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Evening star., 1930-12-06
Kellogg's Nobel Peace Prize
Credited to Untiring Labor

Daily Mail, while conceding that "the
specter of war still hangs over Europe
and oyer some ot1er .nsttons, advises,
There Ii need for .compGcts among the
nations to keep the peace, ir7t as theTf
is need among nations for mstrumen-
talities to settle international dispute
arising between nations. While no one
can confidently affirm that these will
always be effective, yet they will un-
doubtedly have a great restraining in
fiuence. The effort to discover a way
to prevent war is a noble one, irrespcc-
tive of the success Of the attempts
made" r.
The pact isviewed by the Columbus
Ohio State Journal as IAN expression Of
hope and Of an ideal" that paper inter-
preting 1t as one whose accomplishments
"are apt to be largely negative, but
therein lies one of It's virtues" concludes
the state Journal, convinced that "it
cannot possibly stir the world to
scene Of words or Of war;" The San
Antonio Express says that Mr.. Kellogg
richly has earned this distinction by
his long conspicuous service In promot-
ing friendship and confidence through
out the globe"
at Is q great thing" states the
Duluth Herald. Ito have this honor
come to America, for there is no way
at this moment by which greater serv-
ice can be done for mankind than to
get the world further along the nigh
way that Is certainly leading, through
whatever delays and diappointments,
to that universal peace wherein swords
shall be beaten into plowshares and
the nations shall not learn war any
more. And for Minnesotans, 1t IS q
still greater thing to have this honor
come to this State, which Mr.. Kellogg
has served so we'll and to which he has
brought such clean and enduring re-
nown Incidentally. this is the second
time this year that Nobel prize has
come to Minnesota, for Sinclair Lewis,
born in Sauk Center, lately won the
Nobel award for literature"
Evening star., 1930-12-06

into grin Of evil as he wrote. That
makes a great deal of difference.
MY wife, said a gentleman, "fas
nne bad habit. She will read In bed"
He he insisted, liked to read while SIT
ting in his favorite easy chair, not
realizing that reading habits. as others,
differ with individuals.
SO he read downstairs. and she read
upstairs.
Reading Is better SO. Silence and lack
OF compaiiionship, except for ones book,
make Tor the best reading.
Inc light must be right for one thing.
We are not Abraham Linco!ns, 70
read lying upon our elbows on a pinn
foer TO the tune of Pickering candles.
Fernaps 1t would be better for us II
we had to endure such hardships. but
SO long as fate and chance and few
cIner such things have removed the
c2ndleS ana given us electric lights IL
would be ungrateful to refuse them
The fault with the average bed light
espselaily or the boudoir type, is that Il
mas too small lamp in 1t. BE sure tha
Wattsge high enough, but not too
nlBn. Then make certain that the fight
Goes not shine directly into the eyrN
Ihis Is an important rule evury one
KNOWS, OF course, bit 1t is a fact that
many VINO know 1t Violate 1t.
Fne ivory wooden bed with hieh
iieaop0afo, popular 10 c: Is years ago,
mas Cne good point: light reflected from
IT gives q soft glow admirable FOR read.
ing IN bed. There Is no other way 10
gst this reflection principle, except per-
the light. "A1
me smaller details of pillows and
covers must be left TO the Individual
caprice CT the reader. A few general
rules, however, might be in order.
Do not keep too warm, as this tends
to put one asleep. Sleep, by the wav' Is
Inc one drawback to reading in bed
especially II you are past the magic age
Twenty-one has been called tho
magic age, but It Is not. Thirty ia Il
as every enc knows who is looking bacE
at it. "'eNA-
Before 30. one can stay awake reading
as long as one pleases, but after that
IL is not SO easy, especially If the book
tends to be slightly dull.
Inen, too warm covers will surely
cause one to lie over on ones side.
thence to slip into dreamland or its
equivalent.
Perhaps sitting as upright as posi-
Dle Is Tie paSG course for most of U.S.
This tends to Offset the natural tend
ency 70 become sleepy, not unnatural
thing, considering where one is.
Two pillows, or possibly three, prop
ped well forward under the elbows, viii
permit the reader to drag through at
least 80 pages of the heaviest reading
before succumbing to the inevitable. 4
AS Tor eating in bed, that is a prob
lem too large to be considered here.
Candy or popcorn or the like are mere
concoInitants of reading, and should
not be permitted to obtrude.
Especially is it not good to attempt
to read in bed Immediately after eat
ing dinner No reader can stand it, nor
book, either.
Read in bed, for the best reading.
but be sure 10 pull the curtains over
the windows, and if you hear some one
at the door, turn of the light until
they are gone.
Evening star., 1930-12-06
Perils From Trucks
On HIGHWAYS Noted

From the Charleston Is. CO. Evening Post
1t is remarkable that there is not
more public indignation and agitation
over the failure Of the State to pro-
vide suitable regulations to protect
motorists from collision with the tre-
mendous trucks that are seen on the
highways in increasing numbers. Ac-
cidents with such trucks grow in fre-
quency and most of them are bad acci-
dents. Many trucks, with loads that
project out beyond their hubs, are
passed at night and cause motorists to
gasp each time as, approaching two
ordinary looking headlights at a high
speed, they find themselves just barely
missing the side OF what turns out to
be moving mass of one and a half
or two times the width of an ordinary
passenger vehicle. That there are not
more disasters from this cause Is re-
markable.
A truck carrying load which pro-
jects over its sides or one of more
than ordinary width should be required
at night to bear some distinguishing
light that would warn of its approach
and in addition to this it should be
required to carry light at the extreme
outside point OF its load ON the left
side. It should not be difficult to run
such a bulb back over the top or side
of any load and fasten it in place.
Such light would inform approach. 4
ing travellers Of the clearance precau- I
tiohs necessary to take in order TO pass
the truck safely. Moreover, truck
carrying a trailer, as many now do,
should be required to have the latter
adequately lighted to give warning OF
the unusual length of the vehicle to be-
passed and thus avoid a danger which
is especially great oli.a curve.
The highways bring a boon to the
public In greater facilities for freiRht
and their use for thia
purpose is TO be encouraged, but thlla
far too little has been done to reguIata
this class Of trafic In the interest AZ
public safety. Now that so nAuch
freight moves by motor truck. it a
absurd to surround the operation AZ
with the most stringent reri-
lations and leave truck trafic IN.
regulated. The State Highway DepartA
ment should study this subject and
submit to the Legislature az its next
session a code Of regulations for truck
'raflc that wiz adequately protect the
public. s.
Evening star., 1930-12-06
The Bus Bill.

The Senate by vote Of 81 to 20, re-
committed to the Committee on Inter
state Commerce the bill "to regulate
the transportation of persons in inter-
state and foreign commerce by motor
carriers operating on the public high
ways" more fam!lietly known as the
bus bill. It would be misfortune If
the proposed legislation were allowed
to die in committee, nor IS it expected
that such viii be the case. The inter-
state motor bus business has grown by
leaps and bounds. And it has become
evident that some measure of rsgula-
ton by the Federal Government is
needed, for the safety of the public as
wen as for the protection of the public
in other ways. The House at the last
session passed bus bill and sent it to
the Senate. The Senate Interstate
Commerce Committee reported the
measure with amendments and this
was the bill which was reccmnitted
yesterday.
The debate of the bin in the Senate
indicated clearly that majority OF the
Senators are not satisfied, for the pres
ert, with the measure as drafted. The
regulation Of motor buses in interstate
traffic, for the very reason that such
traffic has developed so largely, presents
many problems to the legislators. There
are at least three parties to the contro-
vsrsy over q regulatory measure, the
public, the motor bus companies and the
railroads. The last party comes into
the picture because the railroads of the
country are operating today in inter-
state commerce under the strictest kind
OF regulation, even to the fixing of the
rates which they may charge.
Unrestricted and unregulated bus
transportation, the railroads hold.
nenacss the very existence OF the rail-
roads. They hold that if the railroads
are to continue to be great arteries Of
freight and passenger trafic, meeting
the needs of the country, there must be
come measure Of restriction upon the
composition which they must meet.
They point out that the motor buses, as
well as frsight-carrying trucks, operate
over public highways which they do not
have to maintain, as the railroads have
to maintain their rights Of way ard
tracks.
There is the other side of the pic
tire. however, in which the public is
vitally interested, which looks to ade-
quste and efficient transportation at the
lowest rates Of fare that are reasonable
and just. The public is entitled to what
it can have in the way of bus trans
portation, provided that the public is
guarded against disastrous accidents.
The pending bus bill does not relate
to freight-carrying trucks. Senator
Couzens, chairman of the Interstate
Commerce Committee, has told the SEN
ate that there has SO far been no de-
nand for such regulations of trucks.
Generally speaking. the trucks are not
operated as common carriers, but a
shipper Of goods owns the trucks, or
hires the entire truck when he has goods
to move in interstate commerce.
Clearly the regulation of motor bus
traffic in interstate commerce is one of
the pressing needs of the day. 1t is
measure which Congress should not
permit to die.
Evening star., 1930-12-06
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRAcEwELL.

Very few booklovers will admit to
reading in bed,
They seem to feel that Il is q lazy
practice, forgetting that this belief is
heritage from days when the pioneer.
ing spirit was necessary.
1t is no longer fashionable to regard
physical ease as necessarily sure step
along the royal road to ruin.
The highway OF progress is discovered
to have many approaches, and he who
appears TO be as lazy as a salamander
may get there first, after all.
Reading in bed, therefore, Is no sign
OF laEiness. The most that can be kaid
aga nst 1t Is that it shows a taste for
luxury, and America still shrtnks from
the luxurious,
As Nation we have not got the point
yet when We can all read and apore-
ciats Mr.. Powys' new book, "a Defense
of Sensuousness," which would have
been less scary-sounding to most OF US
had it been named, as it should be, "a
Defense of the Senses"
~
What may be said for reading in bed
Is that it is a comfortable habit, re-
markably easy on body and brain, and
particularly good for the eyeB
What Is more, 1t enables the capable
reader to get i'll touch with his book
great deal, especially in an age when
we leap at everything.
This almost might be called the
Leaping Age. We roar down streets
in motor cars, dash in to see neigh
bors, play fast and furieus game OF
bridge while we are there, instead OF
talking leisurely, as they did in the
older days. We take everything on the
run. even our meals, and then wonder
at the increase Of colds and cases of
indigestion.
We leap. instead of walk, and pride
ourselves upon it, as if no one in pasS
ages had ever made the same mistake
in their approach to life. The only
difference IS that so many Cf us are
doing it today.
Now book is, by natural right. a.
leisurely thing. Except for the Iiimble
offspring of Engiand's Edgar Wallace
practically all of the books offered us
are the products of long thought.
X X i: x
What right have we, as readers, to
leap upon book as a beast upon its
prey?
You cannot tear the sustenance of a
book from it rudeiy, or suck its life
blood instantly. Those who try that
method OF approach usually fail, al
though they may not know that
| they do.
Only the leisurely, the gentlemanly
approach, If you will, permits the reader
and the book to know each other in
timstely.
1t was thus that Emile zola once
read in high, cold Partisan attic, after
meal of sparrowS which he hao
shared on the roof.
Wrapped up in his blankets, he was
almost warm aS he lay huddled with
greatness. All books were great in pur-
pose in the elder days. Few authors
mad descended to some of the low levels
reached today, when men and women,
too, alas, write with an evil leer!
Eyil may have been pictured then, as
now, but the leer was absent from it.
zola himself portrayed many things
which brought him the condemnation
Of. finicky readers, but we of today, more
tolerant in such matters see clearly
| that the man was not twisting his lips
Evening star., 1930-12-06

on the winner of the 1880 Nobel prize
for literature.
II n \ X
Hopelessly old-fashioned and "vic-
torian" as the Victorians were, it must
fiatter those. who are living and those
who are gone, II they are In q position
to know about II, that so much atten-
ton Isl being paid 20 them at present.
critical, 1t is, Of course, 0etter to be
noticed than to be forgotten. That is a
truism. Among recent discussions of
the Victorians Is "Those Earnest Victo-
rians," by Esms Wingheld- Sratford
~ this book are combined defeAse and
sharp criticlsm.
Evening star., 1930-12-06

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
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Bureau, Frederic j. Haskin, director,
Washington d. c., and inclose 2 cents
in coin or stamps for return postage.
g. Why does Harold Lloyd wear 9
white glove on one hand?-W. r.
A. Harold Lloyd lost his thumb and
forennger and part Of his hand while
he was posing for some comic photo
graphs. He had q real b3mb in his
hand, which the property man had
given him through error. This exploded,
blowing UP the photogra piers studio
and injuring Lloyd's hand.
@. When was the statue of Frances
e. Willard placed in statuary Hall at
The Capitol?-G. v. B.
A. In February, 1905.
@. How old was Or. Charles w.
Eliot when he died?-N. " F.
A. DR.. Eliot died at the age of 90.
@. How is dice-golf played?-D.
L. c.
A. The game Of dice-golf is played
with four dice, two dice to each player.
One of the dice is marked on each of
the four sides, Bunker. water hazard,
in the rough and fairway; the other
two sides, In the cup. TIE other die
is marked on the sides and 2, rep
resenting strokes. Each roll indicates
the play, such as: Bunker, stroke; /;
total, strokes for the hole, which is
noted on the score card provided. The
play alternates after each hole.
@. Did the City of Chicago ever vote
for municipal ownership of street rail-
roads?-C. ".
A. Chicago voted in favor of munici-
pal ownership of street railways in
April, 1904, but the plan that was ap-
proved was never put into effect.
c. What was the date of the slocum
disaster?-T. r. E.
A. The steamer General Slocum
burned in New York HarboE with a
loss of about 900 lives, on June 16, 1904.
@. Where was gunpowder FIRST man
ufactured?-J. G. S.
A. The earliest known gunpowder
mills were those at Augsburg, Germany,
in 1340, and at Spandau, Germany, in
1874.
@. Does radio use the same amount
of electricity whether turned on loud or
soft?-P. Y.
A. It does use the same amount.
@. What was Barbara Fritchie's
maiden name?-T. B. F.
A. Before her marriage she was Bar
bara Hauer.
@. When did King Of England
make the first speech to Parliament
w. A. L.
A. The Kings speech Is in reality
the declaration of the causes Of the
summons of Parliament and forms the
legal basis for the deliberations of the
two houses. 1t gives in broad outline
the legislative program of the session.
Originally the King actually delivered
Evening star., 1930-12-06
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. aAsKIN.

his speech In person and ParafArhenk
could not assemble until the King
thought Mt to summon 1t. The Kings
speech" apparently dates back to the
Model Parliament of Edward I, sum-
moned in 1895.
@. Referring to books. does the term
uncut" mean trimming the edges of
the pages, or actually cutting the folios
to make leaves?--A. T. B. wv !.
A. 1t refers to books with pages
which are untrimmed, having rough
edges. I'
Q. How much popcorn on the cob
does It take to make bushel of sheiled
corn?-M. L. w.
A. 1t takes about 10 pounds of pop
corn on the cob 70 make 56 pounds
or bushel Of shelled popcorn.
9. Do honey bees die after stinginep
u. p. N.
A. Honey bees after stingins do die.
though not always Immediately. It Is
possible for them to live several hours.
Wasps, hornets and yellow jackets can
sting repeatedly, inasmuch as their
st!ngs remain intact.
@. Please define gravitation.-B. 8.
A. Gravitation is the name given to
the mutual attraction between different
bodies of matter. The attraction IL
universal, and the law of universal
gravitation may be stated as follows:
Every particle of matter in the universe
attracts every other particle with d
force that varies directly as the product
of the masses Of particles and inverse
" as the square Of the distance between
them.
@. What occupations do Theodore
Roosevelts sons follow?-H. T. A.
A. His son Theodore is now Cover
nor of Porto Rico. Kermit is steam
ship agent and Archibald is member
Of banking firm.
O.. How long does a person usually
remain in prison when convicted Of
homicide?-M. M. ~.
A. The average sentence for homi-
eide in the case Of male prisoners Is
2l.22 years and for female prisoners
1884 years.
@. Please name some of the best
known swamps in the United States.
Il. S.
A. The Florida Everglades, Virginia
Dismal Swamp, the Cypress and Man
grove Swamps CT other Southern States
and the Tule Swamps Of the SAN
Joaquin valley are some weu known
swamp areas.
@. What part OF each dollar Of In
come is paid in taxes in the United
States?-W. Il. p. IL
A. Out Of every dollar Of income
received by Americans, about $4,000, 900
being gainfully employed, it Is esti-
mated that 1l.9 cents is paid in taxes
to Federal, State, county and municipal
governments.
@. How many Federal officers were
killed in 1929 in prohibition enforce
ment service?-W. d. N. Ir3
A. None was killed in line Of duty
in 1929.
@. Is it correct to say HE was
operated"?-N. B. gg.
A. The idiom is ''He was operated
upon" Without the proposition the
expression Is incomplete.
Evening star., 1930-12-06
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Mystery Story.
Mystery draws nearer
'Mongst mortals here below.
The things that should be clearer
Still more mysterious grew.
Affairs are probIematic
On earth and in the sky;
And even love ecstatic
May fade-we know not why.
Life's episodes we follow
With interest intense.
Some seem a little hollow
And others seem immense.
The world with all its glory
In wonderful display
Is just a mystery story
We read it day by day.
Evening star., 1930-12-06
A New Heroine.

A new heroine revealed herself to the
world the other night in the dark
waters Of the Tyrrhenian Sea. She Is
Mss Winifred spooner, twenty-three-
ysar-old ayiatrix Of England. She and
her companion, Capt e. G. 7. Edwards,
we're attempting record flight from
London 10 Cape Town. Just after leay-
ing the coast Of Italy the engine OF
thar sinsle-mctcred plane BEGAN d
Evening star., 1930-12-06

According to Representative Will r.
Wood, Government workers ought not to
draw higher pay when SO many persons
in all branches q industry are unsm-
ployed. A mathematician might figure
that worker drawing less compensation
than he earns is so far as his wage is
concerned in a state Of partial unem-
ployment.
Evening star., 1930-12-06

Henry Ford recently offered to lend
promising young violinist, who lacked
an instrument, cne of his rare eight
zenith century treasures. Henry has
quite musical collection-cottage or
gans and goodness knows what all!
Some say that since his penitent retrac-
ton he has even added jewsharps.
Evening star., 1930-12-06

The suggestion that those who get
married in church cannot be good COM
munists would cause much loss Of fetni-
nine interest in Soviet ideas. There are
very few brides who do not wish to be
married in church. e
Evening star., 1930-12-06

Those who worked in chemistry were
feared by the popuiace in bygone days.
The fear is likely to be revived by the
poison-laden fog that swept over por-
ton of Belgium.
Evening star., 1930-12-06

Before shooting at the Spanish pre-
mier Newspaper Reporter Llizo resigned
from his position. No city editor of any
nationality now encourages a man to
manufacture news event for the sake
If a first-hand story.
Evening star., 1930-12-06

AS foot ball enthusiast Huey Long
works hard and conspicueusly, recog-
nizing no doubt that people who under
stand foot ball are more numerous than
thos7 who have an intimate perception
Of the methods and ideals of statesman
ship.
Evening star., 1930-12-06

ment would have to flad fresh sourc IS
Of revenue.
JuriSt Suggests
Special Court for Juveniles.
E. Mercurio, Santiago. in the recent
debates in the Chambsfs relative tn
law 4447, established for the protection
OF minors, there was much discussion
regarding the age at which a juvenile
of1ender may be deemed fully account
able for his acts and punished accord
lngly. One OF our most astute jurists.
Don Carlos Anabalon, expressed some
views in this respect which we believe
are well worth pondering by all of us
when our wrath flares up at some in
jury, loss or detrinent we have slls-
tanned at youthful hands.
Judge Anabalon believes that all
juvenile deLnquentS, when they have
committed q fault worthy of police
cognizance, should be taken before a
special court, the functions and oficers
OF which are entirely distinct from
those trying mature lawbreakers. This
court should be housed in a pleasant
ouliolng, amid agreeable surroundings,
and the children be treated more as
boys and girls upon days outing than
apprehended for miSdemeanors. Ad-
1acent TO the rooms of the court should
be dormltorieS or apartments in which,
IN extreme cases, young delinquentS
expiate their faults.
1t is not desirable, Of course, that a
boy OF IA, who has occasioned a fatality
through the careless operation of a mo-
tor car, should be conducted to the
court, reprimanded, perhaps, and then
Immediately released. He should have
a period OF solitude and quiet to medi-
tate upon his dreadful ofense, but no
more severe punishment should be
inflicted.
In fact, there should be neither trial
nor incarceration for any offenders less
than ID years old, for to put those in
prison OF more tender age is to educate
than in crime. If a child Is brought
before the infants court every time he
commits notable rnisden1eanor, and is
instructed gently in the seriousness of
his errors, and what they eventually
may lead to, he is in all probability to
be reformed and made useful citizen.
In fragrant ana repeated cases, lit
tie drastic discipline may be used, but it
is essential that the culprit be lauded
for his worthy characteristics rather
than condemned llarshly for his faults.
In this is the secret of reclamation.
X X X X
Third Party Insurance
Compulsory for Motorists.
Northern Whig, Belfast.-The Nor
thern House of Commons has passed
the second reading of the motor vehi-
cles and road traffic bill embodying
compulsory insurance against third
party risks. Every person using a mo-
tor car would have to carry certificate
either of insurance or of coverage by
q " ft7c
risks to the extent of $1,000. Where a
person used car without being covered
with insurance. he would be liable to a
fine not exceeding ESQ, or be imprisoned
for period not exceeding three months
and cancellation CT his license.
Where a person injured had received
treatment in a hospital, and where pay
ment had been made by an authorized
insurer for the accident, the owner
would be liable TO discharge to the
hospital reasonable expenses not exc
ceeding EOS.