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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-20
De Rivera's ssFatal l3''
Career Is Outlived

The late Primo de Rivera had to lose
Any Spanish gypsy could have told him
so right off. His name was composed
of Is letters, the kingdom he set out
to save was that of Alfonso Thirteenth
and he began his task on a tnuteenra
day of September Therefore Primo's
fall before his recent death came when
he had been rs months at the helm
z plus are ID; or, If you will, sfter
6 years, months and IS days. or,
again, after 1895 days plus 3 plus 2
plus 6 are IS. OF the year 1851
plus plus plus 0 are Is.
Primo appointed Is ministers. Put It
as you win. Primo was doomed. His
day would come according to his horo-
scope, said the superstitious Andalu-
SLAMS, Primo's countrymen who crossed
their fingers hastily at the sight Of @
one-eyed man or lizard and invoke
Saint Maria TO protect them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-20

cultivated Greek might have managed
an Athenian assembly. He put his heart
tinction of his diction, the formality of
his manner, had a perceptible effect on
the Senate, made it, for the duration
Of Lewis presiding, more elevated
body.
He lost out in 1918 to Medill McCor-
mick Now he is trying to get back, with
McCormicks widow as his opponent,
It's a picturesque episode. This ILL
nois contest will bring vivacity to the
political year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-29
The Great" Shires.

The sale OF Art ShireS TO Milwaukee
Will start tongues wagging III the two
schools Of thought that have developed
over this colortul character. One will
maintain that Art Shires carved him
self 4 bigger niche in base balls Hall
Of Fame within the short space OF two
years than many players dig out in a
lifetime, and for that reason his pres
ence Is an asset TO any team. A born
Snowman and ballyhoo artist, he at
tracted paying customers past the turn
stiles whose interest was curiosity over
Art Shires and not in base ball. The
other school Of thought maintains that
as ballyhoo artist Art shires was at
the top Of the list, but he failed TO
combine with the talents OF the show
man the equally essential abilities OF a
big league ball player amenable to the
discipline of big league training. The
fact that fifteen major league clubs
neglected the opportunity to get him
and failed to show any excitement over
his passing to the minors becomes a
strong argument against his present or
potential value as weighed by the base
ball world.
The case Of Art Shires is interesting
In its bearing on the value of colorful
players. THE Great" shires was pub
lefty expert end q headline grabbez
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-29
A Stitch in Time.

The touch of unusual cold which Wis
tied the city at Thanksgiving time
should leave behind it a warning in re-
gard to increased fire hazard.
The tendency to push the furnace
when the weather becomes unusually
cold is a natural one, but one which
should be kept under control, for it is
better to be trifle chilly, If necessary,
than to run the risk of fire.
ChiInneys and furnaces should be kept
m first-class condition, and attention
given eto the proper storing of fuels
Easements at this time of the year
should be kspt free of trash, as they
should at all times, of course.
Attics, often neglected during cold
weather, should be given frequent in
spections, in order to see that there is
no opportunity for mysterious fires
which originate no one knows how. but
which do, nevertheless, sometimes occur
The chief fire hazard at this time,
however, will lie, ir most cases, with
the furnace or fireplace. These include
chimneys. 1t is a sensible precaution
which sees to it that drafts are prop
erly regulated, and that fires are banked
or otherwise cared for when the occu-
pants are out of the house.
There is no type of heating equip
ment which will stand plain neglect
Thermostatic controls, on heating de-
vices do not mean that owners never
have to visit their easements. Even
the best machines demand some bu-
man attention.
Winter is very poor time, indeed. to
oe driven into the street by fire. and
those who wish to avoid this threat,
which might result in disaster and sor-
row. should take the proverbial stitch
in time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-29

were directed to leave M stone Inturned
to persuade reluctant foreign offices to
come in. The result of this campaign
of faith and persistence became history
in July, 1929, when, amid a memorable
setting in the White House, President
Hoover formally proclaimed that 1.-The
Kellogg BRAND pact was now in force
and effect.
The Nobel award happens to synchro-
nize with the revived agitation to i'm
plement" the anti-war treaty. Mr..
Kellogg himself has never considered
that the pact, as originally negotiated
and finally signed, sets up a COM
pletely ef1icacious agency for the main
tenance of peace. He heralded it rather
as substantial and gratifying advance
toward that millennial goal. If it is
never supplied with teeth" in the form
OF consultative agreement among its
sgnatories or otherwise the pact yet
remains a rallying point for the peace
minded peoples of the world.
Violation Of its underlying principles
Will NC IlShCo W ally Va bAAC
contracting powers at grave peril to the
aggressor'S international prestige. That
an adverse mobilization Of public opin-
ion"-to use President Hoover's perth
nent phrase-would automatically crys-
tallize against any offending Kellogg
pact signatory is not seriously to be
doubted.
Frank Billings Kellogg, who now
adorns the bench of the World Court
takes a deserved place alongside Theo-
dore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Elihu
Root and Charles Gates Dawes-the
four previous American winners of the
Nobel prize for peace. The people Of
the United States congratulate Mr..
Kellogg upon his merited honor and
the award committee upon its wisdom
in beStowing it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-29
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

Some people have to be i'll to be
courteous.
1t is one of the unfortunate facts OF
human nature that health often breeds
arrogance
From this queer quirk come most of
our wars, in the last analysis, although
one may never see it mentioned in any
of the tones about the cause OF the
conflict.
But almost every one, particularly OF
the male persuasion. incllnes to become
rather chesty If everything goes right
with him.
Those who are sitting on top OF the
world" as the popular phrase has II,
are not inclined to be lenient.
If they are tender, 1t Is rather on the
surface, and not with that deep gentle
ness which forgives because 1t forgeS.
Sickness often causes persons to be-
come crotchety, of course.
There are degrees in bearing illness
with grace, just as there are grades in
everything else.
Women undoubtedly are better at be-
ing i'll gracefully than men; the most
dificult patient in the world, as every
wife knows, Is the man who Is not
accustomed to being sick.
-
talking suicide the moment they get
pain anywhere, while bad headache
will turn them into the worst Hort OF
grouches. :,
These persons are all normal, as 1t
we're. The world Is full of them, the
old grandmother no one can phase, the
man at home with a cold, the crying
child, the i'll father.
The most interesting of them all is
the arrogant man in health who, under
the refining influence OF illness, becomes
q model of courtesy.
Perhaps his new mode Of treatment of
others is rather of a negative char
acter, but that makes no difference,
after ALL Many negatives are good, de-
spite the cries of the dyed-in-the wool
The man who is ordinarily arrogant
in his treatment of friends and ac-
uuaintances may become silent under
the influence Of a plain pain, or the
belief that he is suffering from some
disease or other.
His silence, to those whom he offends,
will be accepted with thanks.
The fact that he lets them alone Is
something:
Hitherto the fellow had never lost q
chance to poke fun at his victims.
Now he is so immersed in his own
woes that he has no time for inspecting
the faults of others.
He has found few faults in his own
bodily economy, and is so intrigued with
this discovery of himself that he has
time no longer for his associates.
He may never realize 1t, and some Of
his associates may not either, but q
strange sense of relief fills the air.
1t is a tangible sense, one almost Of
physical proportions.
y
Hitherto this wight has gone around
finding fault with others In the most
jovial manner possible.
He never meant any offensel
That. as another saying goes, Is what
they all say.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-29
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

Few Americans realize how much
their Government does for them. Read
ers OF The Star can draw on all Gov
eminent activities through our free in
formation service. The worlds greatest
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2-cent stamp for reply postage and
address The Evening Star Information
Bureau, Frederic j. Haskin, director,
Washington, D. c.
@. Please describe Gavin Gordon.
who played with Greta Carlo in "Ro-
nance" Is he a Southerner?-M. d.
A. Gavin Gordon was born in Chi
cora, Miss. April Z. 1901. He is feet
2 inches tall. weighs ITS pounds and
has dark hair and gray eyes.
Q. What kind of school is that es-
tablished by Rabindranath Tagore?-
r. s.
A. The school established by Rabin-
dranath Tagore Is at Bolpur. SO miles
from Calcutta. 1t Is known as Shanti-
niketan, meaning abode of peace. 1t
now approaches an international uni
versity and has 200 boys. Self-govern-
ment modelled somewhat on that of the
George Junior Republic Is one of the
features of the school.
@. Who was responsible for that trick
problem, How old is Anne?" and how
was the problem stated?-T. r. w.
A. Under date of October II, 1908,
John Mahon of Brooklyn wrote a let
ter to a columniSt of the New York
Press which started the commotion
over the problem. which he stated as
follows: Mary is "a years old. She
is twice as old as Anne was when she
was as old as Anne is now. How old Is
Anne now? A says the answer is 16;
B says IL. Which is correct?"
@. When was iron first discovered in
what Is now United States territory?
When and where was the first foundry
eStablished?-P. B.
A. Sir Walter Raleigh, searching for
gold, discovered iron ore IN what now IS
North Carolina in 1885. The first iron
works was established at Falling Greek,
near Richmond, Va, in 1919, by the
Virginia Co. Indian troubles resulted
in early suspension of operations. The
first successful and permanent iron
works was established near Lynn, Mass,
in 1913. John Winthrop, son Of the ia
nous Massachusetts Governor, was the
builder Of the works.
Q. What are the Stations of the
CroSS?-R. A.
A. The whole series of the IA sta
lions of the Catholic Church Is known
as the Via Calvaria or Via CruciS. Each
station represents, by fresco, picture or
otherwise, some incident in the passage
Of Christ from the judgment hall to CAL
vary, and at each prayers are offered
in memory Of the event represented.
Q. How much salary is paid to a
French Senator's. K.
A. The Parliament of France con-
sists Of Senate and a Chamber Of
Deputies. Each member has an allow
ance of $4,000 francs year. This
would be about $4,000.
@. Is Laurence Hope, author of en-
dia'S Love Lyrics" a woman?-R. E.
A. Laurence Hope is the writing
name of Adele Florence Cory Nicolson.
She was born in 1855 at Stake Bishop,
Worcestershire, England. She died of
poison, elf-administered, at Madras,
India, october 4, 1904.
Q. Where was the center Of popula-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-29

of the playing field. on the field he
was we'll vsrsed in pantomime-so much
so that his every move denoted an inn
pudent and presumptuous confidence
thatp$st the crowds roaring and rock
ing in delight. His approach to the
plate as pinch hitter became the
march of a conqueror, the arrival of
the hero in the nick of time to save
the maiden from the villain. When he
hit the ball the climax was perfect.
When he struck out the act became a
farcical comedy instead of poignant
tragedy.
Art Shires has the showmanship of
Ty Cobb without Ty Cobb's skill as
a base ball player. He has as much
color as the scintillating Joe Cronin
but it is of another hue. The verdict
of the big league is that a base ball
player may also be an actor-but an
actor, on the diamond, must first be
base ball player.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-29
Cord Wood Profits
Shown to Be High

From the Duluth Herald.
Under good forest management the
average acre will produce yearly about
q cord of wood, or 500 feet Of saw
timber.
In the forest this is worth 81 to IS.
This seems q very small return from
an acre Of land. A meager farm crop
brings much more.
Correctly TO compute the income to
the community as 8 whole, however, re-
Quires the tracing Of the wood and the
gain till both have left the locality.
The timber. worth 81 on the stump,
must be felled and sawed and skidded
and loaded on trains, hauled to the
mill and converted into boards and box
weed and synthetic building materials
and insulation, toothpickS and matches,
clothespins and paper. These opera
lions require much labor before the I'm
ished products are ready for shipment.
The mills and factories and railroads
pay taxes, which also stay in the COM
munity.
Thus we find the million cords of
wood used annually in q single Mime
sofa community selling for $50 1000 900,
or $50 cord. And 50 We find the COM
munity income from the acre that pro-
duced 1t is not 81 but $50.
1t is an unusual farm acre on which
regularly could be grown crops that
would sell for $50, even when converted
into such finished products IS -four, Ir
butter, or beef or pork. Most products
leave the farm almost ready for con-
sumption.
From the standpoint Of the COM
munity-the butcher, the baker and the
candlestick maker-certainly 1t would
seem judicious to encourage continuous
timber production on areas not well
suited to other crops.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-29
Children as Future Citizens
Receive Nations Attention

ing effectively with them as an indi-
vidual."
~
valuable advice" which is made
available Is welcomed by the Atlanta
Journal, which adds to this result:
Extremely personal though it l.; and
apt to vary with a myriad moods and
conditions, care of babies ought to take
int consideration great many fundA-
mental and stable factors. Doctors have
given much attention, much research,
to determining what foods and what
regimen are suitable at certain ages and
under certain general conditions Of
health. None of these rules is infallible,
but most of them are easily adaptable.
Medical opinion has even limited, tact
fully, that some of the things mother
used to consider sovereign are open to
question"
New importance attaches to the work,
in the opinion of the Seattle Daily
Times, because lin the last so years we
have herded 50,000000 more human be-
ingS into towns and Cities" with prob
lens of public health, of the need Of
play fields, of fresh air and of mental,
emotional and spiritual well-being."
The Cincinnati Times-Star AYERS that
"the little dWeller In the crowded city
needs more air to breathe and room to
play; needs a cheerful home at time
when SO many social forces are working
to destroy the home" and planted in
the midst of an immensely of steel and
stone he needs a poetic sense Of wonder
in the face of nature"
The Louisville Courier Journal warns
that ''if America breaks down the
break can be traced to this generation,
the first one informed on this subject"
and the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
argues, mo influence can replace the
home, but much Of the service children
need is beyond the resources of private
life, and this it is a cooperative duty
to supply" The Wheeling Intelligencer
upholds the duty to give proper training
for the leaders of the future.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-29
Suggests South Mall
AS War and NAVY Site
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
In locating the new War and Navy
Building 1t should be placed In the
Twelfth TO Fifth street, south Of the
Mall, locality This section needs de-
velopment, and congestion must be re-
lieVed around Fifteenth street and New
York avenue, which would only be in
creased by any location west Of Seven
tenth street. Every evening thousands
Of people are seen crossing the Ell1pSe,
walking toward the shopping and mo-
ton picture center Of the city. The
street car trafic 10 dense and slow from
Fourteenth street west.
BY locating this building In the South
Mall section ready access due north for
quite q distance for automobile trafnc,
which can then 60 east or west, as de-
sired, Is possible. Traf1c can move
readily west along the Mall to the
Arlington Bridge and toward the Poto-
mac parkway drive, across the Four
tenth Street Bridge to Virginia, and
east to the undeveloped Southeastern
and Northeastern sections of the city.
Bus lines will eventually circle the Mall
boulevaFds, as that will be the Federal
section and center of the city. Ninth
street car line would be extended south
of the Mall and with Seventh street car
line ready access to the north Is given.
r. LEGRAD.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-29

Like Shakespeare's heroine, who
never told her love, our friend under
discussion never meant to hurt q hu-
man being.
He just did II.
They were too sensitive?
Well, perhaps. The point is not that
they are sensitive but that he is rude.
Now, sensitivity. according to the
temper OF the hour, Is something to be
Sneered at rather than commended,
mo one would think of such things but
you" they say to such a one.
But 1t is these ones who do this
thinking who are the forward looking
ones Of earth. Scorned by their own
generation, they become the prophets
Of the next.
Politeness in everyday human rela-
tionShip Is something which does not
at this hour in America have the honor
which 1t ought to have.
Our busting life, on which we i'm
measurably pride ourselves. with its in
satiable search for mechanical tricks to
relieve us of work, does not make for
politeneSS in the every day.
There Is no particular point, how
ever, in going out of ones way to be
impolite.
Unless, of course, We are 50 full OF
pep" that We long to wage war on all
and Sundry.
In civilization this inner desire as
sumes many forms. Not often does il
come into the open as clenched fist.
Sometimes 1t assumes the disguise OF
rough amusements. Again it masquer-
2des as kidding" now happily on the
Incline.
md sometimes it Just becomes the
rude banter of. the healthy Individual
who MUST become III to become polite.
*
A little germ, then, with him does
more than cause illness.
It becomes a social instructor, q pro-
lessor in the amenities.
All this. Of course, unwittingly and
no less unknown TO the principal In the
case.
As he convalesces. so will his old
time rudeneSs and discourtesy grow in
stature, until they, too are well.
Such "cure" is seldom permanent.
One perhaps should not expect toe
much from a germ.
X X
Reformation of character is some
thing which results only from an inner
conviction of sin and shame and de-
sire to become o new man.
Holy religion, one may believe, is
right, and always has been right. The
diffculty Of entering the Kingdom of
Heaven is because of something in our
selves and not in our stars.
The gentleman under discussion, who
Is not one but many, seldom reforms
not because he might not like to- but
because he never sees the necessity for
doing so.
1t is not conceivable, since he is Of
the temper he Is, that he would ever
admit any fault in himself In this
matter.
AS far as he will go is in things
physical. When a pain stabS him to
earth, he must admit 1t. But when
health causes him to stab others out Of
sheer arrogance, he does not under
stand their shrinking. Things of the
spirit are not for him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-29

ton of the United States IS or 80 years
ago?-J. K. U.
A. In 1900 the center of population
was miles southeast of Columbus,
Indiana.
@. When was the Anti-Saloon League
made national organization?-K. L.
A. The Anti-Saloon League was or
ganized on a national basis through
the union of local leagues at Washing
ton, d. c., December 10, 1895.
@. What did the Chicago Drainage
Canal cost?-R. T. C.
A. The cost Of the Chicago Drainage
Canal was $45 ,2ss.OoO.
Q. Can you find the words of an old
limerick the first line of which was,
There was an old man from Nam
tucket." and the rest of it was about
his daughter Nan who eloped?-C. D.
A. The limerick was published in the
Princeton Tiger in 1908. 1t ran: There
once was a man from Nantucket, Who
kept all his cash in a bucket; But his
daughter. named Nan, Ran away with
man, And as for the bucket, Nantucket
@. Please give some information about
Charles Darwin.-T. M. l..
A. Charles Robert Darwin was born
at Shrewsbury, England, February IL,
1909. He was the grandson of Erasmus
Darwin He studied at Edinburgh and
Cambridge, was naturalist to H. NJ. 8.
Beagle on voyage of exploration
around the worid|IssI-36. On his
return he took up residence in a Sc
cluded village in Kent where he de-
voted himself to scientific research. He
published in 1859 his chief work, "On
the origin of Species by Means Of Natu-
raj Selection" in which he propounded
his theory of biological evolution. This
was followed by a number of other
scientific publications. He died ct
Down, Kent, April 10, 1882.
@. When did Prince John die?-
NJ. L. K.
A. Prince John, the youngest son Of
the King of England, died on January
10, 1919.
@. Where is the largest floating dock
in the world? Please describe tt?-A.
B. N.
A. At Southampton England, Is said
to be the largest structure of this kind
1t is capable of lifting ships with
displacement of 10000 tons, covers an
area Of approximately ga acres and
has 1920 tons Of steel in its hull. The
height Of the dock from the bottom Of
the pontoon to the top deck Of the side
wall Is over ~ lCcO anu kAlC OCAIAA III
which it is placed has been dredged
to depth of IS feet. The dock con-
sists of hollow steel pontoon, or floor,
surmounted on each side by hollow
steel walls. the whole forming Struc-
ture like an enormous letter U.
@. Was the Washington flag recently
unfurled at Valley Forge q reproduc-
tion?-E. w. q
A. The flag is a duplicate Of Gen.
Washington's headquarters flag and
was made after extensive research. It
Is by 6l5 feet, of navy-blue bunting
with Is white stars Of points each
arranged in q circle.
@. In comparing a giant with q
midget, which would probably be more
intelligent?-S. N. M.
A. DR.. Damrau, in Science and In
vention, says that the midget would
probably be more intelligent. He q
not speaking of other types of dwarfs.
MidgetS are tiny, but perfectly formed,
and their intellects develop at maturity
as in full-sized persons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-29
Naming of Hospital
For GOrgas Endorsed

From the Admission Star.
The action taken by the Tuscaloosa
County Medical Society in favor Of
naming the new Alabama veterans hos
pital in memory of t., late Gen. VIII
liam Crawford Gorgas doubtless will re-
ceive the Endorsement of many citizens
throughout the State. A resolution urg-
ing Gen. Hines, chief of the Veterans
Bureau, to take whatever steps may be
necessary to have the hospital named
for Gen. Gorgas was unanimously
adopted at , a recent meeting of the
Medical Society, and the organization
probably will follow this up with addi-
tional petitions.
In adopting the resolution members
OF the organization had in mind the
far-reaching service rendered by Gen.
Gorgas and the fact that he ranks as
one OF the really great men that Ala
bama has produced. 1t was brought out
at the meeting that Gen. Gorgas was
one OF the greatest medical men pro-
duced by the University Of Alabama
T11HcaloORA.