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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-06

/ it-all' gentleman shines. It may be
said. however. that much the same de-
! termination to lay down the law is
found in various other circles.
A man must be losing his sense of
| humor, eh, when he supposes that his
verdict Is the final word?
| Surely, Surely!.
Look at the sly grin on the face OF
BanJamtn Franklin. There was a man
for you! No one ever caught old Ben
monopolizing the conversation and
daring anybody else to assert an opinion
which he could not contradict.
| IL seems to me that so-and-So Is
so,' was his customary manner of ap-
proach. He never made dogmatic
statements (at least II one can believe
: his autobiography but confined him
self to tentative approaches to wisdom.
X + X X
1t takes remarkably little to convince
human being that he is pretty clever.
Let him besso fortunate as to predict
some future event, ever afterward he
will pose as a perfect prophet.
Forgetting the times he missed 1t, he
points grandly to the one fortunate hit,
and says, Look at tlfatl How dare
you say anything in the face of such
genius!"
Hence the really discerning, humorous
portion OF mankind finds itself per-
petually diverted by the antics of the
solemn-faced gentlemen who have built
up a fine little case of intolerance.
For intolerance goes greatly farther
than religion. Perhaps religions are the
most widespread and therefore the most
available fields for the average human
being to show his intolerance.
Religion is basic, it is fundamental;
therefore ones bias crops up in short
order. Religion is emotion, and emo
| tons have a way of asserting them
selves without much prior cogitation.
+
He who chooses to be intolerant in
strictly intellectual fields commonly
uses his brains to hide a portion of his
stubborness. He realizes that the
as cardinal rule the deSirability of
listening to both sides of case.
But he honestly thinks he knows!
So how can he listen?
Nor does he. II the other party has
an opinion, wild though it may be, the
| fact that it also may be interesting,
from that very fact, Of wildness, does
not make the slightest impression on
cur good friend.
| He makes impressions and Is not
| given to receiving them.
! A talk with him is q one-way traffic
If you are willing to listen humbly
he will go away thinking you a clever
| fellow.
II you dare to interject a thought Of
your own, he is impatient, even though
he listens, and can scarce disguise his
low estimate of anybody else's views as
given expression for the moment by
your lowly self.
X
The most unfortunate part of this
sad chain is that soon most people come
| to realize the futility of talking with
such a person. and end up by letting
him do all the talking.
This merely intensifieS his own opin-
| ion Of his own opinions. He has talked
SO well. so learnedly, he thinks. that nc
one else dares to say anything any
more!
No, my dear sir, but they are think
ing a great deal. A very great deal
For one thing, they are thinking
Whats the use?" And for another
GO to it, old fellow" And. in less
reverent mood, You tell 'em!"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-06
Cat License Law
Proposal Supported
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor OF The Star: ..
I most heartily agree with the letter OF
Mr.. j. M. Loughborough in your issue
of the I'd instant, in so far as IL urges
a cat license law as a means for SOW
ing the stray cat problem and which !
advocate not only for Washington but
for all cities, and would go a step
further for law prohibiting their Will.
full abandonment which is at the root oI
the trouble. If killers of birds, cannot
something be said in eXtenuation, such
as the law of Representation? From
close observation of the cat, 1 have
rarely seen a we'll cared-for cat attempt
to catch birds, and, as matter OF fact,
know many cases where birds and cats
form a happy family group, and it IS
known fact that they can and do live
together unmolested. Starvation fire.
quently covers a multitude of crimes
in the human family, why not 1t cover a
few in the animal kingdom? A cat
loves its home, its own hearthStone, and
shows its appreciation of good home
and kind treatment in various ways.
Until some measure is undertaken to
solve the problem, helping hand to
feed these starving cats, too frightened
to be taken up and put humanely to
sleep, should be extended to them, for
we must remember they are not on
earth of their own accord, and apply
the creed of humanity. ct expect to
pass through this world but once. Any
good, therefore, that I can do, or any
kindness can show let me do it
now. Let me not defer nor neglect it,
for I shall not pass this way again."
ELEANOR w. HITE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-06

accompanying an income tax return
and sent to the collector Of internal
revenue, would have sufiiced. And it is
truly remarkable that, able as he is to
purchase the most skilled and costly of
legal talent to advise him, he forgot it..
Now the interest turns to the success
of this attack. The Government had
first proposed, and Capone had ac-
cepted, conditional surrender. But
Federal Judge Wilkerson spoiled that
arrangement by his now famous edict,
You cannot bargain with a Federal
Court" So the battle that begins in
Chicago today is one in which no quar-
ter is expected and none will be given.
Can the Government press home its
strategic advantage? A great deal more
than the mere immediate fate of AL
Capone depends upon the answer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-06
Street Names Asked
for Greater Dignity
To the Editor Of The Star:

10 the Ecltor OF Inc star.
I am wondering if the time has not
come for us to discard our alphabetical
nomenclature for the streets within the
City Of Washington, as planned by
L'Enfant, and to adopt more dignified
and expressive scheme.
have always admired the ingenuity
and efficiency of the original plan. A
new city was being carved out of the
wilderness. Lots of things had to be
considered, among them the naming of
the streets, which, by the way, is usually
provocative of much controversy. Some
one said, Lets have those running
north and south numbered and those
at right angles to them lettered." Fine.
Presto! It was done, and the whole
matter was settled in a minute.
But as it turned out, there were not
letters enough in the alphabet to go
around, and we began naming streets
after important perSonageS, alpha
betically to be sure, but in bisyllables
and trisyllables, a fine, workable plan.
Why not make it consistent now
and give monosyllabic names to the
streets of the first alphabet; there may
have been a paucity of important per-
sonages a century and a quarter ago
after whom to name streets, but such
is not the case today. The job can
be done without going outside the lists
of the signers of the Declaration Of
Independence, the Presidents, the Su-
preme Court, the cabinet and our AM
bassadors to foreign courts. And who
would not rather live on Grant, Hayes
or Polk than on G. H. or P streets?
Or perhaps it would be Gray, Hughes
(both Supreme Court and Paine
either event we should not feel as
though we were merely a part of an
algebraic formula. And how unre-
sourceful and even unappreciative of
our great forbears we must seem to
our friends from abroad in whose capt.
tai cities history can almost be read
from the names on the street corners
Why waste perfectly good street on
T when it might be Taft, on B when
it might be Blaine or on L when it
might be Lee? And there are plenty
more good names for the others.
Seemingly, to make the change could
cause no confusion since the initial let
ter is in each instance the same as be-
fore, and doubtless the reactionary who
would have nothing to do with a street
named Read or Ross or Rush (signers
of the Declaration of independence, or
Root (Secretary of State), but would
live on r street till the end of his days,
could do so and still get his mail.
Why would not TINS De gooo time TO
do it? Just before the influx of visi-
tors for the Washington Bicentennial.
If you, Mr.. Editor. should undertake,
through some form of contest in your
columns, to determine the popular will
as to the names to be honored, and to
secure their adoption by the proper
authorities, you would not only have con-
Quoted the best possible course in Amer
lean biography, but would at the same
time have been influential in the erec-
! ton of twenty or more permanent
monuments to the makers of history.
EDWIN G. DEXTER.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-06

by the authorities for taking pictures
of forbidden areas, and even after they
had paid their fine, which amounted
to more than two thousand dollars, the
japanese appeared loath to grant them
a permit for q flight to the United
States. The permit was finally forth
coming after many delays, and the two
men at once set out to make aviation
history.
A feature of their flight, which with
out the skillful plotting of Pangborn
might easily have led to tragic end
ing, was that in order to save weight
in the plane the entire landing gear
was dropped into the Pacific shortly
after the take-off. Their landing at
Wenatchee yesterday, therefore, was on
the belly of the plane, and that the
flyers survived this experience, which
broke the propeller and one wing, was
a rare tribute to their airmanship.
Too "broke," according to their own
statements, even to send cablegrams
to the United States, the flyers were
doubtless happy after their long vigil
to find awaiting them on their hazard
Gus landing a representative of a
japanese newspaper with a check for
twenty-five thousand dollars. After
their experience with the japanese
authorities, it was a particularly grace
full gesture for the newspaper to settle
up it's obligations so promptly. Pang-
born and Herndon, now possessing the
rare distinction of having flown the two
greatest oceans, are richly deserving Of
the prizes they have won.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-06
Legion Vote on Liquor Law
Held to Have Forced Issue

cit becomes more and more evident
that the liquor question is most dis
turbing factor in our national affairs
and the country is facing it as an issue
demanding attention" declares the Og-
den Standard Examiner. while the st.
Louis Times holds that the Detroit
convention resolution will take its place
in history as great document, char-
acterizing it as mot a noisy cry Tor
beer. but a sober appeal to sound rea-
SON. The Sioux Falls Argus-Leader
asserts: THE referendum proposition
has an appeal that is not easily set
aside. There is an element of common
sense in the assumption that it would
be well to clarity the numerous state
ments on prohibition sentiment by
check directly among the voters. The
veterans of the World War have some
special force in an argument in this
respect. as they were engaged IN pat
ting at the time of the prohloltlon
vote and many did not have ready
opportunity to express their views"
tThe country will not rest until the
question has been put up to the people
again." says the youngstown Vindicator,
while the Cleveland News is convinced
that 'the issue will be pressed so Wig
orously as to preclude any sldestep-
ping"
Members of Congress, majority of
them" concludes the Cincinnati Times
Star, "have been voting on the dry side
mainly because of lively sense OF the
powers of reward and punishment
welded by the Anti-Saloon League and
kindred minority groups. The appear
ance on the scene of an organization OF
comparable powers and opposite aims
redresses the balance so far as the ac-
tivities of Congress in relation to pro-
hibition are concerned. The repre-
sentative bodies of citizens which have
arrayed themselves against the one
time masters of Washington now in
Guide the American Medical Associa-
ton, the American Bar Association, the
American Federation of Labor and the
American Legion. This alignment
promises to invest the proceedings OF
the next Congress with drama, and pro-
vide the incidental entertainment that
always attends the acts of worshipers
of expediency when they are caught
between two fires"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-06
A Social Experiment.

An interesting experiment In social
psychology will be tried in Washington
, this Winter, with the Central Union
Mission providing the laboratory. In
stead of its nightly dread line" being
held in the open, as is the custom with
similar lines of the hungry throughout
the world, the men will this season be
kept off the streets as far as possible.
Arrangements will be made whereby
the hungry will be kept entirely indoors.
This will mean not only that they will
be saved the physical stress of remain
ing in the open, but that their morale
will be helped, as well as their physical
being.
Supt. Bennett of the mission believes
that the sight of several hundred job
less, homeless men lined up in the
street has deleterious effect on public
morale as well. The real harshness of
the bread line" strikes the men in it,
however. In bad times the general
public is well aware of conditions and
does not need the sight of the INDECENT
to make 1t realize them. The plight of
the homeless is only made more bitter
by the men being forced to stand in
the severe cold in order finally to get
hot soup.
Conditions do not always make it
possible for relief organizations to take
care of large numbers in the perfect
way which every organization would
like to adopt, If it has the means; the
new move will prove an interesting ex-
pertinent, therefore, on the part of the
Central Union Mission, and one which
no doubt will be watched by similar
organizations everywhere.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-06
Highlights on the Wide World
Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands

manity. but through the medium Of the
Slay race. He desired that the great
and powerful Slav race should set itself
with all its vigor and resources to bet
tering the lot of humanity, and to the
cause of eternal peace between the peo-
pies.
true pacifist. who believed in the pos
sibility of eternal peace and love among
the nations. even at the monles mem. In LIE
imperialist bullets pierced his body. he
fell victim to the Imperialism OF Ser
bia. leaving to us as our heritage the
struggle against this domination, ana
faith in the ultimate victory OF ]usuce-
a triumph which means not only the
political salvation of Croatia, and the
Slays in general, but also the peace OF
Europe, now menaced by the hegemo-
nists of Belgrade, whose aptitude LOT
tyranny is well known.
ITO the immortal Stefan Raditch our
fidelity remains true, ever ready 1or
service and for sacrifice-ideals OF con-
duct from which he, our patriotic
martyr, never shrank."
x y X 4
Paris ExecutiOner
Retires on Pension.
The Bulletin, Sydney, N. S. W
1t is interesting to note that Henry
Diebler, who for 81 years has given
universal satisfaction as executioner OF
Paris, is retiring on pension, a1ter
242 subjects have met their deserts at
his hands. When, some 80 years or SO
ago, the French decided to abolish cap
ital punishment, this particular member
of the civil service was necessarily re-
tired, no other field for his talent pelng
available His merits were recognized,
however, by the bestowal of substan-
tial allowance, and when the guillotlne
was again called into use Deibler was
Immediately reappointed. 1t has al
ways been customary in Paris to keep
the honored Office in the family. II pos
sible, but Deibler having no heirs, the
Job descends to his son-in-law. The
new executioner's wife must be about
the first lady on record to have had
father and husband at the very top
of the profession.
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THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

One of the great dangers of growing
older-one never says old nowadays-
is that ones opinion may appear to be
absolutely right-to ones self.
mo doubt We are the people," sneered
Job, land wisdom will die with you"
1t was a rebuke which was we'll
merited, in the particular instance, and
which is quite to the point with many
human beings, especially with those
peculiar beings who tend to regard their
own opinions as divine.
Just how any person gets this way
it is difficult to say, but there is no one
who does not have in his list of ac-
quaintances at least one or more of
them.
Ordinarily they are very decent speci-
mems of the human race. Let them ex-
press an opinion, however, and you will
find out shortly that they are not so
much saying their say as laying down
the law.
They do not discuss a subject with
you.
They tell you.
All the Joy of conversation, the hearty
give and take which makes talk so de-
lightful, vanishes the moment they
come onto the scene.
You realize in a few moments that
this is not dialogue, but monologue.
There is answer for answer, of course,
but the talk from one side means ut
terly nothing to the other participant.
He seems almost to have taken an
oath. before he began, that nothing you
say will be regarded as worth consid-
Grafton.
Now how can conversation be carried
on in such a manner?
1t cannot.
1t is not talk among equals. but the
school teacher instructing the child.
*
There are a great many more OF these
disguised pedagogues than one might
ordinarily suppose. in view OF our uni
yersally accepted doctrines of fair play
and free speech.
one finds them in all walks of life,
every man setting himself up for an au-
| thority in some line or other, and re-
senting nightly that another should
dare to pretend to have an opinion
about anything pertaining to the sacred
scene.
Now this grows bit tiresome. There
is much to be said for free and honest
discussion of any matter. A man may
be mistaken with the best will In the
world. Let him be mistaken!
No matter how on the marx ne may
be, if he is permitted to talk he will
contribute something to the converse
ton. We have never engaged in con-
versational free-for-all, whether on
street corner or in drawing room. with
out gaining something or learning some
thing new.
At the least. one will get another hu-
man beings point of view. the special
angle from which he looks at the world,
| and that is always interesting. and
sometimes very much worthwhile in
deed.
4 x X
He who cuts himself of from the
everyday sources of knowledge, by
putting on the Now-listen- to-me-a
you-wilI he-final-word" air, is de-
priving himself Of the aid and comfort
Of other human beings.
Few persons there are who are SO
! overcome with an inferiority complex
that they do not think that occasionally
their opinion is as good as the next fell
! lows.
Politics. of course. is where the know
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-06
ANSWERS TO. QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

| not come into commercial bearing until
they are about 10 years old. With
proper care and adequate spacing the
trend in yields is then upward as the
orchard grows older.
Q. What is meant by bowling crease
in cricket?-H. E.
A. The bowling crease Is the line
from behind which the bowler delivers
the ball.
@. At what age did Gov. Franknr>.G
Roosevelt have infantile paraiysss.--
A. S. II.
A. He had the disease in August, 49,
when he was 80 years old.
@. How high above the railroad tracrs
is the Royal Gorge Suspension Bridget
L. N. s.
A. This Colorado bridge is 1858 feet
above the railroad tracks and is the
highest in the world.
@. How high must one go in an
Office building to get away from street
noises?-R. T. l..
| A. Under average city conditions,
street noises are not disturbing from
the tenth or twelfth fioor>up
@. How many amendments were made
to the Constitution during Woodrow
Wilson'S terms?-G. E. II.
A. Three amendments became effec-
tive during President Wilson's terms
the seventeenth, eighteenth and nine
teentn. The seventeenth, providing for
the direct election of Senator's, had
been submitted to the States for ratifi-
cation during President Tafts admin
istration, but went into effect in May,
1913. The eighteenth, or prohibition
amendment, and the nineteenth, giving
Nationwide suffrage to women, were
proposed, ratified and became effective
in 1920.
@. Is the Tai MalI - .S'llian style
of architecture? ny wbm was it
A, The Tai Mahal was canned by
Ustad Isa a Persian, anC Is Persian
architecture rather than Indian. 1t is
of white marble outside and jeveled
mosaic inside.
@. What is meant by bicameral
| legislature?-S. D.
A. one that is composed Of two
branches or bodies, as House Of Rep
resentatives and Senate.
@. When was the "Kreutzer Sonata"
written?-W. NJ.
A. This sonata of Beethoven's, ded-
icated to his friend, r. Kreutzer, was
| first played in 1908.
@. How is the money raised for the
upkeep of Mount Vernon?-T. E.
A. An entrance fee provides the
| necessary funds.
O. Isn't there bird that hunters
get by Turing it into killing ITSELF
| F. D. S.
A. The gannet. or solan goose. It
feeds on fish, which it captures by
plunging into the water, with closed
wings, often from considerable height.
Fishermen tow a board with herring
painted on it below the surface of
| the water. The gannet dives for the
painted fish, strikes the board, and
| breaks its neck.
/ O. What is the distance from Cal
| cutta to the mouth Of the Ganges?-
! L. J.
| A. About 80 miles.
| @. What is the origin of the salu-
| tation, How do you do?"-J. W. G.
| A. It is not known definitely. Muir
rays dictionary indicates that an older
form of this expression was How do
you?" This authority traces the in
quiry back to 1868.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-06
What al Capone Forgot.

1t is good strategy to center the
attack on the opponents weakest
point. And that is as good an explana-
ton as any for the obvious irony one
may note in the spectacle OF AL Capone
on trial for evading Federal taxes due
on an income derived from the various
forms of illegal racketeering, at which
he is the notorious past master.
For the time being the Government
is not concerned with how Al Capone
got his money. He may, as seems 70
be the generally accepted fact, have
piled up an income Of millions of dol
lars annually from organized crime
and vice. But for the moment the
Federal Government does not care how
he got his income, or whether it was
received from violation of State Oh
Federal law. The Government is CEN
tering its guns on the hope of proving
that AL Capone failed to share with II
specified percentage Of his gains.
And the difficulty Of defending him.
self against such a charge is the weak
spot in the armor of Public Enemy
No. /. In the past he has been able
to build up an impregnable defense
against the orthodox forms of attack
Liquor might be sold by the truckload
gambling and vice might run rampant
machine guns and revolvers might blaze
away In open defiance, but to reach Al
Capone, through the devious and
entangling maze of his defense, was
to accomplish the impossible.
He forgot. however, to defend himself
against an attack from the rear. II
would have been q relatively simple
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