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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-16

street for moving trafic. The natural
reply of the Commissioners would
appear to be that another committee
of its full committee has recommended
the creation Of more loading zones in
each block in the congested section. BY
past experience, however, it has been
shown that little attention is paid by
motorists to the boundaries of these
zones and that in many cases they are
entirely useless for the purpose for
which they were designed.
AS a matter of fact, only theoretical
success can be obtained by q ban on
double parking, either for commercial
or private vehicles. If the merchant
wants to get goods out of his store he
is quite likely to take a chance" and
order his truck to pull up and get them
and If private owner wishes to deal
in a certain store he is just as likely
to pull up in front of it and wait the
two or three minutes that it takes
friend wife" to make a purchase. And
with Washington's wide streets neither
merchant nor motorist will consider that
he has committed heinous crime OF
course, no commercial vehicle should be
left unattended for any appreciable
length of time and no private vehicle
should ever be left without a driver
when parked abreast Furthermore,
there should be no double parking at
all when it obviously disturbs the
stream of moving traffic.
But Us long as curb parking is per-
mitted in the downtown congested Sec
ton, judicious and discreet use of
double parking both by merchant and
private owner will probably be the order
of the day. And for this reason there
would seem to be little necessity for
change of regulation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-16
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRAcEWELL.

six months hence by tasting 1t before it
Is made.
Tastes as to chowchow resemble
tastes for limeades. It Is customary
now in drug stores for the fellow in the
silly white hat to ask, do you want It
sour. medium or Sweet?"
With chowchow 1T is the same. Some
| like it snappy, others medium, others
without any bite at all.
AS for us, we prefer medium bite,
hence chowchCw manufactured Tor our
consumption has its vinegar content
cut down by half its spices reduced
largely, and It's onion almost-but not
quite-left out.
No matter what a man may think of
himself. so long as he has chowchow
made for his especial benefit, he amounts
to something in the world.
He may take pride in the dish Of relish
set before him, knowing that In every
spoonful 1t reflects his own tastes.
His individuality is written all over
that chowchow, in letters a saucer
wide.
No other human being could claim
his chowchow, no other could take 1t
away from him Except with words Of
praise).
Not every man may be a king, not
every one may enjoy chowchow at every
meal. There are benighted men in this
fair land of freedom who never have
tasted this dish. will not know what
we are writing about, will sheer heartily
at the idea of there being food taste
which they have missed.
~ x
Yet we submit that there is no taSI--
in the world quite like that of chow
chow, or what we call chowchow.
Pumpkin pies are great. especially
with q glass of ice-cold milk; hot but
tered popcorn is delicious, really good
steak is fine, crisp bacon and fried eggs
just hit the spot sometimes.
These have their innings, along with
hot soda biscuits smothered in good
butter Or what is better, before one
goes to bed, than glass of bread and
milk?
But chowchow, in the dietetic scheme
of things, has a tang akin to the salt
breeze of the Atlantic. 1t brings just
a CLINT Of tears to the eyes, probably
that well concealed onion.
The boiling in vinegar has taken from
the relish every tinge of harshneSs, of
bitterness, leaving only a softly melting
taste. which goes" with great many
things that human beings eat.
~
They do say that bit of red peppers.
incorporated into the body and being of
the chowchow, gives it an added ap-
pearance, but We are more familiar with
the all-green.
AS an addition to cream cheese or
cottage cheese sandwiches, particularly
OH brown bread, chowchow gives the
| finishing touches.
There is a knack at eating chowchow
The blunderer not familiar with it will
eat 1t soppingly, but the experienced
will permit the surplus vinegar to remain
! in the dish.
| Thus he gets the pure essence of chow
chow. than which there is no more de-
licious taste during Autumn and Winter
We have but one additional warning
- not eat too much Of it.
like all good things, even fried corn
{ sr,sS2 9gsush. 1t must be handled with dis
: s@EEai.s& Just as one should not call for
G.1r" taan two dozen slabs of fried
! ss'ien, so he should content himself with
! a pint of chowchow for dinner.
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SHOOTING STARS.


Obscurity.
IT'S good to be obscure. No brazen band
Doth blare its harmonies so ill-ad-
vised.
No hypocritic mercer shakes your hand
And fawns in hope Of being adver-
tised;
No suave Polonius fondles every whim
And quits you when your sway is at
an end:
No courtier at your elbow snug and trim
May crowd away the frank and faith
full friend.
No throng awaits all thoughtlessly to
cheer,
AS thoughtlessly one day perchance
twill chide.
No vain ambition tempts your course
too near
The treacherous shadows and the
rocks of pride.
IT'S sweet, no doubt, to hear the world
lings call,
Although they may forget you in a
year
And cen revile. It's pretty good withal
To live and love and toll and be OBJ
scure.
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pickle.
achieved in many home these Au-
tumn days.
Perhaps pickle" is not exactly the
proper name; maybe it is relish" or
French RELISH" but 1t has all the APP
pearance and taste of pickle.
Back where we came from they
called it "cho&chow," and no doubt
they still do.
Chowchew is the name we prefer,
not only because we were brought up
on 1t, but because 1t best suits the sub
stance.
Imagine a dish of crystal, within
whose curved borders reposes an APP
petizing mound of sweet relish, or chow
chow, dark green in color, promising
Just the proper amount Of bite" Tor
meats and so on, sending up savory
fragrance.
onion is there, too, but only as q
promise. We fought against the onion,
believing the thing has no place in
human food, but were told that it gives
certain taste which nothing else
could bring.
Our pleas. that we did not like onion,
were met with the rejoinder that we
WOuIQ never De dDiC W bdSOc H. AlACA
why put it imp" But such question
has no standing in the art of cookery.
Many innocent things, such as a
pinch of SALT are put in for the sole
purpose, we understand, of not being
tasted. Perhaps they are similar to
certain agents in chemistry, which are
inert in themselves, but enable two
other elements to work magic changes.
X
Nice green tomatoes furnish the base
OF good chowchow, as we insist on
calling it, whether rightly or wrongly.
These tomatoes are chopped, either
with a chopper or by means of a meat
grinder. In the old kitchen days, be-
fore the world got to believing so siren
uouSly in modernity. the tomatoes were
chopped rithlessly with a chopper. 1t
was the standard way Of doing the job,
and no one would have thought OF
changing the process.
Then some one discovered that a
meat grinder, adjusted in certain
way, would do the work as expeditiously
and a great deal more neatly.
A crock still preferably with blue
lines around it, is placed at the spout
or receiving end of the grinder and
the tomatoes are fed in at the other.
Just what happens next we are bit
hay about, but we believe enough salt
water is put on the tomatoes to cover
them
Then they are permitted to stand all
night in their brine.
This process is to take away the Bit
terness Of the green tomatoes. In the
morning the brine, containing all the
bitterness is drawn off
Now we have the pure essence OF
chowchow, but still as far from chow
chow, or pickle, or sweet relish, as any
thing could well be.
The next step is to take good vinegar
and pour over the connection. Into this
are put all sorts Of spices. TOO.
+ \
A good plan, we have Ssesa stlass Is
to weaken the vinegar by hal sTs6 c<;i
down on the amount of spices, Then
the whole is boiled.
An expert chowchow maker OF the OLD
school can tell how the dish will taste
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-16
Helium Expectation.

With the full horror Of the tragedy
of the R-lol being brought home to
Americans by the graphic pictures of
the disaster which have just reached
this country, it is a satisfaction to
know that this Government has placed
no obstacles in the way of the expor-
tation of helium, a on-inflammable
gas. to European nations desiring 1t for
their lighter-than-ai vessels. When
the hydrogen-filled R-l0l ended its
short career on that dark and stormy
night, with a loss of forty-eight lives,
it was the belief of many Americans
that q ban existed on the expectation
of helium and it was strongly urged
that 1t be lifted. The President, how
ever, in recent utterances, has made 1t
quite clear that there is SUFFICIENT of
this gas adequately TO supply the
United States Army and Navy and that
the Government has never stood in the
way of the development OF private
helium industry based on an export
business.
So it appears that not only is Amer
lea producing plentiful supply Of this
precious gas, but is perfectly willing to
have it used by other nations. The
Fly in the ointment" however, is that
helium is four times as expensive and
has ten per cent less lifting power than
hydrogen. The R-l0l, it is thought
failed to ride out the storm because il
could not attain sufficient altitude with
the heavy load It was carrying. While
it would not have burst into flames
when hit the ground If it hadfbeen
@lsd Nth helium. the TOTAL sght
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-16
Germany's Woes.

Expectations that the recent Fascist
Communist specter in Germany would
sooner or later assume really menacing
form have promptly materialized. In
accordance with the governments plan
DR.. Paul Loebe, Social Democrat, was
yesterday reelected President of the
Reichstag. But balloting proceeded and
ended amid tumult that promises end
less chaos in the Reich Parliament.
Even the election of Franz Stoehr, Ma
tional Socialist (FacisD, as first vice
president, in accordance with the Gus
tom which assigns that Office to the
second strongest party, did not curb
the frenzy of the Hitlerites.
Forthwith they resorted to tactics
which, If continuously pursued, are ca
pable of deadlocking parliamentary pro-
cedure indefinitely 1t is bleak
outlook. Chancellor Bruening was
scheduled to present the governments
hnance-reform program to the Reichs-
tag today. The signals were set in Ber-
lin for repetition of yesterdays OBJ
structive and destructive maneuvers.
Hitler and his Communist co-wreckers
obviously are bent upon rule or ruin.
Beyond the Bismarck Piatz Berlin
was the scene of other tempestuous
events, partly parliamentary and partly
economic-industrial. The Prussian Diet.
like the Reichstag, is under Social Dem
ocratic domination. There, too, the
Fascist Communist opposition organized
a demonstration which blocked all pos
sibility Of business. It was the Prussian
governments ban on the wearing of
Fascist and Communist uniforms in the
Diet that turned that chamber into a
house Of snarl and alteration and
forced an adjournment. The enemies
Of parliamentary government have lost
no time in giving practical effect to
their aversion.
AS If these purely political woes were
not enough, the Reich authorities found
themselves simultaneously faced by a
strike of $4,000 metal workers in Ber-
lin. It was called by the mems union
q Social Democratic organization ordi-
narily in support Of the government
on account of the wage cut proposed
by Chancellor Bruening as an integral
portion Of the national fiscal recon-
struction plan. Unless President
Hindenburg and his cabinet can evolve
ways and means of propitiating organ
tied labor, their hopes of continued So
cial Democratic adherence in the
Reichstag and the Prussian Diet win
prove illusory. 1t is situation Bis
marck himself would hnd desperate.
One is not surprised to learn that
Germany's elders" are distracted to
the point of despair, Time is the PAN
acea likely to be invoked. At any rate,
it is planned to adjourn the Reichstag
today Immediately after the reading of
the governments finance proposals.
provided the Fascists and the Commu-
nists permit even that formality to be
gone through with. A cooling OF Pc
Rod, Berlin evidently thinks, may sug-
gest way out of difficulties which now
bear all the earmarks of an impene-
trable impasse.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-16

Every American dollar sent to Rus
STA in trade is contribution Of fifty
cents toward a world revolution; all
credit extended there hsstens the day
when Americans will be driven from
their homes and their cars confiscated,
declares an exiled Russian princess. She
has been through it and what she says
may be taken as a tip direct from the
feedbox. To many Americans the con-
fiscation of the car would be a far more
terrible blow than the loss of the home
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-16

Did you ever write q letter to Fred
eric j. Haskin? You can ask him any
question Of fact and get the answer IN
personal letter. Here is great edu-
cational idea introduced into the lives
Of the most intelligent people in the
world-American newspaper readers. It
is part of that best purpose of
newspaper service. There is no
charge except cents in coin or stamps
Tor return postage. Address Frederic
j. HaSkin, director, The Evening Star
Information Bureau, Washington, d. G..
@. How many feet of f1lm are there
in feature-length photoplay?-T. G.
A. There are about 1000. To pro-
duce this footage 1t is usually necessary
to take 100000 to 10000 feet of neg
alive. The 1000 feet of the finished
feature is made up of many short
scenes pieced together. There are as
many as 200 to 500 scenes in the aver
age film.
O. Is a book considered published
when 1t leaves the hands Of the print
er?-F. w.
A. The publication date is the time
when it is offered for sale.
c. What is the name Of Soviet
Russia's secret service organization?
w. c. C.
A. 1t is known as Ogpu.
Q. How did George William Russell
get the pseudonym AE?--N. T.
A. His earliest literary effort was
signed AEON. The printer could not
decipher his handwriting so set up only
the first two letters. Russell adopted
this and used it for subsequent work.
@. How has the cotton consumption
in the United States for the past decade
compared with the consumption before
the World War and during the WARP
w. II. w.
A. The average annual consumption
Of cotton in the United states was
4,9l1 800 running bales during the 10
years 1904-05 to 1894. The average
annual cotton consumption for 1857
and 1918 was 6,677,000 running
bales. The average annual consump-
ton from 1920-21 to 1e29-30 was $685.
600 bales.
@. Where was the first communion
service held on American soil?-L. T.
A. The first was that held on the
little island in the James River, where
On June II, 1907, the Rev. Robert
Hunt administered the Anglican COM
munion to the little band, who knelt on
the ground under a ships sail to re-
ceive 1t.
@. Why won't asbestos burns. G.,
A. 1t is a mineral, and, like most
minerals. is incombustible.
@. How long does it take to make a
hula skirt?-B. K.
A. To make a real hula costume 1t
requires from 40 to 80 ii plant leaves,
depending on the size of the dancer
1t takes approximately. three hours to
weave a skirt, the life of which is three
days.
@. How long has the organization,
Better Homes in America, been estab-
lished? Who is its president?-F. S.
A. Better Homes in America was
founded in 1922 DR.. Ray Lyman VIII
bur, Secretary Of the Interior, is presi-
dent.
@. What was the object of Edward
S. Harkness' gift of $10,000,000 to
Great Britain?-G. M.
A. From time to time Mr.. Hardness
American philanthropist, has given gen.
erousIy toward public service in Eng
land. In endowing with $10,000,0OO the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-16
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

Pilgrim Trust for promoting the fli-
ture well-being OF Britain by helping
the countryis present needs" he en-
ables the trustees OF the fund TO do fur
Their charitable and educational work in
that country. Mr.. Hardness states in the
preamble to his trust deed that be-
cause Britain spent her resources free
ly in the common cause during the
war and has since maintained honor
ably and without complaint the burden
which has greatly increased the din
culties OF life for her people, he deems
it right for a private American citizen
to show his admiration by a gift TO
help her meet some of the more urgent
needs.
@. Is it true that in olden times
libraries kept the books chained to the
shelves?-C. F.
A. In public libraries during the
Middle Ages books were often chained
to their shelves. 1t is said that the
volumes in the library at oxford were
secured in this manner.
O. Which letters in the alphabet are
most frequently used?--L. @. S.
A. According TO printers experience
''E" is used most frequently. Taking e"
as base at / 900 times, the other let
ters follow in this order: T, ITO; A, 72S;
I l.,
r. 528; d, 392; L. 800: u. 296; c, $50:
M, 272; F, 1856: w, 100: Y. 1874; p, 1873:
G, 1853; v, 1873: B. 100: K, So; J, SIS;
@, so; x, as, and 2, %.
@. Please give q biography Of Poker
Alice.-E. e. b.
A. Poker Alice Tubbs was a pictur-
esoue character of the old West where
she was a fixture in the mining camps
of the gold rush era. She was born
in Devonshire. England. and came to
the United States with her family. She
died February %, 1880, in Rapid City,
S. Oak.
O. What type of man is best as an
airplane pilot?-E. w
A. 1t has been said that Col. Lind
bergh demonstrates the perfect type OF
air pilot. He is young, Of steady nerve.
daring, level-headed, clear-eyed ana
practical-minded.
O. Where is the state Of Minas
Geraes?-C. w.
A. It is in Brazil. Minas Geraes IL
north of the cities of Rio de Janeiro
and Sac Paulo 1t is bounded on the
north of the State Of Mahia and on the
west by Matte Crosse. 1t is NTH OF
the states in area and ranked first in
population in 1920. 1t has rich iron
deposits and was the location OF Bra
zils once rich gold mines, now ex-
hausted.
@. Who was the little boy who was
buried in Arlington Cemetery and was
called the Little Corporal?-V. G. D.
A. The Little Corporal was the son
of Sergt. Frank Lankton, Gen. Per-
shing's orderly during the World War,
and was always called Little Corporal
by the general. He is buried in the
| civilian portion of the Fort Myer post
section of Arlington.
@. How does France arrange tariff
matters?-P. w. A.
| A. France has a flexible tariff. 1t Is
not necessary for extended hearings
to be held before change can be made
as in this country. A tariff rate can be
quickly changed by ministerial action
| to meet the domestic industrial situa-
ton from protective point Of view.
! @. Should sprouted grains be used
| to feed chickens?-D. B. B.
A, The Department of Agriculture
says that sprouted grains are used
| extensively and with excellent results
! in feeding chickens.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-16

put a woman on the ticket, women
don't care; they are not interested"
Mrs Mccormick herself has not stress
ed the fact that she is woman and
therefore entitled to the support of the
women. The argument, If advanced
strongly, might easily result in turn
ing men away from woman candidate
for ONCE A battle of the sexes at the
polls, along sex lines. would be sone-
thing new and perhaps not so advaI1-
tageous- for zAkrs. Mccormick
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-16

A Chicago cops gun jams SO that he
is at the mercy of robbers and is shot
down. That seems to be one town
where every policeman ought to be
equipped with two revolvers and al
most any other sort of portable weapon,
including the much-heralded death
ray" If that ever materializes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-16

The late Jack Donahue was not only
a great dancer and q great laugh
getter-he had, speaking in sporting
rather than a medical sense, a great
heart. His life story should be an in
spiration to the laggard, q rebuke to
the hypochondriac.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-16

An ancient tooth taken at q depth
of 1900 feet from an artesian well be-
ing drilled on the Jersey Coast has
greatly interested scientists. Possibly
it is a remnant of some ancient statute
with teeth in it." They bury those
regularly in that region.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-16

Astronomers announce that one part
of the suns atmosphere consists Of a
layer Of vaporized iron 900 miles in
depth. A few invigorating deep breaths
of that might make new man Of
Mussolini.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-16

Advices from Philadelphia as to the
attitude of forty-seven out Of forty
eight Republican ward leaders in the
city indicate that Candidate for Gov
ernor Clifford Pinchot may shortly be
enabled to resume his deep-sea diving.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-16

A charming touch in connection with
the recent great thanksgiving services
held in observance of the reconstruc-
ton and preservation of st. Paul's
Cathedral in London was the presence,
IN q special section, of the craftsmen
who had performed the intricate work
of reconstruction. Apparently in
Britain the laborer is not only worthy
Of his hire, but of honor also.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-16

The headline Golf Ball Hits Ca
madam Ofhcial" is reminiscent of the
familiar example of what is news
given by Dana Of the Sun, using the
instance Of the dog bitten by the man.
Canadian Oficial Hits Golf BalP' is
distinctly lacking in news value.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-16

Flogging is suggested as punish
ment for gangsters and racketeers.
What we ought to have is q first-claSs
Devils Island" We have the devils In
plenty to occupy it,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-16

The favorite cuss word out in Arizona,
once noted for her varied and lurid
vocabulary, seems to be the compar-
atively mild but pregnant phrase, Not
by a damsite"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-16
Best of the Worst.

From the Morgantown, w. Va, Dominion
News.
When a man says he is making the
best of it he usually means he has got
the worst of It,
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Permit Duce Will DENY.

From the Fort Worth star-Telegram.
The weekly plot to assassinate Mus
solini has failed, like the others, pre-
sumably for the reason that nothing
can be done In italy without Mussoliui's
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-16
Alabama Moves Up.

From the San Antonio Express.
Alabama advances from eighteenth
TO fifteenth rank among the States In
population, and none has challenged
its place at the head Of the table
alphabetically.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-16
AnnualIy Permanent Tariffs.

The Oklahoma City Daily oklahoman.
Soon we shall have another tariff
board to settle the tariff question per-
manently once more.
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Contrasts.

What contrasts strange our statesmen
see
While travelling on In giory's path.
One day they're shaking hands in glee
And next they're shaking fists in
wrath.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-16
RELATIVELY i'm Finance,

Prosperity is something fine,
We often pause to boast of it;
Yet each complains, all down the line
That some one has the most Of 1t.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-16
ProdigaI Different Now.

From the Fort Wayne News-sentinel.
Nowadays the prodigal sons don't 20
home so long as there 8 any re1ie9
fortheeHing hY mail
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-16

Jud Tunkins says q stupid man al
ways has friends, in accordance with
the old theory that misery loves COM
pany.