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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-19
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

haps, especially those which were not
in any too good condition last Spring
and Summer.
Just what damage has been done TO
| trees not even an expert can tell as
yet. 1t may be that with seasonal
rains next Spring they will come out
all right. The effect upon the life Of
the smaller animals and the birds ia
problematical.
Probably the birds have suffered the
most. The State Of Virginia has Of
fered prizes for the best Winter feed
ing OF the birds, but all those inter-
ested in this form Of wild life should
make special efforts this Winter to
help them over the next few months,
prizes or no prizes. After all, the birds
are the best prizes.
Suet is birds meat. It may be placed
in shelters erected for their benefit.
SEEDS OF certain kinds, placed on raised
platforms, will do great deal in max
ing them feel at home.
1t is likely that such birds as re-
main in the District of Columbia and
nearby States will be grateful to an
extra degree this Winter for whatever
help Is given them. The season already
Is proving cold one, peculiarly dis
concerning cold one, on account Of the
wide variation, one week intensely
colu, Cne next warm.
Such weather Is difficult not only for
human beings but for the animals and
birds as well. Despite their fur and
feathers, they must react to tempera-
ture changes somewhat as we do. It Is
true that they have no heated houses
to render them sensitive to cold, but
they must face the weather "a hours
day. Nature lovers should never
forget that.
The only tears one finds in Nature,
however, are mans tears.
The animals, fortunately for them,
know no speculative sorrow as we
know it.
They are not able to regard them
selves, in the abstract, and to realize
that the Summer was hard, the Winter
will be harder.
What happens to them happens
without flourish of trumpets or Of pen.
They have no poets 70 write up their
hardShipS, or to tell the tale Of their
triumphant Summers.
It remains, therefore, for one Of US 10
write for them. At all times in the
history Of the human race there have
been men and women interested in
their brute neighborS.
These have written. Always 1t has
of the human beings has no interest
in the brute creations except as posi-
bilitieS of gain.
Hunters and trappers find no appeal
to their emotions in wild game. Nor
can those of us who do censure them.
God made all Of us, and If He made
us different, who are we to dispute
about it?
This fact, however, makes It all the
more incumbent upon us who do find
our emotions aroused by the plight of
the animals to stand steadfast for what
we think and believe.
We will be called sentimentalists and
worse, but 1t makes no difference. To
us fox is not something to be broken
in trap, but an integral part of the
beauty of Nature. A rabbit is not a
mark to shoot at but a fellow creature
IN curious world which we could wish
better for his sake, as we'll as our own.
The sentence, This is the Winter of
our discomfort" has peculiar applica-
ton to the animals, the birds, the grow
ing things of lawn and field.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-19
Emphatic Action Urged
In Support of Court

To The Editor Of The Star:
The results of the recent poll Of the
members of the National Economic
League and of the editors Of the coun-
try on the question. Of our adherence to
the World Court throw q striking and
certainly most encouraging light upon
the national intelligence and the ma
tional conscience. 1t would be hard to
name two bodies which more worthily
or more correctly represent what is best
In American public opinion. The 1000
members of the National Economic
League are recognized leaders In their
respective States of the well informed
and well balanced sentiment in social
and political affairs. Their quality IS
well represented by the list of the
Massachusetts, men-leaderS in Massa-
chusetts life-recently published in the
Boston newspapers, showing that 124
Of these men voted for the court and
against it. In New England alto
gether the vote was 344 to 10. In the
whole country the percentage vote was
"a to 6, showing an overwhelming senti-
ment in favor Of our adherence to the
court.
The vote of the newspaper editors Of
the country was If possible more i'm
preSSive; and 1t Is more representative,
because this body of men stands in Pc
culiarly close touch with the currents
OF public thought and feeling. Here,
too, the verdict for the court is over
whelming Practically all the leading
newspapers of the country declare for
the court the journals which really
count with thoughtful and serious men
and women. The circulation Of the pa
pers opposed to our adherence to the
court Is almost entirely made up of the
Hearst papers and the Chicago Tribune.
The pulpitS of the country and the
university professors have already Wig
orously declared themselves, and the
chambers OF Commerce are with them.
The plain people" have spoken and
are speaking every day with righteous
emphasis. What does this all mean?
1t means that the conscience and in
telligence of the American people are
practically unit in behalf of our ad-
herence to the World Court and that
the country Is being held up by q little
coterte Of politicians, chiefly at Wash
1ngton, who for reasons hard for plain
people to fathom are endeavoring TO
thwart the President in the perform
ance OF his clear duty to secure our
prompt adherence to the court. II
there ever was time when 1t was Inn
peratiVe for I'VE, the People," the citi.
Gems and voters Of the Republic, to
make themselves Enthusiastically heard
by their Senators at Washington with
commanding power, that time Is now.
EDWIN D. MEAD.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-19
Henry Clay Took Lead
To Aid South America
From the Baltimore Evening Sun.

From the Baltimore Evening Sun.
A statue of Henry Clay, 1.-THE father
OF pan Americanism," is to be unveiled
shortly IN Caracas, the capital Of Vene-
Zuela.
Was Henry Clay the father of pan
Americanism? He was a busy man, a
daooler In all sorts OF things, but it will
was one of the earliest champions of
the South American republics.
Clay was the first influential Ameri-
can to support the cause of South
American independence in the DAYS
when those heroes, San Martin and
Bolivar, were engaged in their struggle
to free the continent from European
domination.
It was back In 1915 that the first
representative Of a South American
country came to Washington to plead
Tor American support and recognition.
Many others followed. Although Prest-
dent Monroe and John Quincy Adams.
then Secretary of State, expressed their
sympathy" they would offer no def
mite support or recognition, because at
the time they were negotiating with
spain for the purchase of Florida.
Then 1t was that Clay stepped for
ward as the champion of South Ameri-
can independence. In Congress he
pleaded their cause with brilliance and
fervor, but without immediate success
Slowly, however, public opinion was
won over, and when finally, in 1922, the
purchase of Florida was ratified, Presi-
dent Monroe began to recognize the
new republics. It was in the following
year that he enunciated the famous
Monroe Doctrine.
1t was called the Monroe Doctrine
and not the "Clay Doctrine: but that
does not alter the Importance of the
part that Clay played In preparing the
way for it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-19
Triumphant Simplicity.

It will come as a sense Of relief TO
most Washingtonians that the plan for
constructing an elaborate sunken garden
at the Washington Monument has been
deemed impractical by no less an au-
thority than Lieut.. Col. y, 8. Grant, Sd.
The head Of the once Of Public
Buildings and Public Parks expressed this
opinion ct q meeting Of the Monument
Advisory Committee As director Of the
National Park and Planning Commits
sion, no one is in a better position to
understand the case than Col. Grant.
His Skepticism over the proposed plan
will be Endorsed by all lovers Of the
beautiful in this great city, which Is
destined to be the peer Of all beautiful
cities the world over.
Khskbroad sweep Of the great natural
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ments, Treasury ana Post once, was
approved by q rather decisive vote.
Before the second appropriation bin
(for the Interior DEPARTMENT. came out
the House members had been educated
to clearer conception Of what was
attempted and by a record vote the
Wood amendment was knocked out Of
| the bill.
When the third appropriation bill
(for the Department of Agricultural
came out on Tuesday the Wood amend
ment was omitted, but the report en-
phasized that some $22S,820 required
for salary increases to start the three
year program had not been included.
Meanwhile, the Senate had eliminated
the Wood amendment and included the
necessary amount to grant the salary
increases in the Treasury-PoSt Once
bill, and the Senate committee had
similarly included the amounts neces-
sary for salary increases in the Interior
Department appropriation bill. Con-
ferees for the Senate and House are ex-
pected to reach decision today on the
salary increases as included by the Sen
ate in the Treasury-Post Office bill.
It should be clearly understood that
there were two moves made by Chair
man Wood-one, to leave out the
amounts for the increases to bring all
salaries up to an average for grade
under a three-year program; and the
other to further tighten UP by taking
away from administrative officers a
power they now have of granting adj
ministrative promotions to the limit Of
funds that may be available for that
purpose.
The House action on the Interior De-
partment appropriation bill and the
House Appropriation Committees action
on the agricultural appropriation bill
have defeated this second objective of
Chairman Wood. But until the amounts
for the salary increases under the three
year program are actually included in
the appropriation bills, Mr.. Woods first
objective has not been decisively de-
feated. This is an even more important
issue.
That il what the Senate is doing
putting the money into these appropria-
ton bills to pay the increases that were
promised by the administration and
Congress and recommended by the
President and the Budget Bureau.
Conclusive action is expected today
in the session of the conferees
for the House and those for the
Senate to thrash out differences
in the Treasury-Post Office bill.
The Senate is determined that these
salary increases shall be allowed Chair
man Wood of the House committee, who
will be one of the conferees, is authority
for the statement that whatever the
decision may be on that bill will be
adopted as a policy for all the appro-
priation bills because it would be pre-
posterous to further multiply the salary
inequalities by having such limitation
on any one department and not on all.
Friends Of the employees feel certain
that the Senate will win and that the
three-year program to wipe out pay in
equalities will be put in operation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-19

Where do the squirrels and the rab-
bits and the birds live during Winter?
This is an old question which has &C.
Cured to all Nature lovers and one
they seldom answer satisfactorily.
1t Is easy enough to declare, "Oh, tney
live very WE'LL" or "Oh, they are so
warm looded; they never suffer-!
Yet when a man or woman of GER
tain temperament looks out Of the
window on a freezing Winter morning,
when the ground creaks and the smoke
blows obliquely from chimneyS, he is
likely to give an uneasy thought to the
small creatures around.
Those who live in the suburbs feel
this more acutely than their full-hedged
city cousins, for they have the furred
animals with them every day.
Even as they watch, squirrel will
dart across the street and up an oak
tree. In popular imagination all squir-
rels are fat and have stores of acorns
in hidden places.
Yes, but yonder fellow is not fat. He
Is very lean, and his tail, instead Of
being robustly bushy, is long and at
tenuated.
Perhaps he is an old squirrel nearing
the end of his days. Life has been kind
to him; no dog or cat has crunched
him between its jaws; no automobile
mas run MIN DOWN.
Now in the Winter of his life he
comes to his last days. Suns rise and
set and young squirrels frisk and play,
but he retireS to place he knows, and
the next morning he does not get up
He will be just one of the thousands
of smaller things which die unregarded
and unsung.
Perhaps our opening question should
have been, How do they live during
the Winter?"
The question is peculiarly pertinent
this year on account of the long
drought. You do not hear so much
about the dryneSS now as during the
hot weather, but there is just as much
drought as ever.
Practically eight full months have
gone by now without rain in any real
sense. Every week into Winter makes
the possibility Of it more remote.
The only hope now of breaking the
drought is snow. Yes, snow is water
after all. And as disagreeable as snow
can be to the city person, it would be
a vast relief to the growing things Of
earth.
A good, heavy snow, while It might
tie UP traf1c and cause no end of con-
fusion and expense, would be welcomed
by the trees and the shrubs and the
evergreens and the grass.
Snow would be the best form of
water, now, since it is the natural sort
for this time of the year, and its
blanketing effect would put the soil
and growing things in the right state
for receiving the water.
Melting snow would be absorbed
easily by all growing things, and
would be precisely the right tempera-
ture, in relation to the atmosphere, to
water trees, etc, without causing
them to think of growing.
No tree In its right mind would
dare attempt growth on snow water.
It might get foolhardy on rain water,
but snow water would be its proper
liquid for the times, and would set up
a universal rejoicing among all the
growing things.
r
1t IS still months too early to pre-
dict what the ultimate effect of the
continued dry spell will be upon plant
and animal life. Home owners can
observe hurt done to evergreens, per-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-19
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

Washington Is the worlds greatest
storehouse Of an kinds Of knowledge.
You can draw on It free Of charge
through our bureau there. Any question
Of fact you may ask will be answered
promptly In O personal letter to you.
Be careful to write clearly, give your
full name and address, and inclose 4
cent stamp for reply postage. Send
your inquiry to The Evening Star In
formation Bureau, Frederic j. HaSkln,
director, Washington, d. G.
q. Where does the colored dancer,
Josephine Baker, perform IN Parish Is
she married?-M. NJ. @.
A. Josephine Baker first appeared at
the Folies Bergere and later In Mont
martre night club. Her more recent
appearance was at the Casino de Paris.
She is married to an italian count.
@. What was Napoleon's comment
upon the death Of Washington?-R.
IC.P.
A. Il is translated as follows: wash
ington is dead. This great man fought
against tyranny. He established the
liberty Of his country. His memory viii
always be dear TO the French people, as
worlds, and especially to French sol
diers, who, like him, and the American
soldiers, have combated for liberty and
equality"
Q. Do many States prohibit the writ
ing of prescriptions for liquor by physi-
cianS?-T. P, B.
A. Twenty-Five States do not permit
physicians to give prescriptions Tor alco-
holic beverages.
Q. win the Holland Vehicular Tunnel
ever pay for itSelf?-E. N.
A, The cost. Of the Holland Vehicular
Tunnel was S48, 100000. When the tun-
mel was finished, 1t was estimated that
it would pay for itself in tolls within IL
years. The tunnel was completed and
opened In 1927.
@. What kind of q weapon does q
London policeman carry2-H. M. D.
A. A wooden truncheon, or staff,
made Of cocus wood, IS inches long
with o leather strap to secure It to the
wrist, Is the traditional weapon Of the
Metropolitan Police of London. Revolv-
eTS are kept only at the stations, to be
issued n special cases where there Is
reason to believe that encounters with
armed criminals are likely TO occur
Mounted police have longer trIncheons,
The Metropolitan Police orders provide
JAld1 b1uAlCnCOIlo dIC ~ NC uSCA OAAAy AL
extreme cases, and whenever used by
constable must be submitted to the
station of1cer for subsequent inspection
Q. Who can belong TO the 81. F,
V's"?-K. c.
A. These are the descendants Of
those who came to Virginia In Supe-
rior capacity previous to 1870.
a. BY whom and when was "A Long
Way to Tipperary" written2-J. r. OBJ
A. Henry James Williams, an Eng
lishman, was one Of those obscure art
lists who At doggerel to Jingle for the
great music hall industry Of England
In 1918 Jack Judge brought williams O
set Of verses that seemed likely. These
set out the inconsistencies Of q stage
Irishman who was tired Of London
The idea was good but old. The pub
fishers were tired Of exiled Celts. The
song grew soiled in the post, unaccepted.
At last a singer agreed TO try 1t at
small local hall In the Isle Of Man. SO
''Tipperary'' was first heard by holiday
ing Lancashire mill hands at Douglas
in July, 1918.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-19

@. When did the Norwegian people
discontinue the changing Of Surnames
with each generation?-C. r. A.
A. The Norwegian Legation says that
It was never the REastice Of Norwegians
dwelling In cit4 n historical times 70
change their names with each genera
ton, but that this practice 10 still con-
tinued at the present time by people in
remote country districts.
Q. How DO seedless grapefruit grown
A. Seedless grapefrhts are grown and
cultured in the same way that seeded
grapefruitS are The difference 10
characteristic Of the plant, and not
matter Of culture. They are propasated
by budding.
. 9; How old is Louis Joseph vanoo'-
a. He Is 81. He was born IN Wash
ington, D. O.
Q. How much rayon was produced
last year?-C. 8.
A. The world production IA 1879 was
397, las 900 pounds. The United States
nearly one-third Of the total.
@. How many grandchildren has Al
Smith?-W. G. z.
A. He has nve. HIS son, Arthur, has
two boys; his daughter, Mrs. John A.
Warner, has two daughters, and his
daughter, Mrs. pullman, has q SON.
@. What vessel holds the record for
crossing the Pacific from Vancouver 70
Yokohama?-S. A.
A. The Canadian Pacific liner En-
press Of Japan has made the new record
Of 8 days, 10 hours, 43 minutes, elapsed
kiVan fnxrras.fpor the T1a.auiraIQ r0(OF0 nv
about 20 hours.
@. In dividing the human race into
groups determined by the kind Of hair
where does the white race Belonged.
j. B.
A. The three groups are the straight
haired people, the woolly-hatred people,
and the curly haired people. The white
race Belongs in the curly-hatred group.
@. What Is the commercial language
Of the world?--W. J. @.
A. The language most widely used
for commercial transactions all over thu
world Is English. A recent British edu-
cational commission designated the Ian
In the following order Of importance:
French, German, Italian, Spanish and
Russian. Many persons consider Span
ish unquestionably the most important
foreign language for citizens Of the
United States. It depends, however,
chiefly upon the nature Of business in
which one Is engaged. French and
Spanish are probably the most impor-
tant foreign commercial languages for
America. The importance Of German
| will depend to a large extent upon the
future position Of that country In the
commercial world.
@. OF what fbers are common house
| brooms, street-Sweeping broomS and
snow brooms made?-F. G.
A. Common broonnS are made Of
panicles, or tops Of broom corn bound
| together, and were also formerly made
of the twigs of the plant broom. The
coarse brooms used in street sweeping
are manufactured chiefly from the twigs
of the Cohune palm, Brooms are also
made Of PiaSsaba fiber and other mate
rails. Snow broomS aid sometimes yard
brooms are made Of wire or much
coarser material, and are much larger
| than house brooFnS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-19
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHnANDER JOHNSON.


SeasOnable Remarks.
In the Merry Christmas season
There is every sort Of reason
To avoid indignant thought Of any
kind.
You must not be grim or surly.
You must learn to say, "shop Early"
And sometimes you must murmur
Never mind"
When the streets lead on to slddding,
When the manners are forbidding
OF the gangsters who are wholly un-
refined,
You will often feel you've got to
Add another Christmas motto
To the list and keep repeating
Never mind"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-19

A snowfall that corresponds in VOL
ume TO one of the infrequent showers
OF Summer is contemplated by farmers,
as well as by city residents, as bringing
little more than an increase in the
skidding propensities Of the average
motor car
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-19

Dear to our hearts are the scenes
OF our childhood" Huey Long is APP
parently reluctant to turn his back on
the old home, even for the sake Of the
life in Washington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-19

Unless James Hamilton Lewis is more
liberal with his repartee than he has
been of recent weeks, he viii, in leg
islative life, disappoint many Of his
friends.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-19

Soviet Russia is In q situation fire.
quently observed when politicians have
promised 30 literally that the task Of
fulhllment becomes one of conspicuous
difficulty.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-19
The Wrong Shirt.

From the New London Day.
Our notion of nisapplied generosity
s wo1 DC cLtS SeIluins Tt . P1cKage OF
do not open until Christmas"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-19
When a Cook Is a Chef.

From the Dayton Daily News.
A Baltimore woman was held UP by
her cook and robbed of $4,000, but 1t
has always been our impression that Q
cook who can get that much money b
called O chef.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-19
A Strange Feeling.

From the Fort Worth star-Telegram.
Many a man who has missed the ex-
perience Of being held up by outlaws
still knows how it feels to be held down
by in-laws.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-19

The new school Of legislative discus
s5on seeks unity Of purpose and not q
rhetorical display calculated to empha-
size differences Of opinion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-19
Broad Meaning.

From the Little Rock (Ark) Democrat.
The objection to Sherman's descrip-
ton of war Is that 1t applies to too
many other things as well.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-19
Serious Matter.

From the Omaha World-Herald.
However, the Speakers car must now
be almost too serious q subject for
Longworth and Garner 30 joke about.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-19

"A good banjo player" said Uncle
Eben, rs kind O. lucky. Even if unem-
ployment hits i'm, he kin while away de
tipe an nebbe call attention to hissef
in q way datIl help. De truth is, dat
as q payin' implement de banjo allus
did have considerable De best Of de
shovel an do hoe"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-19
Seeing Things.

From the Grand Rapids Press.
A gossip Is Q person who can read be-
tween the lines when there Is nothin9
theFo.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-19
Rate by MaiI-Payable in Advance.
MARYLAND and Virginia,


The Associated Press is exclusively entitled
TO the use for republication of all news dis
patches credited to 1t or not otherwise cred
tied in this paper and also the local news
published herein. All rights Of publication of
special dispatches herein are also reserved
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-19

Seeing Double.
II have heard" remarked Senator
Sorghum, that alcohol makes o man
see double"
well known fact" agreed the friend
After seeing some Of my friends who
are taking the wet and the dry view,
both at once, have decided that pro-
hibition politics may do the same
thing"
Jud TunkinS says one way to avoid
a market slump Is to step out and spend
your money for something Of genuine
value.