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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-23
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

| For truly well fitting shoe Ats that
way-and all the way.
y
| Next TO the subject Of badness.
about which every man has o theory,
there Is no subject quite like feet for
the amateur specialist.
Boothlacks who swing q rapid cloth
over your toes insist on telling you
that you have fallen arches, while shoe
repair men lament with groans the
way the heels Of your old-timers have
run over.
But / do not have fallen arches, s.
| you protest. II can and do walk for
miles every day. walked 10 the other
day and without an ache, pain or even
| burn"
you have fallen arches. all right, /"
says Tom, the honest bootblack, nod
ding his head sagely "See9"
IF you never have any more fallen
| arches than do, Tom, you will get of
lucky"
"The curve is wrong here" He points
to an impeccable instep. 1T should
be this way"
y 4
It is not generally known that the
successful wearing Of shoes, and hence
| the possession of healthy, happy feet,
depends partly upon knowing when not
to wear them,
The person whose feet show no
blemishes, or more serious defects, In
most cases will be discovered to be one
who has learned this secret.
Indoors he takes of his shoes as
much as possible, wearing comfortable
slippers on all feasible occasions.
This is the secret of foot health.
what If some acquaintance: slipping in
to catch you in slippers, frowns upon
your lack of dress parade? He Is an
ignoramus, and has not learned now
to live.
There Is no more charming feature
of home than slippered feet, or, rather.
the right to go in slippered feet the
feet are given q chance to breathe,
which they do as surely and as plainly
as the lungs. Who has not experienced
the relief of taking off shoes and stock
ings after q hard day and permitting
the feet to be exposed to the air for
time? 1t is better than water bath,
this air bath. and perhaps does the
feet more good.
Mankind's propensity to Joke about
the feet has caused the neglect OF these
hardest working members. The result
is shown In every bathing pool, espe-
cially where women fail to wear bathing
shoes. We were at q pool recently, and
were amazed at the ugly, deformed feet
which the women and girls displayed. !.
One ::.isk. have thought they gloried
in their corns and other excrescences.
they displayed them SO largely. as II
inviting spectators to look at them.
Soft rubber bathing slippers would have
saved the world the sight, so again we
recommend slippers.
1t is said that corns and other
growths on the feet would disappear OF
themselves II the victims would go bare
footed for the necessary space of time.
We believe this is true. 1t is dificult--
nav, impossible-for the average person
to 20 without shoes entirely. The near
est he can get to it is the care-free
use of slippers during leisure hours. II
stockings or socks can be omitted. too,
so much the better. This gives prac.
tically all the benefit of bare feet, II
the slippers are soft enough. The bare
legged fad of women should be ex-
tended to include the feet.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-23
Under the Mat.

Hiding the front-door key under the
mat is still practiced. Only recently o
felonious entrance was made to a
Washington home by burglar who
was put to no more trouble than pick
up a key from beneath the doormat,
An old and foolish tradition has put
the seal of Its approval upon this
hiding" place. evidently. 1t descends
in the direct line from the quiet village
days, when there were few crooked
gentlemen at large.
Then 1t was feasible-nay, sensible
for one to put the door key underneath
the mat, so that other members Of the
might enter at will. Just
why the door itself was not left open
is q matter for conjecture.
Times have changed, however, since
the idyllic days of horsehair sofas, bug
gies and George AIDE fables.
Clever gentry who would not stick ct
using automatics to effect an entrance
laugh up both sleeves at city folk who
have no more gumption than to rely
on Anticipated methods.
If one must leave a key--and dupli-
Gates may be secured for as little as
Twenty-Five cents each--it would seem
only the part of rudimentary wisdom
to secrete them in flower boxes. or even
hang them on nail by the latch.
Often such plain places are overlooked.
But beneath the mat-neverl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-23
Says Airships Can Cross
Ocean on 2-Day Schedules

From the jackson Citizen Patriot.
Airships capable of carrying 100 pas
sengers and 10 tons of mail could cross
the Atlantic on q regular scheouie OF
and half DAYS for the Westward night,
according to Sir Dennistoun Burney,
designer of the R-100. He asked Can
ada the other day to cooperate with
England Immediately in establishing
such a passenger line, suggesting prompt
action so as to get ahead OF DR.. Hugo
Eckener, who is organizing a line for
regular commercial flights between Ger
many and the United States.
AS a result, Is is possible that rival
airship lines may wage as intensive
skies as the opposing steamship COM
panies are now conducting for the heavy
tourist trade on the seas.
The R-100 and the Graf Zeppelin have
successfully demonstrated the practica-
bility of safely conveying passengers long
distances by airship at a speed far in
excess of the fastest Atlantic steam
ships. The Graf Zeppelin crossed the
Atlantic in SIS hours "a minutes. The
R-100 took rs hours 81 minutes, but
was delayed by storm. That people
are now ready to embark for long voy-
ages at airports rather than from rail-
way stations and steamship piers has
been amply proved by the popularity Of
networks of air lines over Europe.
Whenever the world comes to demand
a new service, the money required is
forthcoming. 1t Is only recently that
Germany and England sought to gain
supremacy Of ocean-going steamship
passenger service. Millions of dollars
were invested in luxurious vessels Of
which rs are insured at the present
time for $5,000,0 900 or more each.
Fares are not likely to be excessive
when once the air lines are well estab-
lished. Airplanes have not had the sue
cess of dirigibles In flights between the
New World and the Old World, but the
airplanes are gaining rapidly the favor
Of the travelling public, and rates are
coming down.
Dirigibles offering every comfort and
luxury known to mankind are likely
soon to be leaving airports In Europe
and North America for flights above,
not through, mountainous waves, and
often far above the storms, and another
long step will have been taken in the
conquest of the air.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-23
Higghligghts on the Wide World
Excerpts From Newspapers Of Other Lands

Malay States producing a quantity
slightly larger. Inasmuch, however, as
the tin of Bolivia Is located in vast
mountains of this metal, its supply 10
practically inexhaustible, but the les
sened demand and the diminution Of
consumption will exercise radical
check upon further production.
The new p. M. G. metal can be used
for all the purposes that tin was used
for, and for boats and other engineering
purposes 1t is superior. For this reason,
new uses for Bolivian tin must be found
If the price Is ever to approximate the
former level when tin was the chief ex-
port of Bolivia to the United States and
other countries. Otherwise the tin
mines of Bolivia cannot continue to be
exploited, for the cost Of production and
treatment for export Is 100 pounds
sterling ton. Then there is the long
haul to an alien seaboard, Peru or Chile
on the west and Brazil and Argentina
on the south and east, before the tin or
any other Bolivian commodities can pe
shipped to customers In Europe and
North America.
The chief need Of Bolivia to solve her
economic problem Is q httoral territory
of her own--where she can have her
own ports to further her commerce with
the other countries Of the world and 90
guaranty Of her perpetual independ-
ence.
Few Men Would
Marry HerOines Of Fiction.
LIE Matin, Paris.-A journalist recent
" inquired in an article written for Q
foreign paper, "Is there among all the
heroines of fiction single one whom
you would voluntarily marry?" In thus
begging the question the inquirer seems
to assert that no man in his senses
would be willing to take as life part
ner one OF the cold, precise and pain-
fully proper and perfect personages por-
trayed in most of the current novels.
There is truth in this and we do not
believe that artifcially vivaciouS and
exquisitely graceful heroines possess any
greater appeal. In truth the most t1-
teresting and charming ladies in the
books we have read have been the char
acters constantly exposed to peril and
misfortune. They awake In us selti-
ments of pity-creditable to our natures
and complimentary to the authors. The
women In books whom most men would
prefer to marry are those who wait
without complaint and who suffer with
out being to blame. What man, for In
stance, would not 60 to the altar with
Solveis or Griselidis?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-23
The North Yields It's Dead.

After thirty-three years the Arctic
has given up It's dead, the victims Of
the Andree Balloon Expedition Of 1897.
This word has been flashed in brief
radio messages from ship to which 1t
was delivered by the bearer Of an
expedition, recently exploring in the
near-Polar waters above Spitzbergen.
three bodies were found on q small
island some three hundred miles east
ward Of the point from which Andree
and his two companions took on in
their "airship." Records were also re-
covered and these, upon examination,
viii disclose the happenings between the
btart and the tragic finish Of the exploit.
Ehere Is evidence in the dispatches
| shus far received that Andree and his
mates lived on the island for some
time, perhaps for several months, before
they persisted from lack Of food or from
the intense cold.
So many years have passed since the
AnGree party was given up as lost that
hope Of ever learning the exact place
Of the melancholy ending Of This adj
,Menture had been abandoned. Many
Italics have come from time to time OF
1.-The finding OF relics of the victims
OF the North, Of messages borne by car
rier pigeons and by walls incased In
buoys. One somewhat circumstantial
story came a few years ago OF the find
tng of an Eskimo who had pistol Of
the type thought to have been carried
by Andree and who told of getting 1t
from white men who came down from
the sky in great white house There
were suggestions. based upon vague re-
ports from the farthest North in Can
ada, that the explorers had descended
there and had been slain by savage
inhabitants.
1t would ow seem that all these tales
have been untrue. The place where the
bodies were found les in precisely the
direction that Nansen warned Andree,
shortly before his start, the winds would
be blowing It Is virtually certainty
that Andree did not reach the Pole. OF
ef.n approach It closely n he had
% balloon would almost surely have
I.f
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-23
The New Tariff Chairman.

Although at first blush the appoint
ment o; high-tariff Pennsylvania as
chairman of the United States Tariff
Commission suggests infiexibility rather
than otherwise in administration of
the Hawley-Smoot law, Henry p.
Fletcher brings to the post a unique
background. One of the country's most
experienced career diplomats, President
Hoover emphasizes his long and riieri-
torious service abroad and his intimate
knowledge of international economics.
After all, the tariff Is both q foreign
and domestic affair. The flexible
plan. by which rates are to be adj
justed in case Of need, is essentially
concerned with competitive conditions
overseas. Few Americans have en-
joyed Mr.. Fletcher's first-hand oppor-
tunities for knowing what these con-
ditions are.
It was twenty-eight years ago when he
entered the diplomatic service. which he
ruptedly for quarter Of century. Mr..
Fletcher served SUCCESSFULLY In Cuba,
China, Portugal Chile, Mexico, Luxem-
burg, Belgium and Italy. Between the
time he was Ambassador to Mexico and
later at Brussels and Rome he was I'M
dersecretary of State in Washington. In
that post he had close and constant
contact with all those politico-economic
questions which impinge upon our
foreign relations. Mr.. Fletcher Is
Latin American specialist, speaking
Spanish fiuently in consequence Of his
many years Of service on both sides
of the Isthmus In 1928 he was chair
man of the Fifth Pan American Con-
ference at Santiago. In 1928-29 he
accompanied President-elect Hoover on
the iatter's pre-inaugural trip of good
viii to Central and South America.
Mr.. Fletcher has chance to render
truly eminent service as head Of the
Tariff Commission. It has been the
proclaimed ambition Of more than one
national administration to take the
tariff out of politics" 1t il partic-
ulariy the expressed purpose Oh the
present administration SO to administer
the provisions Of the recently enacted
law that its acknowledged inequalities
and inequities may be ironed out on .
strictly non-partisan basis The flexible
provision was inserted and modified for
that definite object. Though 1t has
been In the tariff law for the past eight
years, it remained more honored in
the breach than In the observance.
President Hoover is formally pledged
to put teeth into the flexible clause,
Henry p. Fletcher of Pennsylvania is
the dentologist chosen to direct the
execution of the Presidents viii. It
Is destined to become q major opera
ton. The country wishes him well in
It's performance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-23
The Public and the Robot.

Partisansfip in the dispute between
the theater owners and the musicians is
not necessarily involved In the evident
favor of the public for the continuance
Of music in person" in the entertain
ment places of Washington. The aver
age theater patron does not care par
ticularly about how many men consti-
tute an orchestra or what they wear or
whether they play on the stage or in
the orchestra pit, or what they are paid.
These are matters Of indifference which
affect merely the parties at direct In
terest, the owners and the players. But
as between what may be styled present
music and absent, between human and
mechanical, there Is decided prefer
ence. Yet in the negotiations now in
progress between the owners and the
musicians organization this factor Of
favor is apparently not being considered
by the formsr The reason would seem
to be that If the musicians are barred
from the theaters they will 60 out In
every one OF them, and the public win
be left to take what 1t can get In the
way of entertainment. robot" music
and all
This preference is somewhat more
than matter Of taste, as between the
direct sounds of musical instruments
played by men in the presence Of the
hearers and reproduced sounds reaching
the ears of the auditors through ma
chimes. It is mere than preference for
the quality of the natural music and
that OF the artificial or reproduced. II
Is Q preference for some present evi-
dence Of human action In the program
Of entertainment. It Is. In short, o de-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-23
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HAsKIN.

Many readers send in questions signed
only with initials, asking that the an
swers appear in the newspaper. The
space Is limited and would not accom-
modate q fraction of such requests
The answers published are ones that
may interest many readers, rather than
the one who asks the question only
All questions should be accompanied
by the writer's name and address and
2 cents in coin or stamps for reply.
Send your question to The Evening
Star Information Bureau, Frederic j..
Haskin, director, Washington, d. G.
Q. Can blind people be taught to
swim?-D. C. M.
A. 1t can and is being done. 1t
Is necessary to explain what is TO be
done, then let them feel the strokes
as they are demonstrated. Otherwise
instruction Is the same as with pupils
who can see.
@. Please publish q description of
the Japanese beetle, which is causing
such havoc.--A. w. e.
A. The adult Japanese beetle Is
about three eighths of an inch in
length and about the same in width.
1t is bright metallic green in color, with
coppery brown wings.
@. What proportion of the cultivated
land in Brazil Is given over to coffee?
--R. 8.
A. One-third. In Sac Paulo about
So per cent is under coffee. Sac Paulo
has become the richest and most pow
erful politically of all the Brazilian
states.
q. Was Disraeli Jew?-P. J. d.
A. Benjamin Disraeli. Earl OF Bea-
consfield and prime minister Of Eng
land, was of Jewish birth. His father,
however, Isaac Disraeli, left the syna-
gogue during the early childhood OF
his Industrious son and Benjamin Dis
raeli from his early youth was q devout
member Of the English Church.
O. How many rural mail routes are
A. There were in operation June 80,
1929, 43,840 mail routes, which were
served by 43,724 carriers.
@. Where is the apostrophe placed in
the phrase, NEEDS and Marys house" p
A. H. N.
the phrase would read, "Ned's and
WARY AouSCo'
q. Will a concrete road blow up I'M
der intense heat from the sum-
w. @.
A. The Bureau of Standards says that
concrete does not blow up. Concrete.
however, as well as practically every
other material, expands with an in
crease In temperature. On very hot
day, under q sun with no clouds In
the sky, concrete roads will become very
warm and expand to considerable
extent. II means are not taken in the
design Of the road to accommodate this
expansion the road viii "heave," as 1t
is called, frequently breaking at the
point where 1t has been raised in the
air. The more cement that has been
used per unit volume of concrete the
greater will be the expansion. Con-
crete also changes its volume due to
changes In water content. Drying out
causes shrinkRge and wetting causes
expansion. Well built roads provide for
this expansion and contraction.
Q. What was Germany's loss in men
during the World WARM. @.
A. Germany lost 1911 ,104 soldiers by
death during the World War. The total
number of German casualties including
wounded, prisoners and missing, was
6,066, 769 out of total mobilization of
100000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-23
Hawks Flight Brings Nearer
Regular Coast-to-Coast Trip

heayier-than- air machines" The Nor
gartown DOminion-News AYERS that
passenger and commercial planes VIII
be built for such speeds as that OF
Hawks. In the air." continues that pa
per. lit can be accomplished without
adding to the normal hazard OF discom.
fort of passengers. Only perfection OF
engine dependability is involved The
San Antonio Express quotes the airmen
as believing that tronscontinental
air transport service on l2-hour
schedule could operated in way 70
assure safety for all concerned and
yield q profit" :,
progress has /. Iced taken wings"
remarks the Roanoke World-News,
pointing out that "the time for trans
continental travel has been reduced TO
a matter of hours where only few
years ago it was days, and before the
railroads q matter Of weeks and
months" The Altoona Miro: COM
pares the speed with that Of ne early
days of the pioneers when 1t sometimes
took Adventures travelling from the
country's Eastern coast to the margin
of the Pacific Ocean fully two years to
complete the Journey"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-23
Prison Rules Ignored
And A Lives Are Saved

From the Lynchburs Advance.
Three years ago two men drowned
near Sing Sing Prison while hundreds
of convicts looked on unable to help.
Penitentiary officials refused to disobey
orders which did not permit them 70
release prisoners under any circum-
stances.
Recently the same situation faced the
keepers. Two men and their wives were
facing drowning when the boat in which
they were taking pleasure trip on the
Hudson became filled with water. In-
stead of rigidly obeying the prison regu-
lations, a sergeant of the guard quickly
called foz volunteers among the more
than 1000 prisoners, and four.men were
released to rescue the chief Of police for
the New York Central Railroad, his
brother-in-law and their two wives.
No doubt. the keeper who valued hu.
man life above prison regulations viii
be officially censured for his action.
Yet, the American public win applaud
him for his courage and common sense
in declining to let four persons die In
order that he might escape the penalty
of disregarding strict disciplinary reg
ulation at Sing Sing. Human life is not
so cheap that rules can be made so In
elastic that they cannot be broken "un-
der any circumstances"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-23

@. How are navel oranges propa-
gated?-C. s.
A. The original seedless oranges were
produced in Brazil by means OF budolng
and the orange trees of this type In the
United States all descended from Two
imported Brazilian trees. Buds or pud-
ding sticks are taken from seeoless
orange trees in Spring or Fail ana In
serted In 2-year-old seeding orange
trees of ordinary type. When the buds
send out shoots the seedlings are cut
back so that only the budding portions
develop.
Q, Where is Southeastern Univer-
sity?-J. T.
A. It is in Washington, d. @. The
corporate name of the Young Mems
Christian Association College OF the
District Of Columbia has recently been
changed to Southeastern University.
@. Why is the water level higher
than usual in Lake Ontario when the
country is suffering from drought?-F.
@. M.
A. The Army Engineer Corps says
that the water level of Lake Ontario is
considerably higher than usual this
Summer on account of heavy precipt-
tation in Lakes Superior and Huron
last year and the year before. 1t ordi-
narily takes from one to two years for
the surplus water in the upper lakes to
reach Lake Ontario.
q. Who said God reigns and the
Government at Washington still lives"?--
M F.
A. James A. Garfield used this ex-
preston in addressing q crowd from the
balcony of the New York Customs
House following the death of Abraham
Lincoln.
G. What is the population of Indiaa--
N, A. B.
A. It is s4o,oOo,ooo. This almost
equals the combined population of North
America, South America and Africa.
9. Are freight trains ever a mile
A. Many freight trains are now q
mile in length.
@. How many natural bridges are
there In the United States?-W. r.
A. There are more than so natural
bridges Of considerable size and interest
@. Who wrote the words to the song
Anchors Aweigh" ?-N. A.
A. The words, with the exception of
the last stanZa, were written by Comdr.
A. H. Miles. then midshipman. The
last stanza was written by Midshipman
r. Lowell, class of 1926.
Q. How old is the Nebraska State
Journal?-H. s..
A. The daily Journal began publica-
ton on July 20, 1870-more than 90
years ago. 1t had been published three
years prior as weekly.
@. Do Brazil nuts grow on trees?--
G.. M.
A. Brazil nuts do grow on trees. The
tree is quite tall and the nuts grow IN
clusters OF 10 to "a, borne closely In q
rounded, very hard capsule.
@. why is guinea worth 81 sfii-
hngs?--G. A. p.
A. A guinea is an English gold coin
which was issued from 1866 to 1913. Il
was so called and was first struck out
of gold from Guinea. It was intended
to pass for 90 shillings, but owing to
the inferiority Of the silver coins it was
never worth less than 81 shillings and
from TIT on had the fixed value Of Il
shillings.
@. Is goiter more common among
men or women?-F. L.
A. Goiter occurs much more fire.
quently among women