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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-19
Anti.Noise Recruits Won
When New York Sets Pace

which in late years have added so enor-
rnously to the i'll health of this coun-
try" The Times records that in its
community the Fire Department has
ordered a reform in the use of siren
alarms in cases of fire" and expresses
the hope thai it will put an end to
the continued screeching Of apparatus"
The Charleston Daily Mail is convinced
that the most useless noise of all, and
the worst, is honking loudly when there
is obstruction to motor traffic"
Many noises that are peculiarly try
ing are absolutely needless and repre-
sent only indifference to the comfort of
the public. Every community needs a
competent and active se-abatement
commission in the opinion of the Chi
cago Daily News. The Albany Evening
News comedies that cit may be that the
race can accuStom itself to the noise
of modern life" but argues that every
effort to reduce the evil ought to be
made" The Fort Wayne News-Sentinel
finds confirmation of 1.-The old conten-
ton of experts that any city can have
Just about whatever degree of quiet its
citizens demand" and the Roanoke
Times states that many cities are
working on the problem, and reduction
in preventable noises may be expected
confidently"
1.-The country smiled tolerantly when
New York started the campaign, for 1t
seemed like another metropolitan
whim," says the Battle Creek Moon
Journal, noting, however, that "appar-
emily the metropolis is serious about it,
and it voices the encouragement: Let
the good work go on. 1t would be a
fine thing if the big cities became
Ravens of silence, SO that psople from
small towns and villages would have
somewhere to go to ease their eardrumS
and rest their nerves"
Enforcing the argument with the fact
that seemingly there is no low de-
scending sun but sets upon some new
auditory torment, while old ones grow
in violence" the Asbury Park Press as
serts: Mans inventive genius, ever re-
sponsive to demand, has been working
far into the night, devising ways and
means of shattering peace and driving
sleep from our touches. Motorists beat
a path to the door of the creator of
the loudest automobile horn. Radio en-
thusiasts regard volume and penetration
as the sine qua non of musical satisfac-
ton. Traffic policemen were made to
blow traffic whistles, and there had to
be a crime wave to give the newSboys
something to cry into the passerby's ear.
When bigger and worse noises are made,
people will make them"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-19
Urges Art Travels
So All Might See

From the Chicago Daily News.
In presenting valuable collection Of
early American art to Yale University
Francis p. Garvan and his wife lately
expressed the wish that artistic treas
ures possessed now or at any future
time by American universities or arr
institutes might be taken from CITY In
city, educational institution to ed,,ca-
tlonal institute, and thus brought within
reacn OF millions who too seldom see
meritorious works of the sort. ~
Pictures and other objects of art az
corolng to Mr.. Garvan. are dead and
buried when they remain shut in for
Years, never leaving the museum that is
SO fortunate as to own them What
pubic and semi-public libraries are do
ing Tor books and musical literature
according to Mr.. Caravans view, art in
stltuIeS ana museums should do on a
systematic and extensive scale for
paintings and sculpture, cut gems. china
and other objects of art.
Inc loan collection is a familiar and
established feature of the Summer sea-
son, when private collectors are away
from nome. But 1t is well known that
many treasures never leave the gall
leries which they adorn, and even their
owners glance at them only occasionally.
Why should great art be dead? Mr..
Garvan asks the question. Beauty is
a wonderfully refining influence, and it
is mistake to imagine that only a
superior few appreciate beauty. The
many simply do not have sufficient OPP
portunitieS to view noble and elevating
works of art.
It costs money to put art on wheels.
Insurance, transportation and expert
handling of delicate and costly objects
are expensive. But endowments and
other gifts for stich purposes would be
forthcoming. Mr.. Garvan thinks, If an
appeal we're made in the right demo-
cratic spirit. He, at any rate, has set
an inspiring example by advocating
vigorously and underwriting what he
calls "uniYersalitY in art"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-19
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

Washington is the worlds greatest
storehouse of all kinds of knowledge
You can draw on 10 free Of charge
through our bureau here. Any ques-
ton of fact you may ask will be an
swered promptly in personal letter
to you, Be careful to write clearly
give your full name and address. and
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age. Send your inquiry to The Wash
ington Star, Information Bureau, Fred
eric J. Haskin, director, Washington
D. c.
O. How does the distance that a
golf ball can be driven compare with
that of a base ball?-D. z. v.
A. A golf ball has been driven more
than three times as far as the record
base ball.
@. Why does it take so many more
muscles to frown than to smile?--W
w.
A. The human face has large num-
Der of small muscles under the sur
face of the skin. The art of frown-
ing requires the use OF muscles of the
forehead and scalp. 1t is thus pos
sible to produce many wrinkles in that
area. Smiling calls only for the use
GDf several muscles located in the
vicinity of the mouth, nose and eyes
@. How many gallons of water does
it take to produce a ton of ice?-R
G. K.
A. About 24O gallons.
o. What hotel was the first to in
stall an ELEVATORS. M.
A. The Fifth Avenue Hotel in New
York City installed the first in 1859
This figured in selecting it as hostelry
at which the Prince of Wales was
entertained in 1860.
O. What is the most valuable fur9-
@. Z F.
A. The sable is the most valuable
of all furs. 1t is soft and silken, deep
brown, often slightly Silvered. 1t Is
found only in Siberia. japanese and
Chinese sable, local varieties of less
value, are usually dyed or topped
@. What was the first educational
endowment in America?-D. T. n
A. The bequeathing of $50 sores OF
land, an adjacent salt marsh, and
eight milk cows comprised the first
educational endowment in America
It was left by Benjamin Symmes tC
found a free school in Elizabeth
County, Va. Mr.. Symmes died in 1884
@. Does a small electric fan con,
sumo more electricity than a large
one during the space of an hour?-
j. A. H.
A. with the same motor and voltage
and setting, the current used with q
small electric fan is the same as usec
in the large one. The speeds are not
equal.
@. Why does a gold prospector ir
Alaska wear a net over his face?-
L. G.
A. Gold prospectors in Alaska wear
netting over their faces to protect them
from mosquitoes.
@. Who first used gas for the extrac'
ton Of teeth?-H. w. j.
A. In 1910, Horace Wells. American
dental surgeon, expressed the idea tina
teeth might be extracted painlessly b.
the application of nitrous oxide gas. HI
tested the efficacy of the gas in thi;
operation on his own person in 1874
and afterwards frequently used it ir
his practice.
O. Was Jean de Reszke baritone o.
a tenor?-C. w. K.
A. He began his operate career al
baritone. After a few years, he be.
came convinced that his voice was 9
tenor, left the stage for further study
and returned as a tenor. His brother
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-19

Edouard, was famous bass. Jean de
Reszke died in 1925, Edouard, In 1917.
Q. What memorial has the most
wreaths placed upon it?-G. L. L.
A. 1t is believed that the Tomb Of
| the Unknown Soldier in Arlington
Cemetery has been decorated more
often than any monument or memorial,
taking into consideration the length of
| time that it has been built. Scarcely
| day passes that a wreath is not
placed upon the tomb in tribute, and
often two or three are laid there up3u
the same day.
@. What is the voltage of lightning
! strokes?--B. P.
A. There are estimates only. Thepa
range from a few hundred thausand to
| several billion volts. depending upon the
ideas of the persons making the esti-
mates. No measurements have been
made.
| O. Are Indian reservations placed in
the natural habitat OF the Indians who
are assigned to them?-K. C.
A. Indian reservations quite fire.
quently are some of the old Indian
lands on which the Indians have al
ways lived.
Q. What was the maiden name Of
the princess who met her death in a
transatlantic fiight?-T. H.
A. Princess Ludwig LowenStein-
Wertheim was the Lady Ann Saville.
daughter of the Fourth Earl of Mex
borough. She married a German
prince.
| c. Why are church weddings In
movies always in Catholic or Episcopal
churches?-T. F. B.
A. 1t is because the services of these
two denominations make more effective
pictures than would be the services of
some of the other denominations.
@. Is there ruling as to the relative
size of yacht clubs pennant and 8
private owners pennant?-R. w.
A. The Bureau of Navigation, Com
merce Department, says that there is
no law regarding this. There might,
however, be a club rule.
@. Does cover charge ever include
the food served?--A. E.
A. A cover charge is an assessment
for the privilege of having a seat In
restaurant. 1t includes no article Of
food.
@. Who was the youngest American
to see active service in the World War?
IT. L.
A. Stephen William Harvey who at
the age of 13 served in the front-line
trenches, has been officially recognized
as the youngest soldier of the allied
armies He was born in Seattle, Wash,
November 10, 1901. He enlisted in
Canada in 1914 and served with the
Canadian forces until 1919 He then
went to Archangel with the American
Army.
@. Please give the base principles
and methods of handling of the United
States mail.--P. r.
A. The Post Office Department says
that mail is dropped in the box, picked
up by the collector, and placed on the
facing table in the Post Office. It is
then picked up with all the stamps
arranged according to the size of the
envelope and run through the cancel
ing machine. The mail is then taken
to a primary distribution case and
there assorted into various boxes; then
taken to a State case where it is dis
tributed according to Offices in the State
and tied out in bundles according to
train schedules. When it reaches the
office ito which it is addressed it is dis
tributed by clerks to routes in the city
by numbers, each number representing
a city carrier The city carrier on his
next trip delivers the mail to the street
address of the party addressed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-19
Don't be a one-topic person.
Or an inYariable greeter.

Don't De one-Doplc person.
Or an invariable greeter.
Perhaps these phrases require ex-
PLANTATION. There is only one phrase
which can be repeated endlessly, and
that is Good morning"
Any other unvarying brand of greet
ing, or topic, will leave the recipient
wishing he were some place else
The man who always greetS you with
the same remark. or who can talk about
ONLY one thing. whatever 1t may be, is
variant of the gentleman We wrote
about here the other day, who aspires
to a cleverness which he does not pos
sess.
He may call you "old been," or some
such foolery. which may have been cum
ming when it first came into circulation
in Great Britain some time ago.
Yet here he comes, fire in his eye, IN
tending to call you an "old beam" al
though YOU may be as young as the
fresh grass and as unlike bean as
any other vegetable.
Yet he is going TO call you "old bean
lust the same.
He always does, and there is no help
for it. Somehow he has got the idea
fixed in his head that there is no other
way to greet one. =,
You are "old bean" now, and you will
be "old beam 20 years from now.
Or perhaps he has variation OF
your name which he likes, having mace
it up himself out of clear air, verl-
table stroke of genius.
He calls YOU Johnny LowbroW, say
"Hello, Johnny Lowbrow," he calls.
It makes no difference to this Wag
whether you are in the company OF the
president of the firm or the manager
of some huge international exposition.
Hello, Johnny LoWbroW!"
Although you had been hearing that
monstrosity for many years. 1T always
left bad taste in your mouth. Once,
in a moment of carelessneSs, you had
demonstrated mildly with him upon the
ineptitude of such name.
You had carefully explained to him
that you we're, in all honesty and truth,
neither "lowbrow" nor Johnny"
You had recalled the many illustrious
men who had been in full possession of
the name John. You had pictured the
inalienable rights which they possessed
10 that name.
You had shown, by repeated refer
ences to the best and most standard
dictionaries, that the term "lowbrow'
could have no reference to Such a
StudiouS chap as yourself,
All this had been worse than useless.
1t merely had impressed him with the
desirability of calling you Johnny Low
brow" Henceforth nothing else would
do at all.
y X x
One may resent, too, the implication
of such persons that one invariably
must mean just one thing in the world.
No matter how broad one may aspire
to be, or how many interests one
assumes, with such a person one means
just one thing
He knows you have dog let us say
Henceforth, though the heavens fall
that pup will be the sole topic of con-
versation every time you meet.
Now you like the dog. 1t is a fine
pup, worthy of any mans conversation
You like him as we'll as any man likes
a dog, but when this specimen comes
down the street you hear, long before
he arrives in hailing distance, the Oft
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-19
GermanY's Dictatorship. "

what a grand and glorious thing it
might be, on occasion, for harassed
Presidents of the United States if there
were an Article 40, German model, in
the American Constitution! Function
ing under that provision of the Weimar
constitution, President Hindenburg has
co-operated with the Reich cabinet to
declare the governments new finance
program law.
The program was holly opposed by a
Reichstag coalition of Nationalist,
Communists and Fascists. The Social
Democrats, the largest single party in
the Reichstag, abstained from the con-
troversy. Lacking a majority to put
through the finance measure on its own
lines, the Bruening government deter
mined to invoke the "dictatorial" para
graph Of the constitution.
It clothes the President with the au-
thority. whenever public security and
order in the German nation is con-
siderably disturbed or endangered, to
take all necessary measures to re-estab-
iiSh Sucn PUBIC security ana oIQeT, ana,
If required, to intervene with the aid of
armed power" The Social Democrats
forthwith served notice that they would
move to declare Article 48 inopera-
tive. To prevail such a notice would
need a two-thirds majority of those
present at the given session, and such
majority, in turn, must constitute two
thirds of the entire Reichstag.
The expectation at Berlin that the
Bruening cabinet would dissolve the
Reichstag if it voted down President
Hindenburg's application of the "dicta-
torship" has been promptly verified
Article a. contains clause which
On is face seems very eftectually
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-19
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
An Ideal Pastime

An Ideal Pastime.
How We disdained the simple joys
Life offered us of yorel
Now, when the mercury annoys,
Regrets aff1ict us sore.
The blessings of this earthly lot
Seem brighter as they go.
We most esteem what we have not
I'd like to shovel snow.
Golf never tempts my fancy much.
I never learned to play.
The finer points I cannot touch
In tennis or croquet.
There's just one sport which I'd admire
When earth is all aglow;
A simple yet vain desire
I'd like to shovel snow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-19

Farmers are tough and used to super
dry weather, but when prolonged drouth
interferes with moonshiners, as it has
been doing in some Southern States.
then it is time to send for the rain
maker.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-19
A CheerIess Prediction.

do you think that our country will
ever succeed in getting rid of grafters?"
Yes" answered Senator Sorghum.
There will be time when grafters are
unheard of. But it will be due to the
change that is constantly going on in
our vocabulary. There will be a new
word that means the same thing"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-19

Thieves Sought to Avert Blast of
Stolen Pipes" ran a recent headline.
Perusal of the story disclosed that
lead pipes impregnated with nitro
glycerin were meant, not Highland
pipes impregnated with pibrochs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-19
A Distinction

n DIsLInCIIOn.
What is the difference between a
practical and a theoretical farmer?"
"A theoretical farmer" answered
Farmer Corntossel, "is one that insists
on tryin' to make livin' off the farm,
an a practical one jes' faces the in
evitable an turns the place over to
Summer boarders."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-19

A New York waitress bought small
airplane with her tips. A trifie! Walters
buy apartment houses, and as for hat
check boys, they come to work in high
powered yachts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-19
Shifting the Blame.

THAT tenor is one of those people
who manage to shift the blame when
ever anything goes wrong"
Yes" answered Miss Cayenne st
observe that he always has to be coaxed
to sing"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-19

Scientists have discovered and CLASH
fed a bug with 1914 legs. Why could
not Nature have been a sport and given
him an even 200?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-19
Fate's Differences.

In life some fearful contrasts Turk.
Each has its own position.
Some men are born to go to work
And some to go a-fishin'.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-19

OF all card games likely to prove
popular with Zeppelin travellers it is
thought that spit in the Ocean" will
win and hold the palm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-19
Just One Trial.

From the Columbus Ohio state Journal
Wouldn't this be a wonderful OLE
world If the taste of roasting ears lin
gered with one as long as that Of
onions?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-19
Seasonal Meanness.

From the South Bend Tribunte.
Some people send Sleeping under
blankets every night messages from
Summer resorts and others are ornery
al the year around.
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Copper was mans earliest known
metal. And he used it for other things
than to take flyers" in it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-19

Mustapha Kemal Pasha's blood must
be pretty thoroughly Kurdled by now.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-19
Practical Preference.

Practical Preference.
"You studied French while you were
abroad?"
II did" answered Mr.. Cumrox. II
prefer the French language to the
English"
"Indeed?"
Eyes. 1t makes it harder for neither
and the girls to find fault with my
grammar"
Peace.
Men speak of peace
In gentle phrase;
They say that it
Should rule our ways.
Yet, while they talk
In terms polite,
They often plan
Another fight.
"Once in q WHILE" said Uncle Eben,
"a man thinks he is shown his indie
! pendence when he is simply putin an
unreasonable strain on somebody's pa
tienca"
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-19

A beautifully Illustrated children.s
book by Andre Maurois, known in
French as lie Pays des Trente- six Mile
Volontes." viii appear in the Fall as
THE Land of Do as You Please" The
translation viii be done by Pauline S.
Fairbanks, and the original pictures by
Adrienne Segur will be retained In the
English edition.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-19

@. Are Indian reservations placed in
the natural habitat Of the Indians who
, afe assigned to them?-K. c.
A. Indian reservations quite fire.
quently are some of the old Indian
lands on which the Indians have al
ways lived.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-19

@. What was the maiden name OF
the princess who met her death in a
transatlantic fiight?--T. II.
A. Princess Ludwig Lowenstein-
Wertheim was the Lady Ann Saville.
daughter of the Fourth Earl of Mex
borough. She married German
prince.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-19
Paint Of Car More
Valuable Than Human Life.

Irish Independent. Dublin.-James
Fitzpatrick, Chelmsford road, Rane-
lagh, complained to police that motor
car came up behind him on public
footpath at Lesson Park, Dublin, with
out warning. at IS miles per hour. To
save himself, he had to jump against
the ratings. DEFENDANTS excuse was
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-19

O. Why are church weddings In
movies always in Catholic or Episcopal
churches ?-T. F. B.
A 1t is because the services of these
two denominations make more effective
pictures than would be the services of
some of the other denominations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-19

@. Is there a ruling as to the relative
size of a yacht clubs pennant and 9
private owners pennant?-R. w.
A The Bureau of Navigation, Com
merce Department, says that there Is
no law regarding this There might,
however, be a club rule,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-19

@. Does cover charge ever include
the food served?-A. e.
A. A cover charge is an assessment
for the privilege of having seat In @
restaurant. 1t includes no article Of
food.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-08-16
| 75S lives Ock]
Sltuat1On.)

10 per cent less than year ago,
but that doesn't mean much, con-
sidering the prevailing low prices on
rractically every commodity; so, it
is a good thing to sit steady and
not be thrown into period OF
liquidation so disastrous all along
the line.
1t is a great relief to meet the
real old staupch farmer who comes
! in with his wife to take part in the
! marketing of their livestock. We
| had such a couple this week who
shipped in two cars of lambs, and
instead Of condemning the market,
they were highly pleased because
they got all that their stuff was
worth, according to the present price
levels. They have two thousand
head of lanbs yet to market and
five hundred head of cattle, and they
are going TO ship them right along
as they are ready and are glad to
get the cash, although they don t
owe a cent; so, in the matter of So
called overproduction, it is better to
! have produced even too much than
not to have produced at all.
You can always sell livestock and
staple crops, but when YOU quit pro-
ducing, YOU sooner or later become
] a charge and this, OF course, applies
10 all kinds of labor.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-08-16

MELOGAND
Location Of Polling Place:
Meloland school
BOARD OF ELECTION
InsptctoI-Wimer y. Swerdfiger,
r. .. Box 35, Holtvilic.
Judge. /. Graham, r. /, Box
1872, Fl Centre.
Judge-Jce Groebli, R. ., Box 81,
Uoltviile.
Clerk-TTarry c. James, r. l, Box
94. FL Centro.
Clerk Ernest Edwards, Box $50,
HoItviIle.