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BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

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Q. Is wrestling permitted in box
ing?-E. c. C.
A. It Is not permitted. As late as
the eighteenth and first half Of the
nineteenth centuries. wrestling formed
an important part Of boxing contests.
@. How does the meat packing in
dustry of Europe compare with that of
the United States?-C. S.
A. The meat packing industry In
Europe is not comparable with that in
this country. There is no big Cen
ters-that Is, the industry is decentral-
lied. The number of cattle killed in
the United States in 1928 was estimated
to be 21,000,000 head. The number in
Europe was: Germany, 5000, 900 head;
France, 100000 head; Great Britain,
100000; Netherlands, 100000. The
number of hogs killed in 1928 was:
United States, 76,500,000; Germany,
23,700,000; Great Britain, 100000;
France, 100000; Denmark, 100000.
The industry in Denmark Is the near
est approach in centralized slaughtering
to that Of America due to its large
export business in bacon.
Q. How old Is Arthur Brisbane?-
A. He was born December IL, 1854,
so will be IS upon his next birthday.
@. How much does q goose liver
weigh when the Strasbourg geese are
killed?-H. F. G.
A. In Strasbourg where this industry
Is most important the geese are con-
can move only o few inches. They are
fed two or three times a day common
ly with all the ground maize or wheat
flour paste they can be made to eat.
At the end Of about three weeks when
they are very fat they are killed. The
liver usually weighs from az to 3
pounds.
@. Was Henry VIII married when he
assembled the throne?-N. T.
A. He married Catherine Of Aragon
after his fathers death, but before he
was crowned. Catherine was the widow
of Henry's older brother, Arthur.
@. In Longfellow's day, what was the
fashionable dinner hour in Boston,
r. A. D.
A. It was served about o'clock.
@. Who discovered sex differences In
plants?-D. e.
A. Camerarius is credited with the
discovery of sexuality in plants in the
last years Of the seventeenth century.
Q. How wide Is the Bosporus?-G. L.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-08
The Cars Of Yesteryear.

Conferences are being held between
Queensborough oficials and motor car
agents to the end Of devising o sys-
tenn Of effectively disposing Of aban-
doned cars, to prevent them from be-
coming q public nuisance. It Is hoped
that through cooperation q plant can
be provided at which these derelicts
may be treated" for the sake Of the
metal parts, the salvage to be sold and
the worthless remainder TO be destroyed.
This is o definite tackling Of q prob
lem that has bothered municipal au-
thorities all over this country. The
American landscape is cluttered and de-
faced with wrecked and abandoned
cars. Almost every small town d
marked In the outskirts by q veritable
dump" Hhere the ruins Of once proud
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-08
Fireside Diplomacy.

In the Senate yesterday Mr.. Mac
donald struck q note not directly re-
lated to the naval or peace business
which brings him to Washington, but
which impinges vitality on international
affairs in general. The prime minister
stressed the Incompatible value Of con-
tact. He depicted it as being Of the
bone and sinew Of friendship between
peoples which are geographically widely
separated.
Roundly asserting, in words carefully
chosen, that a result" of his visit is
that we have come to understand each
other" Mr.. Macdonald said:
All, Senators, as long as you conduct
your negotiations by correspondence
over thousands Of miles Of sea you will
never understand each other at ALL In
these democratic days, when heart
speaks to heart as deep speaks to deep
and silence talks to silence, personality,
personal contact, exchange Of views by
the lip, sitting at two sides Of fire.
place, as 1t was my great privilege to
do this week end with your President
these things are to be as important as
anything else in laying the foundation
Of an enduring peace all over the world.
Visits like that with which the prime
minister of Great Britain is now honor
ing the United States are part and par
eel Of the new order of things, to which
Mr.. Macdonald has so often referred
since he came here. The old order was
the system Of alliances and diplomatic
circumlocution, the whole heavily tine
tured with secrecy and intrigue.
Herbert Hoover and Ramsay Macdon-
aid in Washington and in the Virginia
uplands have substituted for all this
what might we'll be christened fireside
diplomacy. Before the soul-inviting
and caressing calm of blazing wood
CRATES In the White House and while
the log fires purred at the Rapidan
camp, the chosen leaders of the Eng
disappearing nations have let heart
speak to heart" Out of their Eek
change of views by the lip" is coming,
unless a confident America and hope
full Britain sorely deceive themselves, q
common understanding worth all the
archives of diplomatic exchanges which
washington and London have piled up
for q century.
Senators applauded on Monday when
Mr.. Macdonald quantity expressed won
der why have been ST long in COM
ing over" They seemed to sense that
the day Of f1reside diplomacy has come
and the era of long-range diplomacy
has gone.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-08

nivvers and better types Of motor trans
port have been thrown, to rust slowly
away.
Enduring In active service as they have
been, the abandoned cars are positively
perennial in their desertion. There Is
no end 70 them. Seasons pass without
causing the least discernible difference
in their aspect. Children play with
them without fastening their final col
lapse. The SHOWS Of Winter cover
them and they emerge in the Spring
with no appreciable change Of con-
tour.
In earlier times the bones of horses
and cattle marked the trails across the
prairies and mountain ranges of the
West, grim relics Of the hardships and
tragedies Of the great American trek.
Today the bones" Of old motor cars
mark the same area and other sections
Is well, souvenirs Of the progression Of
family circumstances, the irreducible
minimum Of remainder Of adventures in
rapid transit.
Whether or not there is any value in
the old wreck, it should be disposed Of
as o measure Of good housekeeping.
The thoughtful housewife does not
allow her old griddles and dishpans to
clutter up the back yard. though some
fail In this matter Of orderly conduct.
To haul an old machine out to the
dump" and there abandon 1t is an act
of heartless indifference. There should
be some regard for the faithful service
rendered in the days when the machine
would go" If only given fuel. Honor
able interment should be possible.
Let there be some system about this
matter, definite obligation on the part
Of the last owner Of the machine to
haul it to a place of cremation, without
regard for the possibility of monetary
return. Even though there may linger
some faint hope Of getting the old car
into action once more or of finding q
buyer for the junk, time limit should
be put upon its retention in idleness.
and its final abandonment without
regard for public appearances should
be rated by the law as an offense
against community morals.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-08

in this country, an administration. He
does 90, having prepared his combina.
ton in advance, in anticipation Of this
summons.
In the eye Of the law in England the
prime minister has no more power than
any other head of Q governmental de-
partment. He has no legal precedence
over his colleagues Of the ministry. But
as the creator Of the ministry, its as
sembler, the leader Of his party which
1t represents, he is, Of course, the domi-
nant figure. He presides ct the meet
ings Of the cabinet" He proposes the
policies to be pursued and supported
He takes the initiative steps, dominates
to the King those who are to be chosen
to vacancies In the ministry, names
also persons to I'LL many administra-
tive posts. In fact, no name for prefer
ment or honor or position is laid before
the King for his approval without the
knowledge and concurrence Of the
prime minister.
Though often, indeed usually. the
prime minister holds the portfolio Of
foreign minister he does not correspond
to the Secretary Of State in this coun-
try. For he is at the same time the
chief executive of the government in all
other matters, while here the Secretary
Of State has no other duty than that
Of supervision over the foreign relations.
The holding Of the foreign office port
folio by the prime minister is in Eng
land a tradition as well as the logical
concomitant of the role Of premier.
In this country there Is no statutory
authority for or recognition Of the in
stitution which has come to be known
as the cabinet. It does not exist in law.
Congress has from time to time provided
by legislation for certain administrative
Of government, at the head
of each Of which is an officer who is to
be named by the President and con-
flrmed by the Senate. From the begin
ming these department heads have
formed the Presidents council. Their
only recognition as ministry" is in
ferential, in the enactment Of laws pro-
viding for their assumption Of the du-
ties of the President in the case Of the
death or incapacity both Of President
and Vice President, this succession to
be in the order Of the creation Of the
positions. There is no British statute
for the succession of the prime minister
in the case of his death. His party then
selects that successor and proposes him
to the King. In such an event, however,
a general election would soon follow in
natural course and the recognized or
designated leader Of the successful party
would be prime minister Of the new gov
eminent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-08

Board to date IS voiced by the New
York Sun in its comment that 1.-The
distinguishing characteristics of the
work the board has done, SO far, are
its freedom from false pretense and its
conformity to q consistent policy in
which politics has had no part. Mr..
Legge and his colleagues have so far
lived up to their advance notices as
business men," claims the Sun.
From its analysis Of the policies ex-
pressed by Mr.. Legge, the Flint Daily
Journal concludes that agriculture is
not to be coddled: it Is to be placed on
can take care Of ITSELF" The Provi-
dence Journal believes that within the
range OF free action permitted by the
farm statute, Chairman Legge intends
to be as rigorous in the exercise of his
business Judgment and common sense
as he would be II the farm relief Or
ganization were his own private busi-
ness" and this paper considers that
"the farmers Of the Nation will be wise
If they take the view that they are ex-
tremely fortunate to have a man with
this attitude direct the relief program"
The New York Evening Post finds
cause for satisfaction in the independ-
ence shown by Mr.. Legge, seeing in
him "a spirit which Is highly desirable
In a man upon whom heavy pressure
will be brought in favor Of unsound
measures In the sacred name Of farm
relief"
That the Farm Board wants to make
better conditions permanent, thus CIV
ing the farmer chance to get back on
his feet and into an economic state
that Is comparable with his brothers in
essential industry" is the opinion Of the
Lancaster Daily Intelligencer.
The Buffalo Evening News says that
"self-dependence means for the agri-
cultural population stable prosperity
resting on its own efforts" while "subsi-
dies mean continual need for the
kind Of politicians who will 60 after
them" The Terre Haute Star thinks
1.-The board should be permitted to pro-
coed slowly but surely by the American
public, with the confidence that this
careful building of o foundation for
future activities is the method best
calculated to bring about q permanent
improvement in the farmers fortunes. +"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-08
MIR. Mellon to Stay.

Andrew w. Mellon will remain as
head Of the Treasury Department
throughout the remainder Of President
Hoovers four-year term. Announcement
Of the fact that Mr.. Mellon had prom
ised to continue In office until 1888
was made at the White House yester-
day. The country generally Is to be
congratulated. The fact that 1t Is to
continue to have the services Of Mr..
Mellon is matter Of great importance
and interest. When Mr.. Mellon COM
pletes his next three-and-a-half years
as Secretary of the Treasury, he will
have served twelve consecutive years
in that office, under three Presidents
of the United States, Harding, Coolidge
and Hoover.
No greater tribute to his ability could
be paid than a mere recitation Of the
accomplishments Of those years-ac-
complishments which have seen Gov
eminent retrenchment, reduction Of
Federal taxes, a very considerable re-
duction In the public debt, swollen to
huge proportions during the World War,
and the funding Of the debts Of for
eign nations to the United States. Mr..
Mellon has been the adviser Of the
Presidents under whose administrations
these changes have taken place, and he
has been the executive head Of the
department Of the Government charged
with the collection and payment Of the
Government moneys. His advice has
invariably been sound. When others
would perhaps have hurried the coun-
try into greater slashes in Federal tax
rates, Mr.. Mellon has warned against
too precipitate action. He has stood for
consistent reduction of the war debts.
It was his advice that led to the cuts
in the heavy surtaxes on big incomes,
on the theory that such policy would
bring hundreds Of millions of dollars
into productive business instead Of keep
ing 1t tied up in tax-free securities of
the Government. States and munich
palities. The business interests Of the
country have come to rely upon his
judgment in fiscal affairs.
Ever since the campaign days Of last
year the rumor has been recurrent that
MIR. Mellon would retire from the Treas
ury Department to private life. Some
Of the reports had it that Mr.. Mellon
himself desired to 60 back to private
life and be relieved Of the burdens he
has been carrying. Other reports as
serted slyly that President Hoover was
at outs with his Secretary Of the Treas
ury and wished him out Of the cabinet.
Frequently these reports have become
so widespread in the press that both
Mr.. Mellon and President Hoover have
denied that the former planned to re.
tire. During the last few days the re-
ports have been even more persistent
than usual. A successor to Mr.. Mellon
has frequently been picked" in these
reports. The statement which emanated
from the White House may have the
effect of laying permanently the ghost
of the Mellon retirement story. 1t is to
be hoped.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-08
SHOOTING STARS.
By PHILANDER JOHNSON.
The Zigzag Way.

The Zigzag Way.
Sometimes the road we choose Is right
Sometimes the road is wrong.
We strike q curve at q hilltop height
AS we keep zigzagging along.
We know some Fastening ambulance
For US will sound the gong.
But we have to travel and take a chance
As we keep zigzagging along.
Old Satan views mankind with wrath
And his laughter will grow strong
When we lose the strait and narrow
path
And 60 zigzagging along.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-08

British satirist points out that the
U. s. reception committees here went
further than necessary in ordering the
bands to play "Rule Britannia" Mr..
Charles Dawes is the highly accredited
musician in American public life. He is
engaged in service abroad which pre-
vents him from exercising what might
be Q valuable critical supervision.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-08

Many Wall Street Spectators know
little about the actual values behind the
stocks they are playing. They depend
on luck to take the place Of scientific
financial study study which would
probably prevent them from playing
the market at all, except possibly along
with large and authoritative capital.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-08

Turkeys from Argentina will be
carved In state at banquets where Mac
donald sits. It might be wished that
the premier could, for the sake Of
variety, reserve q place for q plain
U. g. Thanksgiving dinner, with oyster
stufing and q section of mince pie for
dessert.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-08

Clemenceau, still sturdy and agrees
sive. confides to print his belief that he
is not long for this world. AS a man
accustomed to candor in facing human
probabilities, he has doubtless been
thinking something like that for years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-08

transaction in which the profit has to
be anticipated; It Is kind Of ex-
perience which is inherently profitable"
and 50 on, with much Of stir and
helpfulness for the needy within the
borders Of this consideration.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-08

It appears that Calvin Coolidge has
been happier since he broke away from
every sort Of political machine and set
tied down to his privately owned type
writer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-08

A stunt" flyer Is not good publicity
man for the manufacturer who hopes
that every citizen will want to own his
own plane. He suggests the perils OF a
new kind Of rodeo.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-08

There are still lobbyists. Thanks to
prohibition they do not enjoy, as in the
old days, the cooperation Of the wicked
wine agent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-08

Every conference that gives promise
of another conference later on Is re-
garded as a hopeful and praiseworthy
attainment
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-08

A fishing trip is genuine executive
session. Nobody ventures to talk about
how many hsh were actually caught.
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A Slight slim.

From the Savannah Morning News.
one Of the papers headlined the fact
that 4 certain Georgia convict had been
"seritenced to die the third time"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-08

Washington, D. c.. has fine climate.
But it Is no health resort for Albert
Fall.
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Those Halcyon Days.

From the Rutland Daily Herald.
oh. for the good old days when Cupid
used bow and arrow instead OF o
pistoN
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Premeditated Prominence.

Premeditated Prominence.
"Who Is going to occupy the place OF
honor at the banquet"
II SHALL" answered Miss Cayenne. "At
least shall start enough social contro-
versy to make my position the center
Of fame"
mo man." said HI Ho, the sage OF
Chinatown, lean attain enough wealth
to compensate him for the wearisome
fate Of being idle"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-08
Survival.

Survival.
MANY people regard you as an au-
thority?"
cts q mistake" answered Senator
Sorghum. II attribute my survival to
willingness to take instructions from
each political boss, so long as he lasts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-08

Jud Tunkins says he admires an avia-
tor, but hates to see him cutting up,
same O. o boy used to do on bicycle.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-08

Don't look for sympathy" said Uncle
Eben, when you loses in queer crap
game. De time you needed de sympathy
was when you started to play"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-08
Food for Statesmen

Food Tor Statesmen.
In spite of all the banquet rare,
Fit for an emperor's wishing,
They donned their toughest toys with
care
And said, Were going fshingl"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-08
Melancholy DAVE

Melancholy Days.
The melancholy days are here
When Congress says in tone severe.
Vacation time at last Is Ger
We must Investigate Some More"
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There is nothing to be sorry for in
this. It is life, and the world Of men
knows nothing greater, as witness the
hopes Of humanity, which place the
crown of achievement in life eternal
Life does strange things to men, and
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First Lady of Nation Wins
Praise For Skill in Meeting
Her Multitudinous Duties
Notable Success Achieved in Many Activities
Society Functions Scheduled in Capital
Congressional Club to Celebrate
BY sALLIE v. III. PICKETT.

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activity cs at.
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and onn m eE h T a ne
but ton M sn9
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Just when the sun throws long shadows the lawn
MRS OF the womens
shea essHe and has es9me the H ito that
Of the Army and Navy ' "
zach groups guests last
Mrs James Robert Mckee daughter Of the late President Bena
desth Of her mother Mrs Hoovers
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v Ss he cesbstGn Of the clubs BIRTHDAY ami
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dance by the d iiEn Gio om
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bad weather spoil the on that ds an Be- bs @ shond
da M mrs Heap TAP chairman of al the
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