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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-07

A friend told us, the other day. with
impressive solen1nity, that ne hao
reached the great age Of 35 years.
He will feel younger by and by!
A man usually INDUCES In sweetly
solemn thoughts at that age, but later
he forgets all about 1t. and concludes
that he is not as old as he thought he
| was.
He decides to forget the passing
years.
A standard joke depicts women as
disliking the mention Of their birthdays
with exact figures. but perhaps the
average man no more welcomes such
statistics.
That is, after he becomes IS years old
4 +
Halfway through" says the average
man to himself, at that fateful age.
The truth Is. he doesn't know wheth-
er he Is or not.
If he listens too avidly to the life
"expectancies" of the insurance COM
panies. he may give himself only few
more years in this round, rolling world.
A lot Of things may happen to one,
sure enoughl
On the other hand, he may have a
hope that he even will outgo the
and spend a useful, interesting life"
thereafter.
man Is surprised to realize, at the
moot age of IS, that most of his friends
are about that age, too.
Somehow he had never thought Of
them, any more than himself, as grow
ing older. They were a part of the
scheme of things, In a fairly static
world, based on the personal impress
sion of each young man who ever lived
that he was and is immortal.
Only after life has given him a few
sad jolts does he come to realize that
he will have to change his definition
Of immortality.
The year No. IS in the personal life
simply marks stage in his curious
Journey. He realizes that If he had 1t
to do over again he would do many
things differently, and some just the
same.
1t is the lack of light on the road
ahead which makes the trip interesting.
Illumination OF its own, so that he has
no use for those who profess to tell
what no man knows In advance.
Not only are ones friends and &C.
quaintances growing old along with
one, but an entire new crop of young
sters has come into the world and
grown up.
This always seems an amazing thing,
to each growing-older generation in
turn.
These babies, these little boys and
girls, are budding men and women
themselves. Who would have thought
it!
He sees that they are no different
from his own class. They have the old
ambitions, the old foolishness, do the
same loyal things and make the same
mistakes.
He realizes now his inability to tell
them anything. They will not listen.
They must find out for themselves. 1t
Is ife's way.
He marvels at the strange reticence
about death which grows as man gets
older.
Instead of becoming more and more
interested, as he at one time thought
he might be, he finds himself, in COM
mon with advancing mankind, refusing
to give the matter much attention.
Nor is this solely whistling in the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-07

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D. G.
Q. How long have they been having
tennis tournaments at Wimbledon,
England2-C. v. B.
A. Since 1877.
Q. What is the floating population Of
Washington, D. C.?~M. C. G.
A. 1t is estimated ut $50 ,o00-that Is,
this Is the number Of transients who
stay three months or less.
@. How many Of the inhabitants Of
Mexico are blind?-D. r.
A. The total known blind population
lof Mexico is approximately $4,000.
There are more cases of blindness In
Northern Mexico than there are in the
southern part Of the country.
@. How many times has Lionel Bar
rynlore been nnarried2-E. S.
A. Twice. Doris Rankin was the
former wife of Lionel Barrymore. His
present wife is Irene Fenwick.
Q. Upon what days is Monticello
open?-C. e. B.
A. The grounds Of Monticello are
opened at 1880 am. and closed at
pm. daily. including Sunday Each
visitor pays so cents.
g. why was the Colossus Of Rhodes
buht?-F. A. X.
A. The Colossus Of Rhodes represent
ed Helios, the Sun God. The statue was
the work of Charles OF Indus. It was
erected by the Rhodians at cost OF
300 talents apparently as a thank Of
fertng after the successful defense of
the city against Demetrius Poliorceles
It was set up about 280 BIC, but Sc
years later was overthrown by an
earthquake and lay in ruins until $50
AID, when the Arabs captured the
city and sold the metal to q Jewish
merchant.
@. Tor whom was Harpers Ferry,
W. Vel, named?-S. I.
A. IG was named for Robert Harper
who founded it In 1747 He was born
IN 1703 at oxford, England, and emf
grated 10 America at the age OF 20
He bought the site Of Harpers Ferry
for so guineas-about $260-for the
goodwill of q squatter named Stevens
and a patent from Lord Fairfax. It
was purchased from Harper's heirs by
the Government in 1894 for the pur-
pose of founding a national armory OF
125 acres. Later the site passed under
the conttol Of the new State of West
Virginia.
@. Are watermelon and n1uskrnelon
considered fattening?-E
A. Neither Of them Is considered
fattening.
@. Please name some mining towns
which have been deserted. M. B.
A. Throughout the West there are 9
great mary mining towns or camps
which were deserted after the ore
ceased to he profitable. Among then
may be mentioned Rough and Ready
and Hart, Calf; Grand Forks, Yukon
Granite, LeHvick and Orc, in Colorado
@. How low does the barometer &C
during a huih-icane?-J. S. F.
A. The Weather Bureau says thai
one of the lSwest authentic barometer
pressures recorded in recent years wa
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-07

q pitcher or ordering double-steal IS
successful, the base ball writers wax
feverish In explaining how the whole
thing was cue to the giant brain of the
Little Napoleon or the Tall Tactician
who ordered the play. If it fails, the
failure is CLOSED over by kindly refer
ences to the Mental Giant on the op-
posing side, who saw through the trick.
All of which makes one wonder
whether the Philadelphia Athletics tri-
umphed over the Cards yesterday be-
cause of brain or Drawn. BY brain, one
means, Of course, the presence of
Connie Mack. BY Drawn, one Is think
ing of Jimmy Foxx and his bat. Connie
Mack's exhibition of vile and strategy
came In the eighth, when he sent In
Moore to bat for Earnshaw, after Earn
shaw had pitched seven innings of
maSterful base ball. It looked as II
brains had triumphed, for Moore got
walk that filled the bases. But then
brains failed, for the next two men up
were futile in the face of Mr.. Grimes,
the spitball king, who pulled himself
out Of a tight hole and retired the
side. In the next inning, Foxx hit his
home run with man on base. But
was this an exhibition of brains, or of
Drawn? Did it take brains to tell Mr..
Foxx to hit it out of the lot2 Anybody
could have told him to do that. But 1t
was Mr.. Foxx's Drawn that really did
it. And without attempting to belittle
the genius of Cornelius McGillicuddy,
enc is forced to write down the final
score in yesterdays game as:
bIalnS' '''''..s....
Drawn. ..........s..ss....2
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-07

A hint Of remedy for political trou-
bles comes from Havana. where insur-
gent throngs were held in check by
radio reports Of the base ball games
being played in the States between
"F1ladelf1a" and San Luis"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-07

St. Louis base ball patrons and
devotees are inclined to believe that the
FIRST name of Mr.. McGillicuddy Of Phila-
delphia Is spelled "Canny" and not
COMFY"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-07

Theories of the cause Of the dirigible
disaster in France cover q wide range.
After all, the possibilities are restricted
an infiammable gas bag, an overloaded
structure or an irresistible storm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-07

Success is reported from the attempt
to derive electric current from the sea.
1t is to be hoped that it is more assured
than the old experiment of extracting
gold from the waters of the ocean.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-07

Absence Of musicians from some of
the theaters does not lessen the distress
Of those with sensitive ears when sour
notes are emitted from the machines
that impersonate the departed artists.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-07

The New York stock market is going
after the bears with sharp stick. The
financial misfortunes Of the past year
have made them quite unpleasant in
their downheartedness
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-07
Bad Guessers.

From the Hamilton. ontario, Spectator.
Lloyds are reported to have lost
SI25 900 betting that Bobby Jones would
not win the four major championships
of 1880. They must be convinced by
now that he isn't just golfer, but
magician.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-07
UnrecoRnizable.

From the Flint Daily journal.
The Soviet wants the United States
to recognise her. The truth Is that
we do not reco@nize.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-07
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

The POnderer.
Sometimes sit and ponder on the
happy days gone by
And wrap myself In reminiscent
gloom.
I sit with folded hands and breathe a
melancholy sigh
With looks the saddest that I can
assume
I ponder. all unheeding, as the hours
their course pursue.
From morning till the eventide draws
near,
think of many things that I would
undertake to do
If my nominations did not interfere.
ponder on the sunshine which I vow
Is not so light
AS sunshine in the days that I regret.
ponder on the rainbows which I'm
sure are net so bright,
Though the rain is more unpleasant
and more wet.
And yet there's compensation for these
moments Of distress
Which tempt me every enterprise to
shirk.
Come hither, gentle reader, and the
truth 1 will confess
It's easier TO ponder than to work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-07

Consolation may be derived by the
St. Louis Cardinals and their partisans
from the reflection that both teams
cannot possibly win world champion
| shin
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Gone. Gone, Gone!

From the Milwaukee Sentinel.
Now" remarked the man in the next
room, 1.-The melancholy days have ar
rived when you begin TO wonder what
you did with last Summers wages"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-07
Quality Deteriorating.

From the Boston Evening Transcript.
The old-tirne political boss may have
had. q monopoly, but he sold a better
Crude Of goods than his cash-arld-carry
successors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-07
A Reflection on Art.

A Reelection on Art.
do you think that as a Nation we
are growing more artistic?"
NO" replied Mr.. Cun1rox; I'VE are
growing less appreciative of sculpture.
Why, can remember when there was
a statue of an Indian in front Of every
cigar store"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-07

The Tammany notion Of a judicial
insult" Is to be asked questions that
call for embarrassing answers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-07

South American revolutions are becom-
ing what might be termed continentally
endemic.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-07
Air Pilots Cautioned.

From the Omaha World-Herald
American pilots In South America
have to be careful about whom they
carry around.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-07
All Forgiven.

From the Akron Beacon Journal.
Time heals all wounds, and few ex.
doughboys would lick a lieutenant now
If they had a chance
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His Specially.

His Specially.
What does your member Of Congress
think of these questions?"
He don't pay no 'teftioh to ques-
tions," replied Farmer Corntossel. He's
the man that knows what all the an
swers are, without botherin' bout the
questions"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-07
Four.Footed.

From the Detroit News.
In Spain donkey wrecked a train
ct q crossing, though not in his car &C
the time.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-07
Notifications.

Your speeches indicate that your
views have changed"
Not exactly" replied Senator sor-
ghum. MY constituents views have
changed and I am keeping in touch
with the wisdom of the plain people. "
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-07
The BAN PLAYERS Ordeal.

The Ball Players Ordeal.
He says it's easy to play ball.
The real test of nerve and skill
He faces in the frosty Fall
When he appears in vaudeville.
Jud Tunkins says you don't have to
tell some men not to worry. They are
perfectly willing TO let their friends
and family worry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-07
Knockers.

From the Colorado Springs Gazette and Tele-
graph.
Many persons are able to beat oppor-
Itunity knocking.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-07

South American Politics.
From the Elmira star-Gazette.
South Americans don't run for office.
They just take it and make the other
fellow run.
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paiIy and Sunday. ! VI. sI2.oo; mo. 81!
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The EVENING Star Newspaper Compnny

Business once:
- nth st. and Pennsylvania Aye.
New York once: ITO East 43nd St.
Chicaeo once: Lake Michigan Building.
European ONCE: IA Regent St., London.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-07
The Wise Orator.
The Wise Orator.
He did not seek for glory
With intellectual show.
He told a funny story
Across the radio.

de banjo" said Uncle Eben, has
turned out to be one o. dem undeveloped
resources. We used to play 1t jes' feh
fun an now folks is maxim lvin'
out of it."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-07

@. What is the Holy Grail?-L. D.
a According to legend, 1t Is the cup
which the Savior blessed and passed
to His disciples at the Last Supper.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-07

O. Can one hear better with an
ear to the ground"?-T. w.
A. Sound travels faster and farther
through the ground than through the
air. Marching men and running horses
can be heard in this way long before
the sound comes through the air.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-07

Q. What is the largest living animal?
H. q.
A. The sulphur bottom whale Is the
largest Some specimens are IS to 80
feet long and weigh about 100 tons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-07
Holds Gas Far
Better Than GuillOtlne,

lie Matin, Paris.--The man condemn
ed to death should be "gassed." This
method comprises, in fact, the latest
and best mode of execution. In the case
Of one SUFFERING the penalty In America,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-07

@. What is an auto da fe"?-F. z.
A. Auto da fe Is Spanish for "act
of faith" It was a ceremony which
consisted in the public burning of here
tics condemned by the Inquisition. The
Inquisition was a tribunal in the Roman
Catholic Church, instituted in 1248.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-07

book. Don't let it get away from you
when you set out to see the country
roundabout, the George Washington
country. For If throughout the locality
made famous by the great man there
Is road or path or a trail that this
Jealous lady has not laid down for your
guidance, why, then-well, but there Is
none such. Every one of them is in this
completely captivating book. Mrs. An
drews knows the country as you know
the palm Of your own hand. BY virtue
OF such knowledge, and its projection
here, you are safe in counting the ex-
cursions offered by 1t as among the
year after next in Washington.
Here the old life of the South looks
out in pictures of plantation sociabili-
ties and beautiful homes and amusing
episodes of characteristic flavor. The
families of her neutrality-suspicious.,
son and grandson, with wives and
daughters to all of them-make a
roster of the slightly pretentious me-
dunn through which this amazing view
of Old Virginia comes. A lovely spread
of hill and mountain, OF woods and
streams and fields invites you to its
most intimate disclosures. Old houses
wide and open and reminiscently al
ltirinR-look out here and there from
dignified seclusions. Sometimes these
are still warm and hearty and welcom-
ing. Sometimes they are but re-
minders, saddening reminders of more
opulent days. In either case they are
Of an absorbing interest, waymarks
along q path of American history.
However, do not look for lamentations
of any sort from this good guide around
the region of many departures. There
is no sadness about this gallant woman
this modern philosopher, this seemingly
care-free partaker of such goods as the
tickle gods provide. However, with all
her gifts and her unquenchable gayety,
her allegiance to authentic history. In
this field she digs and delves like the
workman she Is to support her own ex-
perience, her own family records and
those Of others Of the great clan Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-07

An Other States and Canada.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-07

@. Where was the first school es-
tablished for the Indians?---S. s.
A. The first of which we find record
was established at Havana in 1858 by
Jesuit Fathers for the Indians Of
Florida.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-07

HK"I1IS' ss'''s s''sssss''sss -
ofa"h' ''''''''.'''. .s'.'ss.'''z
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-02
Music Wins Its Way.

THE success of the current Victor
Herbert cycles of operettas in New
York and Boston is of more than pass
ing significance.
It is an open secret on Broadway that
the series was originally undertaken
with no little trepidation. Indeed, it
seems surprising that it was ever
launched, since now nobody can be
found who expected it to succeed
Apparently it was worse than forlorn
hope. Even its promoters looked Tor
failure. How could they expect the
atergoerS, in an age of speed and jazz
to pay to hear aged tunes and ancient
wheezes-above all, to watch characters
in the naive costumes and situations OF
quarter of century ago?
But theatergoerS did. True, it looked
for time as if the worst hopes of the
entrepreneurS were going to be real
lied. It took little time for the thing
to get under way. Then it caught on.
The Herbert festival has proved really
popular and not passing fad. Reck-
less folk ventured to try the same thing
in Boston, with similar results. Audi
ences contain youth of all ages, and
those who are hearing these comic
operas for the first time appear to en-
joy them as much as their elders, who
are reviving legendary experiences.
How can such things be? The rea-
sons are not far to seek. In spite of
the skepticiSn4 of some producers, the
public, as has been proved time and
again, likes decency in the theater. It
likes, too, pleasant and romantic stu
atoms and plots. Finally, it likes a good
tune. OF all these it is assured when it
goes to see these revivalS of the
operettaS of Victor Herbert, Reginald
De Koven and Oscar Straus. The sue
cess of these productions is a signifi-
cant sign of the times.-Editorial Chris
tan Science Monitor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-02
Was With Forbes-Robertson

GEORGE HAYES of the Stratford-
" upon-Avon Festival Co. made his
first appearance in America a number
of years ago as leading man with Sir
Johnston Forbes Robertson, playing
Laertes to his Hamlet. Later he was a
leading member of the famous Shake
spearean company at the Old Vic, in
London.
Since joining the permanent organi-
cation of the Memorial Theater at
Stratford. Mr.. Hayes has distinguished
himself in a wide variety of roles there
and also during the notable American
tour last season. His parts this year
include Romeo, King Richard the Sec
ond, Hamlet, MacdufT, Brutus, Claudio
in Much Ado" Dr. Caius in 1.-THE
Merry Wives and Feste in Twelfth
Night
Mr. Hayes had the honor of appear
ing with Sir Johnston Forbes Robertson
when that eminent player made his
farewell appearance at Drury Lane. He
also had the distinction of appearing
with four great Shylocks - namely,
Forbes-Robertson, Sir Herbert Tree,
Moscowvitch and Baumeister - before
he made brilliant success in that role
himself. His Shylock was one of the
outstanding portrayals in the perform
ances of the Stratford-upon-A Avon Co.
in America last season.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-02

WHILE it has been the fashion in
Washington, time out of mind,
especially with those who patronize
stock companies during the balrny sea-
son of the year, to take the entire
group of players into the sanctuary of
high regard and esteem and impartially
to bestow praise and applause in testi-
mony of satisfaction for individual
achievement, there has always been
manifested a sort of dominant interest
in the leading lady and the leading
gentleman of the aggregation.
This interest, it is believed, is not
lacking this year with respect to the
leading woman" and leading man" as
the profession less tenderly describes
them, of the National Theater Players.
Indeed, the interest at this time seems
to be even little bit greater than for
merly, due, perhaps, to promised sur
prises.
Manager Cochran has lifted the veil
on his new leading man and the know
ing ones are saying he has made an
excellent choice. He is not total
stranger, for there will be many who
will remember that tall, strapping idol
of New England, Walter Gilbert, who,
as Sergt. Quirk in the local presenta-
ton some years ago Of What Price
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-02
Spirit of Youth.

THE eternal spirit of youth is typi-
fed to the nth degree in Happy
Days." in stirring scene in which more
than 20 babies, crowded into a monster
baby carriage, become the objects of
admiration, while Walter Catlett and
Lucien Littlef1eld sing Wen Build a
Little World of Our Own" to them.
This, of course, is a parody of Gaynor-
Farrell number that preceded it, and
said to be quite effective.
Besides this extremely youthful talent,
which has been supplied for a picture
combining the efforts of the stars of
THE Cock Eyed World" Sunny Side
Up" Hot for Paris" Seventh Heaven"
and Street Angel" there have been
added the internationally famous dim
pied knees of Ann Pennington and so
spirited girls with long hair who are
said to have taxed the producers the
cost of comb and a magnifying glass
to find.