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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-06
Efficiency Rewarded.

Whether it was the lure OF AVE-
dollar increase In pay or not, ninety
two Washington policemen have been
so efficient this month in the perform
ance of their duties that they have been
singled out by the special board for
the unusual recognition OF being placed
on the police honor roll, thereby draw
ing an additional stipend. IL /. 10 be
hoped that it was not a temporary squirt
on the part of any OF the policemen SO
recognized and that the efficiency which
gave them their reward will character
lie their future conduct
The award for efficiency and courtesy
on the part of policemen is good
che end should stimulate the men 10
give their best efforts at all times. Since
Mai Pratt took once ne has stressed
courtesy to the public and mas brought
,beq4 ggest improvement in thifTcsn-c'
24Asgs are only a few cases. -Aow Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-06
Government ON Wheels.

Within q few days past the District
Police Department, the Traffic Bureau
| and the CITY Refuse Department have
| been moved from their previous loca-
tions IN the District Building and In
structures In the square north Of the
new Commerce Department to a tenn
porary home in a building OH Louisiana
avenue within the area upon which the
new Municipal Center will be erected.
This structure, IL Is interesting ~ note.
IL The one that was used as the Dis
trict Building" just prior ~ the cree
ton OF the supposed permanent and
final home Of the municipal govern
ment at Pennsylvania avenue and Four.
teenth street. In two OF three years it
viii be demolished TO make room for
the great Municipal Center project and
II will be necessary 10 place the three
branches OF the District government
somewhere else pending the erection OF
what Is now confidently expected viii
be really permanent home.
This shifting about is part OF the
process Of public building OH a large
scale. The Federal Government is from
time to time shuff1ing its bureaus
around pending the completion Of the
series of structures Oh the Man-Avenue
triangle. The other day the Coast
Guard Offices were moved from a build
ing In the square that is about to be
cleared as a park approach TO the
Commerce Department to the Treasury
Annex At Madison place and Pennsyl-
Vania avenue. This location is prob
ably only temporary one The fire
which some days ago DESTROYED one of
The temporary wartime buildings neces-
states reshlfting OF bureaus and prob
ably the occupation FOR a time Of space
IN q privately owned structure.
The District Juvenile Court Is also
moving around. IL has been housed for
some time III a former school building
which Is now to be RACED 10 make wav
for the new boulevard Running from
Union Station Plaza 10 b street at
Third. The court will now be located in
building near that Oh Louisiana ave-
nue. which is housing the Police Depart
ment. lie 1'raffie Bureau and the City
Refuse Department. This. OF course,
viii 60 the way VI ALI others now stand
ing III the Municipal Center site In q
few years, and once more the Juvenile
Court, which has been batted around
almost as frequently as the House of
Detention, must find provisional quar-
teis pending the erection of its own
permanent home.
These shifts and changes require
much ingenious planning and, Incl
dentally, involve considerable confusion
ON the part Of those vino have to do
business with the peripatetic branches
OF the District government. But II is all
for the best in the end, inasmuch as
when the Municipal Center is con-
structed the District bureaus will have
their own final fixed places. There will
be, 1t Is supposed ample room for the
present and for few decades 10 come,
with possibilities for expansion III new
constructions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-06

browbeating Of citizens by policemen
where there used to be many and it Is
especially gratifying TO washinetonians
that the police have learned that IL Is
not necessary TO take reputable citizen
who has violated some minor traf1ic
regulation To the police precinct station
la patrol wagon. OF course cases Of
this sort will bob up from time to time.
but they are The exception rather than
the rule
Nin< ty-two policemen placed on the
honor roll during the first month is y
good augury OF the success Of the plan
aud Of the number of men who through
merit Will b. listed for special recogni-
tion. Washington hopes that all VI Its
policemen viii strive ~ attain places
on the roll. IL will make The National
Capital bstter place Ia which TO live.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-06
Bandit Camp
Routed by Air Bombs.
II. S. ''I'ourism" Grows
Despite Depression

From the New Orleans Times-Picayune.
If reports from the national parks
give an accurate line ''touriSm" In the
United States continued its growth In
spite Of stock market slumpS and con-
sequent depreSSions. The National
Park Service, an agency OF the Interior
Department reports that up to Au-
gust 6 last the number Of tourists
visiting the national parks had been
greater by approximately 100000 than
the total number OF such visitors regis
tered during 1929. A few of these
parks reported decreased registrations.
but these were much more than offset
by the gains reported from the Others.
The decreases, IL is further noted,
were almost entirely limited TO Fall
travel which has fallen OH because of
depressed business conditions. Many
persons who made reservations for tours
Cancelled them because Of lack OF
finances" Motor tourists presumably
contributed the gains recorded. Hawaii
National Park reported a slump Of 23
per cent, the greatest III the list. While
This Is officially attributed TO another
cause, We. have an idea 1t was due In
part at least To the TACT that the grow
ing army OF motorists cannot travel TO
Hawaii, in their cars, and accordingly
omitted the Hawaiian park from their
Itineraries.
Motor touring la this country Is still
far short of its peak" proportions and
will continue 10 break the touring
volume records for years to come. Most
motorists find the lure OF the open
road strengthened steadily by the i'm
provement OF highways the country
over Regions once avoided because of
the poor condition of their roads now
are Offering modern paved highways
that tempt both the veteran tourists
and the noVices. Also they increase
the cruising radius of the vacationiSt
whose travel time limited and whet
the appetite for fGsi1her exploration.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-06
Mothers Listed Pioneers
New Hospital Regulation

From the Fort Worth Record-TeIegram.
We read interestedly of the organiza-
ton of the Associated Mothers of Illi-
nois. 1t is a group of mothers banded
together for the purpose of demanding
a drastic statute against any possible
repetition of the famous Watkins
Bamberger case in Chicago, wherein
two babies became hopelessly confused
in Chicago hospital to the future
despair of both mothers.
The world will doubtless watch the
operations of the newest protective or
gani2ation with much interest. There
Is nothing quite so charged with un-
gueSsable potentially as a group Of
mothers on the warpath on the subject
OF offspring. A man by the name of
Klplina rounded out quite a reputation
by putting the Municipalities of the
abstract mother" into rhyme
she Is welded to convictions
In default of grosser ties:
Her contentious are her children;
Heaven help him who denies!"
The Legislature of the State of Illi-
nois will do well to refreshen itself on
the female of the species" 1t Is
scarcely PROBABLE that any set of in
dividuals on the globe could devise q
protection against the very occasional
careleSsness that might confuse the en-
titles of two hospital babies. but the
nlinoisians are going to be put to that
task. The Associated Mothers have
made that their great obligation to
humanity
Mere men are capable of hoping for
the best in cases of doubt in baby identi-
flcation. but they are recognized as of
such general unimportance in such in
stances that they will probably not at
tempt any defense against the iTnpend-
ing lobby" Being used to saying,
Yes, my DEAR" by rote, they will fall
back on yes, madame" and let the
lines of least resistance their currents
turn awry and take on the name of
action.
An Associated Mothers movement for
general results might not be such a
bad idea. Suppose they organized for
the purpose of making all each others
children do n little something in gem
eral obedience and go to work a. soon
AS they complete school! There would
be somethinsl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-06
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

This bureau does not give advice, but
It gives free information on any SUD-
ject. Often, to be accurately informed
is to be beyond the need of advice, and
information is always valuable, whereas
advice may not be. In using this serv-
ice be sure to write clearly, state your
inquiry briefly and inclose 2-cent stamp
for reply postage. Address The Evening
Star Information Bureau. Frederic j..
Haskin, director, Washington, d. G..
@. How tall does q person have to be
to be termed a "giant"?--C. w.
A. The word is conventionally lin
tied to persons over z feet in height.
Q. What nation has the largest coast
trade?--N. z.
A. The great length of our sea and
lake coasts, the number Of good har-
bors and the fact that most OF the
coast region Of the United States has
been settled makes the coasting trade
of this country the most extensive in
the world.
@. Does starching keep textiles clean
longer?-R. s. ID.
A. 1t does, because 1t covers and holds
down the tiny surface hairs that catch
the dust and dirt.
@. Did the Society of Friends do re-
lief work during and after the war?
S. M.
A. During the war 1t was active in
relief work in France, Germany, Hol-
land Poland and Russia. After the
war 1t did a great deal of reconstruc-
ton work, hospital work and relief work
among the destitute.
@. How was the Brooklyn Bridge
financed?-F. j. ].
A. The structure was begun as a pri-
vate enterprise. but the corporate was
unable to carry on, so the bridge be-
came the property Of the two cities,
Brooklyn paying two-thirdS and New
York one-third of the cost.
@. Do some animals hibernate in
Summer. j.
A The word hibernate" carries the
idea of Winter. South tropical crea-
lures such as alligators, snakes and
certain mammals and insects undergo
a period of torpor during the hot, dry
season when food is scarce and vegeta-
ton is taking a rest. This is known as
"estivation.''
9. Please tell me what samvat means.
A. Samvat is an abbreviation of the
Sanskrit word "Samvstsara," which
means q year. Samvat is the method of
! reckoning time used generally in In
dia, except in Bengal Christian dates
are reduced to Samvat by adding 81 to
the Christian year.
@. How long after the parachute
opens will a man be moving downward
at a regular rate of Speed?-A. j.
A. The Army Air Corps says that a
mans descent receives considerable
check almost instantly with the opening
of the parachute, and that within few
seconds after the opening of the para
chute the descent is constant.
@. Can liquid air be seen?-P. w. S.
A. Liquid air is visible, having the
appearance Of water with trace of blu
ing il it.
Q. What is commercial paper?-G.
H. C.
A. Commercial paper is a general
name for checks, drafts, notes. bills of
lading, bills Of exchange, warehouse re-
ceipts, treasury warrants. orders for de-
| livery Of goods. certificates of stocks and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-06

Book readers will wonder whether the
! firm of Simon g. Schuster Of New York
mean for their experiment In book
publishing" TO include permanently the
| colorS ON the covers OF their new dol
lar novels.
Please note that the covers OF the
Inner Sanctum Novels have three sep
arate colors: Red. Blue and Green,
they announce.
u. Blue. These are books III more
or less serious vein.
-. Red. These are books Of lighter
nature.
-. Green. These are Detective and
! Mystery stories"
II this thing keeps up, 1t will be pos
sibIe 10 read the color of friendS
mind by looking al his bookshelves.
why, you are Blue, aren't your" one
may say, perhaps with some surprise
Or. after returning home, Il was
rather amazed to note that Jim Is a
| confirmed Red"
Or, one woman speaking TO another,
Il was over 10 see Matte yesterday. and
would you believe it she reads nothing
but GteenS!'
Paper covers do of course, permit q
wider latitude Of color, but the DIVISION
Of reading tastes into three cardinal
| groups by means Of them may Serl-
0uSly be questioned.
Serious. Light, Detective Mystery?
All novels may be Jumped OH soP
II So, perhaps blue Is good for serious
books, red for light and green for
mysterious fiction.
Blue is the mood Of the moment. We
have the blues" moaned at us from
a hundred dance orcheStraS a day, IL
We happen 10 be radio fans.
Popularity, one is supposed to be seri-
Gus when blue.
Red. the color OF love, is not a bad
selection for light f1ction, whatever that
means.
Green is the color of burning alcohol
and salt the old standard mystery
glow used la \ million limitations into
secret orders q year.
=
Efficiency. as applied to book covers,
is rather beside the mark.
Colored cards and jackets may speed
up office work, but hOme-reading Is not
work. or, at least. IL ought not TO be.
Auditors and publishers are supposed
to cooperate to see that 1t is fun, and
readers may insure happiness by max
ing careful selections.
These choices, however. surely will
not be made OH account OF the TINT OF
4 book, but rather on its solid merit.
Yes, one will get fooled now and
then: but even complete knowledge Of
the spectrum would not save one.
And suppose one happened TO be
color-blindi
In that event even the most hectic
wrappers would mean nothing TO him.
lie would be thrown back, III the flnal
analysis. upon the name Of the author,
title, publisher 'Dlurb" Oh the jacket.
reviews. recommendations OF friends
and clerks and advertisements,
Color has been tried out for years on
The jackets. OF paper covers OF the
cloth bound books.
Several years ago publishers began
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-06
SHOOTING STARS.
BY pHILANpER JOHNSON.

Mach knowledge.
Most persons will remember
How poet paused TO sing
About "a little knowledge
That becomes q dangerous thing.
Now every brain Is busy
Al strange mysteries we clutch.
We used TO know too little.
Now. perhaps. We know too much.
We delve into forces
That are subtle and sublime
And claim to solve the meanings
That lay hid I'M space and time. y
And even our affections
Show a scientific touch.
We used 10 know too little.
Now, perhaps, We know too much
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-06

Inauguration day rs famous for an
unfavorable climatic condition. So, al
the other end of the thermometer, Is
Labor day. A revision OF dates for the
festivals of the Nation has often been
suggested. In popular magma ton
March implies the advent Of Spring
time and September the arrival Of Au-
tumn. IL is difficult TO disturb the
working Of hopeful and comforting
superstition.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-06

A statue of Horace Greeley stands
conspicuous in a New York space where
crowds rush by. The early inspiration
Of the art that works in bronze or
marble was the idea that All effigy
somehow held within it the warmth of
immortality. In view of the changes
that go on about it, 1t seems a merci-
full provision of Providence that a
statue cannot think.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-06
Legs" fingers in Germany.

. One begins " pity poor Legs
Diamond. the Brooklyn racketeer, who
tried 10 take a vacation and sailed for
Antwerp, aud was shunted over into
Germany only 10 We held by the police
MS an undesirable and ordered 10 be
deported back TO America InaSmuch
asp this country has not asked for his
extraditipn and as Germany Is turn
ing him out only because II does moi
want him. lac cannot be placed Oh board
any ship that comes along as 4 COM
pulsory passenger. Three transatlantic
steamship lines 10 which the German
government mas applied Tor space"
.or Diamond have refused 10 take him
On the ground that their passenger
lists are full FOR their next sailinss from
Bremen. OF course, this does not nee
essarily mean that there is actually
no room for Legs" on board any Of
these three ships. Even though the
transatlantic tide Is now at It's height
flowing westward there is always room
for one more on The most denseiy
populated craft. The fact lis evident
that the steamship companies regard
poor Legs as All undesirable, even
as does the German government. SO
Legs is Still cooling his heels at
Bremen. and II the steamship COM
.panies persist in their refusal ~ trans
port him, under whatever pretext. he
may stay there until he dies of Old age.
There is hope, however, that he may
be worked on Oh freighter on which
he would not be a communicating IN
fiuence. IL Is really d terrible thing
Ia have a bad reuuLALiu
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-06

MtlsSolini says he has no fear of as
sassination. Two types Of man must
be absolutely fearless. as they ny high -
the dictator and the aviator.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-06
Compliment Might BE Returned

From the Ana ArboT Daily News.
An opera singer was fined $i5 in
Chicago for hurting a flower pot at a
neighbor VINO operated a radio at 6
am. 1t all depends upon what you
say when you SAY IT, with flowers"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-06

In turning to the banker for relief
in time Of farm distress, il cannot be
forgotten that the farmer himself is q
depositor who wants his funds gu
diciously administered
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-06
Effect of Anli.Noise Crusade.

From the PITT sburGh Pokt-0slette.
Lovers VI the picturesque complain
that the sporty dressers Of the race
track are no longer la evidence. The
anti-noise crusade may have over
reached Itself.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-06

Admits 10 Pain ia the Neck.
From the III. Louis Globe Democrat.
One of the ST. Louis lads who drove
an automobile backward across the
continent says the chief expression OF
TINS method Of travel is "a pain In the
neck quite sol
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-06
Adds IN Their Value.

From The Duluth Herald.
Having two ears Is great copven-
fence. We hear SO many things that
should be permitted TO go in one and
cut the other.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-06

Jud Tunkins says man who marks
ballots In q primary election had better
concentrate on the new diagram, even
If ne has u forget his cross word puE-
zies for a while.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-06

There are plenty of apples, but no
peaches. This will enable prohibition
agents 10 simplify their task by for
getting peach brandy and concentrating
ON apple Jack.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-06

There Is a growing resentment Of
ness. President Hoover will make some
speeches for himself and deal direct
with his public.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-06
'rrapper Exposed.

From The st. Louis Post-Dispstch.
An Alaskan trapper reports he tTav.
eled 1900 miles by dog train. boat and
airplsne 10 find dentist. put the once
b. -r,'~ he doesn't belie~9 TO-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-06

Thanks to the unprecedented drought
in these regions, the sign Keep on the
Grass" has become obsolete for the rea-
son that there is no grass.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-06
Plnckx Sports.nA nshLp.

Sir Thomas Upton sails his boat.
A victoiy.--he can't strike IL.
Yet in defeat lac stays AfiOat.
Perhaps he's learned To like it,.
Il believe in de Bible" said Uncle
Eben, AN / refuses TO quarrel about H.,
because one VI The best things II says
is Blessed Is de peacemaker.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-06

by mail in any European city, and have
reply within 10 days. These two let
ters arrived ON flying passenger boat
OF the Compania AerotreneS. The
same enterprise is considering augment
ing its service between this city and
Buenos Aires. At present two paSsen-
ger plants leave for the Argentine cap-
ital daily. al IL am. and S pm These
two flights. however. scarcely suffice for
those Gle, lring 10 use these swift con-
veyances.
German Fishing
Boats Held by British.
Cologne Gazetta--A fiotilla of Ger
man fishing boats has been seized and
placed in restraint by English authori-
ties st Portsmouth because the owners
OF the fleet. at Hamburg have not been
able To pay the salaries of the crews
one or these steam trawlers will be
sold II all wages have not been paid
up to date.
Mounted Police
Receive Radio Entertainment.
Manchester Guardian. Most OF us
are aware that broadcasting reaches
many lonely folk up in the Arctic
every evening. Some interesting re-
ports on what stations are heard have
been made by various attachments of
the Royal Canadian Mounted Police up
there. Every northern post OF the
Mounties now has a receiving set for
pleasure as well a for the communica-
ton OF official information. Herschell
Island. III the Arctic Ocean itself,
picked up last year 3 Canadian trans
hitting stations German. 10 Ameri-
can, ] Japanese and, II Is gratifying
to know. ] English. The post al, Rae.
Oh Great Slave Lake, picked up direct
from England the thanksgiving service
also hears Honolulu and equally distant
foreign stations. Cambridge BAY post,
on Victoria Island reports reception
from stations i'll Chicago and Cincin-
natl, their chief source OF entertain
ment during the long Arctic Winter.
Bandit Camp
Routed by Air Bombs.
Panama America. Panama Follow
ing the discovery of bandit camp on
the top OF Cerro Jicote, s miles
from the Honduras border. members OF
the National Guard OF Nicaragua drop
ped SO bombs from seaplanes and dis
persed all the bandits. They fed In the
direction OF Honduras, and as yet the
extent of the casualties suffered by
them is not known. These outlaw
bands ravage Unfortunately the farms
and industries of either country. where
they find them unprotected and Offer
ing sufficient loot.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-06
Paving for Position.

Where will / he seated?" inquired
the distinguished dinner guest.
Which do you prefer, returned the
worldly-wise hostess, "a chair Of honor
at my right or a place where you may
be sure of having good go At the
microphone?'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-06
Paris GendarIne
Must Know Many Languages.

lie Matin, Paris.--The archers Of the
guard never suspected that their sue
cessors, the agents Of police, would hnd
the trade SO much more complicated.
For today, In Paris, the guardians Of
the peace must be perfect linguistS to
be OF service to the infinite Babel that
comes as tourists from every quarter OF
the globe TO see the great city. All the
archers Of the guard had To do was to
keep the city purged Of the brlgands
and rufiianS that once infested IL ana
~ see that all the lights Of the citizens
were eXtinguiShed al the hour Of cur
few But the gendarme OF today has.
IN addition. to speak English, German
and Spanish. He Is walking epitome
Of u modern Paris: he knows all the
theaters and music halls. and functions,
as occasion requires, rs dramatic
critic. lie puts ziszasging foreigners
Oh the right direction. Five hundred
members OF tile Partisan police force
know ali the principal languages, but
this Is not yet sufficient erudition. They
must become veiitable pOlyglotS, ia
miliar with every dialect OF every
tongue, il they hope to be able To con-
verse with the natives OF France and
other lands who obstinately refuse to
stammer anything but their provincial
patolS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-06
First Name Real Need.

From the Akron HDacon- journal.
The first man really needed a con-
science. He had no neighbors.