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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-17

The Philadelphia team made a trip
here about a year ago, and at that time
also was defeated by a Washington
team.
The tournament for the championship
of the chess unit of the City Club got
under way December Z. There were six
entries: c. A. Hesse, r. S. Clark, G. E.
Bishop, A. Y. Hesse, F. w. F. Gleason
and F. B. Walker. In tn, first round,
Bishop won from Walker in counter
center gambit Walker lost piece
through an oversight early in the game,
but struggled on till his 50th turn. Maj.
Clark lost to Gleason. The game was
even after all pieces were off the board.
and a draw doomed when the major
made slip, and Gleason promptly took
advantage of it, The Hesses, father
and son, were paired, and adjourned
their game after Is moves. The re-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-17
.HE match between a team from
Philadelphia and a team repre-
senting the Washington Chess
L League, at the City Club last

OuIludy n "CCh deOs lCoulCCu d1I~
er five hours of playing, in favor of the
local team by the score of 3l2 to 1I2.
The visiting team comprised only five
men.
Bettinger and Bishop won their games
by clever playing. Perkins had harder
fight, but his tactics and attack pre-
vailed. Knapp won a pawn, and felt
sure of victory. but pushed his pawns
too rapidly, and had to be content with
a draw. Walker got the worst of it in
an involved position and was the only
Washingtonian to lose. All the games
were P to GA opening, except one. The
score:
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The Numbers" Game Evil.

Because the average wager in the
numbers" game is small is no reason
why 1t should not be checked If that
Is possible. Announcement is made
that this newest form of general gam
bling has spread to such wide proper
lions In Washington that the District
officials are seeking means of curbing 1t.
This game Is modern variant of the
old policy game. It is based upon
the correct guessing or blind choosing
Of certain units in the daily final figures
Of the New York Clearing House. 1t
Is q form Of lottery in which theo-
retically everybody has an even chance
Of success. But, as in lottery and
as In the policy" Of olden times, the
scale Of payments by and TO the player
is so arranged that the odds are tre-
nnendously against the player, and sue
cess is extremely rare, while failure Is
incessant. There is no possible regu-
lation Of the game because it is beyond
the law. It is illegal In itself as q
game Of chance, and everybody par
ticipating In it, player as well as pro-
rnoter and agent, is subject to punish
rnsnt If caught and convicted.
The great evil of this game is that 1t
Is played by class Of people who cam
not afford the small losses that are the
xuls in numbers" While the average
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play is only q few cents daily, the az
gregate Is considerable in the course OF
q year. The lure Of the game appeals
especially to those who can Ill afford to
lose even those few pennies. It Is as In
sidious as the ponies" game, the bet
ting on horses that are never seen, at
tracks that are never visited by the
players. And the worst evil Of the game
is that it is brought directly to the
player, forced upon his attention In
deed day after day by assiduous agents
stimulated by . liberal scale Of COM
missions. These agents, II has been re-
Gently learned, are in many cases the
same individuals who have been in the
past promoting the handbook game by
carrying racetrack betting odds about
town into business ofiices, into public
bureaus, into homes-everywnere In
fact. 1t would seem that numbers" is
pushing out the older game. Its addicts
are an untold multitude. More power to
the District Commissioners in their en-
deavor to check the pernicious practice
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-05
Safety Smokes Novel Scheme
In War Against Forest Fires

the losses in timber, the destruction of
wild life, and the impairment of the
bases OF agricultural protection amount
to many millions more"
Accepting 4 as facts the self-eXtin-
gushing cigarette and the fireproof
match, the Long Beach ress-Teleerarn
still maintains that "science has not
yet brought about foolproof handling
OF cigarette stubs and lighted matches"
mat paper cites figures: 1T is costing
the United States Government $40 a
minute to fight forest fires this Sum
mer. The dry season In the Pacific
West has been particularly damaging to
forests thus far. fire losses being heavy.
In many instances the damage is of
such nature that 1t will be felt for
years-that is. In cases where water
sheds have been burned over. The
demonstrated disastrouSness of forest
nres should be suficient to irnpel all
70 De careful with fire in forests But,
despite these startling losses, there are
ali 100 many who 60 right on, handling
fire with fragrant recklessness.
THE advice of an old cattIeman'
concerning matches" concludes the
Racine Journal-News. should bring a
thrill of remembrance to every one who
ever trod the great pastures of the
West. when grass fire was a serious
menace. The veteran said there would
be few fires started by discarded,
burned matches. If every one followed
the range custom of breaking a match
IN Two before throwing it away. It's
safety trick whose simplicity is fully
matched by its effectiveness. To break
a match stick one has to apply pressure
near both ends; if there is any fire left.
it VIII make itself known to the
breaker"
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Bobby Jones' Defeat,

While all the golf world looks on at
the third round of the amateur cham
pionship at Pebble Beach today, q
championship without q champion,
Bobby Jones himself appears, according
to news dispatches from California, to
be the least concerned about the loss Of
his amateur golf title. Bobby, who Is
synonymous in the popular mind with
invincible skill in the game of golf, was
beaten yesterday on the eighteenth
green in the first round Of match play
by Johnny Goodman, an almost un-
known youngster from Omaha.
Bobby's defeat is not without its con.
solutions. In the first instance, 1t re-
veals once again that no man may be
master forever Of this game, In which
form is more Elusive than In any other
branch Of sport. And 1t proves once
more that over the lS-hole course,
which Britons claim Is the true test
Of the game, even the acknowledged
greatest golfer Of the world may taste
defeat. It means also that golf is an
open game, and that even an interna-
tional champion may be dethroned by
q youngster whose name is hardly
known outside the precincts Of his
home town.
Walter Hagen, premier transformer
of the game, once remarked that
champion might drop OF a train at any
town through this country and take a
beating from the local golf pride. This
seems. to have been proved in the case
Of Bobby Jones. for while his name to
the world at large means the best in
the game, who has heard Of Johnny
Goodman, outside Of the Middle West?
who Is this Goodman lad? Two
years ago an ex-caddie by the name of
Johnny Goodman won the Transmits
sissippi golf championship. Last June
the same lad led the entire country IN
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See in Talkies Means
Of Spreading Drama

FROM the Richmond News LeaGer.
Inere are those who do not like the
takes, VINO are more inclined to the
EuIopean word for them. klang-films,
ana VINO genuinely prefer to think
Cnelr own words" while the shadows
mime.
But there are also many who are hon.
ing to find In the new medium of ex-
preston the solution Of the hoary prob
lem OF presenting In the provinces good
plays, by good actors. They hate the
mutllation that drama suffers at the
hands OF tenth-rate road companies.
and believe that the province can do as
much for the drama as the drama can
do for 1t. For when the vast public
taste has become familiar with the best
that has so far found expression, they
dream OF another great national ex-
preston In drama.
The New York Theater Guild is con-
sidering the recording of its best New
York productions In this medium, by
which the efforts of its best designers.
its most able actors and its most bril-
liant authors, will be made available
not only to today's crossroads, but to
tomorrow'S, also. Imagine the tremen-
dous enlightenment that would be re-
ceived of the ages OF Jonson or Con-
n
the World" could be shown on the talk
ing screen with the original companies
in the roles! And the project has loosed
a hurricane of discussion.
Personally, we are inclined to agree
with Pirandello, the Italian dramatist,
that the speaking shadow can never
take the place of the actual personality
on the stage. The actor, in flesh and
blood, will always, IL he is an actor, be
better than his picture, But that does
not prevent his speaking shadow from
being better than a fifth-rate road
company-than which, 1t was succinctly
said, there Is nothing "worser.D
If the practice, which was just being
begun by the New York Theater Guild
of sending good companies on the road
with good plays, will be continued,
therefore, we would rather see, such
companies than the talking picture of
the play made by the New York star.
Perhaps the matter will work out that
the development of cheap production
of good ta1kieS will allow their showing
wherever two or three are gathered to-
gether at the crossroads, with the re-
suit that many of them will gain n new
appreciation of, and a desire to see,
1--we drama as portrayed by Guild COM
panies on the stages Of the principal
cities Of the country.
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pean institutions in culture and refine

pean institutions In culture and refine-
ment.
DR.. Cooper further confesses that, ac-
cording to college standards, our Sec
ondary schools are not preparing stu
dents adequately for entrance into col
lege. He states: "A general recogni-
ton of the chaotic state Of secondary
education in this country led to de-
mand for q NATIONWIDE survey of the
field. Congress has appropriated $225,-
600 for q study to extend over three
years and this Autumn this investiga-
ton win begin"
It is suggested that the complaint of
colleges that the preparation of high
school graduates is inadequate for their
terial II 1t be considered that the ma
jority Of high school graduates have
no intention Of going to college, but
are more interested In breaking into
practical money-making business. What
is more significant is what DR.. Cooper
reports about the inadequacy of high
school training for usefulness in the
trades or in business. He says:
MANY employers express dissatisfac-
ton with the products they obtain
from vocational courses. Whether the
have led to a general lowering Of stand
ards or to less attention to q chosen
few we do not really know. We have
made extensive changes in these schools
In the addition of newer courses, espe-
cially In trade training, In preparation
for office service and in. home eco
nomicS."
The schools perhaps are spreading
out too thinly and trying to equip ex-
pert knowledge without the founda-
ton Of the three Rs; for example, a
3D. he xxr}k - Nf dc
q minute - many miSSpelled and
sprinkled with bad syntax-is really Of
less value than one of 40 words, spelled
correctly in properly constructed sem
fences. And the ONCE clerk who never
reads q newspaper to keep intelligent
on general affairs Is a nuisance in any
Office, whether for selling notions or
taking dictation. How many schools
require pupils to read and discuss daily
news Of the world?
DR.. Cooper deprecates the narrowness
of great scientists who, though pre-
eminent in their own specialties, are
ignorant of other lines Of knowledge,
and should not be quoted In such as II
their opinion had weight. II such spe-
cialists having special brain-powef are
handicapped by their general ignorance,
how can juveniles hope to be broad
without the broadening training
through attention to the news of cur
rent events? He pleads for recognition
of special leaders In each science, so
that only they will be entitled to ex-
press opinions thereon. But this is an
age of democracy in learning, as well
as in government, and the safer
democracy is that which recognizes
what he deprecates) where there Is
no vision, the people perish".vision
not OF the .aristocracy of leadership, but
of the masses through broad intelli-
gence. That Is the fundamental prob
lem Of our school system.
tCoryright, 1893. By Paul ". coilins.l
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-05

scoring In the qualifying tests for the
national open championship. And
Goodman Travelled from Omaha to New
York on a Height train to play in the
championship tournament which was
won BY Jones. whom he conquered yes
terday. After such titanic struggle
as he had with Jones, it was natural
that there should be a let-down on the
part Of Goodman in the afternoon and
that he should have been beaten by
another player.
over the 36-hole route Jones prob
ably would have put young Goodman
to rout. But over the short i8-hole
tests, which inaugurate the national
amateur championship, any man might
take the measure Of the man who has
been acclaimed the Emperor Of Golf.
No matter what happened yesterday,
there is only one Bobby Jones. He
stands for consistency and the acme
of skill In the game Of golf. He Is as
great in defeat as he Is In victory.
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ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

This Is q special department devoted
to the handling Of inquiries. You
have at your disposal an extensive
organization In Washington to serve
you In any capacity that relates to in
formation. Write your question, your
name and your address clearly and in
close cents In coin or stamps for
reply. Send to The Evening Star In
formation Bureau, Frederic j. Haskin,
director. Washington. D. G.
@. How many kinds Of examina-
tions are given by the Civil Service
Commission?-S. A. r.
A. More than $500 kinds of ex-
aniinations are given in filling the 440.-
600 positions which. are subject to the
civil service law. AN average of $780,
600 people Is examined annually. About
half attain an eligible grade and about
10000 are appointed to various serv-
ices.
@. Please tell where Boulder Dam
lis to be built and how many people will
be needed for the work.. OBJ.
A. The location selected for Boulder
Dam Is at Black Canyon on the Colo
RADIO River, between Nevada and
Arizona, about 40 miles distant from
Las Vegas, New. (which Is the nearest
town., and the Union Pacific Railroad
It Is estimated that 1t will take force
Of 1900 workmen to start on the walls
Of the rock which will form the dam.
It is also estimated that about 1000
persons will have to be housed.
Q. Was Jefferson Davis born In this
country?-R. Y.
A. Jefferson Davis was one of ten
children, the son of Samuel and Jane
Cook Davis, and grandson of Evan
Davis, who emigrated from Wales. His
luton.
@. How can / get rid Of scorpions
which seem to infest our house?-R.
D. S.
A. II the house is not tight-fitting
and Is damp, it may be impossible to
eliminate them completely. They can
probably be killed by some of the con-
tact insecticides. Often scorpions are
to the house. II this is the case, move
the woocpile to greater distance and
examine the wood brought in for fuel.
@. What was the name Of the original
OF Gainsborough's Duchess of Devon
shire"?-V. r. G.
A. The subject was Georgiana, eldest
uduBnJeT OF john, the nrSC Earl spencer.
She married William, the fifth Duke of
Devonshire. She was born in 1857 and
died in 1906.
@. Does the word "heighth" mean the
same as "height"?-F. H.
A. The form 'heighth" is practically
obsolete. Height" is the form in use.
Q. When was the first music printed
in America?-S. D.
A. The Etude says the first was
printed in 1898, when Is hymns, with
two parts, for soprano and bass, were
added to the Bay Psalm Book.
@. What did citroen do before he
manufactured automobiles?-A. K.
A. In 1902 Andre Citroen, a Polish
Jew, was the owner of a small factory
for making cartwheels. When the
World War began he was called to
arms. On his first leave he visited
officials and assured them that he could
construct factory upon short notice
and produce 10000 grenades a day-a
crying need. He was told to do so. At
the close of the war he was able to
turn out $4,000 grenades a day. He
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then turned the plant into an automo-
bile factory. Its output Is now 1000
cars q day.
@. How long will it take to become an
American citizen under the new law
which legaliZes the admission of imnli-
grants who arrived previous to June 3,
192l?-B. G.
A. The number Of applications Is very
large. Since no appropriation has been
made for clerk hire to expedite these
cases. It will take considerable time to
handle them.
q. How lorg has the Mardi Gras been
observed In New Orleans?-i. Z. c..
A. It has been observed since 1857.
@. How many men are there In a
police squad?-A. r.
A.. 1t is the same as an Army squad
! eight men.
Q. When did New York City reach a
million in population?-K. T.
A. The census of New York CITY in
while in 1860 the population had in
creased to more than a million.
Q. What percentage Of the weight Of
atmosphere is accounted for by oxygen?
H. NJ. r.
"a Ndl1OuS Inquiries nave Deen gwen
for the amount of oxygen by weight In
the atmosphere. The figure generally
given in text books on physics Is % per
cent; the average results Of several de-
Examinations in Hempel's Gas Analy-
sis" 231S: Sir William Ramsay In the
Bulletin Of the United States Geologi-
cal Survey, No. 800, gives 23.O24: A.
Leduc gives the figure as 23.2.
@. How long have cornorations heep
in existence?-E. T.
A. The origin Of corporations has
been attributed to the Romans, but thev
are said to have existed in Greece In
594 BIC, in Phoenicia 900 BIC, and In
Babylonia 1900 BIC
@. What is meant by sailing the
seven seas"?-A. o. w.
A. 1t is meant to convey the idea of
sailing all the seas.
9. Where was Maurice chevalier
A. Chevalier, the motion picture ac-
tor, was born near Paris SO years ago.
q. What Is Congress doing about ra-
do legislation?-C. S. e.
A. Because the committees of the
House OF Representatives have not been
organized for the special session, only
Inc oenate mas taken up the question
OF radio legislation. Senator Couzens of
Michigan, chairman of the interstate
commerce committee. has introduced a
bill, known as the "Couzens communi-
cations BILL" to create a Federal COM
munications commission which would
take the place of the Federal Radio
Commission and would have complete
control over all matters pertaining to
radio, as well as to all forms of wire
communication - telephone, telegraph
and cable-and of Transmission of
power by wire or wireless" After the
committee had held three weeks of
hearings on this bill the Senate passed
resolution directing it to make a spe-
cial investigation of the so-called "ra-
dio trust" and power trust" and APP
propriated $4,000 for legal and expert
assistance. These hearings will be held
this Fall.
Q. What kind of old lamp had q
pedestal base in the form Of gradual
ing steps?-N. 1. r.
A. This Is a characteristic Of the
Norwich lamp, made at Sandwich. Mass.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-05

The disappointment Of Harry Sin
clair a. he labors in the laboratory
IL not unique. Many q chemist Ia COM
PEELED to 20 on putting UP quinine cap
sules when he would much prefer going
tn the races.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-05

The German farce writer who repre-
sented Henry Ford as . saint adds a
new touch to the career which from
the outset made the flivver king q
source of innocent merriment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-05

Little importance is attached to
rumors of retirement for william How
ard Taft. A Supreme Court Job is one
that needs years Of experience and a
wealth of public confidence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-05

There is an element Of modesty in the
character of Trotsky. He sticks to his
trusty typewriter and does not attempt
to influence public opinion by talking
over the radio.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-05

People Of the world are pretty much
the same. If Henry Ford decides to
take his industries elsewhere he will
find the same old conditions to be met.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-05

Home Experience Exempts.
From the Savannah Press.
The Brooklyn clerk in a grocer!
store who supported two wives on %!
q week should not be punished.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-05

Mussolini has a large family. There
should be some member Of 1t competent
to take up his power when, in the nature
of events, he is required to relinquish it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-05

Comparisons Of naval equipment indi-
cate state of mind more than relative
physical equipment for actual warfare
when airships I'LL the sky.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-05

Many a vacation is spoiled by con-
temptation of the amount Of work that
has accumulated on the neglected desk.
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Political Sublimity.

Political Sublimity.
what do you know about the tariff"
1.-THE tariff" answered Senator eor-
ghun, always extends hope Of relief
TO those who consider themselves I'M
fortunate. It introduces into politics
the sublime ideals Of faith, hope and
charity"
Jud Tunkins says his idea Of q gen.
uine enthusiast for honest hard work
is q drum major In Labor day parade.
Regulating the Skyway.
The aviator hurrying by
Is warned to Go or Stop;
And every cloud in yonder sky
Will need a Trafic Cop.
still the Responsible Party.
Does your wife drive from the back
seat?"
mo" answered Mr.. Chuggins. she
offers suggestions; but she leaves 1t up
to me when It comes to paying the
fines"
mo man." said Hi Ho, the sage OF
Chinatown, as 30 rich and powerful as
to be superior to fear Of new riches and
power"
Athletics.
30 goes o life its way
In triumph or in sorrow.
The champion Of today
Will face defeat, tomorrow.
spar ain no chance foh lazy man"
said Uncle Eben. Every dollar you
kin save In hope Of takin' life easy
calls on you to hustle harder to protect
it,"
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Insurance Riddle.

From the Akron Beacon Journal.
II Is still Q riddle to the average mo-
torist who gets mixed up in collislon
Why so little of the more than nunofeo
billion insurance written In America Is
carried by the fellow who hit him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-05

The stock market can hardly hope
to stop gambling by making 1t expensive.
The experiment was tried years ago in
horse racing.
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SHOOTING STARS.
ny PHYLANpER JOHNSON.

September.
September we're Gliding,
The "R" month Is here.
The oysters in. hiding,
The tree tops are sere.
The locust is Ginning
An eloquent lay:
The mercury's climbing
Beneath the fierce ray.
September makes merry
Amid the mad heat
And Autumn is very.
In JOY, incomplete.
In terror we tremble;
On earth and in sky
All seasons resemble
The Fourth Of July.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-05

Ancient prejudice brings Arabs into
battle. The "mossback" is still q potent
factor In public affairs. I
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-05

Peace preparations are supported re-
gardless of discussion every time DR..
Eckener sends q dirigible around the
circuit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-05

The Potomac. a beautiful and historic
river, remains conspicuous for its pa
thetic drownings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-05

Many of the British troopers who
have learned to like the Rhineland will,
after their official withdrawal, be back
again as tourists.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-05

Altruistic and hish-minded, even the
League Of Nations is not exempt from
rivalries for power and personal prestige.