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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-12
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| pense among physicians, there Is no
falling on in the number Of medical
students, which indicates that these
conditions are not only to continue, but
to become aggravated. The few indie
pendent doctors who still have q large
exertions very remunerative, either be-
cause Of the inability of patients to pay
their bills or due to the excessive ex-
pense under which they are operating"
Record Number
or Visitors in Porto Rico.
Porto Rico Progress, San Juan.-Of
course people won't come to the tropics
in the Summer! Too hot! But never
theless there were some $40 passengers
on the Lancashire, the first Summer
cruise steamer to come to Porto Rico
in rs years. No tourists vessel has
ever brought so many visitors here be-
fore. Two reasons are given for the
success of this Summer cruise-hard
times and the heat.
Nicaragua Officials
Seek Way TO Open Schools.
La Noticia, Managua.-Various meet
ings and discussions have been held
between the ministers of industry and
education to see what can be done
about opening at least the principal
schools for the Fall term. Minister
Barberene has promised to study the
best methods of satisfying this public
necessity, which the welfare of the
country demands insistently. We trust
that these officials will find a way out
OF their difficulties. and that both
buildings and teachers somehow will be
provided. A new private school for girls
has been provided in the San Sebastian
quarter, under the direction of Senorita
Ines Forseca, which will undoubtedly
relieve the situation in that neighbor-
hood.
y X *A
Melbourne Men Form
Maintenance Defense League.
The Bulletin, Sydney.@Surely the
limit of the postwar craze for societies
and the like Is reached in the decision
Of Melbourne men paving mainte-
nance" to form Maintenance Defense
League. Their aim, according to one
OF the founders, is to seek relief from
the haraSSing conditions to which they
may be subjected, particularly in the
vindictive helpmates. An executive and
office bearers, it is announced, are to
be elected, but no mention is made as
yet OF the weekly luncheon. The forma-
ton Of Maintenance Maintenance
Association" by the wives Of those whose
interests are threatened seems to be the
natural corollary of the M. D. L.
X
How Radio Has Progressed
In Australia.
The Bulletin, Sydney, New South
Wales.-Radio enthusiasts confidently
asserted even 20 years ago that metallic
circuits would be soon as deed as the
dodo. The reverse has been Hhe case,
Radio inventions, such as the tliarmionic
valve and the carrier wave, ha& given
new lease Of life to the land lines
All Australian main telegraph cecufts
now carry 10 to 100 times their former
amount Of business, and it is the use
OF various wireless gadgets that now
makes 1t possible for men in Perth to
f1b over the phone to their wives in
Brisbane. 1t is quite possible that the
present method of broadcasting will be
superseded, except for country districts
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field was cleared and planted IN the
midst Of the tropical jungle the way
was opened to prosperity, comfort.
leisure, mechanical and cultural ad-
vance fundamentally death. Like man
himself, an empire was born with the
seeds of dissolution within itself.
Progress required leisure and Coop
Grafton. These required wealth, repre-
sented by o storable surplus Of food.
This rested upon the corn crop. In or
der to plant corn it was necessary to
clear the hillsfdes. Once the forests
were removed the soil was left unpro-
tected from the torrential tropical
rains. The beautiful fresh water lakes
which covered Central Yucatan at the
beginning of the Christian era were
filled with washings from the fields and
became marshes. The marshes drew
mosquitoes and other insects. These
brought pestilences, Slapped the energy
of the people and made continuation of
the culture impossible. The old, dark
jungle laughed at the puny wit of the
race which had striven to conquer It.
The mind of man is natures foe. Ma
ture conquers by seeming to yield until
suspicion is diverted.
This is far more than a warning of
the dangers inherent in deforestation
That is only an incident. The other
two great cultures survived in spite of
it. although China had a hard struggle.
1t is warning of the legions of dan
gers inherent in civilization itself-in
the machine, in the specialization Of
man, IN the Haunting of the age-old
ways Of river and forest and wind and
storm by the puny devices which in
crease the temporary comfort of man.
Mr.. H. G. Wells, recently visitor in
Washington, looks to a world made
over in accordance with science.
But is there not also room for a sci
ence made over in accord with nature
an adjustment of man to his environ
ment as well as an adjustment Of ma
ture to man?
Nature is loyal friend. She Is a
merciless, Inscriptions, deceitful foe.
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The Norris Plan.

Senator George w. Norris of Nebraska
plans to offer at the coming session a
bill authorizing a governmental bond
issue of $4,000, 0oo,000 to build roads
throughout the country and thereby
provide employment for a great body
of men. His proposal is far sounder
than the Government dole for unem-
ployed, advocated in some quarters. In
the first place, 1t gives work instead Of
charity, and the great body Of the un-
employed are far more anxious TO OBJ
tain employment than a handout In
the second place, as Senator Norris
has pointed out, the construction Of
highways throughout the Nation would
serve useful purpose. and after ex-
penditure the country would have its
return in actual roadways.
But the wisdom of a Government
bond issue amounting to $4,000, 600, 900
at time when the Government already
faces a billion-dollar deficit because OF
the falling off of its revenues, and
when strenuous efforts are being made
70 curtain all appropriations, even for
the Navy and national defense. presents
another question. To be prodigal with
one hand and parsimonious with the
other Is like trying to ride two horses
going in different directions. The appro-
priation Of money for the construction OF
warships, needed for national defense
would provide work for a considerable
number Of men. So would the appro-
priation of moaey for great waterways
The contention of Senator Norris, how
ever, is that II huge highway con-
struction program were adopted by thu
Federal Government it would prove q
beneht to all the States interior al
well as coastal and spread the wofl
more generally than any other program
for governmental work.
1t is NuSed in quarters opposed "a q
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Government bond issue for public works
at this time that the money would be
drawn away from private enterprise at
time when business is struggling to
recover and needs financial assistance.
The courage of the American people
has been frozen" in matters of indus
trial investment far too long. and un-
less there Is q change and the Ameri-
can people again are willing to invest
In business enterprises 1t would be idle
to withhold money from Government
undertakings. If neither private industry
nor the Government goes ahead with
constructive work, employment in this
country Is bound to be at low ebb for
a long time to come. The only answer
to the proposal now advanced by the
Senator from Nebraska which can be
made with propriety by those opposed
to bond issue and governmental con-
struction Is resurgence Of private indus
try. II the wheels OF industry begin to
turn again at speed, unemployment will
be wiped out in large measure and the
bend issue will be useless for the pur-
pose for which 1t is now proposed.
Yet 1t Is fair to assume that unless
private industry takes up the slack of
employment and sets to work millions
of men and women strong pressure will
be brought to bear to have the Govern
ment launch upon such a project as
that now advanced by Senator Norris.
The Federal Government will not look
with equanimity upon starving Ameri-
cans, while its own credit is good and 1t
can provide work to I'LL hungry stom-
achs.
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Wanted-a Moses.

TRAFFIC Director Van Duzer and IN
spector Brown take q common sense
view of the parking problem in agreeing
with the Fine Arts Commissions con-
demnation OF conditions as they are, but
in pointing out that there is no cure-all
number Of automobile registrations per
capita in the country and less provision
of of street parking facilities. Added
to this unbalanced order Of things is
the concentrated rush of traffic aimed
at q relatively small and congested area.
And more important still, the made
quate provision of real rapid transit
for the mass Of office workers except by
taxicab and private automobile.
The construction of buildings in the
Avenue Triangle, as pointed out long
before that construction ever began,
will serve to increase, rather than to
diminish the congestion in the morning
and afternoon and will aggravate the
already complicated problem of auto
aspects of the situation is that there
hBve been no really adequate plans
adopted for dealing with mass trans
portation or the storage Of automobiles
as the building program has progressed.
The authorities have gradually ex-
panded the no-parking area, but with
no apparent success in reducing the use
of the automobile in the transportation
downtown has merely been spread north
and to the public parks. And, as Mr.
Van Duzer and Inspector Brown point
out, it would be infiicting an unneces-
sary hardship to abolish parking on the
street until parking space on the street
is provided. 1t might also be pointed
out, however, that Washington will con-
tinue to lack OF street parking space
until such space is made necessary by
elimination Of parking on the streets
The whole problem Of parking, taxicab
congestion and diminution of the rev.
enues of the street car companies, which,
in turn, is cited as reason why the car
companies cannot better their service,
are inextricably linked. They should be
treated, not separately, but as the one
problem Of providing the city with ade-
quate means of transportation. AS the
situation is today, the authorities are
playing a game of tag. The last one
tagged was the parking problem. A
few days before the taxicabs were "It. I"
And If the chase turns to the street
cars, they, in turn, will tag traffic con-
gestion.
The people use taxicabs to go to
work because they resent wasting so
much time on the street cars. The
street car companies say they cannot
improve service because they lack the
money, taken by the rival taxi COM
panies, and even If they improved serv-
ice by installing better equipment, they
could not furnish rapid transit because
Of traffic congestion. Parking is de-
nounced as a curse and a menace, but
the parkers use their cars beoSuse they
prefer them to street car service, and
the larger the number Of cars the
poorer becomes the street car service.
The District has had any number Of
analyses showing exactly what the
trouble is. What it needs, more than
anything else, is a Moses
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What are you going to do when your
constituents tell you what they think
about these matters?"
II shall listen patiently and thought
fully" answered Senator Sorghum,
and then dispose of my part of the
conversation with a single word"
What word Is that?"
Yes The successful politician out
my way is the one who has learned to
limit the purport of his remarks to a
discreet Affirmative"
Jud Tunkins says a woman always
wants the last word, but she hasn't
even yet learned to fight for it as hard
as Congressman.
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ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J, HASKlN.

Many readers send In questions
signed only with initials, asking that
the answers appear IN the newspaper
The space Is limited and would not
accommodate q fraction Of such re-
quests. The answers published are
ones that may interest many readers
rather than the one who asks the uues-
ton only. All questions should be &C
companied by the writer's name and
address and 2 cents In coin or stamps
Tor reply. Send your question to The
Evening Star Information Bureau, Fred
d. c.
O. Please describe the nag Of the
new Spanish Republic.-C. F. M.
a. 1t composed of three equal
horizontal stripes-the top red, the
center yellow and the bottom purple.
Q. How far has a man fallen before
opening his parachute?--J. p.
A. E. s. 'Spud" Manning claims the
record Tor delayed parachute jumps.
After an of1cial celebration Of the
Paragraph he carried on q leap March
1, 1881, 1t was proved that he fell 49,
26o 1eet before opening his parachute.
held by Rex Hardin.
9. What Is neon?-R. 8. s.
"A. Neon Is q gas which has the
property OF glowing with q peculiarly
brilliant f1ery-red tint when an electric
current Is passed through it In q near
vacuum.
9; Please give short biography Of
Stalin.-G. c. @.
A. Joseph Stains real name Is Jo-
seph Djugashvli. He changed 1t to
Stain, which means steel. Stain was
born IN 1873 in the Province of Tifiis.
His parents were Georgians. Before he
reached his present position he was
professional revolutionist. He comes
from o long line Of humble cobblers.
His Official title is secretary general of
the Central Executive Committee. On
the Central Executive Committee de-
wolves the supreme authority during
intervals between the All-Union Con-
crosses.
Q. What kind of a spider is a dad
dy-long-legs?-J. c. N.
A. 1t is an arachnid of the order
Phalangida, more correctly called har-
vestman. The members CT this group
Of invertebrates superficially resemble
the true spiders, but have a small,
rounded body composed of an indis-
tinctly jointed cephalothorax to which
the broad. short abdomen consisting of
six segments IS Joined. Most of the
forms have very long, slender legs and
are popularity called daddy-lJng legs.
They feed on small insects, do not spin
webs and are perfectly harmless.
@. Which casts the darker shadow,
a white post or a black post?-M. H.
A. The Bureau of Standards says
that there would be no difference in the
shadow cast by q white post and
black post.
@. When did the Treasury issue So
bills?-C. A. r.
A. It has never done SO.
Q. Is pressure caused by freezing
water greater or less than by trans
forming water into steam?-SJ. E. c.
A. Freezing produces greater pres
sure.
O. Are cranberries a healthful food?
L. D.
A. Certain tribes Of American In
dams look upon the cranberry with
reverence as having virtues that pro-
long life. It is interesting to note that
what was superstition with them Is
fact with us in the light Of scientific
investigation. Cranberries contain vita
minis which make them a valuable adj
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junct TO the Winter dietary. To get
the benefit Of their health-giving value
they should not be boiled too long.
q. Does It take more pavement to
pave a hilly road than one which is
level?-G. R.
A. Unless it Is a straight-up grade
or down grade, hilly section will take
more pavement than q level road be-
tween two points.
@. How is helium obtained?-J. H.H.
A. 1t Is made from natural gas on q
commercial scale by liquefaction meth
DDS similar to those employed in on-
tanning oxygen from the atmosphere.
Q. At what angle should one hold a
gun to get the greatest distance?-
A. About a sO-degree angle.
Q. Must there be dust in the atmos-
phere in order to have rain?-K N.
A. The Weather Bureau says that
condensation centers, or nuclei, are es-
sential to the formation of cloud, and,
therefore, of rainfall. These nuclei
may be dust particles especially of GER
tain kinds, such as sea salt or even, 1t
Is believed, molecules of certain sorts
that have great affinity, as we say, for
water. The air always contains an
abundance Of such nuclei.
Q. When was the first hospital
founded in Canada?-S. B.
A. In 1899.
Q. Who wrote the words to "The Old
Oaken Bucket"?-M. T.
A. This poem by Samuel Woodwork,
an American poet, was written and
published in New York City in 1917
g. rF,a..
to which 1t Is set Is an edaptation by
Frederick Smith - ken.N ark's music
composed fG Anoore's song, "Arabys
Daughte-.'
@. What Is the name Of the castle at
the entrance Of the harbor at Vera
Cruz, Mexico?-N. r.
A. It Is San Juan de Ulua.
@. What does the word 'abysmal"
mean?-W. A.
"A. It means profoundly. endlessly.
Q. When was the old waldcrf-Astoria
built? What style was its architectre9
III. p.
A. The old Waldorf Astoria Hotel
was q red brick and sandstone structure
in the German Renaissance style. The
Waldorf section, on Thirty third street,
was erected In 1893 by william Wal
dorf Aston, occupying the site OF the
town house of his father, John Jacob
Aston. The Thirty fourth street sec
ton, known as the Astoria, was. built
in 1897 by Col. John Jacob Astor and
occupied the site Of the house of his
father, William B. Aston. The Empire
State Building now stands on this site.
@. What relation was Mary Gusts
to George Washington?-J. A. D.
A. She was the daughter of George
Washington Parke Gusts, who in turn
was the grandson of Martha Washing
ton and adopted son Of George WASH
ington. Mary Gusts married Robert
z. Lee.
q. What viii take walnut stain OF
the handS?-E. L. w.
A. Tannic acid, which is the acid IN
walnut shells, cannot be removed It
is necessary to allow the stain to wear
on. Wearing rubber gloves while she'll
ing walnuts will protect the hands from
the stain.
Q. When was the charter for William
and Mary College obtained?-S. E. M
A. In 1891 James Blair was sent to
England, to obtain a charter for the
college from the crown The charter
was signed February 8, 1893.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-12
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
BACK TO Earth,

Back TO Earth.
We've heard the songs and stories
OF that battlefield afar.
We've reveled in the glories
That have left so many a scar.
The Memory Day has vanished.
We must turn with dull regrets
To O theme that can't be banished
Let us talk about the debts.
For q moment all ideal
We forget the sordid care;
Then life is once more SO real
That it's often hard to bear.
We resume the conversation
That nobody quite forgets
And exclaim with resignation,
Let us talk about the debts"
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Gen. Dawes New Assignment.

Graphic evidence of the United
States Governments desire to partici-
pate effeetually in peace-preserving
measures in the Far East can be read
into the dispatch of Gen. Charles G.
Dawes, American Ambassador to Great
Britain, to the League of Nations Coun-
Gil session at Paris next Monday. The
Council is assembling there instead OF
Geneva because its president. M. Bri-
and, cannot leave the Quai dOrsay at
the moment. Ambassador Dawes, who
supplants Consul General PrentiSs B
Gilbert, our late spokesman at Geneva,
will not actually sit with the Council
when 1t considers the warlike situa-
ton prevalent In Manchuria. Accord
ing to the official announcement he will
merely stand by, Tin a position to con-
fer with the representatives OF the
other nations present in Paris in case
such conference should seem desirable. .
This guarded State Department Ian
guage is, of course, employed to main
tain the fiction that the United States
has not thrown itself into the arms
of the League Of Nations and is still
acting independently in the Sino-Jap-
anese crisis. There will be no objec-
ton to this formula here, and doubt
less still less In Europe. Stripped of
diplomatic circumlocution, the ordering
of Gen. Dawes to Paris means that
American cooperation with the League
powers in preventing the spread Of
Asian hostilities will continue to be ex-
ercised In the fullest degree. Europe,
indeed, IL entitled to deduce that the
substitution Of our principal Ambas-
sador In the Old World for an offlcial
Of merely consular rank signifies tina.
American influence IL engaged on an
even intensified scale.
All concerned are anxiously aware
that world peace hangs in the bal
ance and that as the scales incline at
Paris its fate may be determined
Great Britain Is sending her new for
eign secretary, Sir John Simon, to the
League Council meeting. Japan Is de-
taching her Ambassadors at London
and Rome to assist Mr.. Yoshizawa, who
has been defending the japanese case
so stoutly aC Geneva. The Paris con-
ference will assemble on the day the
''ultimatum" submitted to Japan ex-
pires. The Japanese were called upon
by the League to evacuate by No
vember 16 those Manchurian territories
which they do not occupy by treaty
right To date the Toxic government,
in which the military element appears
to have secured the upper hand, has re-
vealed no intention of acquiescing in
that demand. Japan insists upon di-
rect negotiations with China and upon
retaining her military advantages in the
area of conflict pending guarantees
which the Chinese are not prepared to
give.
1t is perilous situation which
confronts world craftsmanship That
craftsmanship is on trial in no less
degree than Japan and China them
selves. 1t is about to be demonstrated
whether pacts for remuneration Of wal
as instruments of national policy
whether a League Of Nations itself
are anything more than contraptions
set up by men to be defied whenever 1t
suits their purposes
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Bootleggers and gunner are liberal
spenders, but do not assist much in re-
lieving depression, owing to their habit
Of withholding taxes. at the same time
creating extra demand on public money
to pay for police service and court pro-
cedIre
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-12

BY rendering it the occasion of many
various reminders reverently expressed,
eminent men succeeded in making
Armistice day more impressive patri-
otto reminder than July the Fourth
itself
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IndOmitable.

Old Man Worry
1 have tried to send away.
He manages to scurry
Through even scenes so gay.
He binders all dances
And interrupts the song,
Embracing any chances
To keep things going wrong.
Though he pretends to hurry,
Moved by my warning wise,
Old Man Worry
Always has q new disguise.
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Perhaps there is no way to keep hos
tilities in the Far East from raging.
There should be some method Of hold
ing the flames to local area and not
permitting them to expand into general
conflagration.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-12

Charley Chaplin is going to write a
book, and it is safe to say, for the honor
Of Hollywood as distinguished from SEN
sational New York, that there will not
be a breath of scandal in it. Charley
likes custard pies, but not mud pies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-12

In discussing the Farm Board, Repre-
sentative Beck does not attempt Q Marc
Antony grafton, but inclnes more to the
grim humor Of one Of the grave diggers
in Hamlet.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-12

Much earnest eloquence is expected
from Congress. although it is difficult
to see how some Of the Capitol men can
expect to add to the emphasis they have
already displayed.
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An Oklahoma Phenomenon.

From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
For all the issues raised BY Alfalfa
Bill Murray there has been no sugges-
ton that he should be impeached,
which. for Governor Of Oklahoma
amounts to brilliant achievement.
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All Other States and Canada.
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A rough writing novelist say suffer
disadvantage from popr.dr impression
that his own characta' must be as repre-
hensible as the cha. acters he depicts.