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Evening star., 1931-12-10
Cost of One Cruise
Might Defeat Cancer

From the Ann Arbor Daily News.
A warship has been asked to join in
the crusade against cancer. DR.. Ellice
Mcdonald of the Cancer Research
Laboratories wants one for such q pur-
pose Not actually fighting ship, but
the funds that would build a smaller
one--a cruiser Such an amount Of
money would finance for century all
the cancer research work now going
on in the United States, says Nc
Donald. zone cruiser for cancer would
insure Punishment OF the plague" he
asserts confidently.
national defense, and SO Is cancer re-
search. The feet is maintained to
keep out invading enemies. Cancer Is
an invading enemy of appalling poten-
tialities. More than 100000 die from
1t each year in these United States.
Why should the Government dis
criminate between enemies, spending
huge sums to hold human foes at a
distance while allowing soldiers striv-
ing to conquer diseases to struggle along
on their own resources?
We need the warships, without doubt,
until such day as the world agrees
to disarm. We will always need war
ships, to police the oceans, for that
matter. Warships, including cruisers,
are important as instruments OF pre-
paredness. But OF even greater i'm
portance is money to combat human
Ills.
Let the cancer researchers have one
cruiser. or the equivalent of 1t In tax
money to conquer that devastating dis
ease. The victory would be greater
than any ever fought on any battlefield
in the hist.Ty Of the world.
Evening star., 1931-12-10

from abroad Here u q classic eonfes-
sion from the most exalted quarter that
the United States does not md 1t possi-
BILE to be an oasis Of national prosperity
In . desert Of international depression.
Economically. 1t u an interlocking
universe which we inhabit.
Yet the prevailing atmosphere In
America is far from favorable TO any
scheme, conference or otherwise, which
might seem directly or indirectly TO
point to demands upon US for further
financial leniency to the outside world.
Senator johnson of California has asked
the Senate TO institute an inyestiga-
ton Of American investments abroad.
The inquiry will probably be ordered.
1t will extend into the question Of
foreign debts. especially those owing to
the United States. Efr. Johnson OPP
poses ratification OF the Hoover mora
tor.un1. He will fail TO prevent it. But
It will be surprising If the facts and
discussion brought out By a debt In
quiry do not develop a healthy an
tipathy to any extension of Columbia's
role as fairy godmother to abroad"
Were Europe and Asia even half way
inclined to give serious consideration to
disarmament and to compose some Of
the quarrels that are breeding new
wars, the possibility of our sitting In at
a debt conference would be a stronger
one. With China afiame, with League
Of Nations demonstrably incapable Of
enforcing its peace dictums, with great
powers demanding political and security
before they will cease
national fortunes on war
machinery, with Soviet Russia dedi-
Gated to debt reputation and Hitlerite
Germany ready to embrace the same
principle-with such conditions send
Ing forked lightning through the inter-
national heavens, the American people
could not be blamed for hesitating to
the Macdonald plan with
unalloyed enthusiasm.
A world like today's Is bound 70
fortify the United States in the belief
that, until further notice at least, char
ity begins and should remain at home.
Evening star., 1931-12-10
Bossy ellis Bumped at Last.

While 1t would be probably too much
to say that relief Is felt by the entire
country over the result Of the mayoralty
election at Newburyport, Mass, held on
Tuesday, there is no doubt that much
rejoicing is being expressed in various
quarters over the defeat of "Bossy"
Gillis. The politi2al career of this young
man has held national attention because
of the peculiar circumstances In which
he first got into the gems. Scme four
years ago he, the proprietor of a
gasoline filling station, fell out with
the city oficia,s, who denied him the
right to cut down some trees that in
terfered with his business. In a
temperamental outburst he declared
that the city government was out of
order and he proposed himself as a
candidate for mayor. Nevburyport was
shocked ut the news and later was
astounded when ellis actually won al
the polls, getting the votes of enough
other objectors to the established regime
to swing into the ONCE. As soon as he
was elected he went ahead and felled
the offending trees, and for that act
he was sent to jail. and for part of his
term he conducted the affairs of New
buryport as mayor from the city's prison.
He was. In common parlance, wow
CT mayor. He did all sorts OF unusual
and unconventional things, and con-
servative Newburyport felt assured that
II he ever offered for ONCE again he
would be swamred. On the contrary,
Bossy ran tsr second term and WAS
Evening star., 1931-12-10

lem Of ths people of INDIA ID not b
regain something which they once had.
but TO teyelop from the AsiAttc level to
tho EtIupean standard Of government.
Incidentally, they have to g,aArd aesinst
the danger Of sltpping Backward 10 rum,
starvation and mutual massacre even
more than they need to tear obstacles
to continued progress"
y
Declaring that concessions Ia TIA
mind and plans Of ENGLAND for India
include the "sstahltshinr OF an Indian
commonwealth, with greater local au-
tonomy," the Louisyil1s Courier-JournaI
suggests tnat same constructive meas
sle q en-8overnment may emerge bo-
Iofe tong ~ arranging for the work
ot hne Tound-tahla conference to 10
GGonsIued later IN India. Ramsay Mae
stroke, according to the Manchester
Union, which asserts: by rcnevtnr
MS pledge OF an Indian federation and
snlltIpg the deliberations to India MT.
Macdonald has placed the respmss-
oll1U Of csfeat sQ,aarely on the rndians
themselves. Should the INDIAN ma
journalists now refuse their eo-operation.
or should the future deliberations end
M failure. they can scarcely escape the
Diane Tor that result"
The taSk of creating a satisfactory
constitution Tor country Of 320, ,eOO. .0Oo
people ana An infinitely complicated so-
elal oroer involves prodigtous amount
of detailed study, and SO long as the
work IS pressed with energy and Food
Will there should be no Complaint If
progress at times seems Slows In the
opinion OF the Springfield Mass Re-
publican, which calls the first and Sec
ond round tables but . phase Of . con-
tinuing process"
Evening star., 1931-12-10

elected. This 20 set him up that be
proposed himself for the Republican
nomination for United States Senator.
Some of his followers even suggested
that he might 80 higher and flrnish
Massachusetts, with Its FIRST President
of the United States since John Quincy
Adams. But Bossy's senatorial Offering
fivvered and presidential hints were
heard no more. Nothing daunted, Bossy
allowed as how he was willing to serve
. third time as mayor. But alas!
Newburyport had had enough and on
Tuesday he was beaten after . heated
campaign. In the largest vote cast In
the history Of Newburyport, Gayden
Morrill, received $3.50 ballots to Bossy's
2.8ls. So passes Bossy, the firebrand.
He gave Newburyport four lively years
and that staid, conservative old town
will really never be the same after that
experience.
Evening star., 1931-12-10
Courts Remain Hope
Of Public Square Deal
From the Schenectady Gazette.

FfoM ths schenectady Gazette.
One reason why We are 50 critical Of
our courts, one reason why we are "a
anxious to eliminate as far ss possible
partisan influence In the selection Of
judges, Is the widespread realization
that they are the final bulwArk Of hb-
erty and justice. They stand in sharn
contrast TO au other Eoverunental
branches as the final resort OF those
who seek fairness and sqsaare deal.
From executives and Legislatures We
expect political bias. Owing their Sc
iections primarily to party machines. IL
OBVIOUS that only the few, here and
there. can divorce themselves from A
sense OF obligation to the group which
made success possible for them.
on the other hand. there Is a greater
tendency ON the part of voters to sup
port the individual; to look further
than the party lAbeIwhen called upon
to make choice for Judge. Personal
weaknesses that might be Overlooked
In candidate for most ofaees become
. serious defect where the judiciary is
Hence We nnd Justice ssaley of Al
pany, elected as Republican, settina
districting OF this State. The Iegfs,
lators. in passing the measure. were
frankly actuated by political motives
They sought to gerrymander the state
In such manner a. TO give their party
an advantage In the congressional
elections.
Knowing the Governor would veto
such measure passed In the us,,al
manner. and lacking enough votes 10
repass IL under this condition. the
Legislature resorted to a form OF law
unknown in the $50 years Of the states
existence. It was an obvious and un-
questionable political move.
Justice Staley, In passing upon the
matter, gave q setback to the hopes Of
his own party leaders. He acted as a
representative Of al the people, of law
and order. not as 4 Republican, as the
legislators did
Again We are shown that our courts
can usually be depended upon To block
attempts to use legislative machinery 70
further parttsanshlp.
Evening star., 1931-12-10
Loose Chatter.

That any organization Of the seope
and responsibilities of the Washington
Community Chest should successfully
avoid criticism as to its policies or oper-
alton methods is naturally too much to
ask. But with this fact granted there
is this to be said, In view of what seems
to be an abnormal amount OF loose
chatter with which the public has re-
Gently been regaled.
The Chest, which will put forward its
major effort for the current year late La
January, Is, In the judgment of ninety
nine out Of every one hundred informed
Washingtonians. the finest achievement
In local welfare work since such vork
was first undertaken in the National
Capital.
1t has brought to Washington for the
first time efficiency in the raising and
spending Of funds locally contributed to
alleviate suffering and distress and
want. 1t has cut the cost of fund
raising more than in half. It has re-
quired Of member agencies standards of
accounting far superior to those gem
orally accepted prior to its tnausura-
tion. 1t has released for full-time sery-
Ice to those cared for by the individual
agencies, the workers Of those agencies
who, before the Chest spent much of
their effort in seeking the funds nee
essary to carry on. 1t has brought
INTO the list Of those now taxing IN
active part In this communitys vel
fare endeavor scores OF thousands who
before the advent Of the Chest played
no part IN this community obligation.
1t has relieved the city of an iscessant
series Of drives. campaigns and appeals
1t has raised more money at less sx-
pense, distributed the increasing burden
more eauitably and supervised the ex-
penditure of the funds raised more ef-
hciently than even its strongest adyo-
Gates dared hope before its introduction
to the city.
1t Is headed and directed by leaders
or tnis community who Justly hold the
fun confidence and gratitude of their
fellow citizens for hard work, cheerfully
and gratuitously performed In the In
terest OF the poor and suffering of this
city. And, In that the welfare needs of
the city are the personal responsibility
OF every self-sustaining citizen, they can
be truly said to be working for each and
every member OF the community.
The Chest is Washington's own. It's
success Is matter of pride to the city.
1t has never countenanced policies or
practices which are open to just criti-
cism. And it may be safely assumed
that 1t viii never do so. And those few
who, whether for motive Of self-exploi-
tation or petty dixgruntlement. seek to
bring it into disreputs will ultimately
find that they have but discredited
themselves, and that no structure Is
securely founded upon common sense
and true charity as Is the Chest can be
harmed or weakened by their futile
propaganda.
Evening star., 1931-12-10
Higghligghts on the Wide World
Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands

Der OF visitors brought by motor coaches
each Sunday to Crathie Church, where
their majesties worship during their
stay at Balmoral
The report that the King and Queen
were contemplating, in consequence, the
provision OF private chapel at the
castle also Is denied In authoritative
quarters.
Spanish Junta
Makes Provisions for Orphans.
A B c, Madrid.-The Junta for the
Protection of Infancy Is taking up an
other seasons work with new Vigor and
broader scope. Orphanages will be
provided by. the society in every prov
tnce, and arrangements have been COM
pleted for placing 10 boys and 10 girls,
orphaned both of father and mother, in
private families. These will be selected
from the Valencia institution and 3
pesetas a day will be paid the foster
parents for their care. An additional
allowance Of $50 pesetas annually has
also been voted by the junta for the
purchase Of each child's clothing, etc,
which brings the total maintenance Of
each child in private family to 1900
pesetas yearly (about S120). More chill
dren will be taken care of In this way
as funds become available.
Evening star., 1931-12-10
Every one has q favorite mispronun-

SSay Oic u&S ieVoEiS mSfae~~AA
| :iation.
There is perhaps no man alive no
matter how much Of q purist he may
be in things lingual, who does not pro-
nounce at least one or two words wrong
or wrongly, az the reader chooses.
We were put In mind OF this the
other day while listening to the broad
cast of an article by q horticulturist.
He WIS speaking Of deciduous shrubs:
that is, shrubs which lose their leaves
In Winter. The accent properly comes
on the second syllable.
"Deci-du-ous" was the way this
speaker pronounced it.
Then he halted. there was an en-
oarrassing silence, he laughed slightly.
, and pronounced it correctly.
What had happened9
The listener knew perfectly.
ahe man was not ignorant, but no
eoubt had been in the habit In his
fun.
When an.amateur gardener first runs
upon "dectduous," modifying trees or
SHRUBS. he Is likely to be puzzled over it.
AS joke he may attempt to pro-
nounce 1t exactly as 1t Is spelled, q
Iavorits trick with the humorous
Liking the sound Of 1t, he will there
after among his friends and cronies
pronounce 1t incorrectly "just for fun"
1t will never do, therefore, when one
nears some one mispronounce q word
10 nave tremors OF superiority and
Jump to the conclusion that the other
is an ignorant fellow.
Maybe he Is Just joking
or perhaps the section Of country in
which he was born 30 mispronounces
the word, and he keeps to it out of
loyalty to the home folks.
There are many parts Of this great
and glorious land OF ours where it is
hog"
A hog out there Is q 'hawx." and the
man who says it any other way is at
tempting to put on the dog" as they
say. "Dawg," OF course.
Yet he may say frog" and clog
without attracting any undue attention.
But pork animal Is and must be a
"hawg."
The Capital Of the Nation Is .warsh-
AlStoh WAtAl tuCS6 4OOQ people, not
Washington" Just why they put that
"r" before the "h" no one knows. but
they do. Maybe 1t is because of the
famous statement "First in war, first
in peace, first In the hearts of his
country men,"
The writer here will never forget the
great outlaws Of laughter, by no means
restrained, which followed the request
Of comrade made in a country res
taurant for q cup of coffee.
Out there they call it "cawfee," and
the man who insisted on pronouncing
1t to rhyme with "ah" soon found him.
self the innocent butt OF the entire
place.
"A cup Of kafeel" roared the counter
man, with . broad wink ut the other
patrons.
"a cup Of kafeel" screamed an un-
seen person behind the partition.
Did you say you wanted cup of
cawfee?" asked the counter man, again
bestowing large and generous winks on
the crowd, now on the alert, as only
country crowds can be when they are
making game of some one.
yes, If you please cup OF kafee,"
replied our innocent friend. not sensing
the joke.
He wants a cup of kafee!" roared
the counter man, pretending angrily
Evening star., 1931-12-10
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
ny FREDERIC ]. HAsKlN.

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@. Who started the Red Gross
Christmas seAl?-B. A. T.
A. Miss Emily P. Bissell of Whining
ton, Del. She designed the FIRST Christ
mas seal, which was issued by the
Delaware Chapter. American Red Cross
@. When was Babe Ruth recognized
as home-run hitter?-A q.
A. The Base Ball Magazine says
made 20 homers, that Ruth was rec
o9nixed as unusual in this field. About
half OF his home runs have been made
tn New York and half when tho team
was on the road.
@. How many pounds are there in
sack Of coffee as II is shipped to
this country7-W. D.
A. The bags usually contain about
1872 pounds.
@. As An average, how many de-
scendants has an American settler at
the zenith generation?-J. N. B.
A. Greatly differing estimates have
been made. Donald /. Jacobus, the
New England genealogist, Is Of the
opinion that the total number Of de-
scendants OF any one colonist Of the
period from le20-1e40 amounts to
over 100000. J. Gardner Bartlett, from
examination Of 10000 families Of New
England, estimates 1875 descendants
in eight generations.
@. In going from Lake Superior To
the ocean by way of the st. Lawrence
River what Is the difference in ele-
vation?-A. w.
A. Lake Superior Is about 900 feet
above sea level. Lake Huron is 81
feet lower than Superior and Lake
Erie about 8.5 feet below Huron. Lake
Ontario Is 326 feet below Erie. Of which
about l65 feet Is represented by the
drop at Niagara Falls and the bal
ance by the Niagara Gorge. The fan
from Lake Ontario to Montreal Harbor
is about 226 feet and from Montreal
Harbor to the sea about 20 feet,
@. Are the fixed stars in notion
A. All stars are In motion. Fixed
stars are SO called because they appear
to change their positions so slowly in
comparison with the planets.
G. Why Is q person who collects or
studies coins called numismatist?--
G. N.
A. The word has q Greek derivation.
being composed OF two words which
mean current coin.
Q. What part of Louisiana is known
as the Teche country?-H. w,
A. IT is the lake, or bayou, part OF
the State.
Q. Who invented jiu-j -jitsu?-R. M. 8.
A. The origin of jiu-jitsu Is uncer-
tain. 1t Is attributed by some to a
Japanese physician who learned the
rudiments OF the art in China. Others
claim that it was in common use In
Japan centuries before this time. Most
are agreed that Jiu-Jitsu originated In
China, but that the Japanese have
modified it greatly.
9. How long has the Jockey Club
existed?-B. r.
A. It was incorporated under the
laws Of the State OF New York. on Feb
ruary 8, 1894. The first ann,lal meet
ing was held December 81, 1894. It now
has Jurisdiction over all the nat racing
In the State OF New York. It also
Evening star., 1931-12-10
That Famous Bridge Contest.

II it is doing nothing else, this famous
bridge game that is now going on in
New York between Sidney Lenz and
Oswald Jacoby on one side and Mr..
and Mrs. Ely Culbertson on the other,
Is boon 10 the manufacturers of
playing cards. The quartet amid much
ballyhoo are to play one hundred and
nifty rubbers to demonstrate something
or other about contract bridge, and a
new pack Of cards is used on each deal.
OF course, 1t would take Einstein to
figure out how many packs of cards will
be dealt; but II every deal were q game
mere trifie Of three hundred boxes
OF the pasteboards would be brought
into play, providing that one team or
the other won both games Of each
rubber. Naturally, there will be deals
that are not game hands" in fact
some OF them viii be passed by all con-
testants, and there will be rubbers which
run TO the maximum Of three games
And then many Of the bids will be set,
which viii undoubtedly add to the gen.
eral merriment besides using up . lot
OF new cards. Oh, welll Anything to
relieve tho depressionl And any one
who tries to figure out the number Of
packs to Be played with by the masters
will probably have . larse-siaed head
ache before he i through.
As to the play itself. II IL very
interesting and will unquestionably
make bridge star out of a present.
Gay mediocre devotee OF the game. It
Will do this in the same way that watch
ing Bobby Jones play golf in the moving
pictures will enable person who Is
always over hundred to 60 out the
next day and break eighty.
Evening star., 1931-12-10
Millionaire Crop Takes a Slump.

rTom tne Ahh Arbof DAILY NeWS.
Mililonaires have been reduced sub
stantialy In number during the pest
two years. That is one Of the stories
told by preliminary figures on the In
come tax returns. The number of
Americans with incomes above half q
million was reduced from l,471 to 46O.
The million dollar incomes dropped
from S04 to l49. But 1t Is not really q
pessimistic tale that these figures tell.
There were too many millionaires for
the good OF the Nation. BY million
aires" We mean, naturally, concentra-
tons Of wealth. The economic slump
has served to redistribute this wealth In
some degree and that Is an optimistic
portent.
Concentrated wealth does not make
for circulation of money, and circuIa-
tion is what the Nation needs most at
present: There is no reason, then, to
ahake heads duhiously over the fact
that the millionaire crop Is not at
bumper proportions this year.
Evening star., 1931-12-10
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHLANDER JOHNSON.

A Neglected Toiler.
The Congressman, he has to work
Eleven hours day.
II he should ever dare to shirk,
The deuce would be to pay.
And when eleven hours are through
In times relentless fight,
Perhaps he'll find so much to do,
He'll have to toll at night.
II he a holiday should find
Within his easy reach,
1t means he must apply his mind
To getting up a speech.
Ungratefully we let him fret,
Exerting all his powers,
And no one says he ought to get
More pay or shorter hours.
Evening star., 1931-12-10

The National Guadalupe Congress,
meeting down in Mexico City, condemns
the Y. M. O. A., the Y. W. G. A., med
ern fashions, immoral Aims, alcohol
and divorce. That is quite a compre-
hensive platform, but they seem TO
have left out the Salvation Army and
revolutions
Evening star., 1931-12-10

A virginian tainted while paying his
taxes. If the promised plans Of newly
arrived legislators mature, ambulances
are going to be extra busy later On,
while manufacturers OF handy restora-
tives should rise well above the depres-
sion.
Evening star., 1931-12-10
Verbal Pow@.


1t surely takes lot of talk to run this
world OF ours,
Your steam and electricity are secondary
powers.
For every time you want to start or set
matter straight
You've got to get = spirited assemhlase
in debate.
To organize a company or make q social
spread
1t doesn't matter what Is done 30 much
as what Is said.
So let no dull philosopher your f1ow Of
language balk.
Let's all get together while we talk!
talkl
talk!
Evening star., 1931-12-10

Right Of way-something the average
city motorist considers he has all to
himself nine-tenths Of the time, and
curing the remaining tenth shares In q
big g-hearted way with others. .
Evening star., 1931-12-10

Bengal, India, is said to be suffering
through the lack of a fighting pro-
gram" Is it possible the Bengal tiger
communicated this lassitude to his
Princeton cousin?
Evening star., 1931-12-10
He's Elected.

From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
A scientist states that a red flag will
not madden bull, He Will cheerfuily
be permitted to perform his own ex-
periments.
Evening star., 1931-12-10

Where Coon Skins Go.
From the Ashland tKy, Daily Independent.
A college town is place where the
locomotive that hits a coupe kills all
seven passengers,
Evening star., 1931-12-10
He Knows Already.

From the Omaha Evening Worid-Herald.
Before Pu-Yi grabs that Manchurian
throne he ought to have a chat with
w, Hohenzollern and Alfonso Bourbon.
Evening star., 1931-12-10

A bag-piper is the hero Of the latest
Metropolitan operate success. 30 far,
however. no saxophonist has made the
grade.