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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-31
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

| which seemed to be rather more than
| human.
In this way the clear thinking Greeks
criticized themselves and so humanity.
They seemed to imply, as far as we can
make out. that humanity is not able of
| itself to work up real enthusiasm.
1t requires god within us to do
that
And surely there is something divine
about enthusiasm, look at it in any way
we please. Enthusiasm Is the light
which lies around many an ordinary
activity.
Have you ever stopped to wonder just
why foot ball and base ball and golf,
just to mention but three sports, get so
| much space in the newspapers, and
such a great deal of attention from the
American people?
In themselves it is questionable, at
least by serious-minded older persons,
whether these and other sports are
worth the great poW-wow which they
create.
II is the enthusiasm in them-not
which they create-which makes even
| college presidents look with favor upon
them.
Every player is an enthusiast.
Almost every spectator is an enthusi-
asst.
During the time of the game, at least,
a veritable descent of ancient gods
goes on.
No sane man, we tell ourselves, would
cavort, prance and otherwise distort
himself as yonder cheer leader.
Surely $4,000 persons, all of so-called
normal mentality, would not yell such
nonsensical sentences in unison If there
were not something ''in the air" which
| took possession of them and made them
do it.
y X X
Enthusiasm is not dependent upon
noisy vocal displays, however, nor is the
athletic grounds its only field of en-
deavor.
Any one of thousand lines Of &C
tivity may develop an enthusiast, one
who becomes so interested that he for
gets the average viewpoint.
This forgetting of the average is what
makes enthusiasm great Selfishness,
money. place, power-these and many
cloak Of enthusiasm, which may fool
many.
But only a true forgetting Of the
average viewpoint, self-induced dis
regard for the way the average person
thinks, can instill in a man the happy
enthusiasm which makes him alike in
different to food, weather and personal
convenience.
So one becomes possessed, as it were,
to the point where jealous persons
brand him visionary and mean ones
say he is a self-deluded man.
He is not self-deluded What if he is
not the expert" which he fancies he
is? Only by thinking himself such can
he ever be.
While the sneerers are sneering their
sneers, he is going right ahead master
ing his activity, so that upon some day
in the future he will surprise his critics
and himself most of abby being
universally hailed as great.
We say great" which may or may
not seem successful. There is many an
enthusiast who is not successful, in the
worlds ordinary definitions of the word.
They have worked up for themselves
their own definitions, which make them
accountable to no man, only to the god
or spirit of enthusiasm within them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-31

Stop q minute and think about this
fact: You can ask our Information
Bureau any question Of fact and get
the answer back in a personal letter
It Is a great educational idea intro
duced into the lives of the most in
telligent people in the world--Ameri-
can newspaper readers. It Is a part
of that best purpose Of q newspaper
service. There IS no charge except 2
cents in coin or stamps for return
postage. Get the habit Of asking ques-
Evening Star Information Bureau,
Frederic j. Haskin. director, wash
ington, D. c.
@. Can airmail be sent to or from
all post Offices in the United States?---
B. S.
A. If the post Office is not on an
airmail line the mail is carried by
ordinary methods to or from the near
should be marked Via Airmail" and
bear adequate postage. It costs S
cents for the first ounce and &c cents
for each additional ounce to any point
in the United States, Canada or
Mexico.
@. How much would one inch Of
water covering an acre weigh?-
A. One inch of rain is equivalent to
100 tons OF water for every acre Of
ground.
@. How does the present population
Of Dawson City in the Yukon compare
with that of gold rush days?-M. C.
A. The town was established in 1895,
and at the height of the gold rush its
population reached 10000. BY 1901 ii
had fallen to 9,142 and in 1925 was CTS.
@. How DOES the timber acreage of
North Carolina compare with that of
South Carolina?-C. M. c.
A. In 1929 there were 38i, 1854 net
area acres of standing timber in North
Carolina. In South Carolina there
were 42,375 net acres in 1929.
Q. Please tell of some inventions
patented by women.-H. M.
patents granted to men than to women.
For instance, during the first 90 years
of the patent system, from 1870 to 1888,
only 2,455 patents were granted to
women; altogether $4,000 patents have
been granted to women. The fifteen
thousandth one was granted to Rose
Shulman of Brooklyn for an ice-bag
The first successful application under
the patent law by woman was record
ed in 1909, when Mary KieS took out a
patent for a method of weaving straw
with silk or thread. In 1889 Miss Betsy
Metcalf hit upon an invention for plait-
ing and braiding meadow grass into
bonnets. Miss Lucy johnson in 1924
wove seamless pillowcases. Hannah
Montague invented the detachable shirt
collar. The modern paper bag is the
invention of Miss M. e. Knight. Mrs.
Martina j. Coston invented the flare
light used for signaling by our Coast
Guard and mariners all over the world.
The first ice-cream freezer was invented
by Nancy M. johnson.
@. How heavy do hogs Crows. S.
A. There are authenticated records
Of hogs of 1880 pounds or more and
reports which have not been investi-
gated by the Bureau of Animal Industry
CT few which have approached $500
pounds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-31
The Imnasse Over India.

Because $50 ,0OO, 900 Hindus and TO-
100000 Moslems cannot bury their
virulent religious and racial differences,
the India conference at London, which
has sat for nearly two months, has
reached a stage Of depressing deadlock.
Prime Minister Macdonald hoped today
might bring forth a way out of the
tmpasse which manifestly threatens the
success Of the conference.
midas two vast sects have not found
It possible TO agree on their proper
tional representation in the new leg
islature which it is proposed to ret up
for . federalized India, more or less on
the lines Of the United States of
America. The Moslems, being heavily
In the minority among the empires
teening millions, require definite safe
guards for their rights. The British,
with their important Moslem interests
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-31
Railroad Consolidation.


to the railroads permission to consoi-
date into major competing systems for
the purpose of bringing about greater
efficiency of service to the public and
during the decade intervening has met
no success. And now it is announced
by President Hoover that plan for the
consolidation of the Eastern roads, ex-
elusive of New England, bringing them
all into four systems, has been agreed
upon by the railroad heads. Mr.. Hoo
yer, in his announcement, called atten-
ton to the fact that the proposed con-
solicitations come at time when they
will be particularly beneficial, providing
additional employment for labor and
strengthening some Of the railroads
materially.
1t has been recognized for years that
the country can be better served through
a consolidation of railroads. The diff
Guilty has been to get the railroads
themselves to agree to combinations
which are fair to all and to the public.
The details of the present plan have not
been revealed. 1t is understood they
will not be made public until the whole
proposal is submitted to the Interstate
Commerce Commission for its approval
Under the terms of the transportation
act, the commission must give its APP
proval to the plan before it can be car
ried into effect.
The commission, set up in the inter-
ests of the general public, judicial in
character, should be permitted to pass
upon the consultations proposed under
the law. However, no sooner had the
announcement come from the White
House that an agreement had been en-
tered into by the railroad executives
than there were rumblings on Capitol
Hill. It appears already that, not con-
tent to leave the matter to the deter
mination of the Interstate Commerce
Commission, congressional committees
may undertake to hold hearings on the
railroad plan, and that II certain mem
bers of the Congress are not in accord
with the proposed consultations, legis-
lation will be introduced to halt them or
to place fuI ther restrictions upon them.
There is, among some members of the
Congress, a determination finally to force
Government ownership and operation
Of the railroads If it can be brought
about. In the opinion of many other
members of Congress and of vast num-
Der of American citizens, such a result
would be a calamity. Once the Gov
eminent owned and operated the roads
there would be no element of compe-
tition to bring better service. There
would, too, be the organization Of a vast
political army of railroad workers,
threatening in itself.
The agreement entered into by the
railroad executives for consolidation Of
the Eastern roads, provided it safe
guards the public and the interests of
labor and looks to better service and,
In the end, cheaper rates, should, in the
interests of the country, be approved.
1t is too early to pass judgment. The
details of the agreement are still to be
made known to the public. In the in
terval, however, the skeptics and the
critics should withhold attack-if they
can.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-31

Enthusiasm, unlike hope, does not
spring eternal in the human breast.
It is a quality which every one has
to infuse into himself, and the trouble
with 1t is that when one forces the
quality it escapes him.
True enthusiasm is born, not made;
it is almost unconscious OF itself; 1t Is
scarcely ever thrust upon one from
outside.
Perhaps that was why the ancient
Greeks called an enthusiast one pos
sessed by a god, hence our word.
1t was clearly recognized In the be-
ginning that the man overwhelmed with
a great enthusiasm had something
abnormal, or supernormal, about him.
Ordinary, everyday folk, who bought
carefully and never let their emotions
run away from them, at once admired
and were a bit fearful of the enthusiast.
out of one side of their mouths the
good folk of every day said that "he
was possessed of some god"
Out of the other they said he was
visionary, a self-deluded person.
The god within him, they were eager
to whisper, was no real or proper god
at all, but was merely Pigment Of the
fellows too powerful imagination.
Inc ENTHUSIASM, GInOuS1I CLlc CCIlGuA1C o,
has gone his way, unmindful OF ms
critics, mostly unaware that he had
either praise or criticism.
His enthusiasm, whatever it might
be, has so enwrapped his mind and
heart that he has had eyes for nothing
else.
With one great enthusiast it was
religion. mans relation to God, and for
it he was willing to suffer shame and
death.
with another it was science, which
led him to the torture chamber, to re-
cant with his lips only, so long as he
was permitted to go back to his be-
loved telescopes.
With another 1t was books, which he
collected around him to the end of his
happy life, years during which millions
of men bled and died, as the result
of other enthusiasts, but years which
for him were glorious, filled with hap
piness.
With others paintings and architec-
ture and sculpture became enthuslaSnlS.
Still others worked up enthusiasms for
the North Pole and the South Pole, or
became so enamored Of Africa or South
America that they went to their death
in search Of their unknowns.
mus we see LIldI euIluSldsLlJ do
almost every other thing known to
man, may be good or bad.
If a god possesses a man, to use the
old phraseology, there is no telling what
sort of god he may be.
There were good gods and bad gods
in all the n1ythologies. We are apt
to think of mythology as 50 much fool
ishness nowadays. Those old fables, we
say, had aspects of beauty, but none
of religion.
But there was great deal of COM
mon sense in them, especially in the
myths of those universal people, the
first historical Greeks.
Something at once natural, human
and filled with plain horse sense peeps
out today from the fables of Greece.
This is so widely recognized that
even little children are told these stories.
X X Il
To be possessed of god" meant to
have a driving power toward some end
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-31

Plans are resolutely under way by
Railroad Expert L. F. Loree to build a
line between Pittsburgh and Easton,
Pa, that will bring the Pittsburgh part
Of the country IS miles nearer to New
York. Commercial enterprise may pro-
vide so much mental occupation that
Pittsburgh may be able to make New
York not only still richer, but more
inclined to the manner of old-fash-
Toned propriety. Mayor Jimmy Walker
says the theaters need censorship and
a short line might permit valuable out
side assistance in this respect.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-31
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

After . Drought.
At Christmas we did not make claim TO
so much,
Though banquets brought perfume
so rare;
And jewels are flashing in pride as they
touch
A lady surprisingly fair.
But now to Q new resolution we turn
AS the New Year sets hope all aglow.
We don't ask a great deal, all the world
may discern.
All we want Is some Rain and some
Snow!
A New Resolution our earth must make
plain
If the grass and the blossoms come
back;
So we're asking no gems, midst merry
refrain,
But plain gifts that so seldom we lack.
The jewels so bright in the stream run
ming clear
And the how'rs where the kline softly
low
For these we viii hope as We greet the
New Year;
ALI We want is some Rain and some
Snowl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-31

The year 1881 will be enthusiastically
welcomed and wishes for happiness
confidently exchanged. 1t is fortunate
that the world is peopled by a race of
optimists, whose confident hopes go far
toward assuring real betterment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-31

After a brief period of power a Rus
sian autocrat can scarcely fail to Won
der whether his turn will not come
early for personal share in the dis
heartening experiences he has helped
to render so common.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-31

Perhaps the average mind is excusable
for not being able to understand Elm
STEMS theory, which involves higher
mathematics to a very abstruse degree.
The average mind in many cases finds
it difficult to understand the compare
lively simple calculations by means Of
which finance Is sometimes made to
operate in the production Of new
monetary dimensions
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-31

Parking conditions have given rise
to one opinion which is just about
unanimous. Not a dissenting voice is
raised when the emphatic but slightly
tnconclusive statement is made that
something will have to be done"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-31

Efforts TO add materials which will
render whisky still more unpleasant
leave no doubt that a beverage which
never had many friends has been going
from bad to worse.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-31

Consolidation of Eastern railroads
will enable some expert traffic directors
to take charge of situation in which
big lines looking for business seemed
in danger of colliding with themselves.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-31

Wheat was never intended as fuel.
Students Of economics have before them
a situation that should interest the
best brains of the world.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-31
Moment Of Disappointment.

Moment OF disappointment.
Some Of your constituents seem a
little disappointed In you," said the
candid friend.
I'VE must be prepared for that" re-
piled Senator Sorghum. After the first
flush Of victory we are compelled to face
the solemn fact that our Government
neglected to supply enough positions to
take care Of all the voters who showed
intelligence and conscience by coming
to our support"
Jud Tunkins says men who lose their
tempers when they see a camera are
generally excusable, having previously
seen the kind Of pictures they take.
Bound to Intrude.
Our statesmen now are friends so true,
And sing generous refrain
That note of discord which came
through
Was just thought Of next campaign.
Limitations
II don't see why you want more
! clothes" said her father. THAT gown
you are wearing is a thing Of beauty"
True" answered Miss Cayenne But
clothes are different from poetry. Be-
cause it is a thing of beauty is no rea-
son for expecting it to be q Joy for
ever"
Brave men," said HI Ho, the sage Of
Chinatown, have defended cities at
great sacrifice; yet they have not always
been able to keep brave men In power
as their successors"
| A Census Of Gloom.
| A politician that know
Has pictured people in a line
And seems Just now prepared to show
That all he mentions should resign.
II done purity good as a story teller"
| said Uncle Eben. II told de family a
story bout a rabbit stew an I had de
! rabbit wifi me to make it come true"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-31
Doesn't Need So Much.

From the Savannah Morning News.
King Carol has asked for % per cent
cut in his royal income. You see, now
that he has settled down, he doesn't
need so much money.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-31
A Census Of Gloom.
Onportunity for Rockne.

From the Worcester Telegram.
Such person as Mr.. Knute Rockne
might get those University of Havana
students to gain more ground against
the Havana police.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-31
Stocks Put Men on Feet.

From the Louisville Times.
It cannot be denied that Wall Street
has put thousands of men on their
feet-by forcing them to sell their cars.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-31

Examples Already on View.
From the Hamilton Evening Journal.
When modern furniture becomes
antique 1t won't be diflcult to fake
cigarette scars.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-31
Warming to Others.

From the Indianapolis Star.
The Indiana Society of Chicago held a
speeches. banquet, but the chances are
that most of those present viii get even
on some other organization.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-31

A bear is a Wall Street operator who
expects to prosper by always hoping
for the worst.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-31
Evident and Natural.

FTom lNt MuLCIt DIdIs
It seems evident and somewhat
natural that the World Court will be
subjected to the laws delay.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-31

Not a Monopoly in Canada.
From the indianapolis star
Dinosaur tracks have been found in
Canada and there also are numerous
imprints on Southern CALIFORNIA; grid
iron.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-31
Dislikes Senate Club Due.

From the Indianapolis Star.
The Senate is said TO be one Of the
Nations leading clubs, but Senator Nye
objects to prospective menahers paying
dues Ia advance
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-31

Rate by MaiI-Payable in Advance.
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Long, Long Ago.

Long, Long Ago.
From the Milwaukee Sentinel
A writer refers to period as some
time prior to BE-" and we're Just Won
dering in our aimless way how long ago
that was.
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@. How heavy do hogs Crows. S.
A. There are authenticated records
Of hogs of 1880 pounds or more and
reports which have not been investi-
gated by the Bureau of Animal Industry
Of few which have approached $500
Mounds
New Britain herald., 1930-09-03
POLICEMAN HALTS
 PROSPECTIVE BRIDE
Miss Brown ConYinCS Officer
 Sue Is Hurrying to Wed

Hartford, Sept. P-A kind hearted traffic officer can some times do good turn to law viola tor. Take, for instances, Miss Faus- tina May Brown. who was IS minu- tes late to her own wedding yes- terday afternoon, but who was be- lieved by the officer who had caught her to be doing more miles per hour than the motor vehicle law permit ted.
 Miss Brown told the officer she was hurrying to be married. Per haps it was new explanation to that officer, but he let her go on, and at Brainard field she joined Sergeant Francis C. Wright of the 43rd division aviation, C. N. G. There Captain Daniel Kennedy chaplain of the air unit, performed the ceremony, with Lieutenant Fred Sansom, commanding the 11Sth photo section as best man. Chaplain Kennedy came from Maine to oblige and returned there imme ediately after.
 Sergeant and Mrs. Wright left or honeymoon. Their home is ir 1 Waterbury.
New Britain herald., 1930-09-03

Of leisure time, and the rights and duties of citizenship.
 Tt is because the New Britain schools are carrying on modern school program that buildings are equipped with gymnasiums, music rooms, art rooms, shop rooms, cook ing rooms, sewing and dressmaking rooms. playrooms, kindergartens, li- braries, auditoriums, as we'll as reg ular school rooms, all of which are needed to prepare the children and youth through real experiences for the varied activities which make up life.
 Tt is the policy of the schools to treat each pupil as an individual. and to so adjust the school work and school conditions to the pupils capacities, needs and physical con- dition, as to make successful school work possible.
 Physical examinations are given to all pupils at regular intervals. Those needing special attention are reported and their cases followed up.
 Intelligence tests are given to ali pupils in Grades I, ". VII, and TX. Those who are found to be consid- erably below normal in menal capa- city are given further mental exam ination and their conditions ani special needs are determined.
 "The future occupational interests of all pupils in the Junior High schools are given careful study and pupils are given both educational and vocational advice"