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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-20
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS

the United States in the French Inter
national Overseas Exhibition to be held
in Paris next year. Formal acceptances
of participation have been received from
England, Italy, Belgium, Holland, Por-
tugal and many of the smaller nations.
Japan, Canada and Cuba are among
those which have indicated that ac-
ceptanceS are forthcoming, and deci-
sions are pending in II other countries.
The present exhibition is the fruition of
plans which antedated the World War,
for a great international exposition at
Paris. The program Is now to be car
ried out on magnificent scale.
X *
Demonstrations are now current to
the effect that before Vice President
Curtis relinquishes his Office he will be
ensconced in an official vice presidential
mansion to be provided by a generous
Nation for the first time in the history
of the Republic. Such a project has
been advanced often in the past and
would probably have finally materialized
10 years ago, but for the personal wishes
of the then Vice President Calvin
Coolidge, who had no relish for ostenta-
ton and no private purse to maintain
an expensive establishment. Now a
move is afoot to revive the proposition
in Congress and the sponsors intimate
that Mr.. Curtis will interpose no OBJ
lection. A companion legislative measure
of interest was favorably reported from
the House military affairs committee
last week to confer the permanent
rank Of colonel on any Army officer
named to the post of White House
physician and the rank of captain on
any naval officer similarly placed.
Similar proposals during the Coolidge
administration failed to pass Congress,
though Maj. Coupal, Mr.. Coolidge's
Army doctor, was granted temporary
colonelcy.
Copyright, 1900
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-20
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

| higher is its melting point, and an alloy
composed of one part tin and two parts
lead melts at AL degrees Fahrenheit.
Q. Which is the larger seapart, Havre
or Bordeaux?-K. H.
A. Havre ranks above Bordeaux as o
seaport. Marseille is the greatest sea-
port of France. Havre is the second.
@. Does the tartan of the Black
Watch belong to some Scottish CLAMP
N. B.
A. 1t does not 1t is entirely mill
tary. In 1725, when Gen. Wade was
sent to Scotland to pacify the High
| lands, he gave orders that the six COM
panies in existence adopt uniform
tartan. This was of dark color. and
gave rise to the name of the Black
Watch In 1889 these six companies
were formed into a regiment, and the
history of the Black Watch began.
@. Please tell when Jerusalem was
| destroyed.-A. r.
| A. The Babylonians reduced the city
of Jerusalem in the year 586 BIC
Nebuchadne2zar demolished the walls
and all principal houses, plundered and
destroyed the temple and carried away
to Babylon all except the poorest citi-
zens. Jerusalem remained in ruins for
| so years.
@. When was solar surgery first
| uSed?-N. G.
! A. From the earliest times sunlight
has been considered an important aid
| In the preservation of health. The
ancient Greeks and Romans exposed
| their naked bodies to the sun in the
open air to recruit mental and physical
energies. Exposure to the suns rays
was also adopted by the physicians Of
those times as remedy for many affec-
tions, especially dropsy, Inflammation
OF the kidneys and paralysis"
@. How is a carat divided into
| points?--V. L.
A. All precious stones are weighed by
what Is known as the metric carat of
200 milligramS. The carat is divided
into 100 parts, one part equaling
| milligrams; thus instead of writing q
carat and one-quarter it is expressed
lbs, and instead of one carat and
half it is expressed by $50.
Q. How thick must ice be to support
skaters?-H. H. B.
A. Ice Of / u inches thickness is gen.
orally strong enough to support a man.
Four inches Of ice is necessary to sup
port cavalry and light guns, inches to
support an 84-pound cannon, 10 inches
of ice will support crowd, Is inches a
| railroad train.
@. When was Thurston, the magi-
clan, born?-F. s.
A. He was born in 1869. He has
been magician since boyhood.
@. Meats are stamped with colored
marks to Indicate that they are kosher.
Is the ink on the meat injurious to the
health?-A. C.
A. All stamping of food products is
done with vegetable dyes, which are
| perfectly harmless. Thes Department of
Agriculture would not permit the use
OF poisonous compounds in the. stamp
ing of any foods. $50.
Q. Is there gas in a neon tube?-
r. B.
A. Neon is an inert gas, lighter than
air. When an electric current Is passed
through 1t, it becomes incandescent.
The neon advertising signs are COM
posed of glass tubes filled with the gas,
through which the electric current is
| passed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-20
The Time-Limit Clause.

Probably never in American history
will the perspective of the eighteenth
amendment be sufficiently closed to
permit the telling of the story of pro-
hibition in the full with all its ramifi-
cations and side-lights and digressions.
Even now, eleven years after the ratifi-
cation of the amendment and ten years
after its going into effect, the amend
ments validity is being challenged.
Indeed, the challenging of the validity
Of the constitutional provision under
which prohibitory laws have been en-
acted has been a favorite pastime OF
many publicists and statesmen, who
cannot reconcile themselves to the fact
that the fundamental law Of the land
has been changed to permit such legis-
lation.
Saturday the debate in the House Of
Representatives over the provision In
the pending appropriation bill for the
meeting of the expenses of prohibition
enforcement afforded opportunity fol-
the latest contribution to the literature
Of challenge. The donor Of this new
chapter, raising point OF order that
he acknowledged would not lie, and just
doing it for the purpt -e OF going
through the motions of protest against
the validity of the amendment. chal'
lenged the validity of the Fundamental
law of prohibition on the ground thai
the inclusion in the amendment a.
submitted to the State legislatures o.
the time-limit clause nullified it auto
matically. The chairman of the com
mittee of the whole promptly denied thu
point of order and the debate proper
proceeded without any attempt to re-
settle the question of validity.
Indeed, discussion Of invalidity IL
Congress is about as useful as debat,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-20
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

, beautiful day today you said some
thing else. In other words, you failed
to say it after each one of the three
sentences, didn't you?"
The light which lies in the eyes of a
man who has lost bet (and admits it,
flashes into Smiths.
He realizes that he has lost, and
ground for calling the thing unfair he
cannot do so.
X X X
This Is not one of the so-called "psy-
Geological tests although it has the
aspects of one. We have watched this
stunt pulled" on many men, and al
most uniformly the victim loses. his
dime.
Those few who have steadfastly stuck
to the monotonous repetition of the
parrotlike sentence have been no more
intelligent than those who lost
What the trick does show perhaps
is the possession of a true single-track
mind by those who do not lose.
If a man can keep the one idea of
saying that silly sentence, even if an
earthquake intervenes, he will win
A curious feature of this trick is that
men who know best what sentence is
and how to use it. almost invariably
lose.
The victim permits himself to be
side-tracked because he is expecting to
be defrauded and is too much on the
watch for it.
This is not a good joke to try on
women. They do not like it. One may
wonder If any one else does. Like all
such tricks, it leaves a sense of shame
with the victim.
A curious feature of this. as of SINH
lar bets, is that 1t varies little in
phraseology. There may be variations,
such as calling Il VIM after the first
sentence, but in the main it is the same
everywhere.
Another of these trick bets, but not
as good, is the following:
Jones bets Smith that he can't take
off his vest and button 1t up again in
two minutes.
Smith, having got trimmed on the
other bet few days before, is par
ticularly suspicious now.
Yet for the life Of him he can't see
why he can't take off his vest and
button it up again in one minute, let
alone two minutes.
you won't try to use force?" he
asks.
"Of course not" says Jones.
The usual audience gathers, some "in
the know" others ignorant. All, how
ever, sense that Smith is in for another
trimming.
This time the bet is IS cents. Just
why a quarter, no one knows.
Smith takes off his coat and then
proceeds to get out of his vest. He
still has a minute and half.
You bet can't button it up again
inside of two minutes?" he queries.
That's it,"
Smith puts on his vest, grabs the top
button and starts to button down.
Il win!" cries Jones, pocketing the
so cents. 81 said button up, not down"
1t is claimed that 9 out Of 10 men
when buttoning their vests begin at the
top and button down.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-20
Canadians Have Problem
In Secondhand Autos

From the Toronto, Ontario. Daily Star.
The utmost caution should be exer-
cised in imposing regulations or duties
which will exclude from the Canadian
market foreign products now entering
it and thus deprive the Canadian con-
sumner of the advantages OF COMPETE
ton.
That is a safe general rule. But in
a case shortly to be discussed before the
stances are so unusual that the erection
of barriers to importation may we'll
prove to be justified. The case is that
of the motor dealers who seek more
stringent regulations regarding the
bringing in of secondhand automobiles
and trucks for resale. The Star does
not propose to discuss at this time the
amendments which they suggest. These
will be considered in detail by the tariff
board. But the general principle of the
thing Is of some public interest. And
on general principles it may be said
that we have in Canada enough second
hand motor cars of our own.
These secondhand motor cars are, as
every one knows, the problem of a
motor dealers existence. He sells new
car and gets an old one in part pay
ment. He resells the old car and gets,
perhaps, still another one in part pay
ment for that. How it works out is
shown by the experience of an Ottawa
dealer, who, in selling 1853 new cars, took
in 134 old ones. But before he got rid
Of the old ones he had to take in an
additional los in exchange. He handled
239 secondhand cars i'll order to sell
163 new ones. And this Is not an I'M
usual experience. To aggravate this
condition by Cutting the used car mar
ket with old cars imported from the
United States is to increase the diff
cultieS of the Canadian dealer and to
depress the trade-in value of the cars
which Canadians own. Everybody's car
Is reduced in value by these i'm
portations. The consumer, instead Of
being helped is injured.
There is another aspect to the case:
There are quite enough old cars already
on the roads without adding to this
number the cast-offs of the United
States market. Any one can buy an old
car at a reasonable price. No hardship
will be involved in discouraging the
importation of American used cars
altogether.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-20
People Prefer Pershing Free
From Political PartisanshD

session of good common sense. As a.
soldier he has achieved much honor and
rendered distinguished service to his
country and the world at large As a
member of the Senate he would prob
ably feel very much out of place"
X 4 X
"A senatorial contest in Nebraska :"
advises the Oakland Tribune, could
not help being bitter one, inasmuch
as the opponent to any man who runs
will be Senator Norris. He represents
definite insurgent following which
carries into the fight some grain-State
philosophy upon which feeling is both
deep and divided. Throwing himself
into battle OF the kind which would
be certain to result, Gen. Pershing would
have little to gain"
In a country governed as is the
United States" remarks the TeXarkana
Gazette, "a military career ordinarily is
not good stepping stone to political
position. There have been notable ex-
ceptions, of course, but as general rule
military training and political training
90 not lead in the same direction. It is
not surprising, therefore, that Gen.
PerSh1ng, who has won the highest
honors possible to achieve in America,
tells his friends to spread the word he
Is not and will not be candidate for
United States Senator in the State OF
Nebraska
Mentioned as presidential posi-
bility in 1920 and again when the
American Farm Bureau Federation vir-
tually Endorsed him for that high Office"
recalls the New Orleans Times-Pica-
yune. 'he resisted the temptation to
plunge into politics. His current refusal
to contest the Nebraska senatorship
makes it practically certain that he
Will hold aloof from the political arena
to the end and retain the added dis
tinction going Herewith"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-20

Any reader can get the answer to any
question by writing to our Information
Bureau in washington, d. G. This offer
applies strictly to information. The bu-
reau cannot give advice on legal, medi-
cal and financial matters. 1t does not
attempt to settle domestic troubles, nor
undertake exhaustive research on any
subject. Write your question plainly
and briefly. Give full name and ad-
dress, and inclose 2 cents in coin or
! stamps for return postage. The reply
is sent direct to the inquirer. Address
The Evening Star Information Bureau,
Frederic j. HaSkin, director, Washing
ton, D. C.
@. Did any major league player get
six hits in one game last season?-B. G..
A. Two players made this record last
season. Lloyd Waner of the Pittsburgh
Pirates made six safe hits on June Is.
On June % Hank Deberry of the Brook
lyn team equaled this record.
O. Was a tunnel under the English
Channel ever actually begun?-T. r.
A. Somewhat more than two miles of
tunnel was constructed previous to 1885
about thrccfourthS of mile in Eng
land and the remainder in France.
These sections are said to be in an
excellent state of preservation.
@. What organization awards a
medal for good diction on the radio?-
E. A.
A. It is awarded by the American
Academy of Arts and Letters.
9; What was coue's principlee-
A. Emile Coue (born 1857, died 1926
was a French psychotherapeutist.
Coue's system of therapeutics deals
principally with the power of magma
ton as opposed to that of the will. He
claimed that by means of auto-sugges-
| ton ideas which tend to cause illness
and disease may be eliminated from the
will. Coue invariably stated that he
was not primarily healer, but one who
taught others to heal themselves. His
famous formula was Every day and In
every way I am becoming better and
better"
@. Is the Rock of Gibraltar made Of
chalk?-C. T. S.
A. The Rock Of Gibraltar consists
for the most part of pale-gray lime
stone of compact and crystalline struc-
ture. Above the limestone are found
layers OF dark-blue stales with inter-
calated beds Of grit, mudstone and lime
stone.
@. Did Theodore Dresser change his
name?-A. G. S.
A. Theodore Dresser did not change
his name. His brother, Paul, adopted
the spelling of the name-Dresser.
@. Have thrift stamps of 1918 any
value?-A. v. j.
A. They may be sent to the United
States Treasury and redeemed for cash.
@. Are some soldiers known as soft
and others as hard?-T. p.
A. Soldering operations are classified,
according to the composition of the
alloy used, as either soft soldering or
hard soldering. Soldiers of low melting
points, composed mainly of lead and tin
in varying amounts, are known as soft
soldiers, while those of high melting
points, composed of varying amounts Of
copper, brass, zinc, silver and gold, are
known as hard soldiers. The soft solder
commonly used is made up of half lead
and half tin. and melts at tempera-
ture Of $40 degrees Fahrenheit. The
more lead there is in this alloy the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-20

upon the aspect of the other side OF
the moon. Congress cannot determine
validity Only the Supreme Court OF
the United States can answer this ques-
ton, and In fact it has already answered
it by holding the eighteenth amend
ment to be now a valid, integral part
Of the Constitution and the laws enact
ed under it to be constitutional.
The precise point as to validity turn
ing upon the inclusion of the time limit
clause in the body of the amendment
resolution is an interesting but not espe-
cially thrilling argument. For the first
time the proponents of an amendatory
resolution in Congress agreed to the
limitation of the period within which
ratification by three-fourths of the
States was permissible. This was
thought by some at the time to be a
partial victory for the vets, who be-
lieved that ratifying votes could not
possibly be had from thirty-six legisla-
lures within seven years. AS a matter
of fact the amendment was ratified
hlIIllIl one year.
1t is rather amazing that time should
be spent upon so trifiing point as that
the inclusion of the time-limit clause
in the body of the amendment nullifies
1t. The question was raised at the out
set when the fundamental law was put
to its first test in the highest court.
That court ignored the question, swept
1t aside with a gesture of Impotence.
And yet now, after ten years of more
or less operative life, the point is raised
anew. Somebody ought to propose
time limit upon dead issues. The pro-
hibition question is sufficiently difficult
and complex now without attempting
to add absurdities to the argument.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-20
Potato Crop Brings
Maine Prosperity
From the Boston Evening Transcript.

From the Boston Evening Transcript.
Tales that come from the potato fields
OF the ArooStook country would arouse
the Jealousy of the Hesperides, were
shoSe Greek maidens still guarding their
golden apples. There are reports from
Northern Maine of kind calculated to
/ turn green with envy many a man who
Is raising golden oranges in the groves
OF Southern California. The humble
potato is not worth its weight In gold,
but the level fields of size to suggest
Western fields of golden grain rather
than the hundred-acre hillside farms of
Maine may be classed as gold mines be-
cause of their potatoes. The fantastic
dreams of Col. Mulberry Sellers find
standardization in fact in the region lying
between the st. John and the forest pri-
meval through which flows the Ala
cash. There are millions In it.
;, That is to say, there are millions in
1t in the good potato years. This ap-
pears to be one of them. The 1929
crop OF Aroostook potatoes is estimated
at about 17,325,000 barrels. The cost
of raising barrel of potatoes and car
ing Tor them until marketed is placed at
from SIPS to $l.75. The Market News
service OF the United States Department
OF Agriculture reported under date of
January that $3.50 and $3.75 a barrel
were beng paid for potatoes at Pressure
Isle. In round figures here is a profit
OF about 50 barrel. Such figures indi-
cate that the potato crop will bring into
Maine more than $60,o00,o00 and Of
that amount more than half will con-
stitute the profit.
Send the glad tidings to President
Hoover. He wants money spent in ways
to stimulate business and in a good po-
tato year the people of Aroostook have
the reputation of being liberal spenders.
The tale of the man who promised his
wife he would buy car when he sold
his potatoes is characteristic. The
dealer had sold all his Fords No more
would be received for several days. And
then the eye of the potato grower
CHANGED to fall upon a Packard. He
wanted a car Price was a secondary
consideration. He bought the Packard
One commentator on the course of
events in Aroostook County suggests
that for some months to come it IS 60
ing to be about the best place in the
world in which to sell automobiles,
pianos, radios sewing machines, trotting
horses. washing machines, refrigeration
machines, Paris perfumes and dresses,
wildcat stock, and ny catche1e.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-20

representation and participation in his
own government and affairs which he
now enjoys by custom or by law. He
should endure no slurring discrimina-
ton, new or old, which is not clearly
shown to be absolutely essential to the
national welfare
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-20

Floods in Missouri and Arkansas have
rendered many hundreds homeless in
the bitter cold. This kind of news
should cause the man who has frozen
radiator or break in the plumbing to
be willing to forget his annoyances and
interest himself In the relief Of real
misfortune.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-20

Confident announcement Is made that
cancellations and agreements will be
sought in the London conference. At
this early stage of procedure, it is pos
sible to forecast thus far without fear Of
error.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-20

In asserting her right to seat in
Congress the daughter of William j.
Bryan employs no counsel. but, like her
distinguished father, disdains depend
ence on borrowed oratory.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-20

There could be no question of a can
didate for District Commissioner being
ineligible If he maintains a voting resi-
dence. Conditions should permit him
to do his voting here in the City of
Washington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-20

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled
patches credited to it or not otherwise cred
tied in this paper and also the ,oeai me news Us
special dispatches herein are also reserved
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Crime and Circumstances.

From the Fort Worth STAR elegram.
The strict moralist who contends that
circumstances have nothing to do with
crime probably never investigated the
relation of weather to umbrella thefts.
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SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Caution.

Caution.
In safety now we shall agree
To sail upon pleasant sea.
OF all the people set af1oat,
The worst Is he who rocks the boat!
And, as the conference waves we cross,
OF caution there must be no loss.
This warning shall make glad the trip:
"Oh, do not rock the battleship"
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Cupid Blind to Taboo.

From the Savannah Morning News !.
Bibb County had last year a legal
marital separation a day on the aver
age. A divorce a day doesn't, however,
keep Cupid away. Marriages increased
IN number. s7 4s
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Ask the Senate.

From the Oakland Tribune.
1t is not yet determined whether lob
byists this year will spend their time
lobbying or testifying.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-20
Denunciation Essential.

From the Racine Journal-News
What doth 1t profit man to write
naughty book II nobody will denounce
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