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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-20

not be recognized until 1t holds ONCE
by virtue of assent by elected repre-
sentatives Of the people, To meet this
provision the new Guatemalan pro-
visional President, or any permanent
officer, must be in authority with the
consent and approval Of the National
Congress, which is now in session.
Gen. Manuel Grenada, who is the
third President Guatemala has had
within a week, appears to be installed
with some prospect of durability, though
that, in the light of Guatemalan his
tory, past and current, is only rela-
tive term. One of the ephemeral gov
ernments of the past few days con-
trived to secure Washington's recog-
milton. The foreign diplomatic corps
at the capital seems to have lent a
mediatory influence and sat in on con-
ferences looking 10 the establishment
of peace. A congressional statement
declares that "the critical period is
over" and calls attention to the fact
that 1.-THE recent political difficulties
resulted in a minimum of blood spill
ing" Unfortunately, the outside world
is confronted with the obvious neces-
sity of remaining prepared, at almost
any moment and almost anywhere
beyond the Rio Grande, for the adj
judication of political difficulties"
through blood spilling." They are not
our ways, and we deplore them, but as
long as they remain the purely local
method of composing differences in
Latin lands, Americas role can be only
that of sorrowful and always we'll
wishing observer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-20
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Old Man Trouble.

Old Man Trouble.
Old Man Trouble went a-scowling on his
way.
He saw the stars all shining fit to make
a holiday.
The evergreens were growing and he
said, 1T seems to me
That the lights above the glowing over
many Christmas tree.
I've no excuse to stay
Where the world Is all at play"
Old World said, Gust drop the scowling
from your plan.
II you tell 'em what's the matter, folks
will cheer you If they can"
And Old Man Trouble when he found a
helping hand
Showed pathos We had missed, because
we didn't understand.
We Said Just wait awhile,
And we'll teach you how to smile!"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-20
Proposed Bus Routes
Draw Riders Protests

To the Editor of The Star:
AS a resident of the first ward, and
as a patron of the Capital Traction
Co.'S lines the F and G streets routes,
west of Seventeenth street northwest,
for one am positively against the aboli-
ton of these car lines which I under
stand are to be covered by buses.
am sure I have the fullest cooperation
of many other residents in this neigh
borhood and the West End Citizens
Association. The Public Utilities Com
mission should not grant this change.
This section is growing one, and
the cars should be kept running be-
cause they pass George Washington
University and other universities on
these routes and besides it is the route
to the Naval Hospital, where many men
are treated.
To give us buses on these routes is
in my estimation not practical, and the
Public Utilities Commission should not
grant the request.
I am sure that this request of mine
will be duly approved by other car rid
ers who see the situation as / do.
FRANK G. HE'LL.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-20

Pictures in the fire are not as inter-
eSting as the behavior OF the burning
logs themselves.
Sitters by the fireplace are not al
ways in a mood for creating cream PIC
lures out of flame and smoke.
Dream pictures require romance anO
romance is not always on tap.
ALWAYS however. the logs in the fire.
place have way OF burning WHICH, ID
entirely their own. 49,,
No two fingerprints differ more than
two logs in their methods OF burning.
even if they are chips OH the same oio
block. 49,
Every stick of wood placed on the
andirons has its own individual way OF
catching fire. bursting into names
sending up smoke, eXuding resins, emit ~
ting those gaseous plts OF plue lie o0
exciting to the fireplace sitter.
Just as every chess game is different
from its predecessor, even II one mas
been playing the royal game all MS NE,
SO every fire in fireplace Is Httle
different from every other fire, even
those kindled in the same place ana
with the same type OF WOOD.
As for us. we like wood that Snapples,
and crackles, and misses. and sparks
some would-be fireplace experts, we
understand. claim that no connoisseur
tolerateS such logs.
"Fie upon snappling, cracking fire.
wood" they assert, or are said TO as
sert. They have measured the exact
moisture content of the approved WOOD
and demand a written certificate from
the old countryman who sells 1t by the
cord.
"Tell me, fellow, whether your wood
measures an exact 20 per cent of moist
ure." they ask. very haughtily, or their
idea of haughtiness.
The old man looks at them wonder
ingly. He takes his wood as it comes
and has no more idea than the man in
the moon whether it is a gay deceiver
in the matter of water content or not.
He knows that sometimes logs will
contain wood borers, pernicious worms
with white bodies and hard, black
heads. which will saw away until the
fire hits them.
The heat, evidently, stirs them up to
extra effort. Sometimes their noise is
covered up by the stewing of the wood,
the cracking, the snappling.
But the countrywise person can hear
them, by the peculiar sandpaper-like
noise they make. Closer and closer will
creep the flames down the log.
The wood borer's rasp is song OF
lie. SuQQeIlIN IL expires III d lOiu, lOIlS
hiss, as the flame strikes it. Upon its
unknowing, peculiar and ugly black
head has descended something I'M
heralded.
No, a great deal of the interest of the
fireplace comes about because of the
behavior of the wood and much of this
will be absent If the logs do not snap
and crackle.
We wouldn't give cent for log that
wouldn't put up pretty display of
sparks. One may have suspicion that
those in favor of sparkless logs have bad
f1replacts, with defective f1ues, and
chimneys with poor drafts.
Given a good fireplace, an excellent
draft in splendid chimney, the more
sparkle there is in your wood, the bet
ter fire you have.
Why, many folk even buy stuff to
sprinkle on their theoretically correct"
logs to remedy this lack, to make them
sparkle with pretty lights, the various
hues supposed to come from driftwood
The only place We ever burnt any drift
wood was on the beach, and then we
were more interested in the marsh
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-20

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Washington, d. c.
O. Are men permitted to hunt game
birds from airplanes?-C. B.
A. The regulations under the Fed
eral migratory bird treaty act make IL
unlawful to hunt migratory game birds
from an airplane, and the law pro-
imprisonment for not more than six
months, or bbth, for violations.
@. When will the new Waldorf
Astoria be finished?-A. W.
A. 1t is planned to complete 1t dur
ing 1881. The topmost steel column
was placed 625 feet above street level
october %, 1880. The stone and brick
work is well under way. The hotel oc-
cupies the block between Park and
Lexington avenues, between Forty
@. For whom was Mount Rainier in
Washington State named?-F. M. T.
A. Mount Rainier was named for
Admiral Rainier of the British Navy
by Vancouver, the navigator, who saw
it from Puget Sound in 1893. 1t is also
known by the Indian name OF Tacoma
Peak.
@. Where is the American Library
in Paris?-T. N. T.
A. 1t is at 10 Rue L'Elysee. The
library was founded in 1918 by the
American Library Association in con-
nectiOn with war work. In 1920 the
book collections and library equip
ment, together with $4,000 toward an
endowment fund, were presented by
the A. L. A. to a society formed to
make the library a permanent insti-
tuition. The greater part of the library
income is from the endowment fund. a
three-year grant by the Rockefeller
Foundation, and special gifts from
patrons and life members.
c. Was Hispaniola, discovered by
Columbus, the present-day Haiti?-
M. P. T.
A. On his discovery of the island, Co
lumbus named Haiti, La Espaniola,
which. however, soon became cor
rupted into Hispaniola.
@. Who wrote 1.-THE drying up a
single tear has more of honest fame
than shedding seas of gore"?-J. j. K.
A. 1t is Byron's. 1t is in Don Juan, -
canto 8, stanZa 3.
@. Was a Victoria Cross sent to
America for the Unknown Soldier?-
F. G.
A. To honor the American dead of
the World War the British nation dedi-
Gated Victoria Cross with the simple
yet expressive words, 1.-The Unknown
Warrior of the United States OF
America" inscribed on the cross, which,
by direction of his Majesty King
George v, was laid by Lord Beatty on
the tomb of the Unknown Soldier at
the Arlington National Cemetery near
Washington on the 18th day of Noyem-
Der, 1921.
@. Are electric lights considered eff
Gent in the consumption of energy?-
N B.
A. All man-made lighting devices are
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-20

It was a long, hard drought and the
work of restoring land productivity
must begin before much time has
elapsed. Many statesmen in earlier life
knew something about farming them
selves and are displaying a wise appre-
citation of the value of quick action in
affording relief.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-20

Remains of Lenin, preserved with
such lfelike semblance, are said to be
showing the effects of time. Lenin's
fame is, after all, but transient. In flu
ture centuries he will not be known
even as the King Tut of Russia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-20

Farmers who use wheat for fuel are
unfortunate in the comparatively slow
advancement of water power and cleo
tricity to grind it into flour and in
crease its consumption by making bread
and other cereal products.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-20

Possibly the "bears" in Wall Street
let the market get away from them and
are left in the foolish position of having
no public remaining to brighten into
abandoning good stocks to be picked up
as bargains.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-20

Soviet theories are said TO be break
ing down. There is no production so
abundant as new thories in Russia. If
one set is abandoned. another is always
ready to take its place In the mill which
politics has devised.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-20

The Big Interest.

Has Josh learned much at college?"
mo doubt about it," answered Farmer
Corntossel. HE tried to tell me some
thing about fight between Greeks and
1rojans, but 1 told him he was wasting
Lis time. What us home folks wanted
to hear about was the foot ball game"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-20

A statesman who desires to enjoy his
Christmas holidays must study the
methods of the small boy who at this
time of year makes particular study
Of courtesy and adaptability.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-20

A 2-cent car fare would have been a
fine Christmas gift for the school chill
dren If 1t could have been worked out
in time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-20

Not all the foolish money has been
wasted in reckless speculation. Any
truthful bootlegger will admit that he
got some of it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-20

There might be less prolonged inquiry
If it were as hard to get q Senatorial
Investigating Committee as 1t is to
secure an ordinary jury.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-20
According TO Abilities.

Though multimillionaires We see
All willing to do good,
No man as generous can be
AS he will wish he could.
But hope is sure to shine anew
For every mortal man,
II each one Of us will promptly do
The very best he can.
de bright child" said Uncle Eben,
when he writes to Santa Claus gifts his
pa an ma TO help him spell de words
SOS dey1l be sure to know what's in
dc letter." q
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-20
The French Wood.

From the Albany Evening News
France uses the old timber, however,
in rebuilding its cabinets, and that must
be French thrift.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-20

England has what is known as
labor government" with circumstances
creating serious lack of work
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-20
Racket Traced to Bible. !.

From the Worcester Daily Telegram.
According to modern methods and
ideals, even the good Samaritan must
racket. -.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-20
Gossip Always in Demand.

From the Florence tAla) Herald.
There Is an overproduction Of gos-
sip, too, but 1t seems never to exceed
the demand.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-20
All Other States
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to the use for republication of ali news dis
patches credited to 1t or not otherwise c'ed-
tied in this paper and also the local news
published herein All rights of publication of
social dispatches herein are also reserved.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-20
Same Old List.

Same Old List.
Have you selected your list of New
Year resolutions for 1892"
YES" answered Senator Sorghum. Il
remind myself of my patient constit-
uents who listen to the same old ideas
from me year after year."
Jud Tunkins says man who wants
to do all the talking deserves to be
handed disconnected microphone and
be allowed tc go on and entertain him
self.
Figures, More and Larger.
We're figuring now for all we're worth
On theories here upon this earth.
Now Einstein comes and sets pace
For figuring out in distant space.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-20

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-20

In the nineteenth century Mary Ann
Evans had to mascIIlinize her name
into George Eliot In order to be ac-
copied by the literary public. Today. In
contrast, woman authors have won such
a secure place in the literary world that
the feminine name Is often a recon-
mendation instead Of q disparagement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-20

O. How much water does a piece of
floating wood displace in proportion tn
its size and weight?-H. B.
A. A body that sinks displaces its
own volume; body that floats displaces
its own weight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-20

@. Did Cy Young ever pitch a shut
out game against PHILADELPHIA .I.R,
A. On May 9, 1904, Cy Young, pitch
ing for the Boston American League
team, shut out Philadelphia without
allowing man to reach first base,
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-05-26

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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-07-28
Hoover Takes a Hand

II is with surprise that we read that President
Hoover who kept aloo from legislative affairs TO the
extent Of remaining silent while congress framed a
tariff BILL contrary to his policies has taken hand
in congressional primary.
In the northeastern corner Of Tennessee, Repub-
Iican stronghold Representative B. Carroll Reece is
fighting for his political life. His constituents do
not like the part he took in keeping the Norris bill
for government operation of Muscle Shoals and the
building of Cove Greek DAM which already had
passed the senate from coming before the house.
just as Reece was about to go down for the
third time under the wave of popular resentment,
the President has thrown him rope IN the form
Of letter Of Endorsement. Hoovers letter says he
is assured the senate plan can not pass the house
"nor would approve the plan" He expresses prefer
ence for the Reece plan to lease Muscle Shoals.
The primary campaign in which the President
has chosen to take sides in the very district where
Hoover as a candidate expressed his views Muscle
Shoals In his Eizabethton speech Oct g. 1928 after
stating that he did not favor any general extension
Of the federal government into the operation Of
business in competition with citizens, he added:
There are local instances where the government
must enter the business field as the by-product to
some great major purpose such improvement in
navigation flood control irrigation scientific research
or national defense"
Asked by the editor of the Knoxville News
Sentinel, Scrpps-Howard newspaper, concerning
the meaning of this reference, Hoover said:
"You may say that Muscle Shoals"
In view of that campaign statement, the public
will be surprised to learn that the President favors
the Reece leasing plan and that he is fighting for
It to the extent of interfering in a Republican
primary.
Though the President now is opposing the senate
plan for government operation, believe that plan
is the only one the people will approve They want
to see this magnificent property, paid for by their
millions kept test plant to show the actual cost
of producing electricity and by competition to curb
the private power interests fast getting out Of hand
Hoovers support Of Reece is all the more sur
prisng because of the INSCRIPTIONS tactics employed
by Reece who charges that the Norris bill passed
by the senate is "a Bolshevik scheme framed in
Moscow"
Sam w. Price, Republican lawyer, running against
Hoovers candidate, favors government operation. He
says he is fighting the battle of human rights
against predatory interests"
The Presidents letter will lend aid and comfort
to those predatory interests How effective that aid
will be can not be known until the votes in the
primary of Aug. are counted
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-07-28
Open Covenants Openly Arrived At

No doubt President Hoover stood on strong his
torca and constitutional precedents when he refused
to turn over to the senate the secret materials bear
ing on the London naval pact. From Washington's
day to our own Presidents have refused to give out
secret data And, the senate scarcely can complain
since its members laid bulldog hold another Wash
tneton precedent in opposing "entangng alliances"
without questioning either Mrs Hoovers wisdom
or his rights, we may however inquire to what
has happened to the campaign that all civilized states
are supposed to be waging against secret di-
plomacy What has become of the WiSonian idea of
"open covenants openly arrived at?
We we're taught that the World war was caused
by secret diplomacy. The people did not know the
manner in which their diplomats had committed
them. They became aware only in the last moments
before the war broke out when too late to do
anything about it.
We we're assured by Mr.. Wilson and the entente
statesmen that the end of the World war would also
bring the end of all secret diplomacy Everything
would be done in the open and the people would be
informed fully
The facts about the outbreak of the World war
prove clearly enough the dangers of secret diplomacy.
England was not bound by treaty to aid France.
There existed only secret verbal agreements and an
exchange of letters between Sir Edward Grey and
the French ambassador in November, 1912 Yet in
1914 Grey admitted obligation Of honor and he
tells us that he would have resigned If this had not
been fulfilled irrespective of the invasion OF Belgium
Likewise, there no treaty which linked up the
straits and Alsace-Lorraine in Franco-Russan policy
but George Louis the French ambassador in St Pet
ersburg admitted in 1910 that their actual linkage
was taken as automatic and the corner stone Of
Franco-Russian relations.
1t may be that open diplomacy is futile hope.
1t may be entirely impractical in the world Of inter-
national realities But if so, our statesmen shShd
inform the people frankly to this effect 1t is not
fair to let them remain in fools paradise, fondy
trusting that the old diplomacy is ended forever
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-07-28
DAILY HEALTH SERVICE

healthy in every way, but physical
ly and mentally.
In four cases the mother had
died before the child was old enough
so that she could have affected his
life in any way. In ten cases the
child had had what the psycholo-
gists call f1xation on its mother. In
eleven cases there was a definite
history of marital discord between
the parents, and in one case feel
ing of intense hatred toward the
mother because the child had
learned that she had attempted to
get rid of him before he was born,
In two cases in women the mother
was definitely an alcoholic.
Among these patients there were
numerous instances of abnormality
of personal adjustment to life and
of personality. The forms of men,
tai abnormality varied from shift
lessness and responsibility to feel
ings of inferiority, religious tanatl-
ciSm and sexual disturbances.
The most significant factor found
apparently was the fact that most
of the patients showed complete
lack of any downright concern over
their weakness. There was indeed
lack of desire on the part Of the
alcoholic patient to get we'll so that
the painfulness of his aff1iction Is
unbalanced in his own mind by his
sense of comfort and well being
when he takes too much alcohol.