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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-02
Radio and Inauguration.

Preparations now being made promise
that the ceremonies of March next.
when President Hoover is inaugurated.
will be given radio broadcasting more
extensive than any other event of its
nature in history. Not only will there
be Nationwide hook-up, but the
waves that tell the story of this pro-
cedure will carry across the sea to other
lands. The inaugural address of the
new Chief Executive will perhaps be
heard even in Russia as he speaks from
the east front of the Capitol.
This brings back to mind the situa-
ton which prevailed in this city in 1909,
twenty years ago, when President Taft
was inaugurated. On the eve of the in
auguration a blizzard swept over this
part Of the country. Snow fell to an ex-
ceptional depth. The temperature drop
ped sharply. The wind blew fiercely.
Tens Of thousands of people on their
way to Washington were caught by the
storm and many were marooned In their
u 6Allo dIlA AiCFCL ACuClICa dCOUlkldGlUli.
Others were held in the newly finished
Union Station throughout the cere-
monies. Telegraph lines were broken,
the poles being sheared off as by an
army of axmen. Nevertheless, of course
the ceremonies took place. The Presi-
dent-elect took the cath of Office, the
Government at Washington carried on
The program was sadly disarranged and
greatly curtailed, but the law was full
filled and the change of administration
was effected.
So nearly complete was the devasta-
ton of the lines of communication that
there remained on Inauguration daJ
only a single telegraph wire and that
was connection with the South. The
whole story of the Inauguration pro-
ceedings was sent out that day over thi:
single line. 1t reached New York BY
circuitous route through the Southern
and Central States. There was nj
radio then, of course, though men were
talking Of the possibilities Of etherit
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-02
Painless Dentistry
Is Tried on LiOness

A bit of dentistry in which the den-
fist rather than the patient might have
been expected to flee the Office as the
fatal hour approached is reported by
Prof. Oskar Burgi of the University of
Zurich, Switzerland. The patient was
a 20-year-old lioness. resident of the
zoo at Seebach, and suffering from an
liberated tooth.
First Dr. Burgi administered dose
OF narcotic sufficient to keep the animal
without pain and virtually asleep.
Chains and ropes were then used to tie
the patient so tightly that escape was
impossible. The jaws were propped
open and tied. Not until then did DR..
Burgi begin his dental operations, but
his troubles were not over. The ulcera-
ton affected one of the great CANNES
or "eye teeth" of the giant cat. So
firmly attached to the jaw was this
great tusk that ordinary methods of
pulling 1t were unsuccessful. The
dentist was compelled to crush the tooth
and extract it in more than score of
fragments, the lion meanwhile enjoying
fitful sleep induced by the narcotic
With the tooth once out of the way the
socket was soon cleaned and disinfected
and the animal released, minus the
toothache which had been distressing
her for days.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-02
Strife in the Soviet.

Downfall of Soviet Russia has been
! predicted so frequently--and SO mis-
takenly-since the Communist cars
seized power in November, 1917. that
too much Importance should not be at
tached to present rumblings within the
Red Kremlin at Moscow.
Another calendar year Of Soviet
power finds the internecine struggle be-
tween Stain, "the man of Steel" which
his name indicates, and Trotsky, Lenins
partner in establishing the dictatorship
Of the pro!etariat, in undated progress.
Stain, in Moscow, is temporarily SUI
preme. Trotsky, in exile. is nominally
impotent. But the feud Is far from
ended.
Some time ago the Soviet government
promulgated decree which banished
Trotsky from Russia on the ground of
treason to the working classes. He was
adjudged fomenter Of civil war and
an abettor of those forces which are
bent upon breaking the grip of the
Third Internationale upon the Russian
masses. Trotsky is now in Turkestan,
autonomous republican neighbor of the
Soviet.
No sooner had Stain put the Trot-
skyites to rout last year than, to use
a we'll known Rooseveltian idiom, he
proceeded to steal their clothes. The
extremists of the Left found themselves
bereft Of voice in the state, but dis
covered to their amazement that most
of the things they stood for were now
espoused by Stain and the Right.
In no camp was establishment greater
than among Stains own supporters
Premier Rykov, President Kalinin and
War Minister Voroshilov, the triumvi-
rate Of puppets who do the bidding of
the Communist party under the i'm
perious command Of Stain, its leader,
are helpless observers of situation
that seems to be backsliding into ram
pant and rabid Communism. They see
the widely heralded and glorifled five
year industrial program" with CO.
related concessions to the agricultural
peasantry, imperiled by another wave
of Trotskyan anti-capitalism run wild.
Perhaps these cross-currents and
undercurrents are pure politics" Pos
sibly they are no more serious in their
implications than "crises" with which
other European and non-Soviet states
are familiar Russian Communism has
ridden many storm. 1t survived the
passing of Lenin. defying predictions it
could not. The world will await further
simmerings of the latest tempest with
in the Red teapot before concluding
that out of it will boil up new Rus
STA unincumbered with the revolution
airy dogma of the Third Internationale.
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a packet of the seeds to DR.. Uvedale
ycyfiald ENGLAND


@. Which side of Mount vernorI
home of George Washington, IL tn
front?-A. l..
A. There are two fronts on the man
sion at Mount Vernon as there Away,
were in Colonial times when a home
was built on the banks of river. Thd
phrases, "land front" and water front, /
run through books on the subject OF Coz
.onial homes.
O. Who Is the conductor of the Del
troit Symphony Orchestra?-R. NICK.
A. The conductor is Ossip Gabrilo1
witsch.
@. When did that writer of boy
books. Horatio Alger. live?-M. z.
A. He was born in 1882 and died n
1899.
@. Is the rag carpet industry Of ant
importance now?-N. F.
A. Statistics show that In 1927 eSI
adjustments engaged primarily in thi
manufacture of rag rugs and carpetj
reported products to the value Of $5,|
S90,265.
O. Can a person travel the length
of the Cape-to-Cairo Railroad?-E. G. III
A. This railroad is not completed
but it is possible to travel this rout,
by rail, highway and water.
@. Do the Chinese use tea leaves fol
a salad?--G. z. d.
A. There is a virgin tea called
"Lung-Soo." meaning dragons vhiskI
ers." which the Chinese use in making
tea and the leaves Of which they eat a
a salad.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-02

Universal CONSERVATION was caused
| in a certain Office the other day by the
announcement of young business man
| that he had slept from pm. to am.
| the night before.
| The Young man had thought 1t nee
essary to preface his revolutionary pro-
gram by a statement to the effect that
| for some reason or other he had felt
tremendously sleepy that evening:
| No, he had continued, positively. he
| had not eaten too much for dinner; on
the contrary, he had eaten very little;
he was not hungry in the least.
No sooner had he eaten his frugal
| repast. however, than a veritable wave
of sleepiness swept over him, to such
an extent that he had found 1t neces-
| sary to retire.
It Is needless to state that the
sleepy young gentleman found himself
the subject of mingled criticism, pity
and doubt.
The fine art of sleeping has become
almost lost in a civilization which seems
| to take a childish pride in being able
| to stay awake.
| The lure of various sorts of amuse-
| ments combines with the false ambition
| to be men and women to whom sleep
! is not necessary; the grand product is
face resorting to stimulants in order
| to keep awake.
Among these stimulants noise takes
a prominent place. One may prolong
his waking hours far past a normal
bedtime by an abnormal amount of
noise.
Few recognize that noise evokes the
fear instinct in mankind, powerful de-
ev1tfA ede Nf Af "a IL -
planet, and that many a person who
keeps himself awake by unceasing noise
is simply reacting to the age-old in
stinct Of fright.
**
Instead OF II hours OF sleep being
something to cause wonder or derision,
every one would be the better for such
long periods of rest and relaxation, if
emily now and then.
Sleepiness is symptom, a call Of
the system for rest, for freedom from
staying awake. AS yet mankind has
found no substitute for it.
He may give up meat and live very
nicely off vegetables: he may trade his
horse and buggy for an automobile; he
may change his dances every decade
without appreciate loss.
He may evolve new forms and seek
new recreations, but no man has yet
been able to get along without q certain
amount of sleep.
Sleep is one of the oldest habits of
humanity, and, with hunger, one of the
few which have undergone no change
since earliest recorded times
Those who profess to be able to get
along without it merely take 1t at an
other time Of the day, or so stimulate
their nerves that the latter are literally
beaten into submission-for time.
X X X X
Every mans necessary portion of sleep
somehow seems to him the criterion of
the remainder of humanity.
If he happens to be the rare indi-
vidual who can get by" on hours of
sleep a day, he almost invariably be-
lieves that every other person should
be able to do the same; that if they
take more, they are lazy. They will
grudgingly admit that perhaps infants
and children need 8 hours, or even IL
hours. but believe that every adult
should model his sleeping time off the
supreme model.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-02
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

The plain truth of the matter is that
not only is every person a law unto
himself. but that every one differs as
TO sleep requirements from time to
time
In the main, however, it will be found
that most people need approximately
hours in bed during the 24-whether
they spend that much there or not.
What one does in this world is never
the criterion of what is right, or just,
or true, although unhappily many take
the stand that personal likes and dis
likes constitute the basis of their obe-
dience to natural and human law.
After thousands of years of known
history there are not so many matters
in dispute as some would attempt to
make us believe.
X X X X
Sleep, which knits up the raveled
sleeve of day, as Shakespeare said
which is beloved from pole to pole. as
Coleridge declared-is something about
which there Is really no question.
Great athletes have praised it no less
than our poets. When writers of all
nations have in their greatest books
attempted to be entirely truthful. they
have come to unanimous verdict in
favor of the efficacy of sleep.
Physicians, men who have long
studied the subject, are united in their
praise, pointing out that sleep is espe-
Cially necessary in times of epidemic,
in order to allow the body to marshal
all its forces for the great task of re-
sistance.
Eminently wise and shrewd men, such
as Benjamin Franklin, who somehow
came to rightful conclusions through
sheer intuition, had but one thought
on the subject of sleep.
1t was necessary and pleasing, as all
natural things are to men of inherently
good dispositions. Franklin. for in
stance, reared his commanding bulk and
great brain for all time against the
roWdy ones of earth who would tear
others down with themselves. simply
because they are not men and women
Of good will and have allowed the
thoughtless, indifferent, animal vigor
with which nature blessed them. to
carry them away.
Early to bed, early to rise,
Makes man healthy, wealthy and wise"
Franklin was too shrewd man to
have meant that literally, although
thousands have professed to believe
that he did.
Benjamin Franklin knew, as we'll as
any one, that many wealthy men go to
bed late, and many wise ones arise late
His "early" was only comparative.
He meant regularity of sleeping habits
would give a man better chance
everything else being equal (Which ii
seldom Isl, of securing health, and SC
wealth, and so the necessary leisure tc
acquire wisdom.
Sleep must be adapted to the indi-
vidual. Our young business man, who
had enough sense to take IL hours OF
sleep when he needed it, was wise
man.
Those who deprive themselves of nee
essary sleep in order to indulge in wild
parties" need not blame fate when a
nervous breakdown" whatever that is
overtakes them.
Their employers, in the final analysis
must foot the bills, which many of them
seem willing to do, so deep has the
modern doctrine of the foolishneSs OF
sleep crept into the minds of humanity
To get it out one has but to look at
sleeping baby or a healthy small boy
asleep after a day of play
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-02
HELPING the Sailor Ashore.

Traditions of the sea, plus the NOR
tangible handicaps facing stranger il
a strange land, have served to limi
the diversions open to the sailor ashore
In a foreign port. He can go rowing
of course, If rowboats and still watel
are available. But when these are lack.
ing the remaining alternative is sea-
going spree, with resulting discontinue
to the sailor and possibly to those whom
he meets during the extent of the sale
spree. Some of the older traditions
Of the sea regarding nautical ethics
ashore are broken these days by new
generation of sailor lads who want tC
benefit by their opportunities to see
| the world and not. necessarily, the
world at its worst. And the American
Merchant Marine Library Association
has done much, through publication Of
little book still fresh from the press
to make the sailor feel at home in any
port, from Aalborg to Yokohama, by
telling him something of what he should
see and what he should avoid on shore
leave.
The "Seaman's Handbook for Shore
Leave" with a preface from the per
of President-elect Hoover, has been pub
lished by the A. M. M. L. A. to answer
the needs of the new type Of sailor
recruited by our merchant marine. II
informs this lad of where he may watch
or take part in athletic sports, where
he can get a decent lodging ashore
where he can get a hurry-up laundry
job, but it takes into consideration the
fact that your sailor ashore is no saint
and warns him that If he wants alco-
holic stimulant in Tsingtao the safest
thing for him to drink is beer. The
book gives the sailor the name Of
reliable dentist in Santiago and advises
him to try the establishment of All
Cheese in Apia, but hints that the hon
esty of the laundresses who come aboard
at Corunna is highly debatable.
In his preface Mr.. Hoover declares
that the book should accomplish much
to "counteract the temptations peculiar
to seaports, raise the standard OF our
seamen and assist them when in dis
tress in foreign ports" And the book
does fill such an obvious need that one
wonders why it was never written be.
fore. The information it contains Il
compiled largely from data fur.
nished by the State Department, ant
every one of Uncle Sans consulates ha:
been furnished with copy. Copies
have also been distributed to ships
libraries of the Navy and the Merchant
Marine, and while the book was pub
lished primarily for the benefit of the
sailor boys, it will no doubt prove it'
value to owner-navigators of pleasure
craft or anybody who wants to see
the world.
The book is the fulfillment of an idea
If Mrs. Henry Howard of Cleveland, who
founded and is the national president Of
the American Merchant Marine Library
Association. It's cost was met by the
Cleveland chapter of the organization
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-02
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PH1LANDER JOHNSON.

"Relativities" of Thought.
There are some thoughts so great and
grand,
We're dazzled and abject.
We say, I'VE do not understand,
So they must be correct"
These thinking games let us amend,
And make them frank and fair;
For what we cannot comprehend,
In fact, is scarcely there.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-02
A MIDWINTER RIME OF ROCK CREEK.

Winter dark-lowering through rack
Of cherries cloud begins to buster.
And with whistling snar his pack
Of wolfsh winds in white wrath muster
Yet though he comes like one who fain
Would quench the fire of earths last ember
Departed Summer lives again
Even in his stronghold of December.
For, 10, the laughter of stream
Down serpentine bright reaches gliding
Breaks softly through the deathleSs dream
Of Summer in the heart abiding.
With glacial tongue let Winter shrek
The noisy menace of his coming,
Yet still beneath the ice Rock Creek
The violets song of Spring is humming.
Let whistling winds in fury blow,
With teeth Of frost in wolfish guises,
Still down the ripples breaking through
The roses Summer song arises.
VIM Upton TALBOT
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-02

After visiting the coal mining regions,
the Prince OF Wales expresses earnestly
the hope that conditions may be re-
lieved. There is no human reason why
prince should not be an economist and
even a philanthropist.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-02

John D. Rockefeller, ST., stands by
John D. Rockefeller, jr. Col. Stewart
attempted difficult experiment in try
ing to turn financial competition into
a family quarrel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-02

A policeman writes love letters; not
so much, perhaps, because he is in love
as because Of the general ugge to write,
however limited the circulation in
prospect.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-02

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled
to the use for republication of all -ews dis
patches credited to 1t or not other wise cred
tied in this paper and also the local news
special dispatches herein are also reserved.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-02

It is evidently Senator Jim Reeds
preference to keep busy with states
manship, while the opportunity lasts.
There will be plenty of time for golf
and fishing later on.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-02

Aimee Mcpherson has her public and
her private fortune. She does not pro-
pose to be held responsible to anybody
for what she does with either.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-02

In some metropolitan communities 1t
is not easy to decide whether the gun
men are defying the police or the police
are defying the gunner.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-02

And the Street Car Views!
From the Haverhill Evening Gazette.
An unprecedented number of plays
failed in New York this year. People
are getting tired of the theater. You
can't even pick up any new profanity
there any more.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-02
That's Real Progress.

From the Charleston. S. c., Evening Post.
You may not know 1t, but you have
all had your debts reduced by more
than SO each within the past year.
Uncle Sam owes $725,000,000 less than
he did in January, 1928.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-02

Regardless of disappointment suffered
by some of the realtors, Florida con-
tinues to get all the best Of the climate
chasing publicity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-02

Having passed his SEVENTEEN birthday,
the former Kaiser may regard life as a
personal success, regardless Of political
record.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-02

IA A peace pact should perhaps suffice
in the first place, without waiting for
warlike demonstrations to call for new
set of treaties.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-02
People In Glass Houses

From the Utica Observer Dispatch.
People who live in glass houses should
not even wear q stony look.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-02

Jud Tunkins says the hard-luck story
is nothing new. 1t started when Adam
and Eve were turned out of the Garden
Of Eden.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-02
Conscientious Wish,

why do you try to make so many
speeches."
Because of conscientious wish"
said Senator Sorghum, ito show men
who subscribed to my campaign fund
that I am trying to give them some
thing for their money"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-02

"A gamblin' man." said Uncle Eben,
"is always neglectin' a regular job in
order to fool wifi a guessin' contest"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-02
Apparel.

The stockings all so neat and smart
In garb, we must admire.
The bootleg never plays part
In feminine attire.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-02

Literature still holds a dominant
influence. Even New York night club
has Its press agents.
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The Free Are Always Proud.
From the Florence Herald.
Sometimes it's hard to tell whether
they take more pride In the marriage
or in the divorce.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-02
The Biz Noise.

The sleigh bells are no longer heard
When Winter unto cheer is stirred.
II they should Jingle, there's no doubt
The auto horn would drown them out.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-02
THEODORE W. MOVES. (. Editor e
The Evening Star Newspaper Company

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England.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-02

How About Radio Sopranos?
From the Providence Journal
Many Americans will rejoice, for one
reason or another. to hear that England
has lifted the ban on our jazz bands.
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Children who do not obey their
parents" said Hi Ho. the sage of China
town, remind us that we do not always
obey the teachings of our ancestors"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-02
Carrying the Key,

Carrying the Key.
Does your wife permit you to carry
a latchkey?"
ooh, yes" said Mr.. Meekton. 81 am
always expected to be at home early,
so as TO let Henrietta in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-02

In Kentucky Mountain Fantasies, "
Percy MacKaye has written three poetic
dramas of the mountaineers in whom
he has recently become so much inter-
ested: they are called 1.-The Funeraliz-
ing of Crickneck." Napoleon Crossing
the Rockies" and Timber" Modern
industrial progress" coming into the
lives of the bewildered mountain
jewellers is the theme of Napoleon
Crossing the Rockies" perhaps the most
vigorous of the three. A railway has
been surveyed In such a way that 1t
will run over the site of the cabin of
Lark and Tidy Fiddler. They hate the
thought Of the smoking trains and even
more that their spring will be de-
stroyed. An INSCRIPTIONS agent finally
secures their consent and signatures to
the deed by promising to turn the rail-
road slightly away from the cabin and
spring and by giving Lark some fiddle
strings and Tidy string of beads.