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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-07

Mary, who is about IS years old, Is the
I proud possessor of that disengaginq
superfrankness which distinguishes sc
many OF these modern children.
Mary's mother endows her constantly
with large variety OF pretty dresses
so that she may be GATED correctly the
best dressed girl in the village.
A middle-aged gentleman Of the COM
munity, passing down the street one
ing large rose plucked from his gar
den.
It was a perfectly spontaneous ges-
ture on his part. when he passed Mary,
to hand her the rose with his best
smile. Much to Mary,s credit. 1t may
be said that she received 1t in the same
spirit.
Several weeks later Miss Mary was
sitting on the curbstone with several
companions, when the same gentleman
came by
"Heilo," cried Mary.
why, hello" replied he.
do you remember that rose you gave
me?" she asked.
Yes, it was a pretty rose wasn't it?'
MY mamma gave me fits for TAX
ing it."
II am sorry for that"
Mary smiled sweetly.
do you know what my mamma says
about you?"
The gentleman paused That was a
question, indeed! In a great city, where
people either do not know about each
other Cor pretend not to- although most
of them watch behind the blinds Just
the same), it is difficult to know what
Mary's mamma thinks about the re-
mainder of the community.
trAn kA
man, running over rapidly In his mind
his various and well known faults, fall
ures. etc.
What does your mamma say about
me?" He was prepared for anything,
and braced himself mentally for the
shock.
Mary smiled delightedly.
She says your pants are too wide"
When the gentleman told this anec-
dote to his wife and his own mother a
minute later, their comments would
have edited Mary's mamma.
Did you tell her that you would be
glad to let her mother take tuck in
them?" grinned his wife.
They are not a bit wider than her
own husbands" snorted his mother.
And. besides, all she is interested In
is clothes. anyway"
why. you. are right in style" went
on his wife. "All the boys are wearing
their trousers wide. It's supposed to be
sort of collegiate, or something"
The gentleman thought he had got
of lucky everything considered. Mary's
mamma might truthfully have said VI
him that his mustache was lopsided, that
he had a cast in his left eye, that his
nose was too big, that his ears didn't
match, that he refused to. eat onions.
crabs or spinach; that he abhorred
crowds. that he disliked noise. that he
liked bulldogs, cats, flowers, the sea-
shore and the sunshine, and, above all,
books and music
He thought what terrible thing 1t
is that every one must be subjected to
the constant criticism of every one else,
but that there was no way out OF It,
that it was a two-sided proposition and
that for every glance sent one way as
good can be sent another.
II one gets of in life, he thought
with only trouser criticism, as one
might say, he may regard himself (or
she may regard herself) as lucky.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-07
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKlN.

Any reader can get the answer to
any question by writing to our Informa-
ton Bureau In washington, d. G. This
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The bureau cannot give advice on
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It does not attempt to settle domestic
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inquirer. Address The Evening Star In
formation Bureau. Frederic J. Haskin,
Director, washington, d. c.
@. What are the real names of Paul
Oliver and Olive Palmer, who sing over
the radio?-E. M. H.
A. Paul divers name is Frank
Mum; Olive Palmer's is Virginia Rae.
@. How deep is Niagara River just
before 1t goes over the falls?-D. w.
A. On the Canadian side. the water
above Horseshoe Falls is about three
fourths of a foot deep near the shore,
with a maximum depth Of 10 feet In
the center. On the American side the
water is 'one-half foot deep near the
shore and 2 feet deep near the center.
@. Is the house where my Old Ken
lucky Home" was written still stand
ing?-D. 8.
A. Federal Hill. the old Rowan
homestead at Bardstown, KY, where
Foster wrote this masterpiece, is stand
ing and in an excellent state of pres
ervation. The State Of Kentucky has
made 1t shrine. The house was COM
pleted In 1875, and has always belonged
to the Rowan family, to which Stephen
Collins Foster was related. The furni-
ture, which delights lovers of antiques,
Is the same that the Rowans had se+
lected, many of the pieces being Sher-
atom, Chippendale, Heppelwhite, and
Duncan Phyfe. (
@. What degree Of scholarship mer-
its the title professor" ?-H. T.
A. The title of professor is formally
conferred by academic authorities. The
requirements are not the same in all
cases. A professor usually has one or
two graduate degrees.
@. Which side Of Mount Vernon
home Of George Washington, Is the
front?-B. D. A.
A. There are two fronts on the man.
sion at Mount Vernon, as there always
were In colonial times when q home
was built on the banks of a river. The
phrases land front and water front"
run through books on the subject OF
colonial homes.
@. What does the word "Zofangs"
mean? We are told that this word is
taken from the Swiss language and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-07
Lauds Effort to End
Cigarette Fire Hazard

From the Ann Arbor Daily News
Invention of the Self-extinguishine
cigarette and the fireproof match by
scientists at the Federal Bureau OF
Standards is not such joke as it might
appear at first blush. 1t represents q
serious effort to reduce fire hazard
that has been growing to alarming pro-
portions within recent years.
The present cigarettes asd matches
are not OF themselves fire hazards. Their
combination with human carelessness
Is what the underwriters have been
worrying about. Forest conservationiSts
likewise have been apprehensive, and
not unduly so, over the danger wrapped
up In the cigarette or match casually
tossed aside by the smoker whose mind
was on something else.
Cigars VIII expire naturally from lack
OF draft wherever they may be dropped
Cigarettes, on the other hand, will con.
tinue to burn without being drawn upon
by human lungs until they are con-
Verteu into ash. With total national con-
sumption taken into consideration, II
was found that cigarettes were q 40-to-l
fire hazard as compared to cigars. The
angle at which matches fall and the
conditions under which they fall de-
termine to a large extent the amount
Of danger they offer to property and
life. The recently announced discoveries
will come close to placing the cigarette
and the match upon par with the
cigar
Carelessness of smokers has caused
an annual IRE loss of something like
$50 100000 in the United States
Therefore, the efforts of the Bureau of
Standards scientists. and the result OBJ
tanned, may be regarded as anything
but q joke.
1t is~a public service they have rem
dered, and thanks are due Representa-
tive Edith Nourse Rogers Of Massachu-
sets for instigating the experiments.
1t is likely they Will prove to be of much
greater benefit to her country than
would q dozen rousing speeches in Con-
greSs.
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have recently organized society that
has this ne..e.-L. o. r.
A. The Swiss legation says "zo-
fingue" ~: French. "Zofneen" Tin
Germany is small town In tie canton
Of Argovie (Switzerland), whose name
has been given 20 society of students
which was hraanized more tkan a hl-n-
dred years rso and has chapters In all
the universities of Switzerland.
O.. Who introduced cotton TO Eu-
rope p. E.
which Alexander the Great brought
back from his invasion OF India, 327
BIC. ~
g.. What is the origin of the MOURN
ing band?-J. c.
a: The custom of wearing a black
band on the coat sleeve in token of
mourning came from England. 1t was
introduced there for liveried servants,
whom IL was not thought necessary TO
fit out in black uniforms.
Q. Are many fires in barns due to
spontaneous combustion?-I. P.
A. This is a frequent cause. Manure
piles and imperfectly cured hay are two
things that should be watched closely
for signs Of heating.
q. In Wn0C year ABOUT the time OF
the Civil War did killing frost occur
in Ohio?-H. M. w.
A. The Weather Bureau says that its
records indicate that the freeze referred
TO occurred on June 5. 1859. This cold
embraced the Middle Atlantic and
North Atlantic States and the Ohio
Valley and was most severe in West
ern Pennsylvania and Northern Ohio.
@. What does Herbart mean by sp-
perceptive masses?-H. r. II.
A. The Herbartian theory Of apper-
ception states that mental activity
consists in the clash of two factors that
unite to form experience. Herbart
conceives them to be, on the one hand,
q new datum for experience and. on the
other, the mass of organized experience
through which the new datum obtains
meaning and interest. The mental re-
sultant of previous experience where
with We meet and receive q new ex-
perience is termed apperceptive or APP
perception masses.
q. When was Roger Williams statue
put in Statuary Hall?-N. c. P.
A. The date Of placing the statue Is
1870. It was one of the first statues
placed in .Statuary Hall.
q. Who was appointed TO take the
place Of the leader Of the children OF
Israel after the death Of Moses?--
p. r. r.
A. Moses. after communicating with
Jehovah, appointed Joshua IS leader.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-07
Our Model Plane Aces.

What are they doing these days-the
sons OF the boys who used to make
the best kites in town, who would get
up in the dark and carry water for
the elephants to. win free ticket to
the circus?
What are they doing? They are
making model airplanes that fly for
minutes at a time, and they are carry
ing oil and gas and doing dirty jobs
around the airports in order to win
free rides In real plane.
And any doubt as to their ability
and skill has been wiped away by the
feats performed during the District, OF
Columbia, MODEL Aircraft Touriament,
just closed. fYouns Herbert Dorsey, FOR
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-07
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON,

Earth and Sky.
Started along
Through the sky to stray
Coin strong
Through the Milky Way.
Dodged q cloud
In q manner rash
Scared the crowd
BY an airplane smash.
With q solemn frown
We returned to earth;
Dug deep down
For the moneys worth.
Hours went by.
We find, alas,
We're blown sky-high.
BY natural gas!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-07

Wall Street brokers have had their
vacations. The stock ticker is hours
behind in its daily work. Mechanism
bears the burden as human energy is
overtaxed. and the robot, machine man
without nerves. becomes more probab BILE
than ever.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-07

No triumph is permanent in the
world of sport. While no longer GER
tain of his stat. as the greatest of
golfers, Bobby j es may at least find
satisfaction in the assurance that he Is
the most popular. -s
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-07

Jerusalem Is famed not only In
religion, but in politics. mixture
Of sentiment that has often proved a
dangerous high explosive.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-07

Tragedies of the sea are duplicated
by those of the air. Search for the lost
plane recalls the fate of the collier
cyelops, that in some mysterious way
was sunk without a trace.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-07

References to the immense fortune
of the former Kaiser are numerous. He
was not Is reckless in finance as he was
in war.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-07

A few more successful trips by the
Graf may establish the dirigible as the
solution. Of air travel without regard to
"hop-offs" that do not count.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-07
And Maintain Them:

From the Santa Barbara Daily News.
There will always be cheap cars for
those who are rich enough not to care
what people think.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-07

Mussolini is proud of his children.
He may consent to become contented
family man instead Of an aggressive
politician.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-07

In Wall Street the young Brooklyn
bullnghter has no standing whatever
when it comes to a question of relief
from the bears.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-07

Clemenceau has lived fiercely and
long. In activity and influence he has
more than doubled the average life
time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-07
It Seems Il Hasn't!

From the Butte Daily Post.
Fast ocean liners will install stock bro
kerage offices--jrst as we'd begun to
think piracy had vanished from the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-07
The hunter.

He gave mp valuable time
And cash foe powder and for shot.
A little squirrel, tried to climb
A tree and that was al he got!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-07

"A coward gifts de worst OF an argu-
ment," said Uncle Eben. "a rabbit kin
run. But 30 kin i dog
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-07

Don't you think the gas-filling sta
lions are inartistie In color scheme?"
mo-" answered Mr.. Chuggins, when
the old fivver's tank happened to be
running low never saw q filling sta
ton that did not appear supremacy
beautiful.
Our poets" said Hi Ho, the sage OF
Chinatown. told us great deal that
was wise, but nothing much that would
enable us To meet our debts on our
honored New Year day.,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-07
Good Government.

What is your idea of good govern
ment?"
I'm no different from the old-time
statesman" answered Senator Sorghum.
my idea Of good government is one
that does pretty much as dictate"
Jnd Tunkins says it's hard to keep
track of new wars, because life is too
short to keep track of all the lam
euages In which they are fought.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-07

! miss the songs I used to know: /.
cannot learn the new.
I just turn on the radio
And hear the program through.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-07
Rate nv Carrier Within the CITY.

Rate by MaiI-Payable in Advance.
- Id
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-07
The Evening Star Newspaper Company

18th st. and Pennsylvania Ave
New York once: ITO East 42nd Sc.
Chicago once: Lake Michfgsn Building.
European Once: IL Regent St.. London.
England.
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\
Ruskin, in his "Praeterita," COM
ments on his preference for being left
to himself, for self-dependence. He
SAYS: I'm the beginning Of the Carlyle
Emerson correspondence, edited with
too little comment by my dear friend
Charles Norton, find at page 10 this
to me entirely disputable and: to my
thought, so far as undisputed, much
blameable and pitiable, exclamation OF
my masters: Not till we can think
that here and there one Is thinking of
us, one is loving u.s. does this waste
earth become a peopled garden. My
training, as the reader has perhaps
enough perceived, produced in me the
precisely opposite sentiment. My times
Of happiness had always been when no
body was thinking of me: ana the main
discomfort and drawback to all pro-
ceedings and designs, the attention ana
interference of the public, represented
by my mother and the gardener. The
garden was no waste place to me, be-
cause did not suppose myself an OBJ
ject Of interest either to the ants or
the butterflies, and the only Quaitfica-
ton of the entire delight Of my eye
ming walk at Champagnole or St. Lau.
rent was the sense that my father and
mother were thinking of me and would
be frightened II was i've minutes late
for tea"
@. K. Chesterton.s essays Generally
Speaking contain varied material
Some of the 20 or more subjects treated
with the hun1or. irony, fancy and sa-
gacity we always expect Of Chesterton
are american Morals" THE writing
Of History" Changes IN Taste" Good
King Arthur, Thomas Hardy tom
Moore and "Steyenson.v
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-30
WAGE INCREASE
HEARING ENDED
Car Employees Lose Hope as
Ruling NearS.

Hope for increased wages for In
dianapolis Street Railway employees
by ruling of the public service COM
mission appeared nil today when it
was learned that the wage arbitra-
ton petition case is closed and
ready for ruling by Commissioner
Howell Ellis.
Plans of Asa Smith and Frank
Baker, attorneys for the union men,
to present an oral argument backing
the testimony have been abandoned.
Denial of the increase will be
based by the commission on the
company evidence that it is unable
to pay more wages because of the
financial plight.
At the opening of the hearing on
the petition David A. Watson, attor-
ney for the company, agreed that
a better wage should be paid.
Since the petition was first filed
and before any hearing was held
the company advanced carmen 4
cents an hour. They then sought to
checkmate hearings for year, but
were refused by ruling of Ellis.
Present wage scale is from A to
40 cents an hour, over a period Of
five years service, the advance be-
ing l cent a year.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-30
MAYOR TAKES
: RAP AT DUvALL
Calls Critics irresponsible,
Denies Charges.

Declaring his critics 'irresponsi-
BILE Mayor L. Ert Slack Monday
night struck back at John L. Duyall
former mayor, when he denied any
connection with the removal Of Du-
vail from Office in an address over
WFBM.
Duvau charged Slack conspired to
GUST him from Office in a suit for
damages and in an address at Cadle
tabernacle April ID.
Il had nothing to do with the
reorganization of city government
until after my election Nov. 8, 1927.
had nothing to do with my own
election" Slack asserted.
IF I thought public conscience
and confidence were as tickle and
uncertain as to be shaken by such
irresponsible and discarded in
fluences, public service would be
Stunned and really dangerous, :"
Slack said.
In fact, if had been a party to
the change that was made I would
not deny it. I would admit it and
take the credit" Slack said.
Eugene E. Whitehill of the Ban
ner Furniture Company and presi-
dent of Young Men of Indianapolis
arranged the address.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-30
GOTHAM TURNS
ON CORRUPTION;
JAIL CRAFTERS
City More Stirred Than
Since Old Days of Boss
Tweed.
BY sANDOR s. KLEIN
unItea Pres. star corrs.ponaen,

NEW YORK, April 3o.-The long
suffering New Yorker has tired Of
being grated on.
Like the worm. ne has turned,
and as a result the nations largest
city harbors the greatest assortment
of official investigations since the
humiliation of the Boss Tweed ring
several decades ago.
Federal, state and local author
tiles are busy sitting charges Of
criminal acts which range from
petty pay roll padding to highly
organized system Of bankruptcy
frauds.
Directly or indirectly because Of
the charges, one federal judge has
resigned. a brilliant lawyer and
politician has committed suicide
one state official has left Office and
the resignation of a United States
attorney has been demanded.
The first fruits of New York's
"pocketbook revolt were seen last
fall when Maurice E. Connolly,
president of Queens. one Of New
York Citys five boroughs, was con-
victed with his chief sewer designer,
Frederick Seely, Of mulCting tax
payers out of millions through a
sewer monopoly granted the late
John Phillips.
George U. Harvey, Republican,
rode into office as Dor ugh presi-
dent because he was instrumental in
that investigation.
No sooner did he take charge
than he alleged members of q sewer
ring had tried to bride him for
choice contracts.
In the investigation that followed,
Frank H. Berg Jr. Al Levin and An
gelo Paino. millionaire sewer con-
tractor, were convicted of bribery.
A fourth man. Harry J. Styles, was
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1906

DRFSSERS
Walnut finished, four
wer dresser, with
swinging mirror - Excel
lantly built of selected
hardWO0ds-
II. 81 Delivers 1t!
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convicted of perjury in the Berg
Levin trial
Meantime, rumblingS we're heard
OF the activities of an alleged bank
ruptcy ring and of huge sums di-
verified from investors. David Stein
kardt. bankruptcy receiver and can
didate for congress in the last cleo
ton. was indicted on a charge of
cmbezzlement. He disappeared and
recently fell dead Of self-adminis-
tered poison as he was about to sur
render in Philadelphia.
The federal grand jury is trying
TO learn whether Steinhardt was
urged" to commit suicide by promi-
nent New York politicians.
At the same time, United States
Attorney Charles Tuttle is inveSti-
eating the bankruptcy situation
here. Already one bankruptcy
lawyer, Nathan B. Friedman, has
been indicted on a charge of con-
cealing assets.
Two federal judges came under
attack in connection with bank
ruptcy matters. One, Judge Francis
Winslow, resigned. The other, Judge
Grover Moskowitz, is still under
congressional investigation.
Amy Wren, United States COM
missioner, Brooklyn, once accused of
Illegally accepting a fee for signing
a bail bond at midnight, has re-
signed, effective Tuesday, because,
she said. the position is underpaid.
In the shadow of the city hall it
self. James A. Higgins, commits
sioner of accounts. is investigating
the accounts of the New York coun-
ty clerks Office for 1928, in which
a shortage estimated at from $4,000
to 500 900 has been found.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-30
2 Glasses Water
Help Kidneys!

tablespoonful of Jad Salts. This
makes the water doubly effective in
cleansing and stimulating the kid
neys. Try this for few days anc
your kidneys may then act fine and
bladder disorders disappear.
This famous salts is made from
the acid of grapes and lemon Juice,
combined with lithia, and has been
used for years to help clean and
stimulate sluggish kidneys and stop
bladder irritation. Jad Salts is in
expensive and makes a delightful
effervescent lithia- water drink which
millions of men and women take
now and then to help prevent serious
kidney and bladder disorders. Get
about four ounces from your drug
gist to start with.-Advertisement.
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Too much rich food forms acids
which excite and overwork the kid
neys in their efforts to filter it from
the system. Flush the kidneys oC-
casionally to relieve them like you
relieve the bowels, removing acids,
waste and poison; else you may feel
a dull misery in the kidney region,
sharp pains in the back or sick
headache, dizziness, the stomach
sourS. tongue is coated, ana when
the weather is bad you nave rheu-
matte tWingeS.
To help neutralize these irritating
acids and flush off the bOdy'S
urtnous waste. begin drinking water.
Drink at least two glasses every
morning about an hour before break
fast. Add to one of the glasses a
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Cork insulated perfectly CON
structcd to give the maximum
cold air. with the minimum of
ice-3-door model, white enam-
eled lin d-with woven wire
shelves-Special at
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-30
ELECTRIC COMPANY TO
FORM RADIO CONCERN
New Firm Will Sell Atwater Kent
Sets and Speakers.


After May l the radio department
of the H. T. Electric Company, 612
North Capitol avenue, will operate
under a new name, Adolf Wagner
president, said today.
The new department will be
known as the Wagner Radio Com
pany and will be located at 615 to
621 North Capitol avenue. The
Wagner company will continue to
distribute Atwater Kent radio sets
and speakers and will be under the
same ownership as before.
1t will require several weeks to
get the new location ready, Wagner
said, and in the meantime the COM
pany will operate from the old loca-
ton.