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under his belt. Other drugs are even
more potent. Gutter rats sniff heroin
and become for few hours the bold
gunner who terrorize Chicago.
But all these drugs have other effects
and they leave the taker in a more
pitiable, contemplate condition than
ever once the effect is gone. Their
operation is too complicated to deter
mine exactly the nature of the physical
changes which bring about surcease of
fear.
Now, it long has been reported by
travellers that certain South American
Indians have drug whose primary
effect is to eliminate fear and which
does not produce other notable emo
tional changes. DR.. H. H. Rusby, dean
Of the College of Pharmacy, Columbia
University, believes he has found the
plant from which this drug, caapi, is
obtained. This and several other i'm
portant South American drugs may
come from DR.. Rusby's monumental
work, in which more than eighteen
thousand plants were classified.
If the reports of travellers on caapi
even approached the truth, the drug
should prove invaluable for a study of
the physical basis of fear. 1t may be
possible to determine experimentally
just what conditions obtain in the
brain and the blood stream during
states of cowardice and courage.
OF course, no drug can be considered
as a probable cure of fear. But if it
can uncover the sources Of fear, 1t may
be possible to eliminate these in some
other way-to such an extent as the
interests of the human race require
that they be eliminated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-10
''Cun-Toting'' Decision
In District Ridiculed
TO the Editor Of The Star.

TO the Editor Of The Star:
The extent to which crime has in
creased in this country in the past
quarter of century has been largely
due to our absurd laws respecting the
carrying of concealed weapons. The
man who intends to commit burglary
or to stage hold-up is not deferred
from carrying the necessary weapons
because the law prohibits it.
The net result of our laws has been
to arm the criminal and diSarm the
citizen. This has been pointed out
time and again in the public press by
hundreds of independent thinkers. Now
the Court of Appeals of the District
OF Columbia comes along and caps the
climax by holding that a man who
carries q revolver in his automobile is
also guilty of carrying a concealed
weapon about" the person.
No more perfect scheme could have
been devised for the announcement and
protection of the road agent who begs a
ride and then slugS his benefactor with a
blackjack, frequently dumping him out
In the road and making off with his
automobile
The present system is wholly wrong.
The law should be revised to impose
exceedingly severe penalties for the
~0AAJAAS Vi AdIlSCIOuS weapons WITHOUT
permit. but permits to carry weapons
should be granted as a matter of
course to any reputable and RESPONSE
BILE citizen. upon request. Bond could
be required in such amount as to pre-
vent irresponsible persons from secur-
ing permits: an age limit could be set
which would prevent very youthful
persons from securing permits; char
acter qualifications could be set which
would prevent those having police or
criminal records from securing permits.
The average business man would be
in no way inclined to tote" gun, as
regular practice, but II called upon
to take long automobile trip, or to be
In out-of-the- places, late at night,
or to convey large sums Of money
through lonely sections, he should be
permitted to reasonably protect his fam
lily, his life and his property.
F. G.. CAMPBELL.
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ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

Have We had the pleasure of serving
you through our Washington Informa-
ton Bureau? Can't we be of some
help to you in your problems? Our
business is to furnish you with authori-
tative information, and we invite you
to ask us any question Of fact in which
you are interested. Send your inquiry
to The Evening Star Information Bu-
reau, Frederic j. Haskin. director, Wash
ington, D. C. Inclose cents In coin or
stamps for return postage.
@. How many theaters are there left
that offer only stage plays?-K. w.
A. Today there are not more than
500 playhouses devoted to the legitimate
drama. About third of these are
located in five cities-New York, Boston,
Chicago, Philadelphia and Los Angeles.
@. OF what Is r1yon made?-S. 8.
A. RayOn Is a luStrous, continuous
thread, formed by dissolving cellulose,
either as cotton linters or wood pulp. in
a suitable solvent, passing this fluid
through a spinning machine, solidifying
the product in fixing bath, combining
and twisting the resulting filaments
into thread, purifying and bleaching
this thread, and finally transferring 1t
~
to be sold or used.
@. What kind of an establishment
is hacienda?-S. v.
A. In Southwestern United States
this Spanish term IS used for q produc-
tive establishment in the country for
farming or stock raising. It is landed
estate, one especially on which the
owner resides.
@. Why isn't Sonny Boy" sung over
the radio?-L. H. K.
A. The copyright holders do not
permit it to be broadcast at present.
@. When did the tricolor become the
flag Of France?-T. L.
A. Marquis de Lafayette brought
about the adoption of the tricolor in
1889.
@. Why Is horse racing called the
sport of kings"?--K. N.
A. Horse racing has been called the
sport of kings" because it has been one
Of their amusements since the earliest
dawn of civilization. Thothmes I of
the eighteenth Egyptian dynasty left
a papyrus letter telling of his conquest
VA MCoopoCdUlh dLlu pIlOluS Iliilocll
upon the acquisition of the racing horse
(the Arab and being the first to intro
duce him in Africa Somewhat later
the records tell of King Solomon buy
ing horses from Egypt and paying as
much as $4,000 for some of them.
Among the Greeks horse racing was
introduced into the Olympic games in
the thirty-third Olympiad (648 B.C.).
@. In what way is Miss Helen Keller
connected with the Robert E. Lee fam
ily?-A. S.
A. Miss Kellers grandmother on her
fathers side was a second cousin OF
Robert E. Lee. She was a granddaugh-
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THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES T. TRACEWELL.

OF all the literary forms, the letter
remains the most liked by those who
like 'em, and the most disliked by
those who do not like 'em.
There is no half way about a col
lection of letters, even if it be those
left behind by an eminent man. A
reader either likes the form or he
does not.
In this respect the letter is like the
cat, for and against which mankind Is
split. Your honest dog gets at least
the lip service of every one, whereas the
even more honest cat divides humanity
into two groups.
The dog is like the novel-almost
every one processes to love it. Few are
willing to say that they despise the
form, just as the number is growing
more limited who will sheer at BIZ
ography.
The letter, however. still has its
ardent devotees and its none the less
hardy haters, the one class being as
loud in its praise as the other is silent
in its condemnation.
* X X X
Those who do not like the letter
form simply do not read such collec-
tions, no matter how eminent the
writer was, or how we'll advertised the
volume or volumes may be.
For the benefit of those who do
not understand how any one could dis
like what to them is so enthralling,
we will set down here few of the
reasons, so that there may be no mis-
understanding about the matter.
Let it be admitted. first Of all. that
a reader has a perfect right to his likes
and dislikes, just so long as they be
honest and without malice or jealousy.
This we find necessary to state, be-
cause of the existence OF class Of
persons who insist on pretending TO
believe-surely it can be nothing less
that the canons of literary art are
fixed for all time.
These great natural divisions, brand
ed IN the burning since the beginning,
being essential, it follows as the night
the day that every one who processes
to love literature must love them all.
Surely this is nothing but pretense.
It Is not more possible to really care
for all the forms of literature than it
is for the sportsman to equally favor
every form of sport.
Some like base ball. others foot ball,
others ice hockey, others polo, others
horse racing, or motor boating. or what
not. While one may have a respect
for another mans sport, he need not
really care for it himself. -.
Thus chess, an essentially mental
recreation, gains admittance to the
sporting pages of the newspapers,
although perhaps not one In ten OF the
base ball fans" knows what 1t Is all
about.
n II X
Letters fail to attract some because
they feel that this form Of writing Is
essentially private in nature, and ought
to remain so.
Here again mankind splits readily,
one group believing that nothing Is pri-
vate that they can find out about, and
another feeling that no matter If they
can find out about 1t they really have
no business doing so.
One would not go so far as to say
that the second group comprise the only
gentlemen. Undoubtedly it Is true that
when personal, private letters become
printed In a book they instantly cease
to be either personal or private.
Yet the fact remains that certain
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lief Council. to give them their formal
titles.
At the end of wartime and after
wartime humanitarian occupations,
Herbert Hoover became member Of
the Harding administration. In the
Department Of Commerce opportunity
awaited him for unfolding his execu-
tive and organizing talents on the
broadcast scale. An unerring ctooser Of
the right men and women for key Jobs,
Mr.. Hoover during his seven and q
half years at the head of the Govern
ment's great business branch surround
ed himself with still another group of
enthusiastic helpmates. No division Of
the grand army of Hooverians exceeds
in loyalty to 1.-The Chief the Com
merce crowd"
II is understood that the President
elect frowns upon the idea Of an in.
augural ball. Anybody who knows him
understands how immensely more to
his liking will be the family dinner
party which the Hooverians are now
arranging.
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ter Of Alexander Spottiswood, an early
colonial governor of Virginia.
@. What is the Grand Bank?-T. n.
A. This is a submarine plateau in the
North Atlantic Ocean, extending east
ward from Newfoundland. 1t is noted
for its fishing grounds. Its depth Is
from 80 to so fathoms.
O. Who settles the changes in the
boundary line between Mexico and the
United States?-B. c. A.
A. There is a permanent organiza-
ton, called the United States and Mex
leo International Boundary Commits
sion, at Ell Paso, Tex, whose duty 1t is
to attend to the occasional changes in
the boundary line due to the changes
in the course Of the Rio Grande.
@. What Is the purpose of the COL
lege Entrance Examination Boa 90
NJ v. N.
A. The College Entrance Examina-
ton Board is society of colleges and
preparatory schools for the purpose Of
establishing. first. fair degree Of fleXi-
bility in high school and college curric-
ula and entrance requirements: sec
ond, uniformity in standards of high
schools and colleges: third, adequate
and uniform administration of policies.
Students passing such examinations are
entitled to enter a college which ac-
cepts the standards Of the College En-
trance Examination Board.
@. When was the air forest patrol
established in the United States?-
H. B. o.
A. 1t was established In 1920.
@. Where is the largest book?-B. B.
A. What is said to be the largest is
in the British Museum in London. 1t
is gigantic atlas, and was presented
to King Charles II. ruler of England in
1860. by the merchants Of Amsterdam.
1t was a memento of Charles visit to
the Netherlands after the fall Of British
monarchy.
@. What State was the first to set
aside water territory for the propaga-
ton of oysters?-N. l..
A. Rhode Island was first. AS early
as June. 1899, this State set aside
small tract for the cultivation and prop
agation of oysters by private parties.
@. Are the words 'typewriting" and
tipping" interchangeable?-C. F. d.
A. They are now used interchange
ably by people who wish to abbreviate.
q. What kind of waterfow1s are
| found in Oregon and Washington
F. S.
A. Waterfowl Is a broad term. It
includes ducks, geese, swans, gulls, peli-
cans, etc. There are $50 different kinds
Of birds found in Oregon and WASH
ington, about half of which would be
water birds. They are found along the
coasts and in the marshes of rivers and
lakes.
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Now for a Merger.

The formula for compromise on the
merger question suggested by the Senate
subcommittee holds bright promise for
ratification Of merger agreement at
this session of Congress. The traction
lines must yet take formal action to ap-
prove or disapprove the Senate COM
mittees suggestions. But as disapproval
would, in effect, mean no merger, and
as the companies even more than the
public will benefit from merger opera
ton, there seems little likelihood of
further complications. The way for a
merger has been made clear.
The Senate subcommittee suggestion
Is that the companies 90 into the merger
without any agreed valuation, that free
transfers take effect at once, but that
present fares remain undisturbed for a
period of two years. At the end Of the
two-year period new valuation must
be completed.
Both the public ana the street car
companies surrender certain points
should this form of agreement be rati-
fed. The public surrencers the chance.
as slim though 1t may nave been, that
one year of merged operation would re-
suit in economies making possible q re-
duction of fare, based on rate-valua-
ton of fifty million dollars. The COM
panies. at the same time, lose the
opportunity Of petitioning for an in
crease of fare at the end of one years
merged operation, basing such a request
on failure, under merged operation. to
receive legal returns upon an agreed
valuation Of fifty million dollars. The
public Is gambling on the possibility
that the new valuation, at the end Of
two years, will be lower than the fifty
million-dollar valuation which the COM
panies wished to be recognized for ten
years. The companies, on the other
hand, are gambling on the possibility
that at the end of two years their
merged properties will receive q higher
valuation than they themselves had
been willing to set as standard for
the next decade.
But the Senate subcomniittee's sug-
restion is reasonable and fair. First, 1t
allows for merged operation and free
transfers, with all the resulting con-
yenience and saving to the public ex-
pected to result therefrom. Secondly,
it guarantees existing fares until new
valuation is made. And, finally, 1t makes
mandatory the adoption Of q new val
uation, based upon actual findings UNI
der modern conditions instead Of upon
controversial theories and interpreta-
tons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-10
The Greatest Flight.

One of the most interesting develop
ments of the one.hundred- and fifty
hour sustained flight of the Army plane
Question Mark Is the impetus given to
the project for a nonstop air trip
around the world. Bak0ge the Question
Mark knocked all rroords galley-west
with its more than Six-day voyage
over California flight around the
world in an airplane without descend
ing to the ground was just an idea of
superoptimists who believed that some
time in the distant future a lighter
motor or lighter fuel would be invented
which would make possible a sustained
fight for more than twenty thousand
miles. With the landing of the Cues
ton Mark, however, after nearly seven
days and seven nights in the air and an
estimated mileage covered of eleven
thousand five hundred, the project of
a nonstop globe-circling fight auto
matically became possibility and de-
veloped into q scheme on which plans
and preparations could be begun at
once.
The Question Mark came back to
Mother Earth on Monday afternoon.
On Wednesday two important an
were made almost stimuli
taneously. One was from Col. Arthur
Goebel, holder of the West-to-East
transcontinental nonstop record and
winner of the Dole race from San
Francisco to Hawaii, who from his
home in Kansas said, around the
world without a stop is possible, and
I am going to be the first to make it,"
while the other came from the Fokker
aviation firm, manufacturers of the
Question Mark, that q Paris-to-Paris
flight without stop would be under
taken during the coming Summer.
It is an ambitious undertaking, there
is no doubt Of that Elaborate prepara-
tions as to equipment will have to be
made and the flyers and ships will have
to be selected with the greatest care.
And after all human and mechanical
components are gathered together to
accomplish q feat which stirs the
imagination Nature must smile Its pref
test while the round-the-world plane
is in the air. But as Col Goebel says,
"It can be DONE" and 1t will be done,
and it is we'll within the realm of pos
sibilities that during the coming Sum-
mer the greatest Of all flights will be
credited to an American machine and
an American aviator.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-10
Attack ON Spiritualism
Is Resented by Writer

To the Editor Of The Star:
In your issue of January z you
published letter by M. e. Sloan in
which he declares Christianity to be
against Spiritualism." AS a probable
summary of his letter, he says:
The cult Of Spiritism (Spiritualism)
claims to use the spirits of departed
people as mediators between this and
ancient necromancy under different
name. It is everywhere repudiated and
denounced in the Bible. To say that it
has brought benefit to humanity
through Christianity Is to utter nom
sense"
I would like to call attention to the
fact that the Bible is capable Of more
than one Interpretation, and also that
there are a lot of sincere truth-seekers
who have not individually accepted the
entire Bible as being divinely authorized.
But people do accept the findings
of science in the more direct applica-
ton Of the term, namely, that which
can be weighed, measured and tested
with Northumberland which we can
somehow bring within the range Of our
senses. Beyond this we speculate. We
lay down hypothesis We deduce by
logic and accept as it pleases us. And
each must judge of his own convictions.
May not our senses be the functioning
of consciousness within certain pre-
scribed areas of the life Scale-areas
which are already extended by such
instruments as the microphone, the mi
croscope, the telescope. etc, and which
science promises to extend much further
In the near future?
In the realm of the abstract, there
40 Is f%~k1, F~, Cd ~
most every variety of religion, politics.
therapeutics and other persuasions
known to present-day teachings The
primary motive of all these persuasions
Is the finding of happiness. The test
for the infallibility Of all these systems
and teachings Is demonstration. But
how many of these theories are demon
Strable every time and In every way?
After thousands of years, only one Of
them has stood the test! That is the
theory of love. This theory was pre-
sented in concrete form by certain
Man who practiced his theory and it
revolutionized the world The greater
part of the world today is known after
this Mans name. Ae regards creeds
love is all we really know. After all,
1t Is about all We really need to know.
The Founder of Christianity said.
Greater things than do shall We do"
The phenomena of Spiritualism or the
acclamations of Its followers are not In
this day the greatest argument in its
favor, but rather the accelerating march
Of progress. which has already driven
us almost to the limits of achievement
in the present or materialistic world
and which, by the logic of things, must
soon find new fields to conquer And
perhaps love, the spiritual gravity of
the universe, even now links the two
worlds in communication--with those
who come sufficiently within Its orbit
CLARA LOUISE LESLIE.
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The South and the Cabinet.

The South is knocking at the cabi-
net door. Already several prominent
Republicans from the Southern States
have been suggested to President-elect
Herbert Hoover for appointment as
members of his official family. Among
them are c. Bascom Slemp of Virginia,
Mrs. Alvin r. Hert of Kentucky and
Stuart w. Cramer of North Carolina.
All of their States went Republican in
the presidential election. SO did Texas
and Florida and Tennessee, and 1t may
be expected that they, too, will have
favorite sons and daughters to put for
ward for recognition in the Hoover ad-
ministration.
Mr.. Slemp Is the Republican national
committeeman from Virginia. He has
represented his State in part in Con-
gress and later was secretary to Presi-
dent Coolidge. His name has been men,
toned in other administrations for cabi-
net posts. Furthermore, Mr.. Slemp has
been a recognized leader among South
ern Republicans for many years. It has
been suggested by Representative-elect
Schafer from the ninth Virginia district
that he be appointed Secretary of the
Interior. But the likelihood is that Mr..
Hoover will look to the West for his
Secretary of the Interior, to man
who is familiar with the problems par
ticularly Of the great public land States,
and perhaps to man who has knowl-
edge Of engineering. 1t would seem that
II Mr.. Slemp were to be pickd for a cab.
met post 1t would be some other than
Interior.
The persistent assertion that women
won the election for Mr.. Hoover has
led more particularly to the suggestion
that MIR. Hoover should recognize the
services Of the women by placing one
of them In his cabinet. Mrs. Hert, ma
tional committeewoman and vice chair
man Of the Republican national COM
mittee, has been recommended to MFR.
Hoover by members Of the Kentucky
delegation in Congress. She has had
wide experience in the great game Of
politics, both in the recent campaign
and in that Of 1924. Mrs. Hert is the
widow Of "Tobe" Hert, as he was
affectionately called by his colleagues
in the Republican national COM
mittee, long power among Democrats
Of the border States and the South.
Strangely enough, Mrs. Hert has been
mentioned for the same position in the
cabinet as Mr.. Slemp-that of Secretary
of the Interior.
Mr.. Cramer Of North Carolina. grad
uate Of the Naval Academy in the same
class as Secretary Wilbur, and at pres
ent cotton manufacturer, is believed
to have an excellent chance for ap-
pointment as Secretary Of the Navy,
provided, Of course, Mr.. Hoover does not
continue Mr.. Wilbur in that Office.
North Carolina has way Of producing
Secretaries of the Navy. Josephus
Daniels of Raleigh held the office for
eight years during the Wilson admins
tration and accomplished many real
benefits for the Navy. North Carolina
has large Republican vote in normal
times. It Is one Of the Southern States
which the Republicans believe they may
have a chance to hang on TO-" now
that it has once crossed the barrier and
given its electoral vote to Republican
candidate for President.
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Welcome Echo From Europe to
New Year Prosperity Anthem

that gathering have been in the vaguest
and most indefinite phrases. -"
Full recovery of Germany Is of benefit
to the allied nations. The argument of
Germany Is not merely sentimental; it
also has a solid material foundation"
More promising conditions are seen
by the Nashville Banner, which COM
ments on the existing situation: 1.-THE
political complications surrounding the
separations question when under con-
sideration five years ago, due to the
still acute friction and distrtst between
France and Germany. have largely dis
appeared. The establishment of init
mate and highly important business re-
lationships between French and Ger
man capital and industry has had an
immediate and happy effect upon the
political attitudes of the two countries
Their currency systems, too. have been
stabilized. France, indeed, has become
q creditor nation and Germany has
demonstrated an enormous power of
recuperation." The Banner concludes
that the rehabilitation of the nations
across the seas and their advance in
the high adventures of peace must be a
matter of continuous and deep concern"