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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-10
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRAcEwELL.

weeds, many Of which are really beau
tiful plants. Ordinary dock may grow
admirably in a corner, offering as much
beauty as more formal plant.
Vacant lots covered with weeds often
are beauty spots, though in a wild
manner. There is one species which
bears purple flower which adds much
to the beauty of many city landscape.
The So-called weed offers an inter-
esting study. A correspondent of this
column once sent in list of some 20
weeds observed in a single block on the
main street of Virginia town.
Prof. Liberty z Bailey of Cornell de-
fined, therefore, a weed as "a plant
that is not wanted" and added: There
are no species of weeds, for plant that
is weed one place may not be in
another"
Plants which prove injurious to other
plants, or noXious to human beings in
one way or another, are called weeds,
Just as children who annoy the neigh
borS are called by them "brata"
A weed is no weed if il isn't so to
you.
Gardeners owe it to their art to call
no plant weed. Each one, for itself,
is an interesting study.
Consider the buttercl1p. Here is a
bright little fellow in the grass, univer-
sally loved by children ana their elders
who have sense, and yet every one has
heard some sad soul inveigh against it
on the ground that 1t is weed"
X X X x
Nothing n a weed. or nothing a
flower, but thinking makes 1t so. Thus
once again the human mind is in the
ascendancy.
De- 1s~ sr.fA I'll -. i
weeds the gardener takes the sting out
of them.
He must have problems to deal with,
else his garden is Paradise, and he has
arrived out of season.
Those living on the borders of Rock
Greek Park must contend with rabbits,
which in single night can consume
all of one's choicest new perennials set
out but yesterday.
Growl as one will over the Dummies,
they are there, and there is nothing to
do but deal with them intelligently.
Weeds are stationary rabbits, threat
ening to devour the patrimony of the
flowers.
The gardener, because he wants to
save his flowers, does not thereby frown
upon the weeds. He finds them inter-
eSting creations, too, some beautiful in
their way, and he weeds them out Gas
the phrase has IT., but without malice
toward them.
n *Nk
A kindly feeling toward weeds, one
may submit, is better than an i'll feeling.
No one can say exactly how far back
in the mind or how deep into the heart
such feelings extend. even though
exerted only in regard to weeds.
The wise gardener will never sully his
heart by curSing a weed.
Weeds are not to be "bawled out" but
to be extirpated. or, better, kept under
control by pulling off their leaves
Even a weed can't do much without
leaves.
The philosophical gardener is he who
accepts flowers and weeds as one and
the same thing, but who for various
reasons may not want as many of the
latter as of the former.
AS a man thinks in his heart, so is
he, and as he looks upon weeds, so will
his garden be.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-10
Masefeld. Laureate.

John Masefield joins the ranks Of
Britain's "innmortals," with his designa-
ton by the King as poet laureate OF
England. He is the seventeenth to
hold the place of royal bard, an ONCE
created by Charles with the informal
designation of Ben Jonson, and after
Jor1son's succession by Davenant in that
role, definitely established in 1910 with
the issuance to Dryden of letters patent
by Charles II. Then came a success
sion of laureates, Of whom, with few
exceptions, the world has no memory
until wordsworth. These were Shad-
well, Tate, Rowe. Eusden, Cibber,
wt9SS-alead, Wharton, Pye and Southey.
The exceptions were Cibber, Pye and
Southey. The four moderns of the
group include two of immortal fame
and two whose names viii soon be for
soften, the former being wordsworth
and Tsnnysoa, end the latter Austin
and Bridges.
zzaseneld Is q At descendant il3 the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-10
Mccormick Campaign Fund
Is Attacked and Defended

mick's favor that she didn't try to hide
them. 1t is not so much the amount
expended as the uncertainty over hid
den contributions and their source that
voters disapprove." The New York Eve
ming Post comments: Nothing with
this detail and this appearance Of hon.
est completeness has so far been put
into the records of our long hunt after
campaign fund facts. 1t becomes clearer
that Mrs. Mccormick has reSolutely
kept and offered her record for the
constructive action into this twilight
zone of political methods"
The Appleton Post-Crescent "has no
doubt that Mrs. Mccormick spent every
dollar honestly" The Salt Lake Des-
eret News believes "the sums named are
not larger than some aspirants would
be willing to dispense if they only had
the means to do it," and emphasizes
the fact that Illinois is big State, and
1t takes lot of money to go around for
even the modest and legitimate ex-
penses"
mo satisfactory formula for the reg
ulation of campaign expenditures has
as yet been devised" declares the Phila-
delphia Evening Bulletin, adding:
Legislation may attempt strictly to
define what are legitimate expenditures,
regulate and restrict collections and
provide for constant publicity as to
both. That seems about as far as 1t
can usefully CO." The South Bend
Tribune remarks: Mrs. Mccormick
$252,572 is gigantic in comparison with
the Senator's $24, 495. This, however,
is a surface comparison. A just COM
parisor must include the cash value OF
the patronage controlled by United
States Senator. In that Senator De-
neen had tremendous advantage"
Belief or~the part of the public that
there should be limit to such expend-
itures is recognized by the Atlanta
Journal, the Buffalo Evening News and
the Muskegon Chronicle Condemna-
ton Of Mrs. McCormick's expenditure
is expressed by the Charlotte News, st.
Louis Post-Dispatch, Akron Beacon
Journal, st. Paul Dispatch, Worcester
Evening Gazette, New Orleans Times
P1cayune, Fort Worth Record Telegram
and Brooklyn Daily Eagle.
Pleas for the rights of candidates
who have no wealth are made by the
ST. Louis Democrat, the Scranton
Times, the Detroit News, the Waterloo
Tribune and the GAINESVILLE Signal.
The Oakland Tribune concludes: eff
all that has been said concerning what
won her the nomination to the Senate
is true, Ruth Hanna Mccormick has
neeoleSSIy spent a quarter of a million
collars. That amount, she admits. was
given out of her own pocket for the
campaign IN Illinois, and she still must
race an election fight against the
Democratic nominee, j. Hamilton Lewis.
IL mas been said in large type that
opposition to the World Court won the
DAY Tor Mrs. Mccormick. If so. the
quarter OF million dollars was wasted. "
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-10

Egypts demand for concessions affect
ing the Sudan. She required that the
proposed treaty should give Egypt the
right Within q year to bring up the
question of the sovereignty of the Su-
dan. The Egyptians also insisted upon
equal immigration rights with the Brit
ish into an independent Sudan and
parity" in its military and civil control.
London dispatches report that a sec
ton of the Macdonald ministry favored
acceptance of Egypt's demands, but
that the Liberal opposition entered a
vigorous protest. Mr.. Lloyd George is
said to have warned the Labor govern
ment that If it yielded on the Sudanese
issue the Liberals, who come near to
holding Mr.. Macdonalds fate in their
han6s, would join with the Conserva-
tives and vote Labor out of Office.
Whether this explanation is authentic
or not, it is a fact that Premier Nahas
has quit London and that weary weeks
Of parley have now come to naught.
Undoubtedly the fiare-up in India has
much to do with Britannia's reluctance
to relinquish too fully her hold on
Egypt. Little else matters to John Bull
in the land Of the Pharaohs except the
security of the Suez Canal. Not inaptly
it is called the empires juguIar vein
Once severed, or even threatened, Brit
aims road to India is imperiled. An
independent Sudan would materially
lessen British control of the Suez. That
is not a prospect which can cause any
enthusiasm in London at this critical
hour, with conditions in India drifting
steadily from bad to worse.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-10

, servants Of family that he is visitinga
| F. r.
A. 1t is customary for q person max
| ing visit of two days or more to give
| tips to ali the servants In some mod
ern households the wages of servants
| are increased by an agreed per cent for
each guest.
@. How should red jasper and petri-
fled wood be polished?-C. E. B.
A. They are polished by laps, using
carborundum as an abrasive. Tin oxide
applied on a felt lap makes higher
polish.
@. Is there a Protestant association
which has the same object as the
Catholic Holy Name Society?--M. B. N.
A. There is a new organization
League. with the same purpose-the en-
couragement of pure and reverent
speech.
Q. Is work going forward on the
railroad through Chile across the
| Andes?-H. M. H.
A. The Pan-American Union says
construction work on the railroad be-
tween Salta, Argentina, and the Chilean
| Longitudinal Railway was suspended
some months ago., 1t is not known when
| funds will be available for resuming the
work.
Q. When did Antonius stradivarius
| nve?-I. W.
A. This great violin maker was born
| at Cremona, Italy. about 1914, and died
there in December. 1887.
@. DO Eskimos have a common Ian
| guage?-T. w. B.
A. Eskimos are scattered through
Greenland, Canada, Alaska and Siberia
to the number of about $4,000, all of
whom speak the same stock language,
using the same stem words and affixes.
The chief characteristic of the language
| is that single words of complex struc-
| ture are used to express ideas that In
! English would be conveyed by whole
@. Why, do so many people have
| corns, callouses and other foot troubles?
IS. X.
A. The majority of foot troubles
come from shoes which do not, fit prop
erly.
@. What part Of plane is called the
"empennage" PHI. L. T.
A. The empennage is the arrange-
ment of stabilizing planes fixed at the
feathers do on an arrow; also a fixed
stabilizing tail on an airplane.
@. What is the record size for a
dahlia?-B. T. B,
A., 1t is said that the largest dalalia
yet recorded is Fort Monmouth, 1871
inches across. At the last Englewood
On. j. show three Fort Monmouth
blooms came in first, second and third
for size. The first, mentioned above:
the second. is inches, and the third,
i412 inches.
@. What is the difference between
Memorial day and Decoration day?--
r. o. w.
A. The terms are used interchange
ably. They refer to the same day.
q. What happened to the test rocket
which DR.. Goddard shot into the ARP
j. T.
A. A working model, o projectile 9
feet long and 21a feet in diameter,
sheathed in aluminium, fisshe up the
60-foot shaft skyward with incredible
speed. The performance convinced the
scientists who witnessed it that larger
mechanism might successfully explore
the unknown air regions above the
earth. In this test camera, a baron-
eter and the mechanism came down to
earth by parachute uninjured.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-10

The dandelions, having given their
yellow flowers to the world, recently
reached the nuisance stage.
The lawns at Jack Spratt Farm were
covered with the seed heads, white,
plumose, ready at the first touch of
wind, rain or other force to scatter
millions of winged seeds far and wide.
We know one bank where these silvery
globes lay so thick that it was almost a
fairy sight, If one could get out of his
head the idea of the future crops of
pernicious dandelion weeds.
In the early Spring the dandelion is
a flower, delightfully."- yellow. adding its
beauty to the first of the tulips.
Then it turns itself into a weed, so
small is the distance between laughter
and tears, speaking from horticultural
standpoint.
No gardener need despair, however,
because Of dandelions.
He may as well admit to himself, first
and last, that there is no way OF COM
pletely eradicating them, because there
is no way of controlling the way others
treat them.
Neighbors who refuse to worry over
dandelions or permit them to go to seed
unfortunately thereby broadcast mil
lions of seeds.
These neighbors need not be. i'm
mediate, but may be miles away, for
the bit of f1uff hitched to the seed
enables 1t to fly successfully for long
distances.
Thus the dandelions which grew in
your front yard this Srring may have
come from away across City.
II X X
Children constitute the first line Of
defense against these f1ower-weeds
They are always picking them, and
every flower which they bear to school
means several hundred less dandelion
plants next year.
Home pulling of the flowers is the
next best defense; after this there is
little to do except keep the sprawling
leaves pulled off.
This is something of task, no doubt
but it is the best way to handle them.
Digging out the taproot is a nuisance
more often than not the plant Is not
killed even then.
Careful extirpation of the leaves sew
eral times during the Summer will put
the dandelions out of business as far
as the appearance of the lawn is con-
cerned.
1t is best to SOW grass seed around
Wnere the leaves are pulled out. IL must
not be forgotten that grass, too, is a
weed; given chance, it can crowd out
even dandelion.
There Is great deal too much pother
about weeds.
After all, weeds are plants, plants
with more vitality than most cultivated
species possess. One ought never to
forget this when discussing them.
In the battle for survival the weeds
are winners. Any place where they can
get a toe-hold is their home.
Even crevice in a wall, where a
spoonful of soil has blown in, offers a
true weed foothold
We have seen them growing in cracks
between boards, feeding upon sunshine,
air and whatever food there may be in
wood.
\ X n .a~.sss
The true gardener, therefore, must
have a sneaking admiration for the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-10
Mother of Family Raps
DISTINGUISHING Law
TO the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
May have just little space in your
paper to make reply to the person
who writes for daylight savings?
I am a mother of four children, with
husband who has to make a living
for his family. now have to awaken
and have him his breakfast and pack
his lunch and see him off by o'clock
in the morning. Then my children have
to have their breakfast and be made
ready then for school. Lunch next. and
a yard full of washing to put out
Mending and endless jobs; supper or
dinner. as you may call it. Then the
children to be put to bed. I now have
few restful moments. If this abon1S-
nable daylight saving" were observed I
would have to get up and see my hus-
band off by o'clock. It's well enough
for the idle folks, as they can remain in
bed all day and have an auto ride
half the night.
Trusting It VIII never come to pass.
MRS. JULIA GORDON.
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ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
By FREDERIC ]. HAsKIN.


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ming star information Bureau, Frederic
j. Haskin, director, Washington, d. G.
O. Do radio tubes deteriorate when
the radio is not in use?-S. N.
A. Radio tubes do not deteriorate
while the current is not passing through
them.
@. How long have crossword puzzles
been popular?-H. F. G.
A, Puzzles similar to the crossword
puzzles were known to the anclentS.
What Is believed by some authorities to
be the oldest crossword puzzle was
made by a Cretan about 1000 years ago,
a CODY of which now lies in the archie
illogical museum at Johns Hopkins Uni
versity, Baltimore. This puzzle is called
the "Phaestus disk" and was found ON
the Island or Crete by an expedition
many years ago. According to the New
York Evening World, the first genuine
cross word puzzle of the modern type
was composed by Arthur Winn, and APP
peared in supplement of the Sunday
World on December Il, 1913. The out
break of the World War arrested the
crossword puzzle craze temporarily, but
1t was revived as a feature in the
World n>l916.
@. What are chain stores called in
England?-E H. w.
A. Chain stores are known as the
multiple shop system. They came into
existence at the end of the nineteenth
century. The first were the "tied
houses of many brewing firms, which
secured ownership of lease of beer
houses and other licensed premises to
have markets for their output.
c.. How should club sandwich be
eaten? May it be taken apart?-
w. L. c..
A. Both knife and fork are neces-
sary with a club sandwich. It usually
is served with wooden pins holding the
sections together. The pins should be
removed and the sections separated
Portions are then cut with knife and
conveyed to the mouth with the fork.
Q. When was the Tai Mahal built2--
j. F..
A. This rnausoleum, which was COM
pleted' in 1850, consists of a domed
square white marble building raised on
O. terrace from the corners of which
rise, four slim white minarets. The
whole is set in an exquisite garden
surrounded by wall, a gate and a
mosque being the subsidiary elements
in its composition.
@. Does pocket gopher carry dirt
in its pouch?-P. A.
A. The pocket gopher has large
cheek pouches which do not communi-
cate with the mouth and are lined on
the inside with fur. The gopher uses
these pouches not for carrying dirt but
for the conveyance of food supplies.
@. Who founded the town of Gettys-
burg, Pa.?-H. D.
A. 1t was founded by Gen. James
Gettys. 1t was laid out in 1890, made
the county seat of Adams County in
1900, and was incorporated as borough
in 1906.
@. How many acre feet of water does
the Elephant Butte Dam hold?-P. r. T.
A. 1t holds a volume of 2,638,oo0 acre
feet.
Q. Is it proper for a guest to tip the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-10
Egypt, India and Britain.

Endless are the burdens and woes of
empire, especially of an empire on
which the sun never sets. While Brit
ain faces the supreme crisis of her in
terimperial destinies in India, her diff
culties in Egypt have assumed sudden
gravity because of the breakdown Of the
evacuation conference at London. For
many weeks the government has been
engaged in negotiations with an Egyp-
tian delegation, headed by Premier
Nahas Pasha. which it was hoped would
result in a mutually agreeable readjust-
ment of Anglo Egyptian relations.
The conference has collapsed over
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-10
Denounces
Bull and Cock Fights.

FL Dictaman, Vera Cruz-Vigorously
prosecuting his anti-bull and cock fight
campaign, Deputy Senior Sotelo Regil
has freshly denounced these spectacles
as infringements of the penal code, not
only, In that such combats are strictly
forbidden according to law, In the fed
eral district, wherein the City of Mex
leo is situated. but the federal code op-
erative In the entire country prohibits
attendance at these exhibitions, wher-
ever arranged, of all persons under the
age of IS. This provision is covered by
article Sal Of the national penal code.
Cockhghts are absolutely prohibited
according to law. but, even before the
enactment Of the present prohibit0ry
statute. betting at cockpits and the use
OF artificial gaffs and spurs were ac-
compartments of these degrading spec
tacfeS that were banned by law.
Senior Sotelo thinks, too, that boxing
matches should come under the ban. or
at least that persons under Is should be
barred from pugilistic contests in Mex
leo, the same as they are in Spain. The
law against hpllhghting Ia the Mexican
federal diStxtet haN BEEN enacted since
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-10

In spite Of the fact that AL Capone
fiourishes more than $1,000 in ready
money and an $4,000 diamond ring,
none of the Miami hotels appears to
want him. \.
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Not That Small!

From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
1t is now illegal to transport feathered
chickens at night in Rhode Island. but
there is nothing to prevent robbers from
detouring the stats Nh. M.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-10

When President Hoover goes fishing
nowadays, there is less interest in the
number of fish he catches than in the
new ideas he may be able to figure out.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-10

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled
to the use for republication of all news dis
patches credited TO 10 OF not otherwise cred
tea IN this paper and also the local rews
published herein. All rights of publication of
special dispatches herein are also reserved.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-10

The dial system leaves the subscriber
who gives himself the wrong number
without an audience and compels him
to register suppressed emotion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-10

Gandhi has succeeded in creating a
large amount of violent discomfort
without calling in any professional
Communists to assist.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-10

Gangsters, fearful of attack by their
own fellows, sometimes prefer a pepi-
Tertiary to freedom, but not the Ohio
State Penitentiary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-10

Scattering money in campaign is
one method Of relieving unemployment
always likely to create doubt in the
minds of economists.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-10

The simple obscurity of "The Passion
Play" has vanished. Even Oberam-
mergau now has its publicity experts.
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SHOOTING STARS.
BY pHrLANpER JOHNSON.
In the Attic.

In the Attic.
Up in the attic are friends good and
true;
The authors whose stories seem sud
denly new
Since they look on the world as kindly
display
Where folks fell in love in the old
fashioned way.
And the photographs there are so
quaint yet so fair;
OF Uncle, and Aunt with her hand on
his chair.
The dress that she wore reached way
down to the floor,
Not at all like the garments now sold
in the store.
So up to the attic carefully climb
Where the cobwebs spin stories Of "once
on lime"
And a fond glow of pleasure through
memory extends,
AS again am greeting my old-fashion-
ed friends.
wealth. ana Leisure.
Wealth does not necessarily bring
leisure"
True enough" answered Senator
Sorghum; "a man who has accumulated
fortune that would enable him to
live at ease is more than likely to get
himself all fretted up about politics"
Jud Tunkins says maybe women made
a mistake in proving they could do a
mans work. The first thing they know
the men will be sittin' back and lettin
'em do 1t.
More 20 Come.
A grave completion we will view
OF some discussion vexed.
Yet time is like the barber who
Is sure to holler Next"
Scenery.
do you select road ON account Of
its beauty?
"Oh, yes" answered Mr.. Chuggins
There's a particular route my wife and
I always prefer, because we think it has
tbe prettiest cigarette advertisements in
the world"
ITO be idle" said Hi Ho, the sage of
Chinatown, SIS to be left to the nerci-
less tyranny of your own thoughts"
The Submerging Merger.
The mergers way is sure, though slow.
From small urn the wealth viii flow
Into larger pitcher.
And all through history we see
However rich man may be,
There's always some one richer.
Tain much use tellin' friend not
to gamble" said Uncle Eben. IF he's
a winner he won't believe you, and If
he's . Loser he knows It already.s
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