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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-01
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

dead letter ONCE II they do not bear
addresses Of Senders. II they do, they
will be returned. Postal authorities in
the past have been indulgent toward
violations of the rule that all letters
and post cards should bear proper adj
dresses, but this recent decision would
indicate that 1t was forced by an in
crease of frst-class matter bearing
freak addresses.
q. What was the name of the British
ship on which the author of THE Star
Spangled Banner" was imprisoned when
he wrote the song?-M. B.
A. For a brief time, Francis Scott
Key was held prisoner on His Majesty's
ship Surprise.
Q. Please tell me about using lime to
catch btrds.-R. B.
A. The Biological Survey says that
1t Is very dangerous to use bird lime for
catching birds, since harmless and in
nocent birds can be easily trapped In
this way as well as harmful ones. In
fact, 1t is against the law in most States
to use bird lime for this purpose. Con-
sequently 1t is no longer being made In
any considerable quantity, and 1t would
probably be better to employ some other
method for catching birds.
@. Please publish the story of Mar
garet Haughey.-R. G.
A. Margaret Haughiey. after being left
an orphan and later losing her husband
and baby, went to work as a laundress
in hotel in New Orleans. She spent
part of every day visiting the orphans
home and taking food to them. She
secured this food by asking various
merchants for it. Later she established
q dairy and bakery which were very
successful. The money which she made
she spent for her orphans. Through
her generosity three large orphan
besides home for the aged and In
Arm. The statue erected in her honor
IN New Orleans is said to be the first
statue of woman ever erected In the
United States.
Q: What is the baby volstead law'-
A. The Bureau of Prohibition says
| that newspaper writer's have referred
to the Massachusetts prohibition en-
forcement law as the Massachusetts,
baby Volstead law.
Q. Has the Memorial Church at
Grande Pre-, Nova Scotia, been COM
pleted?-T. M.
A.. This national monument Of the
French Acadians Is nearly finished.
The one hundred and seventy fifth
anniversary of the expulsion Of the
Acadians will be observed on August 20,
when Acadian descendants from Louis
lana, New England, Quebec and France
are expected.
Q. What monarch succeeded Queen
| Elizabeth?-J. K. L.
A. Queen Elizabeth was succeeded by
James VI of Scotland, son Of Mary
Stuart.
@. How is the game of bowls played
outdoors?-F. E. C.
A. It Is played with biased balls on
q level plat of greensward, the aim
being to roll them near a stationary
! ball called a jack.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-01
BY MARK SULLIVAN.

The closing clashes on the tariff now
taking place in the House about GER
tain rates will be duplicated next week
by spectacular actions IN the Senate
about the debenture plan and the flex-
ible provision. To any one moving
about among Senators and Representa-
tives, however, 1t is apparent that the
framing of the bill is in their minds
already a closed chapter. They are
aiready looking forward to how the bill
will be regarded by the country, and
to its effect upon the political fortunes
of individuals and factions.
Among the parties and factions, 1t Is
their course. Regaieliess of the outcome
of the still undecided controversies, the
Democrats are going to take the posi-
ton that the bill is wickedness incar-
nate. They are going to accept the
role to which they were assigned In
the Mr.. Dooley" story about the two
parties matching coins to see which
should have the permanent franchise
to use certain political phrases. The
Democrats won-if won Is the word
the exclusive right to use I'VE denounce
and deplore."
The Democrats determined their at
titude about the bill when they voted
against it in final passage in the Senate.
In the form in which the bill then stood
1t contained the debenture plan for
which the Democrats had fought and
won. It also contained the form of
flexible provision for which the Demo-
Gratis had fought and won. 1t con-
tanned scores of important rates for
which the Democrats had fought and
won. Nevertheless, as a matter of party
policy, they voted against the bill In Its
COMPLETED form. On that position they
will 60 into the campaign for Senators
and Representatives.
4 X X
As for the insurgent Republicans,
they, too, it IS safe to say. will ultimate
ly take the attitude of disapproval of
the bill, although up to cate their atti-
tude is one of nominal approval. When
the bill in its Senate form was on final
roll call in that body. most of the in
surgent Republicans voted for it. Their
motive, however, was not affection for
the bill. Their motive was strategic.
They voted for the bill in the form in
which it passed the Senate merely in
order to be in better position for the
last-ditch battle on the debenture after
the conference.
This final fight to keep the debenture
plan in the bill will take place next
week. Almost certainly 1t will be lost.
Thereafter. the insurgent Republicans
that was worth anything to their
farmer constituents was the debenture
plan. Upon this position the insurgent
Republicans will go to the West de-
nouncing the bill. At the same time
they will begin another chapter of their
fight for the debenture plan by taking
this issue before the people. IF the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-01
Tariff Held Closed Matter,
Although h. Debate Still RACES

debenture plan is taken out of tho bill"
said Senator Borah, 1.-THE fight will have
just begun" The insurgents will UNDER
take to elect Senators and Representa-
tives pledged to vote for the debenture
plan to future sessions of Congress. AS
part of the same process, they will try
to defeat Senator's and Representatives
from Western States who In this Con-
gress failed to support the debenture
plan. On this narrow issue there will
be some bitter local wars within the
Republican party in the West this
Summer.
AS for the regular Republicans In the
East and elsewhere, they will fill the
other role in the Mr.. Dooley" story by
exercising their franchise to use the
I'VE commends" and the I'VE point
with-prides." Their pointing with
pride, however, will be perfunctory and
half-hearted. Most of the Eastern Re-
publicans are dubious about the bill as
respects the individual commodities in
which they are interested. At the very
moment when the West Is blaming the
East for bad bill, much of the East,
with sincerity at least as great, will
blame the West. The Eastern Repub-
licans with strong conviction blame the
representatives of the Western farmers
for the first and fundamental misstep
in this bill. At the very beginning, the
representative of farm organizations
took the ground that sugar is a farm
crop and must have high duty. It was
the trading and log-rolling done with
other commodities in behalf of sugar
that initiated the disasters that have
attended this bill.
That the bill is bad one from the
standpoint of Eastern industry is the
belief held by the most orthodox
Eastern Republicans. Grundy of
Pennsylvania, in his home State. con-
dennis the bill In terms which include
such phrases as worst ever" In this
attitude Of Mr.. Grundy, connected with
the probable outcome of his own
campaign for reelection, lies one bit of
potential humor. Grundy dislikes the
bill. Is not responsible for making it,
and would have made 1t utterly diff
ferent If he had the responsibility.
Nevertheless the Democrats, with
shrewd strategy. are attaching Grundy's
name to the bill in their campaign
speeches and literature.
In statement two paragraphs long,
Democratic Senator Pat Harrison, the
other day, three times used "Grundy"
as slogan of tariff odium: "Grundy
tariff" "Grundybund" and "Grundy
act" Another phrase with which the
Democratic national committee peppers
its campaign literature is "Grundyism. )"
The potential joke in this lies in the
fact that Grundy comes up for re-
nomination In Pennsylvania on May
20. The best present Judgment is that
he will be defeated. In that event, the
Democrats will be obliged to do some
hurried revising OF their campaign
literature.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-01
Hacker Financial Responsibility.

Regardless Of the other phases of
taxicab regulation which were dis
cussed at a hearing before the Senate
District committee recently, it is vitality
important that financial responsibility
be shown by all drivers Of public vehi-
cles. As was pointed out at the hear
ing, many taxicab companies" consist
Of one man and cab, the man not
even owning the car, and these com
panies" are In no position to pay dam
ages caused by the drivers negligence
Cases are all too frequent of the victim
of drivers recklessness being unable to
secure redress. The big companies, of
course, are financially responsible. It
is the small companies and the indie
pendent hackers who must, for the pub
lie protection, demonstrate that they
are capable of meeting claims against
them. 1t is to be hoped, therefore, that
this provision will remain intact in the
bill,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-01
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRAcEWELL.


minutes old from which had
unbden did
know why.
cold
something which they longer.
mysterious still held memortmemorie which
soed
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vanish
obhaed would paint their
dr build memories
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-01

Welcome to Secretary Stimson in New
York was brilliant affair. 1t did not
equal the enthusiasm shown in salut-
ing Lindbergh. The stock market has
had its ups and downs and there Is
demand for economy which forbids
reckless waste of ticker tape and tele-
phone directories in improvised confetti.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-01

An ex-soldier sends check for a
little over 500 to the War Department,
addressed to the Conscience Fund. He
mentions small items of money pertain
ing to undeserved pay, with pathetic
punctilio, which claims honor. 1t needs
conscience as well as courage to make
q true soldier.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-01

"A spellin' bee Is discouragin'," said
Uncle Eben. IF you knew how to spell
all de words dey is, you can't be sure
you'd be able to string EN- together SOS
dey'd actually mean sumpin'"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-01
Shifting Sentiments.

You sometimes vary in your opin-
IONS" said the faithful friend.
Always with the highest motives, -
answered Senator Sorghum. II want
to serve my country, but can't do a
thing for it If / don't retain the conf
dence of the tickle populace."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-01
Limitation.

! study the restrictions met
In traffic regulation.
No further can I hope to get
In higher education.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-01
HAPPIER Home.

HAS your wife made home happier
since she went to cooking school?"
Much happier" declared Mr. Meek
ton. I'VE have both learned to appre-
ciate plain, simple restaurant food"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-01

1t has been admitted by Senator
Borah that he is sometimes a politician
and sometimes a statesman. Judge j.
J. Parker may be excused for wondering
which the Senator is at present.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-01
Penn'S WnndS.

When William Penn took to the woods
He said, Il surely am the goods
For prophecy. Men here will fix
Some grand log-rolling politics"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-01

England is out in favor Of free trade
within its empire. Gandhi may feel
regret in observing that the idea does
not include salt in India.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-01
Highligghts on the Wide World
Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands

benefit to their people, follow the exam
pie of the Scots.
y r \
Urge Consideration
For Street Car Employees.
A Note, Rio de Janeiro.-Our street
car employees are a forgotten people
whom we should show more considera-
ton to, for their continuous and self
sacrificing labors. We are all of us more
or less dependent upon them, and we
are very impatient when the car does
not come just at the moment we expect
it, but we rarely stop to think what it
means for them to render such faithful
and valuable service in all sorts of
weather, under all sorts of conditions,
and under such heavy demands upon
their moral and physical being. Not
only the motorman and conductor have
to be tireless, patient and vigilant at all
times, but similar service and patience
is required of all other employees of
tramways, whether in the office or in
the shop, but the men who actually
operate the system of transportation, we
believe, should have more frequent and
more gracious recognition of our graft
tude to them for all the conveniences
and benefits we enjoy In our municipal
tramway system. The work of the en-
ployes of these lines Is certainly the
equivalent in Importance and necessity
to that of the firemen and police, and
their remuneration and their status
should also correspond. We trust that
the National Labor Council, alert to the
deserts of these faithful workers, will
seek an early occasion to bring about
an amelioration in the condition of
these loyal workers.
ThnSq mon 1iko other otktpn,an
their families to keep; they are expoSed
to the same jeopardies Of sickness and
accident in their households, but be-
cause OF the nature of their work thew
can render little help at home. because
they must work all hours of the dav
and night and upon all days of the
year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-01
Traffic Campaign Effective.

from the New London Day.
New York cops handed out 646 tickets
on the first day of trafflc Campaign.
Pretty soon motorists will be SO fearful
of New York that they'll ask for their
tickets before they go driving.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-01
Time to Unlock Cell Door.

From the Boston Transcript.
Precautions against prison fires In
Ohio suggest unlocking the cell door
after the convict is burned to death,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-01

Rejoice not in another's misfor-
tune" said Hi Ho, the sage of China
town. "One misfortune leads to others
that may reach even to your own door. +"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-01
Niblick Turns Up Ruby.

From the Detroit News.
A golfer In India turned up precious
ruby with a niblick. While we had
heard of diamonds in the rough, rubies
are unusual
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-01
| n ANCHESTER GUARDIAN.-The
NJ cinema's advantage over the
M stage Law In its freedom of imi-

the world is the cameras seem
cry, and the camera, waiting Tor the
right moment and the best shot, can be
a monument of patience. The introduce
ton of talking films drove the producer
back into the studio, so far as the d1a-
logue was concerned. He could portray
stout CorteZ silent upon his peak, but II
he wished to record the opinions OF Cor
tez on the undesirability Of stoutness in
mountaineers or on the climate of Da-
rien, he had to take that pioneer back to
the studio and place him on bogus
pinnacle among the recording appara-
tus. Now 1t Is reported from Hollywood
that the difficulty which seriously ham
pered the production of talking films has
been overcome by the invention of
button microphone, which is connected
by wireless with the sound recording i'm
plements. It sounds trifle vague. But
1t seems that the Cortez problem: can
be solved on the mountain being brought
sufficiently near to Mohammed if Cortez
carries one of the new gadgets in his
buttonhole and declaims into 1t.
Undoubtedly the scope of 'talkies"
could be much enlarged by independ-
ence of the studio, but there is no need
for alarm lest the new weapon should
prove fatal to the old Stage-play. All
that has resulted from the "talkie" In
vasion of London has been a theater-
boom, and it is now perfectly obvious
that the public will support what is good
of its kind, and not just anything of
one kind. Good "talkies" are the enc
mics of bad "talkies," and not the enc
mics of good plays.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-01

Statesmen are urged to ban politics
from consideration of the arms treaty.
An arms treaty is an incidental event.
Politics is the habit of lifetime.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-01
Crime Commission Activity.

From the Fort Worth Record-TeleEram,
The American public is marking time
as patiently as 1t can while the Crime
Commission is trying to force its way
onto the front page with the commits
sion of crime
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-01
Wide Trousers
Typical of Luxurious Incidence.

Ell TEMPO, Bogota.-One of our CO.
temporaries has referred to one of the
political do-nothings at the capital as =
man of large (wide) pantaloons." This
aIlusion and censure is we'll justified
To our mind, the wide, flowing trouser
Is typical of the luxurious Incidence of
the day. How can any man wearing
pantaloons many sizes, apparently. tho
large for him. pe energetic or ambitions9
Men wearing trousers so wide at the
bottom and equally roomy at other
points are more concerned with sartorial
perfection of the moment than thew
are with the grave problems. social. In.
dustrial and financial, confronting the
state. Before man can do any kind of
work, even political work, he must get
into other kinds of breeches. Mason.
line leg garments of the present day
paralyze action and stupefy the intel
ligence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-01

Experts in criminolosy might be sent
to Columbus, Ohio, to seek information
as to how not to run a penitentiary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-01

Jud Tunkins says you can turn the
clock back for daylight saving, but it'll
never make the mortgage any slower in
coming due.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-01
Cites Need
For Public Spirit.

Cork Weekly Examiner-It Is a good
sign that frequent references are being
made in the Irish Free State to the de-
velopment of the civic sense, which is
necessary preliminary to the develop
ment of a generous public spirit. Until
every citizen and citizeness of the Free
State feels that he and she Is an impor-
tant unit in the state, and that the
citizen has a duty to perform toward
the community, rapid progress cannot
be expected. But If we really possess
that patriotic feeling on which we used
to pride ourselves very much not so
many years ago, we ought to try to show
the outside world that the Irish as
nation are, in proportion to their means,
at least as philosophical as their next
door neighbors.
Very often one can hear people dilat-
ing upon the delinquencies OF the Eng
lish, Welsh and Scots. especially the
English. sort of belief exists that
they do not in any sense come up 70
the Irish standard of perfect living, and
SO on, and no trouble Is taken to state
their good points. In fact, 1t is scarcely
admitted they have any good points at
all.
Yet. II an impartial observer looks
into the matter, he will find that one
of the strong points of the English char
acter Is public spirit, which Is often
displayed with generosity in causes
which the average freshman cannot ap-
preciate. Indeed, voluntary effort does
many things in England, In Scotland
and in Wales, also. which, on this side
of the channel people usually regard as
within the province of the government.
Recently we directed attention to some
of the immense work which Scots who
acquired great wealth abroad have
done for the higher education of the
youth of Scotland. Irishmen who left
their native land and succeeded In put
ting together millions could, without
any loss to themselves, and with great
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-01

Q: How is the game of bowls played
outdoors?-F. E. C.
A. It Is played with biased balls on
. level plat of greensward, the aim
being to roll them near stationary
ball called a Jack.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-01

g. Is there any ruling against freak
addresses?-H. A. L.
A. The Post Ofice Department has
ing freak addresses will be sent to the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-01

@. What monarch succeeded Queen
Elizabeth?-J. K. L.
A. Queen Elizabeth was succeeded by
James VI OF Scotland, son Of Mary
Stuart.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-01

q. Do many public schools give group
instruction In piano playing?-S. b.
A. About half the public schools In
the metropolitan cities of the United
States give piano lessons by the group
instruction method to children.
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wet Mr.. Morrow has yet to make any
statement regarding the prohibition is
sue. He is expected to talk over his
platform with President Hoover. Mr.
Hoover has aligned himself with the
enforcement of prohibition. But 1t Is
recognized that In some of the States
Republicans will run as vets this year,
and 1t Is not believed that the Presi-
dent Is asking candidates for the Sem
ate and House to abandon their convic-
lions in regard to the prohibition issue
to stand on any particular platform.
One of the Presidents moss cordial sup
porters In the House, Mrs. Ruth Pratt
of New York, has recently announced
her candidacy for reelection on a wet
platform. Certainly Mr.. Morrows
friends are urging him to stand for
modification or repeal OF the dry laws.
The letter of First Assistant Secretary
of the Interior Joseph M. Dixon to
Walter Newton. one OF the PresioentS
secretaries, urging the appointment OF
Judge John J. Parker of North Caro-
lima q the Supreme Court on the ground
that it would be master political
stroke and help keep the Tar Heel State
Republican,, now that 1t Is published, is
decidedly not a master political stroke
in itself. Here are Senator'S Overman
and Simmons of North Carolina, both
Democrats, who have been supporting
Judge Parker on the ground that ne is
an eminent jurist and Wen q1ailneo ior
now Mr.. Dixor's letter is dug up at the
psychological moment by Senator Nc
Kellar Of Tennessee, Democrat. 1t
makes an embarrassing situation TO say
the least for the two veteran Democratic
Senators from North Carolina. The
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-01

Q. What four languages are most
widely spoken?-J. s. w.
A. English Is first. It Is spoken by
approximately 160000,00O people. Ger
man and Russian tie for second place,
each spoken by 100000 people.
French comes next with 10000, 900
users.