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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-13

Studentenwork, the leading cooperative
organization for students. If those who
are Mt for a practical profession" the
bulletin continues, go to the universe
ties merely because they are qualifled
to do 80, the number of unemployed
graduates will increase beyond all rea-
sonabIe limits. The fact is that uni
versity degree Is already more OF
handicap than an advantage to the
young man who after graduation is
looking for a practical job not abso-
lutely requiring academic training"
The bulletin, which is couched in the
form Of q stern admonition to beware
the pitfalls Of the higher learning, adj
vises prospective college men and wom-
en- to work for at least year before
making up their minds definitely
whether they still prefer "the ques-
tionable glory of an academic education
to the direct, If small. advantages Of a
moderately salaried job"
A development like this in the realm
where the title Herr Doktor," plus a
dueling -saber cut across the jowl-tra-
ditional mark Of q university educa-
tion-has for generations been a badge
of social and cultural distinction is
nothing short Of revolutionary. The
underlying theory, II 1t has any merits
in Germany, is not wholly without in
terest for other countries in whose
bread lines highly educated men and
women have been standing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-13
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES II. TRACEWELL.

, one-tenth as many as the fanatics
would have us believe.
II any one will really study and
watch the cat, 1t will be realized in
short order that when 1t comes to
catching the feathered creatures the
cat is an optlmist
His catches are more in his mind
and desire than In his claws
Alas, for the proves OF poor Pussy!
Most OF her settings are OF fedgl1ngs,
which either have fallen out OF their
nests or are out for an unwise stroll
on their own.
II this is not very gallant Of Puss,
II may be replied that gallantry Is not
trait often seen in the wild.
4 y n
The trouble with the brown thrush's
Have you ever heard band OF
mountaineers repeat Coming Round
the Mountain" until you wished they
would try something else?
Or perhaps group OF Hawailans
sing q hula dance endleSSly, the same
verse time and again, time and again,
until finally you tired Of 1t. II they did
not. and hoped they would modulate
into something else after awhile?
OF course. there is something to be
said for the old tune, oft repeated.
1t becomes second nature.
The huge popularity achieved by a
Spanishlike dance played over the
radio recently is testimonial to the
lure in this sort Of thing.
But there Is limit.
We could wish that the thrush knew
about limits.
Maybe he would change his song a
bit for our peculiar convenience.
Perhaps he thinks he has enough va
riety as it is.
AS far as we can recall, he never
sings it exactly the same way twice.
We will say that much for him.
He gives a slightly different twist to
each OF his four main measures, and
jumbles them up, not always singing
them in the same order.
This Is helpful to the listener who
has become thrush-conscious.
There have been a great many of
these "consciouses" during the past few
years. People have become "air-
conscious" and conscious Of this, that
and the other.
But to become conscious Of a brown
| thrush, believe us, is to listen to a
melancholy song.
Even In the DIN OF dawn, When every
bird, including the sparrow, joins in the
clamor, the futelike melodies of the
thrush stand out above the crowd.
That is the tantalizing thing.
The music lover will thrill at the fine
quality of this thrush-music, but he
will wish that it were not quite so
lugubrious, in total effect.
The feathered little cuSS Is devoted
to the minor strain.
With all the major keys open to him,
he had to take out a patent on as per-
feet minor as throat ever achieved.
The result is that after one listens
to it a week or so with great satisfac-
ton, he finds himself hoping beyond
hope that the thrush will vary it
somehow.
He will not, Of course. The thrush
Is his own conductor and orchestra,
and we. the audience, will have to &C
cept his music as he pleases.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-13
British Politics and Taxes.

More than the proposal of new
basis OF taxation for Great Britain is
involved in the bill which passed the
house Of commons the other day by a
majority Of flfty-nine In a combina-
ton Of laborite and liberal votes 1t
involves the relations between the house
Of commons and the house of lords,
which has been q perennial matter Of
disputation in Great Britain. It in
wolves the whole formula Of British
politics. 1t may effect a durable con-
solidation Of the labor and liberal par
ties. Or 1t may cause breach in the
present alliance that will lead to a gen.
eral election, possibly to a conservative
government.
Last week the house OF lords, by a
vote of 81 to 81, rejected the first part
OF the land tax bill. Other changes
are likely to be made in 1t by the upper
chamber, and the measure will then BIZ
returned to the house Of commons fol
reconsideration" 1t Is altogether likely
that 1t will be re-enacted in its origina
form, the amendments Of the lords ig.
nored. This viii revive the condition.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-13

Whether or not we will be able to
stand the brown thrush's melancholy
strains much longer is question.
Just what we will be able to do about
1t. If we cannot, Is another question.
One ought not to feel so about an
innocent and delightful bird, but surely
the four-part song of the thrush gets
on ones nerves.
It does at least, II one Is interested
in music. The birds are the original
singers of this world. The zeal with
which they launch themselves into
their daily vocal work is amazing, in
teresting and somewhat amusing.
The only time the brown thrush in
our ward is not chortling away Is when
he is hunting for worms.
And when he is asleep.
He sings up to the very last moment
of DAYLIGHT. and begins again the next
morning with the break OF day.
We suppose one ought to be compli-
mented when a thrush seems to prefer
ones garden to anybody else's garden.
Perhaps it is the group Of rhododen-
drons at the back of the house which
makes him feel perfectly at home.
In his native habitat, as We say, he
finds them; whenever he sees rhode
he comes down for dinner.
Surely the evergreens looked intrigu-
ing that afternoon as they glistened
after the daShing rainfall.
Rhododendrons positively smile when
it rains.
There is scarcely another growing
thing which shows such delight over a
downpour
Not even farmer who has been
praying fer it can show more appre-
citation, FOr raio than observation-disclosures
X X
After the sun had come out, with a
suspicion of a rainbow afar of, the
brown thrush came down to the grass
in the vicinity of the rhodes and there
proceeded to pick himself up some
dinner.
Perhaps it was not worms he was
after, but minute insects. All songbirds,
according to their advocates, eat i'm
menSe quantities Of insects
That is why poor Pussy is such q
wretch they declare. To listen to the
superenthusiastic friends Of the song
Sters, a person totally unacquainted
with both birds and cats would expect
never to see a cat without bird in It's
mouth.
Protectionists. as they call them
selves, solennly issue warnings" as
they call them, against the house cat.
Every year they do it.
Never once does a protectioniSt really
investigate the matter. Maybe years
ago he saw a sparrow in the mouth OF
cat, and since then he has never
taken the trouble to look into the facts
for himself, but goes on repeating the
same old tale season after season.
The trouble with all such solemn per-
sons is that they are terribly one
sided. as it were.
They are interested in birds. or in
trout, or in bass, or in rabbits, or
squirrels.
Never, so far as We have been able
TO discover, have they liked, at one
and the same time, both cats and birds,
both dogs and cats.
If they did, they would not so blithe-
ly spread this miSinformation about the
bird-killing activities of cats.
Cats do, Of course, kill birds, but not
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-13
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

tracted heart-to-heart confab with A.
Smith behind closed doors. Both
emerged wreathed in smiles. But
whether the smiles meant that Al is
ready to support Frank, or the other
way about, nobody is authorized to mar
rate.
The Law School of the Catholic Uni
versity of America in Washington is to
the front with a comprehensively or
ganized faculty of radio and aviation
law. 1t is said to be giving the first
seminar course in radio law for lawyers
In the United States. In addition, there
are courses in aviation, aerodynamics,
popular lectures on flying problems,
technical lectures on radio juris-
in the radio field. DR.. Herbert F.
Wright, formerly of the historical sec
ton of the State Department, gives
courses in international law at the
Catholic University.
4
Skipper" Charles Francis Adams,
Secretary of the Navy, sends word that
he is having the time of his nautical
life with the battle feet now engaged
in annual maneuverS on the West Coast.
AS far as the records disclose, Adams is
the only honeSt-to- goodness sailor who
ever administered the Nays affairs in
his present capacity. Also he ranks as
one of the most genuinely popular
Secretaries ever been piped over the side
Of q battleship.
X \
Fads and fancies Of American women
are responsible for the suggestion by
Henry Stude of Chicago, president of
the American Bankers Association, that
President Hoover should appoint a
woman to the Federal Farm Board. Mr..
Stude thinks that the presence of a
daughter of Eve among Chairman
Stones farm believers might combat the
tendencies of her sex To eschew the
wearing of cotton and the eating of
bread. Women'S whimS and foibles on
these scores, according to Mr.. Stude,
are costing cotton and wheat growers
$500 000,000 q year and are responsible
in large degree for the existing agricul-
tural crisis.
(Copyright. 1917
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-13
Higher Learning "verboten. "

It is Just possible that Yale College,
which has decided TO soft-pedal the
study OF Latin and Greek at Old Eli,
has taken a leaf out Of the German
notebook. Word comes from Berlin
that a systematic campaign Is under
way in the Fatherland to divert the
generation Of grown-up youngsters away
from the universities into the channels
OF business life. The plan is based
on the theory that nowadays a degree
from the university OF practical ex-
perience is immensely more valuable
to a young Teuton than an A. B. or
o Pm. D., from Berlin, Leipzig, Heidel-
berg. Goettingen or Bonn.
There are thousands OF college grad
mates without jobs in Germany right
now" says a bulletin Of the Deutsche'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-13
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

Q. What is the present capital Of
China Pr. S. p.
A. The present capital Of China under
the Nationalist Republican government
Is the City of Marking, near Shanghai,
in the Province Of Kiangsu.
@. What are the essential things TO
be followed In constructing o hsh pond2
It M E.
A. The following features should be
provided for: Water-tightneSs, so that
a small inflow will be Suf1cient, making
high temperatures during the Summer
months; a shallow area, from 10 to 80
inches deep, where the fish may nest;
a deeper area, of 6 feet or more, for
Winter quarters, and a fertile bottom
for the growth of aquatic plants, upon
which fish food depends.
Q. Are English coronets worn with
velvet CAPT.. B.
A. They formerly Enclosed Q cap Of
velvet, but this is often omitted now.
@. Why Is the banking center Of
London called Lombard Street7-P. s. s.
A 1t Is a street on which are many
banks, but the name Lombard Street
applies to the whole banking center OF
the city. The Lombard Jews begaP
banking in Italy in 500. Some Of them
afterward went to London and settled
in the narrow thoroughfare which =
called after them.
@. How should q Sheep-lined COZ
be prepared for Summer storage7-
D. r. C.
A. A sheep-lined coat should be
thoroughly cleaned with gasoline be-
fore storing for the Summer. II should
be hung in the sun until thoroughly
dry and then put in q clothing bag
or cedar chest.
@. Who was master Of ceremonies st
the White House in Dolly Madison's
day?-W. D.
A. A native of Paris, Jean Pierr.
SiouSsat.
Q. Who wrote the Elsie Books"?-
A. Martha Finley.
@. How many vessels went through
the Panama Canal last year?-C. w.
A. During the calendar year closing
December 81, 1880. $685. vessels passed
through the Panama Canal, the tolls
amounting TO $26, lac, o24.96. The daily
average commercial tranSits were 1912;
tic Qd1ly dfGLdbS ObABOo%s5Os AAAC
largest number of tranSitS was in JAM
uary, 531, with tolls amounting to S2,-
360,21124. The smallest number of
transits was 458, in September, with
tolls amounting to $2,057, lo3.5S.
@. How much does q railroad locomo-
tive coSt?-W. M.
A. The cost of the average size At
lantic or Pacific type locomotive which
is used on large railroads Is between
$50, 900 and 100000. The cost Of the
largest locomotives used In the United
States is from $50, 900 TO 100000.
@. Where is Medicine Hat?-A. o. 8.
A. It is a town on the Canadian Pa
cific Railroad IN Southeast Alberta, In
the Dominion electoral district Of Med
icine Hat, go miles from the SaSkatche-
wan border and rs miles from the Mon
tana border.
@. Who said An acre in MiddleSex
is better than q principally in Uto-
pia?"-E. T. B.
A. 1t is from -on Lord Bacon" by
Macaulay.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-13

that existed in 1911 when David Lloyd
George, then chancellor Of the ex-
chequer, undertook to establish old age
pensions and national insurance and
other reforms of a liberal character.
The lords then blocked the way and
the Lloyd George ministry effected
veritable revolution in parliamentary
practice. 1t threatened the creation Of
enough liberal peers through virtual
coercion Of the sovereign to constitute
majority in the upper house. The
lords yielded and permitted the passage
Of general act known as the parlia-
ment law which disables the lords from
rejecting or amending any bill which
the speaker of the commons certifies to
be money bill, and limits the veto Of
the lords on other bills to three sue
cessive sessions within two years.
II the act of 1911 is invoked in this
instance and the lords do not yield
at once two years may elapse before
the land tax measure, which provides
for q two-year period of assessment, is
enacted. Thus there Is chance that
the proposal by the labor ministry of
land taxation may become q national
issue, precipitating an appeal to the
country" or general election and per-
hapS q consolidation Of the labor and
liberal parties into definite political
organism. In such q case the union Of
forces might win in q parliamentary
election, but then would come the Sc
is not room in one party for two lead
ers. and Ramsay Macdonald and David
Lloyd George may be in a position to
find that victory in the field means de-
feat for one in administration.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-13
Another Victim of
Garden Vandalism
To the Editor OF The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
I have been following, with SYM
pathy for the victims and indignation
against the marauders, the accounts OF
ruined gardens and injured property.
We built our home more than 16
years ago and in all that time 1 have
resisted the temptation to put time
and money into paintings where they
would give the most pleasure to paSSerS-
by. but would be hardest for me to pro-
tect-that Is, on the terrace above the
sidewalk.
However, last Fall I built and planted
a little rock garden. have worked
early and late at 1t, and 1t has been
the subject Of much admiring comment
MY opposite neighbor had every tulip
head pulled of, and another neighbor'S
bird bath was wantonly thrown down
and shattered recently, but my little
garden escaped, perhaps because SO
frequently was working over 1t.
A recent afternoon, however, when
returned to my house at once noticed
that lilac plumes Strewed the ground
beneath n large bush near the street
and a new weigelia bush was uprooted
Hurrying to my rock garden. found
the English daisies and panSies all de-
capitated, most OF the heads lying
about, pansy plants and iris pulled up
plant, which every pasSer-by admired
stolen in its entirety and every tulip
blossom but one solitary bloom gone
This included a row along my driveway
The little rock plants not yet in bloom
had been trampled over.
AS this garden was planned and
toiled over purely for the pleasure OF
others. with never a flower cut for my
own use. II Is disheartening.
/ think 1t is high time that some
definite effort be made to put STOP
TO such depredations If children can
not be educated to love Of beauty and
respect for property rights the law
should step in. The taxes on our home
are very high and should surely cover
sufficient policing to prevent such van
daliSm in broad daylight.
! If all of the sufferers from this mania
| for destruction in our neighborhooe
alone were to protest, the public would
| be aroused to demand protection toI
Washington flower gardens.
| HELEN RIPLEY BUCKINGHAM.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-13
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHuANDER JOHNSON.


The Subsequent Explainer.
The man who knows just how and why
Some project great went wrong,
And to each question can apply
A mental grasp SO strong,
Is always heard from far away,
Where peace Is bright and fair,
But in the nerceness Of the fray
Alas, he wasn't there!
He tells how battles might have gone
The way in which you hoped;
His bright ideas mark the dawn
When through the dark you've CROPPED
What tumult might he not have stilled
That made our senses throbl
He leaves his mission unfulhlled.
He's never on the job.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-13

Take advantage Of this free service.
If you are one of the thousands who
have patroniZed the bureau, write us
again. II you have never used the serv-
ice. begin now. 1t Is maintained for
your benefit. Be sure to send your
name and address with your question,
and inclose 2 cents in coin or stamps
for return postage. Address The Even
ing Star Information Bureau, Frederic
J. Haskin, director, Washington, D. C.
@. In the amateur golf champion
ship. when two players are all even at
the end OF an 10 or 50 hole round why
don't they play another full round TO
decide the tie?-P. c.
A. Because the competition Is at
match play and the rules provide that
a match be determined by the play of
one or more extra holes If the players
are all even at the end Of the fixed
round, whether 1t be 10 or So holes.
@. When Sergt. Maj. Jiggs. the Ma
rine Corps mascot, was buried, was taps
sounded?-C. w. N.
A. While this dog actually held the
rank Of sergeant major, and was given
an impressive funeral, it was not mill
tary and there were no taps nor volleys.
@. How tall Is the average American
girl at the age Of 16?-A. S.
A. At l6 the average height is about
GIG inches. The average height OF the
American woman Is 635 inches.
@. Where can I secure some plain and
authoritative facts in regard to house
construction and design written for the
layman?-H. A.
A. How to Judge House." published
hHy Hn
Utilization, Department of Commerce
will give you what you want.
@. What Presidents widow was the
first to draw a pension from the United
StateS?-H. B. c.
A. It was Mrs. Polk. The act OF
March 81, 1882, provided for pension
Of $4,000.
@. How long would there be sunlight
on earth II the sun should suddenly
cease to shine7-E. w.
A. 1t is estimated that it requires
only about 499 seconds for the light
from the sun to reach the earth. Thus,
II the sun should suddenly cease to
exist, light would come to the earth for
only 400 seconds longer.
Q. Was an attempt ever made to as
odoS1AloVC SHuCCLl NASCO1Ad VI GUBId1lO!
ID. T.
A. Several attempts were made She
was fired at several times but escaped
unscathed. Once she was struck on
the head with a cane, receiving o
wound on her forehead.
@. What is the origin Of the express
sion, Ito save ones bacon"?-W. N.
A. The allusion Is probably to the
care taken in early days to save from
the dogs the bacon which was laid up
for Winter.
@. For whom was the Rock of Gil
braltar named?-V. c.
A. It comes from the one-eyed Ber-
Der or Moorish conqueror Gebal-Tarik,
who landed there in I'll and commemo-
rated his first victory by calling the
giant rock by his own name.
@. Do birds live longer In captivity
than in their wild state?-E. M. p.
A. Ordinarily wild birds live from 10
to IS years if they are not killed by
their enemies. Birds in captivity live
normally twice as long as those which
are wild.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-13

When Prof. Albert Nicholson grad
uated from the United States Naval
Academy. he got this inspiring send-off
from the then superintendent: IF you
would just give less attention to those
scientific things and more to your naval
gunnery, there might come time when
you would know enough to be of some
use to your country" The occupant Of
the once Of superintendent in 1873 may
be looked up, but who can name an
outstanding naval gunner Of that
period?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-13

Comedian Charles Chaplin is so Bit
ter against the British that the only
possible explanation is that during his
recent visit he partook of some bad
vegetable marrow. Even the best of this
inevitable dish tends to depress visitors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-13

Former Secretary of the Navy Jose
plus Daniels declares the failure Of the
United States to join the League of Ma
tons was largely responsible for the de-
preston. Did not sun spots have some
thing to do with it, too?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-13

Coast artillerymen, expecting the det-
onation Of a great coast defense gun,
and with cotton in their ears, can sym
pathize with the Washington motorist
who hears one of those big bus horns
toot Unexpectedly behind him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-13

A SpIndling young tree, newly planted
on some ceremonial occasion, looks so
insignificant compared with the aSsort-
ed proud humans grouped around it..
But wait for thirty or forty years and
the comparison Is reversed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-13

Dowager Queen Marie Of Rumania
falls from a ladder and suffers injuries
There is no sort of ladder from which
even a Queen may not fall, including
the social one.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-13

The capacity of the python for
friendship is very much greater than
the uninitiated would imagine accord
ing to serpentine experts. However
even they advise against letting it coil
itself too closely around ones heart.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-13

Aviators have found fourteen hitherto
undiscovered towns IN the Peruvian
Andes. Perhaps these are the COM
munities which contain the missing
votes for Tumultuous Tom Helm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-13

An English movie queen rejoices in
the possession of a remarkable collec-
ton of Epstein's busts. To a good many
people everything this particular sculp-
tor turns out seems to be bust.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-13
Emotional Vegetation.

II have heard Of q scientist who says
that vegetables have emotions"
IF that's the case. those garden seeds
planted last year ought to have been
ashamed Of themselves"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-13

The drama cannot be killed, accord
ing to one eminent theatrical authority.
But it does seem sometimes as If rigor
morris had set in.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-13
Another AnRle.

did the young lady thank you for
putting the minnows on the hook for
her when you were out flshing?"
mo. She called me a horrid, unfeel-
ing brute"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-13
Times Have Changed.

when I asked my wife to marry me
she made me promise not to use
tobacco"
And now?"
She's annoyed because I don't want
her to smoke cigarettes"