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CHAPTER XXI.
THERE is NO DEATH"

THERE is NO DEATH"
s the door swung to behind her
~ Dagger caught her breath and
IA snatched a quick survey of the
1 u high-roofed chamber - seeking
the owner of that silvery voice.
In the fartheSt corner small heap
CT rugs and garments crowned a low
divan. From this heap the voice spoke
again:
You are welcome, my daughter"
Dagger was startled. IT was almost
incredible that life could exist in that
shaggy mass; but, peering closer. she
perceived pair of bright, friendly eyes
and small, wizened face.
"Are--are you GhulaLi Buk?" she
asked.
Eyes. Will you sit?"
A hand that was no more than a claw
motioned toward a stool by the .divan,
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Six French Airmen Killed.

CHARITIES. France. August ~ tR,.-
Six military airnnen, the entire crew
Of an army airplane, were killed when
it crashed here during military night
Ynaneuyers.
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Amos Parrish concludes by saying
you're going to like Falls suits
because they're sensible and comfort
able and as good to look at as the
contracts they'll help to land.
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:. about styles

You certainly are going to be
pleased with the cut and fit of this
years suits. Single-breasteds with
two buttons slightly squared or
padded shoulders also natural
shoulders. Slightly fitted at the waist.
Notch lapeIs mostly. The double
breasted coat will be more important
this Fall than it's been for long time.
Six buttons, with full 1apels and well
set collars.
Trousers will have full seat and
knee but not too much at the
bottom. Most of them with cuffs
and a few pleats at the waist.
;. and you'll find these styles
in this sale at $25
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The Hit-and- Runner.

III practically every published list of
motor accidents will be found mention
Of that most despicable type Of automo-
bile. driver. the hit-and-runner And
the list of yesterdays casualties on
Washington's slippery streets is no eX-
ception. Four persons standing in a
safety zone on Connecticut avenue were
ruthlessly run down, all of them in
jured. and the driver who did the dam
age proceeded on his way without SO
much as a backward look.
It is this sort of thing that makes
the blood of all decent citizens boil.
Penalties for hitting and running are
severe, but, unfortunately, justice is
oftentimes delayed and thereby becomes
ineffective. There is one penalty, how
ever, that can be inflicted Immediately
and one that will have permanent re-
suits. The permit of the offender to
drive can, when he is caught, be re-
voked for all time, 50 that regardless of
delay in court action he will no more
menace human life and property.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-29
i. S. Welcome to Einstein
Unaffected by His Pacifism

ing us and referring to Americans with
a contempt even greater than that
which Sinclair Lewis expresses. The
Einstein statement was not only ur1-
called for, but is one that is more like
ly to hinder the cause of correct paci-
fism than aid 1t. 1t is another example
of the shoemaker abandoning his last
to undertake something beyond his ca
pacity. Einstein would do better to
stick to his mathematics, whisl only q
few pretend to understand, field which
he has projected onto such high
plane that others cannot follow. To
descend from his pre-eninent position
to one where he is doomed to failure is
something like dropping from the SUBJ
lime to the ridiculous.
The Raleigh News and Observer COM
tends that Prof Einstein's theory OF
relatively is beyond the understanding
of many, but it is something far bet
ter than his advocacy of refusal to obey
the laws and serve ones country in time
of stress" The Lynchburg Advance
comments on the Einstein proposal:
ANY such plan as this would spell
disaster for the United States. 1t would
cause such chaos and disorder that
the Nation would be the prey of any
other power which had covetous eyes
on the wealth and resources of the
country. Huge armies and navies may
be breeders of war, but unpreparedneSS
for possible strife is equally as danger
Gus to the peace of the world. Refusal
to fight is not the solution the world
is looking for"
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Proof of the Pudding.
From the Baltimore Sun.

From the Baltimore sun.
An unusual tribute to the value of
coming is given in the National Munich
pal Review by one of the leading real
estate men of New York, who attributes
the beauty of the skyscrapers OF the city
to regulation of uses of property.
Nothing comparable to the charm and
artistic perfection of these great modern
structures is to be found elsewhere in
such profusion, and it is highly credit
able to American architects that, under
the necessity imposed upon them by
coming restrictions, which, among other
things, compelled setbacks of buildings
in relation to height, they developed a
type of architecture which, the writer
of the article says, will go down in his
tory as an enduring monument to the
men who created the New York coming
law
Furthermore, it should relieve the
anxiety of those who have been appre-
hensive that coming would retard prog
ress of the city to hear the same au-
thority declare that the New York law
has been of incalculable benefit to real
estate values" and that sits main pur-
pose, to provide logically for the growth
of the city and to protect property
values, has been so admirable fulfilled
that we simply take it for granted"
New York was the first American city
to adopt coming. Its sixteen years ex-
perience with the plan, under conditions
which make equitable control of prop
erty uses far more difficult than in a
smaller city, Is proof of the wisdom OF
properly drafted coming laws.
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SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Songs and Sighs.

Songs and Signs.
So swiftly the weeks seem to hasten
along,
There is scarcely the space for sigh
or song
And Fate will seem kind if with care
they draw nigh
With enough of the song to outbalance
the sigh.
We've seen Merry Christmas and shown
how our skill
Is sufficient to conquer the Wintertime
chill.
Happy New Years" at hand, and the
birthdays draw near
To turn us toward memories that we
hold dear
And then for change we shall see,
by and by, .
The splenders aflame of the Fourth OF
July.
And SO, as together we journey along,
Let's forget every sigh and remember
the song.
For as well as glad days to the calendar
known,
1t is not at all hard to make some OF
our own.
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townships and Town Meetings.

Reaction Of a number of different
parts OF the country, and especially
New England, toward the plan to
eliminate the township as a unit of
government and. the old-fashioned
town meeting as political fixture is
cause for speculation Economists de-
clare that this long-established method
of government has entirely outlived its
functions in this day when one can
drive clear across State in the time
1t used to take TO reach town meeting
on foot, on horseback or in the pung
behind the old gray mare. AT the
coming Midwinter meeting of the
National Association of Real Estate
Boards at st. Petersburg, Fla, this
abolition will be advanced for approval
as tending toward a reduction in I'M
necessary expenses of government and
consequent decreases in property taxes.
Doubtless in some of the more newly
settled States the question viii be
viewed from q matter-of-fact. hard
common sense standpoint But up in
the hills and valleys Of rural New
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England there viii be much opposition.
coasts the early town meetings were
attended by men in knee breeches,
steeple hats and buckled shoes. Thither
later came men in oilskins and mack
inaws: there was seen, and perhaps
may still be, that sartorially unique
combination affected by the mountain
farmer for special occasions, namely,
cutaway coat, cowhide boots and
yachting cap, not to mention many
other quaint forms of dress and
undress.
There old scores were settled and
old feuds healed or reopened. There
the south end of the town" got square
with the north end which had erected
all the iron bridges up toward its way.
There friends and even relatives, too
busy through the Summer months or
too hampered by the Winter drifts
even to see one another, foregathered
and made a day of it, socially as well
as politically. Many pithy speech
and many a pungent speech-shattering
single remark were made, to be
chuckled over for months afterward
around red-hot stoves 1t was, and
today still is, more than just a form
Of government; it was an Event
Where once the participants bumped
or glided along over rutty roads
wrapped in great buffalo hides. today
blankets. But the old spirit is
the same and now that the ladies,
God bless them, also participate and
not only vote but swap gossip and
recipes, the town meeting of old may
prove an institution gosh-alI.1,ghty
hard to abolish.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-29
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HAsKIN.

@. Who coined the expression, "the
survival of the fittest" PM. B.
A. Herbert Spencer is said to have
coined it in reference 10 the Darwinian
theory of evolution through natural
selection.
@. understand that the Leaning
Tower of Pisa is being reinforced with
braces or piling. Why has 1t stood all
these yearS?-R. L.
A. The fact that the Leaning Tower
of Pisa stands depends on the law of
statics which insureS the stability Of
a leaning building whose parts are
firmly bound together and whose CEN
ter OF gravity does not project beyond
the limits of the supporting foundation.
The leaning tower has spiral stairway
within, which is built with increased
height on the sides of the lean and
decreased height on the sides opposite
the lean, thus throwing a greater weight
Of masonry on the side opposed to the
lean.
@. What is pragmatism?-B d.
A. 1t is the philosophical doctrine
that the only test Of the truth of hui
man cognitions or philosophical prin-
ciples is their practical results; that is,
their workableness. The word was in
troduced in this connection about 1875
by the American logician, G, S. Pierce,
and was popularized by William James.
whose "Pragmatism" was publis cd in
1907.
Q. Yves Halloween ever considered
the last day of the year ?-E. G..
A. In the old Celtic calendar Octo-
Der 81 was the last day of the year, its
night being the time that witches were
abroad On the introduction Of Chris
tianity, it became the eve of All Hallows
or All Saints.
Q. Please describe an Indian arrow.
j b.
A. A complete Indian arrow is made
up Of six parts: Head shaft foreShaft,
shaftment, feathering and neck. These
differ in material, form, measurement,
decoration and assemblage according
to locality and tribe. Arrowheads have
| There are two kinds of arrowheads,
blunt and sharp. In the Southwest
sharpened foreshaft of hardwood serves
for the head Arctic and Northwest
| Coast arrows have heads of ivory, bone.
wood or copper, as well as stone; else
where they are more generally of stone,
Clipped or polished. The head is at
| tached to the shaft or foreshaft by
lashing with sinew, by riveting or with
! gum.
! O. Should leave my piano in an
unheated room through the Winter?
! C. H. B.
| A Do not shut your piano off in a
cold room, as this will cause all metal
| parts to frost, and then when the room
| is heated to sweat and rust. AS rule,
| when a piano has rusted, this is what
| has caused it, If it must be left in
a cold room or house, throw over 1t
several blankets, quilts or anything to
keep out the cold. Excessive dampness
will cause veneer checks, so will ex-
| cessive heat or cold and then the only
| remedy is refinishing. However. ex-
| IRENE heat is even more injurious.
| The temperature of the room contain
| ing a piano should be kept as normal
and as even as possible all the year
round.
O. What was Stains name origi-
nally?-A. w. L.
A. 1t was Joseph Dtugashvili. He
was born in Georgia, down near the
| Caspian and Black Seas. The nickname
| Of his youth was $3.50.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-29

Many readers send in questions sign
ed only with initials, asking that the
answers appear in the newspaper. The
space is limited and would not accom-
modate fraction of such requests. The
answers published are ones that may
interest many readers, rather than the
one who asks the question only. All
questions should be accompanied by
the writer's name and address and
cents in coin or stamps for reply. Send
your question to The Evening Star In
formation Bureau, Frederic J. HaSkin,
director, Washington, D. G.
9; What length skis should a person
A. The length of skis is usually the
distance the wearer can reach upward
with his hand, that for the average
man being about z feet 6 inches.
@. II automobile accidents were not
counted, would it be found that the
accident hazar>.s had decreased?-C. c.
A. Public Safety says that accidents
taken as a whole have decreased 5 per
cent since 1913. If automombile accidents
were excluded, we would show 30 per
cent decrease in accidents in the last
l8 years.
@. How can fingerprints be taken?-
A. L. L.
A Ordinary printers ink is used in
making fingerprint impressions. The ink
is first distributed on an mixing slab
and rolled into thin film and then
transferred by roller to the linking
plate, where it should be distributed
to cover the entire surface evenly. The
degree of pressure eXerted in taking
the fingerprint is important in obtain
ing clear impression and can be de-
| termined best by experience and obser-
/ walton. The subject should be asked
to relax the fingers completely and not
attempt to assist by exerting pressure
On the linking surface. Fingerprints do
! not change materially during the life
! time of an individual
O. About what per cent of the Terri
tory of Alaska is visited by tourists
CT. D.
A. Gresley's Handbook of Alaska"
! says that the Alaska known to the tourist
| is strip of coast and fringe of islands
of about AIS miles by 100 miles, ex-
| tending from Ketchikan north to
twelfth of Alaska.
@. What is the usual per cent of
metal in brown and black iron ore?--
w. F. P.
A. The usual percentage of metal in
Drown IRON ore is 4u-0U per cent, ana
that of black IS 55-65 per cent.
@. Has Niagara Falls been entirely
dry within the last IS yearS?-S. j. B.
A. The Geological Survey says that
| Niagara has never been completely dry.
| The Winter of 1347-48 was extraordi-
, narily severe in this country. Heavy
ice formed in Lake Erie. When it was
J broken up during the latter part OF
! March. the winds swept the ice into
{ the entrance of the Niagara River at
Buffalo, where it damned in a solid
mass, completely choking the outlet of
Lake Erie, with the result that on May
90, 1S48, the fSlls of Niagara were prac-
/ tically dry. Similar conditions pre-
vailed during the Winter 1886.
@. What does four-square mean?-
H. M
A. Having four equal sides or angles
hence, flguratively, strong like stone
tower; irnmovable.
Q. Is it possible for submarine to
cruise at a depth of 800 feet?-F. P.
A. Submarines are tested to cruise at
that depth.
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WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

menage lives a young couple
whose views on Volsteadism differ rad
icaly from those of their official neigh
Dor. So occasionally, following an out
door cocktail party, an Anonymous"
empty container is tossed over the wall
to land with thud or a crash on the
green walks or carefully kept flower
beds.
* x X X
Representative Ruth Bryan Owen,
Democrat, of Florida, who is spending
the holidays in Jamaica-her one-tikne
home-with her younger children, tar
risd in New York en- route to her ship
long enough to see her eide, son John
play in professional drama He has
become a member of Fritz Leiber's
Skakespearean Repertory Players, who
have just begun a cycle of the Avon
bard's plays in Manhattan. Last week
the talented grandson of William Jen-
ningS Bryan was seen in Hamlet" and
this week he has roles in THE Mer-
chant of Venice" and King Lear" The
lad, who's in his middle 20s, learned
his elocution from his mother, who was
once at the head of the Department of
Public Speaking in the University Of
Miami.
The whole American press early this
month carried yarn from Rome tell
ing of a reception rendered Mussolini
by the American Ambassador and Mrs.
John w. Garrett. II Duce, it appeared,
had done our accomplished envoy a
signal honor in coming to Palazzo Ros-
piglioSi, which the CARROTS inhabit.
In recognition of the compliment $50
ran the story, the Ambassador turned
the embassy into an armed camp for
the premier's protection. The other
day the New York Times, which pub
lished the original account, cabled Mr..
Garrett about it, The following reply
was returned: Except for six-shooters,
risks and secretaries and servants Turk
ing behind potted palms and in stra-
tegic corners, the article is tissue of
truth. Merry Christmas. John and
Alice Garrett"
X X X X
The Bill" Borah of the German
Reichstag is a Hitherto named Prick,
which sounds Pittsburgerish. Herr
Frick is chairman of the ReichStag
Committee on Foreign Relations It's
one of the blue-ribbon assignments
which fall to the German Fascists be-
cause of their new numerical 1mpor-
lance in Parliament.
(Copyright, 1900
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-29

Mr.. Borah now before the American
people and upon which the old parties
cannot agree within their own ranks
are power, prohibition, farm relief
and the duty Of the State and National
governments, respectively, with reference
to at least two great problems" The
constituencies back of political leaders,
members of the Senate and House
cannot agree on these matters. There
are too many Democrats who are dry
and too many who are wet, in the
opinion of the Idaho Senator, for the
party to commit itself for or against
national prohibition. There are too
many Republicans divided on that sub
ject and also too many Progressives
who might form a third party.
How long the people are to be salts
fed with parties which are not willing
to take definite stands on vital issues
remains to be SEEM Perhaps one or
both of the old parties will find courage
in the end to make such Issues in their
campaigns and not seek to straddle. If
che of the two parties adopts such
course. it is likely to compel its adj
versary to take the opposing side in
these issues.
In the rlsantime, the people must
look forward to guerrilla warfare within
party lines, apparently, such as has
been going On within the Republican
ranks in the Senate for some years.
Such warfare has accomplished little
except encouragement for the people.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-29
Borah Wants No Third Party.

Senator Borah of Idaho, like Senator
Norris of Nebraska, has rejected the
idea of third political party. The
Idaho Senator has frequently been men
toned in the past as a possible head of
a new political party. He has, however,
remained Republican and, according
to the statement issued by him yester-
day. he intends TO remain in the Re-
publican party. One by one the Pro-
gressive Republicans who have been at
outs with the Hoover administration are
announcing their firm determination not
to abandon the G. o. P. for some new
party allegiance. Presumably this
means, too, that they will net support
Democratic candidates in the 1882 cleo
ton.
The Idaho Senator apparently sees no
possibility Of the successful establish
ment Of a new political party at this
time. He says quite plainly that there
are at least four or FIVE vital issues be-
fore the American people, and that q
new party could not agree on all OF
them any more than the old parties car
agree on them. If Mr.. Borah is right
the country viii have to struggle along
with these issues cutting across The
political lines of both old politica
parties. The only issue dividing thu
parties. under such conditions. will b.
which is to hold public ONCE and spenS
the money of the taxpayers. This
ret particularly uplifting or exciting a
an issue, except TO the Politicians ans
their hangers-on.
AE6Nhg the vital iscues mentioned b.
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Display of Power of !
ID. C.. Voters Urged
TO the Editor of The Star

To the Edltor OF the star:
Do we, the people OF the District Of
Columbia, really want the right to vote
and the right to have a voice in our
Government--tle Government that ex-
lists as a Nation "of the people, by the
people and for the people? Are not we
taxpayers people? And if We are peo-
pie, cannot we in some manner display
the power of our vote?
A story was told a while ago about
a jobleSS man from the Middle West,
but stranded here in Washington. He
went to the Representative from his
home State and asked help to get q
job in the Government service. About
the first thing the Representative said
was: Have you a vote at home-and
do your family folks vote?" That queS-
ton shows the face value of the vote.
After the last November election II
was shown, in many instances, that only
a few votes one way or the other de-
cided the issue, and now it is an open
question which party is to control the
next Congress Just few votes more
or less might have made that open
question a closed certainty-and the
votes of the District of Columbia might
have decided the matter.
But how can We display the power
of the District of Columbia vote? An
ordinary straw vote would not amount
to much. But we could. by standing
together, display our real strength on
the issues that are coming up in the
next general national election.
LIST cur Chamber of Commerce. our
business and civic associations and our
public-spirited men get together, and,
under the supervision of a committee
and at their expense. have ballots
printed to match exactly those of the
enfranchised States. and in time for the
national election day. arrange to have
precinct ballot booths with proper SUI
pervisors, guards, counters and check
ers, and conduct the whole business OF
voting as if the fate of the national
candidates hung on our ballots and the
votes of the District of Columbia.
If 1t so happened that our people
were not interested enough to take the
trouble to get to the polls and display
our collective strength it would be very
discouraging. But, on the other hand,
if the votes cast displayed our real
Though shackled) strength it might
open the eyes of our Congressman to the
votes they could hope to win to their
cause when we are granted our con-
stitutional rights to be little more than
taxnaver. And then. when we want
attention an@ iust'ce from Congress. re
wcn'+ bare ~ re5uest, but we can o.
mani orr rights ~ we. tn,. v-~'-'rl
"aave n vote at home and cur family
a. +. E1SNuzsu
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Woman in Politics.

Il have always said that women have
a right to be in politics" said the young
man of elaborate manners.
mo doubt about it," answered Sena-
tor Sorghum. And the fact that your
presence on the Government pay roll is
due to maternal affection reminds me of
that other great principle of economic
science, "A boys best friend is his
mother"
,Jud Tunkins says he can remember
a lot of advice that he wishes he had
taken. But things even up. He can
remember just as much advice that he's
glad he let alone.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-29

Even the professional fortune tellers
are said to be predicting a prosperous
1881. Their words are not as con-
vincing as those Of money experts, but
they may as we'll make the opinion
unanimous.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-29

stock Exchange men are not allowed
to play numbers" This restriction
does not go very far toward eradicating
the danger Of speculation, but it helps
a little.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-29

A Communist demonstration consists
Of series of speeches and a procession,
all of which have been heard and seen
before. One objection to communistic
ideas is that they always assume to be
something new and r.ever are.