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ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

| the first man to make this fight alone
| and because he was the first person to
use q land plane for this flight. All the
others had used hydroplanes which
could make safe landing on the sea
| II necessary.
O. Have scientists ever proved that
such combinations of food as milk and
| fruit, oysters and sweet foods. CHS
and milk, etc, are dangerously D.
A. According to DR.. e. v. McColluni.
| in his book. Food, Nutrition and
Health" there is no evidence whatever
that there is anything harmful about
eating these foods at the same meal.
@. Did the, United States purchase
the Los Angeles from Germany?-A. N.
A. According to armistice terms the
United States was entitled to two rigid
airships. These were destroyed by the
Germans before being taken over by this
Government AS the United States
wanted a sample of their best work, o
request was made to the Council of AM
bassadors, through Myron T. Herrick,
United States Ambassador to France,
that these two rigid airships be re-
placed, We first asked for one with
100 900 cubic meters capacity, but the
powers objected, so compromise was
made on one of 10000 cubic meters.
which is larger than either OF the TWO
DESTROYED. The ZR-3 was constructed
solely for the United States and did
not cost our Nation anything, except
accessories. which amounted to approx
imately $4,000.
@. Why are some badgers OF the
same species merely hair badgers. while
others are fur badgers?-C. c. l..
A. It Is not definitely known why
some badgers when caught have pre-
dominance of hair and others pre-
dominance of fur. The proportion OF
the different type of pelage varies in
different parts of the year, likewise
with the habits of certain animals,
under which conditions the hair or fur
may be rubbed or broken of.
@. I have lost my citizenship papers.
Can get duplicates?-W. S.
A. If your citizenship papers have
been lost or destroyed, you may, upon
the payment to the commissioner Of
naturalization of q fee of $40, accom-
panied by two photographs, make an
application to the commissioner OF nat
uralization. Department OF Labor. WASH
ington, D. c., for a new certificate.
Q. When was Tom Jones" pub.
lished?-N. A. L.
A. Henry Fielding's novel. 'The His
tory of Tom Jones, Founding" was
published February %, 1749. In its
original form It filled six volumes, con.
tanning some 100000 words. The book
has been translated into French, Dutch,
German, Spanish, italian, Polish and
Russian, and has probably been re-
printed in English $50 times.
Q. What kind of wood Is used to make
toothpicks?-A. NJ. e.
A. White birch Is used most extern
sively. The seat Of the industry Is in
Maine, but some are imported from
Japan and Portugal. The Portuguese
toothpicks are made Of orange wood
and are smaller and tougher. Those
from Japan are made from fine reeds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-30

develop their strength of character. Do
they not lean too languidly upon the
softness Of their surroundings, which
obviates the necessity to struggle?
Would Herbert Hoover, If he had been
adopted by an indulgent multirnil-
lionaire Cor Pope, have developed his
rugged self-reliance and energy?
Environment, which must logically
be expected to make for hardness and
self-reliance, is not necessarily luxury
and ease. Nine out of ten of the
successful men" in business, science
or art are what the world calls self
made" who have overcome great OBJ
stacles to success. Herbert Hoover, the
orphan. worked his way through COL
lege. then, after graduating. worked
underground as a miner. Would he
have done so II he had been adopted
by Pope or q Rockefeller? Soft en-
vironment kills more victims than 1t
develops into success.
After all, what of the professor who
has examined criminal every 20 min
utes for the last IL years and has card
indexed the whole 10000, so that he
has got their numbers" and knows
which are murderers and which saints2
- AcopyEisht 1aas. BY Pau ". colnns.A -.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-30

The answers to questions printed here
each dey are specimens picked from
the mass of inquiries handled by our
great information bureau maintained in
Washington. D. C. This valuable service
is for the free use Of the public. Ask
any question of fact you may want to
know and you will get an immediate
reply. Write plainly. inclose cents In
coin or stamps for return postage, and
address The Evening Star Information
Bureau, Frederic j. Haskin, director,
Washington, D. c.
O. Where is the longest lighted air
way in the world?-H. c.
A. The tranScontinental air-mail
route between New York and San Fran
cisco is said to be the longest.
@. Please name some buildings in
England which are said to be haunted.
e. c. w.
A. Some we'll known buildings in
England that are reputed to be haunted
are the Tower. Windsor Castle. Cam
bridge University and oxford Univer-
sity, Hampton Court, st. James Palace,
Bisham Abbey, Corby Castle, Rainhann.
Hilton Castle, Lambton Castle. Lowther
Hall. Newstead Abbey, Peele Castle,
Boiling Hall and Ince Hall.
@. What does a double pair royal
count in cribbage?-A. P.
A. A double pair royal counts IL, be-
cause it contains six pairs.
@. What kind of quarantine is now
applied to Florida fruit?-N. D.
A. On account of the appearance of
the Mediterranean fruit fly in Florida
stringent quarantine became effective
May /, 1929 Strenuous efforts are being
made to eliminate this pest before it
makes Roadway in this fruit belt. Fruit
is inspected and shipped under permit.
Q. How do grand, light and comic
opera differ?-H. K.
A. Groves Dictionary Of Music gives
the following information concerning
the difference between certain types of
opera: Comic opera term used indis-
criminately to denote musico-dramatic
work of an amusing nature. 1t is not
the English equivalent to the French
opera-comique, for that term includes
works into which seriousness and even
tragedy may enter; the type is rather
the opera bouffe. Light opera Is term
often employed for works in which
sentiment counts for more than high
spirits, although the latter Is not neces-
sarily absent. Grand opera is an opera
with continuous music and OF serious
nature.
@. Are there killer whales in the
Antarctic?-JT. o. L.
A. They are found in the Antarctic.
They are about 80 feet long and are
fierce fighters.
O. When was March considered the
first month of the year in England?-
J. T. o.
A. The English legal year commenced
in March previous to 1852.
@. Why did Charles Lindbergh re-
ceive such high praise for his night to
Paris?-D. D.
A. Two reasons Col. Lindbergh re-
ceived more recognition for his trans
atlantic flight were because he was
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-30

President Hoover's Law Enforcement
Commission Is welcomed hopefully by
the press, with approving estimates OF
the personnel and a general recognition
Of the magnitude of the problem ahead.
"It Is the organization of crime and
its connection with political action, its
position under government and in It,
which has given the United States a
problem" declares the Chicago Tribune,
In greeting the board, and that paper
makes the further comment: "If the
commission Is to do the American people
a service, it will present them with a
survey and review of their laws and
their attitude toward them, OF their
processes and the uses made Of them, OF
their political action and its relation to
criminal organization which will be his
toric and complete. It will present q
full picture of government. 1t may not
be q lovely picture, but it will be q
valuable one. Then the chastened and
sober mind may find the way out"
1.-THE main function of the commits
sion is to find the missing bolts, apply
the monkey wrench and get the wheels
into working order again" says the
Houston Chronicle, while the Hartford
Times, accepting the new body as in
spired by the presidential purpose, as
sumes that 1t will Investigate the whole
subject Of law enforcement, including
its involutions of jurisprudence, police,
sociology and the quality Of the law it
self, In order that from an authorita-
tive research q program for effective
reformation might be devised, recon-
mended and. undertaken"
1T Is the Presidents hope" as under
stood by the Lexington Leader, that
Justice can be made more swift and
sure, and that the laws can be 50
framed and so enforced that the old
respect for law and the old confidence
In the agencies Of enforcement and in
the courts, including the jury system,
can be restored" The Jersey City
Journal suggests that at is even pos
sible to hope that some practical sug-
gestions may be forthcoming before
Congress adjourns which would tend 70
expedite the administration OF JUS
tice."
Wherefore this criminal degradation
in our citieS?" asks the Cincinnati
Times-Star. What differentiates us
from the people Of other nations? It
Is for the commission to determine.
And momentous will be its answer"
It is mo small demand" that is made
of the commission, in the opinion OF the
task as "a sweeping and searching
probe into all enforcement, into the rea-
sons for the breakdown Of our legal
machinery In the handling Of crime
cases: into the reasons for the spread Of
crime: into the ways to set up correc-
tive methods"
"It cannot be too strongly impressed
upon the public mind that our coun-
try is facing q decidedly serious situa-
ton at this time" advises the Altoona
Mirror, while the wheeling lntelllgencer
asserts that 1.-The justice Of American
written law has not been questioned,
but the enforcement has become a ma
tional disgrace"
"It may not solve the prohibition
problem, but 1t ought to tone down the
extremists on both sides and yield sug-
gestions for reducing the very obvious
and alarming evils Of prohibition" says
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-30

If any one doubts our claim that
the Red Radiance rose is the best in
the world, everything taken into con-
sideration, we refer him to the rose
gardens in Potomac Park.
There he will see one Of the most
| beautiful sights in the District Of Co.
| the lions share of Identification.
Rose for rose, bush for bush, Red
Radiance makes those low-lying gar
dens what they are today, with their
great beds flushed with color, beneath
the brighter sky of the parkway.
| Somehow the sky seems brighter
there, when 1t is bright, darker when
it is dark, owing to the presence of
water, which exerts magnifying effect.
It takes no water, however, to make
Red Radiance a satisfactory rose, as
visitors to the park realize. The big
beds filled with this bush Guido in sheer
beauty, it seems to us, any other beds
in the gardens.
Close inspection of the various plant
ings, which include Radiance. Red
Radiance, Sunburst, Ophelia, Premier
| and Columbia, will show that the red
member of the Radiance pair is not
| only sturdy and harmonious grower,
but also is practically free from disease.
X
Amateur rose growers will notice that
when Uncle Sam plants roses he puts
just one variety to bed.
That is the way to do 1t in any sort
of garden, whether professional or anna
teur, private or public.
To plant more than one variety in
the same bed is to lose something in
beauty Of growth, as well as beauty. of
coloring. These points may be noticed
easily in the rose gardens in Potomac
Park.
There it will be seen that each big
bed is a unit. with its bushes all grow
ing the same way--that is, having the
same habits of growth-giving a SYM
metry which would not be possible with
mixture Of roses, some tall growing,
some growing more luXuriantly at the
base, others with sprawling habits.
A rosebuSh is none too symmetrical
a grower at the best 1t is not for its
bush but for its flower that the world
loves the rose. Many plants far excel
1t in beauty of foliage, character of
growth and In what may be termed
plant architecture.
A tree, for instance, is really beau
tlful aggregation of units, fitting to-
gether from trunk to outmost limb and
branch. The hang Of leaves, their
shapes and the intermixing Of branches
constitute an ensemble no less pleasing
to the eye than efficient in function.
The rosebush, on the other hand,
has scraggly, uneven way of growing,
especially when not properly pruned.
which may have something to do with
the fact that 1t is an inefficient plant.
Yes, an efficiency expert" were he
turned loose In garden (Which God
forbidD, would brand the rose as in
efficient and point to its many
diseases and pests as proof Of what
he was saying. The rose is uncertain,
tickle, subject to weather changes, I'M
reliable. needs constant coddling-such
might be some Of the charges against it.
X
The symmetry of the Red Radiance
beds in the park gardens will be recog-
nized instantly by every observer. This
result is due not only to the fact that
these bushes had the right sort of
pruning at the right time, but also
because the variety incorporates in
itself, through its parentage, the de-
sired quality of slightly growth.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-30
Reapportionment at Last.

The Senate has finally performed
constitutional duty which it has de-
layed for the last eight years. BY .
vote OF 81 to IS 1t put through q bill
for the reapportionment of the repre-
sentation Of the various States in the
House, In accordance with the changes
In population which have occurred
since the deeennial census Of 1910.
The Constitution contemplates reappor-
tionment Of the House membership
after the enumeration of the people
made every ten years. Already almost a
score Of years have passed since the last
reapportionment. Twice in past Con-
crosses the House put through reappor-
tionment bills, only to have them die in
the Senate. The last effort to reappor-
ton the House membership which failed
took place in the Congress which closed
March 4. when the Fem bill was lost
In the legislative jam Of the short ses-
sion.
When the special session of Congress
met In April 1t was determined by the
leaders to bring about consideration of a
rsapportionment bill in the Senate with
a. little delay as possible. Opponents
of reapportionment, hailing from those
States which will lose part Of their rep
resentation in the House, raised their
hands in horror that the Senate should
80 affront the House. However, 1t was q
mere gesture and the House appears
quite willing and able to swallow the
"affront." Indeed, 1t is the plan OF
the House leaders to take up and dis
pose Of the reapportionment bill, just
passed by the Senate. by the first OF
next week. '.r.'
The difictllty over reapportionment in
the House has arisen from the fact that
the leaders believed there should be nc
further increase In the membership;
that 1t should remain at 435. With great
shifts in centers Of population 1t wa'
obvious that those sections of the coun-
try which had failed to keep pace with
the growth Of population in other Sec
tons necessarily would lose seats ir
the House. No state wishes to have it,
representation in the National Legisia'
ture cut down. Under the reapportion'
ment bill which will be effective for the
Seventy-second Congress, agriculture
regions Of the country will lose q seor'
or more seats in the House and indus
pkial centers and other large centers o
Population will gain o similar number
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-30
Decoration Day-1929.


Decoration day is undergoing q
process Of evolution. 1t was established
after the Civil War as a specific occa-
sion for paying tribute to the Northern
soldiers who had fallen in that struggle
Then the wounds of war still were
bleeding. The armed clashes below the
Potomac had brought heartbreaks into
thousands Of homes. The pictures OF
the dead husbands. sons and brothers
were fresh in the minds Of their loved
ones. Their graves still were barren
mounds of clay unbound by the Spring
flowers.
But the specific occasion that gave
birth TO the holiday is receding into
the mists Of history. During the inter-
vening half century there have been
tendencies in two directions-one
toward a festival of patriotism and one
toward an occasion Of general memorial
for all the dead.
It is this latter tendency which Is
likely to conquer in the end. 1t seems
probable that gradually the occasion
will attain the status of All Souls day
in some Of the European countries. II
will be one day in the year given over
entirely to the memory of all those who
have fallen on the battlefields of life
and gone before us on that mysterious
pilgrimage into the dark. But it will
come in the high tide of the month of
flowers, symbols Of ever-recurring life
and hope. rather than in the melan-
choly mists Of Autumn, when contem-
plation of death is most natural.
A people has need of such a day. The
actual observance of Memorial day long
has transcribed the specific purpose
for which it was established. It has
become time of family mourning, not
alone for soldiers who died for their
country but for mothers and fathers,
sisters, brothers, husbands, wives and
children. They are all gone as COM
rades In the one great war which en-
conpasses all other wars-that Of the
weak, helpless mortal against the forces
Of fate and nature.
The day cannot logically be dismissed
by patriotic address in the cemetery
in the morning and ball game in the
afternoon. Patriotic addresses are ex-
eellent in that they serve to recall the
sacrifice Of these who died for country.
But they form only part of the OBJ
servance Of day that recalls the pres
ence Of this great. unacceptable fact of
death which encompasseth all nations
and al causes.
The time may come when May 80
will be the most profoundly religious
occasion Of the year. when the relations
Of men with each other, which result
in states and cults and wars, will be
buried temporarily In contemplation of
the relations Of all men with the powers
which rule the waves Of the great ocean
Of time and space upon which our little
world Is tossed through the great dark
ness.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-30
The RenninR Road Case.

The old Benning road case, which has
been resurrected through condemnation
proceedings and the levying of benefit
assessments for the proposed widening
OF that thoroughfare, is due for an
airing and thorough discussion in the
Federation of Citizens Associations.
The Trinidad Citizens Association,
which covers much Of the territory
affected by the assessments, has in
structed its delegates to bring the mat
ter before the federation and other
associations have already made known
their decision to join with Trinidad in
the fight. There will result some bene-
ficial publicity. throwing additional light
on law that needs amending. But the
proper place to seek the remedy lies at
the Capitol.
For many years the law worked a
hardship on the municipal government
as well as property owners who may
have been unduly assessed. II was only
possible to open new territory and i'm
prove highways when the benefit
assessments equaled the damages. The
law was amended In 1925 to provide
that when the assessments do not equal
the damages, the deficit can be made
up by special appropriation. This
principle should be even further
extended.
In the Benning road case the pro-
testing property owners will 30 into
court and contest the assessments. II
they win, the case will be dropped and
the road viii not be widened. Under
such circumstances Congress should
provide for appropriations out Of the
general revenues of the District TO pay
the cost of damages. Benning roads
widening is, according TO the highway
plan of the District and the increasing
demands of traffic, necessary project
The District should not be estopped from
carrying to completion such. necessary
projects because 1t cannot prove that
property owners in the vicinity owe
debt for benefits to accrue thereby
Benefits undoubtedly viii result from
the widening q Benning road. But
!. they are not confined 70 tho Eslatlyel,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-30
His Widowed Mother Speaks

My son. my son, all through the long, long night,
In dreams my spirit seeks yeu. First to France;
Der all the lied fields she scars, and looks
Through plots thick starred with Not in these
Doth she e'er fold q pinion. Then through space,
Up where the morning stars together sing;
Past hated Mars and lovely Pleiades;
Thence earthwsrd, Aeolus-borne with dropping wing
And rests by 1he Unknown, at Arlington.
And when, in srievns through my lonely day.
There falls drop Of balm upon my heart;
know q flower falls upon your grave!
I've often marked the minute of the time
licked by the clock loved-your srsndsres clock
And read, next day. how in that self.same hour
Some noted had laid q wreath upon
The Unknown Soldiers tomb Arlington.
Sometimes there is item then know
That yesterday it humble hand
Lett tribute on your grave, peace my heart.
Through all my nights dream of you, dear son; -.
ROSE MARY BURDICK
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SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHrLANDER JOHNSON.

Memorial.
This is the Day when flowers tell
A thought that words could never
frame
A thought Of memories that must
dwell
Forever In the loftiest fame.
The perfume softly seeks the skies.
We find anew, who linger here,
A subtle incense that we prize,
Sweet with remembrances so dear.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-30

Gambling Is vice. The Stock Elk.
schange may discover the same old un.
reliability in the adage to the effect
that the way to eradicate vice Is tc
make it expensive. The mort prosper
Gus night clubs are those that have
the heaviest cover charges.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-30

An airplane honeymoon recalls the
time that has elapsed since the lad
assured his Daisy" you'll look sweet
on the seat Of bicycle built for two"
A tandem bicycle was rather prosaic
Sky transportation has intensified ro-
nance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-30

The annual effort is made to draw q
line Of propriety regarding bathing
suits. AS usual the officer In charge
will learn to look the other way and
avoid an argument In which he has no
chance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-30

When German dyestuffs get to-
gether with American automobiles,
some highly influential peace under
standings may be looked for.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-30

Statesmen should not be required 10
display unlimited enthusiasm shout
angling. Even the most devoted sports
man may eventually grow . little tired
Of fish for breakfast.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-30

Mabel Willebrandt Is heroic: but
there are phases of prohibition en-
forcement that render the work . trifie
too rough even for the most resolute
woman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-30

A dollar bill will soon be smaller
corresponding in size to the value OF
q bushel Of wheat, once the standard
by which farm prosperity was meas
ured.
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How Many Pass2

From the Springfield (ohio) Daily News.
University of Utah professor says
that so per cent of the students cheat
at examinations. What surprises us is
the 1ntimation that so per cent Of them
study.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-30

Col. 'Hndbergh has accomplished 80
many unusual results that there are
now cordially earnest predictions that
he viii live happy ever after.
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Only Two2

From the Louisville Times.
There Is no reason at all why DR..
Elnstein should produce any more
theories. Righ now he Is Cup on the
rest Of humanity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-30

As pharmacist Harry Sinclair d
showing proper disposition to take
his medicine gracefully"
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Not That Bad.

From the Ithaca Journal-News,
If your brother-in-l law. or son-in-law,
or any other in-law is thinking of going
to Congress, take out every kind Of In
surance there is or will be.