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La gaceta., 1930-10-17
NLI EFTN DE LA GACETA'
LAS E
DE PARIS
Traducci6n de
Pedro Pedlaza v Paez

cupe, una mujer de cierta edad,
en- traje de sierva rusa, salio del
castillo, bai6 la escalinata, y a
rrodillandose delante de mi quiz
SO besarme las manos, 10 cual no
CONSENT. Con las mas respetuo-
sas demostraciones me hizo su-
bir la escalinata y me introduce
en- ell vestfbulo. Ali me detuve,
y dirigiendome a mi guia lie pre-
gunte :-Vamos, buena mujer,
len que casa estoy?-La sierva
La gaceta., 1930-10-17
=.
LIMPIA CIENTIFICAMENTE
IA SANGRE Y LA TONIFICA
ANADIENDOLE FUERZA Y
~PRODUCIENDO CARNE
SOLIDA Y MUSCULO

Durante 40 afos P. P. p. ha
dado alivio a miles de perso-
mas que han sufrido de debili
dad, dolores, erupciones de la
piel, granos y perdida de Pc
so. Estas molestias han tenido
orfgen en- la pobreza Y debili>
dad de la sangre.
P. P. P. renueva los cor
p1sculos rojos y hace la sangre
RIGA Y pura, CuandS este sc
obtiene desapayece ell sufri
miento, regresan las fuerzas y
ell sistema recupera su condi-
ci6n saludable.
Dele que lie devuelva su sa-
Iud.
listed no arriesga un centa-
70 en- usar P. p. p. Su boti-
carlo tiene instrucciones para
devolverle su dinero 81 no que
d. satisfecho dsepues de usar
la primera botel1a. Tai es la fe
que tenemos en- P. P. P.
LConsentira listed en- seguir
sufrtendo, sinti6ndcse debil,
C ando puede gozar de buena
salud, fuerza y felicidadf
C6mprelo hoy.
La gaceta., 1930-10-17
ESTA NOCHE PELEARA Ell
TORITO ARGENTINE

Ell "torito argentine, Justo
Suarez, peleara hoy en- ell Madi-
son Square Garden, New York,
con Luis Kid Kaplan, una de las
victimas de Manuel Quintero.
Sera un combate a diez asaltos.
Suarez ha vencido a Joe Click
Herman Perlick, Bruce Flowers
y Ray Miller.
81 vence a Kaplan Sc batira
con Jimmy McLarnin ell dia 81
La gaceta., 1930-10-17
TRIUNFARON KID CHOCO,
LATE Y A BILL

New York, Oct. 17.-Vuelto
de nuevo a la acci6n, despues de
un descanso, Kid Chocolate, el
cubano de peso de puma, puso
a dormir a Benny Majors, ell
pugilista de la Armerfa, en- ell
primer asalto. Pesaba Majors,
La gaceta., 1930-10-17
EN- WEST TAMPA:


VIE ueeto II para vIstas por ell dia: Ybor CITY. Y14ss
ives; tampa, d 5046. Para llamadas Dor Ia nocha
70 mSmO en- YbOr que en- West Tampa, ( I4Io.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-12
Another Boon for the Blind.

Punch" that standby Of all British
ers living at home or stationed in far
flung possessions, popular today as it
was with their grandfathers and great
grandfathers, has announced a new
and praiseworthy departure. mfr.
Punch is pleased to announce" states
printed box in the latest edition to
reach these shores, "that, with the ap-
prevail OF its proprietors, an edition in
Braille is about to be issued. Each
number will contain selections from the
text of the previous months issues, and
indications viii be given of the way in
which the legends of pictures have been
illustrated: It Is hoped by Mr.. Punch
that this will give pleasure to the Eng
disappearing blind all over the world. y
It viii. Good for mfr. Punch" who
personifies all the clever, kindly people
who draw and write for this classic OF
humorous publications. The sense OF
humor Of the blind can in no possible
way except by lack of experience be In
feriOr. and, In fact, ought be catered to
because Of their other depriyations
Especially is this true of those blinded
in adult life, such as war veteraps. To
give these cause for hearty chuckle
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-12
Merger and the Car Fare.

In approving the form of merger
agreement looking to the uniflcation of
Washington's street railway systems, the
Senate District committee yesterday
acquiesced in an objection of the COM
panies and removed the section dealing
with appeals to the courts from de-
cisions and orders of the Public Utilities
Commission. The committee decided
to report this section in separate bill.
and have the Senate pass on it before
acting on the merger plan,
The companies had insisted that the
section should be divorced from the
form Of merger agreement and should
be considered. If at all, as a separate
measure. They even went so far as to
say that the inclusion of the section
with the agreement would make the
merger of the street railways impossible.
1t is difficult to understand this atti-
tude. 1t would make no difference
whatever to the new company or to the
separate street railway companies
whether the section is passed with the
form of agreement or as separate act
of Congress, since the changes proposed
in the law can be considered just as
well at one time as another. Further
more, it would be simpler and easier
for Congress to enact them into law
with the form of agreement than to
follow the course advocated by the COM
panies. But the committee, undoubtedly
as a compromise, gave way to the
wishes of the companies on this point.
1t is gratifying, indeed, that the COM
mittee ignored the other major protest
of the companies against the provision
in the merger agreement requiring
present street railway fares to remain
in effect for two years after the merger
is concluded. The companies claim to
hope confidently that the court, before
which this question is now pending,
will grant them an increased fare at
an early date. They contend that if the
court does not give them the ten cents
cash fare with four tokens for thirty
cents. it would be impossible for them to
obtain the approval of majority of
their stockholders to abandon this in
creased fare, and, for the sake of a
merger, to revert to the present rate of
fare. of eight cents cash and six tokens
for forty cents.
Without merger, Washington will
suffer, as 1t is suffering now, the incon-
venience and the cost of the continued
existence of the two separate street
railway companies with their wasteful
duplication of overheads and facilities
On the other hand, no one doubts or
denies that street railway transporta-
ton facilities would be greatly improved
If all the lines we're operated under a
single management which would bring
about the betterments which have for
so long been essential to the proper con-
duct of street railway operation in the
Nations Capital.
Seemingly, therefore, much will de-
pend upon the decision handed down
by the court.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-12
War With the Invisible.

If the United States were invaded by
a foreign army there would be deeds
of individual heroism which, however
insignificant might be their actual
contribution to national security, would
remain for generations as shrines along
the high road of history.
Heroic exploits of soldiers and sailors
have always picturesque setting They
are impressed upon the imagination
with all the stage paraphernalia OF
colorful uniforms, martial music, smoke
clouds rolling over battlefields and skies
afire with bursting shells. All the ele-
ments of the situation combine to create
a tangible picture.
1t is somewhat more difficult to sci
forth the dramatic quality Of battle
now in progress under our eyes in which
small group of men and women are
trying to block, with their lives If neeo
be, the progress of an invisible invad-
ing army advancing with weapons more
nation could arm its troops. There are
no uniforms, ne martial music, ne
flaming skies in the fight against al
epidemic. The battlefield is as quiet
as a graveyard. We cannot see the in
vading hosts. They are too small fol
the human eye to see, even with the
aid of the highest powered microscopes
The nature of the organism response.
BILE for parrot fever still Is unknown
There Is some reason to believe that 4
Is one Of the hlterable viruses-a nlys
ferrous living thing which is very clos
to the borderline between the organic
and the inorganic. 1t may even be ris
ing out of the world Of the non-living
as all life arose in the beginning.
The fight against parrot fever al
ready has cost the life of one labora
tory worker here. Another is seriousl.
i'll. A Baltimore bacteriologist has died
Others, without any word of comman,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-12
Mr.. Hughes Critics.

Ihat the Senate will confirm the
nomination of Charles Evans Hughes as
Chief Justice of the United States is
accepted as assured. That his appoint
| ment should have been opposed in the
senate on the grounds argued yesterday
and the day before when the nomina
ton was under consideration is deplor-
able.
There was never an appointment to
high public office that commanded more
general approval by the people of the
country than that of Mr.. Hughes. The
immediate reaction to the announce
nlent that his name had been submitted
was that the most highly qualified man
in the United States had been chosen
by the President for the highest jul
dicial Office.
Mr.. Hughes critics, however, have
seen fit to challenge his fitness, his in
tegrity, his honesty of purpose. They
do not question his ability. They grant
that. And they aver that that very
ability units him for the role of Chief
Justice. His experience in the law, his
practice, his association with important
cases. they contend, render him I'M
suitable for the post of fair, impartial,
unprejudiced, disinterested judge.
The man of law, to do his duty by
his clients. must be an advocate as
well as counselor. He is not judge of
the merits, but a pleader for the rights
of those he represents. The fact that
Mr.. Hughes has been, since his re-
tirement from public Office, associated
with and counsel for litigants of wealth
and large corporations is tribute to
his ability, proof of his commanding
stature as legal practitioner. To contend
that such associations and such prac-
tice during these past few years unfit
him to preside over the Supreme Court
is to challenge his honesty and his jul
dicial Righteousness. 1t is unworthy of
Senators and it will evoke general con-
demnation in the country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-12

patton in efforts at rehabilitation of
war-torn Europe and in the special
peace machinery than favored hy
American electors, he was faithful to
their mandate. He also showed large
ness of vision and a breadth of SYM
pathy impossible to many foreign lead
ers. In dealing with affairs on this
hemisphere, he showed admirable tact,
combined with f1rmneSS. One of his
last official acts, at the American
Conference in Havana, was the clear
ing of the atmosphere with an adj
dress worthy of Blaine, Hay or a
Root. 1t Is only reasonable to in
fer that President Hoover plans to
utilize his counsel in filling approach
ing vacancies. He could not have
found a man better fitted for that
work"
Looking forward to his assuming the
duties of the Office, the Detroit News
draws the picture: mo crowds will
assemble, there will be no flare of So
clal plumage, neither will there be bands
and marching and a great furore as a
new Chief Justice takes his robes and
his Office. Yet that event is as i'm
portant as the Inauguration of a Presi-
cent" The New York World adds:
There have been 81 Presidents of the
United States. Ten men have held the
ONCE OF Chief Justice for an average
period OF IA years, leaving upon the
history OF their country a deep and
lasting impression The Miami Daily
News states: ITO be recorded with
Marshall, fancy, Chase, Fuller and
White should be sufficient unto any
mans ambition. Evidently Mr..
Hughes intends to round out his life
in this judicial task"
Viewing him as ga commanding
figure in American life," the Atlanta
Journal declares that among all who
might have been considered for that
great office, Mr.. Hughes, by virtue of
his talents and attainmentS, his place
IN the Republican party and his pres
tige in national and international af-
fairs. was one whose appointment APP
peared predestined" Considering a
hint that the confirmation may meet
with some opposition" the Dallas Jour-
nal proclaims 1.-THE opinion of the
American people that President Hoover
has made happy choice" This view
Is Endorsed by the New Castle News,
the Lexington Leader. the Champaign
News-Gazette and the Muncie Star.
The Little Rock Arkansas Gazette,
noting that lone conservative is be-
ing replaced by another conservative"
speaks for greater representation for
progresSiveS. The Birmingham News
comments: 1T is perhaps unfruitful
now to speculate upon what might have
been. yet the country could hardly
have failed to react .admiringly in case.
for example, Mr.. Hoover had appointed
some eminent Democrat like Mr.. John
". Davis. All this is, of course, in no
disparagement of Mr.. Hughes" The
Schenectady Gazette records that ito
many it will appear that 1t might have
been a fine tribute on the part of the
President to an associate Justice to
name one Of them to the chief JUS
ticeship"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-12
S a good deed and one worthy of emu

is a good deed and one worthy Of EMU
lation.
Blind persons who read that wonder
full invention. Braille, are offered a
variety of solemn and instructive
thought, and also variety of fictional
entertainment. But this, so far as
inquiry at the Library of Congress dis
closes, appears to be the first attempt
to cater solely to their disabilities. One
of the peculiarities of Punch is that it
runs less to pictures and more to read
ing matter than the average American
comic weekly. And those little para
graphs, entitled "Charivaria"; those
short sketches and satires, brief poems
and reprinted advertisements, are we'll
worth perusing; do not let any Anglo
phobe tell you differently. Some of the
wheezes are not easily understandable
by those on this side of the Atlantic
but the average of clean and subtle
humor is far higher for an American
than most of them would suspect.
We have no comic publication
precisely comparable to the boyhood
and manhood friend of every subject of
King George; there is apparent. how
ever, through this announcement, a
chance for some one of ours firmly to
intrench itself in the affections of
thousands Of eager potential subscribers
who can enjoy printed joke with the
best and who can, at the same time,
through the sensitiveness of trained
fnger-tips, enjoy to limited extent
certain sorts of simple illustrations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-12
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

which President Garfield was sssas-
sinated is in the hands Of the Police
Force of Washington, D. G. The gun
with which President Mckinley was
assaSsinated Is in the hands Of the
Police Force of Buffalo, where the
President was killed.
@. Please explain the durability Of
the Appian Way.-L. D. H.
A. The Appian Way is the oldest and
most celebrated of all Roman roads It
was begun by Appius Claudius Caecus
while he was censor in 313 BIC. It
has an admirable substructure or foun-
dation from which all loose soil has
been carefully removed. Above this are
various strata cemented with lime, and
lastly comes the pavement, consisting
of large hexagonal blocks of stone COM
posed principally of basaltic lava and
Joined together with such precision as
to appear one smooth mass. This road
surpasses modern roads in durability
and is still in use..
trees bloom In Washington, d. CO.
w. j. D.
A. The single cherry blossoms usual
iy bloom between April and April Is
and last about 10 days. The double
blossoms usually bloom between the
18th and the 30th and last about two
weeks. The double blossoms usually
come out two weeks after the single
blossoms.
Q. Does the Chief Justice of the
United States Supreme Court have a
vote in decisions?-W. S. T.
A. The Chief Justice votes. All mem
bers vote, beginning with the one who
is youngest in point of service. This
rule, however, does not apply to the
Chief Justice, who is the last to cast
his vote in decisions.
@. Are cockfghts held in this coun-
try?-M. E. M.
A. They are not held openly. It is
believed that many gamecocks are
owned in certain parts of the country
and fights do take place.
@. Is the engagement ring worn over
or under the wedding ring?-M. A, G.
A. The wedding ring is placed on the
flnger first and the engagement ring is
worn above it.
Q. At what sessions of the Senate
was Mrs. FELTON, present as a Senator?
Il. M.
A. The late Rebecca Latiner FELTON,
was appointed by Gov. Hardwick of
Georgia to fill the vacancy caused by
the death of Thomas E. Watson and at
tended two sessions of the Senate. Mo-
vember 81 and %, 1922, when her sue
cessor was elected. Mrs FELTON, is the
only woman to have served in the Sem
ate.
@. How many lenses has a bee in its
eyes?-L. T.
A. The worker has 5000 to 1000
lenses in its eyes; the drone, 1000 to
5000; a queen, about 5000.
@. How much money is Pittsburgh To
spend on its new public auditorium
F. d.
A. Expenditure of $4,000 900 has been
authorized for the building of the Town
Hall.
Q. What use can be made of the
colored paper Innings of envelopes?-
G. A. NJ
A. This paper can be cut in odd
shapes, pasted on the top of a card
| table. in pattern after the style of a
crazy quilt" then covered with shellac.
Decorative fire screens made of this
paper are popular.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-12

and without any expectation of glory,
are carrying on the battle against these
invaders whom they cannot see and
whose behavior they cannot predict
They have no defensive weapons. They
have mounted guard along the narrow
borders of known creation against vast
invading hosts from the infinite dark
ness beyond.
If the popular imagination can appre-
ciate the mystery and terror of the
invisible and transform them into Wis
ible color. there is no reason why the
work of these psychologists should not
form the basis of one of the most in
spring hero legends in American his
tory When 1t is looked at in its true
light. few battle incidents will stand
in comparison to it. Certainly it should
have place in text books of history
equal to that of picturesque skirmishes
OF minor wars to which, until recently,
so much attention was devoted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-12
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

The Big Book.
The Dictionary brings share of COM
fort to my eye;
For it is large and fine
And handsome in design.
OF words it offers us an almost limit
less supply
And words are what we need,
To listen to or read,
When for the worlds improvement
statesmen gather round and try
To Shakespeare and the Bible scholars
all admit debt.
The Dictionary, too,
Demands respect anew,
And a sense of obligation recognized
as greater yet.
There are words beth great and
small;
Some are scarcely used at all
Somehow this world will line them up
to silence each regret!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-12

| Court" Yet common usage drops "of
the United States" when mentioning
the President and adds "of the Supreme
Court" when mentioning the Chief
Justice.
No ancient mariner scudding along in
his little bark attempting to negotiate
the passage between Scylla and
Charybdis runs more peril than does a
member of Congress who today makes
a carefully prepared speech on prohibit
ton. The latest case in point is the
speech of Representative Fort of New
Jersey, conscientious dry. and the reply
from his New Jersey colleague, Repre-
sentative Lehlbach, an avoWed wet, in a
wet district. Mr.. Forts advocacy of
home fermented wines and home brewed
beer caught the headlines, and gave
rise to the notion that he was deserving
prohibition and turning wet. Mr. Lehl-
bach in his reply, and in a spirit OF
irony, tainted the drys and demanded
they legislate to brand all drinkers
criminals. This, too, went into the
headlines, and now he finds that his
constituents are up in arms under the
impression that whereas the liberal"
Mr. Fort would permit home drinking
the "fanatical' Mr.. Lehlbach would
send every home drinker to jail.
X
The holiday of the President and Mrs
Hoover in Florida waters happily COIN
cides with their thirty-first wedding an
niversary. The Salina, Calf, news
paper which reported the wedding in it's
issue of February IL, 1899. started its
account of the ceremony with a refer
cnce to "the solemn words which united
for life the destinies of Herbert c.. Hoo
yer and Miss Lou c. Henry" and con-
cluded its account with a reference to
the many friends of the bride who
pair the best that this life affords in
the way of happiness and prosperity"
Neither the editor nor the brides many
friends then dreamed what destiny had
in store for the happily welded pair.
(Copyright 193o)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-12

Take advantage of this free service.
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ming Star Information Bureau, Frederic
]. Haskin, director, Washington, D. G.
T. 8 ;. Is either Amos or Andy a Jew
A. Neither of them is Jew.
@. How much money is spent in Ha-
wall by tourists?-W. T.
A. It is estimated that they spent
over Sill 900 900 in the islands last year.
About 10000 tourists stopped off for a
day in Honolulu while en- route to other
ports and 22,190 spent longer periods of
time.
@. What is worsted?-A. v.
A. Worsted is the wool twisted when
spun of long staple wool which has
been combed to lay the fibers parallel.
Cloth spun from this yarn Is also called
worsted.
@. What is the difference between
dry snow and wet snow?-P. T.
A. When SnowfallS emanate wholly
from high cirro-stratus clouds in eX-
IRENE cold, minute subcrystalline va
rieties or dry snow predominates. Wet
snow is an accretion deposited by mist
drops upon the crystalline varieties or
dry snow while they are passing through
the air on their way earthward.
@. Are there library training schools?
j. r. P.
A. The Association of American Lii
brary Schools, consisting of a number
of library training schools, has estab-
lished the following minimum standards
for library training: Entrance re-
quirements must cover four-year high
school course or its equivalent; the school
must offer at least one full academic
year, not less than "a weeks, OF tech
nical and professional library courses
and must prepare for general work in
| the profession rather than for positions
in any specific library. Some of these
/ library schools are departments of uni
versities others have been established
| in connection with libraries. Many
! libraries conduct classes for the prac-
| teal training of their own clerical
workers. Desirable preliminary train
cludes work in literature, history, eco
Monies, science, psychology. sociology
and at least one foreign language.
@. How long does a rabbit usually
| live?-A. M. H.
A. The average is from four to five
, years.
@. What is the origin of the quo
tation, "Gibble, gobble, gable, git"?-
]. D. S.
A. The expression was coined by
Oliver Wendell Holmes in describing an
afternoon tea.
@. Who were the first shoemakers in
this country?-S. G. H.
A. The first shoemakers were Thomas
Beard and Isaac Hickman, who settled
| in Salem, Mass, May %, 1929. Philip
Kertland began the manufacturing of
| shoes in Lynn, Mass, in 1885.
@. Where are the pistols with which
our Presidents have been assassinated?-
H. c. T.
| A. The pistol used when Lincoln was
| shot is in the War Department. It is
our understanding that the gun with