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Lindbergh Boulevard.

Residents of Huntleigh Village, a
fashionable suburb of st. Louis, have
asked that the name Of Lindbergh
Boulevard be changed back to Denny
Road, which it enjoyed until the ia
nous aviator startled the world in the
Spirit of st. Louis.
! The village board says the name
abandoned, in moment of enthusiasm,
sis an old st. Louis County name Of
an ancient settler and property owner"
while Col. Lindbergh, with all due re-
spect to his achievements and world
renown," owned no real estate therein.
Great enthusiasts have a way Of
causing such upsets. When the word
was flashed from Paris that Charles
Lindbergh had actually made it." that
he, of all men who ever lived, was the
first and only one to have made such a.
flight, it was natural that thousands of
babies and some thoroughfares should
be named after him.
In the cases of the children there Is
no indication anywhere that any child
or its parent has become dissatisfied.
The name Charles Lindbergh remains
great and glorious human name, one
which it is hoped no namesake will
ever disgrace
When human name becomes APP
piled to thoroughfare, there are per-
haps good reasons why many will want
1t changed, especially when it takes
the place of some accustomed nomen-
clature. Those in Washington who
recall the controversy over Sixteenth
street and its temporary substitute,
Avenue of the Presidents, will sympa-
thize with the wishes of the residents
Of st. Louis County.
An about-face in the matter would
do no harm to the name or fame of
Lindbergh, but it might hurt a good
road, for to those afar it would seem
that Lindbergh is a mighty good name.
Perhaps Lindoergh Road would be
better. for he few a straight road-not
boulevard-if ever a man did.
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litter it. should warm the cookies Of a
park offlcials heart to be able to sit
down and write a letter to the effect
that "Our records show that you were
given permit No. 1866 for use of No
22b fireplace on the evening of April
IL, and our inspection of such premises
on the morning of April IS has dis
closed such a deplorable condition that
notice Is hereby given you and your
messy family to refrain hereafter from
eating, munching, nibbling or gobbling
in the public parks. The public parks,
where children play and birds sing,
cannot be menaced by germs. We feel
that anybody who would leave such a
lot of trash as you left must be full of
germs, thereby constituting a menace
to public health, morals and behavior.
Stay out!"
Park regulations against breaking
twigs or plucking flowers are so well
known and so well enforced that one
feels embarrassed and even guilty In
carelessly treading on a dandelion.
Strict regulations against failure to dis
pose of trash and refuse in the parks.
rigidly enforced by the park police,
might improve matters.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-18
Death Penalty Referendum
Shifts Emphasis to Courts

ical influence the case for capital pun
iShment seems complete The progress
of civilization seems to be in the di-
rection of less grewsome penalties for
criminals. In two centuries Western
civilization has passed from the death
penalty for scores of crimes to that
penalty for only such extreme crimes as
murder and treason. Belgium has not
had legal execution since 1868. Swift
zerland and Holland get along without
the death penalty and are not partic-
ularly troubled with the crime of muir
der. The general tendency indicates
that the case against capital punish
ment will finally prevail"
Reviewing the proceedings which led
up to the rejection of the more drastic
method of dealing with crime, the
Duluth Herald comments: THE Michi-
gan Legislature, stampeded by anger
and terror over the crime wave pro-
posed to restore capital punishment,
and Michigan's Governor, moved by the
same impulses, signed the bill provid-
ing for referendum to that end. But
the people of Michigan kept their
senses. and so they have rejected the
proposal by heavy majority. Its adop-
ton would have been a step back
toward barbarism. 1t would have put
the oIdIe Oh MlCnlgdn III the Position
Of lending its example to the influences
that lately have combined to make hui
man life cheap in this country"
mo legal execution has ever taken
place in Michigan since its admission
as a State" recalls the ST. Louis Globe
Democrat, and that paper says of the
proceedings: The strength which a
tradition may acquire in popular senti-
ment and conviction was indicated in
the Michigan vote on capital penalty
bill. A similar bill was vetoed two
years ago by Gov. Green on the ground
that 1t was contrary to the desires of
the people Of the State. Passed again
this year and signed by Gov. Brucker,
the bill had a referendum clause at
tached. The 10000 adverse majority
counted in the early returns had grown
later to 10000 and mounted as remote
polling districts reported A perfervid
campaign was conducted in behalf of
the bill and it had an earnest support
in the exhortations and cartoons of the
most influential part of the State press.
GangSterdom seems to flourish ire
spective of the death penalty. but it was
insisted that the lack Of the extreme
penalty explains the prevalence of
Michigan's particular brand OF gang
sterdom and that its cure would be the
restoration Of the old common law pun
iShment"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-18
Trash in the Parks.

THESE lush Spring days are calling
out the advance guard Of park picnickers
and casual examination reveals the dis
heartening fact that there has been no
great reform in habits regarding the
disposal of their leftovers. At this sea-
son OF the year the morning after the
evening before is particularly dismal IN
some sections of the parks. Some of the
flowers that might have bloomed In the
Spring have been forced to hide their
glory beneath old ham sandwiches.
Something, OF course, should be done.
What there is to be done Is a prob
lem that has puzzled more than one
good park superintendent before Picnic
places are nDerally supplied with fine,
outstanding trash boxes that MAXI the
disposal Of refuse real pleasure, and
there are neat signs all over the parks
asking the cooperation Of the public in
keeping things clean. But the refuse
remains, until the attendants can get
around TO clean it up. This, for
tainately. Is efficiently done.
rs the use OF some PARK picnic
grounds is controlled by permit. the
PARK authorities might consider the ad.
vantage of warning the applicant for 9
permit that his eligibility to get an.
other one viii depend on the appear
ance Of the place after the picnic. Il
~ inspection reveals an assortmcf1t %
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-18
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

Are there not enough things to worry
about without thinking up new ones?
We received letter the other day
| from the worlds champion worrier, evil
IDENTIFY.
Here is what bothered him:
He rides downtown in the street car,
he said. and likes to sit on the sunny
| side. Since he is coming from the
| north, this throws his left side in the
| sun.
i Now, on going home in the evening,
| travelling from the south, his left side is
again in the sun.
Thus, he worries; his face will get
plenty of sun on the left side, but none
on the right
i, Do not dismiss this person as crazy.
He is simply a chronic worrier.
He wanted to know what to do to
keep such silly worries out of his mind.
Well he might sit on an inner seat
and keep out of the sunshine entirely,
as some of the old ladies do. but he
stated that he had no other opportunity
to get ultra violet rays during the day,
| and he felt he needed them.
He might move to some other section
Of the city, of course, and approach the
-
| rection.
Thus, II he lived to the west and
drove his own car to work, he would
move east in the morning and get the
sun on his face. In the evening, going
home he would still have 1t on his face.
Domiciled in the east. he would have
the morning rays on his back and the
later afternoon sunshine again on MS
back in the evening. =,
II he lived south. he would get the
sun on the right cheek in the morning
and on the right cheek as he Travelled
homeI
Thus. no matter where he lived he
would find this travelling exposure 10
the suns rays a rather lop-sided analr'
and he would still be threatened with
half-tanned face.
And, what is perhaps OF more I'M
portance, he could still worry.
II X
You will hear a great many people
ask, why worry?"
It Is an easy one to answer. Such
inouirers never answer It, because they
are not of the worry disposition to begin
with. and lack several qualities which
disqualify them.
It is an easy question to answer. how
ever, and every worrier knows the
answer.
One worries because he must
It is human to worry, both about
ones self and for others.
Those who never worry are scarcely
human. At any rate, they lack GER
tain blend of kindness and consfdera-
ton for others.
Not every one, of course who insists
on worrying is a paragon; If this were
so. most of us might worry more, to our
eternal benefit.
Nor will 1t do to demand that wor-
rier confine his activities to really Sc
rious matters.
Worry Is no respecter of trifies.
Nor of logic.
Logically. worry has not leg to
stand on.
The argument against It is ire
futable. If one worries, and the thing
one fears comes to pass. what good has
the worrying done? And If it does not
come to pass, the worry has been
wasted. The old mans statement, II
am old and have had many troubles,
most of which never happened" per-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-18
Red Mans Changing Status.
From the st. Joseph Gazette.

from the 81. Joseph Gazette.
The Indian problem in the United
States, which has existed in some form
ever since our origin as a Nation, is
nearing solution, according to Secretary
of the Interior Wilbur, who foresees the
last of the tribes losing their identity in
the melting pot in the not distant flu
ture.
There are still some $4,000 people
OF Indian blood III the United States,
but only about 200 900 of them remain
wards of the Government. There are
200 Indian reservations in existence in
26 States. On many of the reservations
there IS a general admixture with the
white population, and the Indians are
rapidly assuming the manner of living
and the civilization Of the whites. Sec
rotary Wilbur says.
The policy of the Government is to
sever ties of war6sf1ip as quickly as It
can be done without interfering with
the Indians property rights, and 1t
looks toward the disappearance of the
reservations as soon as the Indians can
be absorbed into the general population.
1T has become obvious" says Secre-
tary Wilbur, that the red man events
ally must lose his identity in the deluge
OF whites and pass through the melting
pot and become as are the rest of US
From a sentimental standpoint there is
much to regret in this. fact, but 1t is
none the less inevitable"
As might be expected, education has
been the chief influence leading Indians
to full-hedged citizenship. There are 126
day schools and So boarding schools on
reservations and 10 boarding schools at
points away from reservations. Every
thing Is furnished free to those who at
tend, q privilege granted to no other
element Of the population.
A vital task is to make the Indian
economically self-sustaining. According
to the Secretary of the Interior, this Is
not necessarily difficult, because 'our
experience has thoroughly disproven
that calumny Of a race SO often ex-
pressed in the West-the charge that
the Indian is lazy and viii not work.
We have demonstrated over and over
again that the Indian, under similar
influence, is as competent q workman
as wnkts man.
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Battleships Essential.
n the Yakima Daily Republic.

FROM the yakima Daily Republic.
Recent war maneuverS held in the
vicinity of the Panama Canal apparent
ly demonstrate that the battleship is by
no means obsolete as means of ma
tional defense. Those who favor the
scrapping of battleships and the sub
stitution of airplanes are speaking with
undue haste and they are often without
technical knowledge of the naval prob
lens involved. 1t is certain that the
nylng fleet Is very important in case
OF war. But the battleship, heavily
armored, can take lot of punishment.
Likewise, 1t can infiict lot. 1t remains
as the chief factor in the fleet.
1t may be In course of time that a
mobile force, able to strike quickly, will
come into being. This would be inclu-
slve OF swift. armored cruisers, plane
carriers and deStroyers It should not be
forgotten that plane carriers and light
armored cruisers are vulnerable If ex-
posed to gunfire and bombing. It
should be borne in mind, also, by all
students OF this question that surface
craft can be utilized for a number of
years, at least. to serve as bases for air.
craft, which cannot remain indefinitely
In the air. The progress of aviation
may effect our national defense in
course of time, but nothing has hap
pened thus far to indicate that the bat
tleship has lost its pre-eminence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-18

With France and several smaller re-
publics Of the world according the new
government at Madrid, headed by Niceto
Alcala Zamora, formal recognition,
SPANS republican existence has come
promptly into being.
Tranquility appears to prevail prac-
tically everywhere, though banks are
under guard and a mob liberation Of
prisoners has occurred at Barcelona.
| Catalonia is to remain part Of the
Spanish Republic until the provincial
Parliament decides on some future
form Of government, thanks to prompt
mediation by three Of Senior Zamora's
ministers who, ultra modern, few from
Madrid, on their errand Of Cancellation.
Meantime, the central provisional
regime IN the national capital an
nounces that it will honor all debts in
,, CURED by its monarchial predecessor
A touch of Western up-to-dateness is
supplied at Madrid by the appointment
CT Sonora Victoria Kent-could there
be anything less Spanish and more
Anglo-Saxon than such name?--to
be supervisor of SPANS almost me-
dieval prison system She is a lawyer
and becomes the first Spaniard Of her
sex to hold Office under republican
auspices.
What of the future? Alfonso, Mxuri-
ating in Partisan exile, has informed
the world that he has merely taken
sabbatical leave from the throne He
has only temporarily surrendered the
royal prerogative. He is waiting to see
what happens at the impending Span
ish national elections. If. in the I'M
likely event that they reveal less re-
publican sentiment than is generally
supposed<to exist, Alfonso is apparently
prepared to cash in on anything re-
motely representing a vote of con-
tinued confidence in the Bourbon dy-
nasty. The fugitive King seems to
have decided to remain in neighboring
France rather than proceed to trans
channel England, in order that he may
race back to his renounced power and
glory with a minimum of delay If asked.
Prom this remote point OF observa-
ton it looks as If Alfonso's dreams, at
least at this witching hour, were highly
tinctured with optimism. At times, dur
ing the recent strenuous years, he has
revealed flashes of political sagacity,
and it may be that he enyisicns the
course of events in Spain more shrewdly
than the outside world is able to Judge
them. The -Bourbons, sixty-odd years
ago, gave way to Spanish republic,
which enjoyed but brief and fevered
existence.
Alfonso may have convinced himself
that amid the desperate economic con-
ditions depressing his country the re-
public of 1891 may be headed for as
ephemeral a career as its ill-Starred
precursor of the early seventies. In
that event, he obviously hopes that
Spain may realize that its destinies
after all are safest in the hands Of its two
century-old royal house. AS he surveys
the Tuileries Gardens from his hotel
suite on the Rue de Rivcl, it would not
be unnatural for the descendant of
Philip of Spain to soliloquize: Ma
poleon came back from Elba. Why not
Alfonso, from Paris?"
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ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

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ton, D. c.
@. When will the garden tour of vir-
ginia be made. under the auspices of
the associations interested in restoring
Wakefield?-T. w.
of Tidewater Virginia will be open N
the public April 20 to May 3.
O. When was the Napier earthquake?
M. S. F.
A. The town of Napier. resort of
New Zealand. was destroyed by a severe
earthquake lasting almost three min
300 feet high slid into the sea, carry
ing with it private dwellings. burying
the general hospital and raising the
harbor bottom.
@. What was the capital of the old
Western Reserve of Connecticut?-E. b.
A. Warren, Ohio.
j. E. M.
A. It is nearly white or sometimes
tinted in red, showing practically no
distinction between heartwood and sap
wood. 1t has silky texture, is rather
coarse but straight-grained and is the
lightest OF all woods, even lighter than
true cork.
@. Was any man shot TO death dur
ing the Civil War period for having
slept on guard duty?-A L.
A. No record of such case has yet
been found by the War Department.
O. What accounts for the small flies
found in Pennsylvania in the Winter
time?-E. E. C.
A. The small flies that fly over snow
and in the woods in Pennsylvania
mountains in Winter are not true flies.
but are stone flies which belong to the
order Plecoptera. These flies have four
membranous wings where true flies
have two. During the warmer days in
Winter they fly about. The young re-
main under stones until, upon reaching
maturity, they shed their skins and APP
pear in adult form. These flies estimate
in the warmer weather.
@. How old was Sullivan when he
wrote "Pinafore" Pc. K.
A. It was written and produced in
London when Sullivan was SO years old.
His first operetta, Cox and Box, New
Trtumviretta," was written whelf> the
author was rs.
@. How many illiterates are there in
the District of Columbia?-B. T.
A. In 1880. there were 6,611. This is
an improvement over 1920, when there
were 10,509.
@. What is the origin Of the word
Acadia" found in Evangeline's story?
*. G..
A. The word, which means 1.-THE land"
or 1.-THE region" is the French form Of
the Indian word "kadi"
O. Are the police departments of
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England and France part Of the polit-
ical fabric as ours is?-F. Z. H.
A. The Paris Surete (France) ana
Scotland Yard (England) are not con-
nected or affected by changes OF ofacers
OF the government.
Q. Gen. Coxey OF Coxey's Army fame
had child with an unusual name. Can
YOU find ftp. S.
A. An infant born to the Coxeys In
the COS was named Legal Tender.
@. Where is Transylvania?-L. q.
A. 1t Is a region in Central Europe.
This district was allotted to Rumariia
at the close of the World War.
Q. How many American vessels are
equipped with radio?-J. r. M.
A. About Zoo
@. Will homemade chocolates keen
as wei as factory-made chocolates?--
c. A. T.
A. Factory made chocolates keep
much better.
@. Why is the French Foreign Legion
called the Death Legion?--L. J. j.
A. 1t is so called because 1t has been
employed in many Of the hardest and
most dangerous campaigns.
@. How thick is the tin used in max
ing tin cans for vegetables?-R. A.
A. For the usual size. known as No.
2. it is about DOLLS inch.
Q. Where is the Iron Cross OF Lom-
A. It is in the Cathedral Of Mona In
Lombardy, Italy.
@. Where was Lincoln living when NJ
was first nicknamed Honest Abe"7-
S. w.
A. New Salem. Ill.
@. What kind OF mast has the
worlds champion Enterprise?--J. X.
A. 1t has mast 1875 feet long. or
twice the water-line length of about 80
feet. 1t is of silver spruce with hollow
section and is elliptical in shape.
@. What is zero hour?-H. ].
A. 1t Is the term applied to the time
officially appointed for opening an at
tack IN war. This time is kept secret
at headquarters and referred to as
zero. 1t is not made known to the
troops until the last possible moment.
@. Please tell something about Dick
Turpin.-J. w. p.
A. He was born in Hampstead. Essex
County, England, 1706. His father was
innkeeper and apprenticed Richard TO
butcher. He stole his masters cat
tie and, on being discovered, fed and
joined a gang of highwaymen. He
was associated with Tom King, whom
he fatally shot while trying to protect
him from arrest. He escaped for some
time, but was finally captured and ex-
ecuted.
@. Who were the Physiocrats?-K. G.
A. The name Physiocrats was given
to members of schoolsof economists in
France, headed by Quesney and Gour-
nay, French economists, 1756-177o, who,
in opposition to the mercantile system,
regarded the production Of raw ma
terials, and more especially agriculture,
as the greet source Of natural wealth
and well-being, and sought to regulate
legislation accordingly, laying special
stress on the requirement that the
revenues of the State ought to be
raised by single tax on land.
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any one who watches the traffic out
Connecticut avenue, especially from four
o'clock on each afternoon.
/. Law enforcement, it must be adj
mitted, in whatever branch, is a most
diflcult thing and one which demands
the respect and aid Of all its friends.
When it comes to beetles, and espe-
cially that specimen called japanese,
ones sympathies 60 out to the lonely
guardian of the law doing his best by
his country every day at Chevy Chase
Circle. He may be regarded as a SYM
boil Of the practical difficulties of law
enforcement,
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Higghlights on the Wide World
Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands

/ it is also, mo- improperly, applied to ex-
penditure upon education, health, rural
and urban amenities, and other pub
lie services, which do not make any
direct money return to the state, but
are productive of a happier, healthier
and more intelligent community. It Is,
indeed, arguable that, in the long run,
expenditure upon such objects as these
produces an increased national divi-
|, dend through more efficient popula-
ton.
Last Adviser Gets
Credit for Efecting Cure.
lie Matin, Paris-PhiIemon was sick
at the leg. He consulted O. medical
man, who gave him treatment to follow.
The next day he met a friend, who
counSeled plaster. So Philemon got
a plaster. An hour later, still not salts
fed, he repaired, with heavy foot, to
another doctor.
Returning, with yet more data on
the subject, he encountered q lady of
his acquaintance. This lady, apprised
OF the cause of his limping, confided in
the shell of his ear that for his trouble
the liver of an adult pigeon. applied
raw to the sore spot, was O sovereign
specific.
Philemon imnolated the pigeon, but
as this artifice likewise did no good, he
appealed to third Aesculapius, who
imposed upon him some really serious
observances. But alas, for all such
science His own cousin soon made
him abandon those practical procedures
for tea made of an infusion Of reed
grasses, with the addition Of genu-
fiexions before the statue of a saint.
Philemon viii, very likely, be quite
well again some day. Nature is often
very complacent, and in this case the
last adviser is the one who is going to
get all the credit for the cure from the
impatient patient. We can't do better
than to remind imitators of Philemon
to peruse again the story of THE Mil
Ter, His Son and the ASS" The moral
of that fable applies quite fittingly to
their cases.