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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-19

| Napoleon's views about the value of
! The offensive in battle might well have
been derived from watching tomcats
/ fighting
| These interesting creatures have a
[ technique all their own.
The dog is a hlunderbuss animal, in
comparison, evidently believing in the
grand assault.
There is no bluff about the dog; it
sither fights or runs.
But with cats 1t is different.
The spectator can never tell which
one of the two animals standing nose
to nose is going to make the assault.
Neither can the cats.
= y
With cats the battle is simply mat
ter Of nerve, rather than fighting ability.
Size, OF course, plays a part, but only
u part.
Experience, too, enters in, but Just
enters
The victory always belongs to the one
Vho leaps first
That usually the largest cat makes
the jump is nothing against our theory
CO feline battle tactics. after all.
Being bigger gives the fellow more
nerve, Just as it does with a human
being.
The battle goes with the first leap
We have watched many cat wars, and
have never seen this strategy fail.
II only some human being could work
cut a plan of training fighting cats
whereby his own tom would make the
leap at the word of command, there
would be nothing to the ensuing bat
Ties.
This genius would sweep the boards
with his fighting cat.
The real contest would come, of
course when opponents learned the Sc
cret of inducing cat to jump when the
word was given.
Then. no doubt, some code would have
10 be drawn up whereby the word would
have to he given simultaneously by
esacl' master. so that the animals would
JUMP together
- y
W. hope no one. reading here, will
Bat the idea for a moment that cat
aiSsles are cruel
There may be a great deal Of pre-
Urinary caterwauling, and much yowl
I'M at the moment of assault, but
fihle-tenths of it is noise.
We have watched scores of these bat
les. and have yet to see a cat really
llE-t
The reason lies in the cats secondary
military motto:
wiz lights anu luis AWAY Will
live to fight another day"
Their battles are thus cut-and- dried
meetings, one Of the two using the prin-
clples Of the offensive with huge sue
cess, and the other invariably relying
Oh The above precept with no less surety.
y
The oratorical contest which fighting
cts indulge in is one of the most conf
cal things in Nature.
-
to curse at the combatantS in the alley
IN the night.
lBstter it is to get out Of bed and
seek to locate the fighters, for some of
there contests are veritable battles royal,
in which speed, conflict and noise mix
in equsl degree
There is nothing quite as good as a
good cat fight. unless it be a good dog
fight. and the latter is too likely to
degenerate to the killing stage.
Dogs sometimes fight to the death,
bur cats seldom, because almost always
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-19
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC j. HASKIN.

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@. When was the rule made against
spitball pitching in the big leagues?--
c. S.
A In 1920. Pitchers then using the
spttball were permitted to continue to
do so. but new pitchers in the major
leagues could not. Seventeen pitchers
were thus exempted, but the number
has now dwindIed to four. three in the
National League and one in the Amer
lean,
@. How long is the Akron supposed
to fly without refueling?-D H
A. It is built to be able to fly over
10,500 miles at so m.p.h. without re-
fueling.
@. Who drew the cartoon Of Roose-
welt on horseback, waving farewell as
he started off on the long trail, pub
lished at the time Of RooSevelt's death?
IS. D.
A. Jay N. Darling.
@. What would be a good route for
a motor trip from washington through
the Shenandoah Valley and return?
How long would it take?-S. d. E.
A. Proceed via Fairfax Court House
and Middleburg to Winchester, and
thence down the Shenandoah Valley,
through the famous cavern region of
Virginia, TO New Market, Harrisonburg
Staunton, Lexington (seat of Washing
ton and Lee University and Natural
Bridge. Returning to Staunton, cross
the mountains to Charlottesville, seat
Of the University of Virginia. Nearby
are Monticello home of Thomas JET
ferson, and Ashlawn, where President
James Monroe lived. There are numer-
Gus Civil War battlefields and many
fine old Virginia estates that may be
viewed, and Richmond and Fredericks-
burg may be visited in completing the
return to Washington. This trip can
be made in two days, but more time
would be desirable.
@. What is Kid Chocolates real
name ?--L. A. E.
A. His name is Eligio Sardinias. He
was born in Havana, Cuba, in January,
1907.
Q. What is quadruplex?-F. H.
A. 1t is a set of electrical instru-
ments and apparatus, invented in 1874
by Thomas A. Edison, by means of
which four telegraphic messages may
be sent and received simultaneously over
one wire, two in each direction.
@. Is Villa Gather westerner?-
G.F
A. Miss Gather was born near Win
chester. Va. but lived in Nebraska from
the age of nine until after her grad
uation from the University Of Nebraska,
in 1895.
@. Is there an organization of athe-
lists in this country?--J. H. G..
A. There is an organization with the
title. the American Association for the
Advancement of Atheism.
@. When two small objects are float
ing near each other in basin of water
why are they suddenly drawn together
as if by a magnet?-J. T.
A. The Bureau Of Standards says
that the weight Of the floating particles
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-19

course, pertains to all explorations IN
the frozen areas. to polar research par
ticularly. There is no possibility in
human view of the interior of Green
land ever becoming commercially i'm
portant. 1t Is suggested by scientists
as possible that III the ice pack which
now covers it snd has covered 1t for
millions of years were to melt the land
which is oh the basis 'of present
soundings believed to be in the shape of
gigantic bcwl-Nwould gradually rise
when relieved of the incompatible
pressure of this mass. But even IL it
should rise quite clear from the ice.
even as some peaks now pro1uds
through the sheet, 1t would still present
no temptation to make it place OF
habitation. And furthermore, that Is
question, at the present rate Of melt
ing. that will not interest humanity iur
several millenniums.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-19
Bids on Muscle Shoals
Seen Informative Only

From the New York Sun.
The Muscle Shoals Commission has
invited numerous organizations to sub
NIT bids for leasing and operating the
Muscle Shoals plants. Discussing the
request, Col Joseph 1. McMnllen said
the bids will be informative only, since
the commission has no authority TO
dispose of the business. but must sub
nit recommendations to President Hoo
YER At least two organizations OF
farmers are expected to make propo-
sails
The invitations specify that the
plants must be operated lin the interest
Of fertilizer production and of agri
culture" These are qualifications that
theoretically limit the uses to which
Muscle Shoals may be put. Since
hydro-electric power, and not the man
ufacture of fertilizer, is likely to be the
only profitable output to be expected
there, the restriction would seemingly
discourage bidding by power companies
However, as Boulder Dam has already
proved. it is by no means impossible
70 masquerade a hydro-elec power
scheme in the guise of food control
development of navigation or some 9TH
er oStensible purpose that is not the
major purpose. The commission will
know better what can be done after
it has heard from its invitations.
Whatever the outcome OF this expert
ment, Col McAullen promises that
recommendations will be submitted to
the President by the time Congress
meets AS the commission represents
Alabama, Tennessee and the Federal
Government, its approach to the prob
lem will necessarily be different from
any heretofore made. If it does pet
a satisfactory offer to lease Muscle
Shoals its work win be simpiifled. just
now there seems little likelihood that
Muscle Shoals can be prevented from
resuming its role as a troubler of con-
greSsional peace.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-19
Workers Stock Losses
Not Employers Fault

To the Editor Of The Star:
A special dispatch to The Star from
New York, dated July 6, under the
caption. Stock Sales Plan Causes
Criticism" states that there is great
deal Of ''grumbling" among employees.
who feel that they were stuck" by
their employers with stock they should
never have been encouraged to buy.
This article refers to employees stock
subscription plans which many corpo-
rations have put in operation, the OBJ
ject being to extend to employees the
opportunity to become copartners in
their respective organizations, on what
was considered most liberal terms.
For over 10 years have been In the
employ of corporation which has had
such plans in effect over term OF
wears. I have participated in each one
Of these plans, and while the general
decline in the stock market, due TO
worldwide depression. has brought
about a condition which is disappoint-
ing. It has never occurred to me that
those who are charged with the re-
sponsibility Of directing the AFFAIRS Oh
these large enterprises should be sub
jected to criticism. simply because tnese
plans, which were intended Tor my
benefit and for the benefit Of all other
participating employees. have not worked
out as anticipated
Under anything like normal condi-
tjons 1t is reasonable to suppose that
these plans would have worked out ~
our benefit. At the time the oppor-
tunity was afforded TO subscribe, It YVES
definitely stated by those in charge u
the plan Tor our company. that tile
employe was under no obligation to
subscribe, that the offer was intended
solely for his benefit. and that llis
standing in the organization would not
be affected In anywtse, whether he
subscribed or not
Taking into consideration al the
circumstances. I feel that to complain
because the game went against US
would display 1ackMof spontaneously to
say the least. and cannot believe that
any considerable number of employees
who participated IN these plans are to
be found IN the "grslmbling" class.
Rather let as look to the future with
hope and do our level best 70 create
conditions which will tend to make
future plans work out Tor our hene-
ii As intended ~ our employers
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-19

stretches the surface of the water,
forming a dimple. When the two parti-
cles come close enough the two dim
Piles eoalesce into one. throwing the par
| ticles together. The action is due 10
surface tension. in virtue Of which the
surface is constantly striving to reduce
its exposed area to q minimum
@. What did James Hazen HYDE re-
/ ceive for the Equitable Life Insurance
/ Company when he sold 1t TO Thomas p
/ Ryan?--K. L.
A. Hyde received $500 900 for SOC
| shares, 8 majority Of the Equitable
| stock.
/ @. What is the Holy Grail?-D. A.
I A. According to Iegen6. it Is the
/ cup which the Savior blessed and passed
to HIS disciples at the Last Supper.
G. How near completion was the
Mystery Of Edwin brood when Dickens
died?-E. p
A. This novel was to have been COM
pleted in twelve monthly parts. but only
about six were written when he died.
@. What was the first historical film
made in the United States?-L. s. T.
A. VIII Hays says the first historic
films made were those OF President Nc
Kinley's inauguration.
O. What kind of a climate has
Japan?-W. K. r.
A. Since Japan extends through
nearly 30 degrees OF latitude. 1t neces-
sarily has great range of climate. In
| the south the climate is suh-tropical; in
the north it is extremely cold. The
southern islands have high temperatures
in the Summer and no snow or ice In
the Winter In the Kurile Islands the
snow and ice never entirely disappear
Kiushu and Shikoku have a moderate
climate.
@. How does the United States COM
pare with other countries as 70 death
rates?-E. H
A. 1t ranks tenth. Nine other coun-
tries have lower death rates New Zea-
land has the lowest death rate.
O. Could a photograph be considered
a document7-R. T. I.
! A. An authenticated p h otoKr aph
might be document in the legal sense
Of the word.
@. Is there any state in which there
Is a traffic law against slow driving
of motor vehicleS?-F. G. T.
A. West Virginia has such law,
providing that lit shall be unlawful for
/ any person to unnecessarily drive at
/ such a slow speed as to block the nor
NAL and reasonable movement OF trsf-
fic, except when reduced speed Is nee
eSsary for safe operation or because
upon a grade or when the vehicle is q
truck or truck and trailer necessarily
or in compliance with the law proceed
ing at q slow speed
@. When were the first negro troops
taken into the Union Army during the
Civil War?--H. J.
A. In August, 1852, when Secretary
of War Stanton called on South Caro-
lima to enlist 5000 volunteers OF "Afri-
can descent"
@. why isn't rustless iron or stain
less steel used in building construction
-E. r.
A. 1t has been introduced and mod
ern builders are employing it for many
purposes.
@. How long ago did the Egyptians
begin bnrying their rulers in the Valley
of the Kings?-C. L. B.
A. This custom was begun in the
time of Thothmes l and was continued
10 about 1000 B. c.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-19
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PH1LANpER JOHNSON.


The Sport.
See them at the foot ball game;
See them at base ball
Eager in the quest of famt,
Heroes one and all;
Sports on every hand are shared
BY the human race.
Yet they're nothing much compared
To the glory chase.
Dark horse coming to the post;
Favorite looking fine;
Though the purse be small at most,
They're eagerly in line.
Some win finish, some will fall;
But in any case
The most wondrous sport of all
Is the glory chase.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-19
Way Offered
Of Dividing Triangle

To the Editor Of The star:
Less than a week ago saw an article
IN your paper from scientist saying
he had a new method of dividing a
triangle into three equal parts geomet-
rically / showed a friend this was
easily done as follows
To divide an iSosoles triangle BY
geometry into three equal parts insert
an isosoles triangle Of one-third size
into the triangle to be divided.
Other triRngles of different ANGLES
can be put into three equal parts by
Inserting three separate triangles each
OF which is one-third of the triangle
to be divided
ALEXANDER SPoTTSwooD DAND-
RIDGE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-19
Pot and Kettle Politics.

An amusing situation develops in the
matter Of the New York graft inquiry
that is under way in Manhattan. with
Tammany trying to get it broadened
to include Republican governed COM
munities upstate. Specific cases are
carried 10 Gov. Roosevelt that have
already been unearthed by the state
controller, showing that in some OF the
counties Republican administrators
have been lamentably lax and eener-
Gus and loose and bountiful with pub
lie funds. More power IS wanted 10
let the controller 60 deeper and further,
unless the existing legislative invsSti-
eating committee is itself commissioned
by the Legislature. which is 70 meet in
extra session next week. TO widen its
power to include the grant Of immunity
to 60 housekeeping through the state
Republican State leaders are not an
syering this cry of "tu quoQue." They
are maintaining a discreet silence IN
respect to the delinquencies OF their
party associates in power in the up
State counties. They do not have to
say anything. in fact, for the issue is
not acute, and there is evidence that
Gov Roosevelt Is not going to play
Tamnany's game by acceding 10 its
demand for Intervention In its behalf.
Nobody has been enterprising enough
to estimate the total Of the graft in
the counties. as compared with that In
Greater New York. There Is, however,
q general agreement that. with ths
worst that can be said Of The counties
conceded. the amount cf piclrlfAss there
isIfrlaine as measured BY the Man.
hsftsn scale. yet after al h s
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Had ais Good Points.

Oh, Ananias was man
OF wickedneSS indeed.
Perhaps he tried to tell the truth,
But he did ne'er succeed.
Stern disapproval Of his way
Posterity must nurse.
Yet It is net too much to hint
That Tiers are others, worse.
OF him with kindness let las speak,
Fen though some cynic mocks,
He never went to selling tips
On races or on stocks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-19

Geometricians are still discussing the
problem of trisecting a triangle in ae-
cordance with the methods OF Euclid,
Fortunately practical ways are devised,
which, though perhaps less sportsman.
like in the eyes of scholarship. enshIc
big building to go safely on regardless
OF the limitation Of the school books.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-19

Stranded elephants must be fed. n,
this time from the small boys hand i'll.
Of peanuts. but with hay by the bah
The peanut represents voluntary con.
tributjon on a small scale The bals,
of hay represents systematic and SufTi.
Gent supply as necessity demands.
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Exaeting.

Did you ever sanction vote buying?"
Never" replied Senator Sorghum.
with great emphasis. II always made
my workers understand that II ever
heard of their buying votes It would
show that they were crude performers
who couldn't keep a secret and I
wouldn't have anything more to do
with them"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-19

Habits Of European diplomacy have
become so fixed in certain lines that a
nation finds it impossible to contemplate
any settlement, however favorable in
present aspect, without a suspicion that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-19

There are no fears that I.indbergh is
in danger of being halted by .ne Japa-
nese as a camera carrier II there are
any cameras around, the colonel him
self is invariably selected for the CEN
ter Of the picture.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-19
Fly Around With Wife.
IN The yakima paily Republlc

From the Yakima Daily Republic
One Of our subscribers wants to
know what the big idea Of Indy IS
in hying around the world when other
sviators have shown that il can be
done. As we understand, this is soma
thing new. It is going TO be a demon
stration that a man can f1y around and
take his wife along.
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Satire.

Prom the San lose Mercury Herald.
In an address at the annual dinner
Of the alumni of Columbia Law School
DR. Nicholas Murray Butler said that
the United states Senate could re-
lieve the Industrial depression, The
doctor Is developing q gift for ironicsl
EXPRESSION.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-19

Money talks" said the readymade
man.
mo. replied Mr. Dustin Stax, money
doesn't talk any more. It has to be
coaxed to sing a little once in while,
like a grand opera prima donna"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-19

II understand Crimson Guleh has a
new sheriff
Yes. replied Broncho Bob. Coyote
Joe's got the Job He's so unpopular
anyhow that 5ein sheriff won't make
any difference in his local standing"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-19

Alaska seemed long way off when
it was purchased by the United States.
Thanks to the airplane, even Russia,
its parent country, now seems like a
next-door neighbor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-19

Occasionally feminine influence in
politics worries some u,t-aconservative
Briton until he is almost sorry that any
body ever got up to give Lady Astor a
seat in Parliament.
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Member Of the Associated Press.

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled
TO the use for republication of all news dis
patches e.e,Aisd to 1t or not otherwise cred
ited n this paper and also the local news
published herein. All rights of publication of
special dispatches herein are Glso reserved
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-19

Opportunity knocks at every mans
door"
Yes" replied Mr.. Growcher: but
there is so much knocking going on
these DAYS that it's hard to make dis
tinctinns
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-19

There is something almost pathetic
in the dismay of the gangster Ia dis
covering at last that his pet lawyer is
not a superman and fellow racketeer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-19
A Rich Resonance.

From the South Bend Tribune,
II all the bootlegsers would pay
their income axes We might not have
any public debt
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-19

In seeking relief for unemployment
economists have as a rule fcund it
easier to point out what cannot in
stead of what can be done.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-19

popular impression that a night
club is a place of harmless gayety per-
sists in spite Of the fact that much Of
the publicity is given to questions Of
how the fight started and who won it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-19

How oft the man Of riches groans
Because he can't see all he owns;
lis so because it was his Law
To own what e'er by chance he saw
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A,,y Old lob.

From the Dayton Daily News.
The threat Of an occupaticnal tar
doesn't throw much of scare into the
fellow who is busily occupied looking
for work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-19

Sometimes said Uncle Eben, III
pears to me cat politics is mostly made
up Of reformers dat has done backslid."
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Chancr, Womb With.

Prem the san tntonio Eventng News.
No attempt to set aside man-made
laws can succeed. asserts an economist.
However, where statutes ere concerned,
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Town 10 Leave volcano.

From the san Antonio Evening News.
Town viii move to avoid volcano.
Folk III San Juan Coscou1atepec prob
ably had heard apout Mahornet and We
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Elbow Resting Necessary.

From the Miami Dsily News.
II movie seat had five arms, man
would discover Some way for one per-
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rhe Evening star Newspaper Company

18th ST.. and Pennsylvania Ave,
New York once: Ito East 42nd St.
Chicago once: Lake Michigan Building.
European ONCE: IL Regent ST., London,
England.
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c. Why isn't rustless iron or stain
less steel used in building construction
-E. r.
A. It has been introduced and mod
ern builders are employing it for many
purposes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-19

@. How long ago did the Egyptians
begin bnrying their rulers in the Valley
of the Kings?-C. L. B.
A, This custom was begun in the
time Of Thothmes and was continued
10 about 1000 B. c.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-19

c. When were the first negro troops
taken into the Union Army during the
Civil War?--H. j.
A. In August, 1852, when Secretary
of War Stanton called on South Caro-
lima to enlist 5000 volunteers OF "Afri-
can descent