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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-25
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

This is q special department, devoted
solely to the handling of queries. This
paper puts at your disposal the services
OF an extensive organization In WASH
ington TO serve you In any capacity
that relates TO information. This serv-
ice Is free. Your obligation is only 2
cents In coin or stamps, inclosed with
your inquiry for direct reply Address
The Evening Star Information Bureau,
Frederic j. Haskin, director, Washing
ton, d. G.
@. How tall was Lon CLANCY and
what was his weight?-P. D.
A.. He was feet 10 inches tall and
weighed l65 pounds.
@. How much did the new Banff golf
course coSt?-L. s.
A. 1t was built by the Canadian Pa
ciflc Railway at cost Of 100000.
@. How much money was spent in
Europe by Americans last year2--L. A.
A. In 1929 282, 702 American tourists
went to Europe and the Eevant. The
estimate of the amount of money spent
in Europe was $300,000,000.
Q. Has Sir Thomas Upton any chill
dren?-H. r. q.
A. Sir Thomas Upton has never
married.
@. Can people get paper like that
used for United States currency?-C. 8.
A. Paper currency Is engraved and
printed on one grade Of paper, which Is
purchased under contract from the
Crane Co., Dalton, Mass. Representa-
tiveS Of the Treasury Department are
maintained in the Crane factory dur
ing the manufacture OF this particular
he d al
| der the supervision of the Treasury De-
partment's representatives during the
delivery of the paper to the Bureau Of
Engraving and Printing. No outside
person can buy this paper.
@. Did the 4sth Canadian Highland
ers wear kilts?-G. H. s.
A. kits were part Of the army
uniform of the 48th Canadian High
War.
@. What was Whistler's comment
when the French government purchased
the portrait Of his mother for the Lux
embourg2-A. w. D.
A. At that time the artist said, "Of
all Of my pictures would prefer for
The Mother 30 solemn q conservation"
D. Who is the educator recently APP
pointed in the Government as q spe-
cialist in Negro education?-C. B.
A. DR.. Ambrose Caliver is the APP
pointee to this Office, which has for its
object the stimulation and advancement
of Negro education all over the country.
Formerly he was dean of Fisk Univer-
sity, and he is. graduate of Knoxville
College and the University of Wiscon-
sin. His Phi. d. degree was taken at
Teachers College, Columbia University.
. How many people take the For
eign Service examination and what per
cent passeS?-J. B. M.
A. The number of applicants to the
Foreign Service examination Is not uni
form from year to year, and it is diff
cult to give an average that would be
representative. In the last few years
as many as $50 have taken the Foreign
Service examination and about 10 to
20 per cent passes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-25

@. What is the significance OF Che
claw-and-ball foot on furniture?-M. q.
A. This is characteristic trait of
the Chippendale style. It was FIRST IN
troduced to England In the Chinese
pieces that Sir Francis Drake brought
back from his voyage, and which SYM
Dolized the Chinese dragon guarding in
its claw the jewel Of truth.
@: Is the ocean deepest at q point
on Guam?-E. T.
A. Mariana Deep, of Guam, il il 900
feet. There are two deeper places
known-Mindanao Deep, of the Phil
ippnes, $4,000 feet, and Tuscarora, or
Japan Deep, $4,000 feet.
Q. Which state In Australia has the
largest population7-A. NJ. T.
A. New South Wales has the largest
populauon-2, 1881. Sydney, its cap
ital, has population Of l,101,19 It
is the largest city in Australia and one
OF the largest IN the British Empire.
Q. Who started the Playground and
Recreation Association?-F. @.
A. The association was organized in
1906 by Theodore Roosevelt, Luther
HalSey Gulick, Jacob Riis, Jane Adams
had public play areas under leadership.
The number has now increased TO about
900 cities and towns.
@. Has Richard Strauss ever visited
the United States?-C. K.
A. He has visited this country twice
once in 1904, when he conducted In
New York the first performance Of his
"Sinfonia Domestica," and again in
1921, when he appeared as guest con-
ductor OF several OF the principal Amer
lean orcheStraS,
@. Are there many children born
after the death of the father?-T. F.
A. Life insurance figures show that
one child out of every $50 children born
in the United States Is born after Ats
fathers death.
@. How does the number Of Con-
federate veterans still living compare
with the number Of Union veterans?--
M. L. w.
A. According TO the last censuses
available, there were 50,749 Union vet
Grams April 80, 1880. and 1905 Con-
federate veterans May /, 1929.
Q. How is collodion madeP-L K. I.
A. Collodion is made by diSsolving
gun cotton and other varieties of pyr-
oxylin in mixture Of alcohol and
ether.
Q. How large Is the platform at the
top of the Great Pyramid?--J. A. S.
A. 1t Is IL square yards in area.
@. How large is Mesa Verde Park?
When were its ruins discovered?-T. NJ.
A. The Mesa Verde National Park
consists of plateau of 1878 acres In
Southwestern Colorado. The ruins,
which are in the Mancos Canyon, were
discovered as early as 1874, when w.
H. jackson led a Government party
there. The next year he was followed
by Prof. w. H. Holmes, later chief Of
the Bureau Of American Ethnology, who
drew attention to the remarkable stone
towers found in this region.
@. How long has Coquelin. the
French actor, been dead?-J. H.
A. Coquelin died in 1909.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-25
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES Z. TRACEwELL.

Frozen-faced clerks without q
smile-are they to be censured. or
sympathized with?
The ultimate consumer finds them
everywhere.
They stand behind thousands of
miles of counter and not one Of them
! ever cracks a smile for the purchasers
| benefit
what would you want us to do
kiss your"
Such would be the reply Of one Of
them, but such a hasty action would
horrify most sedate buyers.
All We want Is smile.
John Wesley, seeing q man being
| taken to the gallows, declared, There,
but for the grace Of God, goes John
Wesley
Thousands Of average human beings,
as they see men and women behind
counters. may truthfully say to them
selves, There, but for chance, I
stand"
All Of them might have been selling
clerks If life had stacked up bit diff
ferently.
The man or woman, the boy or girl,
who sells over a counter Is fulfilling
necessary and honorable task, and,
like all such tasks, 1t should have some
joy in 1t.
There are many things to take the
JOY out of 1t, of course, including Gus
toners. The writer here Is sure that
IL he had ever attempted to sell any,
thing over q counter he would have
ended IN fist fight the first day.
X
the solution Of the whole problem.
1t Is even more necessary to a sales
person than to chorus girl.
We have seen some very fine solemn
chorineS. but never yet have been waited
on happily by glowering salesgirl.
NO, we don't want EN- to bow low
when we come in. and we would run If
they attempted to kiss us, but we do like
to be waited on with a smile.
Everybody we ever heard Of likes to
be waited on with a smile.
\
Somehow there reposes in the back OF
the average head q feeling that when
one spends q little money with q store,
or any establishment, the aforesaid store
or establishment ought to appreciate it.
About the only way a modern house
can show its appreciation is through
clerks seem to realize that they are, in
the last analysis. the real contact
men" Of the store.
They may not be "key men," Who
ever they are. We have asked various
executives, from time to time, what a
key man" is, but have received rather
nebulous answers, II any.
key man." so far as we can dis
cover, bears upon his person no key of
any kind, size or material He gets his
name from a supposed similarity to the
keystone Of an arch, the stone that
keeps the others from slipping.
These key men" meet together every
once in while, according to the United
States system. and discuss how we'll they
are keeping the rest of the hands from
slipping. Then. having agreed to slip
themselves little extra salary, the Sec
rotary writes. THE meeting was adj
journed."
The smileless clerk ought TO be
genuine source Of worry to key men
and others.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-25
Unreasonable Enforcement.

The action Of judge in Police Court
IN diSmissing charge against a motor
iSt Of passing through an unoccupied
safety zone ut two o'clock In the morn
ing will be heartily commended by res
1dents Of Washington, who were some
what shocked TO ind that q fourth of
the city's population had been In the
hands of the police during the past
year and who received another shock in
the recent lecture on manners from the
corporation counsel In regard 10 their
treatment Of policemen. In dismissing
the charge the Judge said, apropos of
arrests, that IT dare say a large num-
Der Of these cases should not have &C.
CURED and would not have occurred If
police had been less anxious to make
small cases, shown more courtesy and
endeavored TO apprehend the more i'm
portant violators Of the law"
OF course, 1t Is obvious that neither
policemen nor citizens should engage in
verbal or physical contests, but it is
equally obvious that an arrest on an
utterly unreasonable and trivial charge
- frequently the very means of pro-
noting abuse and discourtesy on one or
both sides. In this particular case the
o1ense, minor one at best If the
safety zone is unoccupied, occurred
when, according TO testimony, there
was no other trafic on the streets. and
in fact even the street cars had stopped
running for the night. 1t was certainly
not q heinous crime against the peace
end security Of the community.
Washingtonians are no more lawlesa
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-25
That Curious Library.

An Iowa lawyer has left his fortune
to build . masculine library from which
women and women's writings will be
barred. 1t is to be hoped that the
executors will not permit the novels of
George Eliot and George Sand to get
in by mistake. Nor the poems Of
Lawrence Hope.
Some woman should be inspired by
this action TO found q feminine library
from which will be banned neither men
nor their writings, but simply ill-bred
men, lascivious men, mean men, and
all the books which relate to such men.
Such discrimination would have some
point to 1t. Men have tried to run the
world for some thousands of years, and
In 1914 they ran 1t into a World War
The so-called great powers" are trem-
bling now over the results Of a possible
future conflict. They realize that man.
not woman--now possesses the power
to wipe out the entire human race.
The curious womanless library will
lack the poetry of Elizabeth Browning
the novels Of Harriet Beecher Stowe,
the-well, what difference does 1t make?
Women have never set the world afire
in writing, anyway; but the greatest
books in the world have women in
them, and invariably something of the
feminine spirit.
The feminine spirit, that great love
which holds mans hand at the hour of
death, and smooths his path when he
Is alive, Is thing about which the poor
man hater" unfortunately knew moth
ing. His strange will Is not subject
Tor laughter. but for sympathy, and per-
haps tears.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-25
Diplomatic Rule
Stirs Favorable Comment

q neighboring community. He will have
plenty Of opportunity TO apply them
here" The Buffalo Evening News
states that he has won golden opin-
ions at home and abroad u his services
as the Ambassador to Mexico" while
the Rockford Daily Republic views his
work 'in restoring international conf
dence between the United States and
Mexico" as so outstanding that he
the record only Of that accomplishment
and feel confident Of the futures Vnr-
dict on his life"
Quoting Mr.. Morrow's statements, ehe
Portland Oregon Journal recognizes
that The substituted agreement for
force; that he used reason rather
than threats; that he negotiated
rather than bullied; satisfied rather
than whipped" and that during his
administration q threat of war was re-
placed by very amicable relations be-
tween Mexico and the United States"
AT first thought" thinks the Kala-
mazoo Gazette, the Ambassadors
statement may sound like a mere plati-
tude, like one Of those obvious truths
which politicians so often love to pro-
claim in solemn fashion. Yet it de-
serves more than casual notice. It
goes q long way toward explaining Mr.
States Envoy to the Mexican Republic.
and 1t enunciates a fundamental policy
which any nation may follow to adj
vantage in the conduct of its foreign
affairs. He made his friend
ships through the same processes of
courtesy and congeniality which char
acterize social intercourse among indi-
viduals everywhere. If this
common-sense prescription were more
generally followed by diplomats, the ma
tions of the world would no doubt find
it much easier TO get along in peace
and friendship"
I'm his homely words is expressed
all the wisdom of the Decalogue," as
skrts the Little Rock Arkansas Demo-
crat. The Providence Bulletin feels
that che has shown that courtesy. pa
thence, tact, understanding, honesty,
could win over a hostile country" and
the Hartford Times offers the judg-
ment: "It is small wonder, that the
Mexicans shout Here comes the Am
bassadorl' not the American Ambas-
sador,' when he appears at some cere-
mony. In ending his ambaSsadorial
mission to Mexico Mr.. Morrow richly
deserves the gratitude Of the American
people for having interpreted our aims
so agreeably and effectively TO our
neighbors across the Rio Grande."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-25

He or she worries enough customers,
Heaven knows!
The trouble is that executives have no
more way Of knowing about this-except
when some honest man pops up into
print, as here-than do the broadcast
ing stations of knowing exactly how
many persons listen to their programs
and how many turn OF their sets
Those. who have read the autobiog-
raphy OF Jean Jacques Rousseau know
that he was the type OF one sort OF uni
versal customer, the man who, for no
apparent reason, is afraid Of stores.
Now there are millions of such people.
Rousseau would stand for half an hour
in front of a shop, afraid to 60 in, yet
longing to do so.
In modern American parlance, all the
time he was outside the store was
losing money. But 1t was q psyche
logical matter, about which the mer-
chants knew nothing. No doubt, Jean
Jacques looked extremely busineSslike,
as he stood there, reluctant to 60 away,
scared to go in.
The smile on the face of a clerk is
the only thing that will put such pur-
chaser at ease.
He is expecting to find a large,
naughty woman, who will glare at him
as If asking, why did you come in to
worry me, when I have plenty Of wor-
ries of my own2"
Instead he fin6s a human being.
Think how that pleaSes himl
He thought to draw frozen-face and
he got smiling rose.
4 4
Every store ought 10 have Smile
Enforcer.
The duty Of the Smile Enforcer
would be simply this: To walk around
in the establishment and see that en-
ployes smiled sweetly at customers.
Perhaps In time his title might be
changed to Smile Controller.
1t would be up to him to control
the reception received by each and
every customer, from the large fat lady
whom nothing suited to the timid lit
tie man who was willing to be pleased
by anything handed him with a smile.
Young lady, where was your smile
when you waited on that thin clipped
woman?" he would ask.
But, Mr.. Jones, she is an old
grouchl"
what has what she Is got to do
with it2 It Is your smile that counts.
No smile, one demerit; one demerit,
one deduction; one deduction, one
thousandth Of chance gone to be a
key woman"
See the Smile Enforcer tiptoeing
down the aisle. He catches the eye of
Miss Sallie Smith, beautiful and blonde,
as the papers say. who danced until 2
am, and no wonder she is sleepy.
But her dancing was not the fault
Of Mrs. Percival Jones' also beautiful
and blonde, who is mild, sweet tenn
pered woman, and who asks nothing
more than smiling service.
Mrs. Jones would sympathize with
Sallie II she knew about Sails troubles.
but she doesn't, so when Miss Sallie
greetS her $50 purchase with frozen
face, Mrs. Jones mentally decides to
60 some place else next time.
1t is right here that the Smile Con-
troller comes in. He catches Sallie's
eye. "Smilel" he commands as plain
as words
Sallie grins beautifully. Mrs. Jones
thinks: What nice girl, what beau
tiful day, what a nice store! I always
did like this store. will always come
here"
And she does, all because Of a smile.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-25

than those Of any other city. and per-
haps less so, but except for rare in
stances such rs this judges decision,
they are forced to put up with most
anything that comes their way from a
small minority Of browbeating, dis
courteous and unreasonable policemen.
And while there are undoubtedly some
who are In need Of the corporation
counsel's admonition, it is patent that
even they viii come OF second best in
arguments with police and that IL is
the police themselves who should have
continued instruction In regard to re-
lationship with the public.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-25
Plane Carrying Sixty
Marvel of Air Progress

From the Atlanta Journal.
OF all the dazzling experiments avia-
ton has projected, the DO-X is, in
some respects, the most remarkable. It
moves almost in separate dimension
because it is an airplane, fast and pow
erful. and yet it has a capacity match
ing that OF dirigibles. The proposed
flight Of the DO-x from Europe to the
United States is, therefore, of unique
interest The plan is for the craft to
leave Germany within .he next few
weeks. 1t will be REM Inbered that in
its trial flights the craft, powered by
IL motors of 600 horsepower each, per-
formed splendidly, taking aloft more
than 90 passengers.
A continuous flight Is not contem-
plated. There will be a kop In the
Azores and another In BernSacG, But
the most absorbing feature of the Jour-
ney will be a descent about midway
between those points on the water,
where the gigantic craft viii be re-
aeronautical history Airplanes, small
and very speedy airplanes, have skipped
from continent to continent or from
island to island, but never before has a
snip capable OF carrying large pas
senger list, essayed a water stop. The
possibilities are boundleSs, for If the
DO-X proves that the midatlantic Is
safe landing place for emergencies,
many OF the problems of transoceanic
flight will be dissolved.
The race is on, obviously, between
such planes as the DO-X and the diri-
gibles, to determine which Is more sat-
Slactory Tor ocean passenger service
The performance of the great. craft In
It's forthcoming attempt viii have much
weight in deciding the isMe. That is
why scientific curiosity Is centered in
the project, and that Is why the public
wlll md therein new and spectacular
snrill "a the eyer-expanding pageant cf
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-25
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHrLANDER JOHNSON.
The Fair.

The Fair.
The county fair goes on its way
And orators had things to say.
OF cattle some folks watched bunch
And wished that 1t was time for lunch
No more the horses deigned to trot.
They ran. Some of us lost lot.
And several children ate too much
OF popcorn, sandwiches and such.
With gayeties like these at hand,
At last we clearly understand
That motto. worthy of our care,
None but the Brave deserve the Fair
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-25

OIL companies are in competition.
Realtors may still be hopeful so long
as there is 90 much demand for sites
for numerous oil-flling stations in one
small area.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-25

Chain stores are represented as an
economic benefit. During the hot Sum-
mer season, they seem to promote q
certain irritability among sales people
and customers. Perhaps everything will
be all right when they can shove q
figure Of Santa Claus into the show
window and call for q return to the
hopeful innocence Of happy childhood
hours.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-25

How much is the interest in the base
ball pennant genuine enthusiasm, and
how much is it an effort to forget the
really serious cares that public con-
sciousness must confess?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-25

Mussolini called those who had ques-
toned his robustness of health to see
him on horseback. Ringing Brothers
might arrange q competitive eques-
TRAN test for dictators.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-25

Old references to Darkest Russia
were expected to disappear. If anybody
attempted to turn on the light, some
one else turned it out and left the
place darker than ever.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-25

A membership in Russia's Soviet is
regarded as so valuable as to create the
fear that new racketeer system has
been evolved on an enormous scale.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-25
Keeping Sailors Out of Debt.

From the New London Day.
The Navy has issued strict rules on
the operation Of automobiles by enlisted
men. The idea Is TO keep them out Of
debt. Too had there couldn't be q
similar civilian authority.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-25

Occasionally an audacious national
legislator ventures to protest against
the danger that the President may en-
barrass the United States Senate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-25
The Beginning of Charity.

From the Louisville Times.
More charity began at home In the
good old days than now for the simple
reason that there was always some
body there to begin 1t.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-25

An invitation to political rally reads
like an effort to revive the forlorn
hope of being spellbound by speakers
who have been overrehearsed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-25
Bring Out the Halo.

From the San Antonio Evening News
If Coste and Bellonte shall come
through all the America banquets un-
scathed, their title to heroic rank will
be secure.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-25

The Soviet group gets plenty of pub
licity even when 1t is denied formal
recognition. and publicity counts ire
mendously these days.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-25
Vest Pockets Coming Back.

From the Toledo Blade.
Regardless of what the Weather Bu-
reau has In view, we predict that men
soon will be wearing vest pockets again.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-25
How to Please the People.

From the Toledo Blade.
In a republic the big idea is to give
the people what they want. the theory
being that they won't want 1t long.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-25

Jud Tunkins says while praying for
the hot wave to break, don't pray for
it to break so quick that you'll have TO
start In all of a sudden shoveling snow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-25
IInmistakahIe Influence.

Have women made politics better?"
well, anyhow" answered Miss
Cayenne. "they have made 1t more
interesting"
This life cannot be so very bad"
said Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown. "In
spite of our resentments, we all hope
for Immortality"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-25
Marginal Notes.

did you ever speculate on a margin?"
mot In finance" answered Senator
Sorghum. But have frequently been
on the ragged edge In politics"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-25
The Farmer.

THt FdTHtF.
The farmer says the price Of grain
Has led him to sense of pain.
He's talking wheat-not merely chat,
And does not aim to get laugh.
The farmer once could sing a song
And bring quaint comedy along,
But we who buy the bread agree
A serious parsonage is he.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-25

"Mr. Morrow is on his way home from
the wilderness of Mexico, which he has
helped reclaim" remarks the Newark
Evening News, Ito the wilderness here
with all Its COMMISSIONS over prohibition
and other public questions. Under-
standing, good sense and . conciliatory
spirit have stood him IN good stead h