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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-21
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

This newspaper puts at your disposal
q corps of trained researchers in WASH
ington who viii answer questions for
! you. They have access to the Govern
ment departments, the libraries, mu-
seums, galleries and public buildings
| and to the numerous associations which
maintain headquarters in the Nations
Capital. II they can be of assistance
to you, write your question plainly and
send, with cents in coin or stamps
to The Evening Star Information
| Bureau, Frederic j. Haskin, director
Washington, D. c.
@. What is the theme song In East
A. It is Then YouIl Remember Me-
from the Bohemian Girl.
@. Can photograph records prepared
for electrical transcription be played
on q home phonograph?-R. S.
A. monograph records made for
radio oadcasting-known as electrical
transcription - cannot be played on
home monographs. Although these
appear to be similar, they are made
for radio purposes only, and they diff
fer from the standard photograph rec
ord.
@. How many times was Henry Clay
q S0hhlOdCC AOI EIco4uc1lJl-O. w.
A. Clay was a presidential candidate
in 1924, 1882, 1914 and 1848.
@. Was George Bernard Shaw ever
accused of plagiarism, and did he ad-
NIT it?-J. E. c.
A. On one occasion when accused
OF plagiarism, Shaw Is said to have re-
piled: II find in a book anything
can make use OF, take IL gratefully.
My plays are full of pillage OF this
kind. Shakespeare, Dickens, Conan
Doyle, Oscar Wilde, all Is fish that
| comes to my net"
Q. Isn't it true that Marie Louise OF
Austria had a lover with whom she
carried on an affair that was generally
| known?-F. @. A.
A. Marie Louise deserted Napoleon
when he was on his way to Elba and
returned to Vienna with Count Neip-
perg. While Napoleon was at St
Helena, Marie Louise lived openly with
Neipperg at Parma, and she bore the
count a son shortly after the death
OF her exiled husband.
@. What was the epitaph on the
stone marking the grave of the wal
horse Of the Duke Of Wellington?-D
z. N.
A. Here lies Copenhagen, born
1908, died 1886. Gods humble instrll-
ment, though meaner clay, should
share the glory Of that famous day"
@. Was the composer Puccini rich
mans. G. L.
A. Puccini left a fortune of 20 ooo,-
900 lire, or 100000.
@. Who said that as soon as laws are
necessary for men they are no longer
fit for freedom?-E. r. S.
A. Pythagoras.
@. II q girl comes from ireland
with intention of marrying an Ameri-
can citizen, can the ceremony be per-
formed in New York within weeks
time?-A. r.
A. It is possible for O citizen Of the
United States whose fiancee is coming
to this country to arrange with the
immigration officials at the port OF
entry about the marriage. There Is nc
provision in the laws Of New York fol
advance notice of the marriage and
arrangements can be made so that the
ceremony may take place soon after
the girl lands.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-21
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

/ Sentences which are not really SEN
| fences are not new. The art of writing
! has always known them. Ellipsis Is
as old as the sentence itself.
The sentence is not merely rule Of
| grammar, as many seem to think, but a
very human, a very common sense way
of getting a certain amount of mental
and emotional work done.
The sentence, or group of words, is
the main thing. The ellipsis, or onis-
sion, is entirely secondary. First let us
consider the sentence, an old friend
with which every one Of us deals hun
dreds of times every day.
A sentence, it is well to remind our
t-Selves, is a set of words complete in it
self, containing subject and predicate.
From the standpoint of grammar, such
set is usually a statement, a ques-
ton or command.
OF course, grammar falls down there.
A sentence may be great deal more
than thati
It is entirely permissible for a writer
Cor speaker) to omit either, or part of
either, the subject or predicate, or
both.
This is done by ellipsis, the omission
from a sentence of words needed to
complete the construction or sense.
1t is all right, from every standpoint,
for writer to turn out something on
this order:
He looked around him. He saw the
sky. The trees. The white clouds"
etc, etc.
He saw" is omitted.
This is a simple example, but 1t gives
the idea. If not carried too far, it is
def way of adding variety, or life,
to prose work.
If oVerdone, 1t irritateS.
The use of the present tense through
out long work, a device employed by
Ludwig in his Napoleon the Man" and
subsequently worked to death" by
him, is entirely legitimate. Whether
any given reader will be able to stomach
it, however, is another matter.
Exactly this applies to ellipsis, in
writing. Writing, in its very nature,
must be formal. In speech, as we all
practice it every day, we commit many
breaches of the rules of grammar,
rhetoric, and so on, and no one stops
to give it much thought, because speech,
as commonly practiced, is informal.
But writing is, and must be, formal.
This means, as we see it, that the great
rules of common sense are vastly i'm
portant in it.
Tricks, mannerisrns, new departures,
are bound to arise in writing, in all
nations, as education becomes what we
call universal.
Those variations which do plain viola
ton to common sense, and to such
established rules" as that of the
sentence. and proper sentence construc-
ton, will in the end be deprecated by
all who take reading and writing
seriously.
1t is fashionable today, in certain
circles, to take nothing seriously. But
this is only for a time. Soon even
these misguided persons will see, as
they grow older, that it was not for
nothing that the greatest writer's of all
nations have stuck consistently to the
use of sentences, finding that they could
not be improved upon, but were, and
are, indeed. the quintessence of what
mankind has discovered in regard to
'how to write"
A writer who quarrels with the Eng
lish sentence is like a bricklayer who
should stop his task to complain that
his bricks are not round. Let him lay
them the best he can, and see if he
cannot make masterpiece from them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-21
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Even a jest may be forbid
Unto a man who oft has hid
His cares beneath a generous smile
That made a hard life seem worth
whileI
Many sage, so history tells,
Has been disguised with cap and bells,
And dwelt where men would dine and
quar-,
Content If he could make them laugh.
Laughter is compelling force
Which sometimes changes history's
course.
Mistakes, if wit be of the best,
Have found forgiveness in jest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-21
The U. S. Senate VS.. DR.. Smith.

AS the time approaches for court
test of the Senate's power to recall
presidential appointments, after such
appointments have been confirmed by
the Senate and the appointees have for
mslly entered upon their duties, the
unfairness of the position into which
George Otis Smith has been forced by
the. proceedings becomes increasingly
apparent.
The Attorney General has informally
stated that DR.. Smith will be forced
to retain his own counsel. The Depart
ment of Justice, if it takes any part in
the legal proceedings, will appear merely
as a friend of the court and submit
certain arguments on the points of law.
The Senate has already provided an
appropriation of $4,000 to engage its
special counsel, John w. Davis and Alex
ander j. Groesbeck, former Governor
of Michigan. but DR.. Smith must now
defend himself against the forces of the
United States Senate, with the Attor-
ney General, by whose opinion he vas
confirmed in his legal right to the Of
flee, standing aside and more or less
letting nature take its course.
AS practical proposition, this may
cause no undue hardship as far as DR..
Smith is concerned, because there is
probably legal talent ready and eager
to volunteer service in his defense and
for a nominal fee. AS to the theory,
it is all wrong. Here we have man
requested by the President to accept
public Office, appointed by the Presi-
dent to the office, confirmed by the
Senate and duly taking the oath and
getting to work. His remaining in Office,
after the Senate's challenge under rules
of its own making. lay entirely with
the President. And the Presidents
decision that he remain was based on
the Attorney Generals opinion that the
appointment was in all respects legal.
rights in seeking court definition of
the line dividing some of its preroga-
tives from those of the Executive But
the sportsmanlike procedure would have
been for the Senate to set aside as much
for DR.. Smiths counsers fees as it did
for its own, and to let the lawyers fight
it out. AS an individual, DR.. Smiths
Importance in the Qualification of the
issues involved is negligible. But,
personifying the straw man, he is en-
titled to as skilled counsel as that hired
by the Senate. If he hires it, however,
on the Senate's appraisal of value re-
ceived, he must fork over twenty-five per
cent Of his annual salary. That is i'm
posing a rather high penalty for holding
public Office by presidential request and
appointment.
Dr. Smiths counsel could logically
fulfill his function by answering the
Senate's petition in quo warranto by
presenting the Attorney Generals opin-
ion. upon which the President re-
tanned him in office. Whatever course
is pursued. the chairman of the Fed
eral Power Commission should not fail
TO include in the estimates for 1888,
which go to the Budget Bureau this
Summer, an item to cover expenditures
involved in defending personnel against
Senate attacks Such expenditures are
certainly necessary in the public in
terest, and should not be found to con-
flict with the Presidents economy pro-
gram
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-21

The silent screen is said to be coming
back into pre-eminent favor. There are
few good motion pictures, as there are
few good plays. A great. play of enc
type does not make impossible another
great play of another kind. The next
leader among films may easily be talk
ing picture, but, if so, it will not permit
the assumption that the pantomrme
film is doomed. Every kind of technique
demands its right to be tested The
nlc ton pictures as a part Of the theater
are experimenting to counteract the
monotony into which the playhouse has
drifted,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-21

1t is expected that Henry Ford will
carry cut plans for greater production
and more employment. No one will
object even if it makes the parking
problem more serious. More parking
congestion mems more policemen TO
keep cars moving and that fact in itself
contr butss a uet,e toward overcoming
unemployment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-21

1t Is evidently Gandhi's wish to bs
discreet and conciliatory, but politica
leader is sometimes embarrassed BY
finding that he has contracted fol
more peaceable understanding than he
Is able to deliver.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-21

Photographs of President Hoover be-
come more genial as time goes on. Each
is a more convincing assurance than
its predecessor that lack Of congress
sional cooperation has made him more
inclined to a philosophic than to a
misanthropic view of affairs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-21

King George, after nesting formal
expenses, has remaining an income that
is represented as demanding rigid,
personal economy. The example is
fine But even royalty cannot make
rigid personal economy widely popular
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-21

American manufacture of automobiles
is making determined plans to reach
the market abroad. Parking, once a
local question, will become a world
problem.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-21
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-21
Apparently Placid Stream.

The river flowing on its way
Now bids our cares redouble.
The waterpow'r 1t may display
Can cause all kinds Of trouble.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-21
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-21
The Authors Lot.

In morals We must ever be polite.
When literary prizes cash in strong,
That kind Of game Of chance is quit
all right,
But other lotteries are very wrong.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-21
Physical Culture
Conducive to Fair Play.


Diario del Concrete, Barranquilla.-
The realm of sport has, too, its phi
losophy. There is nothing on earth
which is able to detach itself from the
power and influence of metaphysics,
and necessarily, therefore, sport is no
exception. Rather, we believe that
there is no other anthropological func-
ton or activity in the world that con-
duces more rapidly to a love of fair
play and the truth than physical cul-
ture, for development and discipline Of
the body bring us at once into more
intimate acquaintance with the divine
doctrines of nature, and SO make us
stronger, more considerable, more en-
during, more composed, more generous,
more optimistic and more human.
However, q love of sport does not ami
mate all. 1t seems to be a heritage re-
served for, and certainly most enjoyed
by, those who, living in the cities, their
lives confined to narrow and proSaic
routine, are glad to break their picket
ropes and escape to the pure, fresh air
of mountain or plain for the exercise OF
muscles wearied and torpid from sed-
entary employments.
The apcientss far wiser in many re-
spects than we who pride ourselves upon
orr modern wisdom, had for enc OF
tLleAr pIuVcIpS, MeuS sauna III OOa PO.,S
sano," and human experience repeatedly
proves the truth of that assertion. To
be q success intellectually, we must not
neglect our bodies. With physical we'll
being comes an alert mentality. But
here, as in all other functions OF the
race, a reasonable moderation is the key
to full enjoyment. The mind must not
be developed at the expense of the body,
nor the body at the expense OF the
mind. There are some so reckleSsly de-
voted to the pursuit of skilled and dan
gerous games and pastimes, in which too
often victory il preferred to sportsman
ship, that they haveNno interest what
ever In the more permanent and serious
opportunities of existence. and like the
wild animal that is beautiful and yigor-
oas in its grace and movement and
agility they become famous rapmen-
tarily for thBss animal attributes and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-21
The Intended,

What is your intended husbands
neme?"
Il can't tell you all about it," an
swered Miss Cayenne, my intentions
were only recently formed and If let
him be notified he may become fright
ened and compel me TO change my
plans"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-21
Unscrcwing the Inscrutable.

From the South Bend Tribune.
They are still trying to strengthen
the Indiana primary election system,
which is the same as trying to unscreW
the inscrutable.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-21

Rate by Mail-Payable, in Advance.
MARYLAND and Virginia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-21
8 are very wrong.

"You kin be pufackly right" said
Uncle Eben, "in tellin' which boss is
due to, win q race. But how is you
g'ineter know dat de hoss won change
his ninda"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-21
A Song Questioned.

At admire that song. "It's Always
Fair Weather When Good Fellows Get
Together
You can't believe songs" asserted
Senator Sorghum grimly. There is no
question that our national committee
is composed of good fellows. Yet at a
recent meeting differences of opinion
arose that made it seem less like fair
weather than like blizzard"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-21

Averages may be asserted in strange
ways" said Hi Ho, the sage Of China
town. "One who raises his voice often
lowers his dignity"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-21

Discovered in Making a Loan.
The farmer says another weed
He has to heed.
Entangled into baffling shape,
It's called red tape.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-21

AM other States and Canada.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-21

The pair concerned. one 81
year-old Frenchman, and the other q
27-year-old Portuguese, were equally
frenzied with an affection for certain
young woman, a cabaret entertainer IN
the city already mentioned, and re-
solved to terminate their rivalry In
mortal combat. The survivor would
thus be able to pursue his courtship
without interference.
For the better accomplishment OF
their desperate project, the men decided
to stage their "two-fght' (Zweikampf)
under the earth, down at the very bot
tom of a mine, where there would be
no witnesses and so no efforts to placate
the quarrel. The weapons chosen were
the implements of their labor-viZ.,
pickaxes. BY the light only Of their
miners lamps, there began frightful
conflict, In which the Frenchman soon
fell senseless with grievous wounds in
his head. Found shortly afterward, he
was taken to a hospital in q dying con-
dition. Meanwhile the victor in this
'barbarouS battle betook himself to flight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-21
Natural Explanation
For Horses Vision at Night.

The Bulletin, Sydney. IT,:
Touching on the ability of horses to
"see in the dark" there's a very natural
explanation. Ride on a pitch-dark
night along a rough track. or no track
at all, and notice how close the horse
keeps his head and sensitive nose to
the ground, and, while watching for
distractions Immediately in front, pick:
his way carefully among irregularities
underfoot. Should he find a fence
quite invisible to the rider, he will stop
or swerve off Or If one is of the
track, he will nose about till he finds
it. Having his head projecting beyond
that of the rider and closer to the
ground, he has the advantage of nearer
vision. No doubt also the long hairs on
his nose, like the whiskers of cat, act
in some measure as feelers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-21

Jud Tunkins says a vacation is good
for a man. 1t doesn't necessarily mean
idleness, but 1t gives him . chance to
think without being interrupted by
office-callers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-21

The Evening Star Newspaper Company
Business once.
18th st. and Pennsylvania Ave.
New York Once: ITO East 42nd st.
Chicago once Lake Michigan Building.
European once: Ia Regent st.. London,
England.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-21

THEODORE W. MOVES. :. Editor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-21

T EUES WIENER TAGBI.ATT
Vienna.-A dreadful duel was
contrived recently by two coal
miners Of st. Etienne, in France
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-21

IS the conclusion of Howard w. Odum
in his book ON the South of the past
and of the present, "An American
Epoch: Southern Portraiture in the
National Picture
A regretful look is cast at the re-
ceding past in Cecilia Beaux's auto
biography, Background With Figures. -
From a New England childhood the
artist passed to apartment house life
in a large city, and to student life in
France and italy. But always the
spaciousness and leisure of earlier days
in New England linger with glamour
in her memory. She reminisces: "I
am sorry for the young who in town
can visit only in apartments and am
thankful that I have the memory of
long vistas in deep, quiet houses, where
there were high ceilings, rich damask
curtains, long, wide halls, softly carpeted
and curving stairs, mounting upS and
up to regions where running and peep
ing could be slyly enjoyed. There were
views. too, of great bed rooms where
everything was ample and spatlai; big
smooth pillows, white bedSpreads, heavy
furniture for which there was plenty Of
room and spotless comfort everywhere"
X X X
Alfred Noyes has completed his poetic
and philosophical trilogy, 1.-The Torch
Bearers" The volumes are entitled
watchers of the Sky" "The Book Of
Earth" and 1.-THE Last Voyage" The
trilogy might be called symphony in
three movements on the theme of the
meaning of life. The earliest astrono-
mers, searching in the vault of heaven
for a solution OF the riddle Of the uni
verse. are the watchers" Of the first
volume. Scientists from Pythagoras to
Darwin are the actors in 1.-THE Book of
Earth" and medical scientists are the
heroes of 1.-THE Last Voyage" Mr.. Noyes
sees Infinite Mind, working through
principles of order, directing all science.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-21

@. How large a speckled brook trout
has been caught?-T. T.
A. The largest square-tailed speckled
brook trout on record is one which
weighed 14Ia pounds and was caught
by DR.. J. w. Cook in the Nipigon
River in Ontario, Canada.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-21

@. Which costs more for construction.
mile of concrete road or q mile Of
railroad?-R. u.
A. The average cost of constructing
a mile Of concrete road is $4,000. The
average cost for a mile Of railroad Is
between $4,000 and s35, 900.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-21

@. How many times was Henry Clay
a candidate for President?-C. w.
A. Clay was a presidential candidate
in 1924, 1882, 1914 and 1548.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-20

Sealed proposals will be received
by the Board OF Directors OF Impe-
rial Irrigation District at its office
in the City of FL Centro, State OF
California, until ten o'clock A. NJ.
Oh the End day OF June, 1881, for
the furnishing to said District OF
certain material and for the neces-
sary labor for completing said pro-
posed improvement in accordance
with the plans and specifications
adopted by this Board and set forth
in the report of the Chief Engineer
and General superintendent, under
date of March A, 1880.
Plans and specifications can be
seen at the office of the Board of
Directors in e. Centro, to which
plans and specifications reference is
hereby made for more detail de-
( scription of the material TO be fur
nished and the work to be done.
The work to be paid for by warrants
| issued under provisions Of an Act
approved May 25, 1927 Stats. 1927.
/ page 1415, as amended.
Contract will be let to the lowest
responsible bidder, but the Board OF
Directors reserves the right to re-
ject any and all bids.
! BY order of the Board of Direc-
tors of Imperial Irrigation District
El Centro, California.
F. H. McIVER, Secretary,
Imperial Irrigation District
First pub. May l3.
Last pub. June, 2, 1881.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-20
NOTICE OF TIME AND PLACE
APPOINTED FOR PROVING
WILL AND HEARING APPLICA-
TION FOR LETTERS TESLA
MENTARY.

In the Superior Court CT the State
Of California, in and Tor the
County of Imperial, in the Mat
ter of the Estate of ERNESTINE
WALLACE, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that a pc
tition for the probate Of the win Of
Ernestine Wallace, deceased, and for
the issuance to Evelyn Quincy Of
letters testamentary, has been filed
in this Court, and that Friday, the
29th day of May. 1881. at Two
o'clock, p. M, of said day, at the
Courtroom of said court, at the
Court House. in the City Of FL Gen.
tro, County Of Imperial, State Of
California, has been set for the
hearing of said petition. when and
where any person interested may
appear and contest the same, and
show cause, if any they have, why
said petition should not be granted.
Dated May IA, 1881.
EDWARD H. LAW, Clerk.
BY c. w. HINDERKS,
Deputy Clerk.
May 18th to Goth, inc.