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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-19
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

What do you need to know? Is there
some point about your business or per-
sonal life that puzzles you? Is there
something you want to know without
delay? Submit your question TO Fred
eric j. Haskin, director of our WASH
ington Information Bureau. He is en-
ployed to help you. Address your in
quiry to The Evening Star Information
Bureau, Frederic j. Haskin. director.
in coin or stamps for return postage.
@. Has a Democratic President en-
tertained a Negro at the White House?
H. M. w.
A. Karl Phillips, a commissioner Of
Cancellation In the Department of La
Dor, says that Grover Cleveland enter
tanned Frederick A. Douglass and
c. H. j. Taylor during his terms of
office.
@. How is waterproof drawing ink
made?-R. S. II.
A. The Bureau Of Standards says
that waterproof drawing ink is a sus-
pension of carbon black In water in
which is dissolved shellac and borax
The following formula may be used:
In 1000 parts by weight of water dis
solve by gentle heating % parts. Of
VI dllEt olt-Lfdt anu pdlbc VI UUI IA.
Let this cool and filter off the wax
and sediment. The solution is colored,
but this will not be noticeable in a
thin film Bleached shellac does not
dissolve well unless freshly prepared.
Q. Where is Robert z. Lee buried7-
G. VI
A. The tomb Of Gen Robert e. Lee
Is In the chapel of Washington and
Lee University, Lexington, Va.
@. Does the statute Of limitations
define the time from time a note is
given or from the time note is due?-
J. M. T.
A. A statute of limitations begins to
run from the date on which the note
becomes due and not from the time or
date from which the note Is given.
@. If glass skylight is painted green
will it reduce the temperature of q
room?-W. F. K.
A. Painting the skylight with a
highly rejecting paint such as white.
will reduce the temperature. White
would be more effective than green.
q. How old are the catacombs of
Rome?-E. A. p.
A. They are long underground gall
leries which have existed certainly for
more IMAM Z.OUU years. Iney nave eX-
cavations in the sides for tombs or in
many cases. lodges or inches. in which
human bones were stacked or piled.
@. What is Bon-Matsuri?-M. c.
A. One of the most important of
the Buddhist festivals Is that called
Bon-Matsuri. This is In honor of the
spirits of the dead. 1t commences in
the middle of July.
@. Please give me the official loca-
ton of the so-called corner stones in
our survey system. Were the originals
just placed on section lines or we're
they closer together?-E. <.
A. In the regular plan of surveying
the public lands. corner monuments
were established on the section lines at
intervals of 40 chains 1T one-half mile,
for section and quarter section corners.
alternately. Corner monuments were
not established in the interior of sec
tions, but the sections were subdivided
by protraction on the approved plat. in
accordance with well recognized rules
and regulations under the governing
acts Of Congress. In certain instances
the sections were subdivided in the
field. and corners were established to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-19

Picture tired business man who
manages to get home early some after
noon. Instead of going to the golf
links, he thinks he will 60 home and
listen to little good music over his
new radio set.
1t is a good outfit. All music comes
in well on it. but especially orchestras
and trios. The organ, too, comes over
nicely.
He turns on one station. Ladies and
gentlemen, Goose Goslin is now coming
to bat. He swings at it-one strike. A
high, wide one. One ball. One strike
on the Goose"
The business man in search of music
turns to another station. Evidently the
telegraph service feeding that station
is slightly slower, because he hears the
same thing over again:
THE Goose walks np to the plate.
He swings at the first one, and misses.
That's one strike. Now he Is waiting
here comes high one-it's ball One
strike and one ball on the Goose"
Hopefully he turns to the third sta
ton. "Goslin hits the ball for a long
fly to center field. The side is out"
Now this Is fine. But the business
man happens to know that there are at
least so radio sets within hearing, and
that only one or two of them are turned
on. Whom is all this perspiring descrip-
ton being put on the air for?
He wonders.
After dinner, he believes, things will
begin to pick up. He has not reckoned,
however. with the demand Of the great
mass Of the populace for songs.
The people want EN-. and what the
people want the radio managers will
give. Yes. sir. Yes. ma am. More and
more songs, until every other number
Is vocal
1t would only appear snobbish to de-
elemental than the liking for instru-
mental music.
Just as popular music Of various
types floods the ether, so the song, in
solo, quartet or larger combinat ton, fills
the air channels.
Try 1t tonight or any night and watch
the songs come rolling In from East,
West. North and South.
Even the old standard "hours" have
fallen for this tall talk menace and
are varying their program-tnat is what
they say-by interpolating vocal offer
ings between their instrumental num-
bers.
Well, so be It. These things 20 In
waves. But before We forget-this is
not all Of it. Announcers gradually have
been talking more pointedly and
lengthily about the products which
have bought time on the air.
Recently We listened to an excellent
dissertation on salads between Drdla s
"Serenade" and one Of the Strauss
waltzes. We learned that the women Of
America are turning more and more to
salads and that nowhere can salad es-
sentials be bought more becomingly
than at the stores behind this program
Well, so be II. When the American
people get their ears full of songs.
hurled into them nightly by bassos,
baritones. sopranos. contraltos, quar-
tets. choruses, etc. they will be glad to
return to the great moving orchestras,
the mighty bands. the ingratiating trios,
to the piano, the violin and the cello In
the meantime. we who like instrumental
music, because 1t better answers the
need Of the human heart. mind and
soul, will bear quietly with the spout
ings OF talk and song until this edu-
cational period Is over.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-19
Washington's Fire Loss.

Washington's fire loss in the fiscal
year ended June 80, last, reached a
total of 81, OSS, 809, a decrease of $l2,355
under the preceding 12-month period,
according to report issued recently
by Fire Chief George S. Watson.
The record, the fire chief pointed out,
would have been 100000 lower but for
the destruction by fire of a naval sea-
plane last November near Giesboro
Point, Just far enough from the Mary
land boundary to have the loss charged
UP to the District. Such is the irony
Of fate.
Washington, however, rejoices with
Watson in the reduction, though in
cold figures it appears small. But con-
sideration must be given to the fact
that the loss for the entire year was
lower than the 1928 fiscal year, despite
q large increase in the number Of fires.
The real gauge of fire-hghting EN-
cheney is in the promptness with which
the Fire Department responds to an
alarm and the effectiveness With which
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-19
Public Should Guard
Against Forest Fires
rom the Fort Worth star-Telegram.

From the Fort Worth star-Telegram.
With the most severe forest fires in
years raging in the Western timbered
areas. the National Parks Service has
resorted to the extreme measure of
rigidly restricting the privilege Of camp
ing in national parks. In five States
forest areas owned by the Government
have been closed to campers. with only
approved permanent camps excepted.
Thus much Of the freedom Of the ma
tional forests Is taken away and much
of the public opportunity for enjoying
these places Of refreshment and recrea-
ton is lost because of the carelessne5s
of few.
The action Of the national parks de-
partment carries threat which should
drive home to the American public.
More and more we are getting into the
outdoors In the Summer months. Mil
out into the great park regions for a
very valuable return to nature" every
year. But unless the public becomes
to practice without rigid supervision
those safeguards which prevent destruc-
tive forest fires, this rigid supervision,
with its curtailment of enjoyment by
the public, will certainly CODE. The
Nation cannot afford to have Its parks
destroyed nor to have them become a
menace to private timber property
through the carelessness of those for
whose pleasure they are designed.
And Texas, without any Of the ma
tional park areas. yet has its own forest
FIRE problem. The timbered shores of
Lake Worth already have had several
large brush fires, due altogether to the
carelessness Of some camper or motorist.
Each year great areas about the lake
are burned over, and though prodigal
nature works wonders In covering the
scars they must remain Tor years. AT
many points the lack of large timber
around the lake Is due to recurring
brush fires which each year destroy the
young tree growth.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-19

identify the various legal subdivisions.
This procedure was followed in the sur
vey of the lands within certain Indian
reservations. Due to local conditions,
corners have been established at inter-
mediate distances on the section lines
TO junction as witness corners, witness
points, meander corners, etc.
q. What does fire eater use to keep
his tongue from burning?-S. w.
A. Different methods are used by fire
eaters to keep the tongue and hands
from burning. Some rub the skin of the
parts TO be affected with hard soap. the
tongue included, and over that a LAYER
OF powdered sugar is placed. Others use
solution OF alum, or liquid storaX.
Q. How is the age of a turtle deter
mined?-H. E. F.
A. There is no sure way In which to
determine the age of a hard-shell tur-
, lie. In most instances the plates are
examined closely with microscope and
ON these plates there can be noticed
scale expansion. This scale expands as
Inc turtle grows, leaving a ring of
CROWN. These rings are counted the
same as those of a tree.
@. When did education become com-
pulsory in the United States?-I,. G.
a: Compulsory education in the
United States occurred first in Massa-
chusetts. As far back as 1912 the select
men were enJoined to compel parents u
teach their children themselves or tn
procure teaching for them. The fol-
lowing list shows the dates at which
the several States enacted compulsory
eoucatlon legislation: Massa chusetts.
100; District OF Columbia, 1864: YER
mont, 1867; New Hampshire. Michigan
Washington. 1871; Connecticut. New
Mexico. 1872; Nevada, 1878; New York
Kansas, California. 1874; Maine. New
jersey 1875: Wyoming, 1876. Ohio
1877; Wisconsin, 1879: Rhode Island
!!ilno1s, the Dakotas, Montana. 1899
Mlnnesota, Nebraska, Idaho, Colorado,
oregon, Utah. 1885-1s90; by 1908 al
most all States.
Q. Should an apostrophe be used IN
The word hers?-P. e.
=, A. An apostrophe is never used with
the possessfve pronouns, its, ours hers
yours and theirs.
Q. What will the CHICAGO u,,x,.,,.
Fair In 1893 celebrate?-S. S. n,
A. 1t will celebrate the Tooth ami
versary OF the incorporation Of the
place. 1t was incorporat ted in 1924 ss a
town with $50 inhabitants.
key?-B. T, 1'1'iOi
A. The song Of birds. like the notes
OF most, If not of all, other animals. il
In a minor key.
9. What is best for chigger bitss,.
p. P.
A. The treatment Of chigeer wounds
formerly consisted in the destruction of
the flea while imbedded in the wound.
This was done by applying various in
sectlctdes or pficking with needle. the
dead insect being removed after III
ceration. A much better method Is to
enlarge the entrance hole of the flea
and remove it at once. The wound
should be dressed and protected. A
good ointment consists of 90 grams
salicylic acid and 10 grams icilthyol in
10 grams of vaseline. Bathing Of in
fected areas with kerosene Is also rec
commended.
Q. How is the word comptroller pro-
nounced?-D. c.
A. The IN" has the sound of En-"
This is the usual official spelling. but
originated in q false derivation from
conpt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-19
Jordan's Book on Descent
Is Viewed as Huge Joke

From the Los Angeles Evening Express.
Venerable and distinguished David
Starr Jordan probably Is having as
hearty chuckle as anybody over his
recently published book on genealogy,
In which he shows o preponderance OF
the royal strain in Americas great men,
past and present. OF course, he sees
the joke, as some others DO. Go back
far enough, and inevitably all find
themselves of kingly stock. But DR..
Jordan has done more. The ancestor
Of George Washington and John D.
Rockefeller, he shows-plain as you
please-was Henry Of England. and
Thomas Jefferson and John Pierpont
Morgan had common. ancestor In
David of Scotland, while Calvin Cool
idge, Vermont Yankee, owes his origin
to Charlemagne. And 80 it goes-some
kings, excepting those Of us not distin-
g,lished. who must go out. and make a
record before we can. claim royal blood.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-19
New Twist to an Old Trick.

An old game of soliciting contribu-
tons from generously inclined citizens
for the alleged relief of the Newspaper
Artists Association" body that exists
only in the dreams of the clever solicit
tors, has been worked with success in
Washington during the last few days.
The method is simple. The prospective
contributor is approached with the con-
fidential plea that several newspaper
artists, having reached the heights Of
success in their chosen field, are begin
ming to feel the weight of accumulated
years, and If relief from outside sources
is not forthcoming they must soon pack
together their mean assortment of
worldly goods and start over the hill to
the poorhouse.
The generous impulse to give help
where help is needed Is followed by q
check, and the solicitor leaves with the
contributions, while the innocent artists
60 unrelieved-a fate that is not alto
gether black, as they did not ask for re-
lief in the first place.
The only moral Of this little tale is
that before one invests, even in human
kindness. one should investigate. Frauds
perpetrated in the name of charity are
common. The ease with which they are
accomplished Is astonishing. Why any
one should be intrigued by story of
suffering on the part of newspaper art
lists, who suffer no more than any one
else In these days of veal and woe, is
paSsing strange Why q contributor
would write a fat check-as many Of
them have-without investigating the
state Of artists and verifying the extent
of their suffering, is stranger still.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-19

The last Of the Forepaughs is dead.
The name is familiar in the circus and
its absence calls for some one who will
restore the romantic charm of trained
animals and the tinsel and the sawdust
ers have given us more. but not always
better, circus. pE
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-19

Keeping American Aims out Of the
market. will be. difficult undertaking
for any European film producer who
proclaims an effort to give his public
what It wants.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-19
Use for "Baby Tanks"

From the Louisville courier-Journal.
II war ultimately Is outlawed these
new "baby tanks need not be junked.
municipalities may use them for con-
veying pedestrians across street inter-
sections,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-19
One More Move Left.

From the waterbury Republican.
The Ku Kl,lx Klan's headquarters
have moved from washington to At
lanta. The next no1e ought to be
from Atlanta to the ~.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-19

After all, Trotsky may be safer of
in some corner with his typewriter than
ne would be in active participation in
the demonstrations Sovietism is pre-
pairing to make.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-19
Prohibitionists One Up.

From the Hartford Daily Courant.
The advocates Of protection have
been accused Of wanting to put
Chinese walI's around the country; but
IL remained for 4he prohibitioniStss to
suggest d barbed IRE fence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-19

Pictorial enterprise has become so
familiar that the cameraman and his
eminent subject are both liable to look
equally bored.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-19

There may be diplomatic shrewdness
in the ability Of Ambassador Dawes to
concentrate attention on the kind Of
pipe he smokes and the sort Of trousers
he wears.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-19

When Thomas Edison propounds a
questionable he at least gives the pub
lie something more important to think
about than a crossword puzzle.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-19

Regulating theater crowds In New
York calls forth plaintive query from
some Of the producers as to where they
are going to get the crowds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-19

Caraway thinks Wickersham ought to
resign. AS a matter of fact, wicker
sham is apparently just beginning to
enjoy himself.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-19
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANpER JOHNSON.

New Year.
The New Year on frosty day
Came as Old Winter went his way.
And 50 the calendar we've read,
Believing everything 1t said.
In a relentless, hot July
We count the days, which, passing by,
Bring promise Of gentle cheer
This Is, perhaps, the true New Year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-19

Free to visit through Rome. the Pope
Is likely to find nothing more beautiful
than his own palace and gardens.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-19

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onkiished herein All rights If publication 81
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-19

''I's gettin' mo- respect foh de old
fashioned straight razor" said Uncle
Eben, when hears bout de way q
rough party kin be broke up by sawed
OF shotgun"
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Evolution In Business
Motoring.

Motoring.
do you ever try to drive from the
back seat?"
mo-" answered Mrs. Chuggins. "I
simply shut my eyes and hope for the
best"
I'VE give advice to youth" said Hi
Ho, the sage Of Chinatown, "only to
find its preciousness squandered along
with youth ITSELF"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-19
Reirninr Inhuence,

p NsCfBhfhHfB
They tell me what ought to eat
With eradite persistence.
The advertising that meet
Now governs my existence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-19
Getting the Measurements,

Getting the Measurements.
"Are you a wet or a dry?"
which are you," asked Senator
Sorghum cautiously, IAN accommodate
ing bootlegger or a political worker?"
Jud Tunkins says the comic pictures
ought to quit holding spite against the
farmer because he can't always appear
well dressed and handsome.
Evolution I'm Business.
On Evolution, in repose
We pause to think.
The Chain Store system will disclose
No missing link"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-19
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Q. Should an apostrophe be used IN
the word hers?-P. E. az
"A. An apostrophe is never used with
tne posSeSslve pronouns, its, ours, hers
yours and theirs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-19

g. What will the Chicago Worlds
FAR In 1888 celebrste?-S. S. H
A. 1t will celebrate the Tooth ami
versary of the Incorporation Of the
place. 1t was incorporated in 1888 AZ
town with $50 inhabitants.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-19

New Year.
Milford chronicle., 1929-03-01
Adams Cross Roads

Miss Flora Bee spent Sunday with
Miss Bernice Adams.
Sunday school at p. m. and prea-
ching at 8, Sunday afternoon.
Miss Grace Adams spent the week
end with her sisters, Mrs. Blanche
Adams and sister, Miss Edna.
Mrs. John Adams and Mrs. Fred
Fountain attended the Hickman Aid
on Wednesday afternoon at the home
of Mrs. Sallie Wrotens.
Mr. and Mrs. John Adams cele-
brated their 25th wedding annivers-
airy on Sunday, February "a, with a
4 o'clock turkey dinner and all that
went along to make good meal
and pretty table. They entertained
guests from fredericksburg, Hickman,
Wilmington and Chester and home
relatives and friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. w. Adams and
two children, Mr.. and Mrs. Horace
Robinson spent Friday evening with
Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney Collins. Re-
freshments were served in abund-
ance.
Mr.. and Mrs. Author Adams enter
tanned relatives and friends on Sat
urday evening.
Milford chronicle., 1929-03-01
LET HOOVER INQUIRE

The Washington Post carries a
story under the head that Hoover
May Make Own Dry Inquiries" in
which it informs it's readers that
President-elect Hoover will not per-
nit the Methodist Board of Temper
ance, etc., to influence him in his
program.
He won't permit it for two reas-
ons: In the first place he is too much
of a man and in the second place he
couldn't induce the Methodist Board
of Temperance to be guilty of it.
If Mr.. Hoover wants any informa-
ton which the Board of Temper
ance has, he is welcome to it, but
as for telling him how to do his job,
"No." The responsibility is his and
the Methodist Board doesn't want 1t
and won't have it.
AS for making his own dry inquir-
les, why shouldn't he? That is ex-
actly what should happen. He should
inquire in order to unearth informa-
ton for his own use and the less
publicity attached to the inquiry, the
less confusion there will be. We do
say this: If he turns this inquiry
over to Representative citizens" we
hope that they will be men who Will
really inquire and not delegate the
Job to inexperienced clerks. The pub
lie is led every now and then to be-
lieve that a matter is. in the hands
of a list of distinguished people. Of
this group, two go to Europe, one
goes to California and three abso-
lutely decline to pay any attention
to the matter after allowing their
names to be used, with the result
that the report is written by some
inexperienced person of mediocre
ability who knows nothing whatever
about it and doesn't know how to
find out.
Yes, sir, we hope Mr.. Hoover will
inquire himself, making use~of peo-
pie who have brains and are willing
to contribute enough perspiration to
insure a good job.