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THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES q. TRAcEWELL.

chase, when the hat was blown with
some violence against the wheel Of I
carriage, which was drawn up In lint
with half-a-dozen other vehicles on thu
spot to which his steps had been di.
rected. Mr.. Pickwick, perceiving his ad
vantage, darted briskly forward. secured
his property planted it on his head anc
paused to take breath.
He had not been stationary half q
minute when he heard his own name
eagerly pronounced by voice which
he at once recognized as Mr.. Tupman's
and, looking upward, he beheld a sigh
which filled him with surprise anc
pleasure"
The reader here would not forgive us
either, we feel certain, If we failed II
quote the passage which introduces Joe
the Fat Boy.
The Fat Boy is not one of the great.
est characters in all fiction, but he Il
one of the most celebrated.
The Fat Boy has helped cheer The
lives Of countless generations of read
ers and will continue to do so for count
less generations as yet unborn.
In the face of such a certainty let u
read reverently the following, in which
the Fat Boy emerges, like Venus from
the sea. each time new reader reads
the Pickwick Papers:
In an open barouche, the horses Of
which had been taken out, the better t.
accommodate it to the crowded place
stood stout old gentleman, IN a blue
coat and bright buttons, corduroy
breeches and top boots; two young
ladies in Scarfs and feathers, a young
gentleman apparently enamoured of one
of the young ladies in scarfs anc
feathers, lady of doubtful age, prob
ably the aunt of the aforesaid, and Mr.
Tupman, as easy and unconcerned as Il
he had belonged to the family from the
first moments of his infancy.
Fastened up behind the baroucht
was a hamper of spacious dimensions
one of those hampers which always
awakens in contemplative mind asso'
Citations connected with cold fowls
tongues, and bottles of wine-and or
the box sat fat and red-faced boy, ir
state of somnolency, whom no spec
ulative observer could have regarded fol
an instant without setting down as thu
official dispenser of the contents Of the
aforementioned hamper, when the
proper time for their consumption
should arrive"
1.-THE Pickwick Papers" were tn,
Amos n Andy of their day.
One will be Strikingly reminded o
ULlio Wy BldllCALl6 ~ IAlC hIuoU dVAOIAo'
Here we have Pickwick at the lawyer
Office, Pickwick In love, just as today
the radio audience has Amos N ANDY
dining with Lawyer Fisher, talking Il
Madam Queen and Ruby Taylor
The modern popular entertainers arr
1.-THE Pickwick Papers" of 1890, If YOU
will.
The eternal records of Dickens mas
terpieces have been written. Wher
time shall do the like for Amos n
Andy, one may be reasonably certain
that The Pickwick Papers" still vii
lead.
1t Is interesting to note that amont
the "One Hundred Books Most Worth
Reading" as selected by the editors o.
the Golden Book, "Pickwick Papers
and David Copperheld" find prouc
place.
This is as 1t should be. Samuel Pick
wick is one of the immortals. Thu
adventures. scenes and places in which
he parades constitute perennial read
er's paradise, where glorious figures o
the everyday are held static forever.
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The Vollbehr Collection.

The House committee on the Library
has taken the unusual course of re-
porting without recommendation the
bill of Representative Collins Of Mis-
sissippi authorizing an appropriation Of
$l,50o,o0O to purchase the Vollbehr
collection Of incunabula.
I'm view Of the fact" says the re-
port, that this purchase by reason Of
its magnitude would embark us on an
essentially new policy with limitless
possibilities your committee feels that
the full responsibility should be that
Of the House itself"
The responsibility is one that the
House should not hesitate to assume.
The Library Of Congress rapidly is be-
coming, in response to popular need,
a great national cultural institution.
1t already is headquarters of Ameri-
can scholarship Perhaps the COM
mittee feels that so large an expendi-
ture on q single item would put the
final stamp Of oficial approval on this
cultural development within the Ma
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-05

Washington Is the worlds greatest
storehouse Of all kinds Of knowledge.
You can draw on 1t free OF charge
through our bureau here, Any QueS-
ton Of fact you may ask viii be an
swered promptly in q personal letter
to you. Be careful to write clearly,
give your full name and address and
inclose 2-cent stamp for reply postage.
Send your inquiry to The Evening Star
director, Washington, D. c.
Q. In throwing q base ball can q
pitcher curve 1t to the right or left as
he chooses?-O. Fl.
A. It is possible to throw a ball 30
1t will curve either TO the right or the
left. A curved ball is made by q cer-
tain cut which the player gives 10 the
throw. Each pitcher has an tndi-
vidual way Of curving his balls.
Q. What makes children bowlegged?
II. s. C.
A. This condition is due TO allowing
a child to walk too early or to ricketts,,
or. rarely, to muscular contraction be-
fore the child is put on his feet.
Q. Is Maxim dorky q real name or
a pen nAme?-P. H. G.
A. Gorky Is o. pen name. The
writer's real name ID Aleksyey Maksin1o-
vich Pyeshkov.
@. What is a man called who studies
crop production?-E. M.
A. Ali farmers study crop produc.
ton, but a man who specializes in the
branch of agriculture that deals with
theory and practice of crop production
is called an agronpmist.
- w., 4. i. .--a,Ik,, >.koLH.IaSo
A. s. r.
A. Banta's Greek Exchange says that
there is no question more frequently
asked than the one concerning the
formation of a national sorority. There
Is no cut and dried method of estab-
fishing any sort of q sorority or fra
ternity. A group find themselves in
close unity and in thorough harmony
and drift together without particular
intention to unite. Later the thought
of fraternity comes into their minds
as furnishing them little stronger
bond of union. The detail Of such
work cannot be catalogued or listed. It
depends in every way on condition, on
location and personnel. In short, 1t Is
not q macf1ine-made thing. It does
not go by rote or rule" The Inter-
Sorority Conference of 1905 defined Q
national sorority as one having at least
five chapters, all Of them at institutions
Of collegiate rank.
@. How did the authorizations Mr.,
Mrs. and Miss originate?-F. T.
A. Mr.. was originally the abbrevia-
ton of master in the sixteenth and sew
enteenth centuries in England. Mister
is merely rendering of the pronounce
alton of the abbreviation. It was used
as the prefix for any one below the
rank of knight. Mrs. Is an abbrevia-
ton for mistress, originally one who
had care or authority over servants.
Miss Is derived from the same word.
G. How many colonies did ancient
Greece have?-K. H.
A. Greece had as many as $50 colo
MES In the year 600 BIC.
O. What are the colored glowing ad.
vertising signs now seen so frequent
ly?-S. L.
A. The use Of neon tubes in sign
writing is a recent development. The
signs are made in the form Of long
tubes twisted into the shapes of letters
and figures. They may be given vari-
Gus colors by the adnixture Of other
gases.
@. Is Leon Enroll a native of this
country? Where was he educated?-
r. H.
A. Mr.. Enroll was born in Sydney
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-05

ever, has the support Of the Philadel-
phia organization, the Melons and Gov.
Fisher, according to report. In his
formal announcement Mr.. Martin
pledged himself to support the Re-
publican ticket in the coming campaign.
X X
The Democratic State committee Of
Pennsylvania has leaped on the beer
cart. 1t has adopted a wringing wet
plank in the party platform adopted
yesterday at the biennial meeting Of
the committee. The plank goes all the
way. demanding the repeal of the eigh-
tenth amendment, the repeal of the
Volstead act and the repeal Of the
State prohibition enforcement act. 1t
couldn't go much further. The Demo-
Gratis hope to align with their ticket
wet Republicans who are opposed to
the election of Pinchot, ardent dry. as
governor.
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ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

Australia, and started life with the idea
Of becoming . surgeon. He attended
the University of Sydney School OF
Medicine and Surgery, but did not
complete the course.
q. Is It possible to get coins made b
specified years from the Department Of
the Treasury?-D. NJ. A.
A. It does not keep coins segregated
according to years.
Q. What Is the meaning Of Mahat-
A. Mahatma IN Hindu means great
Souled one.
@. What was the nationality Of the
man who invented Esperanto2--J. r. I.
A. DR.. Lazarus zamenhof was .
Jew. born in Russia.
@. Please tell me how to get moths
out OF fur collar. G.
A. There are several methods that
can be followed. A simple one Is to
place the fur over a warm radiator or
on top Of . lighted gas oven with very
low flame. The moths viii come to the
the garment In the sun for several
days.
Q. Does cracked ice cool q refriger-
ator more rapidly than q block Of
ice?-E. N. C.
A. Experiments tend to prove that it
does. 1t has been shown to give Is
per cent lower temperatures with only
per cent lower meltage than block
ice.
9; What is the sojourners Club
A. The sojourners Club Is a Ma.
QAf1tH Rl1Ih the V1aARakapa - utIa
Masons and active or retired officers Of
the Army Navy and Marine Corps.
Q. What is the rainbow CIRCULAR
A.. The rainbow is caused by light
from the sun passing into a drop OF
water, and out again after reflection
from the far side. Since the drops are
spherical. hence are quite alike no mat
ter how turned, 1t follows that the an.
gle between the lines from drop to
sun and eye must always be the sans
whether the drop be high up or neas
the ground. This requires that ths
| rainbow, as viewed by an observer
must appear circular.
q. Who first united the Hawaiian Ia
lands under one rule?-M. w.
A. King kanehameha the First cons
quered all of the islands and brought
them together under one rule. He "a
honored as the greatest Of Hawaiian
| heroes.
@. What Is the origin Of the expires.
sion. showing the white feather"?-
| G. e. A.
A. ITO show the white feather" Il
| synonymous with Ito show cowardice."
The proverbial expression arose from
the circumstance that o white feather
in the tail of a gamecock is q certain
sign that he is not thoroughbred.
q. What is the bean that is used "a
chop suey?-M. T.
A. It is the rnung bean. This Is an
| Oriental bean grown primarily in Chins
and Japan. The bean sprouts grow "a
be from one to one and one-half inches
long. It Is only the bean sprout that
Is used, as practically all Of the bean
goes TO sprout. For sprouting, the bean
should be soaked "a hours In water and
/ then placed In a well drained containei
and kept at medium temperature foz
about 10 days. The bean should be
moistened daily.
@. What stamp first bore the pictIra
Of George Washington?-M. 3. w.
A. The 10-cent postage stamp Of the
series of 1847 was the first that bort
| the portrait of George Washington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-05

ID IIuC tLldb SOtne make fortunes surely
they deserve to! They are good actors.
y II \
Pipe Smoking Club
Celebrates Anniversary.
Neues Wiener Tagblatt Vienna.-The
Smokers Club, st. Ulrich. recently
celebrated its fortieth anniversary. Still
lives the old pipe. that faithful COM
forter OF men in hours of troubo, that
dear, good, sociable old pipe. To be-
long to st. Ulrich's club you must be
pipe smoker, and an old, long-stem-
med clay pipe smoker at that. Meer-
schaum and porcelain pipes are per-
mitted, Of course, but not the thick.
purse-proud cigar, the vulgar Virginia
cheroot, or the cigarette These are
vain, unsatisfactory and unromantic
relaxations. Solid pleasure comes in
pipe smoking and for it one needs time
and leisure. Meditation and rehabilita-
ton come in smoking a pipe. 1t is a
rite, not a moments distraction, such
as is obtained from a few puffs at a
little paper cigarette!
Pipe smokers, formerly so numerous,
have become very few. Fifty years ago
there were scores of clubs like st. III
richs. Now it is almost the only sur
vivor. One seldom sees any more the
isolated nobility of an old pipe, of
costly ebony, with beautiful porcelain
stem, which not only through It's out
ward appearance, but also and chiefly
through its inner comforts, rejoices the
heart Of some old smoker.
X
Realize Prison Has
Been Breeder of Crime.
Ell Dictamen, Vera Cruz.-A petition
sponsored by thousands and addressed
q ,oi1 kN..I..
vention has finally brought the authori-
ties to the realization that the Belen
Prison has been promoter of crime
rather than a deterrent. This anti
quated and dilapidated building, in use
for nearly century, and not originally
intended for the confinement of Grim
inals, instead of being a place where
offenders may be weaned from the error
of their ways, in reality communicates
them the more. The old prison is to
be torn down and a modern structure
erected which will not permit the same
opportunities for the infamous practices
that have been a part of the daily life
In the old institution. The new ar
rangements will prevent any asSocia-
ton between hardened criminals and
flrst offenders. in the hope that the
latter, II not the former, may be dis
charged with the firm intention thence
forward to follow the paths of rectitude
and morality.
French TrawIer
Raids Irish Lobster Pots.
Irish Independent. Dublin.-A daring
outrage took place when a big French
trawler. entering Irish waters. raided
the lobster beds on the South Wexford
and Waterford coasts. and, under the
very nose of flsherfolk, cleared hun
dreds of lobster pots. The trawler was
a first-class seagoing vessel, against
which the poor craft of the Irish fisher
men were helpless, and they were COM
PEELED to look on while the valuable fish
on which they and their families de-
pended for living were cleared from
the pots.
A bitter feature of the raid is that
the board of fisheries patrolling steamer
Muirchu was anchored at Passage East,
midway up Wexford Harbour but by the
time word was sent to the commander
and he had proceeded sea In search.
the French trawler had made its
escape.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-05

Washington, D. c., is now delight
full city at all seasons of the year. The
redemption of the Potomac flats and
the Punishment of the mosquito have en-
abled the statesman to bring out his
golf kit and be patient even in contem-
plation Of an extra session.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-05

When a merchant lifts the figures on
a price tag, he promptly refers to the
tariff which has not yet gone into eff
feet. Commercial wisdom depends not
only on meeting conditions, but on an
ticipating them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-05

Even if Gandhi should succeed in es-
tablishing independence of Great Brit
ain, East India would find its next
problem that of establishing independ-
ence Of Gandhi.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-05

Dressmakers are having their trou-
bles. Elaborate costumes lose their
charm when seashore cameramen APP
pear to care only for bathing suits.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-05

East Indian princes are lavishly rich
without being able to do anything very
successful in the way of establishing
campaign funds.
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The Associated Press is exclusively entitled
20 the use for republication Of all news dis
patches credited to II or not otherwise cred
lted IN this paper and also the local news
published herein. All rishts OF publication of
special dispatches herein are also reserved.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-05

In his "reminiscences of a bygone
campaign Bishop Cannon is entitled to
refer politically to Al Smith as gone
but not forgotten"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-05

Transportation by dirigible begins al
ready to challenge the old theory that
the railroad asserted natural supremacy
in all affairs relating to traffic.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-05
New Popular Literature,

From the Saginaw Daily News.
OF all fiction the seaside and resort
folder is now the most widely read.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-05
Volta Iifei

From the Charleston wv. Va Daily Mall.
Mr.. Wickersham thinks that drastic
penalties are futile. Unfortunately the
other kind seem to be that way, too.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-05
He Had Time to Learn.

From the Cleveland News
Chicago bank guard admitted stealing
$3.50 after living honestly for 4S
years And now he isn't sure that the
old way wasn't the best policy, after all.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-05
Sure Sign.

From the Kalamazoo Gazette.
One can be sure 1t Is Spring when
the strawberry short cake begins to
taste like Strawberries.
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Height of Optimism.

Prom the Jackson Citizen Patriot.
Seeing the father Of a large family
OF children again sowing grass seed on
the front lawn reminds one that Hope
is not dead yet.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-05
It's Worth Waiting For.

From the Long Beach Press-Telegram.
The last thing to be settled before
the dawning of the millennium will be
the question of q perfect tariff bill, &C
ceptable to everybody.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-05

Some Of the gangsters appear indif-
ferent to the question Of States rights
if they can introduce States riots into
civic affairs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-05
Help Not Wanted.

From the Louisville Times.
One Of the worlds softest jobs would
be that Of acting as valet TO Mahatn1a
0andiaA
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Get Rivals Plans

Get Rivals PlanS
Over Radio.
Ell TELEGRAPH, Guayaquil.-One dis
advantage of radio transmission in
warfare is that when wartime messages
are transmitted to the military authori-
ties of one country they can readily be
picked up by the photographic equip
ments of other countries. OF course,
such messages may be in code, but even
so these codes can in most cases be
readily interpreted and the message
translated by the foe. Signals of all
sorts are translated with facility by ex-
perts who have aptitude for such things
We do not know whether the messages
now referred to were in code or not
but Paraguay has given out through Of
fetal channels that her war department
has picked up and decided photographic
messages issued by the Bolivian gov
eminent ordering a general mobiliza-
ton of the Bolivian army. They even
know in Paraguay the form of offensive,
the points of concentration and the
routes of the advance in case of hos
tilities between the two countries.
The Bolivian press at La Paz and in
other cities retort, however, that these
statements are all Paraguayan propa-
ganda to disguise or justify the mobili-
cation of their own troops in the dis
puted "Chaco district"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-05
Guild Members
Work to Evade Work.

Work to Evade Work.
La Nacioin, Buenos Aires-The con-
fraternity Of "Centavo- Fishers" is a
large guild in Buenos Aires. Anything
but work" seems to be the motto of this
organization, but after observing their
operations for some years we are not
so certain but that they work harder
than other people.
There is the benefactor of the human
race who charitably sells panaceas good
for anything in the catalogue of dis
ease for only 20 cents. Handsome belts
given away, almost, with silver buckles
10 cents. Women selling interna-
tional socialistic papers. courts of last
resort in stating mans duty to man!
Then the man who should be pensioned
by the housewives union-it is hard to
make out whether he is puryeying
pastry or fiies.. The perambulating
chester, senor" he whispers. Special
bargain. Didn't go through the Gus
tomsl" Also the one-armed "jewelry'
merchant, with his treasure chest
always trustingly open but from which
has never emerged anything that's gold,
though much that shines as brightly.
And the balloon seller, surrounded by
group of chattering children, who
collectively, have often not the price Of
single translucent sphere. Each be-
seeches a balloon for thanks" nor do
they always implore in vain! We end
our survey with the blind man selling
needles and the ancient crone vending
cigarettes and matches. The former
inspects, with a scrutiny most amazing
in blind man, the genuineness of such
coins as fall into his tray. The poor
little woman with her cabinet of
"cigarrillos" could not look more for
lorn and disheartened If the ban on
tobacco were to go into effect tomor-
row.
All these types and many others COM
pete every day in Buenos Aires for the
chance centavos Of the passer-by. II 1t
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B G, Madrid.-Four victims, one
at San Martin and three at
y Salamanca, have recently been
\ added to the long list Of those

overcome by the emanat1onS
from charcoal braziers in homes too
closely confined against the rigors Of
the Winter. This favorite adjunct Of
the domestic establishment in all rural
Spain, serving both as stove for cook
ing and a furnace for warmth, is par
ticularly deadly when there is no
egress for the fumes In the tragedy
occurring at San Martin, Sonora Cecilia
Quemada. wife of well known citizen,
while sitting up with sick child, was
rendered unconscious by the exhalations
from the brazier, and, seated too close
to the Goals, her clothes caught fire,
resulting In her untimely death. In
the other instance, the medical assist
ance summoned arrived in time to
open all the windows, and apply other
reviving measures. Though the three
overcome are all in the hospital, they
are said to be recovering.
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Jud Tunkins says he bought a gold
brick and feels pretty smart because he
never said a word about 1t until he had
sold it again at profit.
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Non-Taxpayers.

Nom Taxpayers.
Who are the people waiting to see
me?" asked Senator Sorghum. Are
they taxpayers?"
NO answered the announcer. They
are bunch of constituents who say you
have so mismanaged their affairs that
they can't even afford to pay their
taxes"
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