plymouth,
England, in April. 1896, in the galley
Adventure. carrying 80 guns and crew
of 80. He put in first at New York
and later went to Madagascar He was
eventually put to death for his pratt
cal exploits.
@. Did an electric train go from
Montreal TO Vancouver without stop
in 1925?-W. D.
A. In December. 1925, an electric
train went from Montreal to Va~couvcr
in 70 hours, less minutes. This was
nonstop trip throughout the entire
route OF 2937 miles, except for less
than l8 minutes when the oil supply
w2s cut off.
@. How long did it take Cicero to
deliver his first grafton against Cati-
liner. K.
A. According to the estimate of mod
ern orators, it required probably about
one hour and a half IN dplivpr
A. Can coal be liquefed?-C. r.
A. A process for the liquefaction of
coal has been invented. There is an
important place in Europe for such a
product, ewing to the lack of natural
petroleum.
Q. When did the practice of vaccina-
ton against smallpox begin?-N. L. G..
A. 1t began about 1876. Before this
time many people were inoculaLed With
the disease.
@. What is the Pious Fund?-C. o. r.
A. What is known as the 'Pious Fund"
in which Mexico, Texas and California
were al concerned was decided by The
Hague International Court decision of
1902. This concerned moneys which
had been claimed by Mexico as due her
from funds deposited in California. The
decision pledged Mexico to pay s1,42O,-
682 81 in money of the legal currency
of Mexico, and that the Mexican gov
ernment shall pay to the United States
on February 2, 1908, and Of every fol-
lowing year of the same date forever,
an annual payment of S43,059.99."
@. How long are the ears Of the lop-
cared rabbit?-R. 3.
A. Its abnormal ears are often II to
II inches in length and inches width.
@. How old a city is Pisa, Italy?-
NJ. o.
A. The city was probably of Etrus-
can origin. 1t became subject to Rome
in 180 BIC. At the height Of its great
ness, in the twelfth century. it is
| thought to have had population Of
| 10000. In the sixteenth century its
population had dwindlsd 20 about $500.
1t is now in thriving condition, with
population in the commune Of about
10000.
@. Are the public schools Of the
country under Federal control?-
W. c. G.
A. They are not Eacn State con-
trolls its own school system.
@. What country suggested the
armistice?-F. L. p.
A Negotiations were opened toward
that end by Germany.
Evening star., 1928-11-22
Ticket Sales Finance
Cadets Trips to Games

To the Editor OF The Star:
I note In the Answers and Questions
in your editorial page of November l3
the statement that when the Corps of
Cadets leaves the Academy to attend
a foot ball game. the expenses are paid
by the United States Military Academy
This is incorrect, as they are paid by
the Army Athletic Association with
funds derived from the sale of tickets
to the foot ball games. In this con-
nection it may be of interest to note
that the athletic association paid out
approximately $25,000 to take the corps
of cadets to Boston for the game this
year with Harvard.
PHILIP B. FLEMING,
Major G. E..
Graduate Manager of Athletics.
Evening star., 1928-11-22
The Three-Billion-D Dollar Plan.

Nothing quite so millennial in charac-
ter has been proposed by an American
statesman In many a day as Herbert
Hoover's reported plan for abolition of
unemployment. AS conveyed to the con-
ference of governors now in session at
New orleans by Gov. Brewster of Maine
the plan calls for the creation OF q
three billion dollar construction re-
serve" to be tapped whenever the labor
market is glutted either because Of over
production or other causes.
Gov. Brewster told his | pw. State