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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-02

cruise for q month or six weeks. Moses
is chairman Of the Republican SEN
atorial campaign committee. He's en-
barking, he says, upon vacation trip
designed to give him faith, hope and
confidence in the outcome Of the 1880
congressional campaign. The champion
wisecracker OF Capitol Hill Is persuad-
ed that @. o. P. fortunes six months
hence viii be locking up" considerably
and that the 1880 off-year elections
may turn out far better than now seems
possible.
This broadcasting observer has Just
had the unique and thrilling expert
ence Of hearing his own voice as IT
came across the Atlantic from the
Naval Conference IL weeks ago. One
OF his early talks was picked out
OF loud speaker in Washington by
dictaphone recording apparatus and
duly wound around a wax cylinder
There it is preserved for all time.
Ground out on q transcribing machine,
the talk is reproduced with amazing
accuracy. Even the tranSoceanic static,
to be interlarded with the Atlantic's
roar, can be faithfully detected.
X \ \ X
The national spelling bee recently
staged in Washington suggested to many
listeners-in throughout the country the
advisability of . pronunciation bee
Just as Senator Tess rulings on SPELL
ings were challenged in several in
stances, 50 have questions been raised
as to the accuracy with which he enun-
ciated certain words. Among others, he
gave "celluloSe," "celluloid" and frat
ernie renderings which were queried
by more than one nearer. Radio is
teaching Americans more about pro-
nunciation than many of them ever
knew before. But every once in a
while weird words wend their way over
the wave-lengths.
X y *sk
Patrick J. Hurley. Secretary Of War
has just told the American-Irish His
torical Society at New York that, con-
trary to popular belief, the Irish are
. peace-loving people. I'VE admit
they're fighters" says the soldier-states-
man, who Is so proud Of the Gaelic
strain In his Oklahoma veins, but they
fight from necessity and not through
choice. Ireland has never raised an
army to invade another country. She
has always fought to defend the home
land"
Copyright, isS0)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-02
The Crisis in Palestine.

Sir Walter Shaw's commission OF in
curry into the causes of last Summers
riots in Palestine, which has just sub
mitted its report to the British govern
ment. goes straight to the heart OF the
Arab-Jewish controversy. A number OF
contributory factors is cited.
The Jewish community in the United
States and elsewhere is justihably
gratified that the Zionists are effectual-
ly vindicated by the commissions find
ings Of any immediate responsibility for
the savage outbreaks which shocked the
world. But apart from, and beyond
the sparks which directly kindled the
fires Of excess in August, 1929, lie
embers doomed to smolder into a con-
Migration unless ways and means can
be evolved for extinguishing them
betimes.
The Shaw report points specifically to
these danger spots. It leaves no doubt
that the Wailing Wall dispute, the lack
Of control by the Moslem Grand Mutt
the inadequacy of the British garrison
the untrustworthiness of reports OBJ
tanned by the Palestinian police, and
the intemperance of Palestine news
papers, all combined to fan the flames
into an inevitable blaze. Yet no single
one of these individual sets of circum.
stances was so powerful and disturbing
reason for unrest, In the commits
sion's view. as Arab fears of the results
of Jewish economic and political pene.
tration In the Holy Land.
How to calm these anxieties Of tai
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-02
Merits of Stew and Chops
Basis of Prison Riot

From the st. Louis Times.
In States prison at Jefferson City
there has been q rebellion led to at
tack by those convicts who took oppo-
site sides as to the efficacy of food COM
posed upon the formula Of the Irish
stew and its rival staple known Is pork
chops.
The prisoners aligned themselves on
opposing sides. When the warden gave
them straightforward talk, saying that
the kitchen would henceforward try to
do the best it can, they gave him three
cheers and tiger and filed out peace
ably.
There is nothing like diplomacy,
either in London or States prisons.
The warden outtalked the recalct-
trants. There always must be spokeS-
men for a cause. 1t night be Demos
themes, or Henry Gay, or the warden
of a criminal asylum. But he must
lead.
Whether Irish stew shall eventually
triumph over pork chops Is an undecided
question, but the big issue Is that all
moot questions nowadays should so into
conference"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-02
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

enormous waves, which swept over the
city.
@. What was the costume of Queen
Elena at the court ball in celebration
of Prince Humberto's MARRIAGES.. M.
A. Her majesty wore a magnificent
costume of steel and silver with neck
lace and tiara of sapphires and dia-
mondS.
@. Where is Sulgrave Manor?--L. G.
A. Sulgrave Manor is in Northamp-
tonshire, England. 1t is the home Of
WaShingtonS ancestors. 1t has been
given to the peoples of the United
States and the British commonwealth
by group Of English people.
c. &. vs. ' W
A. The first encyclopedia written in
English and with the articles alpha
betically arranged was Universal
English Dictionary of Arts and Sciences"
by John Harris, a London clergyman,
published in 1704.
@. Do the frosted electric light bulbs
give as much light as the clear ones?-
H. 2. M.
that the new line of inside-frosted
output as do clear lamps Of the same
size and efficiency rating. There is q
loss Of light Of little less than 2 per
cent.
@. Current Events says that william
Howard Taft was next to the highest
in his graduating class in college. Who
was ahead Of HING. L. M.
A. Mr.. Clarence H. Kelsey graduated
q q 49, he AZ H..
which the late william Howard Taft
was second. Mr.. Kelsey is now chair
man of the board of the Title Guaran-
tee 81 Trust Co. Of New York City.
Q. What is the origin Of the slang
phrase, 80 long"?-A. w. A.
A. 1t Is said to be a corruption Of
the word "salaam."
@. Where is the worlds greatest
clump of bamboo?-F. d.
A. 1t is in Peradeniya, Ceylon.
@. How long does it take an ilfttar-
ate adult to learn to write?-G. M. N.
A. In the Moonlight Schools there
were few mountain women who could
not write a simple letter after thyea
weeks instruction. Many learned IN
less time. .--..
u. Wnen was acetylene Welulug ufSe
done?-D. T. C.
A. Acetylene was discovered by ND
mund Davy, an English chemist, In
1885. The process Of oxyacetylene
welding was first suggested by Le
Chatelier In France about 1895. and the
first welding equipment for factory use
was introduced into the United States
from France in 1905.
@. What became Of the Heesians
who came over during the Revolution?
p. B. e.
A. OF the 29,867 Hessians that came
to America only 1913 returned to
Germany. OF those remaining, SAB
were killed, and some of the 1852
wounded died. Some also disappeared,
but great number are known to have
remained and settled; grants were given
them in Nova Scotia, but many scat
tered to different parts of the country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-02

Thanks for an interesting journey, my
| friend. If I had not gone with you,
would have lost the opportunity of max
! ing a store full of women happy. And
we like to please the ladies.
1t is remarkable how little it takes "a
| make women smile. This is so, not only
because they are more easily pleased
humor than men.
Persons of the masculine persuasion
often require to be slapped in the face
with heavy comedy, but women ordi.
narily possess a more delicate sense Of
humor.
Perhaps the best way to illustrate this
Is to say that men are addicted to the
American sense of humor, women to the
British.
Those who are familiar with Punch
the dean OF humorous periodicals, will
understand this readily. One would not
say that there are not plenty of men
with the same sense of fun, but surely
there are more women who smile readily
at the light touch of comedy.
AS We recall it, we had made half the
trip in your new car (and a very nice
one it is, too), when we recalled the fact
that we had promised to bring a thimblC
with us.
Now, a thimble is something we do
not buy every day. In fact, this was
the first one we had ever bought, or
probably ever will. To the average mar
thimble is a mysterious article, part
and parcel of femininity. It arrives
with the woman, and Is never far away
from her.
If *&
"Stopl" we commanded, with the
air of man who has forgotten to mail
a letter handed him in the morning.
What's the matter?" inquired our
friend, anxiously, putting on all four
brakes at once. I'm our ignorance OF
the mysteries Of automobile lore and
lingo we are not quite sure whether II
Is possible to put one brake on at a time
or not, but in this case it made no diff
ference, since a capable hand was at
the wheel, backed by an intelligent
head.)
Have you lost something's" he con-
tinued.
I've got to buy thimble.''
There Is the very shop for you"
Sure enough, there 1t was, one of
these small general dry goods stores, -
as they used to be called, which one
finds tucked away in small streets In
large cities.
There were several dresses displayed
in the window on severe dummies. an
array OF assorted dress goods, and Vari-
GUS undergarments, which once were
things of mystery, but which modern
advertising has made as plain as day.
light to the wide, wide world.
X y \ X
Into this shop we advanced gayly on
search of thimble
The store was filled with women in
dustriously buying dress goods.
There were yards and yards of 1t I'M
furled, and it seemed to us as If q dozen
women had hold of the far end Of as
many bolts, and each one threatening to
dart away with 1t.
This threat was an awful one. for II
it should be carried into effect, we
thought, what tangle of prints there
would be right there in the store!
AS we looked at so much stuff we
grew ashamed of the smallness of our
contemplated purchase.
Couldn't we think up something
larger to buy7 A thinble is an out
rageously small article, after all. Even
those with outriggers, or hooks and
eyes, or whatever thimbles have on 'em,
are as nothing compared with q bolt Of
goods.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-02
Southern Democrats
Urged to Forget Split

From the Charleston. s. O.. Evening Post.
The announcement of Republicans In
those Southern States in which they
polled large vote in 1928 that they
will put tickets in the field in this
years State elections is a logical de-
velopment OF the short-sighted policy
Of those Democrats who have insisted
on party reprisals against the so-called
HoovercratS. No doubt the Republic
ans in those States would have sought
q test of strength and q means Of ex-,
ercising their party organizations in
any event, but the Democratic policy
in Texas, ALBANIA and elsewhere has
been such as to encourage them.
The very fact that HooVercratS all over
the South confidently expected to 60
into the Democratic primaries this Sum-
mer proved how permanent their Re
publicanism was.
To express regret and disapproval at
Q mans detection from his party is one
thing. 1t can be done without leaving
hard feelings. To tell him he is not
wanted in the party, however. is quite
another. Some men viii turn to the
Republican party for no other reason.
II Is in this, no doubt, that Southern
Republicans see their opportunity and
they apparently mean to make the most
Of it. In Texas the Republican party
has ofnclally invited all Democrats who
voted for Hoover to become permanent
members Of the @. o. p.
There Is stu time to undo the dam
age that was done by rash resolutions
and heat-inspired regulations. Because
q man exercises his suffrage at one
election in way displeasing to those
who considered him Of their party Is
not sound reason to close the party
doors to him forever. Political sue
cess requires precisely opposite tactics.
Democracy in the South should with
out delay call on all prohibitions and
blacklistings and forget the 1923 cleo
ton In 1880 get-together movement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-02

Stop q minute and think about this
fact. You can ask our Information Bu-
reau any question of fact and get the
answer back in a personal letter. 1t is
great educational idea introduced into
the lives Of the most intelligent people
in the world-American newspaper
readers. It is a part of that best pur-
pose of a newspaper-service. There is
no charge, except cents in coin or
stamps for return postage. Get the habit
of asking questions. Address your letter
to The Evening Star Information Blu
reau, Frederic J. Haskin, director, WASH
ington, D. c.
O. How old is Graham McNamee, is
he married and what Is his salary
s. M.
A. Graham McNamee is 81 years old
He is married. His salary depends on
the number of programs he announces
and the kind Of programs they are.
Q. Are colts ever white when born?-
z. A. L.
A. There is no record of any colts
being born white. The white horses were
gray or fawn color when colts. Some Of
the Spanish horses on the Western
Coast have lighter colored colts than the
Eastern breeds, but none Is known to
nave hSSA WAAVS o0 SAA WIS
@. Are oil and gas considered min
erals?-P. M.
A. OIL and gas are both classed as
minerals. Both are non-metals.
O. What city in South America is
installing elevators to carry people down
a hill?-C. S.
A. Bahia, in Northern Brazil. has In
stalled an elevator tower containing two
elevators to bring people from the
pleateau to the level Of the bay: Tne
city is built on the two levels, and each
elevator has a capacity Of 81 passengers
and speed of 700 feet a minute, which
means that nearly 1000 passengers an
hour can be carried the distance OF 1876
feet which separates the two parts OF
the city.
@. Will Ottawa and Toronto, Canada.
have daylight saving this summer
A. Both cities will observe daylight
saving time from April q to September
%, 1880.
@. Is the space between the earth
and sun dark or light?-F. A. A.
A. Space Is perpetual night. II
space" happened to be in the orbit OF
n heavenly BOAyy WAACA Az
particular spot, there would be light,
since the atmosphere surrounding
planets and planetoids causes them to
reflect the light Of the sun.
@. What two States produce the most
hard wood?-E. r.
A. Arkansas leads and West Virginia
is second.
q. Why was the leek selected as the
national flower of Wales?-W. B.
A. One story is that st. David, patron
saint of the Welsh, on one occasion
caused his countrymen under King
Cadwallader to distinguish themselves
from their Saxon foes by wearing leeks
in their caps.
@. What caused the Galveston flood?
Il. A. S.
A. A West Indian hurricane blowing
steadily for 18 hours and reaching a
velocity Of 1875 miles per hour piled up
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-02
SHOOTING STARS.
BY pH1LANDER JOHNSON.

Follies Of the Year.
ooh, April Fool was April First"
A jay bird seemed to say.
Perhaps you'll md what seems the
worst
Is Sos the First Of Mayl"
And other First Days may appear
To jar sense serene
AS foolish days; and through the year
The days that come between.
There is no cause for dull dismay
AS seasons come and 60,
Since every days a Foolish day
For those who make it so.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-02

Having decided to take q 16-room
house with a little land, ex-President
Coolidge may as well reconcile himself
to intimations that he is preparing to
conduct a front porch campaign.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-02

Chicago crooks pretended to be census
takers and robbed home OF $4,000.
The pretense of legal authority is now
available to any one who chooses to
ring doorbell or halt an automobile.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-02

One or two sad suspicious might have
been averted If Will H. Hays could have
been persuaded to clean up politics as
industriously as he has cleaned up the
motion pictures.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-02

A conference announcement often
seems plain and straightforward enough
until the time comes for discussing the
reservations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-02

Residents in the neighborhood of an
Oklahoma oil area can understand the
constant uncertainty as to the future
experienced by jewellers on the slopes of
Mount Vesuvius.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-02

A two-cent fare for q school child
represents an expenditure the equiv
alone of which has been wasted in the
purchase Of a stamp for an ineonse-
quential letter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-02

ImmortaI-StilI Democratic.
Doc Eckener a medal got
BY his transcendent worth.
He is Immortalized-but not
Too good for this old earth.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-02

Compliments to Gen. Crosbyis char
acter and ability are so numerous that
it would need an exceptional civilian to
take the place to which his right has
been challenged.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-02
Time Changes All Things.

From the st. Louis Times
OF course the Young plan Is well
named just now, but it's our opinion
that it will be an old plan before the
war debts are all settled.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-02

Moral protest has not yet controvert-
ed the fact that horses like to run in
public and that overoptimistic human
beings enjoy betting on them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-02

Jud Tunkins says maybe we're goin'
along too fast discoverin' more planets
before we have found out just how to
manage this one.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-02

While waiting for development as
practical power, Muscle Shoals continues
to present picture of swift and tur-
bulent finance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-02

What is your idea Of lame duck?"
81 never use the expression" answered
Senator Sorghum. "A lame parrot
might mean something. But I can't
imagine duck hanging around in the
hope of having the last word"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-02
MISPLACED Charge.

From the Detroit News.
lay head. For example, why Is 1t not
the patrons who are charged with
maintaining" the gambling housea i.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-02
Moralizing the Films.

"You look terrible grief struck"
81 am" answered Cactus Joe. Il try
to be conscientious in my art, but my
mind is becomin' confused. I'm re-
garded as one of the best bad men in
the movies"
mo doubt about your being leader
in your class"
But how can I go on cultivatin' the
character type when the motion pic
lures is so strictly moral that got my
self fined twice by the directors for
missing my Sunday school lesson?"
1--WE love fiattery," said Hi Ho, the
sage Of Chinatown, because it proves
at least that, whatever our merits may
be, our favor is worth having"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-02
Where Fishing Is Risk.

From the Toledo Blade.
Under the conditions of his parole IL
might be q risk TO his freedom for DT.
Cook to 60 fishing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-02
War Of Words.

The Dove of Peace in accents low
Once more benevolently brags-
Let fighting be forever slow,
While conversation never lagsl"
Tain allus de quantity dat counts,
said Uncle Eben. "A violet gifts heap
mo- probation dan a sunf1ower."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-02

Reference to the Department of Jus
tice Is called by the Manchester Union
This chief recommendation in the in
terest Of efficient operation" The Prov
idence Bulletin concludes: 1T Is obvious
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-02

Rate by Msil-Payable in Advance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-02

wAs HING TON, D. C.
WEDNESDAY. April 2, 1880
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-06
GOODNIGHT STORIES
By MAX TRELL.
Nor was this any more

pthe Jacks. Nor was this any more
successful.
Meanwhile the other shadows were
being picked UP almost every time.
You're losing" Knarf called To-
the sleepy Mi. mockingly. mo one
wants TO pick you up"
Why don't you play Ike we dor"
said Yam.
II wish / could" he sighed.
Hand felt sorry for him. Its m
shame she said. Change places
with me" This ne did gladly. but 70
his disrnay instead OF being picked
up IL was Hand who was lucky and
he was neglected as before.
Nobody likes me- he cried. I'm
not going TO play any more" He
was On the point or springing or
and finding a good soft place 20
sleep in when a hand came sweeping
towards him Wait. watt shouted
the others Mi smiled. His chance
was coming az last The next in
slant two fingers closed over one OF
the arms OF the jack and before the
shadow-boy could blink an Y thu
jack went spinning round so fast
that everything turned black. In
vain did he try 20 cling on. orr he
flew and landed all on "a heap atop OF
a dandelion out IN the garden. And
finding this quite soft he promptly
fell asleep without worrying any fur
Their about the vexing game OF Jacks
Copyright. 1859. NsrHpaDer Featurs s~rT1es. Inc
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-06
A Bit Of IN Orient.

GAC /
Yes. they do serve you very well
here" our host admitted. and then
we were inside the door. where a
black-eyed houri. with dusky hair
shrouded beneath the headdress Of a
loose garment which enveloped her
from head TO foot. took our wraps.
Probably Lena Goldberg from
Grand street working for her eats"
Mr.. Underwood murmured as Mr..
Veritzen was greeted by the man.
ager OF the restaurant. But Il
keeps up the illusion"
Harry" his wife warned softly.
shaking her head at him. while Mary
choked back a giggle.
"Kameradf' Mr.. Underwood whis-
pered. and then Mr.. veritzen turned
back to me with a charming bow.
and the rest followed Us to the rear
OF the restaurant, where the smaller
Of the two dining rooms had been
cleared out save for a single table
IN the centre OF the room and laid
for six and bearing a low centrepiece
OF exquisite lavender and white or
chids against the delicate green OF
maiden-hair fern.
You have never told me your IA
vorite flower" Mr.. Veritzen muir
INJURED to me as we approached the
table. but these have always seemed
TO me 70 belong 70 you"
I stirred uncomfortably. This was
the personal note with a vengeance,
the thing against which I was al
ways on guard with Philip veritzen.
How could ! best turn his sounding
Of IL into a commonplace?
CONTINUED Tomorrow
cuyr1Eht. 1859. NswSrapsr Festurs Service. Inc.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-06

liked Il. for the one that was gath
cred up the most Won
The children. Of course. hadn't the
slightest idea that their shadows
were playing with them. They
scarcely ever gave their shadows "a
thought. even though their shadows
followed them about day in and day
out. Indeed. despite the fact that
they saw them clearly among the
jacks they paid no attention 10 them,
imagining that they belonged there.
For their part the shadows didn't
mind not being noticed. all but Nil.
who had his own reasons for object
ing.
Pick me up. pick me upF" he
cried at the top or his voice to the
children as soon as he cIAmbered
aboard OF a jack. To his disappoint-
ment he wasn't listened TO, and his
jack always seemed TO be overlooked
while the others were picked UP.
The trouble with Master Mil was
that he vas feeling rather sleepy and
instead Of racing 70 the nearest
jacks, as his comrades did. he
struggled along and had to take n
which was farthest off. Naturally IL
was seldom that he had the good for
tune 10 b picked up.
II didn't seem to occur 70 him that
crying Pick me up" was less likely
TO have any effect than rubbing the
sleep out OF his eyes and hurrying TO
the nearest Jack before hts alert COM
panions.
At length he gave I'D calling and
tried a different means or attracting
attention. He balanced himself upon
the very tip Of one OF the jack-arms
and waved his handkerchief. This
likewise failed. Then he tried 70
drag over one OF the fingers or what
ever hand came down TO gather I'd