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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-29
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC j. HAsKIN.

, says that the color Of gold depends upon
| the region from which 1t comes.
@. Please give brief and compre-
hensiye definition Of edueation.-T.
| H. r.
A. One of the prize-winning definl-
tons of education, published in the
| Forum, is as follows: Education Is the
knowledge, acquired through the sys-
| tematic and harmonious cultivation of
ones natural powers, which gives one
| the ability to adjust himself satiSfac-
torily to his physical and intellectual
| environment"
@. Who founded the Chaucer So
ciety? What is its purpose?-H. S.
/ A. 1t was founded in 1867 in London
| by f. j. Furnivall for the purpose OF
facilitating Chaucerian research and
/ opening a knowledge of the great poets
works to the public.
! @. Why is it that the Supreme Court
/ has to pay postage on its letters? Why
/ doesn't it enjoy ranking privileges like
/ the other Government departments
/ G. A. B.
/ A. The justices of the Supreme Court
do enjoy the Thanking privilege when
writing on official business. The clerk
i of the court handles most of the cor
respondence, and his Office is supported
| by fees paid by litigants. and most OF
| his correspondence is to litigants about
their cases. The fees of the clerk are
paid by litigants, and If the Govern
ment we're to grant the ranking privi-
lege ON such matters 1t would amount
to paying postage on private cases.
@. How large will the new trans
atlantic Zeppelins be?-A. M.
A. The first of Germany's new Zep-
pelins, the Lz-128, will carry 100 pas
sengers, their luggage, crew Of 46 and
1t will have displacement of 5,287, 500
cubic feet and cruising speed Of 70
miles an hour. The new super-Zeppe-
lin will be 813 feet long and S32 feet
high. Three day crossings of the At
lantic are planned, with eventually two
! ships week leaving each side.
@. Where is the Mount Wilson OBJ
servatory?-G. N.
A! 1t is about 8 miles in an airline
northeast of Pasadena. Mount Wilson
is one of the higher Sierra Madre peaks,
rising to an altitude Of 5,704 feet above
sea level.
@. How much money is spent annu-
ally for medical care?-A. H.
A. The amount Is estimated ct
81, 100, 100000. This includes fees for
physicians, dentists, nurses and attend
ants and cost of hospital treatment and
drugs.
@. What is Upton Sinclair's novel,
Boston," about?-E. A. v.
A.. Sinclair's Boston is described az
contemporary historical novel, writ
ten around the Sacco-Vanzetti case and
Boston business, industry and finance.
@. What name Is applied to the
style of architecture as exemplihed by
tall. towerlike buildings with setbacks?
*. L.
A. The term occasional building" ID
applied to the type.
@. What term describes the shape Of
the earth?-V. A. p.
A. The earth is fiattened slightly Of
the North and South poles. The tech.
nical term for the shape of the earth
is an oblate spheroid.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-29

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@. How many children have Rear
! Admiral and Mrs Byrd?-B. M.
| A. They have three children-Rich-
ard E., jr., aged TO- Evelyn Boiling, aged
| 4, and Katherine Ames, 5.
@. Is it true that when an electro
cution takes place at Sing Sing the
lights in the prison grow dim?-M. c.
| A. This is a fallacy, as the current
used for the death chair comes from a
different source from that which sup
| plies the general lighting system.
@. How many persons may be seated
| in the Yankee Stadium, New York
| City?-M. G. H.
A. The seating capacity of this sta
dunn is $4,000.
@. What is the origin of the express
| sion "a feather in his cap'?-L. F. A.
| A. It is believed that it originated in
Hungary, where it was an ancient GUS
tom to wear feather in the cap when
one had killed a Turk. The number of
slain enemies was indicated by the
number of feathers.
@. When was THE Poetic Edda"
! written?-W. M.
A. 1t is not known when the lays OF
the "Edda" originated or how long they
| had existed in oral form before they
were written, but it Is believed that they
took their present form during the
Viking Age, between the years 900 and
| 1850. They were written in Iceland or
some other island colonized by Nor
wegians or in Norway.
@. What is national standard in
voice"?-P. G.
A. It is a form of invoice recon-
mended by the Department of Com
merce, through the Bureau OF Stand,
ards, for all transactions involving the
use of such commercial documents.
@. What is the duty of Queens
maid of honor?-C. S.
A. The maids of honor are the
Queens immediate attendants. and in
| rotation perform the duty of accom-
panying her on all occasions. Queen
Mary of England has nine maids OF
| honor.
@. How many species of Towering
plants grow wild in the United States
and Canada?-W. K.
A. The number is estimated at about
10000.
@. Which is lighter-cold air or hot
air?-D. T. E.
A. Hot air is lighter than cold air.
Tho latter Is denser, and therefore
| weighs more. Hot air carries more
water vapor than cold air. The amount
of moisture necessary to produce satu-
| ration increases rapidly with the in
crease of temperature.
@. Why do gold pieces coined 80
years or more ago look yellower than
today's coinage?-G. P.
. A. The Department of the Treasury
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-29
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES e. TRAcEWELL.

We have been invited to a picnic.
An old-fashioned picnic, we we're told
| one where every one sits on the ground
and eats dill pickles covered with
| ants.
Only we weren't told about the ants.
But we know!
So do you. There never was picnic
| yet without its ants.
Those wise creatures must have some
intelligence system whereby they keer
| themselves in touch with all the pic
! nicking activities of mankind.
| Which reminds us, as the after
dinner speakers say, of a joke we read
the other day. First Picnicker-This is
/ a good spot for our picnic. Second Pic
| nicker-Yes. Fifty million insects can't
! be wrong
The vivid interest of creeping, crawl
| ing things in foodstuffs of all varieties
| should fill the human mind with mus
| ing wonder.
Perhaps a philosopher might be able
i to deduce therefrom the universal
brotherhood of all created life, but the
average picnicker falls into one of two
very human classes:
l. He is jovial, jolly, merrymaking
overlooking all defects.
g. He pretends to.
PicnickerS of the First Glass are born
not made. They are the same folk who
can put UP with mosquitoes, poor food
and so on, and so on, while on camping
expeditions.
Second Glass members are all those
worthy civilized (Which means citi-
fed men and women who are dragged
by the force of politeness to feign an
enjoyment which they have not on
camping expeditions and picnics.
y X X
Even the most haSty camping tour
requires quite a bit of preparation,
whereas a picnic may be thought up
overnight.
Why is it that such a brainless pro-
thought up?
Surely there is no intelligence about
the average picnic.
One just goes, that is all.
Or one is compelled to go, which is
much the same thing.
The ants get you in either event.
4
Sitting on the grass is fine for chill
dren, but not so hot for their elders.
If it were just grass, it might do;
but unfortunately every square foot of
grass, according to the latest analysis,
is composed of the following ingre-
dents:
Worms, /.
Ants, 6,722.
Gnats, 80.
Flies, AZ.
Mosquitoes, 8.
Larvae, assorted, as.
Strange insects, 100.
Thus it can be seen at q glance what
one sits on when one speaks of sitting
on the grass"
AS a phrase it is very nice, but as a
cushion plot of grass is something else
again.
X
Multiply the above by the number of
square feet of turf occupied by the
average picnicking party, and you will
have some approximation of the num-
Der Of things picnicking with the boys
and girls.
But not all.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-29
Higghlights on the Wide World
Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands

fancy in stylish couture did not hesitate
to flock there in brief professions, de-
spite the cruder operations in shaving
and trimming perpetrated amid an at
mosphere of tobacco smoke so proxi-
mate to them. But nowhere shall
they repair for their establishment
hirsute? There is no one else within
the precincts of the town to whom they
dare intrust their disheveled ringlets
Alas, that one in the form of a man
could be so unromantic-that he could
esteem his purse more important con-
sideration than a life of benevolent
servicel
Middle West
Unfairly MiSrepresented.
Irish Independent, Dublin.-We on
this side of the Atlantic have been
told much to the diScredit of the Amer
lean Middle West. We have heard that
1t Is a country Of crime and gangsters
and corruption, or that it's people think
of nothing but of accommodating dollars.
Some of us even imagine, from the
movies, that it is still mainly inhabited
by cowboys and Indians.
How unfairly the region has been
miSrepresented. Its people are among
the most friendly and likable in the
world. amazingly hospitable to visitor.
Nowhere Is a stranger made to feel
more quickly that he is welcome. If
he has but one day in city he must
be shown all the sights, and midwest
ernerS have much to show of which
they may be proud.
Here is country which. less than
a century ago, was unsettled and un-
cultivated, peopled with wandering
tribes of Indians and a few scattered
settlements OF whites. Now you visit a
city like Minneapolis, with its popula-
ton of half a million, its fine public
and private buildings, its splendid parks
overlooking the Mississippi and are told
that it was founded about 1850. Or
you see the great port OF Duluth, on
Lake Superior, which now ships more
grain and more iron ore than any
other port of the world. Old in
habitantS we'll remember when Duluth
was founded and have themselves wit
messed the whole of its vast develop
ment. Chicago was burnt to the
ground in 1870, and since then has
risen into a city of 100000 people.
A new SkyScraper in Chicago or De-
troit is greeted with as much interest
and surprise as new telephone booth
In the streets of Dublin. If the people
of the Middle West have been narrow
in outlook and inclined to give all their
attention to their local affairs, their
excuse has been that they had tasks
right to hand in the development of
their own territories sufficient TO occupy
all their energies
They say in Detroit:
1--WE have no time for culture, but
when we do have time We will sure
make culture hum That time has now
arrived. All America believes in edu-
cation, and each Mdwestern State has
Of
smaller colleges. Some of the State
institutions have over 10000 students.
In all this development Irish blood has
played a big part"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-29
Bad Manners From Virginia.

That the insulting letter TO the British
Ambassador undertaking to criticize him
for matters that concern no one but the
British Ambassador himself should have
eeen written by an American citizen Is,
Pf course, source of regret. That the
letter was written by a Virginian and
bore the postmark of Charlottesville
of all places!-can be explained only by
the fact that one other Virginian tried
the same thing once and more or less
achieved his purpose, thus setting a
precedent and giving the possible I'M
preston that Virsinians are in some
manner become national spokesman,
with the privilege of sounding of on
the foibles of friendly powers whose
representatives tempor7riIy> reside in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-29
California Increase
Shows Trades Trend

From the Des Moines Tribune Capital.
Those who take the long view of pop
ulation movements will not overlook the
increase in CALIFORNIA; numbers as the
new census shows it.
That State has gained 644 per cent
since 1920 and it now has 5,642.2s2
people. 1t has passed Michigan and
Massachusetts, in the rank of the
States.
The increase in the "a States that
have so far reported is ia per cent,
less than, third of California's.
Washington and Oregon are gaining
steadily, so We may expect that in so
years the country will be heavily loaded
on both coasts. with a fairly constant
population in the Middle West, The
gain here Is merely normal
The Pacific Coast people will live
Chiefly on trade with the Orient and
Western South America. Our future
policy is going to be determined half by
our trade with Europe and half by trade
with Asia. 1t Is factor that has not
yet been taken into account at its real
value
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-29

swiftness. Each Memorial day finds
their ranks thinner. But some
thing remains for us and for this gal.
liant old Minnesota veteran. Memories
and a tradition. For us who we're born
long after the thunder of the war had
died away 1T is chiefly the tradition.
Our old soldiers have colored our ma
tional character for a generation. They
have been a standing lesson in patriot
ism, constant reminder that ths
Union which means so much to us was
bought and maintained at heavy
price. We have been q better people
because of the presence in our midst Of
these men. But for Lockwood, one
imagineS, it is the memories that are
more important. The man must be
living in a world of shadows. Company
B went to war after an an-night dance
in Minneapolis, part of Minnesotais
first volunteer regiment. Half of its
members fell at Bull Run, and a good
share of the remainder went at Gettys-
burg. He doesn't probably need our
sympathy. To be sure, he Is old and
he is alone, and death isn't far away;
but he has known true comradeship
and he has been a part of something
great. He toaStS all of the men of both
armies who have gone on to whatever
reward it may be that awaits good
soldiers. And it may be that this old
chap looks ahead, not to lonely grave
but to a reunion, with a distant
bugle call to rally the ghosts of Com
pany B."
His comrades were there in spirit,
but their material presence was repre-
Sented by only empty chairs" records
the Minneapolis Star. His eyes saw in
those chairs his comrades as they were
in the active years of their lives" The
Manchester Leader remarks that "the
last man proved game and drank the
toast, but it seems as If the ceremony
was surrounded with trappings of q
vastly different nature from what the
"a men had in their minds eye when
they made the compact"
The drama and pathoS of the occa-
sion are emphasized by the Dayton
Daily News and the Beloit Daily News,
while the latter paper concludes: How
many thrilling and poignant memories
OF battlefield and camp must have flick
cred through the old mans mind as he
performed this final solemn rite! II
did not occur to other Civil War vet
eran groups to arrange such a cere-
mony, but many a G.. A. r. post in the
smaller communities has become in fact
a last mans club, and some posts are
entirely dtSbanded. The old soldiers
farewell to his dead comrades of the
saltwater Last Mans Club is SYMBOLIC
OF the melancholy and inevitable leave
taking that many American communi-
ties have made to their last Civil War
heroes and that others sadly will be
called upon to make in the mex.
decade"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-29
Passport Price Cut
Called Aid to All

From the Des Moines Tribune-Capltal.
The law reducing the cost of pass
port and cutting the red tape that made
it cumbersome task to obtain one
has gone into force in the nick of time
for most of our Summer tourists abroad
The reduction in price is from sic
to Sc, which is not so much. But the
passport can be renewed twice for two
year periods by the payment of 81 at
each renewal, and that will be great
improvement over the old practice.
As matter OF fact, there has been
considerable agitation for the abolition
OF passports, Perhaps that is too much
to expect of state departments and
foreign Offices, for 1t would have to be
done by common treaty among nearly
all the nations.
There is no reason why in this day
travel should not be freed OF as much
OF the official restraints upon 1t as pos
sible. And most of these can be dis
penssd with. They survive from day
when travel was difficult In other ways
and nobody minded little more
trouble.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-29
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Unrepentant.

Unrepentant.
Dey tells me bout de bee dat tolls
Th'out de Summers day.
Dey talks about it till dey spoils
My appetite for play.
Dem insects work because, you see,
Dey really likes de plan.
I isn't any honey bee,
rs jes' human man.
MY workin' hours is mighty few,
Is willin' to allow.
Dat bee can't loaf de way I do
Becase he dunno how.
Yves jes' born diffunt. him an me,
An when de Jacks I scan,
rs glad I amt no honey bee,
But jes' a human man.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-29

OMEN pictures? Are they not captl-
waiting? So round, so real and at the
same time so beautiful in their special
WITNESSES of the true poets fancy. Why,
from one and another of these pictures
you could pick David right up in your
arms and hug him tight as you would
If he were not SO tremendously busy
with the angel and the grasShoppers
and the fox and with the mysteri-
Gus Old Breskneckle the Tishmosh
A long day, that one following the
hours of the clock through so many
strange places. I've seen some pretty
strange things" said David sleepily
climbing the long stairway. Maybe
another day TN find the secret of To-
norrow's House." "And maybe he will.
Who knows?"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-29

Is is likely that the ancient Ice
lanoic Parliament, which has just
celebrated its thousandth anniversary
had its Borahs, Brookharts and Blan-
tons? Probably. But, remember, 1t
was held in the open air; times were
rough, and just think of those handy
boiling geyserS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-29
A lifts Confession.

IT don't see what you find so at
tractive in that young man." said one
girl He is neither handsome nor
intellectual"
No" answered the other, "but he
has the reputation of buying lovely en-
gagement rings"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-29

Ben Franklin-or perhaps it was
Russell Sage-said: Take care of the
pennies and the dollars will take care
of themselves" A more modern YER
sion around here might read, "Raise
the street car fares to ten cents even,
and the pennies will take care of
themselves"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-29

It has been discovered that, as far as
the State of Maryland is concerned, it
is the farmer who works the hardest
who makes the most money. Some
farm relief ballyhoo artists may never
have thought of that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-29
Factor In Affairs.

1.-THE automobile has not accom-
plished much in actual business" said
the unitarian.
"Oh, yes, it has. 1t has helped acct
dent insurance a great deal"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-29

The prehistoric pterodactyl is report
ed to have had flying characteristics
the study of which aids modern light,
In spite of the fact that he had no
feathers. He may not have nown so
high or so far as the modern plane, but
at least he did not come apart In the
air.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-29

Census takers have reported that the
Canal Zone has a population OF
3e,269. How in the world did they
ever get all the young swimming
champions out of the water long
enough to count them?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-29

Efforts of the police to keep boys
from wading in the Lincoln Memorial
rejecting pool are reminiscent of the
hen that Matched brood Of ducklings.
Her endeavors were praiseworthy, yet
pitiable,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-29

One hundred and thirty-five more
verses of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khay-
yam" are reported discovered. Would 1t
not be awful if some more Of "Gunga
Din" should some day come TO light?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-29
Sentiment.

"You demand a quarter of million
for breach of promise?"
Yes" answered the determined
woman. Sentiment demands it.
would not have him think, even now,
that valued his affections lightly"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-29
Seville Sees Red.

From the San Antonio Express.
Seville's general strike was laid to
Red Propaganda. In that romentic city
only a bull should see red.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-29
Base Ball Item.

Even though you hit the pitcher
And lead the rest dance,
If the umpire is "agin" you
You have mighty little chance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-29
A Mystery.

A decade wondrous changes viii show
No mystery is greater.
A man we scorned five years ago
We vote for five years later.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-29

Archeologists credit the Philistines
with bringing at least one great inven-
ton to the ancient Kingdom of Israel.
This is the safety pin. But they do not
tell who introduced it into Scotland.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-29

'If we ,wus as anxious" said Uncle
Eben, ito git even fob every favor done
us as we Is fob every injury, dar
wouldn' be nigh so much fussin' an
back talk to listen to-"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-29
A Preiudiced Impression.

What is your idea of classic?"
"A classic" said Mr.. Cumrox, "is
something you have to listen to because
somebody else said it was good"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-29
Is That All?

From the indianapolis Star
II this endurance competition con-
tinues. some one eventually will go up in
January and never come down till June
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-29
The Candid Method.

From the Albany Evening News.
The happy husband Is one who can
eat o dinner that came from cans and
tell his wife what good cook she Is.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-29
Also Millennium.

From the Toledo Blade.
When the nations of the earth get to-
gether without bending the tenders
that win be peace.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-29
In Almost Any Office.

From the Hamilton (Ontariol Spectator.
The thought occurs that "Shipwreck"
Kelly, who has broken his own record OF
hagpole sitting by remaining aloft %
days. must surely have served his sitting
apprenticeship as en- oflca boy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-29
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