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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-22
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

| been through this was a mistake, and
will be an even sadder one next year,
II the conditions which are expected to
prevail actually occur. We may hope
that the experts are mistaken, and that
there will be enough rain to supply all
needs. especially the one created by the
superdryness of the present growing
season.
4 4 X
Bone meal, the old standby for the
grass, may be applied at this time with
prospect of much good to the lawn in
the Spring. The coarser grades of meal
will be the best for Autumn application,
although probably even the finest will
not be lost.
1t is questionable whether fertilizers
are completely washed out of the soil
at the point of application, as some
gardeners seem to think. This might be
true on very sloping ground, but the
average garden is fiat, hence most OF
the fertilizer elements stay in the soil
until needed.
Those who find their lawn beginning
to turn brown at this time need not
worry about it. The grass has had a
tough pull for many weeks; it is no
wonder If it begins to fail now.
The early browning will not affect the
roots, however. The rust which comes
into the grass during the Fall is not the
same as that which makes a lawn I'M
signify during the growing season.
* X \
The movement for better and lighter
lawn mowers is one to which most home
owners will give their hearty indorse-
ment.
The trouble with the average lawn
mower is that it will not wear out.
We know several which have been in
operation for rs or 30 years, and are
still going Strong-and heavily
The owner dislikes to discard such a
faithful servant. If it would balk, now
and then, go on strike, and refuse to
cut at all, he would not hesitate a sec
ono about Junking 1t for one of these
neW-fangled presSed-steel affairs.
But the old coffee mill still cuts it's
weekly grist of hay as faithfully as
ever, II one Is persistent In wheeling It
around rose beds, tugging it up ter
races. hoistlng it up the basement steps.
Rugged 1t surely is; sturdy to the
last degree; well built in every sense.
1t Will never wear out. But in the
meantime 1t becomes heavier with the
passing years. When you and it were
young, Maggie, 1t whirled along fairly
well, but now that it is old and rusty,
1t seems as heavy as lead.
Terraces, flower beds and short turns
are what make grass cutting bore.
A terrace is the invention of the
devil himself. Cutting grass on the
level is merely matter of straight
away, but on a terrace it is a nuisance.
Flower beds demand that the per-
spring mower be too careful, and that
he twist and turn the mower too many
times per square yard covered.
The short turn, as we call It. Is
simply the situation wherein the mower
finds himself unable to back away far
enough to turn the grass cutter in
the very act of cutting.
There Is nothing for him to do but
pick the thing up bodily and turn it
around. This Is another garden null
Sance.
Taking the nuisance out of gardening
is something of feat Why not hire
gardener? Well, that is one way of
doing it. certainly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-22
The Army Relief Show.

The fortunate thousands who attend
the military exposition and carnival on
Thursday, Friday and Saturday of this
week at the Army War College grounds
will, of course see a fine show The
expositions preceding this one. inau-
gurated in 1927, assure that But what
is more they will. through their ad-
mission prices. take part in aiding one
OF the worthiest Of causes. Their
money will swell the funds administered
by the Army Relief Society, which
every year pays out more than hun
dred thousand dollars for the relief Of
the widows and orphans of men who
die in the service. These dependents,
left to subsist on pensions that are
often entirely inadequate, have come
TO rely on the Army relief for preven-
ton of actual hardship and suffering.
Members of the military service con-
tribute out of their own salaries to the
fund, while the receipts from the mill
tary exposition here and somewhat
similar affairs elsewhere increase it.
AS for the snow itself. the annual ex-
position has already become an insti-
tuition In Washington. The Army peo-
pie regard the exposition as an oppor-
tunity not only for entertainment, but tc
show the taxpayers who support the
Army what their money goes for. The
expositions have, therefore, become
demonstrations of military science and
equipment. made more attractive By
colorful pageantry based on some his
torical event. These heretofore have
been taken from incidents in the World
War, but this year, which is the cen.
Aaspial Of the FIRST covered wagon trains
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-22

steps toward the kind of government
the forefathers contemplated. Among
the 1ndorserS are Thomas A. Edison,
owen ID. Young, Samuel Untermyer
Bernard Baruch, John Sharp Williams,
John w. Davis and George B. Cortelyou.
The only vocal opposition" commented
LUDLOW, comes from persons Vho freely
admit that Federal bureaucracy has be-
come great menace, but who contend
lugubriously that it has progressed SO
lar and has become so thoroughly en-
trenched nothing can be done about it."
4
ut is most gratifying" Commission
er Lafount of the Federal Radio Com
mission recently commented, ito note
the trend by many broadcaSting sta
tons from jazz to Informative and in
structive talks by officials and experts.
This is one of the most important
uses to which a station can dedicate
itself. No one can estimate the bene-
mt to the American people If selected
educational programs are brought into
their homes daily. Healthy discussions
among members of family naturally
follow. In the end death blows will be
dealt to provincialiSm and colloqualism
which lead to Sectionalism and strife.
The government of Mexico is purchas-
ing receiving sets and establishing
listening stations in order to raise the
cultural level through educational pro-
grams. Germany at the moment sur
passes the world in educational broad
casts. Microphones there are taken into
factories, shipyards, government as
semblies, etc, in order that air stu
dents may hear the buzz of industry
and actual debates as a background for
the instruction of the radio teacher"
Copyright 1901
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-22

quarters that a permanent Tightening
OF the immigration law should now be
made. The Philadelphia Evening Bull
letin suggests that admissions should
at all times be regulated by American
labor conditions. In times Of industrial
depression there ought to be complete
exclusion OF all alien workers, save such
as come to fill places here for which
SUFFICIENT home labor is not obtainable
and whose labor is of such q kind that
1t helps speed up home industry In
stead Of bringing new competition into
crowded Market" is a thought ad-
vanced by the Bulletin
Discussing the selective Immigration
views OF Secretary Davis as common
sense views" the Pittsburgh Post-Ga-
zette classes the present order as Gin
that direction" and goes on to saw that
Mr.. Davis would have the genius or
any industrial key man admitted at
once. That is simply the logical APP
plication of the principle of selection"
this paper AYERS. The South Bend
Tribune believes that IF unemployment
Is not materially lessened In the near
future drastic order may be antici-
Some editors advise the deportation
at this time of all aliens unlawfully IA
the country. I'm our years of prog-
perity we made the mistake of import
ing too many laborers, and now that
there is scarcity of work, we are And.
ing that we must pay for our former
mistake" says the Abilene Daily Re-
porter. Coincidentally with the present
resurrection on immigration the Spring.
neld Union thinks the Government
might we'll pursue its course of round-
lng-up plainly undesirable aliens and
shipping them back to the country from
Wnicn they came" The PocateIl0
Tribune says, I'VE have little faith In
immigration restriction, but we do be.
lieve in selection"
Something is awry in a country
oneTing unlimited opportunity for more
employment that Is bothered with 4
problem of unemployment" exclairns
the Memphis Commercial-Appeal. THE
new policy is described by the ST. PAM
Pioneer Press as "well enough So far
as It goes, but IL left standing bv itself
without other and really effective meas.
ures, continues the st. Paul paper. ait
might do more harm than good. In
the past when the business cycle turned
ana depression began, the condition has
peen left pretty much TO work out In
It's own way, according o the forces Of
economics, like a disease running its
course. Almost all elements in the eco-
nomic system have taken their defia.
ton, and then when the ground has
been completely cleared of inflated fac
tors and the bottom reached, business
attains a new, healthy tate of adjust
ment and begins its upward climb.
vivors OF 1893 can attest, or even tina
farmers who went through defiation in
1871, and the brutality will probably
always be TO some extent present until
fluctuations of business are entirelv
eliminated In some future millennium
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-22
Senator Pittman Plans
To Boost Silver Price
From the Kansas CITY star

From the Kansas City Star.
Senator Pittman of Nevada has a
new plan for bolstering up the price
of silver in the interest of the mine
operators and at the expense of the
country at large. His latest proposal
Is to lend 500 million silver dollars to
China to build railroads and highways.
He proposes that after the silver dol
lars are shipped the United States
Treasury shall purchase enough do
nestle silver to replace them. He would
undertake to get other countries to ioin
the United States in making the loan,
put no doubt he would be willing to
have this country shoulder the burden
alone, II he thus could create an arti-
ficial market for silver and give the
mine operators a big bonus out of the
United States Treasury.
1t is difficult to believe that Senator
Pullman is serious in making such a
proposal, but 1t is no more preposterous
than the project he carried through
Congress in the war period.
When the proposal was made to help
England solve its exchange problems
With India by selling 200 million ounces
Of United States dollars TO England for
Shipment to the Orient, Senator Pitt
man persuaded Congress to authorize
the United States Treasury to purchase
enough domestic silver at dollar an
ounce to replace the silver dollars sold
70 England In carrying out his plan,
the Treasury paid the silver miners
ABOUT 80 cents an ounce more than
silver was worth in the world market,
representing bonus of about go mil
lion dollars to a mine industry, which
had no possible legitimate claim on the
Government.
Some time. it is hoped, the lawmakers
VIII awaken to the realization that silver
is merely commodity to take its
chances with other commodities in the
markets of the world. For SO years
silver mine operators have been inter-
mittent recipients of benefits from the
government under the pretense that
silver still was a standard money metal
II is Time to give up the delusion. Even
Tor subsidiary coinage, silver has almost
ceased to be used except in the United
States, and this country goes on buying
silver bullion to coin into halves. quar-
ters and dimes. The rational thing for
Congress to do is to authorize the
treasury to cease these purchases and
TO melt up into small coins, from time
70 time, the useless silver dollars piled
up IN the Treasury.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-22
Radios Legion Appeal.

1t is doubtful whether in time of
war more impressive call to the colors
could have been made than the Ma
ton wide invitation the other night by
means OF radio to the American Legion
convention to be held in Boston, Oc-
tober SO.
For an hour and half Nationwide
network carried program dedicated to
the organization of veterans Of the
Great War. Again the marvel of the
ether waves stirred listeners In all Sec
tions of the country.
With only the necessary few seconds
intervening between the various Sec
tlonal programs the voices were heard
OF the representatives of Maine, Massa-
chusetts, New York, the National Can
itai' Florida, Illinois, Texas, California
and Oregon, all of whom were seated
by the microphones in their respective
cities. Military bands and orchestras
from each section followed with an
propriate selections.
In Washington the voices of Gen.
John j. Pershing, Secretary Patrick
Hurley OF War, and National Comdr.
Bodenheimer of the American Legion
were heard. In New York the rendi-
lions of opera stars were features of the
program. Praise of the Legion's work
was expressed by governors and mayors
of the respective States and cities.
Closing the program was the enact
ment OF the hanging out Of the lanterns
from old North Church and a sketch
of trench life overseas.
Another epoch in history was made
patriotism and radio combining.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-22

cuperation and waits for q more favor.
able opportunity. And it Is not at all
assured that IL Chang Hsueh-liang
pours his forces into Chihh Province
and establishes himself at Peking he
will quickly leave and turn the field
over to Chang Kai-shek, the Nationalist
chief. There are certain details and
principles regarding the status of
Manchuria that remain to be estab-
ished to the Manchurian marshal's
satisfaction.
Meanwhile there is a renewal of fric-
ton with Russia on the Manchurian
border, caused by what Moscow calls
the failure Of the Chinese to carry out
the terms of the protocol signed at
Khabarovsk. which effected settlement
OF the trouble over the Chinese Eastern
Railway last year. White Russians,
opponents of the red regime. are re-
ported to be again active against Soviet
interests on the railway, and complaint
is made that the Chinese have done
nothing, as required by the protocol, to
check these activities. Sinister hints
come from Moscow of the possibility of
renewal of the contest, the Isvestia,
Official journal of the Soviets, remind
ing China Of the "pitiful results" of the
1929 enterprise and saying that it is
difficult to believe that the Chinese de-
sire a repetition Of the experiment"
This affects the part that Chang Hsueh-
lang may play in the present situation.
as he still relies upon the Marking gov
eminent for his foreign relation service.
and his military performance in the
Russian campaign was not particularly
effective or brilliant.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-22
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

The resources OF our free Tnforma-
ton Bureau are at your service. You
are invited to call upon it as often as
you please. 1t is being maintained solely
70 serve you. What question can we
answer for you? There is no charge
at all except 2 cents in coin or
stamps for return postage. Address
your letter to The Evening Star In
Iormatlon bureau, Frederic j. Haskin,
director, washington, D. G.
@. How many stamp collectors are
there in the United States?-G. T,
A. 1t is estimated that there are
about 100000 stamp collectors in this
country.
Q. How many times has Sir Thomas
Upton raced for Americas Cup?-
A. He has challenged for Americas
Cup f1ve times, in 1899 1901, 1908, 1918
(this race was postponed until 1920
because of the World War;, and in
1880.
Q. Is the seal used on the place
cards at the White House the seal of
the United States?--W. A. S,
A. 1t is not the seal of the United
States, but is the seal of the President
OF the United States, and is distinctive
In several respects from the seal of the
United States.
@. Are there any talking pictures
done in Yiddish?-R. C.
A. The first complete Yiddish all
talking and singing picture program
was recently given in New York City.
One and two reel pictures opened the
program, which closed with the seven
WIT a
equivalent OF Eternal Fools"
9. How large cigar has been made ?
A. The Retail Tobacconist saws that
one of the features of the recent expori-
ton held at Seville. Spain, was a cigar
made In Cuba by Senior FonSeca which
TOOK four and half months to COM
plete. The cigar is valued at $4,000. 1t
Is 812 feet long, so inches in circum-
ference, and weighs 121 pounds. Ninety-
six pounds of tobacco were REQUIRED for
the filler and 25 pounds for the wrap
per.
@. What are the UNEMPLOYED parts
OF the world?-J. M. B.
A. There are still large tracts of I'M
explored country in various parts of the
world, notably the Amazon Basin in
Brazil, in the Antarctic, in Central Az
RIGA, and among the islands of the
Southern Pacific Ocean.
O. Has an iceberg any salt in it?
Why does it fioat?-A. B. F.
A. When salt water freezes, the
percentage of salt in the ice is so small
as to be practically negligible. One of
the peculiar properties of water is that
1t expands on freezing. Ice, therefore,
Is less dense than water, and floats.
@. Why does the blood rush to the
face and cause blushing?-E. G.
A. Blushing is caused by dilatation
of the blood vessels of the face due to
excitement or nervousness. The blood
vessels expand and the blood rushes
to the face.
@. What is the meaning of the word
"fabliaux?"-H. d. G.
A. Fabliaux is the plural Of fabliau
which is one of a kind of short metri-
cal tales, composed chiefly in the twelfth
and thirteenth centuries by the trou-
veres and told for amusement merely.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-22

About this time every year we write
an "end-of the-garden" article, and in
variably receive several letters in which
we are told that the chrySanthemuns
and other delightful flowers have yet to
bloom.
The sist of these letters is that we
are AL wet" as the saying has it, about
the garden being at an end for the sea-
son. Why, this Is the best time of the
garden year," they say.
Not for us.
We are tired of cutting grass, trim
ming borders, fighting ants. The small
chores of the garden bore us fearfully.
Now We are willing to call it quits until
another Spring.
Spring
There one has something worth writ
ing about 1t Is in Springtime that the
old naturalistic explanation of life fails
to satisfy.
To be told that Spring is the result
simply of new nearness of the sun to
the earth somehow fails to convince.
There is more in Spring than that
1t must take God to create Spring,
when the greenneSs comes back to the
grass, and the leaves to the trees, and
gardeners back to their earth.
Lawns undoubtedly will take on their
Autumn brown long before time this
year, owing to the effects of the drought.
Gardeners everywhere will find much
material for mental adventures in
watching the effects of the dry spell
upon their plants.
Will the tulips come up next Spring
as usual?
Ordinarily there is no doubt in any
on'S mind concerning them. They lie
concealed for the Summer, Fall and
Winter, resting in the earth, waiting for
the first warmth of Spring to send their
green shoots above ground.
During their Information they quietly
build up the latter portion of the tulip
blossom. The petals are created before
hand.
No doubt an average supply OF mois-
ture plays an important part in this
process. This Spring and Summer have
been sadly lacking in this respect. How
will the lack affect the tulips, the cro-
cuses, the daffodils, jonquils, snow
drops, hyacinths?
Shrubs and roses which may have
been tranSplanted during the extremes
of the drought probably will show the
effects of 1t for several years.
Weather officials tell us that, owing
to the lack of water this Summer, there
probably will be a smaller portion of 1t
fall as rain for at least two years.
This means that, no matter how much
rain the country has from now on, the
underlying stratas will be drier than
usual.
1t means that the home gardener
will have a different problem to face
next Summer, one somewhat resembling
this, except that he will have this adj
vantage-that he will be warned in ad-
vance.
Even with such advance notice, there
would seem to be little that he can do
about 1t except water his shrubs. plants.
grass in early Spring and Summer, no
matter how much rain falls.
There is a period between the latter
part of Spring and the middle portion
of Summer when the average gardener
of the strictly amateur variety is in
clined to let the garden take care of
itself.
In such a season as we have just
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-22

transcontinental journey to Oregon, the
Army has chosen to reproduce some Of
the scenes Of the covered wagon days
In addition to this pageant, however,
the War College grounds will be trans
formed into an assemblage of military
exhibits in which all branches Of the
service will participate. Cavalry, Artil-
lery, Infantry. Air Corps, Tank Corps,
Engineer Corps and others will Join in
providing a three-ring circus for the
youngsters and q really valuable dem
onstration of military craft and skill
for the grown-ups.
Washingtons support of the relief ex-
position has grown as the Army has
enlarged and improved the show and
as the public has become familiar with
the nature of the event.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-22

Fabliaux are usually comic and satirical
and strictly coarse, and are often eyni-
cal, especially in their treatment Of
women. They throw light, however, on
the state Of society and the manner
Of everyday life. Such are the fabliaux
proper from which Boccaccio and other
italian tale-tellers, Chaucer and Moliere
got directly or indirectly some Of their
material.
Q. When were priests first forbidden
to marry?-F. d. +.
A. The first church council which
definitely forbade marriage to the high
er clergy was the local Spanish Synod
OF Elvira in the year sos.
@. Is whistler's portrait Of his
mother in the Luxembourg or in the
Louvre, in PARISH. F. s.
A. 1t was originally in the Luxem-
oourg, but is now in the Louvre.
Q. How long has Palm Beach been q
Winter resort?-B. A. w.
A. The development of Palm Beach
as a Winter resort began In 1892.
@. Where do we get the word cham
delier" and when we're chandeliers In
vented?-J. M. N.
A. chandelier" is French word.
Clusters of hanging lights were used
as early as the fourteenth century.
@. What is limited partnershipi-
@. II. G.
A. In q limited partnership the
limited partner Is given the character
of an investor rather than a general
partner and does not participate in the
management of the business.
@. Has Ecuador one or two chains
of mountains?-B. N
A. The Andes pass through Ecuador
in two chains, known rs the Eastern
and Western Cordilleras. They run
parallel to each other and to the Pa
cific Coast.
@. Where are the sessions of the
Pennsylvania State Nautical Academy
held?-C. F. S.
A. They are held on the school ship
Annapolis, which makes annual cruises
with its students.
@. Who played the title role in the
original production Of THE Second
Mrs. Tanqueray"?-R. @. v.
A. Mrs. Patrick Campbell created
the role of Mrs. Tanuueray in the
Pinero play on November 20, 1888. at
the Alexandria Theater in Liverpool,
England.
@. Why are large thumb lacks
placed in some Of the streets in cities?
e. J..
A. In approaching a hospital or
other quiet zone, careless motorists
sometimes fail to observe the warning
signs. These tacks jolt the car to q
certain extent and act as a reminder
of the entrance to such zones.
@. When were the first people tat
tooed in the United States?-D. c.
A. Tattooing fashion in this country
was set by Capt. Constantinus or Con-
stantenus, who in the early 70s Of the
last century travelled with Barnum as
the first tattooed man to be shown In
the United States, and whose skin
markings were regarded in his day az
the most elaborate exhibited In Eu-
rope or America.
@. Is Selma a Spanish name? What
does it mean?-J. G. Z.
A. Selma Is Of Celtic derivation ana
means fair"