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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-24

to put its coinage on a gold basis7-
A. Florence.
@: What is meant by the white mans
bdrden?-D. C.
A. This is the name Of one Of the
best known OF Kipling's poems. It was
written for the inspiration OF all who
| recognize the responsibility Of the white
to the colored races. It was originally
published in 1899.
q. What is the rule of three?-J.
A. It Is the process Of finding from
three given numbers, q fourth one to
which the third shall bear the same
ratio that the first bears to the sec
ond.
q. When was the latest element
! discovered?-L. S.
A. The last two elements discovered
were element 81 In 1880 and element
IS in May, 1881, both by DR.. Fred AL
lison Of Alabama.
in Chautauqua County, New YORK,
changed to Vineyard?-G. r. H.
A. Grapes was established March
II, 1893, and changed to Vineyard
April Z, 1898.
@. What should be the temperature
Of a cold bath, a warm bath and
hot bath?-T. L.
A. A cold bath Is usually at q tenn
perature between so and 70 degrees.
A tepid bath is from 85 to IS degrees;
warm bath from 90 to lO4 degrees
and hot bath from 102 to ITO de-
grees.
O. Who was the architect for the
FOLDER rfol
II. w. G.
A. 1t was Mr.. Paul p. Cret in con-
sultation with Mr.. Alexander B.
Trowbridge. The building is classic
in spirit though not an archaeological
imitation of any particular period of
classical architecture, and in certain
details IS suggestive Of restrained
modernism.
@. To what species did the passen-
ger pigeons belong-the ones which are
now extinct?-A. B. c.
A. The wild or passenger pigeon is
scientifically known as Ectopistes mi
gratorius Of the pigeon family Column
bidae and the order Columbiformes,
wild pigeon, died at the Cincinnati
Zoo. August 90. 1914, at the age Of 20.
Her mate died in 1910 and, though
900 was offered for q mate, none
was ever found.
Q. How was John Paul Jones' body
identified?-F. j. H.
A. When the body of John Paul
Jones was exhumed eminent scientists
Of the United States and Of France
conducted an investigation to identify
the body. In the comparison Of the
life-size Houdon bust of John Paul
Jones and the photograph of the body
taken after the examination 1t Is seen
how the contour Of the brow, the arch
Of the eyebrow, the width between the
eyes, the high cheek bones, the
muscles Of the face, the distance be-
tween the hair and the root Of the
nose, between the sub-nasal point and
the lips, and between the lips and the
point Of the chin, an agree. The
peculiar shape Of the lobe Of the ear
in the bust is the exact counterpart of
that observed in the body.
@. When did the goth century be-
gin-January l, 1900, or January l,
1901?-A. w
A. 1t commenced January /, 1901.
@. What is the present name of
the lies du Diable?- A.
A. They are now called lies du
Salut,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-24
Clouds Over Another Jury.

The sion that the legality OF
grand jury which returned some 426
indictments and has long since gone
out of existence depends upon the exact
age Of one of the jurors is enough to
re-emphasize a deplorable condition
with which Washingtonians. by sad ex-
perience, are only too familiar. The
ultimate disposition of the case does not
alter that fact.
The law provides that jurors cannot
be under 81 years or over IS years Of
age. The attorney for G. Bryan Pitts,
indicted by the grand jury in question,
maintains that Frank Fabrizio, member
of the grand jury and naturalized
American citizen, in his application for
citizenship swore that he was born "in
or about the year 1885," If so, he was
incompetent as a juror, in that he
would have passed the age limit OF
sixty-five when he served. There Is no
contention, nor would one have so to
contend, that Fabrizio was mentally or
physically incompetent to serve on a
Jury, and the attorney in this case can
rest on the fact, II 1t IS a fact, that
the Juror was few months older than
the arbitrary age limit fixed by stat
utory law.
The lawyers who take advantage OF
these technicalities are acting within
their rights and nobody can blame
them. The laws relating to the selec-
ton of juries should be foolproof and
able to resist attacks that are based on
technicalities. One wonders when the
laws and the system Of jury selection
in the District will be changed to pre-
vent the repetition Of disastrous and
expensive errors that unfortunately
serve also to undermine public faith in
the dignity and the certainty that
should mark the functioning Of the
courts
In the present case the challenge Of
the jurors competence rests on far
more tangible objections than some of
those in the past. The allegation In
this case is that the Juror was older
than the statutory law allowed. In other
cases the findings of juries have been
thrown out by judicial Interpretation OF
common law safeguards, and these have
been broadened by reinterpretation and
have come to exclude as incompetent a
large proportion of the literate popula-
ton of the National Capital. If the
law forbids a person of certain age
to sit on grand jury, and such per-
son is impaneled, the law has not been
complied with.
Is it impossible, in the selection of
Jurors, to make sure that the law will
be compiled with? Does the Govern
ment lack the resources to check the
qualifications of jurors as carefully in
advance as their records are checked
afterward by diligent defense counsel?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-24

dessor in McGiu University, Montreal,
shows that bitterness, hatred and vanity
were the inspiration of much Of Heines
work. His life was not a happy one.
Despised as a Jew and desiring to be
German rather than Hebrew, he be-
came a convert. to Christianity for
practical reasons, but was for years
scornful of all religious belief. His
many love affairs brought him little
happiness. For some years before his
death he &'as paralyzed. bedridden and
In extreme poyegtHa
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-24

America likes to take liberties with
names Occasionally saving Of time
is thus effected. The correct Laval
title is President Of the French Council
of Ministers. Being an affable and
adaptable parsonage, he may be depend
ed on to offer no objection to being
called premier" for short.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-24
Glad Greetings.

Glad Greetings.
Now life Is very pleasant.
There may come strong demands,
But every one at present
Is busy shaking hands.
Well hail the politician
In this and other lands
Who'll hold us in position
To keep on shaking hands.
Men become enemies" said Hi Ho,
the sage Of Chinatown, because they
cannot understand each other. In
every language Hatred speaks dialect
which battles any interpreter"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-24
N TELEGRAPH, Guayaquil.-we
. learn that a powerful enterprise
has been organized in Mexico to


has been organized in Mexico to
IL produce talking pictures in
Spanish. The only North Amer
leans, that is, in the sense of Yankees, +"
used in these productions, will be the
photographers and technicians con-
cerned with the mechanical features of
the sets. Latin America has become
sick and tired of listening TO the Irish
and Bulgarians in Hollywood and New
York try to talk Castilian for their edi-
fication. Hereafter Mexico, at least in
tends to make her own pictures, with
her own people in all important roles.
and there is little doubt the practice
will spread to other Spanish-speaking
countries in Central and South Amer
lea.
Depression Has Reduced
All to Common Social Level. D..
FL TEMPO, Bogota.-However unac-
ceptable as general thesis the depres-
sion may display itself, there is no de-
nying that it has brought along with
all its diScomftures certain advantages
which We trust may be permanent. 1t
has, for one thing. reduced us all to a
common social level for none have been
exempt from the exercise of the most
pinching economy. Indeed. those for
merly affluent have felt the rigprs of
the times the most, for, accustomed to
lavish expenditures and with so many
demands upon them for money in keep
ing up their establishments and enter
tanning their friends, they find the con-
trast between their former and present
standards of living much more per-
ceptible.
However, conspicuous and ridiculous
ithaca -tN1ItfnNrofc find them -
selves because of their changed manner
of life, there are none of them who any
longer strive to preserve any aspect OF
continued solvency whether all their
funds are exhausted or not. 1t is rath-
er quite the fashionable thing nowadays
to complain of ones destituion-and
not to know how ones next meal is to
be provided! Thus poverty, real or as
suned, has made us all brothers, and
instead of privileged class eXulting In
its financial pomp and parading about
in the presence of those whom they for
merly despised and ridiculed for their
inferior monetary status, now all are
united in a common lanentation, and
the once rich are suffering more po1g-
nant griefS because, relatively speaking,
they have had to surrender much more
of their accustomed happiness and
comfort.
If humility is one Of the chief OF the
virtues, certainly this once preferred
group, abruptly deprived of both emf
hence and riches, has become extremely
moral, for they continually vie with one
another in stressing not how much: but
how little they now possess. And, If the
final result is a greater affection and
fraternity amid all classes, surely even
a period of reverses works for some hu-
man good. 1t was time, too, that we
learned some valuable lessons in self
discipline, frugality and mutual kind
ness.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-24

Mabel Willebrandt has done her best,
but it is not likely that she has de-
veloped perfectly legal grape concen-
trate that will satisfy connoisseurs at
an official banquet.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-24

France and the United States OF
America have both been eminently suc-
cessful In the business of gold gathering.
There seems at present no possible basis
on which to suggest the establishment
Of a merger.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-24

A natural leader has the faculty OF
delegating responsibilities. Capone will
recuperate and allow his attorneys to
do the worrying.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-24

New York theatrical lawyers are now
struggling with the question of when a
producer ceases to be a Rialtor and be-
comes a plain realtor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-24
Criticism of Columbus.

From the Lowell Evening Leader.
One of our most contented Ameri-
can friends says that his only criticism
of Christopher Columbus is that he
did not settle here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-24

When so many brilliant events
naturally suggest themselves, the busi-
ness OF social secretaries is likely to
become, in spite of formal restraints,
Just trihe competitive.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-24
Baker for Baker.

From the Rochester Times-Union.
Judging from all we read in the
papers, the least enthusiastic member
of the Newton D. Baker for President
Club Is Newton D. Baker.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-24
Wants to Be in on Kickoff.

From the Roanoke Times.
AL Capone,s fondness for foot ball
isn't surprising. Gangsters always like
to be around Whan somebody kicks Oh.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-24
Ex.King's Son Has Problem.

From the Toronto (ontario) Daily Star.
The ex-King Of Spain offers to waive
his claim to the Spanish throne in ia
vor of his son Juan. All Juan has to
do Is 60 and get it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-24
Horses Not Forgotten
In Adelaide, Australia.
Call 1t by Name on Ticket.

From the Lynchburs News.
A new Chinese sport is described as
cross between wrestling and boxing.
We call 1t by whichever name 1t u des.
lignatad On the admission tckets
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-24

Homicide is not yet conducted entirely
on an organized basis. Once in awhile
one man shoots another purely as a
matter of personal grievance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-24
Rate by Mail-Payable in Advance.
Maryland and Virginia.
Member of the Associated Press.

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled
patches credited to 1t or not otherwise cred
tied in this paper end also the LEGAL news
special dispatches herein are also reserved.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-24

At this season presidential booms cost
nothing and there is no reason to COM
plain of overproduction in this line.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-24
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Old-Fashioned World,

OldFashioned World.
The fashions Of a bygone day
We pause to contemplate.
Both far and near folks dwell In fear
OF being out of date.
The sky is brightly smiling
Or drifting clouds are gray.
This good old earth brings grief or
mirth
In the same old-fashioned way.
The blossoms are familiar friends
And so are songs so gay,
When birds draw near to bring us
cheer
Upon an April day.
When Autumns art so splendid
Its colorings has unfurled.
We can't be sad. Lies not 80 bad
In this dear old-fashioned world.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-24

Dip:1:nacy Is adjusting to new con-
6itions, t.lt is still conservative enough
to use the ocean liner instead Of the
airplane.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-24
Burglary Not Only
Hazardous. but Unremunerative.

The Evening Times, Glassow-Any
young men who, dazzled by glamorous
tales of "Raffles" and other gentlemen
crooks. are thinking of turning to burg
larry as a profession, should be warned
that this nocturnal calling Is not only
hazardous, but singularly unremunera-
tive.
This, in effect, is the view Of Sheriff
Robertson, who presided at Glasgow
Sheriff Court today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-24
Nations Wealth,

We have 2. ~5undance of gold
And there's no cause at all to
regret it.
Well toll on, like the Fathers OF old.
The great question is, How Does
One Get It?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-24

Jud Tunkins says he has taken so
much advice that he feels like the Gov
eminent ought to contribute to his
support as an experiment station.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-24

"It's bad enough" said Uncle Eben,
ito lose yuh temper in an argument.
It's waste of energy to git all wrath
fulled up befo' you knows jes' what de
argument Is -g'inter. be-"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-24

Red Tape.
why do you resort to so much red
tape?" demanded the censorious friend
LAS a matter Of politeness," answered
Senator Sorghum. Red tape offers a
convenient and comparatively painless
method Of stringing somebody along"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-24
The Evening Star Newspaper Compan
RusineSS ONCE

New WV o SE: Once S5tHi liz East z2nd st.
Chicago ONCE: Lake Michigan Building.
EUROPEAN ONCE: II Regent st. London
England.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-24

Q. What word appears but once in
the Bible?-T. T.
A. There are a great many words
which occur only once. Perhaps the
most important word occurring but
once Is eternity" Isaiah WILLS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-24

Q. Does champagne contain more
alcoSol than port wine?-C. S.
A. 1t contains about the same
champagne. IL to IS per cent alcohol
and port, IA to II per cent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-24

breaks, several hundred in fact. are re-
corded by w. w. Scott in his book.
Breaks. Unintentional Humor by Tired
Newspaper Men and Others" Some of
the most humorous are as follows:
Mrs. Annie BeSant, 80-year old theos-
ophist leader, was confined to bed to-
day at the home Of friends in Wimble-
don. A severe child forced her to can
Gel all lecture engagements. After
Gov. Baldridge watched the lion per-
form he was taken to Main street and
fed Is pounds of raw meat in front
Of the Fox Theater." zone advertise
ment for a husband brought a Massa-
chusetts woman 10 reptiles. She is still
unmarried This is the first picture
taken showing Europe's other famous
Queen Marie with the infant Prince
Andria, her third sim" "A charming
seven-room brick dwelling designed by
Grosvenor Atterbury, whose exterior
suggests comfort within" ''Mr. and
Mrs. j. A. Smith are the parents of
a 9-pound boy, who arrived at the house
last night. Plain Dealer Want Ads
Bring Results"
The species of martyrdom suffered by
some of the early pioneers of the West
all too frequently ended in death be-
fore the promised land. and gold, were
reached. The story. of some of these
sufferings is wildly told1i in THE Great
Trek" by Owen Cochran Coy. Much
Of the narrative is in the form of let
tiers and contemporary accounts. One
of the most interesting Of these is John
Woods account of the crossing Of the
Salt Lake Desert, when the party al
most persisted for lack of water.
X X X X
Heine does not emerge either as a
greater genius or q more admirable
character from the treatment of H.
Walter in his volume, Heinrich Heine.
A Critical Examination Of the Poet and
His Works" Heine's poetical genius
has long been fully established, and
his personal character has equally been
conceded not to have been altogether
admirable. M. Walter who Is q GRO
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1931-03-01
THE Pied PIPERS OF THE UNITED STATES
} College, SteDenS Point, Wisconsin,

C0tLege, SteDe7S P017lt, WISCONSIN,
SO it is in this case These pipers are now
getting the Children who do not under
stand very well, and also some adults, as
some members of the bar association, lead
ing them all to destruction
. there is another group of cap
tialists representing $40,000,O 900 capital.
some Of whom are opposing prohibition in
the hope of saving on their income taxes
through the reinstatement of license
The vets say they want temperance, not
prohibition and not the saloon. What they
really want is liquor and when they get
that, they, of course, get the saloon.
There is just one thing that will stop
this movement away from prohibition and
that is for every dry to change over from
being q pacifiSt to becoming a militant
supporter of the dry cause. AS matters
stand now it is far from enough to merely
vote dry. Every dry should fit himself or
herself by proper reading and preparation
to answer every loud mouthed wet that is
spouting his views in the street or in the
parlor or anywhere else, and see to it that
he is squelched. Also drys in millions
should be writing to their papers protest
ing against the unfair flood of wet propa-
ganda that appears in them, telling the
publishers they see no reason why a few
plutocratic advertisers should be allowed
to poison the minds of the American peo-
pie, using other peoples money to do it.
Also every dry should give literally to the
support of the organizations that are
carrying on their war in this most unfair
fight. If all this is done, the situation will
clear up rapidly. Let every dry adopt the
slogan, THEY SHALL NOT PASS"
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1931-03-01
THE NEWSPAPERS AND PROHIBITION
More Dry Than Wet Newspapers
But Wet Have Larger
Circulation

The Board Of Temperance, Prohibition
and Public Morals recently complied in
formation rs 10 the attitude of daily news
papers toward prohibition. It has now
made study Of the comparative circula-
tons of wet and dry papers There are
2.213 daily papers in the United States.
The board has detailed information us to
the policy Of ,433 Of them
Of this number 804 are dry by editorial
policy, and 513 wet. Approximately 800 Of
the ,438 give prohibition an even break"
on their editorial page, while the news in
regard to the issue is unbiased in 929. 1t
is however, a serious indictment OF the
journalistic fraternity that not less than
500 papers are definitely classed as dis
torting their news stories in order to in
jure prohibition. In the northeastern
states, there are 1863 dry dailies to 148 wet;
in the middle west, 244 dry to 152 wet; in
the far vest 156 dry to 81 wet; and in the
southern states, 235 dry to 121 wet.
When, however, circulation is taken into
consideration, the drys have decidedly the
worst Of it. Most of the wet newspapers
are in the great cities where there are con-
gested colonies of immigrants and second
generation Americans. Most of the dry
newspapers of the country are located in
the smaller cities.
The papers on record with the Board Of
Temperance have total circulation Of
32,994609, and Of this circulation only TO-
488, 553 belongs to the dry newspapers, so
that the burden Of wet circulation is two
to one against prohibition, with of course,
fair circulation belonging to the So
called neutral papers. The percentages by
circulation are 80 per cent dry, Ga per cent
wet, per cent neutral.
There is no excuse for any paper, wet
or dry, to manipulate its news columns in
order to serve its editorial policy. News
is news and should be treated as such.
Some of the great wet newspapers which
are unfair on their editorial pages, seorn
to debauch their news columns Of course,
there are papers which do not seem to
scruple at any method Of striking at the
prohibition law.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1931-03-01
(Jos. V. COLLINS, State Teachers

To judge this years voting the public
is being pulled rapidly over to the wet
side. Little Europe" or non-American-
lied immigrants from Europe, always have
been wet. But going over to the wet side
nowadays are many Americans who have
no understanding whatever of the force
working TO influence them. It is only the
strongest and best informed that can
stand up against subtle anti-prohibition
suggestions and slanted news iterated and
reiterated day after day, month after
month and year after year Now if the
public only understood why this flood is
being poured out, the situation would be
vastly different. Hear the explanation and
judge of its truth
The Pied PiperS of America are the wet
plutocrat advertisers, like Raskob, DUPONT,
and their type. These men control an
enormous amount Of advertising General
Motors alone is said to eXpend $50,000000
annually. These advertisers get trained
writer's to prepare attacks on the prohi-
bition law in the form of news" or mat
ter that has some news value, and take it
to newspaper publishers. At their request
the matter goes in and the public thinks
it is news that has come to the paper from
the regular news channels and sources.
When the wet pipers first began piping,
they naturally got all the rats in their wet
train, meaning by rats the criminal classes,
the bootleggerS the brothel keepers, the
gamblers, ETC., who added their voices in
the street to what the pipers were piping
in the papers Now you know in Brown
ings poem after the pipers led the rats,
they came back and got the children. An