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STRATHMORE. COURTS,
35ol 18th ST. NV.
2 Rooms. Kitchen. Recep. Hall &
Bath, $4,000. Electric Refrigeration
Gncluded in renD. Twenty-four
hour Elevator Service.
Within one square, Of both car lines, also
bus service: Inspection, invited At any time,
1852 3Oth ST. NV.
rooms, kitch., bath, recep. hall. SIS. 90
room: kitch.. bath ....... .....:::..... $3.50
of us r. sns Montrose 6 Psr Z block
2316 + ST. NV.
Within. walking distance of Govt. Depts.
rooms ksasn tisesen and and Bath Sath rec
THE CRESTHILL,
1880 BELMONT ST. NV.
Apartments modern in every detail. Elec-
iSsstsn. ss$ss Within Vi onsSs
3 Rooms. Kitchen, Breakfast Room.
Bath. $65.00.
Rooms, Kitchen, Rec. Hall and
Bath, 2 large Concrete Porches.
Southern Exposure, $3.50.
un sod p nvss See ResaeS e
818 18th ST. NV.
room: slasseGd5in d. sleeping porch ..,so
1921 BELMONT ST. NV.
room and bath tfront) ....I.. .s32. so
sts rec soTs Rs and dP sh aRS %urbSs bh ssd
MOORE & HILL, Inc,
730 18th St. NV.
National liza.
2llO. 18th ST. N.W.-TWO LARGE, BRIGHT
rooms, kitchen, bath, Frigidaife; excellent
location; rent, S47.50. See resident manager
or call .a-.
METZLER.
DEC. $500 REALToR. l1os VT. AVE
141o CLIFTON ST. NV.
Ant. IL, three rooms. kit, bath. hall. refrig-
Grafton, south front corner; adults; s67 So.
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YOUNG MAN colege graduate. wishes
home-like place to stay with cultured, pri-
vate family: board optional; state descrip-
finn. etc Address Box pax. Star Office. =
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Pile state price Location preferably within
walking distance to U. S. Treasury. Ad-
dress BOX 274-X. Star office.
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ROOMS AND BOARD.

fined, comfortable home; near street cars
and bus; free garage employed married
couple preferred. Call Clarendon 1915. 8"
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Ink; breakfasts tpreferredl, first-class ac-
commodations; no suburbs. By settled
widow in ofhce. Address Box 325X, Star
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q YOU sT. NV CLEAN OUTSIDE
'-----; ~"s. elect. heat. sink; 2nd moor;
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SCOTT HALL, 1915 Mass. Ave.-Ideal loca-
ton; lovely, comfortable rooms; cultured
home atmosphere; ladies' gentlemen; reason
able; table board,
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NICELY FURNISHED front room, adjoining
bath; private family; no small children;
continuous hot water; unlimited telephone;
excellent meals; convenient to bus and car
Iines. cnnnle nreferred. Georgia 1914.
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SUBURBAN BOARD.

On Lee Highway, va. Open all year.
Large house and grounds, rev hot-water
nnfa nahs Plant ro eafh eec bus Ga auto
Phone Clarendon 1916.
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GENTLEMAN DESIRES nicely furnished
room in private family; breakfast and din
ner convenient; home comforts: perma-
nent. Address Box 237-X, Star Office. 6"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-16
Third Billion.DOlIar
Bank Reported

From the Hartford Daily Ccurant.
The close of the year 1928 found New
York City with a third billion dollar
banking institution. The total resources
of the Guaranty Trust Co. on Deem
Der 81 were slightly In excess Of 81. o50.-
100000. The National City Bank, the
largest financial institution in the coun-
try, was first in the billion-dollar class;
it now has more than 81 SOC, 600, 900 in
resources. The Chase National Bank was
the second member. The Continental
Illinois Bank g. Trust Co. of Chicago,
formed by the merger Of the Continental
Bank g. Trust Co. and the Illinois Mer-
chants Trust Co., was the third. The
fourth was the Guaranty Trust Co., the
first State chartered institution to join
the billion-dollar group. The growth of
the Guaranty Trust is remarkable in
that 1t occurred without the aid OF a
merger In recent years; the last con-
solidation took place in 1910.
1t Is hardly necessary to add that
1928 was good year for the banking
business in this country, but it might
be said that prosperity was not confined
to the giants In the field. The state
mentS Of many of the smaller banks are
showing results that are most gratifying
to the stockholders.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-16
Enforcing Tax Payments.

BY means Of a bill now awaiting the
Presidents signature the District gov
eminent hopes to lessen the burden 1t
has always had to carry in the form
of property belonging to delinquent tax
payers. Despite the obvious assist
snce rendered the government by the
heartily condemned but very useful
group Of title grabbers" who buy up
property sold for taxes, the municipal
government has always been left hold
ing the bag-a bag containing at least
half Of the lots advertised for sale. The
professional buyers invariably select the
choice real estate in the sales, and the
municipal government is unable to get
rid of the rest.
The explanation lies in the fact that
those who buy property at tax sales
consider their purchases as mere In.
vestments which do not extend beyond
the actual money they pay on accumu-
lated tax arrears, penalties and the in
terest received when such property Is
redeemed. Thir titles have no standing
In court They are not buying rea
estate, but are lending money. Thu
bill now before the President would en-
able the Commissioners, two years aftel
property has been sold for taxes, tgt
into court and obtain authorization To-
actual sale of the property involved
Those purchasing such property woult
come into the possession Of titles o
legitimate standing. Delinquent tax
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-16

This Newspaper puts at your disposal
a corps Of trained researchers In wash
ington who Twin answer questions Tor
YOU. They have access to the Govern
n1ent departments, the libraries, muse
ums. galleries. and public buildings and
to the numRrous associations which
maintain headquarters In the Nations
Capital. If they can be Of assistance
to you, write your question plainly, and
send with 2 cents in coin or stamps
to The Evening Star Information Blu
reau, Frederic J. Haskin, director,
Washington, d c.
@. Which base ball team has won
the most PENDANTS In the National
Lacquer In the American Leegue?-
A. In the Ma tonal League New York
won the pennans In SO, 80, 'o4, '05, II,
10, 10, II, 81, P32. 20 and "a. In the
American League New York won the
pennant in I'll, "a, 20, '26, II and az.
Boston won the lnennant In '03, '04, IL.
rs, rs and 10. fPhiladelphia won the
pennant in 'o2, 'tl5, 10, IL, '1s and IA.
@. What city most generously Il
Illuminated at nifhht?-R. G.
A. New York Iity 10 the brightest
city in the world at night. Between
the Battery and One Hundred and
Thirty-fifth street there are 20,sS0 cleo
trio signs. They contain sos, s1S lamps.
Restaurant signs predominant, there
being 1910 Of theIll.
@. How large is Athe membership of
the Caterpillar Cfuh?-J. w.
A. Records Of the Office Of the chief
of the Air Corps shAJw that there have
been 116 emergencs parachute jumps
In this country and p10 lives were thus
saved Col. Lindbeltyh has made four
forced jumps, and three other flyers
made two jumps eAch. Thus Is ex-
planned the fact that out Of lie jumps
ITO lives were saved.
Q. What is meant by the Rows OF
CheSter"?-E. j. C.
A. The Rows of Chester, England,
are passageways along the fronts of
lines of houses over the ground floor
and under the front t,art of S:1e upper
floors SO that the haHt upper story is
available for shops. TfA, Rows are reach
ed from the street by stairs. This 10 an
old meaning of "rowS" and 1t Is now
obsolete except when capitalized and re-
ferring to the Rows h1 this particular
place.
@. What is courtesy of the port and
to whom is 1t extende Up. NJ. g.
A. The courtesy Of 1.-THE port Is ex-
tended to foreign diplo mats, some con-
sular officers, some DIP tinguished for
eign visitors and to meA1bers OF execu-
tive departments who hHsve been abroad
on official business. Thu, courtesy Is re-
quested by the State Deli artment Of the
Treasury Department. he term means
that the person to whoiA this courtesy
is extended is permitted Hto enter with
out paying duty.
@. Can two or more pei sons purchase
a seat on the New York s h1ck Exchange
together?-I. w. c.
A, The price of q seat k1n the Stock
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-16
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES =. TRACEWELL.

without once suspecting what was the
trouble.
X X X
In matters of great moment the
pure argumentative accents may be
used without arousing opposition on
their own account. Men naturally ex-
pect opposition In great matters. 1t Is
the life of the business.
1t Is only when this same tone OF
voice creeps into everything that one
says that he must suffer most from
the unanswerable antagonism which
he sets up. If 1t Is state matter
which is under discussion, one may not
resent resistance; 1t Is to be expected
and life might be strange without 1t.
If, on the other hand, the question
Is trivial, and yet the tone Of the argu-
mentation enters, obstruction will be
met just the same, but this time ii
will be a distinct loss to the one pro-
voking 1t, because the matter may be
one entirely unSuited to opposition.
In other words, he will not deserve
to be thus brooked over nothing; he
ton, and merit only appreciation yet
he will find others bristling up at
every turn, as If he had preached some
fiery subject deserving scorn and bitter
opposition.
Thus such an unfortunate person not
only meets the normal amount of de-
fiance resident In most human beings
but he encounters this special friction
arising from the argumentative tone OF
voice.
The cynical but shrewd Arthur Scho-
penhauer once observed that mankind
was by nature so suspicious that one
should never let on, in talking to an
other, that he had any particular in
terest in what he was saying.
Like most axiomS, this must be taken
with grain Of salt, but it has its grain
OF truth. too, as every one viii realize
Schopenhauer said that the will-to-live,
was aroused in others at the slightest
opposition. His philosophy of life called
for a man to live in the center of 10
acre field with as little contact with his
neighbors as possible.
However much some might wish to do
that, for most people it Is an advice Of
perfection, one impossible of fulfillment
in a world where prices of real estate
are high and neighbors inquisitive. Con-
facts are not only imperative but highly
diverting, even if one happens to be the
unfortunate possessor of an argumenta-
tive tone of voice.
SO worry not, We possessors of such
voices, but do the best you can, curb
them as much as possible, but IL you
fail. and If others insist on being Of
Tended because of this inner defect,
which often can be overcome no more
successfully than q bad case of stam-
mering, worry not overmuchl
This is handicap which you must
overcome, just as the fox-faced man and
the horse faced woman must take them
selves as God made them. The dispu-
tative man will bear with his own NAL
ady as best he can. and trust that his
friends will not take him too seriously.
After ALL what blessing 1t must be to
be able to fool ones acquaintance and
others into believing that one is not in
tereSted the slightest In what one ad-
vocates or believes!
Thus, with the perversity of human
kind, they would just as lief agree
with one as take the opposite stand,
and so life and living would be the
long. sweet dream Of which the poet
sang.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-16
Secretary Jardine.

Secretary William M. Jardine of the
Department of Agriculture is to leave
that Office March 4 to return to private
life. He has announced that fact and
taken himself out of the Hoover cabinet
possibilities.
Mr.. Jardine has served as head Of
the Department Of Agriculture for four
years. He has been the Presidents adj
wiser on farm matters during the period
when demands came from many Of the
farm organizations for Government
price fixing and the equalization fee"
Of the McNary- Haugen bill. The Sec
Rotary of Agriculture has stood squarely
against these attempts to place upon
the country a system that is uneco-
nomic and, in the opinion of many Of
the best informed minds, unavoidable
Twice President Coolidge vetoed the
McNary- Haugen farm bill. Because 1t
was known that Secretary Jardine was
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-16
Warning From Reserve Board
Is Quite Generally Approved

1.-THE world is being turned upside
down so frequently" remarks the
Charleston Evening Post, that 1t is
hard to tell whether 1t is standing on its
head or its feet. And so 1t would not be
safe to say that the seemingly sensible
course taken by the Reserve Board
would be accepted or approved"
The Rock Island Argus refers to pub
lie criticism in the House on q confer
ence between Montagu Norman, gov
ernor Of the British institution, and
not matter which deeply concerns the
average man, perhaps, but 1t does con-
Germ big business and the speculative
world very much. From the American
angle the incident reveals the extent Of
British influence upon the American
Federal Reserve system" The South
Bend Tribune says, I'm the present
case the board improved conditions in
this country by knocking down q dan.
gerous speculative structure. but 1t will
not have public confidence II 1t Is
proved that England's interests were
given first consideration" The Youngs-
necessarily "the board had to think not
only Of business here, but of the effect
of drawing more gold from abroad"
= = =
"The Ctreet was going crazy" AYERS
the st. Louis Times, while the Indian
apolis Star agrees that "the speculative
craze has attained serious proportions. y
and the Springfield Illinois State Jour-
nal fears "the permanent ruin that the
present course on the New York Stock
Exchange surely will end in" The Mil
waukee Journals judgment is that "the
stock market loans threaten national
confidence" The Sioux City Tribune
declares that "this country's industrial
structure Is being seriously injured by
the speculative orgy"
IF the position taken by the board
will have the effect Of reducing cost Of
loans for legitimate commercial pur-
poses, the public may be appreciative OF
relief from a burden carried for specu-
lators," observes the Louisville Times.
Support for the board on the ground Of
assistance to business Is given by the
Detroit News, Duluth Herald. Flint
Daily Journal and Cleveland Plain
Dealer. The Sioux Falls August Leader
believes that "the banks admonition
will likely be sufficient to produce the
necessary correction"
The Los Angeles Express Is convinced
that conservative business throughout
the country will applaud the boards
act" while the need Of essential COM
mercial credit Is upheld by the Pasa-
dena Star-News. The Spokane Spokes-
man-Review takes the position that
''the warning was long overdue" The
San Francisco Chronicle declines to
agree with the Federal Reserve Board
that the present credit structure is
under strain" but calls the boards
warning - useful one"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-16

Do you happen to be one OF those
persons whose expression Of difference
| Of opinion arotises resentment?
If so. you deserve sympathy, for no
person is less guilty in the eyes OF the
Lord, yet none Is more rtlthlessly frown-
ed upon by human beings.
After all. difference of opinion Is the
| very essence Of life. From 1t and through
It have come most, If not quite all, Of
the better things Of living.
Out of the disputes OF humanity
! have arisen such things as tolerance,
care Of the sick and aged, the ameliora-
| ton Of social conditions, and the hope
| for future life.
Unless men had disputed such ques-
| tions, now on one side and now on the
other, as environment, race and caprice
| dictated. there Is little likelihood that
much which mankind prides itself upon
| would now occupy either the mental
or physical energies of men and women
everywhere.
In regard to the free expressions Of
opinion, there are two distinct types
| Of persons
One sort can say even the most out
rageous things without offense to theirs.
The second sort cannot utter even
a nursery rhyme without offending lis
teners.
Just why is this?
Emerson was striking example of the
former type, Col. Ingersoll of the latter.
The great seer of Concord possessed
the magic faculty Of being able to
put over the most opiniated opinions
without once ruffiing the feathers OF
r. g. hn nf
his essays. In them he often expressed
opinions which were extremely radical,
yet 1t is not on record that anything
he ever wrote aroused readers to snarl
ing resentment.
It may be said that Emerson wrote
every whit as daringly on religious Is
sues as poor Col IngerSoll ever thought
of doing, yet the latter succeeded in
raising jets Of steamy opposition at
every one Of his announcements. He
was one Of the persons who were for
ever storm centers.
Perhaps in the argumentative tone
of voice. or the lack of 1t, lies the real
secret why one man may speak with
out offending, the other only succeed
in arousing resentment.
Thus there would seem to be a phys
ical basis In this matter as in many
others. He who raises his voice, or
permits certain accent Of indignation
to enter his voice, no matter how in
nocent the subject, will succeed in flnd-
ing DIRECTORS to what he says.
If he talks calmly, on the other
hand, without allowing any one to
perceive that he cares whoop about
the matter, one way or the other, he
nearly always makes his point without
arousing umbrage.
This is as near to the secret as one
may get by taking thought. No doubt
there are other physical matters which
enter into it. For one thing, in addi-
ton to the question OF the argmenta-
tive tone. there may be other peculiar
tiles of speech which rub hearers the
wrong way. just as there may be GER
tain physical rnannerisms which strike
another as inimical.
II salesman who insists on rolling
his thumbs around while he talks at
tempts to sell" man whose pet aver
sion Is this same thumb-rolling bust
ness, he will 60 away empty handed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-16
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HAsKIN.

Exchange may be paid either BY m in
dividual buyer or BY frm OF group Of
firms who agree to purchase jointly q
seat from which representative may
do business for q company or group.
@. When did Duchess Marie Adelaide
abdicate the throne Of Luxembourg
T. H.
A. She abdicated January .. 1919.
Her sister, Charlotte, succeeded her
and is the present ruler OF the duchy.
@. How can one tell whsthsr N
egg Is fresh?--C. r.
A. The shell Of Q new-laid egg has
Q soft bloom" which 10 the visible
sign Of perfect freshness. This bloom
Is destroyed by . touch. and IN any
case disappears after q few d&yT sx~
posure TO the air. After that the ep-
pearanee Of the shell Is not Q reliable
indication Of the condition OF It's con-
tents.
q. When did we begin coming money
for the Philippine Islands?-O. D..
A. Money coined for the Philippine
Islands first arrived In the Philippines
from the Philadelphia and San Fran
cisco minis in June, 1908, and was
first placed IN circulation In July, 1908.
This was done IN accordance with the
provisions Of q tentative law passed
| in 1902. On June -, 1906, an act
was passed to establish the standard
of value and to provide for q coming
system In the Philippine Islands. Prom
| that time on the San Francisco mint.
when requested TO do 50, has coined
money for the Philippines. For the
| Iva -
| not struck coins for the Philippines.
| The old dies are still In use.
O. When were the farmers Of this
country first organized on national
basis?-L. T.
A. The fra national agricultural
convention was held IN Washington.
June "a, 1882. Delegates were present
from % States and the District Of Co
lumbia.
O. When was c @ d used as q radio
distress signal?-R. q.
A. On January z, 1904. the Marconi
| International Communication Co. issued
an order to all stations to add the letter
d to the general inquiry call G @, then
used by British ships to form q signal
| of distress, for use by all ships. The
| International Radio Telegraph conven-
ton of Berlin went into force in July.
1908, at which time the signal 8 o 8
was universally adopted, although for
some period subsequent to that date
operators used both G @ d and 8 o s
| in order tina: there would be assurance
that their distress signal would be
understood.
@. Who would preside at the trial Of
a President of the United States who
had been impeached?-G. II. 8.
A. According to Article I Of the
United States Constitution, when q
President is impeacIed the Chief Justice
presides over the impeachment proceed
ings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-16

opposed to the principles underlying
that measure, much Of the blsine for
the failure of the bill to receive the
Presidents approval was laid upon the
Secretary of Agriculture by supporters
OF that measure.
1t Is a foregone conclusion, after the
recent election, that farm legislation
minus the equalization fee and price,
fixing features Of the old bills to be
put through at special session Of
Congress to be called this Spring by
President-elect Herbert Hoover. This
legislation will be along lines which
Secretary Jardine has approved, pro-
viding for a Federal farm board with
large powers. It will be no doubt some
what similar to the latest bill intro
duced by Senator McNary, and which
has received the official approval Of
Secretary Jardine. 1t would appear TO
be only justice that Secretary Jardine,
who has fought so long for legislation
Of this character, which he insists Is
needed to aid the farmer, should con-
tinue as head of the Department Of
Agriculture while this legislation Is
being enacted and afterward to aid in
putting the new law into operation
Mr.. Jardine, however, has declared that
he has given as much of his time to
the Government service as he can
afford to do; that he must retire to
private life where the emoluments for
service more nearly approach the value
Of the service performed.
During his tenure Of Office Secretary
Jardine has accomplished much for the
Department of Agriculture and for the
American farmer, Notwithstanding the
fact that no so-called major farm relief
bill has been put through He will leave
the office with the knowledge of having
stood firm for principles in which he be-
lieves and against principles In which
he does not believe He will bear with
him the respect even Of those who
have opposed him,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-16

payers losing property through such
sales would lose 1t permanently. They
would be denied the right, as at pres
emit. to redeem 1t by the payment Of
back taxes, penalties and interest.
Senator Phipps of Colorado and
others who have sponsored this measure
believe it will have the effect of hasten
ing redemptions Of property by delin-
quent taxpayers within the two-year
limit following tax sales. The cost Of
longer delay, under the bill, would be
actual loss of the property.
At the last tax sale in 1928 the Dis
trict disposed Of approximately sixteen
thousand parcels. But outside buyers
purchased only ten thousand, forcing
the municipal government to buy the
rest. While the expense to the District
of carrying these lots is probably Offset
by the collection of penalty fees. their
existence complexities the records and
increases the labor Of bookkeeping.
If the District is to sell outright the
property Of delinquent taxpayers. 1t
must never lessen its efforts to notify
the delinquents that the loss Of their
is in prospect. All that the
District is required to do now is to
advertise the tax sales in newspaper.
OF its own volition, however, the Dis
trfrt has tried tn reach bv mail the
owners Of all property listed for sale.
Last year notices were mailed to ap-
thirty thousand delin-
quents, Of whom about ten per cent
have never been located. The remaining
ninety per cent were found, however,
and either redeemed their property or,
adequately forewarned, deliberately took
he consequences.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-16

New York theater managers complain
of the popular attitude Of the public
Perhaps there is q telepathic process
involved causing suspicion, even IN
silence, that Texas Guinan's salutation
hello sucker!" has become too general
q slogan.