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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-09

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Q. What are the sources, proportion
ately, of the money expended for road
building in the United States?-B. V. S.
A. General taxes furnish 27.4 per
cent, motor vehicle fees, 20 per cent;
gasoline tax, Is per cent; bonds. ia
per cent; appropriations, per cent, and
Federal aid, So per cent; while 4 per
cent comes from miscellaneous sources.
This money is expended SIS per cent
for construction, 294 per cent for
maintenance, 80 per cent for interest
on bonds and 40 per cent on machinery
and other equipment.
@. Who was the Flying Parson?-
L. r. S.
A. His name was Belvin W. May
nard. He was born September %,
1892. He served with the A. E. F., was
discharged from the Army May 3. 1920,
was appointed reserve officer June S,
1921. In 1924 he was killed at Rutland,
VT, in an airplane accident.
@. In what direction does tornado
travel?-N. T. II.
A. Most tornadoes move toward the
northeast; few toward the southeast;
the others in an easterly direction.
Although the storm moves at great
speed around its center, its forward
movement is from 40 to so miles an
hour. 1t is therefore often possible to
avoid a tornado by driving at right an
giles to it at high rate of speed.
@. How many Confederate soldiers
are still living?-E. L. K.
A. There are about 10000.
@. What sort of music is played on
the carlton at Lake Wales, Fla
S. R. D.
A. The recitals on the Sanctuary
Bells always begin with America.
songs, such as Little Gray Home in the
West; certain operate airs, Gods
Hand" Drink to Me Only With
Thine Ewes" Dixie; folk songs
Southern airs, and often the last piece
on the program is Our United States,
the words of which are by Mr.. Box
the music having been arranged, har-
monized and orchestrated by Leopold
StokowSki.
O. Why is a black cat considered bac
luck?-E. V. B.
A. According to an old legend, Sa'
tans favorite form of disguise was
black cat, and this probably gave rise
to the superstition.
@. Who said welcome the coming
speed the parting guest"?-P. G..
A. Homer uses the expression in The
Odyssey"
@. What did Kipling write which Of
Tended the King so that Kipling was
never offered the poet laureateship?-
w. T. j.
A. According to rumor it was Kipling's
poem THE Widow at Windsor" which
kept Kipling from being appointed poet
laureate.
@. How can our paper currency be
kept from cracking as it grows old?-
E. H.
A. The paper is so prepared that the
bills do not crack in time; old bills show
wear, but not cracks.
O, What can be done to eXterminate
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-09

Rear Admiral Walter R. Gherardi of
the General Navy Board, who has just
been given admirals rank by President
Hoover, has an eminent record of pre-
war and war service. When things
broke loose in 1914, Gherardi was Amer
lean naval attache in Germany. He
was on especially important duty at
Berlin until the United States entered
the fray and then became captain of
a transport which was engaged contin-
uously for year and half in landing
Yankee troops In France. After the
armistice Capt. Gherardi functioned
on the international commission con-
cerned with exchange of war prisoners
He became naval aide to Curtis D.
Wilbur, Secretary of the Navy, in
1925. While on that assignment Cher
ardi was struck on the head by an air.
plane propeller on the Pacific Coast,
suffering injuries that threatened to in
capacitate him. Rear Admiral Cher
ardi is full-fledged naval aviator and
once commanded the aircraft scouting
squadron. He comes from distinguished
naval stock.
Calvin Coolidge's month IA
nous half-house at 81 MasSasoit street,
Northampton, Mass, has been rented by
a couple of New Jersey sisters who will
turn it into a homemade candy store.
A local paper suggests that the girls
specialize in Calvin Caramels-Choo
to Chew One and Enjoy Silence"
X X X
White House and State Department
declare that Ambassador Dawes explod-
ed about something that's exclusively
his own business when he recently
fiayed Americans who yearn to curtsey
before British royalty. Would-be pres
enteeS at foreign courts must apply to
the respective ambassadors and minis
tiers. Washington reSolutely washes its
hands of the most pestiferous breed of
favor-askers our political system has
ever developed.
(Copyright, 1907
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-09

Now that the honeysuckle is in bloom,
it is well to stop for a few moments to
consider this hardest of vines, this
most sterling weed.
Any caprifoliaceOus shrub of the ge-
nus Lonicera earns the name Of honey
suckle,' favorite in the minds of mil
lions throughout the world.
The above mouth-flling designation
has not the sweetness about it of plain,
everyday "honeysUckle," beloved of
children and their elders.
No flower that grows receives quite
the attention the honeysuckle does from
the hands-and even the lips-of the
youngsters.
No sooner do the yellow blossoms be-
gin to appear on the vines. twining over
fences, old trees and posts everywhere,
than the boys and girls gather, one or
two together.
Like humming birds searching for
nectar, the children apply their lips to
the tubelike flowers, extracting there
from one of Natures sweets.
* x 4 y
Older admirers of the honeysuckle
are content with shifting the fragrant
air.
What odor, unless it be the lilac, is
more appreciated?
Especially during such weather as the
National Capital has enjoyed now for
many weeks does the fragrant flower of
this vine win its way into the appreci-
alton of mankind.
1t has added to the charm Of early
morning. seeming the air with a fra
GRANGE at once spicy, interesting and
enjoyable.
Odors may be interesting. of course,
just as sights may be. or sounds. To
many the fragrance of lilacS, dew-cov-
cred, is one of the most interesting in
the world. That of the common honey
suckle is another. better than that Of
roses or other too-heavy scents.
The commonness of this vine Is
what endearS it to many. Tropical
creepers have their place, but their
place is not the nearby vacant lot or
yonder ugly line of board fences.
1t is in such places that the honey
suckle comes into its own.
1t is called vine, but practically 1t is
weed. A weed" it must be remem-
bered, is merely some plant which grows
where it Is not wanted.
Sturdy things which insist on grow
ing in lawn grass, such as dandelions,
are called weeds by indignant home
owners.
Yet actually they are plants, no diff
ferent in their growing essence from
grass plants. If grass prefers to come
up between bricks or In other places
where 1t is not wanted. it in its turn
is treated as weed and eradicated
Honeysuckle is fine where wanted, a
nuisance where not but every one loves
1t when 1t is in bloom.
Sometimes it manifests a strange per-
sistence in failing to flower. Then it
is reduced to mere coverage. It Is
said that the ruby-throated humming
bird, common to these parts, loves the
honeysuckle, and certainly the bees are
vastly fond Of it,
): X X
The Hawaiians, among their appeal
ing melodies, have one called Honey
sakala," praising the sweet climber.
Shakespeare antedated them by a
couple Of centuries at least when he
wrote in his Much Ado About Moth
ing:
And bid her steal into the pleached
bower,
Where honeySuckles, ripened by the sun,
Forbid the sun to enter, like favorites
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-09

The service rendered in the develop
ment of literary quality in the United
States by the old Century Magazine,
which became quarterly and is now
merged with the Forum. Is acknowl-
edged by the country. Its original con-
tribution is commended as of pernla-
nent value, while the later interest of
the Century in new theories is sub
ject of discussion. 1t is agreed that
one thing for which the country, is
especially indebted to its distinguished
line of editors is the discovery of new
talent which contributed to its brill
liancy.
"It may be entering upon a new
period of vigor and popularity as a
component part of the Forum and
Century" thinks the New York Even
ing Post, land we feel sure that under
Henry Goddard Leach's able editorship
this will prove to be true but it will not
be the old Century, which won its high
repute in the early days of its more
than half a century Of existence" The
Memphis Commercial Appeal is con-
WINGED that the editorial policy of the
Forum, under the direction of Mr..
Leach, will continue to dominate the
new publication"
The old Century has been a power"
says the Houston Chronicle. In the
last year it has presented some OF the
most worthwhile scientific and philo-
sophical articles which have appeared
in this country. And 1t has given us
fiction Of the very highest type, albeit
in small doses. It would not be entirely
true to say that public taste has
turned from such worthwhile things. y
The Chronicle emphasizes the need OF
sound editorial philosophy" and con-
tinues: There is a time for probing
and analysing and Weighing, that Is
quite true, and we have had lot Of it
in all realms of intellectual life in recent
years; but there comes a time also for
decision, for adoption of a philosophy,
for either a rehabilitation of old things
or a leadership toward definitely new
goals"
Efforts to change the magazines
policy were not successful" agrees the
Newark Evening News, while at the
same time that paper recalls the
achievements of the publication with
the statements that Gin its so years of
life the roster of the Centurys con-
tributors reads like a scroll Of literary
history" and that under Richard Wat
son Glider as editor it did great deal
for the ambitious young men and wom-
en- of the South who during the '80s
and '90s attacked New York en- masse
and for time had a lot to say in the
fiction of those decades. The News
adds that "thc Century's famous stories
of Civil War campaigns, penned by the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-09
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Traffic Signals.

Traffic Signals.
The insects now come on display
With JOY In their gyrations,
And even they sometimes obey
The traffic regulations.
The firefly's travel does not scorn
To show a light to cheer US.
The locust's horn sounds loud to warn
The world that he draws near us.
And thus the honey bee will find
Safe journey for his shipment,
With Fate inclined to be so kind
With natural equipment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-09

It might be possible even for Ambas-
sador Dawes to admit that social climb
ing is an interesting and harmless pur-
suit. 1t occupies time in manner that
has caused more sleepless nights than
some Of the greatest inventions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-09

Anti-prohibitionist claim a prepon-
derance of influence, observing that
while a number of "drys" are charged
with entertaining sentiments that are
secretly wet" no wet" Is ever desig-
mated as secretly dry"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-09
CamDaiCn Promise.

The apple or the peach may fail
In some unfavored regions.
One grand abundance will prevail
To cheer the waiting legions.
Our statesmen once again draw nigh
With words exceeding clever.
The oratorical supply
Will be as fine as ever.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-09

Some disappointment may be felt by
Bishop Cannon in finding himself
obliged to disappoint the Senators who
constituted one of the most interested
audiences that ever assembled to hear
him,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-09

Willingness of the Senate foreign re-
lations committee to lend helping
hand in treaty making is creating the
disturbances that friendly relations &C.
casionally suffer when advice is insist
entity offered.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-09

Henry Ford is in New York looking
over the market for antiques. He is a
little too late to gather in one of the
horse cars that used to ply downtown
streets long after steam and electricity
became fully recognized.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-09

A radio nix-up compelled few lis
teners to miss part of the radio speech
recently made by Reed of Missouri.
Whether approving or not, they are
likely to agree that the part they did
succeed in hearing was a plenty.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-09

Statesmen who resent the dial phone
may possibly be realizing by this time
that the interesting little mechanism
may be of value in affording momen-
tary relief from numerous serious cases.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-09
High Blood Pressure Shown.

From the New York Evening Post.
Medical men will note how well India
is proving their theory that salt brings
high blood pressure3
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-09
Member of the Associated Press,

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled
to the use for republication OF all news dis
patches credited to It or not otheFN Use cred
tted in this paper and also The local news
published herein All rishtS of publication of
special dispatches helein are also teSerS ed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-09
Intellectual Diversion.

Intellectual Diversion.
do you enjoy base ball?"
Every much" answered Miss Cayenne.
81 thought you favored intellectual
entertainment. You must not forget
that some of the radio announcers are
among our wittiest people"
"War can be abolished" said Hi Ho,
the sage of Chinatown. THE first step
in that direction will be for neighbors
to cease quarreling."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-09
No Change Here.

From the Des Moines Tribune-capitsL
The buying of liquor may not be
illegal, but the obtaining of genuine
stuff Is going to be as hard as ever.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-09

Base Ball Resistance Not Passive.
From the Detroit News.
The passive resistance idea may be
well suited to India, but it doesn't get
our boys ahead in the American League.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-09
VARYING the News.

Varying the News.
And still we sing little song
For hope we never lose.
The world has never gone along
With nothing but good news.
"I don't see how we's gireter stop
monopoly" said Uncle Eben, "if one
boss kin 60 on steppin' out an winnin'
all de big races"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-09

Americans "Cold and Sour"
From the Roanoke Times.
The average American eats % pints
of ice cream and Is pickles in a year.
Perhaps that's what makes him such
a cold, sour proposition.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-09
Natural Gift.

1T recall" said the old college friend,
chat you were considered a very prom
ising youth"
81 am holding my own" answered
Senator Sorghum. Some of my con-
stituents say I can promise more than
anybody else before the public except
circus ad writer
Jud Tunkins says Einstein is one OF
the smartest men he ever heard of. He
not only tells you what you don't un-
derstand but gets you so interested that
you 60 to the book store and buy 1t.
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And Corkscrews for Pickle Jars.
From the Terre Haute Star
An early industrial developments may
BE- the construction OF substantial, nom
leakable nail kegs.
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Some one must be wrong.
X X *
Senator "Jim' Reed of Missouri, who
has been out of the political limelight
since he was defeated for the presi-
dental nomination in Houston in 1928,
is planning to stage a comeback and
win the Democratic nomination for
Chief Executive in 1882, it is now re-
ported. He is talking to the Democrats
nationally over the radio and burning
up" President Hoover, the London naval
treaty, prohibition, Bishop Cannon, etc,
etc. 1t all has a familiar ring. But
Senator Reed disguised many of his
supporters at Houston two years ago
when he in a measure compromised his
views on the wet and dry issue in order
to win, If he could, the support of the
dry delegations to the convention, who
were strongly opposed to the nomina-
ton OF Al Smith. It is not likely that
his wet admirers will forget what hap
pened in Texas at that time.
X = x x
With the presidential election still
two years away there is beginning to be
a lot of talk of presidential candi-
dates. Should the Democrats win con-
troll of either House of Congress in the
coming election there is bound to be
discussion of possible Republican sue
cessors of President Hoover The word
will go out that his administration has
been repudiated. If anything like that
should happen it will be due to the Re-
publican opposition to the administra-
ton itself, not to the Democrats.
The Democrats are talking of Gov.
Roosevelt of New York, Senator Rob-
inson of Arkansas and not a few of
them of AL Smith himself. as possible
candidates for the presidency. They,
as well as the Republicans, will have
to make up their minds whether they
are to nominate a man who is willing
to go forward with prohibition modi-
fication or repeal. That issue. the wet
and dry, is likely to be as potent an
issue in 1882 as it was in 1928, although
with the vets in somewhat stronger
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-27
. he recommends
yeast for
3 great modern ills

CERMANY'S most beloved medical figure
~ -Geheimrat DR.. Friedrich kraus, Pro-
fessor Emeritus of the University of Berlin
Half the great doctors of Europe, it is said,
have studied under DR.. kraus For 20 years
he headed Germany's most important clinic.
For three great health troubles-c constipation
and disorders Of digestion and the skin-Dr
Kraus urges the remarkable food, fresh yeast.
Until recently" he says, "few people
realized that constipation is injurious to the
whole system. Drastic cathartics and habit
forming pills often we're depended on. Little
was done to correct the cause of the condition.
Yeast stimulates the intestines to normal,
healthy action. Regular excavations occur.
Normal digestion is restored. Skin disorders
such as pimples and boils are combated."
Follow this great physicians advice Every
day eat 3 cakes of Fleschmann's Yeast. Each
cake is rich in tUO precious vitamins-B and ID.
Atgrocers restaurants, soda fountains. Direc-
tons on the label.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-27

READ WHAT THESE GREAT DocToRs SAY
Dr. LORENZO CHERuBISr Professor of Medical Pathology the
University of Rome declares Yeast invaluable treating
disturbances Of the inestnes, of digestion and Of the skin
DR. Paul GERBER noted internal specialist says The
Of the sunshine vtamn BY irradiatng should
be boon millions who indoors of the day. Vtamn
builds hard bones and teeth and helps keep them strong
Because of it's richness vtamin vamin B. yeast is
of renewing energy and endurance"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-27

(RiehO "Twenty-four boils-all over my back
and shoulders % wrifes CLIFTON PRuNcE of
Worcester, Mass ~ was the most miserable
person alive Seeing q cake of yeast
under O microscope convinced me. Ii was
full Of living yeast plantsi ! started to eat
il and the result was miraculous. Since th-n
all my family have eaten il. A doctor advised
il for my grandchild. My son eats il as a
laxative and tOnic.''
The Washington times., 1930-10-08
Hearst Papers Advocate

l. Peace and amity With all nations; entangling
alliances With none," as advocated by George Wash
tngton.
2 Proportional representation In the United States
= Senate, no state to haze less than tUo Senator'S.
Legislation to enforce prompt constitutional reap
porttonment in the House of Representatives.
8. A separate Department of the Army, of the Macy
and of the Air Forces, all united under Secre-
tGry of National Defense.
A. Federal action to the limit of Federal poOers to
abolish iuiteracy tn the United States under
Secretary of Education
s. Installation of the President the first of jan
aGry folloWing November election.
6. Seective immigration to admit only those suited
for American citizenship
Z. Deportation of undesirable aliens
8. Complete publicity for income taxes.
The Washington times., 1930-10-08
Saturday Half Holidays Here

The code of the District of Columbia distinctly provides
that every Saturday after IL o'clock noon holiday in
the District for ALL PURPOSES but the official nerpre
taon from Federal officials has always been that this code
applies solely to banks of this city.
Many Presidents have had this code submitted to hem with
the opinions Of eminent Washington lawyers that
hensye sweeping enough in its language justify
tive orders its full observation On referring the matter
to Attorneys General of the United States back
old opinion that the law not operative far as Federal
and other interests concerned
President Hoover to wrese with the problem and
there will be widespread interest in his decision
The stumbling block has been that the law would close
the year but would not give the privileges to Federal
workers elsewhere.
There is bill before Congress- with prospects of passage
that make Saturday afternoons holiday throughout the
Federal service Mr. Hoovers attitude may be one favong
of that law Such law would remove bother
some question from the White House.
The Washington times., 1930-10-08
Pierre de Fermat
BIZ Archibald Henderson

caught by the translation of
this work made by Bachet. Fer
mat had not received any parti
cular training in mathematics,
and never displayed any inter-
est in the subject until he was
past thirty. Among his CORE
spondents, 20 whom he wrote
regarding his mathematical dis
coveries, were Pascal and Oes.
cartes.
It is unfortunate for poster
ity that he took so little pains
to make enduring record of his
discoveries. Sometimes he would
jot his proofs down on the mar
gin of books. More frequently,
he would merely record the
theories he had discovered with.
out giving any proof of them
whatsoever. He was the soul Of
modesty, and never published
any of his writings. He came in
time to be recognized by mathe-
maticians as the founder Of a
great branch of mathematics,
known as the Theory of Num-
bers. In 1843 the legislative
chambers of France voted the
sum of $4,000 francs to publish
a collected edition of his writ
ings; but for some reason the
proposal was not then carried
out. Almost half a century
later his writings were published
by Tannery and Henry under
the auspices of the French
minister of public instruction.
It will probably never be
known how many discoveries
Ferlnat made He discovered a
simpler method of quadrating
parabolas than that of Archi-
medes; and anticipated the diff
ferential calculus of Newton and
Leibniz in his study of maxima
and minima. He made important
contributions to the theory of
probability.
Copyright, 1880. international Fea-
ture Service. Inc.)