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Evening star., 1929-12-18
Museums and Multitudes.

Art museums and art galleries gem
orally should benefit by the results Of
survey recently undertaken by the great
new Pennsylvania Museum of Art sit
uated in the environs Of Philadelphia,
said to be the last word in museum
construction, and already highly popular
with Philadelphians, with persons from
other cities and from other lands, more
than a million visitors having passed
its portals during the FIRST year after
it was opened. One thousand of these
we're personally interviewed by members
Of the museum staff and, by multiplica-
ton, the resultant figures were applied
to the million in question.
Six questions were asked each person
agreeable to the interview, namely, his
or her occupation, residence, method OF
transportation to the building, under
lying reason for the visit, preference Of
the exhibits viewed, and, finally, sug-
restions as to improvement. Some sig
nifcant and surprising data were elected.
AS regards male visitors, students nat
urally lead, but business men were sec
ond, while professional men were far
down the list as compared to factory
workers. Artists, craftsmen and archi-
tects stood about midway in attendance.
When it came to what prompted them
to visit the museum, it appeared that
$50 900 came because some one had told
them about it and $4,000 because of
something they had seen ir the news
raners. AS regards preferences, either
period rooms or paintings led with each
and every group. And, despite the
palatial aspects of the authentic Eng
lish rooms and certain others, no one Of
them got as many votes as the early
Pennsylvania German bedroom and
living room. Human interest in home
Like things probably explains this,
stated Fiske Kimball, the director Of
the museum.
This is believed to be the first sys-
tematic attempt TO tabulate the types
and reactions Of the hordes of visitors
to American art museums and will
doubtless be initiated elsewhere. The
greatest lesson learned. apparently, Il
Evening star., 1929-12-18

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some point about your business or per-
sonal life that puzzles you? Is there
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G. A. D.
A. It is produced by the incandes-
cence of a stick or ball Of lime IN the
flame of a combination of oxygen and
hydrogen gases and coal gas.
@. For what purpose is the largest
amount of wood used?-F. E. S.
A. The greatest use of wood In this
country is as fuel. The next in i'm
portance is lumber, then come fencing,
railroad ties, pulpwood wood and mine
tinbers.
@. What is dumb piano"?-P. D.
A. This is an instrument like a
small piano in form having keyboard
of narrow compass, but neither ham,
merS nor strings. 1t is intended for
silent finger practice, merely for in
creasing the mechanical dexterity of
the fingers.
@. When were levees first built at
New Orleans?-T. c.
A. The first levees were begun in
1717. Only small earthen dikes of from
4 to feet in height were then neces-
sary to confine the river at flood time.
Q. When we're surgical operations
first heard of?-E. OBJ.
A. Surgical operations were per-
formed by the ancientS. Among such
operations were trephining, or fracture
of the skull, and the crushing and ex-
traction of stones in the bladder. OF
course, these were all operations per-
formed without anesthesia.
@. How are the sand dunes along the
shore of Lake Michigan formed?-R. G.
A. They are formed by the wind. A
stiff breeze blowing along the beach
carries some sand with it. 1t meets
some obstacle, a piece of driftwood or
perhaps merely a tuft of grass. Some
of the sand is deposited and a tiny
dune is formed. More and more sand
is added until large mound is formed,
sometimes rising to height Of 800
feet. The wind not only builds up
dunes but tears them down, so that the
sand dunes are constantly changing in
form and position.
@. How many college-trained people
are in prison?-J. w. j.
A. OF the whole number Of prisoners
of both sexes whose educational status
was reported, only 3.4 per cent had had
college or university standing, includ-
ing any who had attended professional
schools.
@. How can one choose good violin
bow?-D. S.
A. The finest and rounded hairs are
Evening star., 1929-12-18
Plane Crashes.

The crack-up of the third plane sue
cessfully to negotiate the direct flight
from Europe to South America should
In no way detract from the triumph
of Maj. Larre-Borges. and Lieut..
Leon Challe, who despite the fact that
they did not reach Montevideo their an
nounced destination, covered more than
thirty-six hundred miles without a
STOP The crash In the Brazilian jungle
will soon be forgotten. The public re-
joices that the two brave adventurers
escaped without serious injuries.
AS matter of fact, crashes at the
end of both long and short flights are
almost commonplace, If weather condi-
tions are encountered which cause the
pilots to lose their way. Clarence
Chamberlain on his famous flight from
New York to Germany with Charles
Levine as a passenger lost his way and
was forced to descend on the first clear
space he could find. Comdr. Byrd
with his navigation ability combined
with the skill of the noted pilots Acoste
and Balchen was caught in storm over
france at the end of his transatlantic
trip and was compelled to land in the
seS on the coast.
And bringing the matter nearer home
airmail pilots are lost almost nightly
in the fcS over Washington. The case
of the pilot who by a narrow margin
missed running into the Capitol dome
in attempting to "sit down" on Boiling
Field can easily be remembered. This
experience resulted in the placing Of a
beacon atop the Capitol. And in the
last few nights Verne Treat, one Of the
real veterans of the night-flying air
mail, has been forced to skip Boiling
Field altogether on one occasion after
four unsuccessful attempts to feel his
way down through the murky blackness
and on another to cruise helplessly
through the skies above Richmond for
more than two hours before he could
make his way to earth!
So it makes little difference whether
the fight is long or short except per-
haps that on long trips the fatigue OF
the aviators causes them to lose some
of their keen perception. The weather,
in most cases, is determining factor
and snow, wind and fog are still the
menacing trio for those who venture
aloft. Despite scientific strides In the
creation and manufacture OF instru-
ments, plane structure and engines
they probably will continue to be.
Evening star., 1929-12-18
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

for that is what the retained loan" of
a book really amounts to.
This method would be no cheaper,
indeed, than that involved in taking out
of the bureau the unwanted gifts re-
ceived last year and carefully distribut-
ing them to other parties, as some
people are known to do. Yes, indeed
The average book lover who loves his
books also loves to loan them.
Experience never teaches him any
thing when he is confronted with a
friend who wants to borrow book.
Books are like dollars-no one ever
asks for one, but prefers to use the
time-tested word loan"
Lend me one of your books, old
man."
with a foolish smile on his easy
mark" face, the book lover leads his
friend to the bookcase.
Help yourself" he says, hoping that
the borrower will not notice the brand
new copy of Herbert Germans The
Incredible Marquis"
This, of course, is exactly the book
he sees the first thing.
How is this one about Dumas?" he
asks.
Fairly good, fairly good" replies the
other. trying to throw him of the track.
We'll, I guess Ill just take this
one" says the other. THAT is, If you
don't mind"
1t is a poor book lover who cannot
think up at least so volumes which he
loaned" never to see again.
He realizes that this Is the price he
must pay for being kind with his books
If he so much as dares to intimate to
a borrower that he would like to have
his book back again, he is met with a
frozen look, as If the other had been
mortally insulted.
He should worry!
His books are dear to him. and he
has right to them. Above all, he has
a right to keep in his breast the desire
to. share his good things with his
friends.
1t is this feeling that thoughtless bor-
rowers deprive him of, along with his
books, and it is this inevitable loss of
this feeling which he deplores more
than that Of his books.
X y X
For how is it possible for one who
loves his books to keep on wanting to
loan them when he never gets them
back?
Never is hard word undoubtedly but
the borrowers are many and the re-
turner's few. A book is borrowed in
good faith and kept in just as good
faith, with the result that it never gets
back to its owner.
Almost any one can think of titles
ranging from a dozen to fifty or a
hundred which were loaned" over the
years. never to gain port again.
Most OF them we're books one really
liked, else he would not have loaned
them. The sharing of good books with
others is one of their true joys, but
too often it is marred by the knowledge
that the loaner probably won't get it
back, and that If he does the cover will
be soiled and the pages crumpled.
Our system Of presenting borrowed
books to those who hang on to them
might lose one friend or two, but
what is friend to a good book?
Evening star., 1929-12-18
Olive Branches VS.. Bludgeons.

Today's Associated Press dispatches
from Toxic contain the striking declara-
ticn that Japan expects her ease at
London" to be won or lost" in conver-
sations now proceeding in Washington
between her naval conference delegates
and the American authorities. Many
will be prone to deduce from this as
sertion that Messrs Wakatsuki and
Takarabe are waging a fight TO the fin-
fish with President Hoover and Secre-
tary Stimson There will be an in
clination to assume that if Japan's re-
ported insistence on 10-10-7 cruiser
ratio and on a substantial submarine
tonnage is not gratifed, the London
conference is assured Of failure in ad-
vance.
Atmosphere" is all essential on such
occasions as the fve-power parley
which the world awaits with such prayer
ful interest If the January confer
ence opens in an environment of COM
bativeness, it will be surcharged from
the start with an element which can
bode no good for the final outcome.
Divergence of viewpoint is not the same
thing as hostility. For one power to
espouse this or that theory does not
denote blind opposition to the theory
some other power holds. Omniscience
on naval questions resides in no single
country or government. It Is just as
sound and ethical for the Japanese to
look upon submarines as indispensable
to their defense needs as it is for the
United States to regard U-boats as
weapons which have no place in what
is known, somewhat anonymously, as
civilized warfare.
The task of the London conference
is to reconcile differences-legitimat
differences, springing from varying ma.
tional attitudes toward naval defense.
Virtually every one of the five conferee
powers has geographical and strategic
problems exclusive to itself. These
problems cannot be obliterated by an
imperious wave of the hand of one or
other powers which, having no such
problems themselves. might desire to
veto them out of existence.
Statesmen who are not ready to give
fullest consideration to contentious
with which they disagree seldom
achieve any Of the results they them
selves crave. Statesmen willing to con-
cede reasonableness in the position held
on the other side of the table-wiling
to explore that position and to find
ways and means Of meeting it-are the
ones who approach difacult interna-
tional issue in the right mind.
President Hoover and Secretary Stim-
son, there is happily every reason to
believe, approach the London confer
ence in such spirit. Uncle Sam will
carry no chip on his shoulder there.
He goes to England with an olive
branch, not bludgeon, in his strong
right hand. Held in such hand, an
olive branch possesses all the qualities
of bludgeon and on such an occasion,
is a vastly more useful utensi.
Evening star., 1929-12-18
Tribute Is Paid Booth
For Return to Stage
From the kansas CITY Star,

From the Kansas City Star.
A brief news item notes the marriage
OF the granddaughter of Edwin Booth,
Mrs. Mildred B. Waterbury, to Arthur
G. Tilton of Brookline, Mass. Mrs.
Waterbury's mother was Edwina Booth
GroSsman, whose mother was the beau
tiful Mary Devlin Booth. first wife of
the great actor. There has been no one
in direct line to carry on the traditions
of the Booth family, so brilliantly ex-
emplifed in the careers of JuniuS
Brutus Booth the elder and Edwin
Booth. youngest of three sons. Neither
Edwina Booth nor her daughter chose
the stage as a profession.
When Edwin Booth died, he was &C
corded by well-nigh unanimous con-
sent first place among American actors
up to that time. 1t is worth while to
recall this interesting man to a genera
ton to whom he Is only fading name.
There was that in Booths life to mark
him as a player of unusual service, as
a man of highest character, as SUI
ferer by circumstances, as melancholy
figure even among the SHADES tnat now
are all melancholy.
His first wife lived only three years
after marriage. Six years later, Booth
married Mary McVicker, daughter of
James H. McVicker Of Chicago theater
history. Miss McVicker had been and
continued to be his leading woman. 1t
was she who played Juliet to Booths
Romeo In the historic run of the love
tragedy at Booths Theater, New York,
a theater built by the actor after the
burning of the Winter Garden, where
Booth had met with great success.
Booth lavished his money on this the
ater, but business went so bad in the
panic of 1873 that he lost his fortune.
He went on tour again and in the
course of years amssed another fortune,
from which he was able to build the
PLAYERS Club In New York and make it
a gift to members of his profession
This club was his home and 1t was there
that he died, June 2, 1893.
But It was the death of Lincoln at the
hands of John Wilkes Booth, brother,
that sent Edwin Booth to seclusion for
a long period and all but prevented the
completion of his career. His grief was
so profound, his humiliation so keen.
that he fully determined never to ap-
pear in, public again. 1t was only
through long and insistent persuasion
on the part of friends, on his own be-
half as we'll as for the public, that he
was induced to take up his repertoire
again. The return brought him dis
traction, but not forgetfulness. The
tragedy affected tho remainder of his
days, but did not dim his art. It was
in spite Of 1t that he achieved his great
est heights in Hamlet, Lear, Iago.
Othello and Bertuccio. He rode out the
storm with full command Of his powers,
Evening star., 1929-12-18

that such have wide appeal to great
variety of people, including those who
supposedly have no great interest In
art. A very significant thing discovered
was that when questioned as to pref
erence, the method of display and the
lighting system of the museum itself.
regardless of the items of exhibition,
ran third to the Pennsylvania rooms
and to the English paintings. while the
constructive suggestion made by the
largest number of visitors was for the
establishment of museum lectures to
supplement and to explain the visible
treasures. There was also widespread
demand for greater informative pub
licity both as to the present exhibits
and as to future acquisitions.
Evening star., 1929-12-18
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. RAsKIN.

the best. Those, which are nat. coarse
and uneven are worthless. The best
bows have the hair 25la inches long.
One may be guided to an extent by the
price. The inner bows are necessarily
more expensive.
@. Where was Inez Haynes Irwin
born?-R. S.
A. She was born in Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil, March 2, 1873.
O. What is landscape architecture
N. N. B.
A. The modern scope of the art and
expression is expressed in the follow
ing definition by the late President
Eliot of Harvard: Landscape archi-
lecture is primarily a fine art, and as
such its most important function is to
create and preserve beauty in the sur
roundings of human habitations and in
the broader natural scenery of the
country, but it is also concerned with
promoting the comfort, convenience and
health of urban populations"
O. How many meals are eaten away
from home by the average person.
C. o. B.
A. We have no statistics for the "n-
tire country. A survey OF New York
ClIy, lONSNGI, SLlONo llldb CNCAy SLAbIl
meal, on an average, eaten by its more
than 10000 people is served in a
public place. More than 100000 per-
sons eat at least one meal daily away
from home.
@. Who are the greatest women of
modern times?-D. M. !
A. Greatness can be claimed for an
innumerable number of women, but the
four women of our modern age chosen
by Emil Ludwig as types in their re-
spective fields are Florence Nightingale,
famous nurse Harriet Beecher Stowe,
author of Uncle Toms Cabin" Marie
Curie, discoverer of radium, and Flea
nora Duse, dramatic genius.
@. How long have antique shops been
known?-J. N. T.
A. Antique shops have been known
from time immemorial One has been
unearthed among the ruins of ancient
Pompeii.
@. In inviting guests to dinner how
can the size of the turkey needed be
judged?-J. P.
A. An eight or nine pound turkey is
about as small a turkey as 1t is prac-
tical to buy. since the carcass does not
vary much in weight. This size would
serve elgnC persons, ana a LalI pound
should be added to the size for each
additional person to be served.
@. What temperature is produced by
mixing equal parts of snow and salt?-
H. w. S.
A. This produces on Fahrenheit
thermometer.
@. What is the average length Of Q
mans step?-R. G.
A. The natural walking pace Of the
average man in average level country -
80 inches in length.
Evening star., 1929-12-18

Oklahoma is another State with Re-
publican Senator. although the Demo-
Gratis dominate the State Legislature.
X X X
Gradually the South is getting its
share Of important political of1ces under
the Federal Government. President
Hoover yesterday sent to the Senate the
nomination of RobeTt M. Jones of
Nashville, Tenn, to be a member of the
Interstate Commerce Commission, and
also the nomination of Miss Annabel
Matthews of Gainesville. Ga, to be a
member of the United States Board of
Tax Appeals. Recently Secretary Pat
rick ]. Hurley Of the War Department
was appointed by the President Mr..
Hurley is from Oklahoma. Miss Mat
thews is q close friend of Mrs. Mabel
Walker Willebrandt, former Assistant
Attorney General.
Evening star., 1929-12-18
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
The Big Mystery

The Big Mystery.
Life is all a mystery
So we learn from history
Problems of immensity
Grow In their intensity.
Here we find philosophy,
Science or theosophy.
Puzzles we're unraveling
AS we go a-traveling.
Coppers are particular
AS to rules vehicular.
Marvels astronomical,
Theories atomical,
Questions constitutional,
Essays evolutional,
Clues arise, comparative
To detective narrative
Life, when gay or serious,
Always is mysterious.
Evening star., 1929-12-18

1t is not easy to stop crime waves.
Legislation does not usually accomplish
the purpose. The criminal prides him
self on his ingenuity in defeating even
the best of laws.
Evening star., 1929-12-18

The fact that there are no legitimate
theaters open In Washington, D. C., is
not keeping touriats away from the
Capital City. Visitors are interested in
the Nations history rather than in
drama.
Evening star., 1929-12-18

If every reader of the newspapers
paid strict attention to the warnings
against indiscreet speculation, the stock
ticker would never be found vainly
endeapring to keep up with the market.
Evening star., 1929-12-18

There are laws against promiscuous
weapon carrying, but, like SO many laws
their enforcement shows increasing
dificulty.
Evening star., 1929-12-18
Purpose Of a Demonstration.

F~D~ q
II didn't exactly understand all your
remarks?"
1T was not intended that you
should" confided Senator Sorghum.
THE purpose of those laborious OBJ
servations was to impress my constitu-
ents with the idea that I am still on
the job and doing my best"
Evening star., 1929-12-18
Memhar nf tha Assnriateh Press

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled
to the use for republication of all news Cts-
patches credited to 1t or not otherwise cred
lted in this paper and also .he local Levs
published herein. All rights Of publication Of
special dispatches herein are also reserved.
Evening star., 1929-12-18

Haiti has again demonstrated that
the capacity of a nation for creating
trouble is likely to be in inverse ratio
to its geographical size.
Evening star., 1929-12-18

The bulls and bears jazz up the game
And cause us some dismay.
The elephant and donkey tame
Go plodding on their way.
Evening star., 1929-12-18

Jud Tunkins says It's easy for any
body to be funny-unintentiona
Evening star., 1929-12-18
Grundy Can Answer Caraway.

From the Lincoln state Journal.
At last Joe Grundy is In a position
to get back at Senator Caraway.
Evening star., 1929-12-18
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Into the Discard.

And still the airships boldly hum,
When daring Fate to do her worst.
We humbly ask what has become
OF that old motto. Safety frst"?
Evening star., 1929-12-18
Coldly Calculating.

He writes long letter every day?"
YES" said Miss Cayenne.
And yet you refuse to marry him?"
"Of course. A man who devotes so
much time to letter writing cannot
possibly have time to develop much
earning capacity"
Men seek riches" said Hi Ho, the
sage of Chinatown, hoping for ad-
miration and attain only envy"
Evening star., 1929-12-18
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Whether some men is sho-nuff wet
or dry" said Uncle Eben, depends in
tirely on force Of de immediate circum-
stances"
Evening star., 1929-12-18

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Evening star., 1929-12-18

@. How long have antique shops been
known?-J. N. T.
A. Antique shops have been known
from time immemorial. One has been
unearthed among the ruins of ancient
Pompeii.
Evening star., 1929-12-18

proposal TO turn back the political
clock and have Senators of the United
States elected by State legislatures In
stead of by direct vote Of the people
is made by Representative Underhill OF
Massachusetts, a Republican. He has
offered in the House a resolution to
change the Constitution by repeating
the seventeenth amendment, which pro-
vides for the direct election of)Senators.
In these days of wide criticism OF the
large sums expended In many States to
nominate and elect senatorial cand1-
dates, Mr. Underhill believes it would be
better to go back to the old plan OF
letting the State legislatures handle the
senatorial elections. Mr.. Underhin Is
not likely to get far with his proposal,
however.
A return to the old method Of electing
Senators would bring many startling
changes in the political makeup of the
Senate. For example, New York has
two Democratic Senators and Repub-
lican State Legislature. Massachusetts
has a Republican Legislature and a
Democratic Senator with the possibility
of electing a second Democrat to the
Senate next year. Down in Kentucky,
however, there Is q Democratic Legisla-
ture although the Blue Grass State has
a Republican SFUator, Senator Sackett.
Evening star., 1929-12-18

@. What temperature is produced by
mixing equal parts of snow and salt?-
H. w. S.
A. This produces on a Fahrenheit
fhernnOYneter