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the future. In time we may paw our
foreign representatives a living wage"
Inc Times states as to the appropria-
ton: 1t consists of a sum total of
$4,000, to be divided among 95 diff
ferent posts. Furthermore, the sums
allotted are tightly restricted by the
usual red tape. They may not be used
for motor hire, and ali sums above 500
can be d1sbursed only after competitive
DDS nave been asked But it is at least
provided that they may be used for re-
ceptions on American official holidays
and for functions in honor of dis
tlngulshed visitors. as well as for the
purchase of wreaths and flowers for
ceremonial occasions, and for paving
tips when required by the custom OF
the country"
!, Finding Justification for the dry
policy in the spirit of the American
preserved wherever Nhe American nag
may be officially displayed" the Hart
ford Times holds that moral consist
ency can justify no less. The Louis
vile Times, however, points out that
embassies must entertain a great MANY
persons in whom they have no personal
interest" and continues They must
De entertained in accordance with the
pervasive view of how diplomat should
entertain, as well as in accordance
with the customs of the country.
Wines are usually the major expense. or
one OF the major items of expense, In
American embassies. The American
diplomatist. who can smile over the
vine glasses while paying for wine for
persons he would rather not have to
entertain will be indeed a stole"
The State Department, since the
tlme OF Secretary Hughes. has left its
0fh IL frNA Ell
toms OF the countries to which they
were accredited" records the Worcester
Evening Gazette, adding: Our Dip
lomats are not forbidden to serve LIQUOR
1t would be absurd if they were, Clear
~ the rule is designed to save the de-
partment from fanatical criticism at
nome. or much more practical i'm
portance Is the refusal of the Govern
ment to provide for a diplomats indis-
psnsaole use OF car. But, above all,
these regulations serve to remind us of
the parsimonious attitude which Con-
Sress continues to maintain toward orr
Foreign Service"
Recalling an example Of Government
Irugality, In the sending from the De-
partment of State in 1921 of a st, sann
OF circulars impressing upon the chiefs
OF missions the Importance of ..eid
economy, the Columbia State COM
AASAASS' LAG OlpIOLI1dLlC OmcerS, who
were spending their own money sor
maintaining their establishments, were
then seriously told that the light bills
OF some Offices might be reduced; that
In striving for economy no detail was
TOO small for consideration; that some
consul in some dark corner of the elobs
mad made point of turning of tbs
light whenever leaving the ONCE, and
IN year had saved Sl4 or s24 - we
forget which. While they conserved at
splllway. Yes, the heads of missions
should be willing to buy their own
wine"
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concerned. Men who claim to know
declare there's a formal assurance from
Morrow as to that on file at the White
House. A Wickersham law-enforce-
ment commission scout, recently on
tour in the West, is back in Washing
ton with word that Morrows name as
1882 wet hope is constantly encoun-
tered throughout the Mississippi Valley.
X
Not SO much attention as it deserves
has been attracted by Senator Norris
statement in Nebraska this week that If
the Republicans put up Morrow, or any
other outSpoken wet in 1882, the Demo-
Gratis logically ought to turn to their
most conspicuous dry, Senator Morris
Sheppard of Texas, as their presidential
candidate. Sheppard has just carried
the prohibition banner to stirring vic
tory in the Texas primaries. The very
newest Democratic possibility for 1882 is
George White of Ohio, Democratic ma
tional chairman in 1920. He is running
for Governor of the Buckeye State this
year. If he wins, he will, like many
an Ohio Governor before him, auto
matically assume presidential stature.
Princeton man, Klondike adventurer.
lawyer, banker, oil magnate and skillful
politician, White enjoys Nation wide
acquaintance with the Democratic rank
and file. His friends say the party
could go further and do worse.
X X
It's not violating any state secret to
disclose that the grand army of subor-
dfnate officers of state, headed by the
little cabinet" of undersecretaries, divi-
sional chiefs ct al, wish that one,
Herbert Hoover, would get vacation
move on him and leave town. Then
some of them would feel at liberty to
emulate the presidential example. AS
1t is, they think their cue is to stick
to their jobs, no matter how sticky
the sticking is. -Four cabinet officers
are on leave-Stimson, Wilbur, Mellon
and Mitchell The Attorney General
has just, sailed for Europe When the
Chief is farther away from Washing
ton than the Rapidan therell be a
grand exodus of the lesser lights in the
ship.of state.
The Right Hon. Lord Eustace Percy,
who told the Williamstown Institute of
Politics yesterday that the Kellogg pact
does not make war impossible Just
because 1t issues a solemn declaration
against 1t" is one of the up-and-coming
young statesmen of Britain. He knows
the United States well, as the result
of frequent visits. Lord Percy was
member of the late Baldwin Conser-
vative cabinet as minister of education.
He was born under a lucky star, being
the seventh son of the seventh Duke of
In 1920 Lord Percy
wrote book entitled, The Response
bilities of the League" He is just past
40 and sits in the House of Commons
Tor the historic Hastings division.
Copyright, 1900
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-06
Synthetic Rainfall.

Announcement that the business
manager of the Alexandria Chamber
of Commerce has ordered a supply of
"rain powder" from its producer in
Santa Fe, N Mex, and will sprinkle
It by airplane on the first promising
looking cloud that drifts along, in the
hope of giving that city a shower,
brings to mind the more or less scien-
life rain-making devices that have at
tracted attention during the past CEN
tury 1t was in 1884 that James p
Espy of Pennsylvania proposed the
building of enormous fires in regions
where rain was desired. The idea was
to set up rising air currents that would
bring about the atmospheric move
hlents incident TO the making of rain.
But somehow the bonfire method never
prevailed. Somebody then noted that
in war time battles attended by heavy
cannonading were occasionally followed
by rainfalls This indeed, had long
been a popular belief, and it was not
q far step to the bombardment of the
clouds for the purpose of bringing about
rainfall II there had been any Jus
tification for this hypothesis it would
surely have been demonstrated re-
peatedly during the great war, when
Commandments of unprecedented fury
were maintained sometimes for days.
without the least effect upon the
weather.
About forty years ago Congress in
response to repeated applications made
an appropriation for q series of expert
rnents In Texas by Gen. n. St G. Dyren-
forth, under the auspices of the De.
partnent Of Agriculture. Giant powder
was chosen as the explosive and large
quantities were detonated. A contro-
yersy that has never quite subsidized re-
suited from the experiments. Gen
Dyrenforth claimed that the test wa:
entireiy successful and that drops d
uatst, fell within twelve secorM from
the Nxt explosion of series. On thu
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A Great Wrong to
Maryland and Cats

To the Editor of The Star:
I live on the District line, upon the
Maryland side. Each year people from
the District, driving by my place, drop
MANNED or discarded kittens, cats and
dogs near our place, in order to escape
the trouble OF further care on their own
part in keeping these helpless creatures.
think one moments thought would
convince them-if they have any con-
science-that this is not only an OUT
rage upon us, but an unwarranted
cruelty to the animals Suppose I
should refuse to shelter these destitute
creatures; then they would wander
away into the woods to suffer, freeze or
starve. for this atrocity is committed
even in freezing Winter weather.
Having some remnant of conscience,
cannot see these animals suffer, there
fore 1 feed them and house them until
! take the trouble to carry them to the
Animal Rescue League in the city,
where they are cared for. This is an
expense as well as much trouble. The
hungry dogs left thus on my place In
the SaSt year have helped themselves to
a leg of lamb and to a whole ham as
we'll as taking the food which 1 have
provided for them.
What is the remedy for this? Do
the people at large know of the Animal
Rescue League and its kind service?
The true remedy hes deeper. People
should be made more responsible for
the animals which they pretend to own.
How is this for remedy?. Every one
owning cat should be made to register
for 1t as he does for dog. Each year
he should pay cat tax of 81 to care
for this registration II he cannot af-
ford the dollar he cannot afford to feed
an animal. Each year, at registration
time he should sign q voucher as to
any kittens born during the year and
his disposition Of the same. Such a
sworn statement would curb his care
less shifting Of his responsibility to
some helpless Maryland neighbor.
VIRGINIA TURTLE DAWSON.
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Motorizing lie Police.

commissioner CroSbyS proposal to
motorize the police of the second pre-
cinct, and supplant all foot patrolmen
with police working in pairs and riding
in automobiles, is more than an inter-
esting experiments. Doubtless it fore
shadows a major change in police patrol
methods that will be made generally eff
fective within a few years. While the
foot patrclman performs a function in
some Of the more ccngssted districts of
the city, consisting in merely walking
around and keeping his eyes open, that
will not be superseded by automobile
work, the old-time foot patrolman in
the residential sections has long since
ceased to be the comforting and ever
present representative of law and order
that he used to be. His visits are few
and far between. And through no fault
of his own he is seldom around when a
frantic householder would like best to
find him.
According to the Police Manual, the
patrolmen on the beat shall, by their
vigilance, render the commission OF
crime on or near their beats extremely
difficult" They are supposed to &C
quire such knowledge of the residents
on their beats las will enable them to
promptly recognize and furnish infor-
nation respecting them" During their
patrols they are supposed to examine
the DOORS. low windows and areaways
,,f l11fr x4yifh Vii
to ascertaining if they are properly
secured at night" and to look after
vacant houses. They shall form inn
pressions of persons they frequently
be able to afterward recognize them
and shall, If possible, learn their names
and addresses and communicate such
information to the sergeant, if the
circumstances be of suspicious ma
ture" They are supposed to report
dangerous buildings, lamps not burn
ing, public property that may be found
defective or broken" such as drains,
pumps, fire plugs, sewers, water pipes
broken and dangerous trees and tree
bOAcS, udLSS1OuS 1lOlcS III SAOCNdlhS,
roadways and parkings," and if they
observe anything which seems to be
irregular or insanitary and which can
not be remedied at once they shall
Immediately report same to their
stations"
Some of these duties are doubtless
performed by the foot patrolman as
matter of routine. If he sees hole in
the sidewalk or broken sewer flooding
the street he probably reports it in
stantly But other requirements of the
man on the beat have become imprac-
tical, If not impossible. They were
drafted for other days, other conditions.
The policeman touring his beat in an
automobile will cover the same ground
in an hour that his brother officer on
foot finds hard to cover twice a day.
Dividing their time between walking and
riding, a pair of patrolmen with an au-
tomobile could do the same work for
which four times as many foot police
men are required, and do it more sys-
tematically and efficiently. The second
precinct, combining residential Sec
ton with congested business district,
offers an ideal laboratory for Commits
sioner Crosby's experiment The practi-
cal results of the test will be watched
| with interest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-06

Am Other States and Canada.
Growing Uncle Sam.

UTOWlnS Uucle sam.
Uncle Sam is sure enough growing
up. The new census returns according
TO an Associated Press tabulaticn, which
has all the essence of official character,
show that the population of the "conti-
mental" United States-the area envel-
oped by the oceans and our two
borders-is 122. 72S,s73 Including Ter
ritories and outlying possessions. the
total is 137501,561. Ccntinentally, the
country increased by 17,O18.253 between
1920 and 1880, or 1871 per cent, COM
pared with 14e per cent between 1910
and 1920 and 81 per cent between 1900
and 1910. These are truly vital
statistics
The United States, big and populous
as it is, does not begin to contain as
many people as Soviet Russia, which
claims, in Europe and Asia, population
of 1872 900 o00-odd. Vast China. on the
basis of estimates, is assigned roundly
40o,000,000 inhabitants, though some
computations put the total at half
billion. India has nearly three times
as large a population as the United
States, that revolution-racked British
dominion accounting for nearly 020,-
100000 souls. Barring Russia, China
and India, America is far ahead of any
other country on earth in point of per-
sons resident within its borders.
New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Ohio
and Texas retain their 1920 census rank
as. respectively. the five most populous
States, in the order named California,
with a 646 per cent increase in popu-
lation, mounts in 1880 into the sixth
place among the big States, having been
apportionment to be based on the 1880
census, California gains no fewer than
nine new seats in the House of Repre-
ssntatives-so much for the allurements
Of her sunshine and other climatic
drawing cards. 1t is said that today
there are almost as many native sons
of Iowa in the Golden State as natives
Of California. That may account for
Iowa's transfer in the population roll
from sixteenth to nineteenth place
among the States.
Here in the disfranchised and de-
Americanized District of Columbia no
one can scan the, 1880 census results
without bordering with fresh humili-
ation over the fact that each of no
fewer than eight sovereign States con-
tains a lower population than the Fed
eral area. The District has ASS, 7l6
inhabitants. and ranks forty-first in
the roll of States" Below the Dis
trict come, in the order which fol-
lows, New Hampshire, Idaho, Arizona,
New Mexico. Vermont. Delaware, Wy
oming and Nevada. One of those
States, Nevada. with 9o,559 inhabitants,
has not one-fifth of the District of
Columbias population, yet Nevada has
two elected spokesman of her own in
the United States Senate and one mem
Der of the House OF Representatives.
When viii the outraged sense Of fair
play assert itself throughout enfran-
chised America and right the wrong
under which half million patriotic,
tax-paying. Iaw-abiding citizens in
Washington are compelled to live?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-06

King Victor Emmanuel II and Pre-
mier Mussolini recently stood side by
side and received the acclaim of the
Roman populace, the former for his
thirtieth coronation anniversary, the
latter for his birthday. Now We ask
if that was not character1sticaily Dig
hearted of Benito?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-06

occur at times. Mears' mascot, the
dog he had chosen as companion for
his round-the- world flight, meant even
more to him in the hours after the
crash than the prospect of the salvage
of the plane or the reconstruction. of
his plans. 1t may be accepted that if
Mears starts again Tailwind II will be
his companion, unless the Sealyham,
seeming the prospect, vetoes the pro-
posal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-06
Radio as Possible
Cause of Drought

To the Editor of The Star:
A year or two ago some one sug-
gesteo that the recurring droughts the
past several years have been due to
increasing use of the radio, the electric
waves In the air preventing condensa-
ton of water vapor,
No suggestion should be disregarded
IN a time of national calamity. and it
would be interesting If the President
would suspend broadcasting for two
weeks to test this theory.
s.. WILSON.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-06
Car Lines Could Please
By Lessening Noises
TO the Editor Of The Star:

TO the Editor Of The Star:
While an effort is still being made to
determine what amount of carfare is
Just and fair to both the street car
companies and the public, might the
latter not score q point in their favor
by stressing attention on the nerve
racking noise Of the street cars that
they are compelled to endure? Every
few minutes, day after day, year In and
year out, and all night lone--eXcept for
few hours before dawn--tfis nerve
racktng, sleep-destroying noise GOES on.
Even II living at q short distance
from the car lines, with windows open,
this becomes at times almost unen-
durable on heat-frayed nerves, or when
in the street. or riding on open cars, or
those with windows open.
Is not some consideration-in the
price of carfares-due the public in ex-
change for this continual nerVe-rack-
ing noise every one is subjected to?
~ GEORGIA ROBERTSON.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-06

A New York street cleaner is re-
warded with a gold band for his uni
form for his pluck and presence of
mind in throwing refuse pan through
the windshield of car in which ban
dts, one of whom was killed as re-
suit, and the other captured, were max
ing a getaway, What he really de-
serves is a portable vacuum cleaner.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-06
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

c. Which is more powerful, steam
or electricityp--J. A. P.
A. Neither is more powerful. Steam
locomotives and electric locomotives
are built to develop any given power
but certain peculiarities of each type
best suit it to given kinds OF service.
@. What is the address Of the Gen.
trail Casting Bureau?--W. H. D.
A.. 1t is 2l9 Hollywood Guarantee
Building, Hollywood, Calf.
Q. How can paper that has been
exposed to weather be unrolled without
breaking?-S. r.
A. The Bureau of Standards says
the paper which has become dry and
brittle from exposure to weather can
best be softened with water vapor. II
the paper has been exposed for q
number of years, great care VIII be
doubtless be best accomplished by ex-
posing the paper to moisture -satu-
rated atmosphere for a considerable
period of time.
@. Who commanded Old Ironsides
in her battle against the Guerriere?-
w. MGR.
A. Isaac Hull commanded this ship
during her battle against the British
Guerrero in 1912.
@. Where is Jesus Islands, N.
A. 1t is in the Province of Quebec,
Canada.
A. 1. G. -
A. The jew's-harp consists Of
frame Of metal in horseshos shape.
parallel branches; between them
metal tongue vibrates freely when set
in motion by stroke of the finger.
| The instrument is placed between the
| front teeth in such way as to give
| the metal tongue unrestricted move
ment, and the performer is able 10
produce various tones by altering the
size of the cavity of the mouth.
@. What is the name of the famous
cathedral on the Red Square In Mos
COW which was built by Ivan the
| Terrible?-H. H.
A. The Cathedral of vasili the
Beautiful was built by Ivan the Ter
rible in 1854.
@. Please explain about lightning
bugs.-E F.
A. Lightning bugs or fi-efiies be-
long to any species of two genera of
Photuris pennsylvania is a common
form in the Eastern United States.
Firefiies produce a bright, soft, inter-
mittent light without sensible heat
from an organ In the lower part of the
abdomen. This organ appears to be
specialized part of the fat body and
is supplied with nerves and abundant
| tracheae. The light is supposed by
some to be caused by oxidization of q
substance secreted by the cells.
@. What does microphyllous mean?-
T. T.
A. 1t is-a Greek word, meaning small
leaf.
@. Who was Lucasta?-C. H. T..
| :. Lucasta was the poetic name of
Lucy Sacheverell the lady love of Sir
Richard Lovelace. the English cavalier
poet, and this name also is applied to
his poems about her. It Is Latin
name, meaning chaste.
@. What is the derivation of the
word "berserk" PA. N.
A. Berserk is from Icelandic berserkr.
meaning bear shirt. In Morse tradi-
ton and folklore berserkr was onf
of class of wild warriors or cham
pions OF the heather, who dressed In
bearskins.
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Sensational Journalism.

SENSATIONAL J0uTAaIIsm.
st understand that Crimson Gulcn
has a newspaper"
YES" answered Bronco Bob. But the
fellers around here is so sensitive that
they dasnt print anything about EN- :"
ITS editorial staff must have many
difficulties"
Mister, that amt any editorial staff
That's a suicide club"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-06

An applicant for admission to the
United States Naval Academy is turned
down because he is too big-6 feet
4, and 225 pounds. What is the idea?
Are naval reductionists planning to get
down to a size Of craft that such a
man would upset? And just where, it
may be asked, was the attention of the
Annapolis athletic authorities?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-06
Second.Rate Hobo.

From the Lowell Evening Leader.
James Eads How. known as the mil
lionaire hobo. Is said to have died Of
starvation. Which is a fate that most
hoboes in one way or another manage
to avoid.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-06

"Spineless and headless" is the way
the Cayuga County special grand jury
describes prison officials up at Auburn
where two disastrous riots occurred.
1t is thought that it will not be long
until the phrase can be anplifled to
"spineless. headless and jobless.'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-06
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

A Success.
De very wust fault
You kin barber. dey say,
Is to tackle a job
An to do it half way.
Is jes' dom nuffln'
An doin' it fine.
De way to command
De respect of yoh friends
Is to carry things out
Ia de way you intends.
Is clean satisfied.
Dis ambition of mine
Is jes' dom muffin
An dom it fine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-06

France and Italy are still making
faces at each other over the frontier,
building artillery roads, parading
troops, etc. Mussolini undoubtedly can
make worse face than Poincare, Tar
dieu or BRAND, but there is more to
it than that. You tell them Wilhelm
Hohenzollern!
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An Impression.

Don't you think it would be a good
plan to give the Government control of
a whole lot more things?"
1T dunno" answered Farmer Corn
tossel, whether we ought to load 1t up
with too many responsibilities or not.
Sometimes It pears to me like the
Government had bout all it could tend
to in runnin' itself"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-06

A death belt of water containing
no oxygen. and, consequently, no pis-
catorial life, was discovered by the
Carnegie, exploring vessel of the Car
negie Institution, it is announced.
Many an eager angler will swear this
Fall that he encountered an outcrop
of this selfsame watery girdle right
here in the United States during his
Summer vacation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-06
Severity.


Authors assuredly have right to
complain of the severity of litera-:
critics." said the writing man.
"Yes," answered the editor. And
yet If we want particularly caustic
and severe criticism Of an author, we
get another author to write it,"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-06

The Westchester County grand jury
I'D at White Plains decides that steal
ing a 1925 Ford is not grand larceny.
Positively not-why, sometimes it is
favor.