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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-12
Emerson b. Christie
Is Chief Translator
To the EDITOR Of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
In the always interesting and almost
invariably accurate columns in your pa
per managed by Mr.. Haskin, there APP
peared in last fridays issue an error
concerning the chiefship of the
Translating Bureau of the State De-
partment. Because I am sure Mr.. Has
kin is interested in maintaining the cor
rectneSs of his department, take the
liberty of stating the facts in the case.
Upon the creation of the said bureau
in April, 1928, Mr.. Emerson b. Christie
was appointed its chief, position which
he has held ever since. He has super
vision of all translating done in the de-
partment, including that of all diplo-
matte and other correspondence in for
eign languages pertaining to its activi-
ties. The importance of this position
was recently recognized by his election
as an honorary member of the Panel OF
Expert Translators of England. Mr..
Christie is also president of the Society
of Federal Translators, organized last
March to promote the interests of the
translating craft of the Government, a
branch of the service whose work has
never been appraised at its full value, in
view of its Importance not only to the
more material phases of modern life and
business but also to the vital matters of
international comfy and understanding.
LINDSAY s. PERKINS,
Senior Translator, Department Of State.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-12
Sees Hope for Nation
In Debate on Religion

To the Editor of The Star:
I have just laid down your paper
containing the very interesting an
nouncement of the meeting where four
great religionists are to be heard. To
me this is the most hopeful sign l
have seen in church circles in many
a year. When Jew, Catholic, Protestant
and an unbeliever can meet together,
state their views and grant that none
of them has corner on the good
things of life, then there is some hope
Of attaining that era of good will which
many of us have coveted since we were
old enough to realize the folly OF IN
tolerance.
Some one said recently that there
is no such thing as best religion"
that the best religion Is the religion
that brings out of man the best that
is in him. For some this may be the
Catholic religion: for others the Prot
estant. the Jewish Personally, cam
not conceive that agnosticism could
bring out the best in any one, out
maybe Mr.. Darrow can show me to
the contrary, Anyway I am going 10
attend the forum with an open mind,
and IL is to be hoped that whether
Rabbi Simon or Or. Pierce or Mr.
O'Brien or Clarence DarroW is on the
platform. every Ope viii hear them
through carefully knd select the best
things from each at6ress. J. T. HALL.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-12
Souvenirs of Caesar.

Excavation Of ancient Roman ruins
and relics goes on apace throughout
Europe. Setting the pace for other
Countries, the present Italian govern
ment has been active in unearthiny
many new arnphitheaters, arches and
other monuments OF the glory of her
country.
So widespread were the conquests of
imperial Rome, however, that inn
pressive remains continually are being
brought 10 light in other countries. In
England recently fine specimen OF
amphithester was unearthed near Ches-
ter.
The queerest discovery, however, is
that ofa laborer in Portugal. who,
while digging ia a field, broke open
what he thought was crock, but which
turned out TO be genuine urn, filled
with gold coins. among them being
some bearing the face Of the great
Augustus Caesar
Although julius Caesar gave the
name To the line, 1t was Augustus Gaze
sar. as the latter named himself, who
gave the names to later heads OF this
imperial government The spprem,
leader Was called Augustus. ana Otter
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-12
Suggests Municipal
Farm for Iobless
10 the Edltor OF Tho star:

TO the EDITOR Of The star:
I have put in some ~ years in this
city finding Jobs for men and women
out Of work and naturally know
something about how many jobs can Be
made now.
It is next to impossible to md places
in this city for 5000 to 10000 people.
To put on more people than Is needed
to man an enterprise is sure to disrupt
the discipline Of any house or business
and I think it would be better to md
a way to start new work.
If the business men, the Government
and the District Of Columbia would get
their heads close they could soon re-
ieve the very distressing uneinploy-
ment.
Go out and contract for 1000 acres
of land or more, put up temporary wood
buildings such as an army would erect,
give every man work at some reason
able wage, say SO per day and board;
erect a brick plant and start right in
to erect permanent buildings, go to
work putting the farm in shape for
crops, make roads and walks, put out
fruit trees, clear up the woodland and
build dam for water power and your
problem is solved.
employment problem for many years
and We have concluded that every city
will soon have to start SHINE community
farm plan to utilize the Idle. believe
that every State should have State
farm where men past 40 could get work
at some small figure from $tQ month
up to SIS and board.
The same plan could he used for
women. Washington is badly top
heavy with idle women past 40 years
of age and with farm with industries
this could be solved. Nobody wants
man on his pay roll when age begins to
tell on him and the same is true of
women. Solve it with community farmA
where all can work and earn.
If this is done, you will have less use
for charities and 1t will be much better
for all concerned
Unless something of this kind Is
started, panhandlers will overrun the
rest of the people. This plan will put
an end to the professional beggars-
and We have millions Of them.
This plan could be put into action
in "a hours. All that is needed is men
of action.
Rockefeller and Morgan and every
other rich man would put up mil
lion to try out this plan and that's my
story. E. e. BUDDING.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-12
A Real Grand Prize.

The award Of q lawn mower as a
grand prize in ''best lawns"i contest
by citizens association was peculiarly
appropriate. There have been many
forms OF grand prizes" offered in
thousands OF contests Of all sorts, but
perhaps few of them have been as
fitting.
Grand prizes sometimes take the form
Of loving cups, which perhaps serve
their purpose at the time Of presenta-
ton, but ever afterward cause consid-
cradle worry as to their proper place
ment in the home, to say nothing of the
labor Of keeping them shined.
Upon occasion medal is a grand
prize. Here again the presentation ends
the utility of the prize. Thereafter it
remains ensconced in its little box on
the library table, to be brought forth
for inspection from time to time by
guests of the household.
Such prizes as these, appropriate
enough in their way, pale into insignifi-
canoe in comparison with such gift
as a lawn mower in a lawn contest.
Every man who messages a grass plot
with loving care for the Summer sea-
son knows the value of good lawn
mower.
Too often householders struggle along
with mowers which ought to be retired,
but which nevertheless are kept In COM
mission, despite their dull blades and
general air of decrepitude.
There can be but one fault found with
bright, new, sharp lawn mower pre-
sented at this time of the year. The
proud winner will not be able to use
It for many months, in all likelihood
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-12

supreme Court Justice Florence r.
Allen Of Ohio carried of oratorical
honors at this weeks good will con-
gress" Of the World Alliance for Inter
national Friendship in Was1ine6on.
she delivered o. powerful address on
The Implementation of the KELLOGG
Fact" A daughter of Titan and sin
on the sunny side Of so by several wears
she Is q Statuesque Portia who wears a
mead OF brown hair becomingly and boy
ishly bobbed. Judge Allen, who once
aspired unsuccessfully to United States
senatorial nomination in Ohio as a dry
Democrat, speaks feelingly about peace,
Tor she lost two brothers in France.
Music once threatened to keen Mis-
Allen out OF the law, for she began life
as a lecturer and writer on musical
tnemes. She was a county Judge in
Cleveland at IS and State Supreme
Court justice before she was SO.
X *
The captain of q famous American
pattleship has just been gently raped
over the knuckles by the Navy Depart
ment Tor violating certain regulation
OF the Meet. Five or six weeks ago
newspapers carried q big advertisement
adorned with picture showing blue
jackets or U. s.. S. - engaged in a
blindfold test to determine the popu-
larlty OF competing brands of cigarettes.
ALBERT Sidney Crockett, well known
New York newspaper marl--but wholly
unidentified with the cigarette industry
asked Secretary Adams "how come"
that an American man-of-war could be
thus exploited. The naval authorities
pointed out that there is a definite
restriction against the taking of photo
graphs aboard ship for advertising pur-
poses without special authority of the
Navy Department. Mr.. Crockett was
informed that the skipper of u. S. S.
- had had his attention called to
the infraction of the rules on the
smoky occasion in question.
Some one asked Justice Louis d.
Brandeis the other day If he intended
Yielding to the suggestion that he should
become the head of the World Zionist
Organization. The venerated liberal of
the Supreme Court bench, whose Lin
colneSque aspect seems to become more
pronounced as time flies, smilingly re-
Joined: II will be. "a years old on
November 49," Justice Brandeis' phi
losophy of life has just been embodied
in a striking volume entitled 1.-THE
Social and Economic Views of Mr..
Justice Bramdeis." The book Is uniform
with THE Dissenting Opinions Of Mr..
Justice Holmes"
(copyright, 1900
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-12

Lefty realize that. ia the end, 1t win
prove losing game and, in 50 far as
lies within their power, are postponing
the, for them, evil day when the
inevitable abolition shall take place.
The Bulletin Of the Industrial Art
Institute Of Boston recently had sonie-
thing to say on this point. After
emphasizing the fact that the taste.
civic and commercial, of the American
people is notably improved, as exem-
piifed by better-looIxing buildings and
highways, by planting, fiood-lighting,
etc, it states: Zone branch Of adver-
Using, the use of outdoor posters, can
save itself from legal prohibition during
the next few years only by becoming
the very paragon of good TASTE"
But can 1t save itself? In the minds
of most the answer is mo-" 1t may
postpone the inevitable but 1t cannot
avert 1t. In the end, no matter how
artistic in color and line, no matter how
strategically and esthetically chosen the
location, no matter how conservative
and appealing the claim and pleasing
the lettering, the billboard must go.
Americans are slowly but steadily awak-
ening to the fact that they prefer their
nature unadorned save through the art
of the forester or the landscape gar
dener. Were every roadside and field
billboard * vsritable masterpiece by
Corot or Innes, Sargent or MelcherS,
these still would be out of place. The
example already set by certain COM
munities and certain States is bound to
become progressively successful one.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-12
The Round Table ON India.

Americans sufficiently internationally
minded to twirl radio dials at z O'Clock
this morning we're privileged to listen In
on another historic transoceanic broad
cast, as the short-wave Brought
to these shores the address of King
George at the formal opening Of the
Round Table on India. In the royal
gallery of the House of Lords, at Lon
don, where, in January of this year, the
King Emperor 1nsugurated the five
power naval conference, there began
the conclave fraught with so immeas-
urable consequences for the British
Empire.
Nearly hundred representatives of
Great Britain, the dominions and the
Indian states are to pool their views In
concerted effort to crafty what
George " termed midas honorable
aspirations for nstionhood." That is
as far as the King Emperor went in
referring to the independence move
ment latterIy dramatized into world
wide prominence by Gandhi and his
fanatical adherents. The British have
consistently held out dominion self
government" as the ideal to which In
dia might legitimately aspire and which
London eventually would crafty. But
Gandhi's aims far outrun any "inde-
pendence" circumscribed by the frame
work OF the empire. He and his people
4 a. So. TvaA
Thus an irreconcilable situation peril
ously suggestive of an iInpasse presents
itself at the Round Table, though
Gandhi does not appear formally to be
represented there. The Indians in
London are almost exclusively princes
of the sovereign states, or their spokes-
men, whose loyalty to Britain is never
called into question and whose complete
loci independence is virtually unchal-
lenged-under general British suzerainty.
The Indian states and princes make no
common cause with Gandhi. They
remain the empires strongest bulwark
against = breakaway from the crown
on Gandhi's separatist lines.
King George declared In the House
Of Lords that he awaits the Round
Tables deliberations and decisions with
interest not unmixed with anxiety. His
majesty knows the "momentous cha-ac-
ter Of the issues at stake. He ex-
presses confidence that the task in hand
can be shouldered, In justice to India
and with due regard to the interests "of
the whole Of the British Empire. |"
George v stresses the mutual obliga-
lions and their recognition in fulfill
ment," which lie at the root Of the
Indian problem. Herein appears the
kernel Of suggestion that compromise,
that branch Of craftsmanship in which
Britons immemorially have revealed
genius, may once again be invoked as
the way out Of the Indian maze.
Compromise is bilateral proposition.
II John Bull is to yield, Mahatma
Gandhi win have to give way at points,
too. Otherwise the grave business now
before the Round Table on India is
doomed to remain not only unfinished,
but cumulatiyely explosive and danger
GUS, business.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-12

This Is q special department devoted
solely to the handing Of queries. This
paper puts at your disposal the services
OF an extensive organization in WASH
ington to serve you in any capacity that
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YOU Of dement's TO which you are en-
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Evening star Information Bureau,
Frederic ]. Haskin, director, Washing
ton, d. @.
q. In the Ames m Andy program.
who takes the part OF Brother Craw-
ford, Jasper and Prince All Bendo?-
A. The National Broadcasting Co..
Inc, says that Amos plays the part of
John Crawford as well as that of the
Kingfish, and the parts of Jasper and
the prince are taken by Andy.
@. What causes business depres-
sionS?-V. N.
A. Mark Sullivan says: cit is
doubtful II any person has ever been
able to say, as to any business depres-
sion In history, just what was the order
Of the various causes that contributed,
and what was the relative contribution
OF each. At intervals more or
less irregular in the business cycle, de-
pressionS come. Some specific signs
can be detected in advance, many spe-
cific causes identified afterward; but
the aggregate of causes in their inter-
relation to each other battles analysis,
however expert the analyzer."
@. How many patents have been
applied for on the automatic tele-
Npfone?-E. C. B.
: A. Some 1900 patents have been
Issued or are pending on the automatic
telephone. Almon B. Stronger In
vented it and the first automatic tele-
phone exchange was installed at la
Porter Ind. in 1892.
@. IBID any of the Negro soldiers in
volved IN the Brownsville affair about
as years Nago ever get back into the
Army?-TA F.
A. Fourteen were declared innocent
Of participation in the Brownsville riot
by an Army court of inquiry, and all of
them re-enlistedN IN the Army.
Q. What is the origin of the word
backgammon" ?-S. ". S.
A. 1t is from the Saxon "baec,"
meaning back, and "aRmen," game-a
game in which the dAaughtsmen are
liable TO be sent back.
@. Who was the mother Sf the first
white child born in New Ene9and?--
B. T. C.
A. Susanna Winslow. She alsoshad
the distinction of being the wife of ONE
Governor and the mother OF another.
@. How much money Is spent in the
United States for cosmetics?--A. r.
A. About $500.000,000 is spent year.
ly in this country for rouge, powder,
bath salts, creams, lotions and their
containers. Another $500, 900, 900 is
spent for the services Of beauty special
lists.
@. Why did Frederick Douglass
change his name?-M: N.
A. Douglass was born slave and
was identified by the name Frederick
Augustus Bailey. When he escaped he
changed his name to Douglass TO con-
ceal his identity.
@. How many miles north Of New
York is Paris?-F. w.
A. Paris is approximately 47O miles
north Of New York City.
Q. Was Vergil, the Roman poet, also
q pnilosopher?-M. r.
A. He studied philosophy all during
his life and devoted his last years en-
tirely to that work
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-12

custom TO the enforcement of it's laws,
snd the Savannah Morning. News -
convinced thai there ought TO be BY
this time such a rising of public senti-.
ment AGAINST this sort OF breaker OF
laws as would make it easy to put him
where he belongs" The Morsaptown
Dominion News advises that "a good
detachment OF Marines under some
leader like Smedley Butler might show
the ganglord q few tricks, and beyond q
doubt the Marines would enjoy i" Tie
Harrisburg Telegraph warns that "the
inevitable reaction is likely to resemble
something akin to the vigilante days IN
Montana"
eve wonder If Capone has not sug-
gested practical solution for the crime
problem in this country" says the KAN
sas City Star in satirical vein. How
about holding q special municipal cleo
ton to choose a board of negotiators
having full powers to treat with gang
sters and surrender the city to them on
the best terms obtainable? The action
might require a constitutional amend
ment. but no doubt Capone would assist
in getting it adopted. If the Chicago
experiment were q success. it might well
be copied elsewhere. In return for an
understanding that kidnapers would
neither be arrested nor prosecuted, the
gangsters might be willing to establish
q maximum ransom for the community.
Under an agreement allowing them
free hand in bank robberies they might
consent to a murder quota. Eventually,
indeed. the gangsters might be induced
to accept a regular city tax and give
up their illegal activities entirely. The
crime problem would be solved. Obvt-
ously. Justice McGoorty did not fully
appreciate the immense possibilities Of
Capone's offer"
1.-THE people should be thankful that
he is willing to make compromise with
the forces Of law and order, and does
not insist upon the unconditional sur
render of those forces" is the satirical
comment of the Memphis Commercial
Appeal. The Cleveland Plain Dealer
adds: 1--WE only wonder that he thinks
it worth while to make such q proposal.
Why bother?"
Something of q sublime farce" is
seen by the Columbus Ohio State Jour
nal, which makes the statement: No
ridiculous situation. When q motion
picture which played here recently por-
trayed the arrest Of a big shot and his
royal welcome at penitentiary by the
warden, guards and prisoners alike, the
audience laughed heartily. We laughed
with the rest, but at the situation pre-
sented by Mr.. Capone's proffer. which
in its audacity and startling unhealthy
is somewhat parallel, we haven't the
heart to laugh
The Chicago Daily News, with pic
ture OF Capone sitting serene on a
throne of human skulls" points out
that he "has paid to the forces Of the
law the compliment of undertaking to
negotiate with them" and concludes
that something has been gained now
that he undertakes to bargain instead
of trying to intimidate or buy"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-12

there was placed one almost equal 70
him. called the Caesar.
Thus the lone Portuguese digger. strik-
ing : veritahle pot Of gold at the end Of
Q rainbow. brought 10 Light history as
well as money. II proves again that
the coin, properly made, Is one OF the
most enduring monuments. The image
Of Caesar, and his superscription, per-
haps will remain in the world on . coin
for centuries after the last forum and
amphitheater Is crumbled to dust.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-12
SHOOTING STARS.
By PHrr.ANDxR JOHNSON.

The Man and His Public.
If you have something to assist
The world q little bit;
If some idea in your list
May make q helpful hit,
Recall the intellectual style
OF our forefathers wise
When you have something that's worth
while
It's Time to Advertise.
BY modesty be not compelled,
When Duty brings call.
The light beneath bushel held
Is worse than none at all.
With greeting to his fellow men
Let each Of us arise,
And be alert in knowing when
It's Time to Advertise.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-12
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC j. HAsKIN.

9. DO the policemen IN England
carry glus2--A. K
A. The police OF England do not
carry revolvers when On ordinary daily
duty. They are furnished with arms
only when upon some particular efrand.
Q. In the days Of the Pilgrims how
was the abbreviation mr." readf -
A. T. b.
A. 'Ndr." was spoken as master"
This form was usually employed.
Q. How long had phosphorus been.
known before matches were invented3
g. w. r.
A. The discovery Of phosphorus pre-
ceded by 800 years any effort 70 obtain
light by friction Of phosphorus and sur
phur.
Q, Please give . list OF the names OF
the yachts which have won Americas
4. In lssi, America: 1871. Magic;
1871, Columbia; 1875 Madeleine; 1881.
Mischief; 1885, Puritan: 1885. May
flower; 1887. Volunteer: 1928, Vtgilant;
1895. Defender: 1899 against Lptons
Shamroci), Columbia: 1901. Columbia;
1903, Reliance; 1920. ReSolute; 1850,
Enterprise.
@. VIII big business organizations
suend as much money upon advertis-
ing next year as they have this Year,
&c. T.
/ A. In a survey OF 2s6 national adj
vertisers 1t was found that so OF them
intend to increase their advertising apS
1,ronriation next year. One hundred
and twenty-one intend to repeat their
1880 appropriation, II will decrease
their expenditure, while 81 compani~
had not completed their plans.
@. should such words as mother
sister and "uncle" begin with 3 cap
A. Good English for Every one
saws that capital letters are used ON
when such words are used in direct ad-
dress. For example--"My mother ana
sister are coming. told Mother 10
come"
O. Who won the international Ora
torical Contest this year?-E. b.
a. Edmund Gullion Of washington,
d. O., won the Fifth international Ora
torical Contest. Paul Leduc Of Canada
won second place and Clement Perez
Zanartu of Chile third.
@. Is ''the Admirable Crichton" pcr-
trayed in Barrieis play, purely ncu-
tious character2--F. w.
A. James Crichton. COMMONLY called
the Admirable Crichton," was the son
of Robert Crichkon, lord advocate Of
Scotland in the reign of Mary ana
James VI, and of Elizabeth. daughter
of Sir James Stewart Of Beath, through
whom he claimed royal descent. He was
born probably at Eliock, in Dumfries-
shire, in 1860, and when 10 years old
was sent to st. Salvatore College, st.
Andrews. where he took his ,. A. IN 1874
and hts M. A. In 1878. That he displayed
considerable classical knowledge, was
. good fknguist, ready and versatile
writer Of Verse, and, above all, that he
possessed an astounding memory, seems
certain, not Npnly from the evidence OF
men Of his own time but from the fact
that even Joseph Scaliger speaks Of his
attachments with, the highest praise.
The epithet admirable" (admirabtlis)
for Crichton first occurs in John john
ston's Heroes Scott" (16oS).
@. What is .'hendiahAys" Pr. i.
A. 1t Is the use Of twd words cor
nected by q conjunction to express the
same idea as q single word Wtth o
qualifier; as, with might and main,X
meaning by main strength. y
q. How long has it been since Saint
Gaudens, the sculptor, died?--L. II. j.
A. Saint audens died August ,,
1907.