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Why This DelaYf

One Of the helpful measures taken
by the last Congress to eliminate at
least one cause for delay in the pur-
chase Of school sites and the construc-
ton Of buildings was to make money
appropriated for those purposes "imne-
diately available" upon the President s
signing Of the bill, instead Of wait
ing for the beginning of the hscal year.
Among the funds so made available In
the last session of Congress was money
senior high school to serve the terri
tory west of Connecticut avenue, thus
relieving the rapidly increasing conges-
ton at Western High School.
Now 1t is learned that the site is still
u be bought Assistant Engineer Com
missioner Robb, in charge of the pur-
chase of school sites explains the delay
by failure among officials to agree
upon the site Several locations have
been under study. Yet it is learned
that the school officials and the Of
ficials of the N onal Capital Park
and Planning Commission have been
beset by no such difficulty; that they
are in complete. accord as 70 which
site should be bought. The officials at
the District Building, therefore. are
either unable to agree among them
selves, or are unable to agree with
the school officials and the Park and
Planning Commission. Who are the
officials? What is behind their hest
tationP Was It impossible to snoothe
out the trouble last Summer? Are
there too many cooks with fingers In
the pie?
Some of the answers to these ques-
tons will presumably be furnished TO-
day at a conference between the Dis
triet Commissioners and members Of
the Board Of Education. And 1t Is tc
be trusted that they will be so salts
factory that actual negotiations fol-
purchase of the site will begin i'm
mediately.
The necessity Of building this new
high school, which was convincing
enough to satisfy Congress last Winter
is all the more apparent now. Western
High School is crowded. A normal in
crease in school population will mean
that Western will be forced to double
shift program in September Of 1888
The double shift means part-time
classes, or half q days education In
place Of the full day to which pupils
are entitled. Were the new school site
acquired today, the building to re-
lieve crowded conditions at Western
could not be completed before February
/, 1885.
Now the school oficials are naturally
fearful that If the site Is not bought
within short time they will be unable
to obtain from Congress at the coming
session an appropriation for prepara-
ton of plans. Congress can, with good
reason, accuse District ofIlcials Of 50
much delay that their rights to further
cooperation in behalf Of speed have
been forfeited.
The conference today may bring
about a settlement Of the site question.
The land may be bought within a few
days. But what the people of the Dis
trict would like to know is why it was
not bought last June. Perhaps there
is good reason. If so. it should be
made known. The school officials, not
responsible for buying land, are to be
commended for their efforts to speed
up those who do have this RESPONSE
bility.
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@. Are there more is-hole golf
courses or nine-hole courses in the
United States?-E. H. 3.
A About so per cent Of the courses
have nine holes.
O. What percentage of the accidents
In this country could be prevented?
r. G. T.
A Experts say that about so per
cent Of the accidents per year could
be prevented.
O. Do trees grow in the Winter
time?-W. C. D.
A. The Bureau of Plant Industry
says that growth in trees depends on
assimilation Of elaborated plant food
which in turn depends on the action
Of the foliage. There can therefore be
no growth during the dormant season,
when the foliage is absent.
@ Did George Washington wear
spectacles?-M. C. w.
A. Paul Ford, writing on this subject.
says that In 1778 Washington's sight
become poor and he in that year first
put on glasses for reading. Owen
Wister gives the following information
concerning the time Washington ap-
peared before the mutinous soldiers
whose wrongs had driven them to des-
peration: He had a written address
prepared, but upon rising TO begin it,
the text was dim TO his eyes and as
during which his own influence and
perhaps the countrys fate trembled, he
spoke simply to the gathering:
have not only grown gray
but blind in your service"
O. Who are some famous musical
prodigies?-N. T.
A. Wolfgang Mozart at the age Of
5 years was the first Of a long line Of
precocious geniuses. In recent times
the following demonstrated startling
musical ability at very early ages;
Josef Holman, JaScha Heifetz, Mischa
Elman, Hubermann. Won Vecsey. Yehudi
Menuhin, Gottfried Wieland Wagner
grandson Of Richard Wagner and
great-grandson of Franz Liszt) and
Oskar Shumsky.
@. Are the whiskers or the smooth
faces in a majority In the Supreme
Court of the United States?-B T. G.
A. Chief Justice Hughes and Justice
Sutherland wear boards and Justice
Holmes wears moustache; the other
Justices-McReynold Butler, Stone
Van Devanter, Brandeis and Roberts
are all smooth-faced.
Q. How much beer q year vas sold
IN this country before prohibition?
R. S.
A. Approximately two billion gallons
was the consumption during the last
year Of legal beer.
@. Why does oil or fat foam when
doughnutS are fried In it?-A. D. P.
A. When doughnuts are fried In oil
or melted fat Of any kind considerable
moisture vapor-that Is, water in vapor
FORMS given of With this water
certain water soluble substances are
carried into the fat. which makes the
surface of the fat sufficiently viscous
to form foam with the water which
has been given of during the cooking
OF the doughnuts. The substance in one
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ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

!, case may be water soluble proteins
such as albumen, which may come Oh
as result Of the use Of eggs or from
the flour itself. Anything which affects
the surface tension of the fat to a
point where it can be blown into
bubbles will cause fat to foam when
the water vapor comes of during fry
| ing or cooking.
O.. Please name the six cities with
the largest Negro population.-E. @.
A. They are: New York, 327,7oe;
! Chicago, 233.903; Philadelphia, 21e,5e9:
Baltimore, 142, 106; Washington, D. c
l32,06e; New Orleans, 129,632.
Q. What is the october birthstone?
A. The opal.
Q. Hasn't England been of the gold
standard at other times Pr. A.
,o a During two periods-from 1899 to
1921 and from 1914 to 1925.
q. Who Is In charge of the building
program In Washington, d. CHI. d
"A. IL Is going on under three sepa-
rate departments. David Lynn. archi-
tect OF the Capitol, has charge of the
building Of the House Office Building
and addition to the Senate Office Build
/ ing. Albert Harris. municipal architect
Is IN charge OF the construction work Of
the District of Columbia. The srcbi-
tects Office in the United States Treas-
ury has charge Of the erection of the
| various buildings to house Government
departments.
q. Has cur Government made loans
10 any European countries since the
/ world War?-W. G. c.
hae
made by American citizens. Some If
! these are by bankers. but most are IN
olvlduals, widows. orphans, business
men, grocery clerks, lawyers Ordinary
american citizens Anybody who buvs
a oond OF a European country or Euro
pean factory or business of anv kind is
lending to Europe. His loan NAV
amount to only $50, but great mani
americans buying such bonds make up
total of millions. r
@ Where Is the Navy and Marine
Memorial TO be placed?-C. D.
A. It will be placed on Columbia
Island, West Potomac Park, Washing
@, Is Kaiser Wilhelm restricted from
leaving his present abode in Holland?
A: The former German Emperor.
William II, Is restrained by Law from
re-entertng the German Republic. but
there are no legal restrictions against
his leaving the Netherlands.
Q. What country has the largest
searchlight?-J. S.
A. The United States. It Is the
Lindbergh Beacon, which rises IS feet
above the penthouse of the PaIn1olfve
Building in Chicago, III. The beacon
consists Of two lights. one mounted
above the other The upper one is the
beacon proper and has an output Of
2,oo0.000.000 candlepower brought into
beam five feet in diameter and re-
volvtng at the rate of two revolutions
FER minute. The lower light has an
output Of l,l0o,o00,0O0 candlepower
brought by parabolic reflection into
beam 36 inches in diameter fixed to
direct visiting airmen to the MuxfcipaI
Airport. 1t Is computed that at a dis
lance OF 5512 miles the Lindbergh
Beacon becomes equivalent in bright
ness TO the full moon.
@. In "Gulliver's Travels" what
was GulliverS first name?-G.
A. Lemuel. The book was publishes
in 1925 and has been known as a popu-
lar child's book and as one of the best
known satires in the English language
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-10

Knowing as he does that the presi-
Dental responsibility is hard enough as
1t stands, Mr.. Coolidge would naturally
be inclined to avoid any utterance that
might add to the perplexities of a future
incumbent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-10

Next probable move of AL Capone: q
protest that the law is trying to put
him on the spot. A gang leader is brave
only when he holds all the physical
advantage.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-10

Chinese statesmen have In many dis
tinguished instances been infinitely and
persistently inquisitive. Now they want
the u. S. A. to explain some more about
the League of Nations.
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SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHnANDER JOHNSON.

The Man and the Job.
They told me that ought to score
Five days Of work each week; no more
And on these days I ought to AK
My hours at eight, or even six.
For many an hour I'll feel alone,
Away from friends long have known
say, as memory brings q sigh.
We've been good pals. my Job and l.
In time Of WEAKNESS and care i.
Here was the friend who helped me
bear
Suspense and disappointment grim
And whispered as the light grew dim:
Another day of JOY you'll see
If you will Just stay close to me.
Beneath a bright or shadowy sky
We've been good pals, my Job and l.
Perhaps we've quarreled now and Their
A little-and made up again.
When we would meet from day to day
You made the time with hope seem
gay.
The thought you'd bring was one OF
cheer,
Though oft your teaching seemed
severe.
To stick together let us try;
We've been good pals-ny Job and L"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-10

Silver advocates engaged in reasoning
in practical terms are doubtless wonder
ing whether they will be expected to
start life over again and try to under
stand Coins Financial School.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-10

An election In Chile is made especially
troublesome by the fact that the fight
ing does not necessarily cease even when
the returns have all been counted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-10

Aimee Mcpherson says she is going
Ito chase the devil out of Boston" The
threat sounds courageous. 1t would
have sounded more 50 had she men,
toned Chicago as her objective.
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Merely Robot Morons.

From the Columbus Ohio state Journal.
After that professors unusually clear
and incisive analysis Of whistlers, it
would be interesting to know what he
thinks Of loud radios.
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As Was Intended.

From the Springfield. Mass. Republican.
A proposal that presidential electors
committed to mo candidate shall be.
chosen comes ouAEpf the West. And che
hot weather Is almost over.
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A Bit Conservative.

From the Cleveland News.
Work on the s165, ooo, 900 Hoover Dam
project Is five or six months ahead Of
schedule at the end Of its hrst year.
Maybe the schedule was q bit conserva-
tive.
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Highlights ON the Wide World
Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands

politan police. Food also was provided
for the destitute workers, and two free
meals were cooked during the day.
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Pripce Of Wales Orders
StrSamline Car.
Sunday Referee. London.-The Prince
Of Wales has ordered 4 new car OF I'M
conventional streamline design. It Ia
nearly ready and when decorated with
his own colors-red and hlack-it will
be delivered to York House.
It's designer, Sir DenriStoun Burney.
is the builder of the R-100, and he has
incorporated In the car the principles
Of an airship.
The engine Is at the rear, and from
side view the body resembles Q seq
ment of circle.
There is no bonnet, but the front OF
the car rises in q sloping line from
above the wheels TO an arched roof, and
tails away at the back.
" y ~
Bishop Defends
New Zealand Youths.
The Evening Post, Wellinston.-
Where the clergy are pulling their
weight and doing their work properly
there Is nothing the matter with youth -
said Bishop G. A. Cherrington at the
session of the Waikato Diocesan Synod.
The young people Of today are Just
as religious in every sense Of the word
as they were when I was young"
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saw them, or they were fiabby and
wanted to be kept, or they were scat
tered from Honduras to Hongkong,
from Labrador to the Straits, admins
World :46r George there came no
young Lochinvar."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-10

Effort will not be relaxed to keep the
Americas Cup In this country. fair
contest in spirit of determination Is
what Upton wished.
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Now. for Auto Foot Ball.

From the Roanoke Times
A car that moves sidewise as easily as
1t does ahead has been devised. Such
a car ought to set new records when It
Is turned loose among the pedestrians.
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Because they always do.

DE weather Is one thing plitical
folks ought to be thankful foh," said
Uncle Eben. mo matter how much it
goes wrong, dey can't be held sponsible
for it."
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Our faith and courage are not slight,
Though trouble seems to brew.
We know that things will come Out
right
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improvements,

Crimson Gulch begins to look like a
metropolis" said the travelling man.
Some" assented Cactus Joe.
THE old desperadoes have diSap-
peared."
Mostly"
The streets look brighter at night"
Modern improvement. When them
old-ttmers wanted to play rough, they
was satisfied to shoot once in while
and wasn't so very disappointed if they
missed. When a touring carload of
Rngsters comes along now, they like
plenty of light to see where the crowd
Is and amt satisfied unless they hit
plenty"
ut is impossible to win by cheating"
said Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown.
mo dishonorable gain can be measured
TO q value that offsets the loss Of self
respect"
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Big Mathematics Needed.

Big Mathematics Needed.
In much bewilderment I ind
Arithmetic all solemn.
Yet humbly I apply my mind
To add another column.
Friend Einstein's mathematic skill
Affairs might now be guiding,
But when we need 1t most it will
Somehow remain In hiding.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-10
e MATIN, Paris.-Is 1t not posi-
bic to interdict vigorously the
use Of the cutout on the motors
I of machines traversing country

IL Of machines traversing country
roads at night, and especially
when cars are passing through towns
and villages? This disturbance is in
tolerable FOR sick people, and decidedly
Objectionable, too, even to persons in the
best Of health.
Hope Transatlantic Yacht
VIII Represent France.
lie Matin, PariS-The Dolphin has
taken II days to cross the Atlantic from
New York TO Southampton. Fish are
swift" say you? Yes, but this Dolphin
the first of feet of wind-propelled
craft which have contested a fantastic
course over thousands of miles of salt
water.
Usually. today, people cross the ocean
in all comfort and luxury in vast
| floating palaces which carry them. to
| the music Of orchestras and the tin
king Of glasses, from the shores OF
Europe to the Palisades Of Manhattan
in five days and five nights. Such voy-
ayers, however, know nothing Of the
difhculties and charms of traversing the
same route in a sailing vessel. They
never experience the delights and vi
cissitudes which nodded the heroic race
of mariners and explorers setting out
on unknown seas, consigning them
selves trustingly to the mercies OF
Aeolus, the god of the winds!
Nevertheless. 1t seems that these
wonderful adventures are to be re-
vived, and yachting has provided the
opportunity. Fortunately, 1t is a sport
quite "a Ia mode" and so will have
many people Of fashion among its dew
oteeS: but for young men unable to pay
their passage on a steamer it affords
a particularly agreeable method of
transatlantic travel. There already ex-
ist some associations of pilots destined
to make the new generations love again
the water and the sea.
We ought not to forget, either, that
France is a maritime nation bathed on
nearly every side by the ocean and the
Mediterranean, and that we are a race
of colonists.
We hope that next year the Yacht
winning the transatlantic sailing race
will carry the name of q French
dauphin!
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Free Genius.

Free Genius.
You frequently quote from the
Declaration of independence"
frequently" answered Senator
Sorghum. 1T was written for the
benefit of mankind without any
thought of its value as work Of
genius. One of the things especially
like about the Declaration is that you
can repeat 1t whenever you like with
out having TO say by permission of the
copyright owners"
Jud Tunkins says mebbe the man
who never had an enemy simply wasn't
worth noticin'.
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Schools Prepare Belgian
Women for Jobs.

Women for Jobs.
lie Soir. Brussels.-In 1918, at the
end of the war, a number Of women
and young girls we're obliged to And
some new resources, either to meet
their own needs or to provide support
for the dependents among their rela :
tiveS. For most Of these, lack of previ-
prevented the engaging in any occupa-
tions except those of manual labor.
This has led to still more unsatisfac-
tory conditions, for there soon was OBJ
served a surplus of candidates for ali
unskilled pursuits, while there was a
dearth in the feminine ranks Of those
who could keep books, write stenog-
raphy or who were acquainted with any
of the other mysteries of commercial
science.
Fortunately, since the date we speak
OF, many schools Offering business
courses for women have been organized
have the opportunity TO become quail
fed for many other vacations besides
those of farm or domestic servants or
factory operatives. Belgian girls now
have the opportunity everywhere 10
prepare for remunerative activities
amid interesting and improving sur
roundings-a domain providing stimuli
taneously financial independence, ma
terial comfort and moral security.
4
Boats Filled with Water
To Battle LAborers.
The Japan Advertiser, Toklo.-A
novel mode of bathing was introduced
at Fukagawa when several small boats
were Allied with hot water to serve as
bath tubs for more than 600 laborers
who had severely suffered the effects OF
the continuous rain. The relief work
was financed by the Empress donation
and the help offered by Tsurukichi
Maruyama, former chief Of the metro
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Q. Where Is the Navy and Marine
Memorial TO be placed?-C. D.
A. 1t will be placed on Columbia
Island, West Potomac Park, Washing
ton, D. C.
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THEODORE w. MOVES. ). Editor
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inconsistencies, Investigated the electrif-
cation project in connection with the
shannon River, made friends with the
Salnnon fishermen in Galway, spent
hours In the museum of Dublin, where
is the famous Book of Kells; sampled
"poteen" and found it rather throat
burning, haunted country markets,
listened to Irish folk-tales. talked with
peasants in their matched cottages.
X az y
"The story of Princess Elizabeth:
Told With the Sanction of Her Parents"
by Anne Ring, formerly attached to
the household of the Duke and Duchess
of York, will interest many simply be-
cause the little princess is the daughter
of a possible King OF England and may
possibly herself be Queen OF England
some day. Miss Rings account shows
a model little girl, a trif1e over years
of age, who apparently has no faults.
Numerous photographs, the first taken
when the princess was scrap OF IN
fancy, illustrate the book.
In THE Colonel's Daughter" Rich
ard Arlington, young English novelist,
satirizes postwar English life. He pre-
sents an interesting collection of figures
nlavine their parts in one county neigh
borhood-Col Smithers, retired; his
dsyrhter George, not very attractive
and desperately wishing that she were;
Sir Horace StimnS, not one OF the OLD
county aristocracy, but dealer In
Treases; Mrs. Eastcourt. the county Cos
sin: Lizzie Judd the kitchen maid;
PlIrfleet, the wordy intellectual. The
tragedy of Georges life Is that she
wants to get married and where were
the Young men who should have come
AVOIDING the colonels lovely daughter,
for she is grown so fair, so fair? George
wasn't pretty, George wasn't rlcn, ano
law dead. in rows. or they lived on a
couple of hundred a -ear, with no pros
poets, or they were rich and she never
Seward daily gateway., 1931-05-12
'CEORC|A PEACH' MUST
 NOT SPR0uT WINGS

MACON, Ga, May F. tP)- Young Stribling said that William F. Carey of New York, president of the Madison Square Garden, had asked him not to fly his air plane until after his bout with Max Schneling on July 3.
 He said the request was by let ter. His plane is at a factory be- ing repaired and the boxer said he did not intend to get it until after the fight.
 Stribling will leave for his Cleve-- land training quarters. He weighs 19l pounds.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-05-12
SCIENTIST AND AUTHOR
 CREATE SENSATION

BERLIN, May 12 tP}-A sen sation was caused by publication of a joint letter by Dr. Albert Ein- stein, the scientist. and Horace Mann, the novelist, accusing the Jugo-Slavian governTe.>t in r 'l- plicity in the murder ci t'1~ Cr'- tian professor, Milan Sli :2T. l1 Zagreb two months ago.
 EinStein and Mann charged tEft King Alexander of Jugo-Slavia and Serbian officials encouraged" the staying and named Suffray's murderer as member of ter rorist organization.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-05-12

Coast Guard cutter Tallapooso officers, Lieut.. Oueider of the Alaska Road Commission, court of- ficials, out-of-town visitors, as well as numerous others were to be guests of honor at today,s weekly luncheon of the Seward Chamber of Commerce.