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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-21
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HAsKIN.

This newspaper puts &C your disposal
corps Of trained researchers IN wash
ineton who win answer questions for you
9hey have access 20 the Government
departments, the libraries, museums
galleries and public buildings and to the
numerous associations which maintain
headquarters In the Nations Capital
write .ygslr question plainly and send
With 3 cents IN coin or stamps 70 The
Evenin9 star Information Bureau
Frederic u Haskin, director. washing
q. when ana where win this YEAR,
aient be held s--W. IN.
A, e VIII Be held At the Hotel Cleve-
land &c Cleveland, Ohio, December /
}, }, {, ana b Both auction and con-
tract WIN b played.
g what are considered the best play,
7" x sni burns EsaE'a Isnas, n. .m,n.n. sr,.
matte critic, has listed the following q,
hlA choice d the offerings Of the cur.
rent theatrical, season: "The Greer
SsfksIss SQUARE y "a stric rsi D,sSo UHs.
able" "fhe last Mile, ""The First Mrs
Fraser" June Moon" Michael anC
Mary," Death Takes q Holiday" anc
9. what country Increased its ares
The most IL tfyportion. to its former
sise, due 10 The World War?-R. S.
A RtitnhnlA. 70 u row the largesi
Balkan nation. IN iei4 It's area wa,
SS,fee eqiiAfe fniles and its population
1900, Oo0.. IN 1919 It's area was l22. 20;
square miles and les population I7,3e3,.
q. How many people In New Yorl
commute and how much II spent n
this Way7-L. d.
A. y has been estimated that last
year 106,42O commuters poured int
new York City each day. Il Is esti-
mated that these passengers spend $50.
100000 IN Q year for Transportation
from their homes to the city and back
again.
q. How much d the work on tn
Mount Rushrnore National Memorial 1
done?-H. @.
A. Up to october 30, 1890. when tn.
project was closing down for the Win.
ter, the following work had been com.
pleted: .Washtngton's portrait (head)
completed and much work done upor
his body, the head Of Jefferson blocked
vNSD JIG CuV1OlhGuIc n8n EeodY 1Of the
inscription and some Of the rough worh
done IN the preparation Of the rock fol
Lincoln.
Q. How many species Of cactus arr
thereto. M.
A. There are over 1900 species Of
cact in 124 genera.
@. What was the name Of the FRS,
steamboat that went down the Mis-
sissippi?-E. L. r.
A. The New Orleans. It went from,
Pittsburgh to New Orleans and was
then placed In service between New
Orleans and Matches.
@. How many children Of elementary
school age are handicappedS-F. B.
A. Three million children, over 10
per cent Of all those In the eiemeftafB
schools Of the United States, are BNf.
fering from defective sight, speech
hearing, mental retardation, emotional
instability or some other handicap
These figures DO not include 5000, 00C
who are ul1defnVtfished and over
100000 with weak hearts.
B. L. w.
A. There are three classes Of IRE:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-21
Holds Car Service
Could Be Speeded Up
No the EDITOR Of The star:

10 the Editor OF The Star:
IN an editorial Of Saturdays Star &
was stated that faster street cars would
not improve the situation here unless
granted certain absurd and impossible
privileges. beg to differ, although It
part Of city officials, such IS the tramc
director, would be highly desirable. !
maintain that the local car companies
are not giving the swiftest service pos
sible with the present equipment allq
am inclined to believe that tne majority
Of car riders agree with me- FOR tn@
stance. just last week 9 certain group
Of street cars which are s0fiewhss
ahead of their schedule time Thls
i'pacinR" Il one 0f the most annoying
features OF the local tfainWAys and, III
NV opinion, IlAe oceAsi0lied great part
Of their passenger losses. 10 say the
least. It Is exAspefating 10 congratulate
yourself when In 3 hurry, upon haf.
ing caught Q certain car and then 70
have the operator Of that car cut his
speed to less than y miles per hour
to 1 70 "a and ali day 70 rel there.
There seems to be O tendency 10
blame trafic signals for much Of the
street cars SlowneAs. A study Of the
effect of tfafae signals on street car
operation wnS recently conducted In
Toronto city With approximately the
same population - Warrington, ana
revealed that the amount Of delay de-
ponds more tf less upon the time cycle
used. VARYING from four and z hall 20
represented only about 8 per cent Of
the scheduled time allowance. In other
words, the frame signal does not exert
so retardent an influence upon trolley
operation as Is commonly believed.
The United Railways Of Baltimore, Q
city with trafflc which causes that Uf
washington to seem extremely light
and with streets that make the alleys
Of the District look like bOtilevafns, by
recruiting their cars and By eliminating
unnecessary stops, have increased the
average speed of their ears from g.6 TO
10.46 miles per hour. This despite the
fact that they have frequently gubsti-
tuted one-man for two-man carsl
Again, the city Of Akron, Ohio, by
doing away with useless stops, has
speeded Up It's service from 10 TO 20 per
cent, while the Des Moines Railway Co.
has, since July, 1880, by an express sys-
tenn with one-man cars), raised its
average peak-hour speed from 1854 70
10 .o7 and its off-peak speed from iii
to 11.6l miles per hour. 1t moreover
plans 10 reach q 12smile-per- hour base
speed in Che near future.
Such examples are entirely too nu-
merous 10 enunnefate here, but wish
to call your attention ty the fact that
all Of the companies cited above face
problems quite as rigorous as those
which vex the railways Of washington.
Indeed, their troubles are probably
more severe, because the streets OF
these cities are not nearly as wide as
those of the District and their trafhc
Is proportionately more dense.
WILLIAM DOYLE JOHNSON.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-21
Industrial Prosperity.

Industrial prosperity measures In large
part the prosperity Of the United States
It was industrial prosperity rather than
agricultural prosperity which placed
| this country in the forefront of the
| worlds race for wealth, until the stock
market crash came in 1929. The farmers
of the country were complaining bitterly
because they did not have greater
share In the prosperity of the country.
| All kinds Of panaceas were put forward
to make the farmers dollar go as far
as the dollar of the industrialist. With
the disappearance of the prosperity Of
the industrialist, the lot Of the farmer
became no better, since his market was
further curtafed. But at least the
farmer, with d roof over his head and
food 10 put In his mouth, has been able
to visualize his lot as something not
quite SO evil as he had supposed.
Industrial prosperity must be brought
back. That is as clear as the nose on
the face The great endeavor during
year has been to place salt on the
tail Of this Elusive prosperity. All kinds
of proposals have been advanced. For
solid common SENSE, however, the speech
delivered by Gov. Allen of Massachusetts,
yesterday at a meeting CT New England
Governors with william Phillips, regional
director for New England Of the Fresi-
dents Emergency Committee for En-
ployfaent, commends itself to public
attention. Said Gov. Allen:
It Is becoming increasingly evident
in New England, as In the Nation, that
industrial prosperity rests largely on the
buying power of both wage earners and
the firms employing them. Therefore q
heavier responsibility is falling onto
business leaders TO conduct their opera
tions hs closely as possible to the ideal
Of assuring yeaT-rourid steady work TO
their employees and steady returns to
stockholders.
The day when the employer felt that
he was entitled to obtain the greatest
amount Of labor for the least amount Of
hire must be thing Of the past If in
dustrial prosperity is to maintain in 9
Nation Of more than 122, 600, 600 people
where the domestic market Is d matter
Of major Importance. If the people arg
unable 30 buy, industry hats. To buy
the people must have money. They
must have it through their employment
The amassing of huge fortunes by In
dividuals in the United States, in the
complex conditions which now exist /.
not suiieieht for prosperity. The worker
must have his share Of prosperity o.
the whole structure falls.
In New England q sturdy people have
for years been endeavUfing TO revamn
their industrial structure, largely be-
cause Of changed conditions broueh,
about by the development of industries
formerly confined largely TO the New
England territory, in otler parts OF the
country. They are tackling the problem
in an orderly manner, and they give
promise Of return TO the days WHEN
all their people we're producers ana Al
work. The Governor OF Massachusetts
has stated succinetlv, however, the
measure Of success.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-21
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES =. TRAcEWELL.

One thing which always detracts from
the Thanksgiving season for sensitive
| persons Is the custom Of magazine and
newspaper artists of depicting the tur-
key in supposedly humorous drawings.
The plight Of the gobbler cannot have
| any humorous aspects for the bird. and
certainly 1t has none for the senti-
mentalist.
Let us get the designation straight.
For the purposes of this article We
will call the sentimentaliSt the man Of
woman who, although he may eat the
turkey, willingly would refrain from
adding insult to that last injury.
i The extreme type is the strict vege-
tartan, who. for reasons of heart, would
never touch meat in any form.
He has q great deal of reason on his
side, although thousands will not admit
1t, but his position seems untenable IN
a world where so many do eat and
enjoy meats Of all kinds.
We will never forget scene we saw
once near Center Market. A sincere
but misguided lady was protesting
nightly against the cruelty, as she
called it, OF keeping chickens herded
into narrow coopS.
Yet she bought one to eat for her
dinner.
Similarly, sweet women who would
squirrel will wear coats made up Of
hundreds of their skins.
The world and his wife Is just little
Of hypocrite, after all. Inconsistency
is natural to most human beings.
u +
Because 1t is human to be inconsis-
tent, we believe that the position Of
the sentimentalist, in the matter Of So
called humorous pictures, this present.
ing of mock-heroics In relation to the
national bird, as the turkey has been
called, is perfectly tenable.
The sentimentalist realizes that this
Is a practical world, after all, and that
no amount of preaching his own be-
hefS would change others much. For
himself, he has lamented silently the
outra9es perpetrated on innocent ca
nary birds, even Holsters made 10 crawl
In show windows.
The fate Of goldfish would draw a
tear from him, did not his common
sense tell him that the stern side of
life, no matter how well disguised by
civilization, lies there in the back
ground, ever ready to show itself.
He knows that tenderness, either Of
heart Or mind, or Of both, gef1tleness
In It's best sense, Is something which
must be kept Under control.
Out Of control, gentlefless tends to
become o blight, both TO the one vine
harbors it ana especially to others,
many of whom will not understand, and
hence will misinterpret.
The world, to such q person. be-
comes a veritable vale of tears, In
which he sees only the cruel, the harsh,
the terrible.
X + +
Yet the world has q great need for
the sef1timentalist who keeps his tefi-
defhess of mind and heart well In
leash
without him and her, much that we
call great, exalted inspiring, even d.
vine, would never have come into
being.
we need a new definition Of the
word "sentimentallst," 1t would seem.
The ordinary definition, as given by
the dictionary, conveys the idea of one
who deliberately nurses the emotions,
Who Is swayed by feeling rather than
reason, who is given to mawkish ten
derness or the display of 1t.
Well, there it is. What it leaves out
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-21

| Is our reasoned sentimentalist, the man
or woman who believes that the emo
tons, properly handled, far surpass the
mentality In the running Of the indi-
vidual life.
There are thousands of persons. espe-
cially men, who honestly believe that
they are ordering their lives by their
mtellectS, when all the time their minds
play rather Q theoretical part in their
personal drama.
They do not stop to consider that
the emotions, even IN the most hard
the mind, are closer to primitive ma
ture. and have a clutch upon US which
cannot be broken.
Most people try, alas, too hard, to
break this hold of the emotionsl From
this misguided effort comes O great
part Of the nervous breakdowns," and
even the misspent lives which yearly
get into the hospitals. the jails.
The emotional life should be given aS
free rein as consistent with decency
and the good life. Just what this good
life Is will differ with the person, but
by this date In the march OF the ages
there would seem no very wide diver
gence possible.
The good life is the good life.
It needs no elaboration, for the
moment we attempt to embroider the
theme, 1t escapes us, so compelling IL
honesty.
The honest sentjmentalist is one who
recognizes the demands Of the emotions:
vet keeps them under the best control
possible, always considering himself as
| he is.
It is this native honesty which pre-
vents him from being O laypocrite.
He shrinks from the annual Jokes
about the fate of the turkey, but he
eats him Just the same.
He takes no pride In the packing
industry.
He win, however, eat a hot dog"
without remorse.
On the active side of his sentimental
| Journey through life, he Is responsible
for such ease as comes to old horses,
for the Observance of the rights Of
| dogs, and for consideration Of cats as
the friends Of man.
Our sentimentalist Is he who watches
out for animals, and resentS instincttvely
any cruelty to them-even In pictures.
He knows that Is long. as he does
what he wants 10 do, II his purpose Is
honest and upright, he Is in Ter less
danger Of sfipwfeck than II he attempts
| to rule his life BY the pfeposterous rule
Of thumb Of pure intellect.
Perhaps he Is too wise In the ways Of
| the world 10 admit all this. He knows
that too much prestige hinges on mem
tally for him to say disrespectful words
about it.
He knows, however, that when his
| heart prompts him TO do a deed Of
kindness, to send flowers to the sick, to
| drop b coin in a blind mans hat, he
will feel far better afterward II he
succufi1bs to Its prompting.
| He has tried the ways Of the mind,
and the ways of the heart, and he
knows that In his own case the rule of
the latter Is by far the better.
Every one must be the Judge Of these
things for himself. Our friend, our
sentiYnentalist which title he holds
proudly, speaks only fof. himself
He knows, however, that In speaking
| for himself he speaks also for thousands
OF mute PERSONS, who for. various
reasons are Unable 10 speak for them
selves.
He Is not unique, he knows; what
holds for him holds for them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-21

/ Superficial flre, burns leaves Of the
trees and Is not necessarily DANGEROUS:
crown fire, burns through the branches
and kills them and Is very dangerous
and disastrous; deep ground fire, burns
on the roots deep under the trees and
destroys the trees and makes q very
dangerous flre. In burning land the
tire consumes all the rotted leaves and
destroys the soil, leaving the mineral
element.
| q. Who decorated the side walls OF
the Sisttne Chapel?-R. d.
n. Peruglno, Ptnturtcchto. SignoreIn,
Botticelli, ohirlandajo and cosifno Ros-
SELF.
| q. Who were the first men killed ut
the battles Of Lexington and ConccrdP
lAF. Il. J..
A. There was fighting in Lexington
before the British troops moved on to
Concord. No definite statement Il made
as 20 who was the first man killed.
Phinney's history says: Jonas Parker
was wounded and fell on the second
nre nom the enemy. While attempting
to load his piece a second time the
British soldiers came up and nun him
through with the bayonet. The list of
ProvincialS killed at Lexington on the
morning Of the 10th of April is as fol-
lows: Jonas Parker, Robert Munroe.
Samuel Hadley, Isaac Muzzy. caleb
Harrington, John Brown and Jonathan
Harrington, IT," At Concord Bridge
the distinction Of being the first man
killed IS shared by Capt. Isaac Davis
and Abner Hosmer, who fell at the
same time.
@. What qualifications are necessary
for one who wishes to become q land.
scape architect?--C. 8.
A. Landscape architecture Is q pro-
feSsion that combines elements of horti-
culture. forestry and civil engineering,
as well as architecture. A landscape
architect uses Nature as his first text
book. general college course, with
literature. art, history, economics, etc,
Is considered the best foundation for
this profession. Taste for drawing.
head for mathematics. ETC.. are neces-
safy qualifications.
q. What American statesman said,
Damn your principlesl Stick to your
party"2-F. E. G.
A. It was not an American states.
man. Lord Beaconsfield (Dtsraeli) said
that TO Buiwer Lytton when the lat
ter told the prime minister he could not
vote for certain parliamentary meas
ure because 1t was against his prin-
ciples.
9. When Is children's Book week.
B. M. d.
A. The twelfth annual ChildrenS
Book week is being observed from No
vember 1922.
q. How many countries have a coin
known as a CENTS. w. A.
A. Nineteen countries have the cent
the United States. Arabia, British East
Africa British Honduras, Canada, Cey-
lon, China, Dominican Republic, Dutch
| Guiana, East Indies, Estonia, Federated
Malay States, Hongkong, Labrador,
LIBERIA, .Lithuania, Netherlands and
eClOnles, Newfoundland and Straits Set
| tlemeft.
q. Is English spoken exclusively IN
| the British Isles?-I. O.
A. The language of the people Of the
British Isles is English, with few excep-
lions. There Is a large proportion Of
Welsh-speaking people In Wales, many
o. whom are bilingual Gaelic is stiIl
spoken - the west coast of Ireland,
and In the highlands and islands Of
scotland, according TO the 1921 GEN.
etS, there were 1884 people speaking
! Gaelic only.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-21
Reported Huge Loan
Stirs War Debt Ouerv
10 tlie Editor OF The Star:

10 the Editor OF The Star.
With eur Treasury Department foo
ing possible deficit, July /, zeal: With WITH
our european exports minus hnndreds
~ Soa milllons OF dollars as compared with
cs ons ana iy20; with millions of Anleri-
mas 1.000l: with National, state Ga,,y.'
" ana City Committees seaio,,siv At
, MOrk 70 relieve and feed thousands of
nungry men. women and cI1ildrer, and
me employment for the unempioyed,
iEuropean news Is: France Is going TO
t nac az Great Britain $1,000 ,0o0, 600, Sos
SStt 0 OI which. In gold, the United
punlic's treasury since JANUARY i. 1880.
Lend $1,000, 100000 to Great BritainI
HOW about the Great War debt France
owes the American taxpayers, some Of
Wnom are now unemployedP
w. E. RYAN.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-21
SHOOTING STARS.
BY pH1LANDER JOHNSON.

Complaining the Problem.
There's strain rather sad which per-
sistently sounds
Through songs Of rejoicing so clear.
When generous melody sweetiy abounds
A dlscofd rings harsh on the ear.
Some voice viii intrude as the patriots
song
n rising SO buoyantly and free,
With the question, In tones elementally
strong,
"Oh, what Is there In 1t for meP"
The theories fair that seek gold in the
sky
Instead Of In caverns below,
Or value the treasures Of wisdom
which lie
In volumes stood up in a row,
Are shattered too often by that single
call
That echoes away of the key
And makes one crude question the fore
most of all,
Nov, what Is there in 1t for me?"
Unappreciated Establishment.
what we need" said the idealist, as
to introduce more of the artistic spirit
into our daily lives"
IL can't see 1t that way" replied
Farmer Corntessel. There's too much
art now. I never could see the sense
Of usin' UP so much red ii1k tfyin' 10
make mortgage look attractive"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-21

Advertisements are on on a new
track-ehormous faces and glafing
eyes. When one turns a page quickly
to view of some indorser of this or
that, he Is apt to feel as CULVER did
when held up in the hand Of a
Brobdingnagian.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-21
Denies Gin Terrorem"
Is Newly Coined Word

To the Editor Of The star,
It Is q pleasure as well as liberal
education to read The Evening Star
whose writer's, both news and editorial
are Addisonian in style and diction
Hence, I'm not little surprised to read
in the news columns today that Judge
Hitz coined q new word and that that
word Is "in-terror- EN-" presume the
judge used Gin terrorem," meaning "as
a warning" This phrase is as old as
the law, and may be found in any old
or new law dictionary. have no
doubt that Judge Hitz Is a man of pro-
found learning and erudition, and a
wizard" in legal Technology, but I'm
sure he'll not claim credit for the
alleged new coinage. DAN DIXON.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-21

Assistant Secretary Of the Navy
Jahncke's car was stopped and searched
for Japanese beetles That Is a hazard
those new midget autos viii not need to
undergo. They have no room for them,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-21

Charles A. Levine seems to have an
engagement Of indefinite length in
Vienna entertaining the Austrian police
with funny stories.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-21

TalkieS for wholesale instruction Of
the Army are being prepared for the
next great emergency. The final sem
tence for the day viii probably be, mo.
you can't have no pass!"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-21

Who would not wish TO be in the
winchester region, along about this
time Of year. to enjoy the sight of the
peaches In the apple trees?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-21

A British colonial newspaper declares
that the popping Of a motor cycle 4
the most obnoxious Of all noises
Especially when one is coming after
you, and gaining.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-21
Friendly Fish Don't Bite.

From the Duluth Herald.
Perhaps the scientist who says fsl.
are friendly got the idea the day they
wouldn't bite.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-21

The third party has been char
acterized as the "fulcrum" of Congress
II a mechanical metaphor must be
used, why not "eccentric"s
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-21
But Gold Fish Are BUSY.

From the Sioux Falls Daily Argus-Leader.
The life Of q gold fish Is as q closed
book compared to that Of an ONCE.
seeker.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-21

From the Omaha Evening worId-Eeraid
No doubt the "lifers'' In Bulgaria wish
King Boris would marry often. A hun
dred sentences commuted. II
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-21

Look Before Leap Sometime.
From the Lowell Evening Leader.
The old advice to look before you
leap may be as good 81 ever. But Il
compelled TO Jump from an airplaf1e We
should be strongly tempted 10 ignore 1t.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-21

From the Toledo Blade.
When the meek inherit the earth It
win be amusing to watch them learning
to strut.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-21
Artistie Enthusia.nn,

Artistic Enthusiasm.
IT always have stage fright" apollo
gized Mr. Stofmington Barnes, when
I assume a new role"
Don't get nervous" replied the man
ager OF the Crimson Gulch Opera House.
"Only don't play anything but COM
edy. The last time tragedy was tried
here the boys got excited and took
sides in the fight."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-21
Difference of Opinion,

The worlds a fleeing show, It's true,
And no one cares to miss 10.
The optinist applauds all through,
The cynic wants to hiss it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-21
real Physical Effort,

What Is your favorite sport?"
Fighting my way through q crowd
to get a good seat at foot BAH game. Z"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-21
Hard Times in the Cider.

From the Terre Haute Star.
In q number of instances it seem
that the hard times have affected thu
cider.