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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-19
Einstein in America.

40 finer compliment has been paid 10
American culture, especially IN the
AoEnain Of pure science, than the one
which win be bestowed upon US next
month when Prof. Albert Einstein comes
% this country. The inventor Of the
vial. II vague, theory now celebrated as
rrelativity" purposes spending several
months In California on research. The
Aeld Of his exploratory activities will be
divided between Mount Wilson observ-
atory and the California Institute Of
Technology, both at Pasadena.
The German sayant, recently ele-
waited by Bernard shaw to the giddy
heights Of fame scaled only BY such
summaries as Aristotle and six OF
seven others, has just said In public
address at Berlin that the riddle Of tbs
universe and effects still a.
sinsolved IS ever. Nobody knows, he
declares. whether the esq or the hen
came FIRST. Perhaps DR.. Einstein's
sojourn on our Pacific Coast win help
him md the answer. 1t may lie hid
den in the researches he is expected
b conduct over here respecting the rela-
Ton between electricity. magnetism and
gravity.
Relaiivitys patentee win ind read,
. halA - Pasadena pscimans q
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-19
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

Two gray squirrels were having a
street.
First one Of them would run up the
trunk, then the other.
The first would run down, followed
shortly by the second. Sort Of hickory
dickory-dock performance.
Each carried its plumelike tail In a
flne arch.
One could not help wondering how
many such little fellows it would take
to make a woman's fur coat.
One could not help believing that any
squirrel would much rather enjoy life
IN the open than become an integral
part OF even the fairest lady's outer
covering.
The squirrel is nervous critter.
AZ least 1t 80 strikes the non-expert
observer.
We must insist on the unprofessional
character OF our notes on squirrels. We
90 not wish any reader to believe that
we know thing in the world about
squirrels.
The closest we ever got to one was
In downtown park one day.
He was red or brown SQUIRREL.
we Ieo MIN small squares Of milk
chocolate. These he would not eat, but
insisted on burying in the earth.
1t was In vain that we attempted to
tell him, In our best squirrel language
that by the time he wanted them they
would be melted.
He knew better.
His Instinct made him put them in
the ground. It said, "Put them IN the
ground" so In the earth they went,
That was where his instinct fell down
on him.
His traditional instinct PLAYED him
false that time.
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1t may be believed that the squirrel
hasn't much sense.
He is an animated, frisky bundle OF
actions and reactions. Living as he
does amid the trees, he Is rather i'll at
ease down on the ground, and seeks the
slightest excuse to scamper aloft.
A pedestrian or automobile will cause
him to run with much tail waving. ne
always thinks he Is in the air; he waves
MS tail as merrily on concrete, where
he does not need such balancing, as ur
among the limbs, where he does.
II the laundry wagon steers itselj
deftly up the driveway, when he Is play
ing around his favorite oak, he Will rtlr
as If the very devil were after him.
We rather suspect that he Is not a.
GA oAA do AC &CJo, AIOWCV6I. Else WHY
! these darts to left and right, these mao
wig-waggings with his big bushy taiIf
The laundry man Is irtent on AT
package; he does not notice Mr.. SOUR.
rel at all.
But Old Man Squirrel pretends that
Mr.. Laundry Man is chasing him.
Hence he executes several Interesting
hourishing maneuvers, first by the right
then by the left He scurries beneath
the .privet hedge, only to find his way
| blocked.
All the time his big oak Is right ir
| front Of him.
At last, when he sees that the laun.
| dry man will pay no attention to him
he dashes UP the trunk for 40 feet,
He Is safe at last
+ 4
It's active arboreal habits distinguish
the squirrel above other rodents, witt
the exception of the chipmunk, which
also IL o tree climber.
The rat, the mouse, the squirrel, tn,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-19
ACKNOWLEDGMENT.

Reapportionment of the House is to
take its toll of members from twenty
one States Of the Union and grant gains
in membership to eleven other States.
Sixteen States are unaffected by the
reapportionment, which is made in
accordance with the 1880 census. The
Congress having acted finally, after
failing to perform its duties under the
Constitution with regard to proper APP
portionment during the past ten years,
the changes are expected to go into
effect after March 4. Indeed, unless
there is further action by Congress in
the interim, the reapportionment in
accordance with the census figures an
nounced yesterday by President Hoover
becomes automatically the law of the
land and the individual States will be
called upon to redistrict themselves or
to elect their House delegations as
Representative at large"
The States due to lose seats in the
House of Representatives fought bitterly
through their Representatives and Sena-
tors the reapportionment law, which
was delayed ten years. But the law
finally having been put through, it is
doubtful that within the short session
of Congress the opponents of the new
apportionment win be able to change
the Jaw. It is true that Representative
dickinson Of Iowa has said that he
would offer bill at the coming session
Of Congress proposing to increase the
membership of the House from 435, Its
present stgWngth, to cover the ~ addi-
tional se68 to which eleven of the
States are entitled. But the proposal to
increase the House membership so Is
to prevent the less Of seats to those
States which have not grown in popu-
lation sufficiently to keep pace with
others has been made many times be-
fore and has been turned down. The
argument against such change in the
House membership is that the body is
already too large, and that to increase
it by ~ additional members would be
to make it unwieldy.
The growth Of large industrial centers
in some of the States, together with 9
tremendous migration to California in
recent years, has been responsible in
large part for the changes which have
come about In the populations Of the
States. California Is to have an in
crease Of nine in its delegation to the
House under the reapportionment.
Michigan Is the second largest gamer,
with four new House seats. New York,
New Jersey and Ohio each add two
seats to their already large lists. Texas
gains three seats, Oklahoma, North
Carolina and Florida each have an
additional seat, representing the total
gain for the South.
Missouri leads the list Of those States
which lose representation in the House,
with q total reduction of three seats.
A number Of the States lose two seats
each. among them Pennsylvania, the
third most populous State in the Union;
Iowa, Georgia and Kentucky. The
other losses are distributed through the
Southern, Western and New England
States. Only one New England State
shows q gain, Connecticut, which will
have an additional Representative Four
New England States each lose one seat
They are Massachusetts,, Maine, Rhode
Island and Vermont.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-19

Many readers send in questions only
with initials, asking that the answers
appear In the newspaper. The space
Is limited and would not accommodate
q fraction OF such requests. The
answers published are ones that may
interest many readers. rather than the
one who asks the question only, All
questions should be accompanied by the
writer's name and address and q
cents In coin or stamps for reply.
Send your question to The Evening
Star Information Bureau, Frederic J..
Haskin, director, washington, d. Q.
q. Please explain electrical tran
scription.--J. M. B.
A. The National Broadcasting co.
says that when an announcer says
electrical transcription" he means
that the program Is on q record and Is
electrically transcribed through the
microphone.
q. Where in the United States ere
divorces the least frequent and the most
frequent2--R. G.
A. South Carolina has no divorces.
The District Of Columbia has the lowest
divorce rate In proportion to inhabitants,
and Nevada the highest.
rS 9; How Ecw5 many pyramids are there In
A. There are some seventy pyramids
still remaining In Egypt.
Q. What Is call money?-L. w. p.
A. 1t Is money borrowed for an
indeterminate period. It is o loan that
u made with the specific understanding
that It VIII be paid when 1t Is called.
The interest Is figured each day, Is II Is
subject TO change from day to day.
This type Of loan Is used mostly In
stock market transactions.
Q. What is the Soviet chervonetz
worth in our mofiey?-F. d.
A. The par value Of the chervonetz
in United States money Is $5.l416.
Q. Is entresol the same as meg
zanine?-G. T.
A. It Is.
Q. When was etching first doneP--
A. The first etching TO which an APP
proximAte date can be given Is q
portrait Of Kunz van der ROeen by
Daniel HOPPER. II Is believed to have
been done about 1904.
@. How many Vice Presidents have
OCNOnAC ACoAAC1to Va VAC OA4AvSA NV60S1t
j. H. q.
A. Nine Vice Presidents have become
Presidents, three by election and six by
death Of Presidents. Two Of those
who succeeded to the presidency as q
result Of the death Of Presidents,
Theodore Roosevelt and Calvin Coolidge,
were later elected Presidents.
j. H. Il.
A. Women do not vote in Belgium.
@. When were wilmington and San
Pedro annexed to Los Angeles and when
was the harbor begun?-R. G.
A. Wilmington and San Pedro were
annexed to Los Angeles in 1909. San
Pedro was recognized as o port as early
as 1926. In 1852 the first regular
water service between Los Angeles and
San Francisco was established. The
first Government hartor improvements
were made in 1877. A deep-wate1
harbor was begun in 1892.
Q. What is Q Clerk Of the Hamper1
~. X.
A. The original title Of the ONCE,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-19
The Flower CAPITAL.

In recent years washington has
taken It's place as the flower capital Of
the United States. The latest phase Of
this peaceful but picturesque conquest
was the twenty-ninth annual mum"
show Of the Department Of Agriculture,
which was held in the green houses Of
the department.
Following as it did upon the beautiful
orchid show. the display Of chrysan-
themums served to accent the position
Of the National Capital in the horticul-
tural world. While Washington per-
haps never will Gust various other
cities In their proud positions as seed
centers. secured long ago when the
country was predominantly agricultural,
the tendency toward making this city q
floral display center is very well
marked.
Surely the washington Of the present
Is a fit place to put on display the
newer varieties of all the popular
flowers, and fitting center from which
to radiate their charm to the entire
Nation.
There are styles in flowers as in
other things. Those who have not fol-
lowed floral progress as it is being
made by the various horticulsurists Of
the world may be amazed to know that
these men, working with Nature, are
producing regularly many new varia-
tons, some of exquisite beauty. not
only among the old garden favorites,
such as the zinnia and the petunia, but
also with the newer favorites. such al
the gladiolus. the iris, the dahlia, tht
peony and the orchid.
Due to the fact that Washington
houses tlas 1edaEnl Government thG
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-19
Use of Wasted Food
For JObless Advised

To the Editor Of The Star:
1t Is well known that hundreds of
carloads Of produce are dumped every
day and some is not even shipped and
allowed to go to wastage.
Cannot some good-natured scout be
found, flush with a surplus of money,
so that the unemployed could use this
produce?
BY some arrangement it could be
discovered the present prices to the gen.
eral public could still be maintained In
not injuring trade.
We are living In a rich country, and
the unemployed have the anxiety of
getting one or three meals q day.
It would help lot even though some
VIII not have a roof to shelter them
from the piercing cold which now Is APP
preaching on their heels.
Mans inhumanity to man" now
hangs as a pail on our atmosphere
Ours is the richest country in tho
world, and each has contributed Il
make it so in the field Of usefulness
We should all be fed.
We fed the Belgians; then we can
feed ourselves in our acute situation.
MICHAEL BLISS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-19
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHrLANDER JOHNSON.

Sure Relief.
Oh, we very often raise
Words the opposite Of praise,
Since the world is full Of ways
That we blame.
But amid complaint profound
Consolation may be found,
For Thanksgiving comes around
Just the same.
Mid the tuInult or applause,
Mid the jeers or the hurTahs
In the battle for q cause
Or for fame,
All the hustle Of the throng
Hats q moment for q song
As Thanksgiving comes along,
Just the same.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-19
Vacant Farm Working
For Jobless Approved

To the Editor Of The Star:
Ihave Just read the letter Of Mr.. \. 4.
budding In your letter column Of the
i2th. His plan to help solve the prob
lem Of unemployment seems practical
to me. Right down here, 3 miles from
this village, there are seven large
toHnac River, that are tenantless and
uncultivated. why duea not some public
agency start work on this property that
was formerly owned By the late Mr..
Robert Grain and a now held BY SYM
dicato og Maryland finaneiaraai
a q kA1selAEsTMm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-19
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BIZ FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

Clerk Of the Hamper, was hamper man,
treasure chest Of the sovereign. In
1879, Sir T. Smith devised the once:
The Clarke OF the Hamper Is hee that
doth receive the fines due for every writ
sealed in this court" Murray's EnRlish
Dictionary quotes Shakespeares Act -
OF King Henry VII, Fine and fee 70
your Highness IN your hamper" The
earliest allusion IL that Of 1891, when
~ Is recorded that vtlliens seized the
Kings hamper.
9. Has q COW teetha-S. D.
A. It has . full set Of lower teeth and
upper teeth except front teeth.
@. Please give the names Of i've treat
colored men, past or present.-Q. l. n
A. No list OF prominent colored man
would Do complete without the follow
ING: Frederick Douglass. anti-slaVagy
agitator, Journalist, author, lecturer end
statesman; Booker T. Washington. edla-
Gator and founder Of TIlskegee InskitaIfa.
Alabama; Paul Laurence Dunbar. In
ternationally known poet and writer:
II. II. Motion, who succeeded to the work
OF Booker T. washington and a the
editor Of the Negro Year Book; William
b. Dubois, writer, lecturer and leader
Of the Association for the Advancement
Of Colored People, and Emmett ].
Scott, appointed assistant TO the Score
tary Of War during the World War, Sec
rotary Of Howard University and Of
T1skegee University, writer.
Q. What were the Crusades?-E p.
A. The Crnsades were warn under
taken for religious purposes. specifically
those waged by the Christians for tia
recovery Of the Holy Land. Toward tlld
close OF the eleventh century the Byza1lg
tine Empire was In great danger Of be4
ing conquered by the Seljukian Turk
and the Emperor Alexis Commenus an
pealed for help. At the Council Of Clert
mont, November, 1905, Pope Urban u
asked for aid TO reconquer Jerusalem
The first Crusade was from 1006-e0l
the second, il47-49; the third, 1924
and the fourth, 1201-04.
q. How many hospitals are there A
the United States?-S. w. e.
A. The 1927 directory Of the Arneri-
can Medical Association stated that
there are 1910 hospitals In this COaIT-
try Of which 2,oss are governmental.
Q. Is Constantinople now the capital
of Tlrkey?-G. H.
"a. 9AA8OA1 40 AOW t4AG Cdplbt4 VI b4lo
Republic OF Turkey.
@. Which has the larger forest area
Pennsylvania or New York;. X. !.
A. Pennsylvania has 1.300.o0o acres
Of forests and New York 100000 acres.
9. How are water lilies tranSpIantsda
A. water lilies should be lifted dur
| ing the early Spring and planted In o
location similar to that In which tliey
were grown. When planted in an artta-
cial pool they are usually placed n
boxes containing about cubic foot Of
soil, consisting Of . mixture of garden
loarn and well decoknposed Cow manure.
They should, II possible, be planted not
less than feet deep In water, 20 mat
they win not freeze.
q. How much has infant nangta2ity
been cut down In this country IN NE
last rs or 80 yearsp-N M. b.
A. In 1900 16 per cent Of the popu-
lation died under ! year Of age. Last
year the figure was approximately. 8
per cent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-19

A young ice.wagon driver out al
Stanford University has married q
beautiful coed heiress. It seems that
lacking other vehicle, he once took his
sweetheart to q dance in his truck
Possibly he got this brilliant idea from
the character ole skjarsen, lumber
jack, in Fitch's "siwash Stories" who
pulled his girl TO the prom on a bob
sled. Anyhow, Red Grange never
thought Of It.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-19
Wants ID. C. to Foster
World United States

To the Editor Of The Star:
India makes a gesture toward tn
UNITED States Of India" and M. BRAND
plans for the United States of Europe
In face of all this, the City of WASH
ington should foster and encourage q
plan now for the United States of the
World, using s,the "bicentenary Of
Washington's bih8h In 1882" as the lever.
WA a. RYAN
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-19

A foot bali player is decorated for his
Bravery as Marine, and Marines are
being decorated for their bravery as
toot bali players, and everything is
gstting q bit mixed, but they probably
wM win the next war" for US, just
1he same.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-19

washington has been the better for
the presence here for the past decade
Of Rev. Jason Noble Pierce. Nashville,
whittier he goes, with all good wishes,
to Ill new pastorate, will doubtless
find that he, likewise, has been the
better for Warrington. p
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-19

% IL was innocent little mosquitoes
nat really were responsible for the dis
astrous Black Tom blast. Perhaps at
azis writing they are lowering happily
eeound MRS. OLeary's famous COW.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-19

Our ancestors used TO draw maps on
bullock horns. It took almost e. much
patience TO read one as to make 1t. Just
imagine railroad timetable displayed
on such a thingI
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-19

II the parents of young Booth, Eli
backfield ace, could have foreseen his
adult size they might well have chris
tened him Telephone.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-19
Marked for HonOrs.

What makes you so anxious to send
Three Finger Sam to the Legislature
He isn't SO very popular"
mo. We citizens of Crimson Gulch
figured that it would be a great savin'
to the general community to get poker
player like Sam located somewhere
else"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-19

Al Capone has opened generous
soup kitchen for the benefit Of Chi
cago's many unemployed. Yes, we have
no pineapples.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-19
Carrying q Point.

"You made some enemies" said the
conSoling friend. but you carried your
point"
YES" replied Senator Sorghum,
sometimes o man carries point with
about the same amount Of personal
comfort that he derives from sitting on
a tack"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-19

Every person and every organization
heartily approves the BUY now" cam
paign. The point iS whether they prac.
tice Il or not.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-19
Cumulative Manifestation.

CumUIALIVe NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
oh, argument will never cease,
However loud or strong!
In quantity it must increase
AS people march along.
For every orator who tries
To have the final say
Two more are certain to arise
And talk the other way.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-19
A Prnxerh CHALLENGED.

"A rolling stone gathers no moss, !"
said the readymade philosopher.
YES" replied Mrs. Corntossel, but
that's no excuse fur q man devotin' all
his time to settin' in q rockin' chair,
raisin' whiskers."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-19
Preserving the Knock.

From the ithaca Journal-News.
The knock Of the campaign engine
viii not be taken to the public Qaraae
because (a) It Is useful to the ownsr.
and (b) the public mechanic might
cure It or ignore it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-19
Embellishments.

How oft man you may behold
Whose quality seems very slight
Till he is decked with fame and gold,
And then we MARBLE, Hes I'll right"
The pumpkin pie SO blandly rich
Would be less priced. beyond doubt,
Save for the numerous spices which
Keep all the pumpkin flavor out.
81 don attach much Importance"
said Uncle Eben. ito talk about a mans
bein' good TO his family. :. De credit
generally belongs mo- 10 INSTANTLY dan
4 DO 10 hinhs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-19
Foot Ball Team vaccinated.

from the Indianapolis star.
The Northwestern foot BAN team h.
been vaccinated and now ate Dlg a.
opponents have hopes of Ni
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-19

From the AsheVille Times.
No word as yet has been received %
show whether former President Cod.
idge still has faith in Massachusetts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-19

@. Which has the larger forest area
Pennsylvania or New York7--L. X. ].
A. Pennsylvania has 100000 acres
Of forests and New York 100000 acres.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-19

Rata by MaiI--Payable in Advance.
MArvtaSad and VirOfuia
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-19

The new Tariff Commission appeals
20 10 On hanng 40 tn pg0WeEbiaa busy
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-19

Q. Is Constantinopls now the capital
of Turkey?-G. H.
A. Angora is now the capital Of the
Republic OF Turkey.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-19

q. How many hospitals are there n
the United States?-S. w. e.
A. The 1927 directory Of the Ameri-
can Medical Association stated that
there are 1910 hospitals In this CCs1n-
try, Of which 2,088 are governmental.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-19

q. How much has infant uangta11Av
been cut down In this country an ne
last rs or 80 years2--M M. 3.
A. In 1900 16 per cent Of the popu-
year the figure was approximately
per cent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-19

Rata by Carrier within the City.
Tne EveninE STAR. ..... .4se per month
SwhSn I sundays M..... .eoc per month
The evening and Sunday Star
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-19

9. Has q COW teeth?-s. d.
A It has full set Of lower teeth and
upper teeth except front teeth.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-06-04

The pear crop about Medford.
Oregon, is estimated to be ten per
cent heavier than that of last year.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-06-04
Refuses Chance
To Make Excuse

Anything to say" Judge Per
kins inquired of V. Nanduguarrar
in police court this morning when
the latter appeared to answer 4
traffic ticket charging him with
turning around IN the center of the
block in front of the post office,
causing complete tieup of traffic
at ) O'Clock yesterday afternoon
"Sure," the defendant answered
"How much ,"
The court tried to explain that
the accused had right to offer
some reason for his seeming haste
and utter disregard OF traffic reg
ulations, and wishing to help him,
suggested: Did YOU want to see a
DOCTOR!
"Me"P Y. V. replied. "No, I'm
not sick"
The courts next suggestion was
1910, for reckless driving, and the
interview was brought to close