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strong feeling OF opposition and ultt-
mately the plan was modified to prevent
such trespaSs. Still the power plant
stacks remained in place, unlovely
unsymmetrical. and in truth useless
No smoke poured forth from them, for
the fires had long been drawn, ever
since the Benning plant was put into
operation.
Some day the stacks would go, the
protesting public was assured. Some
day the building program would be
adopted and developed and the stacks
then must be ra2ed But there were
fears lest this might be long postponed.
Congress did not seem in a mood to
adopt the grand plan Of Government
housing. Then it came, the day of
decision, and the Capital development
was assured. Months have passed since
the project was designed and the power
plant site was allocated, but the dead
hand" of Government purchase rested
upon it and the doubters who have
feared that the stacks would remain
indefinitely have been assured.
So now, in little while-it all seems
so short time in view of the long, long
wait-the stacks will be razed. Probably
they will be cut with gas flame and
allowed to topple. Maybe they will be
disintegrated, section by section. But,
in whatever way they fall, their going
viii mark a period in the development
OF Washington. They now constitute
one landmark which will not be
regretted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-30
Highlights on the Wide World
Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands

the two lovers were desperate, and they
decided that the marriage should come
| on regardless of anybody. But early In
the morning of the wedding day the
parson took the disease and went 70
bed, and the bridegroom's father caught
1t also. Then the two went of to the
registrar, with no bridesmaids, best man
or anybody, and that public oficial,
having escaped the malady up to date.
put them through. The pair went TO
Melbourne for the honeymoon, and the
bride had relapse on the steamer, and
the captain, two of the declkhands and
the SteWardesS also had the influenza.
On the whole, it was an enjoyable af-
fair all round.
National Library
Building Inadequate.
La Prensa, Buenos Aires.--In the year
1901 the National Library was installed
in the building at $50 Gale Mexico,
which was originally constructed for
the Loteria de Beneficencia de, the
"Benehcient'O, or charitable lottery.
This edifice Is now entirely inadequate
for the purposes of the library, and
there is lamentable need Of funds which
will enable it to function properly. In
deed, the present building Is as insult
ments made Of It as was the FIRST Ma
tional Library, which was confined in
an old ruined house at the corner of
the Gales Peru and Moreno With an
ever-increasing patronage Of readers
and conSultantS, and new volumes ar
irving in profuse numbers every day,
there Is no longer either seating accom-
modations for the visitors or shelfroom
for the books: Many Of the latter are
wedged so closely together they can
scarcely be removed from the stacks,
logued, are piled In the Railways and
upon the stairs.
Such conditions should be remedied
without further delay. It Is true, some
helpful action has been taken, for on
August 81, 1928, an executive resolu-
ton authorized the purchase on Sep
TENDER Is of the same year, on the
suggestion Of Senior Paul GrouSSac, the
adjacent building at $50 Gale Mexico,
for the sum of $4,000 pesos (about
$40. GOOD, but this vast expenditure left
no funds available for furnishing the
building with the proper equipment,
with the result that It is still disused
and monument to the faulty and my
Optical decisions of the government. It
Is hoped that the authorities viii now
put an end to this Objectionable situa-
ton and provide the necessary funds for
fitting out the building, so our wonder
fil National Library can operate and be
appreciated and utilized as was In
tended by its noble founders.
v y
Rubens Regarded
As Most Famous Belgian.
lie Soir, Brussels--A Flemish journal
recently opened contest among its
readers for the purpose of determining
AS far as the contest mas proceeded
the most glorious name in Flemish his
tory IS the gifted painter, Peter Paul
Rubens, whose masterpieces have been
esteemed among the incompatible pos
sessions not only of Flanders, or Bel
GUM, but of the world.
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Road Identification
Pushed by Des MOines

From the Des Moines Tribune.
philosophical people Of Des Moines
and Indianola are going to see to 1t
that the paved highway between the
two places aces. is lined With blooming holly
That is splendid idea.
The greatest merit Of 1t is that it
will demonstrate, at the minimum of
cost and In the minimum Of time, the
great appeal of roadside Identification
to the travelling public--which is all
of us.
Hollyhocks for decoration are excel
lent. They are suitable in Iowa. They
have given charm to the Amana viii
lagos in the past Recently they have
been adopted for decorative purposes
by some Sioux City organizations
They are hardy. quick growing and
perennial. Miles of highway lined with
hollyhocks will be miles of charm.
But there is less interest in holly
hooks than in roadside Identification.
Nobody dreams of just one kind of
Identification for all Iowa roads. Yet
eventually some sort of Identification,
providing variety but consistent enough,
too, will come for all Iowa roads.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-30
The Stacks Soon to Go.

In relatively short time, perhaps
before the end of the year. work will
start in the clearing of the site for the
new Department of Labor, at the corner
of Fourteenth and B streets, the prin-
cipal occupant OF which at present is
the general Office and the former power
house of the Potomac Electric Power
Company, the latter now and for some
years past used merely as a trans
former station. Then will pass out OF
view Disagreement of the Landscape
which has long been the subject of dis
cussion and protest, the pair of iron
smokestacks that rise from the power
structure.
In the earlier days when the stacks
were constantly criticized as unlovely
dissonances that marred the Capital
scene there was no thought of the great
building project that is now under. de-
velopment in the Mall-Avenue triangle
True, the proposition that the Govern
ment acquire all this area for such g
purpose had been preached and was
being urged upon reluctant, barely
listening Congress. Later came ths
isolated item of appropriation for the
buying of the Ave squares site" at the
western edge of the triangle, on a par
of which the great Commerce Depart
ment Building is now rising. Then thu
protest against the stacks was renewed
in stronger terms, but nothing was done
Some time later it was proposed h
erect Government power plant at thu
rivers edge below the Bureau of En-
craving and Printing. with stack tina
would have dominated the scene in
Alistically. This proposal evoked
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-30
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC j. HASKIN.

wage workers, irrespective Of sex, call
ing or nationality The first Monday
in September has been observed as
Labor day ever since that convention.
@. How often do people in cities
change their address?-F. G.
A. In the American Magazine. Ralph
l.. Polk, publisher of city directories,
says that 65 per cent OF the people in
cities change their home or business
address yearly Even including the
country, not one person in thousand
avoids some sort Of change every five
years.
@. When was the money Of belliger-
emit aliens which was in American
banks taken over by the Government
A. S. X.
A. The United States Government
took over alien money which was In
American banks on october 8, 1917,
the date that the trading-with-
enemy act was passed.
@. VIII a dogwood tree which now
bears pink blossoms continue to do 90,
or will the blossoms be white In few
years?-F. M. E.
A. The pink variety Of dogwood IL
now distinct variety, having been de-
veloped from pink specimens OF the
SONS is probably determined to some
extent by soil conditions, but it is rea-
sonable to suppose that q definitely
pink variety would continue giving pink
blossoms.
@. What are the required qualidca-
lions for a woman in the Navy?--C. S.
A. The Navy Department says that
the qualifications for third-class yeo-
men are as follows: Legible penman-
ship; spelling, including nautical terms;
ability 10 add, multiply, divide and sub
tract whole numbers, simple fractions
and decimals; general knowledge of
chapter as, Navy Regulations 1920, con-
corning enlistments and discharges and
part d of this manual Qualifications
for enlisted mem, knowledge OF official
&C respondence, how routed, form ex-
preSsions, ETC.; elementary knowledge
of use of typewriter, knowledge of ship
organization, function OF various de-
partments on board ship.
@. How far up the Amazon is the
tide apparent?-F. F.
A. The Pan-American Union says
that the Amazon tide is felt hundreds
of miles up the Amazon.
O. Was an ass an animal ridden by
upper-class people in Palestine?-A. ".
A. One writer says, "The most noble
and honorable amongst the Jews were
wont to be mounted on asses" Ira
ditionally Mary made the journey from
Nazareth to Bethlehem mounted on
an ass.
@. Which city is older, Quebec or
Montreal?-L. T.
A. Both were founded as Indian VIII
lagos about 1885, but quebec was laid
out as city by Champlain in 1908
while Montreal was laid out as q city by
the French in 1912.
Q. Which has the greater lifting
power, the monoplane or biplane?-H.
T. Mel.
A. The monoplane type, with q
single span, produces more lift for the
same wing area than the biplane or
| two-wing type. A monoplane may not
have quite the same wing area as q
biplane, yet the lift might be equal.
| For this reason the Iinonoplane is con-
sidered to be more efficient. With its
single wing span the monoplane gets
all the lift possible from the air. The
wings of the biplane, on the other
hand, interfere with each other. This
is also true of machines with three or
more sets of wings, such as the tri-
plane and the Quadruplane
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-30

which melted and ran into unstable
conglomerates.
American sympathy is assured the
sufferers from this unusual visitation.
American tourists. many OF whom are
now turning their faces homeward, will
find upon arrival here that they have
simply escaped the atmospheric Galleries
of this region to be hit by those of the
Old World. When the sun goes on a
rampage, as it has this Summer, it is
no respecter Of international bounda-
ries.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-30

Did you ever write letter to Fred
eric j. Haskin? You can ask him any
question of fact and get the answer 1r
q personal letter. Here is great edu-
cational idea introduced into the live;
of the most intelligent people in the
world-American newspaper readers
1t Is part of that best purpose OF
newSpaper-service. There is no charge
except 2 cents in coin or stamps FOL
return postage. Address Frederic j
HaSkin, director, The Evening Star
Information Bureau, Washington, d. G
@. Is there a monument to Rudolph
Valentino?--N. B.
A. In De Longpre Park, Hollywood, q
statue by Noble Burnham has beer
erected to him. 1t is said to be the
first public statue ever erected to q
motion picture celebrity. At its ul-
yelling Dolores Del Rio voiced tribute
to Valentino in three languages--Eng
lish, Spanish and French. The memo
rial was the gift of admirers from al
over the world.
@. Does q pre-medical course cover
two or four years?--J. M. S.
A. Some medical schools require that
a student have four years of pre-medical
school before he is eligible to enter the
professional school, The average re-
quirement. however, Is two years pre-
medical study.
O. Is the American Association Base
Ball League rated higher than the Pa
cific Coast Base Ball League?-R. F. 3
A. They are in the same classical
ton.
@. Has the Federal Government ever
stocked the Wabash River with 1ish?-
F. C. M.
A. 1t has stocked the river with the
kinds of fish native to those waters.
@. Can asbestos shingles be used over
an old shingle roof?-N. A. @.
A. Asbestos shingles would be salts
factory. They are light and are pro-
lection against fire.
@. Is snow counted in measuring q
years rainfall?-C. E.
A. The Weather Bureau says that
snowfall that occurs at the Government
observing stations is reduced to its
equivalent in rainfall and included
with the latter in determining the
amount of precipitation during the
year. AS a rule the ratio Of unmelted
to melted snow Is / to 10--that is, IL
inches of snow will ordinarily make
about / inch Of water.
O. Does the naturalization of man
make his wife an American citizen
also?-E. A.
A. 1t no longer does. Since Septem-
Der %, 1922. it has been necessary for
a woman to become naturalized per-
scnally.
@. What was the origin of Labor
day?-J. M.
A. May 8, 1882, Peter J. Mcclure
general secretary of the Brotherhood
of Carpenters and Joiners, arose ir
Clarendon Hall on Thirteenth street ir
New York City, at a meeting of tho
Central Labor Union, and moved that q
day be set aside las a festive day dur
ing which parade through the street:
of the city would permit public tribute
to American industry" The first Labor
day celebration was held Tuesday, Sep
TENDER S, 1882. In 1884, the New Yorl
Central Labor Union decided to hole
the Labor day celebration on the first
Monday in September, which was Sep
temher /. At the convention of the
American Federation of Labor, which
was held in Chicago october 8, 1884
the following resolution was adopted
Resolved, That the first Monday ir
September Of each year be set apart as
a laborers' national holiday, and thai
we recommend its observance by al
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-30
Rubens Regarded
AS Most Famous Belgian.
One Fascist in Forty
Italians Rules All

From the Des Moines REGISTER.
A Rome dispatch gives the latest
figures showing membership Of the
italian Fascist party. At the end Of
July, this year, the total was 1.o4o, sos.
That includes over 100000 women and
over 10000 students. Italy's popula-
ton in 1879 was over 40,000,o00 30
the Fascist party, which runs every
thing and is itself run by Mussolini, Is
. tiny minority amounting to about
one fortieth, or az per cent, OF the
whole people.
Consent Of the governed" amounts
to the same thing there that 1t does
in Russia
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-30
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
WOnderings.

WOnderings.
We wonder how the radio brings
A lot of interesting things;
Just as our old folks wondered why
The lightnings played across the sky
We wonder how some sudden fame
Is wakened by mighty name;
We wonder, with touch Of pain,
Why 1t is doomed to fade again.
We wonder at the airship flight.
We wonder at electric light.
We wonder at the patient way
Each meets the tax he has to pay.
We wonder, as the skies revolve,
At problems we can never solve
And life into our being filings
Simply world of wonderings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-30
In Time of Stress.

In Time of Stress.
Has the drought hit you?"
Hard" answered Farmer Corntossel.
What are you going to do about it9"
Same as the rest of the folks; go
to the motion pictures an try to forget
my troubles"
"a slight annoyance" said Hi Ho, the
sage of Chinatown, may reduce great
man to irritation. In order to preserve
the proper picture, statesmen devote
large abilities to averting slight an
noyances."
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In an intensified expression of
cynicism, Talleyrand is credited with
saying that his objection to q married
man was that he would do anything
for money. That little, old market
basket was early recognized as feature
of domesticity playing powerful part
in political economy
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-30

An American comedian known as "Old
Hoss Hoey" wore full beard as he
sang THE Man Who Broke the Bank
at Monte Carlo" He set pace. No
less distinguished a comedian than G..
Bernard Shaw makes whiskers a feature
in current diversion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-30

Reports of an utter failure Of the corn
crop may result in making life little
easier after all, for benighted citizens
who distilled their grain and lodged
the revenues"
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Endurance Recordings.

From the Montana ReeordHerald tHelenal.
A new endurance record is threatened
down in Chile, where students at the
university have determined to 50 UNI
shaved until grievances over expelled
classmates are adjusted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-30
Illegal Robberies?

From the Detroit News.
1t appears now that lot of the boys
have been getting away with illegal
robberies. Tne next time a thug tries
to hold you up, demand that he show
you his license.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-30

The Weather Bureau is strictly scien-
tif1c. 1t cannot protect the stock
exchange Spectator any more than it
can tell the farmer whose corn crop
failed precisely how to manage his silo.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-30
Nice Idea for u. S.?

From the Lincoln state Journal.
The Soviet government has a force
full way OF keeping money in circula-
ton. -Four men who had been hoard
ing coin were promptly executed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-30
Might Of the InnumerabIe.

We hate the fly that glistens by
In undisturbed authority
And seems to say II WELD today
The VIII Of the Majority"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-30

A "dry" candidate is naturally COM
PEELED to admit sense of disadvantages
when circumstances require him to face
so many wet" audiences.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-30

The Rapidan is suggestive of proc
esses of statesmanlike thought in
emergency which place special accent
on the Rapid
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A Large Order.

From the Worcester Evening Gazette.
Perhaps the reason Mr.. Gerard didn't
name the women who rule" America
is that there are approximately 15,0oo,-
600 Of them.
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The Associated Press is exclusively entitled
to the use for republication OF all news Cts
patches credited to 1t or not otherwise cred
ted IN this paper and also he local ews
sDecial dispatches herein are also reserved.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-30

In several lands 1t has been decided
that a dictator, once regarded with
apprehension, is more to be welcomed
than feared.
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Carol. You Knave!

Prom the Asheville Times
Carol insists that he Is still q king in
the game Of hearts, but Queen Helen
apparently regards him % q knAye.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-30

An air race often disappoints the
camera boys. 1t is not necessarily the
prettiest girl who wins.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-30
Music and Politics.

Musicians gently exercise
A talent which the listeners prize,
And get into a sorry Ak
When once they mix in politics.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-30

Dat old banjo am hangin' on de
wall" said Uncle Ebsn, IAN it ain been
in tune since away last Fall-cause I
wants to serve notice dat I is one o.
desc musicians dat has gone on strike. y
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-30

There is an interviewer waiting to
see you" said the secretary.
Find out whether his ideas agree
with NINE" answered Senator Sorghum.
IF they don't, there's no use of wasting
the precious moments"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-30

Jud Tunkins says high-fiyin' finan-
cier is a man who can persuade folks
to make loans on insecurities.
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@. Is the American Association Base
Ball League rated higher than the Pa
cific Coast Base Ball League?-R. F. B.
A. They are in the same classiflca-
ti0n
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-30

@. Does a pre-medical course cover
two or four years?--J. M. S.
A. Some medical schools require that
student have four years of pre-medical
school before he is eligible to enter the
professional school. The average re-
quirement, however, is two years pre-
medical study.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-30

@. How far up the Amazon is the
tide apparent?-F. F.
A. The Pan-American Union says
that the Amazon tide is felt hundreds
of miles I'D the Amazon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-30

@. Has the Federal Government ever
stocked the Wabash River with fish,
r. c. M.
A. 1t has stocked the river with the
kinds of fish native to those waters.
La gaceta., 1930-10-06
UN TEMPORAL CAUSE LA
PERDIDA DEL DIRIGIBLE
INGLES R-101

Beauvais, Francia, Oct. g.
Ell dirigible ingles R-101 choc6
aqui contra la ladera de una CO.
lima poblada de arboles, a las
dos de la madrugada de hoy,
ncendiandose Y siendo destrui-
10. De las "a personals que ha-
oia a su bordo, 46 murieron por
afecto del choque o quemadas, y
)cho Sc salvaron.
Ell desastre, ell mayor que Sc
recuerda desde la perdida del
lirigible frances Dixmude, con
~ personals a su bordo, en- di-
ciembre de 1928, ocurri6 GUAM
do ell gigantesco dirigible salfa
hacia ell sur, cruzando Francia,
en- su primer viaje largo, llevan-
DO la direction de la India.
Era ell dirigible mas grande
del mundo, un hermano del
R-100 que en- Julio hizo una vi
sta al Canada.
Atribuyese ell desastre a un
fuerte temporal de aqua y vien-
to que ell buque encontr6 des,
pues de haber pasado ell cana.
de la Mancha.
Despues del choque con la co.
lima Sc sinti6 la explosion: Los
campesinos acudieron al lugal
de la catastrofe; pero ell fuegc
les impidi6 acercarse. Entire las
vfctimas figuran Lord Thorn.
son, ministro ingles del aire, so
dado y estadista; Sir Seton
Brancker, director de la avia-
ci6n civil; ell jefe de escuadr6n
Palstra, de la fuerza de Austria
liza, y w. H. L. O'Neil, de la off
Gina de la India.
De los Sd, IL eran p~asajeros,
cinco oficiales Y 81 tripulantes.
H. j. Leech, ingeniero, que &C
|tuaba como photo al ocurrir el
desastre, es quizas ell menos gra
We de los heridos.
Volaba ell dirigible a poca
altura, sin darse cuenta la tri-
pulaci6n, "cuando de repente
con un terrible golpe enterr6
su nariz en- la terra. "Despues
ocurri6 una terrible explosion,
La gaceta., 1930-10-06
VAN A PEDIR QUE Ell CON-
SUI DE CUBA LOS EMBAR-
QUE

I'm grupo de tabaqueros sin
trabajo, que parece no desenvol-
yer a Tampa, van a presentarse
al consul de Cuba y a solicitar
que este gestione 81 vuelta a Ia
patria, por no tener ellos dine
70.
Case de que ell consul no pue-
da atenderlos, dicen que Sc de-
clararan carga p1blica para que
ell gobierno americana los envie
hacia ALA.
Nosotros hemos podido avert
guar que las autoridades de in
migraci6n tomaran nota de los
nombres de esos ciudadanos pa
ra no dejarlos entrar aqui de
nuevo, va Sc marchen con pasa-
je pagado por ell consulate de
Cuba o por cuenta de Uncle
Sam.
iDebe cerrarse un obrero ia
baquero ia puerta" de Tampa?