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platform, a chair, perhaps bit If
bedding. and stays aloft, while the fo't
! down below really do the work of SUP
plying necessities. Much is heard of
the tree sitters, but little If anything
is heard of the caterers who attend
to their needs.
Out In Chicago recently two young
men maintained an endurance flight
In an airplane for twenty-three days.
They could not have done this without
the assistance of their two brothers.
who kept the endurance plane refueled
by means of hundreds of contacts"
Nor could they have carried on but for
the aid OF their mother, and sister,
who prepared their food and sent it
aloft by the. refueling plane. The
whole family worked together, and =
gas suppliers and the food prov. IS
came in for their fitting amount of
publicity.
This plane endurance fight, idle
though it may have appeared to some,
was in truth an important demonstra-
ton of the durability Of flying ma
chine" It was a test of both me-
chanical and human endurance, and,
therefore, a contribution to the adj
vancement of aviation as a practical
Just so flight. started soon
after the Hun er brothers descended by
the two young men who had held the
previous record. broken by the Hunters,
and even now continuing, is designed
to broaden knowledge of aircraft and
to advance aviation.
Tree sitting is a purely personal di-
version. publicity stunt Endurance
flying though it may result in fortune
as we'll as fame to its participants, has
a practical value. The tree-sitting
youth may now realize that the two
hundred and lightweight hours he
spent in the tree were in reality wasted
hours, even though they might not have
been spent in more profitable occupa-
ton If he had remained on the ground.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-05
Highlights on the Wide World
Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands

been estimated that 80 per cent of the
population can neither read nor write
1t is not necessary for us to elaborate
on the jeopardy such a condition
threatens to the welfare and progress
OF the republic.
Landslide
Fills Bed Of River.
Neues Wiener Tagblatt, vienna.-A
mighty landslide in the Fleinstal region
of the South Tyrol has filled the entire
bed of a mountain stream, and so di-
verted the waters that q sawmill and
an electric light plant have been swept
away. The slip has SO completely filled
the channel of the stream that 1t has
forced new course, rendering useless
number of bridges and requiring the
erection Of new ones. At Ledrotal. a
young laborer was buried by the debris.
*&*
Chain Letter
Meets Chairman's Approval.
Evening Post Wellington.-A chain
letter bearing the admonition Gross
Crossings Cautiously" came before a
meeting of the Auckland Automobile
Association recently. The chairman,
Mr.. Foley, said he did not usually favor
the circulation of chain letters, but he
considered this letter, in view of its ma
ture, special case. He did not think
too much publicity could be given the
advice to "cross crossings cautiously
The familiar warnings of bad luck
should the chain be broken were con-
tanned in the letter
X
WAS the War
Worth II to u. S. Az"
Irish Independent, Dublin-The World
War cost the United States approxi-
mately the gross sum of $5l, 400 900 900,
according to figures compiled by the
Treasury Department on the eve of the
anniversary Of the American declaration
OF war. Interest payments up to last
June were 100000. War costs
and the annual bill for national de-
Tense make up Sc per cent Of the total
Government expenditures. Was the war
worth 1t to the u. S. A.?
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ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HAsKIN.

1881, in which the word motifs emitted
from the Seventh Commandment.
copy survives in the Bodleian.
@. Who was the first foreign diplo-
mat to be recalled at the request Of
this Governments. T.
A. Citizen" Genet, French Minister
to the Congress of the United States,
who was recalled by the French gov
eminent at the request Of President
Washington.
Q. How long is st. Charles. avenue
in New Orleans?-W. c.
A. The New Orleans Association OF
Commerce says that ST. Charles avenue
and its continuation, st. Charles street,
is Az miles long.
Q. How we're the old glass prints
made?-G. Y. T.
A. "A glass print was made by cover
ing blackened glass with white opaque
varnish and drawing the picture on it
with an etching needle An impression
was then taken on a Sensitiz:d paper
exposed to light through the glass. The
print was in reality a kind Of photo
graph. although resembling an etching
in effect.
G. At what tide is the water at
mean sea level?-C. o. L.
A. The average height of the water,
| all STAGES of the tide considered, Is mean
sea level. At ocean stations the half
tide level usually differs but slightly
from mean sea level.
Q. What savages mutilate their
earS?-E M
A. Very few primitive people leave
the ears totally unmutilated. Both the
ear lobes are commonly pierced. This
Is usually done during childhood and
small piece Of wood Is inserted IN the
wound which Is left to heal. Later this
block Is removed and larger one In
until the hole is the required size The
greatest distortions are to be found In
Borneo and East Africa.
@. Is 1t detrimental to trees to top
theme. H. H.
A. The Forest Service says that, II
properly done. the topping Of branches
is beneficial and improves the appear
ance Of trees.
@. Are women's voices ever heard
in the Amos n Andy programs?-R. g.
| A. Women's voices are never heard.
| The men talk to women on the tele-
phone and receive letters from them,
but their voices are not brought into
| the sketch.
O. Did George washington's father
| live in England?-S. H. T.
| A. Washington's grandmother, Mil
dred Warner Washington, buried her
| husband, Lawrence, at Bridges Greek,
when he was 81 years of age. The
widow emigrated to England with her
three children, John, Augustine and
Mildred, and there married George
Gale, her second husband Twelve
years after her death Gale came to
| America with his three stepchildren.
! Augustine, later to become Washing
tons father, thus returned to his native
! land
@. Who wrote "Oh! What a tangled
web we weave, when first we practice
to deceive"?-J. B.
| A. 1t is from SCOTS "Marmion,"
Canto VI, Stanza XVII.
| Q. What was the price which Wi :
liam Penn paid for Pennsylvania P
L. A. w.
A. In speaking of this event job
Xix says that the amount was $4,000 !
| $4,000 pounds.
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Wasted Hours.

A Washington youth has just come
back to earth after having maintain I'd
. seat In a tree continuously for two
hundred and lightweight hours, or
twelve days He could have remained
in the tree indefinitely, but he wanted
to get some rest before going on the
outing OF an organizs ton of which he
is member There was, in fact, little
or no reason why he could not have
stayed in the tree for year or two,
or three or five years, or for ali his
lifetime, if somebody on the ground
had continued to minister 10 his needs.
Tree sitting is not as fatigu.ng as pole
sitting, is safer and is "aally quite
luxurious. IN Summer. Winter tree
sitting might not be quite as desirable
an occupation.
just what is gained by this per-
Torrance is somewhat of a myst cry.
The act Of remaining above ground in
tree. or on pole calls for no
ccTcbatie ability, for no special sasac-
.ty. fer no particular spirit or pluck.
he tree sitter just goes up, h&es a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-05
The Arlington Dumps.

Chiefly on complaint of the airport
owners, Engineer Commissioner Got
walls and the Arlington Board of County
Supervisors have been exchanging cor
respondence on the subject of doing
something about the trash dumps that
now spread their noisome pail over the
other side of the lrer. The Arlington
County Board is to take up the matter
at its next meeting. Maj. Gotwals
has an idea that by obtaining use Of
some scows the city trash might be
taken to some point far down the river
and dumped in some marsh or creek
where it would not add to the rivers
pollution nor become a nuisance. II
this we're done, however, the Arlington
County authorities would have to CO.
operate by ordering the dumps aban-
doned End forbidding their use by
everybody. AS it is now the munic-
ipality is only one of the users of the
dumps
OF course, the dumps should have
been abandoned long ago, for they are
an eyesore and a nuisance. 1t is I'M
thinkable that they should be continued
after completion of the Arlington
Bridge and the Mount Vernon Boulevard
and as far as the District is concerned
two trash incinerators to dispose of
municipal trash will probably be in
operation BY next Summer. thus ending
the municipalities use of the dumps. In
the meantime, Maj Gotwals' plan for
disposing of Washington's trash by TAX
ing 1t downriver might hasten the time
when the Arlington dumps can be per-
manently closed. 1t is to be presumed.
OF course, that dumping trash down the
river would not create another evil by
pollution or by making the lower
reaches of the stream unsightIy from
floating refuse.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-05
Chicago Gang Menace National.

FROM the Madison (WiS.) State Journal,
Further emphasis has been given Of
the lawleSsness arising from Chicago
gangdon by the bank robberies in this
State. Armed bandits took away from
the Stratford State Bank of Marathon
County $4,000. Another gang obtained
$1,000 at the Bank of Leopolis, Shaw
ano County.
There is little question that the rob-
bers were members Of the gangs that
have obtained such hold upon Chica-
go. They are daily extending the field
of their outlawry. Practically all the
robberieS that have occurred in Wiscon-
sin during the past two years have been
offshootS of Chicago gangdom.
Wisconsin stands In no different posi-
ton from other neighboring States to
Illinois. They are all suffering, as are
the small cities in Illinois, from the
depredations of men who are members
OF the protected crime and vice rings OF
Chicago. The robbers have made their
raids and returned to the safe harbor
Chicago has offered 70 criminals.
Chicago'S crime Is therefore nation
al menace. The people Of outside States
have right to demand that Chicago
be eleansed for their protection. So
long as gangsters can md q safe refuge
after their crime, In the large ulinois
metropolis. no place In the United
States Is safe from sangster depreda-
tons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-05
The Drought Calamity.

Though the farmers of the country
do not quite go the length of, charging
up the lack of rain to the Hoover ad-
ministrstion. along with the stock
slump, unemployment and other eco
nornic woes, the National Grange has
carried the drought to the door of tho
White House and urged Federal RENE
dial measures. Unless Jupiter Pluvius
bestows his liquid blessings upon the
arid land within thirty days, L. j. Taber,
veteran master of the Grange, prophe-
sizes a national agricultural crisis of
calamitous dimensions.
The Grange does not crave the Presi-
dents intercession with Providence for
an unleashing of the irrigating elements,
but it does pray that the Government
may see At to institute a number Of
mitigating regulations. Among these
are preferential freight rates for moving
cattle out of areas where pasturage ia
cilities have dried up, and transporting
hay and feed. More favorable credit
conditions for distressed farmers at the
There is no Disgusting the seriousness
of the countrys waterless plight. The
Middle West seems the hardest hit.
Prairie and forest fires are feeding on
terrain which has not felt the caressing
drench of rainfall in weeks on end.
Brooks, lakes and rivers are receding
from their banks, throwing up a dam
gerous flotsam Of dead or dying fish,
with ugly possibilities of insanitsry con-
sequences for adjacent communities of
residents. Crops OF all kinds are threat
sned with ruin-perhaps Mother Nature,
who appears to have gone hopelessly
dry, has chosen this way of doing her
bit to assist the Federal Farm Board
to curtail production of wheat. Not
the least arresting apd significant fea-
ture of the almost Unprecedented state
of affairs on the farms is the news that
soil-tillers, who have never before turn
ed an artisans wheel or known the ennui
of counter jumping, are looking for jobs
In industry and business, their own &C.
cupation having, along with their crops,
been blighted by the drought.
just how effectively emergency ac-
ton at Washington can meet conditions
is not clear at this hour. Farm relief
In its day has had many facets, and
weird panaceas have been sought-and
invoked-in its worthy name. To defy
drought Is the very latest thing under
the merciless sun. II Uncle Sam can
cope with that, he Is q wizard.
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things to meet, strange things to under
stand. All the time he was just a boy,
and nothing else. But time moved on.
and he did, too Through experiences
that are hard to read, even, the boy
makes his way, finally, back toward
home. A trader he becomes in the
course of the years, carrying across Si-
IBERIA the wares of that country to his
own homeland. Building boats. gather
ing these into trade fleets. making regu-
lar trips across the stormy Boring Sea
that separates Asia from America, from
Alaska. This story Of Ood-le-uk. the
Eskimo boy, was found, roughly sketched
and carved on walrus tusks, telling Of
his far wanderings, of his rough adven-
lures, of his dangers and. best Of all. of
his getting on top Of the fears that at
first used to be altogether on top Of
him. The book is not q lesson. Hap-
PLY. not. It is story. lusty one.
And, yet, the best part of 1t to me is
that Ood-le-uk learned finally not to
be afraid. Not so many of us have got
that matter anywhere near settled vet.
I'm glad that he won out. A hardy story
that brings a strange people and far
time very real and very clccc.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-05

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@. Who makes the observations as
to how the various horses are running
at various stages of race?-N. X.
A. Two persons are employed at
checking horses at each stage of race,
except when the number of horses Is
large, when three are employed, the
men doing the work being located in
the press box. These men are very
expert at their jobs and the chart Is
regarded as remarkably accurate, con-
sidering all the circumstances.
@. What countries have protested
against the new tariff act of the United
States?-G. F..
A. The Nation of May 81, 1880. listed
nearly 80 countries which have pro-
tested against the duties of the present
tariff act. Among these are: France.
mark, Sweden. Norway, Finland. Ger
many. Austria. Rumania. Greece. Turkey,
Egypt, Persia and Ireland.
@. Please explain the authorizations
used in keeping base ball score
ABB, r. H, o., A., Eff. D. L.
A. They stand for at bat, runs, hits,
outs assists and errors.
@. How long have they had Sun
day observance law in England?
A. The Sunday observance act of 1925
was the first.
@. Did John Drew ever play any
Shakespearean roles?-R. G.
A. He was greatly admired for his
role of Petruchio in The Tanning of
the Shrew" He also played the role of
Orlando in GAS You Like 1t" and the
King of Navarro in Loves Labour' S
Lost"
@. How old is the General Electric
Co. Pr. J. H.
A. The General Electric Co. was
created and incorporated under the
laws of the State of New York, under
special act of the Legislature, in 1892.
O. Why have tie old Roman roads
lasted until the present tlme?-R. N.
A. The Roman highways have en-
dured to the present time because their
foundations were and feet deep
and made of various types of stone
suited to the locality, principally lime
stone and lava.
@. What was the first game preserve
established In the United States?-F. G.
A. Yellowstone National Park, estab-
lishsd In 1872, was the first important
game preserve in this country.
! @. Is the Mona Lisa now hanging in
the Louvre the original?-H. G.
A. Not long after the theft of Mona
Lisa from the Louvre the portrait was
recovered and hung in the Paris
Gallery. It has long been a moot ques-
ton as to whether or not the portrait
in the Louvre is the original or is a
copy by Leonardo da Vinci. The Louvre
regards it as the original.
@. Can you tell me what is meant
when reference is made to the Wicked
Bible?-F. G. M.
A. The so-called Wicked Bible refers
to an edition of the Bible, printed in
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Fascist Efficiency Praised
When Quake Brings Disaster

10000 of these to build, to replace thos
now in ruins. and probably many y
dwelling outside the devastated are
will be remodeled as an aftermath OF
the disturbance"
These earthquakes are not surprising
or terrifying to the scientist" remarks
the Duluth Herald. He expects them.
To the average man the earth Is the
most permanent thing. A scientist
with the applause of his group has
spoken of its surface as 'shimmying.'
meaning quivering. To him, looking
backward ages upon ages, the surface
of the earth is not permanent Still
this is only In relation to geological
time" The Haverhill Gazette believes
that Italians will not lack the hope
that means the overcoming of the con-
sequences of the ruin and death that
have befallen them" that they have
survived other earthquakes, more ter
rible than this, and have continued
their development"
ut is mighty task" states the
Providence Bulletin, but one can
understand Mussolini's determination
that the italian state must assume the
responsibility. If, however. aid is nee
essary the people of the United States
freely of their material resources with
the same generosity with which they
now extend their sympathies." The
Uniontown Herald comments: "The
Italian government is going about ,,she
work of rescue and relief in an excep-
t1onally commanding and comprehen-
stve manner. 1t is prophetic of what
may be expected when the actual work
OF rehabilitation of the devastated sec
tons is begun"
Cheers and tears" which accom-
panied King Victor Emmanuel,s visit To
the quake-shaken regions impress the
Baltimore Sun, as it notices that Ibis
tour brought forth genuine and
strong emotional response, and to the
frightened survivors of the disaster he
was able TO give measure of comfort
and confidence" The Sun concludes
that, Tin such time, he means some
shing to Ital" which no dictator. though
masterful and efficient and strong, could
mean. In the deeper places of
themselves there Is still the tradition
OF some divinity hedging a King, some
feeling that in himself are represented
the will and force that have resisted all
the other accidents of national history
and pressed on beyond them" The
Hamilton Evening Journal declares that
Italy Is to be congratulated, upon the
manner in which it has met such a
disaster" and that "the presence of the
King among his stricken people proved
an inspiration to them"
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Praise for the efficiency of the Fas-
cist government is evident in comment
on the Italian earthquake. 1t is de-
plored that some of the picturesque
features of that Mediterranean country
have been eliminated, but predictions
are made that future building In the
earthquake zone will be along the lines
of resistance to the forces of nature.
The rapidity, determination and
thoroughness with which the govern
ment rose to the occasion fill the world
with admiration" declares the st. Louis
Times. The Charleston Daily Mail OBJ
serves that "the kinship of the world,
so often put to severe strain through
the infirmities, selishness, ambitions
and cross -scheming of mankind, is'made
manifest when disaster comes" and the
Louisville Courier-Journal declares
Never before has Mussolini'S gospel of
work been more needed or his demand
for national unity had higher purpose.
Let the credit 60 where 1t may. the
world will acclaim the present effort of
Fascist Italy"
Nothing can be DONE" according to
the Seattle Daily Times, Ito curb these
mighty forces; man can only rescue the
stricken or move out of the danger zone.
An earthquake no doubt is the most
terrifying of the natural phenomena.
When the earth, which seems so solid
and substantial to man, begins to heave
with terror And the accompanying
eruptions Of volcanoes and the rush of
mighty winds add to his misery and
danger. Psychologists have specialized
on the effect of living constantly in
danger of earthquakes and volcanic
eruptions. 1t is their opinion that the
presence of such perils leaves their inn
press on the minds of the people. Ma
tons that live in the firmer and quieter
regions of the earth know nothing of
the trials which have tempered the
character Of the italian people"
That Italy, like Japan, will rebuild
her destroyed towns of materials that
can more strongly resist earthquakes"
is emphasized by the Albany Evening
News, observing that 1.-The new build
ings will be Of reinforced concrete ans
will be of one and two stories" The
News concludes with the query. Even
tually Italy may be able to make itself
much safer from earthquakes, but will it
be possible to make structures abso-
lutely quakeproof?"
The st. Louis Post-Dispatch points
out that "even the sites of some
wrecked towns will be changed, in view
of modern observation that bedrock
foundation is more likely to be tembior-
proof than an earthen,' and that paper
adds as to the accepted methods: THE
japanese. living in land of earth
quakes, have learned to build their
foundations thick and broad, their
roofs light, their chimneys short. 'Fhe
new Toxic, Fronting from the disaster
OF 1923, has applied these principles,
and doubtless they will also be followed
in Italy. To construct house 50
braced and put together that a shock
will cause 1t to move as a unit rather
than falling to pieces is the aim OF the
builder In an earthquake country. Since
science cannot as yet give earthquake
warnings, the citizens only security is
q shock-resistant house. Italy has