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Evening star., 1930-12-15
A Beacon on the Monument.

Aviators, particularly those who fly
at night, will doubtless be gratif1ed to
learn of the decision to place a dis
tinctive beacon on top of the Washing
ton Monument. The Monument has
long been known as a serious menace
to those who zoom through the sky in
darkness. 1t is quite close to the prin-
cipal airports of the National Capital
and narrow escapes have been recorded
by pilots coming in for landings. With
adequate illumination, which in these
days of heavy air travel should be an
essential on every tall structure near
airportS, the Monument will serve as a
guiding point for flyers. The Capitol
dome sometime ago was similarly
treated after a night airmail pilot had
avoided crash with it by inches in
heavy mist. The sooner the work is
completed the better.
Evening star., 1930-12-15
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

The fireplacel
If there is any word in the English
language which warns the heart, it is
fireplace"
Hearth and heart!
How strange it is that these two
words, so different in meaning, are yet
so alike in spelling. Hearth" is merely
heart" with an III" hitched to it.
A fireplace is at once the center Of
attraction in every room which has one,
and the desire of all families which do
not own one.
And there can be no fireplace, of
course, like a real one, with real
hearth, genuine chimney, hanKeo by
a fireset and wood basket.
-sk 4 X
The ood-burning fireplace is the
one which warns the heart and mind
best of all.
There are some advantages to the
coal-burning hearth, and to other types,
but for old-time satisfaction nothing
can quite take the place OF the fire.
light which comes from burning logs.
There Is something elemental, un-
doubtedly, about the hearthstone set
with androns, upon which repose Tor
their brief period of glory fresh logs
brought in from the outdoors with all
the smell of fresh air upon them.
There is no pleasanter household
task. whether for man or woman, than
preparing the fireplace for the late
afternoon fire.
Some prefer the evening fire, while
some like to kindle it in the morning,
but connoisseurs usually take the hours
between 4:30 and 6, or extend 1t per-
haps to 7 or 8, or maybe later.
Just as dusk comes down, or perhaps
little before, Is the best time to light
the fire. For homecoming ones there
is no better greeting except kiss.
X x
One can spend a great deal of money
on a fireplace, and it is money well
spent, too, but it is not at all necessary.
The essential thing is a good hearth,
good firebrick, good chimney, good
draft, good damper-and good wood.
Failure in any one of these elements
will make q fireplace nuisance. With
all of them properly worked out, home
has real fireplace pleasure ahead of 1t.
FireironS was the old name for the
modern flreset, which consisted then as
it does now mainly of tongs, poker and
shovel. Often small brush or broom
is added.
Many like the fireset in dull black,
with shiny brass knobs, or handles,
while others prefer the all-brass. Wood
baskets, as all know, come in wrought
iron, brass and wicker, and then there
are innumerable other gadgets one may
acquire from year to year, such as
fancy lighters, and so on.
We say nothing of crane, for only
the greatest of fireplaces, the sort which
will hold trees, almost, deserve this an
cient heritage.
The smaller fireplaces will do very
well with their brass andirons, and their
firescreens, and their hresets, ard their
shining guard rails, their wood holders.
With these, we are ready for the
wood.
X X X
Select the back log, put it in first,
then build up the remainder on the
andirons to suit the individual fancy.
There are approved methods" of build
Evening star., 1930-12-15

dumping from Russia is even more
stringent.
The French, Belgian, Hungarian and
Rumanian restrictions on Russian i'm
ports were interpreted by the Moscow
government as the f1rstasteps in the or
ganization of an economic blockade of
the Soviet Union. The American en-
barge on timber, and subsequent sug-
gestions to restrict imports Of other
Russian goods into the United States
were met at Moscow by threats of re-
taliation. AS we are selling the Rus
slams at present about six times more
than we are buying from them, the
Soviet doubtless concludes that Uncle
Sam will think twice and thrice before
putting up prohibitive bars against its
wares.
The people of this country are not
digious five-year plan to convert Rus
sia into colossal productive machine
is designed, primarily and eventually. to
enable the Soviet to drench the "cap-
italistic" world beyond its communistic
borders with Russian commodities. The
profits from those operations are to find
their way into the Soviet national
treasury. not into the hands of the peo-
pie whose sweated brows and backs
made the profits possible. The ultimate
use Of the foreign gold Russia thus
plans to acquire has never been dis
guised. 1t is to be devoted to financing
the world revolution" Any other con-
ception of the Soviet's economic ma
neuvers, on the face of its own un-
admissions, is wholly un-
founded.
Evening star., 1930-12-15
The Stringless Bean.

Among the essential men of Amer
ica's progress must be counted those
who, from time to time. have bred
new types Of vegetables, either making
two grow where one grew before, or
creating a new type through the re-
moval Of disagreeable characteristics.
Among these humble heroes was
Calvin Noyes Keeney, who died last
week at Leroy, N. Y. Although ma
tionally known as q seed grower, his
lasting fame will come through the
fact that he originated the stringless
bean.
To remove the string" from beans
was to do something which millions
of housewives longed for, but which
it took practical scotsman to achieve.
The result was secured, not through
magic or horticultural hocus-pocus, but
simply by breeding various strains OF
beans which had lesser amounts OF
string" to other varieties with similar
properties.
At last the strtngless bean Wa
Evening star., 1930-12-15
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

town hotel where Mrs. Holmes and he
lived during their early days in Wash
ington. One night the head waiter,
suggesting a dessert, told Holmes that
there was a particularly succulent
tapioca pudding on the bill. The vet
eran jurist turned smilingly upon his
would-be benefactor and CALCULATED:
MY friend, one of the pre-nuptial
clauses in my marriage contract with
Mrs. Holmes was that tapioca pudding
should never be served at our tablet"
X X **
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh dropped
into Washington from the sky to fill a
social engagement during the week end.
In the course of his literally flying visit
this observer encountered Senator Nor
rows Son-in-law, and recalled the time,
a year or two ago, when "Lindy," Am
baSSador Harry Guggenheim and the
scribe breakfasted together in a Wash
ington hotel There was mention of the
Succulent Virginia ham-gift of Gov.
Harry Byrd-which Lindbergh had Just
flown to Washington, after a sojourn in
Richmond. The colonel, at the break
fast threesome, did the honors at the
carving table and then served the slices
all around. Funny thing about that
ham," Lindbergh reminiSced. ut myS-
teriously disappeared right after our
breakfast, and what was left could
never be traced"
X X
A certain distinguished member Of
Congress recently moved into a brand
new mansion built to his plans, in one
of Washington's swagger residential
districts. The street number is 2222.
A political crony called his attention to
the fact that 1922 is the number of the
Joint" on Wabash avenue, in Chicago,
where AL Capone began his career 10
years ago. The house became famous
in gangland as 1.-The Four Deuces." The
congressional inhabitant of 1922 -
street northwest. claims he doesn't play
poker, so he isn't afraid anybody will
dub his menage THE Four Deuces."
(CopyriPht. 1930.)
Evening star., 1930-12-15

the Democrats great trouble in the past
is prohibition. It is likely that a sug-
gestion will be put forward by some of
the Western DemocratS-some of whom
are committed to the prohibition side
of the isSue-that the Democrats in
corporate in their next, national plat
form a declaration in favor of submit
ting the question of the repeal of the
eighteenth amendment to the people of
the States. Western drys say they see
no reason why dry Democrats would
rot be able to support such a plank
They could do SO themselves. they say.
They believe that both wet and dry
Democrats could unite behind the pro-
posed plank. Gov. Roosevelt of New
York, who favors repeal, is far out in
front, 1t is said by these Democrats, at
present in the race for the Democratic
presidential nomination. He could well
stand on q platform which proposed "a
submit the eighteenth amendment q
the States Ter their decision. it Is held.
Evening star., 1930-12-15
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHnANDER JOHNSON.

Sufficiency Of HOstiIities.
Since first man trod this bloSsoming
earth
He fought for all that he was worth,
And reckless warriors risked their lives,
Sometimes for gold, SOM netimes for wives.
For centuries this has gone on
Since Reason first began to dawn,
And now by Reason we're advised
To be bit more civilized,
Seeking from strife glad release
And making this world of Peace.
Though Reason often fills the mind
With doubts that bring a mood unkind,
On this point still she lays great stress
Fighting is just Plain Foolshness.
So, let us cease the customs rough
And say at last, We've Had Enoughl'
Evening star., 1930-12-15
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

@. Is there a vehicular tunnel be-
tween Canada and the United States7-
G. L.
A The first international vehicuaar
tunnel Is the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel.
@. How many tribes Of Israel were in
Palestine at the time of Christ PR. N.
A. The dispersion OF the tribes Of
Israel had occurred several centuries be-
fore the time Of Christ so at that time
there were only the United Tribes of
Judah and Benjamin living in Palestine.
@. Is the moon a luminous body?-
A. A luminous body is one which
emits light; The sun is luminous
boGy. Bodies which shine by light
other than their own are called fllumi-
mated bodies. The moon is an illu-
minated body.
@. What was the Spanish Alarm
d. B. II.
A. The North Carolina Historical So
ciety says that the Spanish Alarm was
the attacks on the North Carolina coast
in 1747-48 by the Spaniards. In l747
an expedition attacked Beaufort, and In
1T48, Brunswick.
@. What the the meaning Of the cry,
Fourteen Hundred"?-R. S. N.
A. 1t is the cry raised on the Lon
don Stock Exchange to give notice that
stranger has entered the House" 1t
is said to have originated at time when
for a considerable period the number Of
members had remained stationary at
l,399.
O. Who was recently awarded the
George Robert White Medal?--R. c.
A. DR.. David Fairchild. botanist and
agricultural explorer. has been awarded
this medal by the Massachusetts Horti-
cultural Society. A summary of the
career of this scientist shows that at
least 10000 separate species and va
rieties of useful plants have been added
to the Nations resources through his
efforts.
@. Please give a brief biography of
Frank B. Kellogg, the peacemaker.--
NJ. NJ. d.
A. He was born at Potsdam. N. Y,
December %, 1856 Went to Minne-
sofa with his parents in 1865. Had a
common school education. Admitted
to the bar in 1877. Married Clara M.
Cook of Rochester, MINI, in 1896. Was
city attorney for three years, county
attorney for five years. Moved to st.
Paul, MINI, in 1887. Was special
counsel for the United States in the
case against the paper and Standard Oil
trusts, and for the Interstate Commerce
Commission in the investigation Of the
Hartman railroad. Also counsel for
the United States in the action to dis
solve the Union Pacific merger. Senator
from Minnesota, 1878. Ambassador
to Great Britain in 1924. Was Secre-
tary Of State, 1925-28. At present time
| is Judge of the World Court.
c. What date was the first Monday
In August, 1899?-A. F. B.
A. 1t was the seventh of the month.
@. Is Admiral Lord Beatty Irish or
Scotch?-N. N.
| A. Admiral Lord Beatty is the Sec
ond son of Capt. David Longfield Beatty
of County Wexford, ireland. Earl
Beatty owns many places in Ireland,
! Scotland and England. He married q
daughter of Marshall Field of Chicago.
Evening star., 1930-12-15

Did you ever write letter to Frederic
j. HaSkin? You can ask him any QueS-
tion OF fact and get the answer in a
personal letter. Here is a great educa-
tional idea introduced into the lives of
the most intelligent people in the world
American newspaper readers. 1t is a
part of that best purpose of q news
paper-service. There is no charge ex-
cept cents in coin or stamps for return
postage. Address Frederic j. Haskin,
director, The Evening Star Information
Bureau, Washington, ID. G.
@. Lately we got a station on our
radio which sounded like Renosa. Where
is it?-R. d. p.
says that Station XED, in Renosa Cor
Reynosa). Mexico, operates on 96l kilo-
cycles, 3l2 meters, and is a 10.000-watt
station. Renosa Is located in Tamauli-
pas, Mexico.
@. Why does tinfoil coming in con-
tact with the gold filling in a tooth
cause sharp pain?-T. E. c.
A.. 1t is the result of slight elec-
tr1cal current which is thus generated.
@. What kind of a snake is a black
mamba?-T. L. p.
A. The black mamba is merely a
popular term among the African ma
tiveS for large black reptiles and Is not
any particular species.
@. Could members Of the Presidents
cabinet be permitted to sit In Congress
without amending the Constitution
S. w.
A. "Our Government" by Garner g.
Capen, says that members Of the cab
met cannot at the same time be men,
berS of either house of Congress. They
could, however, be allowed to occupy
seats for the purpose of advocating or
opposing the enactment of laws affect
ing their departments and for giving
explanations to Congress and defending
their policies against attack. This privi-
lege could be allowed without amend
ing the Constitution, and President
Hoover is said to favor such an arrange
ment.
@. When was tea first shipped to the
American colonies?--I. w. C.
A. The Dutch East India Co. intro
duced tea into the Netherlands early
In the seventeenth century. 1t reached
England as early as 1857 and was
shipped by the English to the American
colonies in 1880. At that time it was
selling at $5 q pound and upward, ac-
cording to the quality.
@. When did New York City first
have mounted police?-W. C.
A. They went on duty September 9,
1904.
Q. What vocation did John D. Rock
efeller follow before he became inter-
ested in oil?-M. T.
A. Mark Sullivan in "Our Times" says
that when Rockefeller's family moved
to Cleveland, he began work as book
keeper. He saved enough money to
become partner in produce commits
sion firm, and then with his partner
and young mechanical engineer, in
1852, he ventured into the oil refining
business.
@. What is cloisonne?-G. MF.
A. 1t is the name applied to method
by which enamel is laid out In q pattern
with strips of fiat wire. The spaces are
filed in with enamel paste, which is
then fused into place.
Evening star., 1930-12-15

The average citizen resents the word
dole" The sintelligent and perma-
nent solution of an employment situa-
ton must depend on the mental ability
to devise an industrial system that
will utilize to the fullest extent what
economists have described as the most
important power on earth, man power.
Evening star., 1930-12-15

Trade should, of course, be conducted
in entire frankness. The methods of
Soviet Russia's immense economy of
production are in many minds a mys-
terry. 1t was hard for schoolboys
ito swap" the contents of both hands
when one of the boys insisted on
keeping a hand behind his back.
Evening star., 1930-12-15

The Army foot ball hero, Ray Stecker,
comes from Hazelton, Pa, not q very
big town, and another example of how
the small communities often produce
the most famous men.
Evening star., 1930-12-15

Communists claim to have certain i'm
portant ideas as to a reorganization of
social relationships. They are rather
too complex to be intelligibly conveyed
by series of placards in an impromptu
parade.
Evening star., 1930-12-15

Thanksgiving produced enough alco-
holic tragedies to offer a warning that
Christmas should be celebrated with
honest sentiment and without indis-
criminate artificial stimulation.
Evening star., 1930-12-15

His fondness for athletic endeavor has
not yet tempted Mussolini to over
exertion which might compel him to
recognize family physician as an auto
crat even greater than himself.
Evening star., 1930-12-15

Cooperation is desired by Senator
Robinson. But 1t is always the prtvi-
lege of a Senator to make careful in
quiries as to the results of any course
of procedure.
Evening star., 1930-12-15
"Red' Wheat in u. S.

Prom the Miami Daily News.
The best quality of hard red Winter
wheat, says the Department of Agri-
culture, is produced in the United
States. Is this calculated to make the
Russian reds turn green with envy2
Evening star., 1930-12-15
Degrees in Ealing.

From the New London Day
The French government seems to fall
just as often, or oftener, as any South
American government. The difference
is the French government doesn't fall
so hard or so far.
Evening star., 1930-12-15

The score Of to o in favor of the
Army foot ball players is calculated to
leave the Navy lads more than ever i'm
pressed with the belief that there is no
Santa Claus.
Evening star., 1930-12-15
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Evening star., 1930-12-15
Small Town Racket.

From the Detroit News.
There was nothing in the home town
to correspond to the modern racket, eX-
cept holding up the grocer for 50 for
an ad in the Happy Five's dance pro-
gram.
Evening star., 1930-12-15

There are Senators who hesitate to
enter World Court unless it is equipped
with red lights indicating exits in case
something very serious happens.
Evening star., 1930-12-15

Hopes Of legislative harmony are too
often based on futile expectation that
some one may be induced to change his
mind
Evening star., 1930-12-15

There is Just one exalted title to
which Mr.. Ritchie Of Maryland appears
ineligible, that Of Ex-Governor.
Evening star., 1930-12-15
MechaniZation-

The gangsters find us much surprised
And overwhelmed with doubt;
If this age must be mechanical.
Let's leave machine guns out.
Evening star., 1930-12-15
A Shade Of Envy.

How does it feel to be unquestion-
ably an idol Of the populace?"
How should I know" rejoiped Sen
ator Sorghum. II haven't had the
training to be q foot ball player, and
I'm too old, anyhow"
Evening star., 1930-12-15
Appeal 70 Law.

The Communists are curious elves,
Who from our laws demand release.
They start a quarrel 'mongst themselves
And then they call for the policel
Evening star., 1930-12-15
From Wet to Dry?

From the Raleigh News and Observer.
We go from one extreme to another.
The last Congress was concerned with
Hood relief. The problem with this
Congress is to provide for drought re-
lief.
Evening star., 1930-12-15
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Evening star., 1930-12-15

Jud Tunkins says he never yet knew
a man who felt like Dragging about his
wealth when it came to reporting his
income tax.
Evening star., 1930-12-15

Thanksgiving Is Passed.
From the Terre Haute Star.
The average foot ball stadium soon
Wl4 ne ~ crowded 90 Q park hench
Evening star., 1930-12-15
A Selfish Attitude.

"I hope there will never be another
war" said Miss Cayenne.
I'VE all hope so. Have you a special
reason of your own?"
Yes. I don't want expectations OF
Army and Navy foot ball games in any
way interfered with"
ANY man." said Hi Ho, the sage OF
Chinatown, "can teach the rules Of
proper moral conduct, but no man can
be relied on to follow all his own teach
ings."
Evening star., 1930-12-15

II can't see no sense" said Uncle
Eben, "foh . soap box orator when de
Winters comm on and q soap box Is
50 useful fob kinolin."
Evening star., 1930-12-15
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Evening star., 1930-12-15

@. What is cloisonne?-G. Nj
A. It is the name applied to method
by which enamel is laid out in pattern
with strips of fiat wire. The spaces are
filled in with enamel paste, which is
then fused into place.
Evening star., 1930-12-15

not willing to enter a free-for-an race
for the nomination. The Republicans
who are opposed to Thompson and his
city hall crowd are expected to place
q candidate in the field for the mayoral-
ty nomination. There is talk, too, of
Charles Barrett, another of the city
politicians, making the race.
Perhaps the faction which follows
Senator Charles S. Deneen, who retires
from the Senate next March, will put
a candidate in the field. Indeed, it is
entirely likely it will do so, provided
there seems to be a chance of success.
The suggestion has been made that
perhaps Senator Deneen himself might
become a candidate for mayor of the
city. Certainly If his faction could
nominate a mayor it would be a big
step for Senator Deneen toward po-
litical comeback. He was defeated last
Spring in the senatorial primary by
Mrs. Ruth Hanna Mccormick, who had
the aid of the Thompson faction in
that primary. Thompson left Mrs.
Mccormick, however, as soon as he had
brought about the defeat of Deneen,
and supported Senator-elect James
Hamilton Lewis. Lewis, according TO
reports from Chicago, has been quite
i'll with cold and threatened with
pneumonia.
Democratic leaders are beginning to
figure on their chances for winning the
next national election and placing a
President in the White House. The one
thing that is causing them worry, how
ever, is the possibility that factional
differences may arise in their own ranks
which would give the Republicans a
chance to win in 1882. Every effort
will be made from now on to maintain
harmony. Furthermore, having used
the failures of the Republican admin
istration-the Democratic term-to aid
them in the congressional campaign
this year with considerable success, the
party leaders are now seeking to perfect
definite constructive program upon
which their party may stand In 1882
One Of the matters which has caused
The Washington times., 1930-09-22
Wedding Was
SOlenniZed
In West

Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin r.
Parker, of Rockville. Md, an
nounce the marriage Of their
daughter, Miss Katherine Lou
lse Parker, to Gilbert Grosvenor
La Gorce, Of Washington. son
of John Oliver La Gorce. The
wedding took place in the Ger
man Catholic Church in Liv-
ingston, Mont, on August Is.
Mr.. and Mrs. La Gorce have
been in Washington since last
Sunday and plan TO make their
home here. The young people
were members of a group trav.
cling through Yellowstone Ma
tional Park for summer holi-
day and their romance cul-
minated in the simple wedding
which took place in Livingston.
The bride attended Central
High School and later took
courses at George washington
University. Mr.. La Gorce'S
father is vice president Of the
National Geographic Society
and the son was named for
DR.. Gilbert Grosvenor, preSi-
dent of the National Geo
graphic Society. Mr.. La Gorce
has spent much time abroad.