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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-08
Prince Georges Roads
Blamed on EXODUS

To the Editor Of The Star:
Noticing an article by staff CORE
spondent in regard to the exodus" from
Prince Georges County on account of
lawlessness, + want to state that law
lessness Is not the only reason for peo-
pie leaving. The atrocious roads have
much to do with it. We have owned
and paid taxes on property between the
Landover road and Ardmore, Md, for
IS years and living here in Winter is
just the same as being marooned on q
desert island. We are cut off from all
communication with friends in WASH
ington, supplies are not brought
through three fourths of the time, our
mails are irregular, almost impossible
to get a doctor or even an undertaken.
We are assessed for road taxes when We
have no road, not even footpath that
we could reach the w. B. & A. electric
line. We are assessed automobile tax,
and pay license on machine that can
not operate over this road three
months in the year on account of the
mud. We have been wondering for
some time what favored road is get
ting the benefit of our road tax, or
whose pocket it is going into.
HARRIET D. HARRIS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-08
Meteorite Question
Remains Unanswered
BY E. E. FREE, PHI. ID.

Another meteorite has fallen, by the
perversity of fate, when no scientist was
around. The vexed question of whether
these celestial visitors to the earth are
very hot or intensely cold remains I'M
answered. Report is that the newest
one was hot, but Paul J. Hogan Of
BuenoS Aires, who reports to the Amer
lean Astronomical Society the recent
fall of this body last November near
Concordia, Argentina, states that it
was seen to fall by a plowman and was
examined in time to determine its tenn
perature only by the workers on a re-
mote ranch.
Accordingly the reports that the ce-
lestial stone was hot are less certain than
experts could wish. Previous accounts
are equally unsatisfactory, some me-
teorites being reported as red hot when
found, others as being extremely cold.
Probably the outside of any meteorite
is more or less heated by its rapid
flight through the air, while the inside
may retain for a time the intense cold
of outer space
Prof Charles P. Olivier of the Uni
verSity of Pennsylvania, world authority
on the subject, estimates that at least
one meteorite strikes the earth, on the
average, every day in the year. Yet
only three or four each year are actu-
ally seen to fall, and these seem care.
fully to avoid the neighborhood of uni
VersjtieS, laboratories or scientific expe-
ditionS, where instruments and trained
observers would be available to deter
mine the inside and outside tempera-
lures of the celestial missile.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-08
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES Z. TRACEWELL.

Every inspection of a strange book
shelf is an adventure for bookloVer.
1t may not be as picturesque as a
tour to the South Pole, but is probably
more pleasing to the quiet spirit OF the
bookman.
During the recent inaugural parade,
one such person divided the time be-
tween watching the .marchers in the
rain and inspecting an orderly row of
volumes in bookcase by the window.
Twas the books on parade!
From left to right their address
was admirable, although their uniforms
were anything but uniform, some of the
literary soldiers being in red, others in
blue, some in green, some in black.
* x * X
There they kept their silent march,
led by stout fellow in light yellow,
known to his familiars as The Dog
Book"
He was a fat marcher, indeed, as he
stood at the head of the line marshall
ing his literary troops with an insolent
swagger, as If to say, Look at mel
This was James Watson's book, first
put out in 1905, and still going strong,
with its photographs of dogs of the va
rious breeds and descriptions of the
same.
Perhaps the only fault to be found
with it Is that it is just bit too doggy,
as 1t we're, going too much into the
origins of breeds for the average reader.
Yet that very feature endears it to
others, SO take your choice.
Next in line came Prof. Wilbur C.
Abbott's The New Barbarians," a
bright blue book which has been march :
ing bravely forward since 1925. Here
one finds a vital consideration of the
American democracy and the subver-
sive elements which have attacked it.
1t wages little battle all its own. Our
boosted tolerance is little short OF
cowardice," says the author
Then comes that standard work,
English Synonyms and Antonyms," by
the late Prof. James c. Fernald, who
once gave series of lectures before the
Washington Y. M. C. A. This is the
old standby Of all those who believe in
correct use of the English language.
When in doubt whether to use copy
fac-simile" or counterpart" look at
this one.
Music and Morals" by the Rev. H r.
HaWeiS, published in 1872, stands next
in brown. it's gold decorations still
cleaning on its shoulders.
Before finding the quiet place of ref
uge. where it now bravely fronts the
world, this old book stood out in the
open air of a pavement book stall.
The marching ground of books is in
doors, rather than outdoors. Their
real fresh air" is the calmer atmos-
phere of the library, where the winds
of culture blow.
From the open stall it was rescued
by one who was attracted by the title,
feeling that, If music had nothing to do
with morals, at least there should be
some connection.
X X X X
why Rome Fell" by Edward Lucas
White, is the tallest soldier of them all.
The lining of its covers is a map of the
old Roman Empire. 1t is nicely got
ten-up volume, one which looks inter-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-08
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

Lincoln may be said to have resulted
in victory for Douglas. since he gained
the senatorship for which the men were
opposed. The debates. however, actually
served the purpose of Lincoln, who de-
sired to make Douglas commit himself
on the question of States rights and
slavery in such a manner that he
would be afterwards repudiated by the
popular vote of the South. The ulti-
mate consequence of the debates was
the election of Lincoln to the presi-
dency.
@. Where is Buffalo Bill buried?-
D. M
A. Buffalo Bills body was placed in
tomb hewn from the rock at the top
of Lookout Mountain, near Denver,
with monumental figure to mark the
spot.
@. How does the size of Texas COM
pare with that of Alaska?-G. C. S.
A. Alaska is more than twice the size
of Texas. The area of Alaska is
586,400 square miles and Of Texas
262,398 square miles.
@. How many olives are grown in
A. Nearly 1900 100000 pounds of
olives are gathered yearly in the olive
orchards of Spain.
@. What did the Germans call the
stowaway found on the Graf Zeppelin?
C. D.
A They used the German equivalent
of the words blind passenger"
@. How cold should refrigerator be
in order that milk will keep well?--
D. A.
A. The Bureau of Home Economics
says that temperature of As degrees
Fahrenheit or below is desirable. II
the milk is to be used within "a hours.
temperature of so degrees Fahrenheit
is satisfactory.
@. When did the first New York City
directory appear?-W. E. N.
A. In f786. 1t had 846 names, not
going above Roosevelt and Cherry
streets on the East Side or Dey street
on the West.
@. When were the most Federal Re-
serve Bank notes in circulation?-L. B.
A. The maximum amount of Federal
Reserve Bank notes outstanding at one
time was reached January z, 1920, when
the total was $270,522, 800.
@. Has a dirigible been made of
Ulejdl ~. n. ..
A. There has been one dirigible made
of metal instead of cloth. 1t was named
The City of Glendale. 1t was completed
in California q short time ago.
@. In what city in the United States
are concerts attended by the greatest
percentage of its inhabitantS?-F M.
A. The Musician says that La Porte,
| Ind, is the most musical community.
Nine per cent Of its population attend
| concerts regularly. Less than per
cent of the population Of the United
| States, according to the survey made
by George Engles, New York concert
manager, supports good music.
@. What is a telegra-phone?-
r. L. w.
A. A telegra- phone is recording tel
| ephone invented by Waldemar Paulsen.
| It was a mechanism which recorded
sounds given into the telephone receiver
on discs that could be mailed like let
tiers and reproduced by the recipient.
This device failed of commercial sue
cess.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-08
Canadian Border Rum
Situation Is Defined

From the Toronto, Canada, Daily Star.
The request the United States makes
OF Canada Is this:
That Canada shall not lawfully ship
to the ports of the United States liquor
that can never arrive except unlaW-
fully.
AS request from one country to an
other what Is wrong with that?
II Canada is groWn-up and response
BILE country her interest in such mat
ter as this Is equal to that of any other
country. Any day the situation may
change. The shoe may be on the other
foot.
The main thing is this: A country
has the right to make its own laws
without having them Systematically
thwarted by neighbor state. A small
country, living beside big one, should
not need to be argued with to induce
1t to accept this principle.
All across the United States the
people are told and believe that their
own Government IS doing, and will do,
its best to enforce the Volstead act and
suppress rum-running. But they are
told and believe that the government
OF Canada co-operates with the rum
running on the border, licenses the
shipment of liquor across the border
In disregard of United States laws. The
people Of that country are told and be-
lieve that the federal government Of
Canada issues official permits for the
smuggling of liquor into that country.
They are told-and in course of time
they will believe-that the whole trouble
they are having with liquor is the fault
of Canada.
1t will become a grave matter unless
Canada cuts loose from any official
share in this lawless business on the
border-this armed defiance of the
armed Federal authority of the United
States. Events will go from bad to
worse until the exemplary border. so
admired of the world, will cease to have
anything admirable about it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-08

BY virtue of his prerogative granted
by section 3 of article 2 of the Con-
stitution, President Hoover yesterday
called the two houses of Congress in ex-
ira session to meet on the 18th of April.
This was in accordance with the under
standing reached during the campaign
and specifically with the statement Of the
President m his inaugural address. The
reason for the extraordinary session is
thus briefly stated: Legislation to eff
feet further agricultural relief and
legislation for limited changes of the
tariff cannot, In justice to our farmers,
our labor and our manufacturers, be
postponed"
It does not necessarily follow that be-
cause the extra session has been called
by the President for the purpose of con-
sidering the two questions which he
specifies, agricultural relief and tariff
revision, those need be the only topics
considered or that legislation must be
confined to those lines. Once the Con-
gress has met it may proceed to follow
any line of legislative procedure it may
wish. In the present case, however, II
Is fairly we'll assured that nothing but
tariff and agricultural relief will be put
upon the agenda, as in advance Of the
call for extra session members of the
'6eventy-first Congress, who, it is ex-
pected, will occupy equally as important
positions as those held by them IN the
Seventeen Congress, have determined
upon program in exclusion of all other
topics.
June 80, 1893, President Cleveland
having just taken Office for the second
time, called an extra session of Con-
gress to meet August Ito the end that
the people may be relieved through
legislation from present and pending
danger and distress" 1t was indicated
in the preamble Of the proclamation
that this related to the currency situa'
ton, the result of q financial policy
(which the executive branch Of the Coy
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-08

eminent finds embodied in unwise laws
which must be executed until repealed
by Congress" This obviously pointed
to the silver purchasing clause of the
Sherman law. Congress met in mood
to revise the tariff rather than the cur
rency laws, but the President pressed
the latter question and secured the de-
sired repeal after stubborn fight, the
effects of which were felt three years
later in the campaign of 1896. After
the silver repeal enactment tariff re-
vision was undertaken.
Much bitterness of feeling was de-
veloped In 1893 because it was alleged
that President Cleveland did not strict
ly interpret the mandate of the election,
which favored tariff rather than cur
rency reform. In the present case
President Hoover is distinctly carrying
out the program laid out during the
campaign, citing both farm relief and
tariff revision as the measures for con-
sideration by Congress in the extra ses-
sion which he has called.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-08
View of New President
Held of Prime Concern
70 the Editor of The Star:

70 the Editor of The Star;
Judging from an announcement that
appeared in the press recently, 1t would
seem that the President-elect is PLAN
ming to leave the inaugural parade
somewhere between Twelfth and Fiji
tenth streets" and take a "back-door"
route to the White House for luncheon.
after which he and his party will go
direct to the reviewing stand on Penn
sylvania avenue.
II my understanding is correct, 1t
would seem quite unfair to the thou
sands who have purchased seats Tin
some cases at very high prices in
grandstands at the south and north
ends Of the Treasury, as well as on
Fifteenth street. 1t is not f1attery to say
that the people want to see their new
President much more than the parade
that is to follow him. and I do hope it
is not Mr.. Hoover's intention to deprive
them OF their opportunity to pay their
respects. DAVID WARRINGTON. .
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-08
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE

has leased President Hoover's former
home at 1900 S street northwest, near
the Woodrow Wilson mansion.
X X X X
U. S. S. Raleigh, 75o0-ton light
cruiser, has been assigned under The
command of Rear Admiral j. II. Day.
ton, to take part with the Spanish
navy in a celebration at Palos Spain,
on April 81. The occasion will be the
unwilling of statue of Christopher
Columbus at the spot where he set out
on the voyage resulting in the discovery
OF America. The fete may justify the
repetition of the wisecrack once pulled
by that prince of New York after-dinner
wits, Patrick Francis Murphy, who said
that America has often been discovered,
but that it was always hushed up. The
movement to build Columbus me-
mortal at Palos was launched in Phila-
delphia year ago at dinner rendered
by American friends to the Spanish
Ambassador to the United States. The
statue is massive figure of 10 feet
height, standing upon 44-foot ped
estal. The sculptor is Mrs. Gertrude
Vanderbilt Whitney of New York, who
Will be present at the unwilling next
month.
Chief Justice Taft has no intention
he says, of taking advantage of the
bill passed by Congress in February
which would permit him to retire from
active service on full pay without wait
ing until he has completed 10 years
continuous service on the Supreme
Court bench. I'm not going to retire
unless have to-" Taft chuckles, whe1,
asked about his intentions. at will he
July, 1881, before will have served 10
years, and I expect to remain on DUTY
at least until that time" Under the
constitutional provision, retirement ELI
gibility does not apply to Supreme
Court justices till they are at least "a
years old. Taft is II, but has only been
on the bench seven years and a few
months. Friends thought he looked
particularly hale and hearty at the Cap
itol on inauguration day. He guards his
health carefully. Not going out at night
is now one of his inf1exible rules.
(Copyrisht. 1927
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-08

esting, even If the owner has never
gone through it. We know the owner
well, man of his own convictions, who
by no means thinks it necessary to read
a book just because he bought it.
Think of all the poor souls who stur-
oily wade through books from first to
last words, simply because some one
recommended them, or because they
had seen them reviewed favorably.
We prefer the ways of our friend who
knows his own mind, and who does not
think that because he starts a book
and then lays it down he has In any
way condemned the volume.
Many men, many minds; what strikes
one may not appeal to another; so goes
the grand parade of the books, march
ing around the world, and down very
Time itself.
MY Memories of Eighty Years." by
the late Chauncey M Depew, stands
firm in green. 1t is one of the good
dollar books of which so many have
arisen in the ranks during the past few
years.
. DR.. c. w saleeby's Sunlight and
Health" appears next in red, an appro-
PIRATE color for book about the value
OF sunlight, although perhaps violet
based upon the work of DR.. Roller and
carries the gospel of sun tan another
move forward.
The quiet influence of such writer's
has been going on for years. Who could
say positively that Fashion, and Fash
ion alone, has made tan the sin-the-
mode color?
Here We have THE Beauties of
Shakespeare" by Rev. William Dodd,
LII. D. These march in two small VOL
umes OF dark red cloth, brightly bur-
nished with pure gold.
The Rev. Dodd first became a minis
ter, then compiler, then an editor and
then forger, for which last act he
was hanged from the public gallows.
His was strange career.
Poe'S Poems come next, in a ragged
leather edition of the padded" sort
once so popular. One Is tempted to
drag this veteran out of line and ask
him for few recitations. 1.-The Raven"
would go we'll in any company.
The late Henry T. Finck, critic, gar
dener, appreciator, comes next with his
"G2,fdening With Brains" a rambling
look upon a pleasant subject. Expect
Is the host in this garden and the gate
is wide open,
The Garden Lover" by Prof Liberty
H. Bailey, comes in fresh green Aside
from the cover and the very good title,
we can't say much for this book, which
is collection of odds and ends of
essays which do not live up to the
title.
Here are four small volumes on hardy
evergreens, hardy shrubs, Spring
Towering bulbs and bush fruits, bring
ing up the rear; while last but not least
stands Walks About Washington" by
the late Francis E. Leupp.
The book parade is over; the glass
door is lowered and the mental shout
ing and tumult fades away. Straight
in their row the book soldiers stand,
warriors of the brain, guardians of in
telligence. Hail!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-08
Utilizing Waste Oil.

The annually increasing number of
automobile service stations, filling sta
lions, public garages and repair shops
has made more serious the problem of
proper disposal of lubricating oils
drained from the crank cases of motor
vehicles. A police regulation prohibits
the dumping of this product into the
sewers, but, like many other police
regulations, it does not prevent the evil.
Nearly million gallons of waste oil
are accumulated in the District every
year, many thousands of which find
their way into the sewers, containing
enough gasoline to make the mixture
highly combustible and inf1ammable,
thus constituting serious menace to
life and property.
The Sewer Department of the Dis
trict has just completed an interesting
study of the problem, designed to
stimulate the public to closer CO.
operation with the District government
in excluding the waste oil from the
sewers by making the disposal of the
product commercially attractive. There
is now before the Commissioners pro-
posed regulation to require the service
stations and other agencies collecting
this oil to deposit it in standard con-
tanners. An accompanying recommends
ton before the Commissioners is to en-
power the Sewer Department to enter
i, into contract with some individual for
the collection Of this waste. The survey
made by the Sewer Department shows
| that there is a market for the product
as . process Of re-redning makes !!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-08

Did you ever write letter to Fred
eric J. Haskin? You can ask him any
question of fact and get the answer in
a personal letter. Here is great edu-
cational idea introduced into the lives
of the most intelligent people in the
world-American newspaper readers. 1t
is a part of that best purpose of
newspaper There Is no charge
except two cents In coin or stamps for
return postage. Address Frederic j.
HaSkin, director, The Evening Star In
formation Bureau, Washington, d. C.
O. How many theaters and movi- )
are there in New York City?-E. S. D.
A. The total number of theaters in
Greater New York is approximately 500,
which includes shows where movies
make up some of the bill. The movie
houses number 300, not including these
already mentioned.
@. What is the name given in Eng
land to the loose peasant blouse worn
by workmen?-T. Q. c.
A. 1t is known as smock frock.
@. Is Comdr. Byrd retired from the
Navy or on leave ?-D. j. w.
A. Due to an injury to one of his
feet he was placed on the Nays re-
tired list in 1916, but continued in
active service for several years there
after In 1925 Congress passed a spe-
cial act promoting him to the rank of
commander.
@. Can a postmaster open a letter
that no one claims?-L. A. P.
A. Neither the postmaster nor any
one else except the person to whom the
letter is addressed has the right to
open a sealed letter. The Division of
Dead Letters is authorized to open let
tiers which cannot be delivered, for
lack of proper address. These letters
when opened and the address of the
sender is obtained are returned to the
sender. If the address of the sender
turned to the sender and Is not sent to
the Dead Letter Office.
@. What proportion of the Jews in
Germany live in Berlin?-R. B.
A. The American Hebrew says that
one-third of the German Jews live in
Berlin.
@. What Pennsylvania college has a
building that is considered a master
piece of Colonial architecture?-E. B.
A. Bentley Hall, Allegheny College.
at Meadville. Pa, is said to be second
only to Independence Hall in Phila-
delphia as an example of pure Colo
NAL architecture.
@. How many parrots are brought
into the United States in year?-J. r.
A. Last year 56,307 parrots were i'm
ported Very few parrots breed in cap
tivity in the United States, but the
birds are usually long-lived.
@. Is a canvas used in both boxing
and wrestling bouts?-A. A. M.
A. A canvas is stretched over the
floor of the ring for boxing bouts. Dur
ing a wrestling match similar canvas
is used but it Is more heavily padded.
@. Where Is the Sargasso Seam. A.
A. 1t is between 40 degrees and 10
degrees west latitude, and between 20
degrees and IS degrees north longitude.
@. Who won the debates between
Stephen A. Douglas and Abraham Lin
coln?-J. M.
A. Strictly speaking, the debates be-
tween Stephen Douglas and Abraham