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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-05
Wisconsin Does the Expected.

Wisconsin has gone wet" again in a
referendum on the repeal of the State
enforcement dry law. The vets are
hailing it as a sign Of further revolt
against the eighteenth amendment and
the Volstead act They ignore the fact
that Wisconsin's wetness is nothing
new. Indeed, it would have been almost
revolutionary if Wisconsin had voted
dry. Wisconsin has its wet center, Mil
waukee, which provided nearly 10000
Of the 10000 lead which the vets have
in the referendum. Many of the coun-
ties have gone dry in the referendum.
More significant than the victory OF
the vets was the fact that the lead
which they rolled up in the referendum
just held was some $4,000 short of the
victory they achieved in somewhat
similar referendum two years ago.
The drys are by no means through
with this wisconsin fight. The refer
endum gave the sentiment of the
majority of the voters. The State
Legislature, however, must take formal
action to repeal the State enforcement
act The battle transfers itself i'm
mediately to the State Capitol at Madi-
son. 1t is likely that every conceivable
influence will be brought to bear on
the legislators, by both the vets and
the drys. Already the supporters Of
the referendum are suggesting that
legislators who fail to vote for the re-
peal of the State enforcement act
should be recalled" However, it can
not be expected that members of the
state Senate and House who come from
districts which voted dry" as many
of them did, win cast their votes for
the repeal, and it is that situation
which gives the drys a measure OF hope
of still hating the passage Of the re-
pealer bill.
The vets are counting upon the effect
Of the prohibition referendum in Wis
consin upon the rest of the country
at this time, when special efforts are
being made to tighten up and bring
shout better enforcement of the dry
laws. However. one swallow does not
make Summer, nor does one wet
State, even when added to . small
group Of other States. make . wet
Nation. If the vets could put through
referendum for the repeal Of State
enforcement laws in Kansas, North
Carolina, Texas, Maine, etc. then thu
drys might have occasion to be genuine.
~ alarmed.
It Is to be expected that the vets
who suffered greatly in the late genera
election, viii seize upon every straw
that drifts their way, and The Wiscon'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-05
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

Randell and his crew are diSentangled
from the meshes of the American law
he will forsake the Illicit booze traffic
and become motion picture director.
His scheme. 1t appears. calls for a float.
ing film studio, with a company of
actors and actresses, and fully equipped
for producing oceanic features" The
Randell high seas studio would be ION
location exclusively on the high seas,
operating in the Caribbean and around
the coasts of Central and South Amer
lea, with New Orleans as base port.
y y
Senator Walter E. Edge, Republican,
of New Jersey, has bounded into the
gossip In connection with the vacant
Paris ambassadorship. He is reported
to have refused the post on previous
occasion, but to be in more receptive
mood now. Edge is rich and could
maintain the opulent American social
standards which the French expect in
the Avenue d'Iena. Republican friends
think the Jersey statesman would be
loath to give up his place in the Sen
ate, to which, they say, he could be re-
elected for a third term in 1880,
with correspondingly enhanced seniority
prestige. Democrats, on the contrary,
declare that the reason Edge is willing
to consider diplomatic career is that
he knows he'll have to run against
TEDDY" Edwards next year, and that
a New Jersey senatorial election in q
unprecedented year is always a horse
of another color.
II X X X
Whenever Mrs. Hoover has intimate
woman friends in for a coy visit at
the White House they almost always
find her snuggled UP in the corner Of
a sofa. There she Is accustomed to
squat, with her legs curled up under
her, and knit while talking.
Copyright, 1929
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-05

These days lure WaShingtonians to
renewed acquaintance with their city,
as they watch the young visitors from
other municipalities eagerly engage In
sightseeing.
Why not?
There is an old saying that familiar
ity breeds contempt, but 1t may be SUBJ
mitted that close acquaintance with
ones own city results in something
worse.
This is indifference.
Praise Is one thing, blame another,
indifference still another and on an
equal footing, although, perhaps, 1t is
not generally understood.
Consider, however, the place of praise
or blame in personal relationships.
Every one likes to be praised. No one
cares to be blamed, either justly or un-
justly.
yet both praise and fault-finding
have the same merit, that they pre-
suppose some sort Of interest one to an
other.
No one can be totally indifferent to
you If they either praise or blame you
When cold indifference sets in, however,
even the least sensitive person feels the
chill.
When one becomes Indifferent to the
good and bad features of his own city,
the place where he lives. he is both the
giver and the receiver of chilling cur
rent.
Where the newcomer finds a beauti-
full building, the resident discovers only
name, or even less. Where the visi-
tor. whether young or old, sees an in
different street to be wondered over, he
| finds nothing to make a comment about
che way or another.
To make good use Of streets and
buildings is not to understand them, In
the sense that understanding means
some sort of opinion.
Yes, one may have an opinion about
stones and bricks, and the results Sc
cured from the use of stones and bricks
One must have an opinion about
| them, unless he is to fall into the sense
less ways of the animal, which knows
| the world in which he lives simply
| through the senses of sight, sound and
smell. without once having any under
standing. in itself, OF all he sees, hears
! and smells.
| Perhaps most city jewellers, no mat
| ter which their city, fall into the great
error of permitting themselves to be-
come indifferent.
So many things conspire In this lam.
I entable pulling down that it is small
wonder that the average resident can
! not see his city with exactly the same
eyes as those through which the sight
seer views everything
The time-honored phrase. places oil
interest" points to the fundamental
| necessity, If one is to know his own
! home town. whether it be small, me-
| dunn or large.
What one says of Washington applies
| equally to Cross Roads Center Many
Washingtonian would get more kick
out OF seeing the Masonic Temple there
/ than the Capitol here.
| X X X y
Happy is the man who never gets over
a pleased start of surprise when he
sees the Washington Monument, nc
matter If he shall have seen 1t 10000
times. The happy thing is that it Il
even possible for him to appreciate II
more than some sophisticated visitor
who says he doesn't think it is sc
| much, after ALL" The latter has ha6
his expectations raised too high, so thai
nothing built by hands could quite come
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-05
j ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC j. HAsKIN.

Have we had the pleasure of serving
you through our washington Informa-
ton Bureau2 Can't we be of some help
to you In your problems? Our business
Is TO furnish YOU with authoritative in
formation, and we invite you to ask us
any question Of fact in which you are
interested. Send your inquiry to The
Stars Information Bureau, Frederic j.
HaSkin, director, Washington, d. G. In
close 2 cents in coin or stamps for re-
turn postage.
@. When will the Kentucky Derby be
run this year?-C. r. B.
A. The Kentucky Derby will be run
May 10, 1929, at Churchill Downs, KY.
Q. Why does snow and ice bother
fiyers?-H. w. D.
A. Snow and ice collect on the edge
Of the two top surfaces Of the wings.
This changes the Gambler Of the wings,
making them lose their effectiveness.
Also it adds weight, which is q great
detriment to flying.
@. What is the smallest, strongest
string or cord made?--C. w. S.
A. The strongest textile fiber based
on a unit of cross-sectional area is the
silk fiber. A single filament of this
material, barely diScernible with the
naked eye, would be the smallest,
strongest cord made.
@. When we're the English 1-pound
notes made?-M. H.
A. In 1914, at the outbreak of the
World War, there were no English notes
below pounds, and currency notes
for l pound and 10 shillings were JIM
mediately provided under the currency
and bank notes act passed on August
of that year.
@. How far from downtown Los An
| geles is Hollywood?-H. L. K.
| A. Hollywood is miles northwest Of
the business center Of Los Angeles.
Q. Why was Jamestown. Va. never
rebuilt?-E. j. N.
| A. Middle Plantation was accessible
and natural place for the Jamestown
| coloniSts to settle. Williamsburg was al
ready port and hence Of interest as a
| home for the coloniStS. In many in
| stances their Jamestown houses had
been but temporary structures.
| @. How did the terms "jerk-water-
! town" and "jerk-water railroad" origi-
| nate?-W. L.
A. In the early days of the railroads
it was customary for train to be
| stopped near stream when water was
necessary for the engine. The crew car
ried the water in leather buckets. The
practice was called jerking water. As
villages sprang up where trains merely
stopped for water, they were known as
jerk water towns, and small. relatively
unimportant railroads became known as
jerk-water railroads.
@. Why is lobster meat so high ir
price?-H. r.
A. The rise in the price of lobster
is due to the increasing scarcity of thi:
shell fish and the difficulty with which
it is propagated An expert at the
lobster hatchery of Woods Hole stated
that if only 2 out of 10000 eggs Matched
survived the fourth year. the present
condition might be maintained, but
that undoubtedly greater percentage
than this perishes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-05
American Observers Appraise
ltaly's Remarkable Election

may come in handy in future elections
in case it is desired to make it unani-
NOUS
The Charleston Evening Post calls It
curious psychology that the Italians
should submit, to the hypnotic abso-
lutism of one man as they have sub
mitted to MusSolini, that they should
tolerate no question of his will and
that they should yet pretend to them
selves that they are free agents in the
selection of their public servants" The
Kansas City Star refers to the election
as "a model contest and one that
goes to show what can be done when
an election is left to expert control"
The Lincoln State Journal believes that
such an election would be the delight
OF political boss in this country" but
asks why have an election?"
x X X
"One wonders why Mussolini stages
the farce" the New Orleans Tribune
also suggests Does he believe such
elections delude the Italians into be-
lieving they are exercising a choice?"
The Port Huron Times-Herald is Of the
opinion that: IF the big yes vote
indicates simply that the people knew
there was nothing else to do, the foun-
dationS of the Fascist regime may not
be as strong and permanent as the
subServience of the voters might seem
to indicate"
The Scranton Times records that
so infiniteSimal was the opposition
that there is suspicion the anti-Fsscisb
votes were conceded by MusSolini in
order to make it appear that there was
at least a contest" Agreeing as TO
the possibility that the opposition may
have been just so many appointed SUI
| pernulneraries in the great drama OF
| Democracy a la Benito," the Kala-
mazoo Gazette concludes: 'MuSsolini
| is nothing If not an expert stage man.
ager, and an election without any con-
trary votes at all might have looked
| Just trifie too 'fishy' even in the eyes
of II Duce's most tractable country
men" 81
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-05
Movie Censorship
Is Declared Vital
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
Your editorial in issue of April rela-
tive to movie censorship, and taking
the position that no censorship is needed
at present, cannot be accounted for ex-
cept on the grounds that you are far
from being acquainted with conditions
and tendencies throughout the country
generally.
Go inside these places and look the
pictures over. Observe the filthy sug-
gestions, watch the youngsters gloat:
talk with conservative parents in small
towns, especially, and venture you VIII
decide that the time is now that
cleaner illustrations should be placed
before young people.
am convinced that the motor car
and the movie lthe low-class movie)
are causing more crime and immortality
than old-time liquor used to cause.
Yet the fanatics are bawling Them
selves into fits about the lesser evil
and remain passive, or silent, on the
other two. E. N. SIMMS. 1
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-05
Street Car Tunnels
Urged for Capital
TO the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
Your editorial on the Du Pont Circle
traffic situation makes very good point
about the street cars and their turning
to the left going out Connecticut ave-
nue.. This was a ridiculous thing to do,
but 1t is done.
There is but one way to fix that sit
. uation. The street cars should go into
tunnel on Connecticut avenue below
N street, where the grade begins. They
should come out of the tunnel on the
way to Georgetown, where the grade
starts down, about Twenty-Second street.
Above Du Pont Circle they could come
out Just before hitting the grade up the
hill. This will make Connecticut ave-
nue. what it is soon to be, the great
shopping center. It. will be the Fifth
avenue of Washington in 10 years. The
street cars should be taken of the ave-
| nue. in the Du Point Circle radius at
once. Nice approaches to the cars can
be made at points above and below the
, circle
Further out Connecticut avenue be-
low Tilden street, the cars again. should
enter a tunnel and come out where the
grade starts down again beyond the
Bureau of Standards. There cars
switch and turn back, just as they do
at S street This should be done all
underground
A strange thing is evident at the
Bureau of Standards. This is one of
the most congested points during the
rush hours, yet no landing space is
! painted there. With the cars under
ground, this would greatly clear the
Tilden street crossing into Rock Greek
Park. The same tunnel plan should be
used at Zoo hill. The entrances to the
street cars could be placed on the
streets, of course. and thus keep thou.
sands of people WHO go to the Zoo oG.t
Of danger. On holidays such as Easter
Monday, and Sundays. the traffie situa-
tion there Is impossible.
Put the street cars underground at
these three points. where the grades
lend themselves to the job, and it would
be easy, and you have helped the town
cure few of its biggest traffic problems.
RUSSELL r. EDWARDS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-05

@. What is the proper height Of .
kitchen sink?-M. v. w.
A. This depends upon the height OF
the individual woman. A table OF the
proper height Of working surfaces ac-
cording to the height of the individual
woman has been compiled. This pro-
v!des that woman feet 10 inches tall
should have working surfaces 81 inches
high, one feet IL inches, 27lz inches.
etc. The height of the working surface
is increased half an inch for each adj
ditional inch in the workers height.
@. How many were killed and wound
ed in the battle of Waterloo?-W. c.
A. In that battle the French lost In
killed, wounded and missing about 81 900
men, while the losses Of the allies were
about $4,000.
@. Does the word sterling" on silver
destroy the value Of the piece as an an
tique?-W. F.
A. 1t would depend upon the piece.
The word sterling" appears on Chester
si1Verware as early as 1890. 1t Is also
found on silyerware made in Cork, Ire
land, at the end OF the seventeenth
century.
@. How much money have United
States citizens invested in Latin Amer
ica?-S. z. w.
A. over $4,000 900 900 have been in
vested in Latin America by American
citizens. There are supposed to be
| thousands of Americans who have in
vested money in Latin American corpo-
rations.
| @. How fast does coral FORMS. r.
| A. Little Is known regarding the
| rapidity of growth in corals. A speci-
/ men of Mocandrina labyrinthica meas
uring foot in diameter and four inches
| thick in the most convex part was taken
from block of concrete at Fort JET
| ferson, Tortugas, which had been In the
water only 20 years. 1t has been calcu-
lated that the average growth Of a Mo-
candrina observed at Key West was half
an inch year.
@. Who is at the head Of the Soviet
| Republic OF Russia?-J. P.
| A. The president of the Soviet Coun-
Gil Of Russia is Alexis /. Rykof.
@. Are the pictures hung on the walls
| of the rotunda in the Capitol at Wash
ington true to the events portrayed
F. S. c.
A. "The Baptism Of Pocahontas,' u
I
The Landing of Columbus" and THE
Discovery of the Mississippi River" are
merely conceptions of the artists, while
the others are true to life and events
These are the Trumbull paintings The
Declaration of independence" 1.-The
Surrender of Gen. Burgoyne at Sara
toga," THE Surrender of Lord Cornwall
lis at Yorktown" and Gen. Washington
Resigning His Commission as Com
mander-in-Chief of the Continental
Arnlies" were done by the artist
from sketches made where the events
took place and with personal acquaint-
ance with most of the characters de-
picted.
@. How much money is usually print
ed each day for this country?-R. A. G.
A. The daily average of notes made
at the Bureau of Engraving and Print
ing is 100000 pieces. the money value
of which is $13,37000O.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-05
Cash Seen as Help :
Needed by Farmers

TO the .Edit0f OF Inc star.
AS the star in the East moved the
wise men and aroused the King some
1000 years ago, we farmers likewise
at this day look to The Evening Star
in Washington, D. c., with reference
to farm relief.
The writer's forefathers, Abraham,
Isaac and Jacob, were among the
largest farmers in this section of the
Shenandoah Valley. They passed the
word down their lineage, saying THAT
2 per cent was about all a. farmer
could expect from his investment, and
say--you couldn't fool those old-timers
very much.
Now in the modern age we farmers
try to live like other folks. The result
Is we find we have bound ourselves
and heirs to pay heavy debts, from
to 20 per cent interest added, accord
ing to who financed us, and listen-it
can't be done on a per cent in
come-and that settles that
Gov. Byrd in recent statement
said that THE farmer wants wise and
prompt relief" and so he does.
Congress, please give 1t to us In
cash. Money will relieve any and
all financial Ills and very speedily, so
give us ample 2 per cent money.
We have common sense enough 10
know where to apply 1t to prevent
the forecloser.
A 2 per cent outgo will equal our 2
per cent income This places the
farmer on sound basis; but, should
relief be delayed by tinkering with the
tariff, etc, then the farmers continued
inability to buy and pay will soon break
down the whole economic structure OF
the country.
There Is no question but that money
IS the root Of the whole affair. Then
let this, the extraordinary Congress,
center its work around the root.
We have had first-hand experiences,
from driver of the OK team to the
slaughter pen and packing tub, and q
taste Of cooperative marketing and
transportation problem.
We find their relief too slow. and
too uncertain, in case Of an emergency
PAUL e. RHINEHART.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-05
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PH1LANDER JOHNSON.
JubiIant Survival.

JubiIant Survival.
The chorus that keeps ringing clear. ]
Re-echoes, Hail! The gangs all here!"
So what care we for accident
On land, or in the armament,
If we can sing in tones sincere,
Assurance that the gangs all herel
Nobody wrecked by cruel chance;
Nobody in the ambulance;
Nobody saying Loves a joke"
Nobody by the, market broke.
And so, good friends, let us draw near
And MARBLE, "Haill The gangs all here!"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-05

Several eminent politicians admit
that, while supporting the volstead act
they permit themselves an occasional
drink. There have always been re-
narkable distinctions between theory
and practice.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-05

Discreet attention will necessarily be
directed to communities which find it
impossible to enforce laws against liquor
without calling in the assistance Of a
coroner's jury.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-05

Having disposed of his horses, the
Prince Of Wales takes ride In an air.
plane; proving that he still has liking
for the thrill that goes with swift mo-
ton
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-05

April Fool day has passed. It Is sup
posed to be dedicated to fun, but is
only reminder of ancestral days when
rugged baronial intelligence dictated
all expressions of humor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-05

So much attention is conferred on pro-
hibition that there is apparently an in
clination to arrange for medals to be
awarded those who observe the law.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-05

A Wall Street speculator may fall
down and go broke; but that fact does
not keep him from saving UP for an
other stake.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-05
"Mad' Is Right.

From the Savannah Morning Esss.
The guy with the new Spring lid on
windy day this March knows what 10
meant by that old expression, the mad
hatter.".
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-05
Least E,mharrassed. Too.

vrcm the Sioux Falls Daily Argus-Leader.
Again we are reminded that the moSt
promising politicians are the least
promising.
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DEGREES Of the Fates.

DEGREES of the Fates.
We often think, in discomfort,
OF various hopes that went astray,
And quite forget some blessing sent
Because we could not have our way.
Back to the Old Home.
crimson Gulch is wonderfully quiet
and orderly"
Eyes" answered Cactus Joe. Our
iesperadoes have been to Chicago and
they come back to the. old home town
for rest and recuperation.
eve too often seek wealth." said hi
Ho, the sage Of Chinatown, in the hope
that others will envy us, regardless Of
whether they respect u.s."
Ingratitude.
The hooking birds a tuneful scamp.
The robin Is a busy tramp.
I am, as they work out the plot.
Just d meal ticket for the lot.
s.De violet, " said Uncle Eben, lis sup
posed to be modest flower but in de
springtime it seems to git all de birds
stahfed singin some kind Of ragtime
blues
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Both Sides.

sAre you in favor of prohibitions"
Absolutely" answered Senator Sor-
ghum.
Have you ever taken drink?"
Occasionally. AS trusted legisla-
tor, I feel it my duty to study both sides
of a question"
Jud Tunkins says the Easter egg is an
other example of what art, if let alone,
will do to nature.