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Evening star., 1931-12-16

little or great, along that route, disre-
garding all obstacles, however grave
from the world point of view which to
her are Inimportant when they inter-
fere with consummation Of her plans
We of California read into the Man.
churian affair. too, lesson 20 be ap-
piled in the present demand of immi-
grafton quota for Japan This demand
is simply step toward the goal of
racial equality and the recognition of
immigration as question to be de-
cided not by the country receiving i'm
migrants, but by decision of other
nations"
Another oldtimer Of the Washington
press gallery is in town-Albert Hal
stead, American consul general in Lon
don. and who on various occasions Is
or 80 years ago. represented the Gin
cinnati Commercial Gazette, Brooklyn
Standard Union and Philadelphia Eve
ming Telegraph. The son of the late
Muret Halstead. famous Ohio Repub-
lican editor. Consul General Halstea ad
was Graded in journalism. He has
been in the consular service since 1906,
serving successfully at Birmingham,
Vienna. Stockholm and Montreal
Since 1928 he has held the blue ribbon
post at London. Mr.. and Mrs Hal
stead's daughter has gone in for pro-
fesslonal career in grand opera and is
now singing with distinction at the
Cologne Civic Opera In Germany.
From 100000 to 100000 Christ
mas trees are bought in the United
States each year. according to the For
est Service of the Department of Agri-
culture. Computed on the basis of the
number sold, every third or fourth FAM
lily in America has a Christmas tree.
Probably the children of many more
families enjoy some sort of Christmas
tree, for larger number of cities have
community trees. New York City and
the New England States use about
100000 trees. They grow in many
parts of the country.
Representative James M. Beck, Re-
publican. of Pennsylvania, justified
again this week his reputs ton as the
master orator of the House His speech
in favor Of ratifying the debt moratorium
revealed Beck at his classical and
eloquent best A noted Shakespearean
scholar. he cited the Bard OF Avon
effectively for point-meking purposes
including Portals quality -mercy ap-
peal. In lighter tone, Beck jabbed at
Representative Huddleston, Democrat.
Of Alabama, for his attack on President
Hoover a couple of days previous. Re-
marking that he'd been unable to find
the Alabamans speech until he explored
the appendix of the Congressional
Record, Beck said he was reminded of
an appendicitis operation on King
Edward VII. When the crisis was sue
cessfully passed, the English churches
held Thanksgiving services. One pastor,
desiring to announce hymn that by
chance had been printed in the supple
ment to the hymn book, announced:
I'VE will now sing Peace, Perfect Peace,
in the appendix" And thus" said
Beck, this fiery appeal of my colleague
from Alabama-to class passion, as it
must inevitably be regarded-has had
its perfect peace in the appendix, and
there may it rest forever!"
(Copyright. 1917
Evening star., 1931-12-16

urday Immediately following q holiday
all the Government departments are
closed and many of the business estab-
lishments as well. Business Is virtually
ava standstill in Washington. Yet
unless the day is declared q legal
holiday the banks must remain open
until noon in order to permit the pay
ment of notes and the transaction of
other time-limit business. This in
wolves the attendance of the full
force Of each institution. With legisla-
ton such as that enacted In 1925 and
now proposed for 1881 the banks are
closed, and all transactions scheduled
for the 26th and the I'd are postponed
until the 28th and 4th without loss or
injury to any interest
There are approximately twenty-five
hundred people who without this enact
ment would be required to report for
duty on the mornings of the 26th of
December and the I'd of January for
session of three or four hours, during
which very little business would be
transacted. With the day virtually
a general holiday in Washington
this is needless discrimination. The
coincidence Of December rs and jan
uary 2 with Saturday occurs so infre-
quently and. owing to the quadrennial
lengthening Of the year to 366 days, so
irregularly that special legislation is
requisite for each occasion. After this
year there will be only ten such occa-
sions during the present century, in
1886. 1912, 1853, 1852 1864, 1870, 1881,
1887, 1892 and 1898.
There are now ten days to elapse
before Christmas, ample time for at
tention to this matter. 1t should be
made a special order of business for
both District Committees and for the
two houses for enactment in season.
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Make December 26 q Holiday!

A bill has been introduced in the
Senate and now awaits acton by the
District Committee declaring Saturday,
December rs, 1881, and Saturday, J2n-
uary 2, 1852, legal holidays in the
District of Columbia. THIS measure
should Rave prompt attention in both
houses so That the legislation proposed
may become effective to permit the clos
ing OF the banks of the Capital on the
days following Christmas and New
Year. This was done In 1925, the last
proceeding similar cccasion. On q Sat-
Evening star., 1931-12-16

.. How many terms are used in de-
scribing phases of weather?-A. r.
A. C. F.. Talman, librarian of the
United States Weather Bureau, is COL
Letting words relating to the weather.
His encyclopedia weather dictionary,
when completed, will contain about
$4,000 weather terms, including slang,
dialect ano scientific names for
weather phenomena.
O. What is the significance of
Watts painting called Hooper,. 3.
A. In The Outline of Art" by the
late Sir William Orpen, this painting
Is spoken OF as follows: "Blindfolded
with Tyre in hand and sitting on the
globe in the dim twilight of the world,
Hope strives TO get all the music pos
slnie out OF the last remaining string"
@. Where is the largest bird house
ana collection of live birds?-L. E. w.
A. The largest individual bird house
SHOWN in available records is the one
IN the National Geological Park, Wash
ngton, d. C., which has l55 indoor
cages and % outdoor cages, and was
erected at total cost of Sl32 900. The
national Geological Park, however, does
not have anywhere near the largest
collection OF birds, as the following
j.
800 species; Philadelphia, 500 to 600;
New York, N. Y, 700; London, 1000;
Berlin, 1000.
@. When was the expression United
we stand; divided we fall" first used?
"A. H. r.
A. The earliest use in America was
IN Dickinson's Liberty Song" first
publNhed in the Boston Gazette on
july l8, 1853. The thought expressed
IN the lines, however, is much older
and may be found in the early Roman
poems.
@. How many patients are in hos
pltalS for nervous and mental diseases
F. B. C.
A. According to the Journal of the
American Medical Association. there
were at the end of 1880 4l5,O42 pa
t!ents in such hospitals.
Q. What was the cost Of the Texas"
and the General" famous locomotives
used during the Civil War?-D. l.
A. The cost Of the General" was
$3.50 and the Texas s9,05O.
@. Were Amos and Andy ever In the
Ziegfeld Follies ?-P. S.
A. Their acting before they went on
the radio had been limited to amateur
or small town shows.
]. S. - "
A The Bureau of Standards saws that
II Is. Steel is made from pig iron by
hrSt burning out the impurities and
then adding known amounts of other
elements. such as carbon. There are
many varieties of steel, each having
olHerent characteristics, as, for in
stance, high tensile strength, elasticity.
extreme hardness, etc.
Q. Are plants harmful in a sick room?
"A. M P.
A. The old theory that the keeping
OF plants In bed rooms is harmful to
sleeping human beings has no founda-
tlon IN TACT. since plants give off oxygen
and take IN carbon dioxde-the exact
opposite process TO that which takes
place during the respiration of animals.
therefore, if plants are not so nu-
merous as to cause a heaviness in the
alr with their odor. they would be
beneficial rather than otherwise in a
bed room.
@ Who is the manager Of the Ring
ling Circus?-W. S.
A. The Ringing Brothers g. Bar
mum &; Bailey Combined Shows is un-
der the management of Mr.. John Ring
ling.
Q. Does the United states owe any
war debts outside Of this country
NJ R.
A. 1t does not.
Evening star., 1931-12-16

1t has been contended that the only
way in which the Amos n Andy mur-
der case can be satisfactorily concluded
is to borrow Lawyer Evans Chew from
Octayus Roy Cohen.
Evening star., 1931-12-16

People in fiction and even in ad-
vertising will persist in mentioning New
4orks -Four Hundred" of half a CEN
tury ago. Why not go right on back
and refer 5iithely to the PATRONS"
when pushing some new Radgetp
Evening star., 1931-12-16

Thirty per cent Of Michigan's farm
ers are said to grow alfalfa. In these
more sophisticated times they are do
ing it in fields and not, as was the
custom Of their forbears, on chins.
Evening star., 1931-12-16

A Minnesotan drills wells by hand in
successful competition with machine
drills and derricks. Stockholders in
some wells believe they must have
been drilled with a gimlet.
Evening star., 1931-12-16

"A Leader Is Needed to Stir People
to the Depths" ran recent headline.
Most people have thought that what
is really essential Is some leadership
calculated to stir them to their heights.
Evening star., 1931-12-16

Vermont University has a thrilling
coed kidnapping case, but is still a
long way from the record established
In recent years by Smith College, over
on the other side of the Connecticut.
Evening star., 1931-12-16

According to the Constitution. no
titles OF nobility may be granted by the
united States. However it appears
that the income tax unit can, and fire.
quently does, confer the Order of
Count 1t Up Again"
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Member of the Associated Press.

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled
to the use for republication OF all news DIS
ya,cnes credited to 1t or not otherwise cred
Tied IN this paper 6cd also the local news
published herein All rienls OF publication OF
special dispatches herein are also reserved
Evening star., 1931-12-16

At the rate the bridge tourney ex-
perts are using up packs Of playing
cards it is not unlikely that the manu-
factCrers of base balls may take them
up as an off-season side line
Evening star., 1931-12-16
Lines and Lives.

From the Newark Evening News.
The American Society of Mechanical
Engineers recommends streamlining of
automobiles to increase their speed.
streamlining Of pedestrians obviously
viii be the next Etep.
Evening star., 1931-12-16
Washington's Vote Moratorium.

Capitol Hill reverberates with dis
cussion of the Hoover moratorium.
Today, the 158th anniversary Of the
Boston Tea Party, is another appro-
pirate occasion for reminding the
American people that half million
of their so-called fellow citizens have
their political being amid permanent
moratorium-th 100000 men, women
and children who remain unrepresented
in the Congress of the United States
because they are residents of the Dis
trict of Columbia and because those Of
voting age among them are disfran-
chised. Washington is condemned to
a perpetual moratorium as far as the
ballot is concerned.
Every once in while fact is drag
ged to light which emphasizes the un-
Righteousness of depriving Washington
mans of the vote Although it contains
only 40 per cent of the population of
the United States, the District Of Co.
lumbia paid 81 per cent of the Gov
ernments total internal revenue in the
fiscal year 1881. In other words, the
politically disemboWeled Federal area
Is paying more than it's share per capita
In internal revenue.
At this very moment, in the form of
the extraordinary Mapes Committee re-
port recomne ending the imposition Of
heavy new local tax burdens on the pee
pie Of the District of Columbia there is
provided a perfect illustration of Wash
ington's political helplessness.
Taxation without representation was
what the perpetrators Of the Boston Tea
Party meant to protest when they
dumped the tea cargoes Of British ships
Into the murky waters Of Boston Harbor.
Taxation without representation is what
the patriotic, law-abiding and tax
paving residents Of the District of Co.
lumbia protest. If taxing people without
permitting them voice in tax leVyns
was unjust unfair and undemocratic IN
1773. when the Boston Tea Party was
held, it is unjust, unfair and undemo-
cratic in 1881. The principle then so
f1amingly defied is eternal. 1t lives on
because il is of the bone and sinew OF
free government, which the Declaration
of Independence truly sets forth can
only rest upon the consent of the gov
erned.
There are strong indications, as the
Hoover administration regrettably is
discovering, that the Seventy-second
Congress is a conspicuously national
stic Congress. 1t has been described
as a charity y-begins-at-home Congress.
If the House and Senate which have
just taken Office as the freely chosen
Legislature of the Nation want to give
a literal reading to the principle that,
In the domain of legislation, affairs Of
America command precedence at their
hands, let Congress turn its attention
to the question which is literally at
home-at their home-right here on
the Potomac's banks.
Let Congress pass favorably upon
the pending constitutional amendment
to Americanize the Washingtonian by
clothing him with national representa-
ton suffrage rights. That would be a
nationalistic enactment which would
lack all taint of anti-foreignism, ges-
ture designed purely and simply to
remedy the humiliating plight Of
great American community which has
suffered too long from political depres-
sion. If Congress is true to the Boston
Tea Party tradition, it will not prolong
Washington's suffrage agony
Evening star., 1931-12-16
UncompromisingIy Morose.

Christmas comes but once a year."
said the resdy-made philosopher.
Yes" replied Mr.. Growcher; "a tor
nado doesn't come even as often as that.
But consider how long 1t takes to get
over It,"
Evening star., 1931-12-16
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Conversational Diplomacy.

VUHVcTSdtfUHdI DfPIUHaCys
Who Is your favorite composer"
Wagner" replied Mr.. Cumrox.
"You must be a student of music!"
mo. ! mention Wagner for the sake
Of relieving myself of conversational
strain. If the other man doesn't like
Wagner, he won't want to hear me say
another word"
And if he does?"
He'll want to do all the talking him.
self"
Evening star., 1931-12-16
An Expert.

From the New York Sun.
That Chicago man just Jailed for
failure to nav alimony to his ninth wife
is the man to ask whether the depres-
sion has become general.
Evening star., 1931-12-16
No Such C.ritfer.

From the Ashland Daily Independent.
With Congress and 48 Legislatures
working full blast, it takes smart
lawyer to think up an unwritten law.
Evening star., 1931-12-16
Who Benefits?

From the Glendale News-Press.
Dr.. Charles Mayo says school chill
dren don't need the three month vaca-
ton every wear. But. the vacation idea,
We believe. was invspksd By the tsAchezA
Evening star., 1931-12-16
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
The Baggage Man,

The Baggage Man.
We often blame the baggage man
And say he lifts trunk
For fun, as high up as he can,
Then lets 'er fall, kerplunk!
Yet patiently he hurries round
Amid the dust and gloom,
Until at last your things are found
Down in the baggage room.
He uses brain and muscle, too,
To save the luggage fine;
Likewise the boxes far from new
Made shut with paste and twine.
He sees a glad procession go,
But never joins the throng,
For he must hustle, there below,
To help the crowdsalong.
He asks no praise, he fears no blame,
When weary tempers flare
He does his duty just the same
And handles 'em with care.
When work is done, for mild repose
A comic page he'll scan;
And 'mongst the gibes he reads are thos,
About the baggage man.
Evening star., 1931-12-16
Scant Reward.

The underdog who got in wrong
Much sympathy has always met;
And sympathy that won't last long
Is all he's liable to get.
Evening star., 1931-12-16
Considering the Future.

Some Of the things you have said
deserve to be remembered forever" said
the admiring friend.
Il don't desire any such recognition, I"
replied Senator Sorghum. The success
of man in my position sometimes de-
pends on the ease with which his pre-
vious observations can be forgotten"
The man who squints one eye at the
sky and tells you what the weather is
going to be is usually mistaken. But
he has just as much fun as the politi-
cal prophet and doesn't run as much
OF chance Of being irritating.
Evening star., 1931-12-16

Far in the future it may be said Of
some venerable Washingtonian: He
was born before the biennial introduc-
ton into Congress of the street rail-
way merger plan and actually lived
to see 1t a fact accomplished"
Evening star., 1931-12-16

The Evening Star Newspaper Compan!
Business once:
l1th st, and Pennsylyania Aye.
European once IA Regent IT., London.
England.
Evening star., 1931-12-16
Modern Endorsement.

I know that Washington was great
And that his intellect was fine,
Since often, on affairs Of state,
His views were in accord with mine
Evening star., 1931-12-16
a man kin be too polite an oblig

Il IIluII tIII DC tSJu PoIfVe UT OoffSff
said Uncle Eben. II know man dat
stocd wifout kickin' while his wife
dressed him up in q fancy loungin'
coat an gorgeous necktie an smok-
In cap. Den she Inspected him an de-
cided dat she couldn't live wifi such .
lookin' man, nchow." q
Evening star., 1931-12-16
Rate by Mail-PayablC in Advance.
Maryland and Virginia.

All Other States and Canada.
Evening star., 1931-12-16

@. Were Amos and Andy ever In the
Ziegfeld Follies?-P. S.
A. Their acting before they went on
the radio had been limited to amateur
or small town shows.
Evening star., 1931-12-16

@ What proportion of the girls
and women in the United States are
married?-R. C.
A. OF women in the United States
VINO are Is years of age or over 26,l7O,-
Io6, or GIL per cent are married: H.
3O6,653 or 264 per cent are single: A.
1884, ,2O7. or Ill per cent, are widowed
and 573,148 are divorced
Evening star., 1931-12-16

@. What are the usual instruments
in dance orchestra?-M. J. o.
A. The average dance orchestra con-
sists OF from five to nine pieces and the
instruments vary, usually consisting of
piano, violin, drums, banjo, Saxophones
and cornet or trumpet
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-08
Business And
Social Meet
AtBoca Chica

Business and pleasure were com
bined when member and friends
OF the Young Peoples Endeavor
Society Of the Christian Church
motored to Boca Chica Wednesday.
Surf bathing and a weiner roast
were enjoyed, after which the -roup
gathered around the camp fire for
the regular monthly business meet
ing. The meeting was opened by
singing one Of the Christian En-
deavor songs. This was followed by
a prayer led by Jack Noble. The
minutes OF the last meeting were
read and approved, and committee
reports given by both the retiring
and the newly appointed committee
chairmen. Various items Of bust
ness were brought before the group,
discussed, and acted upon.
Those present were: Mr.. and Mrs.
Wayne Gobble, Mr.. ard Mrs. Fr |
Howe. Mr.. and Mrs. Troy Porter,
Elizabeth Graham. Martha Nunley,
Charlotte Ball, Martha Jane Butts,
Louise Smith, Velma Parker. Ber-
niece Hutton, George Jones, Bever-
" Tabor, Custer Driver, Harold
Dennis and Jack Noble.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-08
Group From
Brownsville
Attends Meet

There were sixteen represent
atives from the Baptist church OF
Brownsville present at the Goth
annual meeting OF the Lower Rio
Grande Valley Union Of tat
church held in La Feria Tuesday
with % unions represented from
the Valley. Reports were given by
standing committee chairman and
annual reports were made by var
ious towns.
Mrs. Fleet A. Lentz, Mercedes,
was reelected pres'+ mt OF the
union. Mrs. w. o. Brown Of San
Benito is corresponding secretary
treasurer, Mrs. N. l.. Moore. re-
cording secretary and Mrs. H. d.
Ramsey, young peoples chairman
A splendid talk was given by
Mrs. z. v. May and was the feature
or the afternoons program.
Present from Brownsville were
Rev. and Mrs. o. L Smith, Mes
danes r. c. Kyser, John Stribling'
w. T. Harvey, w. j. Vertrees. Ruth
Campbell. Dan Leftwich. r. A.
King, Fred Bohlen, j. w. Bel.
Sophie Woodrome, :. Fl. Christ.
Ewing Clark. V z. Landreth and
II. <. Tucker.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-08
Club And Guests
Are Entertained
In Manske Home

A variety OF garden flowers were
decorations OF the Otto Manske
home Wednesday afternoon when
Ms. Manske was hostess to mem
bers OF the Just Sew club. Mrs.
Mike Groom was the only guest.
The afternoon was spent In needle
work and conversation and after a
mos. enjoyable time. the hostess
passed a frozen salad curse to her
guests.
Mrs. r. w. Neck will entertain
the club next week.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-08
5Oth Wedding
Anniversary
Is Cele brated

SEBASTIAN, Oct. 9.-Mr. and
Mrs. George Cakes celebrated their
golden wedding anniversary Friday
at their attractive country home two
miles northwest Of Sebastian. Five
Of their children, as well as a num-
Der Of their grandchildren and greai
grand children spent the day with
them. A sumptuous dinner was SER
we'd on improvised tables or the lawn
Messages came frUm children anc
grand children in other states during
the day and the honorees received
q number Of attractive gifts.
Mr.. Cakes was born in Knox
county, Illinois and recently cele-
brated mis- seventy-siXth birthday
Mrs. Cakes was born in Kalb county
Mo-, aid is sixty-eight years of age,
Both are well and active. Mr.. Cakes
manages his farm which consists
Ct several hundred Gcres. Mr.. Cakes
reads the finest print without glass
es. A son and three grandchildren
make their home at the Cakes farm.
They were the parents Of twelve
children. nme of whom are living.
They have thirty grand children and
six great grandchildren.
The children are Mrs. r. w. Por-
ter Of Lyford. Mrs. Fred Thompson
and Pete Cakes Of Lyford. Robert
Cakes who makes his home with his
parents, Mrs. j. Y. Flack OF D:is-
coll, Mrs. j. r. Osburn OF Denver,
Colo, Mrs. Lenord King of Cotulla-
Mrs. Zatseff Of Fl. Sill, Okla, and
Mrs. Charles Porter OF Lawton.
Okla. One son. Lewis S. Cakes was
the first soldier from this county TO
lose his life during the World War.
The American Legion Post at Ly-
ford bears his name.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cakes came 70 the
Valley in 1909 and settled in Ly-
ford. They purchased the farm,
cleared the land and built the home
in 1914. where they have lived ever
since. They remained at home all
during the bandit trouble and were
never moleSted However, Mr.. Cakes
stated that they we're well equipped
to defend themselves If necessary.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cakes have mary
friends throughout the county VITO
are hoping to help them celebrate
their Diamond Anniversary.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-08

sion where they enjoyed q sunrise
breakfast.
PERSONALS
Miss Mildred Hansen and house
guest. Mrs. Corrine Goliath OF San
Antonio. were Sunday guests at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Vernon
Hansen Of Edinburg.
Mrs. r. E. Slocum Of Pharr spent
Monday at the home OF Mrs. George
Mitchell.
Mrs. William Massey and daugh-
ter Mrs. Al Volz were Wednesday
guests at the home OF Mrs. Ray
Klapperich Of South Sharyland.
G. A. Pruden Of Fort Worth spent
the past week at the h-me Of Mr..
and Mrs. @. Darlington.
Mrs. John Burkhart OF Alamo
was a guest at the home OF Mr.. and
M. Gus Hunter Friday.
Miss Mary Louise Joubert, who
has been a guest at the '.ome OF
her. parents, Mr.. and Mrs. 7. Jou-
bert, left Thursday morning for her
work at Kankakee, III.
Mrs. George Jones and son
George, who have been visiting at
Saskatoon, Canada returned Tues
day. They were accompanied by
Mrs. Dick Mason OF Saskatoon, who
will spend a few week" at the home
Of her uncle and aunt, Mr.. and
Mrs. George Jones, Sr.
Mrs. Cloman Taylor OF Donna Is
visiting at the home OF Mrs. Fred
Volz.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leon BraSkamp and
son. who have been spending their
vacation at the home Of their par
entS, MI. and Mrs. s. T.. Braskamp.