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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-21
The Triangle Traffic Problem.

When the Board of Trade undertook
to question the practicability OF the
Governments plans for closing Thir-
teenth street and to point out the effect
that the great wall of new buildings will
have on north and south bound auto
mobile traffic, one might have expected
to hear from those in charge Of the
triangle project that such problems al
ready have been considered and that
the solution is in safe hands.
But on the contrary little has been
said to allay the very real and reason
able fears voiced by the Board of Trade.
One is left with the impression that
the chief end in view has been the pur-
chase of land and the erection of build
ings. and that such incidentals as
through streets to accommodate heavy
traffic have been given only secondary
consideration.
In view of the tangible picture pre-
scented by the Board'of Trade regarding
future trafic difficulties, the experts
planning the triangle should either
move now to show how those difficulties
have been anticipated and how they
will be removed, or else set to work and
revise their plans, thus to avoid a mis-
take before it has been made.
The question of providing for through
traffic is only one of the traffic prob
lens involved in the triangle scheme.
Another lies in what the Government
intends to do regarding the trafic that
will terminate within the triangle area.
There have been suggestions that a
large proportion of the $4,000 or so
Government employees whose offices will
be within the triangle will travel to and
from work in their own automobiles.
This brings up the question Of where
these cars are to be parked and what
arrangements will be provided for stor-
ing them, either in the open or under
cover, while their owners are working
indoors throughout the day.
If the use OF the automobile in bring
ing employees to work is to be encour-
aged, parking space must be provided.
Thus far there have been no decisions
on the provision Of parking space.
If no parking facilities are provided,
the use Of the automobile by employees
in carrying them to and from their Of
fees will be virtually eliminated. In
its stead there should be provided
system of rapid transit, with facilities
for handling great numbers Of passen-
gers in the shortest time. In this re-
spect there have been discussions in
the past over suggestions for subways
and loops, but there has been no de-
cision In the matter.
The triangle planners would do well
now to decide upon the best method Of
transporting employees to and from work
and after the decision to concentrate
upon plans for carrying it into effect,
To some extent the choice lies between
the privately owned automobile and bus
and street railway lines. But all-day
parking has already been eliminated in
the downtown section, parking prohibit
tions are extended almost daily and 1t
is doubtful If the Government can enter
the storage garage business. If 1t can
not, the automobile can be counted out.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-21

the Bohemian Alps to the North Sea,
is 725 miles in length.
O. Is the word preventative" syno-
nym for "preventive"?-T B. G.
A. 1t is spurious compound and is
not in good usage.
@. What was the first stringed in
strument to be played with bow?--
T. T.
with three to six strings, used in Ire
land and Wales, was the first. 1t was
called crowd.
O. In what part of Massachusetts is
the shrine where such miraculous heal
ings are said to take placed. B.
A. The grave of the Rev. Patrick j.
Power in Holy Cross Cemetery, Maiden,
Mass, attracts thousands of worship
erS. 1t is said that the first cure at
the grave of Father Power was 80 years
ago, when a woman was cured OF i'm
paired vision. The shrine has become
so famous that it is necessary to keep
it open all hours of the day and night.
@. Please name some of the best cur
rent plays.-E. T. G.
A. In Burns Nantes Best Plays of
| 1928-29 the place of honor for the cur
rent year is divided between Journeys
IJIlo anu obiCCb 01Cl1Cs SS4ACAo
| toned are wings over Europe" "Hoh-
day" THE Front Page Let Us Be
Gay" Little Accident "Machinal,"
Gypsy and 1.-THE Kingdom Of God"
O. What are the minerals which con-
tain radium?-M. T.
A. The principal minerals containing
| the uranium and therefore radium
are pitchblende, carnotite and autunite.
| The first of these consists OF the oxide
of uranium, more or less pure, and 1t
| is found principally in Czechoslovakia
and in the Belgian Kongo. The second
is q vanadate of uranium and potas-
SUM. It is mined in Colorado, Utah
and Australia. The third is a phos-
| phate of uranium and calcium and Is
mined in Portugal and the United
| States.
@. Have there been Passion Plays
other than the one at Oberammer-
| gau?-D. j.
A. The name, passion Play" has
| been given to plays representing the
passion of Christ. These plays became
numerous between the thirteenth and
sixteenth centuries, especially in Ger
many and the Tyrol. The most i'm
portant survival is one that takes place
every tenth year in the village OF
Oberammergau in the Bavarian High
lands.
@. What are primary and accessory
minerals?-F. F..
A Primary mineral is one of the
original constituents of a mineral, for
| instance, in granite the primary min
erals are quartz, feldspar and mica. In
other words, these are the constituents
which determine the rock as granite.
They are the diagnostic minerals. There
are also varying amounts of other ma
terialS which give certain quality to
the rock, but do not determine its clas-
| sification. These are called accessory
minerals.
@. Does a copyright notice have to
appear in a certain place in book
NJ. D.
A. The copyright law is specific as
to the place where the copyright notice
shall appear and as to the form that
the copyright notice shall take. Many
court decisions have been handed down
ruling that if these specific requirements
are not followed. the copyright is in
valid. Other decisions have established
that publication without proper notice
is dedication of the material to the
Dublic
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-21

colors he was lighting cigarette; as
the second standard came by he was
telling a story, apparently humorous, to
companion. His headgear remained
untouched, although all around him
stood civilians and policemen at atten-
ton and either uncovered or at the
salute. When the calsson bearing the
coffin went by he did, at last, pay 1t
tribute; he stared hard at it and opened
his mouth.
Actions like this lead to the persist
ence among citizens of other lands of an
unfavorable impression of Americans
an impression which only improvement
in this respect can dispel. We are bet
ter about these things than we used to
be, but have a long way to go yet, and
progress at times seems appallingly
slow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-21
England Gets Excited
At Aiming of Citizens
From the Danbury Evening News

From the Danbury Evening News.
Not so long ago the United States
was looked upon as holding the gun
toting" championship. Thanks to the
news from Chicago and New York. the
old dime novels and the newer movies,
europeans got the impression that every
"red-blooded" American goes armed,
even when he goes to the office, to a
party or to church. We are looked
upon as a free-shooting, hair trigger
people. Not without reason.
Now the English have gone gum
and the rapidity with which English
men, particularly Londoners, are arm
ing themselves with revolyerS is arouS-
ing some excitement all over England,
and press comments are unanimously
against the practice. But this doesn't
make any difference to the gun toterS
they are going ahead just the same.
Here Is what the London Express
had to say about it the other day:
THE object of having a revolver can
only be to injure other people or to kill
them. The ease with which revolvers
can be procured and used is a constant
temptation to the criminal and the
mentally deranged. They are weapons
of attack and have little or no use
either for protection or sport"
This is the common argument against
the possession of firearms. But there
are those who maintain that, in GER
tain circumstances, it Is reasonable for
the peaceable and decent citizen to be
armed. What of the dweller in rural
districts? What of the city man who
lives in the suburbs? If his home is
invaded by thugs. by those bent upon
harming him and his family, certainly
he is at the mercy of the armed
wretches who invade his premises
Should he be? Or should he be per-
mitted to have firearms with which to
defend his family and his property?
And should the man who is COM
PEELED to travel on a lonely road at
night. accompanied by his wife or
daughter, go entirely unarmed. leaving
his life and the honor of the women
with him at the mercy of the first
armed vagabond to be met?
Like most questions, this Of the car
rying of arms by decent citizens Is at
least debatable.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-21
Towering U. S. Buildings Hurt
City Beauty, Expert Says

be taken from Lake Michigan. What
kind of standard Is that for a tenn
porary exhibition? All the exhibition
halls with one exception are to be
pulled down again to make room
for parking places and automobile
roads.
But how INTELLECTUALLY to deal with
the size Of the grounds? Skyscrapers
compared to which the Tribune Tower
is a poor little orphan are to be the
solution. A city of towers is to arise !
For half year! o costsl o helpless
visitor trying to find your way through
this maze of cathedrals! o exhibitor,
you who wish to be seen by 100000, 900
visitors! No, this is too high, too vast,
too broad! This is frightful exaggera-
ton. dwarfing the big and Gripping the
powerful.
America leads the world in archi-
lecture. There must always be two,
one to lead, the other to follow. And
in case America still admits Europe
to the map, there will be very few
gifted people who consent to be led
by the worlds biggest When will
America recognize that not the size
makes the gem costly and valuable? A
people as rich as the Americans could
indulge in the real luxury of quality.
It can and even must can upon the
forces Of its Nation land If it wishes
to, 1t may collect them all over the
world) In order to substitute costly
quality for cheap stuff.
Make your exhibition small, but real,
costly, rare, leaving an eternal impress
sion setting an example! Show that
the New World can descend into
the well Of timeless beauty. You have
IN l.
ent in the world. Collect the finest
craftsmen around you to help you, but
do not demand the biggest in the
world; size is no standard of perfec-
ton"
(Copyright. 1922
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-21

Who was the man that purchased
Epictetus' lamp?
History is silent on the question.
The great Stole philosopher had two
lamps in his lifetime, the first an iron
one. a great luxury, which was stolen.
The fate of his iron lamp determined
Epictetus to go in for no more Injuries.
Accordingly. he bought himself an
earthenware one, so mean in appear
ance that he felt sure no one would
steal it.
This was the lamp which some ad-
mirer bought at a large price at his
death. A man scarcely can be so true
to himself during his lifetime as
Epictetus was without securing a sort
of fame.
When his meager belongings were put
up for sale, 1t is doubtful If his straw
bed and ordinary clothing brought
enough money to pay the auctioneer.
The lamp, however, was something
else.
Tradition has it that the Roman
who purchased it had the idea that by
studying philosophy by its rays he
would become good man like unto
Epictetus.
Lucian, the H. L. Mencken of his day,
wrote, THE purchaser hoped that L
he read philosophy by that lamp. he
would acquire in dreams the wisdom
of the admirable old man who once
possessed it,
Lucian was nearer to his day, and
perhaps he knew what he was writing
about, but one may be permitted to
It is difficult to believe that man
who paid a good round Sum-several
hundred dollars in modern equivalent
for cheap pottery lamp, at most worth
few centS-would have paid so much
just to take chance on little private
magic of his own.
Is 1t not more reasonable to believe
that the unknown admirer Of the
philosopher wanted the lamp as a
memento of one he admired?
We like to believe that there was
who really wanted the old mans lamp.
Perhaps his name was Marcus-that
will do as well as any, since no one
knows. Let us call him So
This Marcus was none other than
the man who once asked Epictetus why
he did not speak to him.
Now it took courage to ask EpictetuS
a question.
Lame of leg, but agile of tongue,
the freed slave, recognized as one
of the great philosophers and there
fore teachers, had bite to his con-
versation.
No one who asked Epictetus ques-
ton could be sure of what he would
say In reply.
This good man had steadily schooled
himself in frarkness, so that at the
height of his popularity he came pretty
near to being truly emancipated man.
There are few really free men in the
world at any given time.
Even today, when millions of men
pride themselves on being totally free,
they are in bonds to ancient opinions
which often they do not even recognize
as such.
A small group of men today make
handsome "livings" by writing out their
honest opinions for the delectation of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-21
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

Any reader can get the answer to
any question by writing to our Informa-
ton Bureau in Washington, d. C. This
offer applies strictly to information.
The bureau cannot give advice on
legal, medical and financial matters.
It does not attempt to settle domestic
troubles, nor undertake exhaustive re-
search on any subject. Write your
question plainly and briefly. Give full
name and address and inclose 2 cents
in coin or stamps for return postage.
The reply is sent direct to the inquirer
Address The Evening Star Information
Bureau, Frederic j. Haskin, director,
Washington, d. C..
@. What is a racing bell?-M. S. D.
A. 1t was a silver bell given as a
prize for a horse race. The expression
now used is racing cup and refers to
a piece of plate offered as a prize.
@. What proportion of the lemons
used in this country is grown in Cali
fornia?-R. F.
A. From IS to 90 per cent of the
lemons consumed In this country is
grown in California. Twenty-Five years
ago. three-fourths of the lemons used
in America came from Italy and Sicily.
wood fiour-A. l.. D.
A. Among the products in which
wood -four Is used are unbreakable
dolls, inlaid linoleums, imitation marble
flooring and walls and the constantly
increasing number of articles made from
some plastics. The wood -four industry
in this country is approximately 40
years old and has an annual production
estimated at $4,000 tons.
@. What is the difference between
benZine and benZene?-L. r.
A. Benzine Is similar to, or identical
with, gasoline or naphtha. 1t is mix
ture of compounds obtained by the dis
tillation of petroleum. Benzene, also
commonly called benzol, is a definite
chemical substance obtained by distill-
ing coal tar.
@. Where is the longest telephone
cable connection?-M. E.
A. The longest telephone cable con-
nection at the present time is that
extending from Boston to New York,
Pittsburgh, Chicago and beyond. This
cable connection is, however. made up
of relatively short sections, the sections
terminating at repeater stations. A
transatlantic submarine telephone single
conductor cable is planned, but not yet
laid.
@. When was porcelain first used for
teeth?-A. H.
A. The use of porcelain as a material
for artificial teeth was first proposed by
Fauchard in 1928, but the manufacture
was first actually begun by Duchateau
French chemist, between 1774 and
1776.
@. What is a lazy-man's switch (elec-
tricaD ?-H. A.
A. The Bureau of Standards says
that a lazy-man switch, also called 8
three-way switch, is electrically sim
gle-pole double throw switch. Using
two of them, light. can be controlled
from two places, such as upstairs and
downstairs in the case of hall lights
A related switch, called a four-way
switch, Is electrically a double-pole re-
versing switch. ANY number of four
way switches may be used with two
three-way switches to control light
from any number of points.
@. Do wild animals kill many cattle
and sheep in the West?-D. T.
A. Predatory animals kill live stocl
worth $l2,000,000 yearly.
Q. How long is the River Elbe?-
A. This German river. flowing from
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-21

Evidence that the Eskimos and Amer
lean Indians are closely related is ex-
pected by DR.. Hrdlicka. 1t is a subject
of great Importance to science, though
probably of little moment to the Eski-
mos or the Indians. AS in so many
matters, the persons who seem most
closely concerned in studious enter
prise are apparently least interested.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-21

A liquor carrier is safer to be content
with hip flask than to take chance
on leaky trunk. 1t is saddening to
hear of the prohibition pathos that may
be traced to the baggage coach ahead.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-21

It is not likely that Harry Sinclair
will allow his occupation as pharmacist
in the Jail to tempt him into the drug
store business on large scale. Even
big chain store profits would scarcely
compensate for irritating recollections.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-21

Railroads, when they promise billions
OF dollars worth Of improvements, must
expect inquiries from shippers as to
whether the rates will have to be raised
in order to pay for them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-21

1t is stated by J. p. Morgan that he
will think matters over before venturing
TO offer an opinion on the surprises in
the stock market. One of the secrets
of Morgan success is the rule Of neither
speaking nor acting hastily.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-21
The Tariff Story.

The tariff is simple theme,
Familiar unto man.
1t has spoiled many hopeful dream
Since craftsmanship began.
And whatso'er may chance to be
The meaning of its text,
The same old notice we shall see,
Continued in our next"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-21

From the Des Molnes Tribune Capital.
One thing that keeps the sale of
radios from slunping is the fact that
one doesn't have to take a set to the
filling station every so often.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-21
DistruSting Father.

"Our youngest son said something
very clever today" remarked Mr..
Meekton.
What was it,"
HE won't tell me. His mother has
typewriter 1t and he says he doesn't
want to take chance on having his
stuff stolen"
"a silent man." said Hi Ho, the sage
OF Chinatown, may often attain repu-
tation for thinking when he is only
dreaming"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-21
Sounds Logical.

From the Sioux City Journal.
With prison delivery plots discovered
in Sing Sing. Joliet and Canon City
Colo, one Is forced to the conclusion
that the convicts wanted to get out
There Is no other explanation for it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-21

When an aviator makes bad land
ing, he still regards it as a success. If
he can keep 1t out of the newspapers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-21
It's Just Dreadful.

From the New York Sun.
News from the Orient indicates that
the Chinese are so infuriated at the
Soviets that they fight each other with
unfagging enthusiasts
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-21
They Might Try Ours.

From the New York Post.
Thieves in California stole an entire
bungalow the other day, and what we
marvel at Is the fact that they were
able even to lift the mortgage.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-21
Extraordinary Is Right.

From the Lowell Evening Leader,
The consensus is that it has been al
extraordinary session of Congress il
more senses than one.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-21
They'd Hi.Jack En-.
the Kalamazoo Gazette.

From the Kalamazoo Gazette.
Well, II we should reach a naval
agreement we might find plenty of rum
runners willing to take our extra ships
on our hands at q fair price. a
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Housing Problem,

The latest news can scarcely fail
To bring relief from gloom.
We've let a prisoner out Of jail,
Because we'll need the room.
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"Iookin' foh trouble" said Uncle
Eben, lis waste of time. Jes' stand
aroun' doin' muffin an trouble will
come lookin' toh YOU"
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They're Religious About 1t.
From the Muncie Star.
France seems to be somewhat lacking
in originality. About all they observe
over there Is pick-a-new-cabinet weeks.
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Or Anv Other Song.

From the Toledo Blade.
We dislike the fly that sings Home,
Sweet Home" In November.
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Lobby Liberality.

"That lobbyist seemed very generous"
said Senator Sorghum.
In what way?"
HE says he wants to conduct a CAM
paign of education and provide liberal
fund for tuition fees and prize awards"
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Jud Tunkins says man who is al
ways looking for more power takes
chance on getting more than he can
handle so as to prevent skidding.
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Swarming around us. And it's so
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I gave her California Fig Syrup
and in Just little while she was
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normal self again"
Always ask for California Fig
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