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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-21
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES Z. TRACEWELL.

Those who roam in the woods these
DAYS had better watch out for chfggers,
fleas and poison ivy.
These are the three devils of field
and wood for all persons with sensi-
tive skins.
Not every one is susceptible to flea
bites, nor to attacks Of chiggers, nor
to poison by the ivy.
Those who are, however, know the
intense discomfort and some danger
which they can cause.
OF this ininnical trio the flea Is by
far the worst, and losSt suspected.
Those who are not attacked by the
common cat and dog fea-the preva-
lent one in America-are inclined to
laugh at those who are.
why, they never bite mel" such a
person will say, as If that settled the
matter.
owners of pet animals will point to
an utter lack of the small red bites
as if to prove that no one else could
have such mementoes of the fleaS.
The truth seems to be that only a
relatively small percentage of human
beings are open to attack by the flea
which makes itself at home on dogs
and cats.
Right now, in a warm September. the
fiea Is making its last stand. and those
who unfortunately are its prey should
take every precaution to fight 1t at
this time.
In the first place he must rid his
mind of the idea that the flea which
bites him is the so-called human flea.
That fellow is indigenous to Europe
It may get over here sometimes, but
ordinarily Americans know little, II any.
thing, of it.
The iea which plays such mischief
in this country making dogs and cats
owners If the latter happen to be
susceptible. is the variety known as the
cat-and-dog flea.
This flea prefers dogs and cats, as
its name suggests, but will hop to
human host upon occasion.
What is perplexing about this insect
is its utter lack of rhyme or reason in
thus picking out certain people.
Others it will not touch
Such persons might go into room
where thousands of meas were leaping
around, but not one of them would
alight on them.
They are immune.
Hence their inclination, upon occa-
sion, to laugh at persons who do not
get off so lightly.
1t is difficult to make the person
whom fieas do not attack believe that
there are other human beings whom
they like even better than their nor
NAL hosts, dogs and cats.
X
Many honest dog owners are blithe-
ly unaware that visitors to their homes
take away with them many flea bites.
They would be quite indignant If
the unfortunate bitten should dare to
say as much.
But it would be true.
Some homes where dogs are per-
mitted the run Of the place are reg
ular breeding grounds for f1eas.
The same Is true of some homes
where the house cat Is regarded as one
Of the family.
The cat being q much smaller ami
NAL, however. it is a much easier job
to rid it Of the fleas, and it is prob
able that cat owners take care of this
matter better than dog owners. That,
at least, has been our experience.
Perhaps this may be accounted for
by the ease with which the flea comb
may be applied to cats, which ordina-
rily will stand for this necessary treat
ment where dogs viii not.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-21
washingtOn.New York TRANSIT.

Regular airplane service without stop
has been established between Washing
ton and New York on the basis of a 60
minute flight from the local airport to
Newark Field. which means about an
hour and q half from city to city. The
Pennsylvania Railroad has announced
train service OF four and a quarter
hours from station TO station. 1t also
promises a two-and a-half- sched-
ule when the line has been electrified
The Baltimore e. Ohio. now maintain
ing four-and- half trains, may
be expected to shorten the time, per-
haps eventually by the adoption Of
electricity.
Memory of the time when the fastest
run between New York and Washington
by rail- was six hours Is stu fresh. That
was considered wonderful Pailroading.
Then came q fiye-hour service, which
at its Inauguration was hailed as a
great cdvRnce. That schedule stood as
Standard for. long period. When the
airplanss bsgsn TO buzz back and forth
between the Capital ami the business
metropolis tls railroads had to 90
something TO hold their own in public
favor They started by improving the
travel conditions. Competition between
them became keen. Now the planes
have gone ahead even OF their own
speedy service. What will be the end
Of this rivalry
II must be recognized Mat plAna
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-21
! ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HAsKIN.

but the umbles were made into pie
for the huntSman and his fellows, who
took the lower seats.
@, Are many American workers go
ing to RusSia?-A. @.
A. BY the end Of 1881 more than
5000 workers win have found jobs in
Soviet Russia. They are being sent
under one and two year contracts,
through the Amtorg Trading Corpora
ton Of New York City. The workers
going over are mostly skilled miners
nachinistS, railroad workers, bricklayers.
carpenters, and so on. These win sup
plemsnt more than 1000 American
engineers, who for several years have
been engaged there.
Q. What is the title of present-day
dramatic artists in China2-L T.
A. They are called Pupils of the Pear
Garden.
Q. How Is the brain fed?-C. *.
A. 1t has, by far, the best blood sup
ply OF any organ in the body. The
grey matter that we think with is espe-
cially rich in blood vessels and the con-
tinual stream of fresh. rich blood
around the masses Of nerve cells in il
brings to the cells the food they need.
@. Is It safe to use q zinc top on
containers for canned food?-M. r.
A. The zinc top should not be used.
because fruits and vegetables which
contain acids are unfit to eat after con-
tact with the zinc.
@. Why do plants need water?-E B.
A. The body of living plant Is mostly
water, just as other liVings things are.
| Water Is being evaporated all the time
from the leaves and new water to re-
ria x4a Ao~ a. -
soil by the root hairs.
C. L. B.
A. The total American school popula-
ton Is approximately $1,000, 900.
O. What city is called the Pittsburgh
of the West9-A r.
A. Pueblo, Colo.
Q. Are there any women who are
American consuls?-J. E. S.
| IA No women have remained in the
service a sufficient length of time TO
become eonsuls. At this time, there
are three woman vice consulS - Miss
Frances Willis Santiago, Chile; Miss
Margaret Warner, Geneva, Switzerland;
Miss Constance Harvey, Milan, Italy.
Q. How often does the fog bell at
Cape Nedick Light House ringp--
| NJ. w. N
A. The Light House Service says that
/ the fog bell gives, when in use, one
| stroke every IS seconds.
O. What is the origin of the express
sion, arms akimbo?-N. N.
A. Akimbo is a contraction Of in
keen bow, meaning at sharp bend.
It Is an old expression meaning with
hands on hips. ....a.
@. What is apple jack?-T.
A, 1t is an American designation for
apple brandy. -,
Q. How long was Sousa the leader
OF the Marine Band?-E. J. S.
| A. For IL years, from 1880 to 1892.
| @. How many volcanoes are there on
the Island of Java?-S. NJ.
A There are i25. thirteen Of which
! are active.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-21
.rs Of the armea forces q the unIt.d

b.rs of the armed forces Of the United
States.
But surely this Is no. the kind Of talk
that should go unnoted and unrebuked.
IT sincere, 1t is designed to eject the
overthrow OF the American Government
If such a statement were made in time
CT war. it would be deemed reasonable
It would be in fact an act Of treason
end punishable in the highest degree.
But this Is peace tins. The Army is
not engaged In the work of national
defense. There are no evidences Of
rutinous spirit on the payt of the SOL
dicrs ana sailors. There Is no move to
cut the pay CT the enlisted men, as
happened in England the other day,
with the regult of a veritabie mutiny
on the ships Of the Atlantic feet of
Great Britain, mutiny which was
ended by the extension of assurances by
The government that the proposed cuts
would be corrected in the interest of
justice to the bluejackets Of the lower
ratings.
Tolerance for Communist talk that Is
designed to arouse hostility to the Gov
eminent may be sound policy, but 1t
irkS the average citizen greatly to hear
such revolutionary incendiarism openly
expressed without any rebuke or re-
prisal. If this one man can without
penalty proclaim the doctrine of revolt
in the Army, may not others OF the
radicals who confessedly take their or
ders from the Third Internationale at
Moscow mount the stump and preach
insurgency and the overturn Of gov
eminent?
In some sections of the country such
performance as that reported in the
dispatch quoted would lead to a public
demonstration OF punishment. In New
York apparently there is no spirit of
active resentment sufficlent to cause q
mouther of treason to be hustled of
his rostrum and treated to a bit OF
flrst-hand correction by an indignant
citizenry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-21

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@. Are there many woman pilots in
Great Britain?-C. r.
A. 1t is estimated that about 20 per
cent OF licensed pilots are women and
the number is rapidly increasing.
Q. In what historic building in Ken
lucky Is there a self-supporting circu-
lar stone stairway?-T. s. H.
A. In the old State Capitol at Frank
fort, built in 1929.
@. Is cotton or burlap more durable
LOT cotton-p picking sacks and sheets?-
w. d.
A. A cotton picking sack made OF
cotton lasts SO times as long as a sack
made of burlap, and a picking sheet
made of cotton is l.8 times as durable
as one made of burlap. according to es-
Inmates by the Bureau of Agricultural
Economics. United States Department
OF Agriculture, based upon cotton farm
ers' reports.
@. Who first made dried Mkt S.
A. Dried or powdered milk was first
made by Grimwade in England in 1855.
@. Is the Cathedral of Moscow, which
was destroyed, to be rebuilt?-E. w.
A. 1t will be replaced by the Palace
OF the Grand Plan. concentrating
completion of the Five-Year Plan.
@. Who are the two men from Maine
who went to New York to help get rid
OF the gangsters?--W G.
A. Allie Deming and Fred York Of
Flagstaff, Me.
@. How did the builders get Orders
to the roof to build the tower that sup
ports the Lindbergh Beacon on the
Palmolive Building?AE. C.
A. A small derrick was knocked down
and taken up in an elevator. 1t was
put together and used to haul up parts
of larger derrick which IN turn
raised third.
@. What was william Burke's name
originslly?-W K.
A. BurkowSki.
@. Who obtained the first patent on
plant under the new law?-T. c.
A. 1t was granted in August to Henry
F. Rosenberg of New Brunswick, N. j..
for new variety of ever-blooming rose.
G. Who won the Harper's prize fol-
the best novel and who were the
judges?-P. G.
A. Robert Reynolds Brothers in the
West" won the $4,000 award. The
judges were Bliss Perry, Ellen. Glasgow
and Carl Van Doren.
@. What Is the meaning of the ex-
preston TO eat humble pie? - II,
M. r.
A. 1t means to come down from q
position you have. assumed: to be
obliged to take lowsr place. Humble
here Is pun on umble, the unnbles be-
Ing the heart. liver and entrails Of the
deer, the huntsman's perquisites. When
the lord and his household dined, the
venison pastry was served on the dais
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-21
France and Germany.


AlthcughA Great Britain's financial
crisis sbsorbs the attention of Europe
and the world at the moment, events
ushered in at Berlin today deserve in
ternational notice, for they denote an
effort on the part of France and Ger
many TO bury the postwar Ratchet
Externally, the demarche-as diplomats
term en- attempt to extract peril from a
situations marked by two concrete
steps. One is TIE arrival in Berlin Of
M. Francois Poncet, in succession to the
Rged M. Pierre de Margerie as French
Ambassador to Germany. The other is
the impending arrival of Premier Laval
and Foreign Minister BRAND for a week
end visit with Chancellor Bruening
and Foreign Minister Curtius. Both of
these innovations are scheduled to sig
nal new era in Franco-German eco
nomic and political relations.
On the character of those relations
the peace OF Europe depends. Until
they are adjusted on something ap-
proximating mutual respect and con-
fldence, II not genuine cordially TIRE
hope of a pacified continent. free from
the gnawing peril Of another devastat-
ing war, will remain an iridescent
dream. Disarmament will be doomed
to discussion as q purely academic
ideal. Statesmen viii continue to talk
peace but prepare for its breach. The
psychology Of fear will persist among
nations and paFalyZe their attempts TO
live alongside one another In a SEM
blance Of brotherly love and common
trust.
The diScouraging truth is that Ger
many and France face each other with
irreconcilable demands. Sweeping re-
vision Of the peace treaties Of 1919 is
the Reich's obSessing contention. The
! Germans want reparations cancelled,
equal ornaments with their European
neighbors, ultimate union with Austria
and, above al. wiping out Of the Polish
corridor and recovery Of Upper Silesia.
France resolutely opposes these Ger
man aspirations. In their incessant
projection on the other side Of the
Rhine the French see an endless danger
TO peace.
From Paris standpoint, the German
claims are virtually undesirable. France
is willing to consider minor revision of
the peace imposed upon the conquered
Teutons, such as concessions enabling
closer Franco-German economic and
financial cooperation. Basically, and
especially in such respects as might be
designed to restrengthen the German
capacity for making war, France stands
as adamant as her armies stood at YER
dun. She says to Germany today, as
she Numbered then: You shall not
passI"
The Bruening Curtius-Laval-B BRAND
conferences at Berlin can soften, but
hardly remove, the asperities which
poison the Franco-Germsn atmosphere
Already the retirement Of DR.. Cartius Is
rumored as the price the French de-
mand for his recent League Of Nations
outburst calling for abolition Of repara-
tlons. The most a world, eating its
heart out amid It's anxiety for peace, can
hope for at Berlin this week and In the
immediate future Is Q prolongation Of
the truce between the two great peoples
Of Western Europe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-21

Especial attention is needed at this
time Of the year If one wants TO break
up the flea business, both on pets and
in homes.
Often there will be at least one MEM
Der Of the family whom the fleas seem
to like. Whether such persons have
more tender skins. or blood tastier to
meas, 1t would be impossible to say.
Perhaps they either lack personsl
odor, or have an odor which the fieas
ike. 1t must be remembered that fieas,
as well as mosquitoes and other insects,
nave very keen scents. Some OF them
dislike certain smells, and will leave
the vicinity CT them.
At any rate, the heas do seem to
prefer certain persons, and these they
like to bite best on the ankles and
hands.
The knuckles. and between the
knuckles, are favorite points Of attack.
There are few insect bites which con-
tain more plain itch than the flea bite
to the person to whom they attack.
Let no one say that heas will not
leave cats and dogs
Some do say as much, but It Is strict
lack Of observation.
It is easy enough for the person
whom feas do not attack to say that
they will net bite other people.
That's easy!
But if they were bitten they would
be the FIRST to boiler! (Note that we
use the word, 'holler". 1t is a good
word, and expresses exactly what one
means, which "hollo" and "halloo" do
not any more. We are not, as a nation,
fox-hunting racer
Let no one think that September Is
too late for fieas to breed.
Now Is their busy season, and the
unwary householder who forgets that
will rue it in the Winter, after the
heat is on
Then the fieas will find Summer tenn
peratureS duplicated for their express
benefit, they will have every right to
think, II fieas think, and we believe
they do. they are so very intelligent
Give Fido or Tom a nice bath in any
one OF the good flea soaps on the mar
ket, put him outdoors and then spray
the house, with doors and windows
shut, with any one of the excellent in
secticides.
Special attention should be paid to
rugs and the like, for feas lay their
eggs on such coverings.
One spraying will not do.
The sprays do not touch the invisible
eggs and as each crop matches out 1t
must be destroyed in turn.
That is why If spraying is to be done
effectively it must be repeated at in
tervalS of about a week to catch the
successive generations.
This is a homely matter, undoubtedly,
but those who suffer from flea bites
will always regard it as a major prob
lem.
The big thing Is not to relax ones
vigilance just because Autumn is in
the offing.
The feas know it, tool
That Is why they will make every
effort to do bit of colonizing.
The entire insect world has but one
slogan, Make the world safe for in
sects."
Fleas are among the hardest Of all
insects and can succeed where many
others fail.
II you own dog or cat, de-fiea them
at this time and while you are about
1t get the flfsas out Of the house, even
If they don't bite you. They may bite
your friends, and even your best friends
won't tell you'll
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-21
Monroe Doctrine Seen AS
Misinterpreted by Mexico

Of it have too long been allowed to
disturb the Latin American mind"
The New York Times quotes the state
ment by Secretary of State Olney that
the doctrine docs not contemplate any
interference In the internal affairs of
any American state" and asks as TO
certain specific acts of the United
States: Should they not properly be
regarded as parts of the Caribbean
policy dictated by the construction Of
the Panama Canal?" If such were the
case, concludes the Times, Latin Amer
leans might look with a kinder eye
on the Monroe Doctrine, no longer
subject TO patch and stretch"
French aggression at the time Of the
American Civil War is recalled by the
Charleston CIV. Va Daily Mail; with
the statement: when the war in the
United States closed great and well
and large United States force was
modified on the Mexican border, with
an implied threat which the French
Emperor could not ignore, so he with
drew the French troops, on whose bay
onetS the throne of Macmillan was up
held, and the Mexicans were encouraged
to finish the job themselves, with the
fun sympathy and moral support of
the United States, which, If necessary,
AAA6hb nave SOIlC u1uCA1 ne
Daily Mail feels that, "as it stands to-
day, the doctrine is more in the nature
OF an assurance to other American
countries that, If the assistance of the
United States is needed to protect
them from foreign conquest and inn
perialism, it viii be available, rather
than something forced upon an un-
willing people
In affairs Of international concern
strictly within this hemisphere" ac-
cording to the Philadelphia Evening
Bulletin, "the United States believes
the Latin American states will find 1t
preferable to work with it in the Pan
American Union" The Louisville
Courier-Journal sees ''the end of a
diplomatic feud and the beginning of
helpful collaboration" recalling that
when the League was organized Mex
leo was ruled by usurper, whose right
to the presidency was challenged by
both the United States and Great
Britain" That paper believes that
Mexico looks to q world conference
such as has been proposed to solve its
mining and monetary problem"
Mexico is proving to be a good
nelghbor and force for equitable deal
ing in a world torn by jealousy and
distress" says the Dallas Journal, re-
calling that, Originally, Mexico having
nirted with Germany under invitations
TO come over and possess Texas, and
other nonsense in like vein, was con-
sidered as persona non grata and
wasn't invited to join the League"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-21

George ArlisS, whose Alexander
Hamilton" Is now being screened in
Washington, dug into the historical ar
chives for the plot he wrote for his own
play. One passage at least strongly sug-
gestS that he got 1t from current prac-
tees at the National Capital Hamilton's
wife, Betsy, asks her husband what
happened ct a critical conference with
Jefferson and Monroe about the as
sumption bill. Everybody talked, no.
body said anything, every one was very
much pleased with himself and nothing
was DONE" replies the greatest Secre-
tary Of the Treasury before Andy Mel
lon.
Senator Reed Shoots hobby is the
completion of the vast Federal scheme
for converting Washington, architectu-
ally, into the worlds most glorious
capital. The departmental palaces ris-
ing in the Mall and the Triangle aren't
the only buildings enlisting his en-
thusiasm. Out on Sixteenth street are
now rising the steel frame outlines of
the new National Mormon Tabernacle,
Christ Of the Latter Day Saints" It's
shimmering white Utah marble, sur
mounted by a spire $50 feet high, will
make the edifice a fitting companion of
the National Unitarian and Baptist
Churches, which stand on opposite
corners, near Columbia road The
building will be ready for dedication in
the early Summer of 1882 and be
conSecrated with special ceremonies.
Salt Lake City architects, Messrs. Young
and Hanson, designed the church, and
Washington firm, the w. P. Lipscomb
Co., Is erecting it. The Latter Day
Saints place of worship will make the
fifteenth church on Sixteenth street.
y y
The War Department and United
States Army are about to lose their
fighting parGon, Mai Gen. William c..
Everson, chief of the Militia Bureau.
He has resigned, effective December l.,
to resume the ministry and become
pastor Of the First Baptist Church OF
Denver. Nobody. quite like Gen. Ever
son ever graced Uncle Sans military
service. He's been a clergyman and a
minister for 80 years. He fought in
both the Spanish-American and World
Wars, coming home from France with
q breast full of decorations for gallantry
in action. Born in Ohio, Everson began
his clerical career in Indiana, having
been ordained a Baptist minister after
campaigning in Cuba in 1898. He was
War revived his military zeSt. In 1918
he was commander of the only Amerl-
can sector in Italy and all United States
troops east of the Adriatic. Leaving
Europe q colonel, he became brigadier
general in 1922 and was appointed 10
command the 10th Infantry Brigade.
During the past two years Gen. Ever
son has headed the Militia Bureau
Vigorous at So, he probably has a long
era Of usefulness in the pulpit stlll
ahead Of him.
y
Secretary Stimson seems to have ac-
CURED a new habit in Europe this SUM-
mer He Is seldom seen In Washington
nowadays without q walking-stick
Whether the colonel caught the cane
custom from BRAND or Macdonald is
not disclosed. He carries q smart crook
handled malRcca even between the
state Department and the White House.
Copyright. ie3l)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-21

England's political system permits
statesmen to suggest that in order to
prevent the unfavorable influence of an
election on financial conditions, there
shall be no election. AS has been re-
marked before, the method of govern
ment by one nation is not always
readily understood by neighbor nations.
In many lands the popular idea seems
to be the more elections, the merrier."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-21

Difference Of opinion may be ex-
pected as to whether the question of
ownership of natural power is being
used to befog the wet-and-dry issue,
or whether prohibition is likely to
smoke-sereen too many current issues
Of urgent economic Importance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-21
Something Lacking.

Nobody seems to object to prohi-
bition." said the visitor at Crimson
Gulch.
We'll" replied Broncho Bob. Three
Finger Sam is right resentful. He's
gettin' to feel lonesome an neglected
It's been years now Since any one
come around givin' him heart-to-heart
talks an terin' him what great man
he'd be II he'd let liquor alone"