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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-10

Thousands Of Government experts
are working constantly for the benefit
Of all citizens of the United states.
They viii work directly for you II you
will call for the fruits Of their labors
through our Washington Bureau. State
your inquiry briefly. write clearly, and,
inclosing 2-cent stamp for . personnel
letter IN reply. address The Evening
Star Information Bureau, Frederic j.
Haskin. Director. washington, d. @.
@. How fast does golf ball travel
when hit by . fairly good players-
&C. M
A. A ball hit $50 yards ON the carry
tabout $50 yards carry and-run) would
have an initial velocity Of about 290
feet per second An approximate rule
Ia that the initial velocity Of the ball
in feet per second Is numerically the
same as the carry In yards.
@. Is there an organization to which
only medal OF honor men can be-
long?-R J.
A. The Army and Navy Legion OF
Honor. organized In 1890. limits It's
membership to those who have received
the medal OF honor or the distinguished
service cross Of the United States.
G. What was the fifst steamboat on
A. The first OF which the Department
Of Commerce has record was the New
Orleans, which operated as early As
|lSli.
@. Is It possible TO have rain when
there are no clouds in the sky?-H. A.
A. The Weather Bureau says that ie
has no record Of true rain falling from
a clear sky. Sometimes the dripping of
r,F
liquid falling from insects living on the
sap of limbs, have each been mistaken
for rain, and gives rise to the idea that
rain can fall fAom clear sky.
@. Can tree 40 feet tail be trans
planted? Can a tree three feet In
diameter be rfoved?-D. L.
A. 1t is possible to transplant a tree
40 feet tall II 1t Is properly handled and
prepared with enough soil. The De-
partment of Agriculture says that tree
as large as three feet in diameter can
be transplanted.
Q. Where did the plan OF laying out
city streets at right angles to each other
and at regular distance oHtginatef--
8. A.
A. Philadelphia was the frst of
modern municipalities whose pfkn was
prepared for q particular site, and the
rectangular plan there adopted has
guided city planning In America ever
since.
E. B.
A. II Is used Is q single word 10 ex-
press the emotional craving or wish
psychiatrists believe to be behind all
human activities, the repression Of
which leads to psychoneuroeis.
O. How Is jai-alai played?--A. c. p.
A. Jai-alai Is Basque Spanish game
of hand ball, popular in Cuba. II Is
played by two opposed couples on a
floor and In b court called q fronton;
the ball Is served against q wall suit
ably marked, and each player wears q
gauntlet from which projects q long.
curved structure of basket work which
acts as a club.
@. How did q drinking cup get the
name mHg?-D. Y.
A. In early days the drinking cup
was made In the form Of o face. Mug
Is an old term for face.
g. What can be planted on a raw
steep bank to hold It? Some thing
which grows rapidly.-1T. OBJ.
A. Honeysuckle Il often used peck
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-10
lsaae BAN ra. t,iYii Law.

what has come to be known as base
bah law, governing the rights and liabill-
ties o. professional bali players and
clubs. has been recognized as quite
dis:inct from the codes that regulate
the lives and activities Of other cid-
zens. Indeed some Of this base ball
law h straAge IN It's principles and APP
plications. But 1t Is 50 framed and
90 administered - rarely 70 come a
conatea Win what may ~ styled cAvil
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-10

Circus life is full Of romantic fascina-
ton for those who pay small fee to
enjoy the entertainment in comfort.
When big show strands, as may hap
pen, even in this day Of well capitalized
amusements, the public is taken behind
the scenes and made acquainted with
the hard work required 70 earn what
may be only q precarious living. A
stranded show is not bad object lesson
for the small boy who secretly yearns to
throw away his school books and follow
a trail blaEed by circus posters.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-10
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. RASKIN.

cts snusdd BE- tiuw .nto the banks and
the vines planted, They grow rapidly.
make q pksasing bank, and flower once
or twice a.year.
@. who wrute the ''spotless Town"
verses that acre used in advertising
several years Ago?--D. 8. A.
A. J. K Fraser. who is now president
of the BlRckmah company, an adver-
Using concern.
@, How many missions were estab-
hshed by the Spanish missionaries IL
California?-S. w.
A. Seventeen In Lower California ane
81 IN Upper California.
@. Have the modern Olympic Game
been held more than once in any OF
city2---J. T.
a. twice In Athens, oreece-ls,
and ieo6-and twice in Paris-l90o ar
1924.
@. Were more lives lost In the Ire
quois disaster than in any other the
ter f1rea-R. r. G.
A. There have been several create
disasters than the Iroquois, which cos
SIS lives. In 1885 theater in Petro
grad burned with a loes Of TOO ltves
IN 1645 o Canton. China. theater fl
cost 1870 lives; in 1871 similar dis
aster In Trenton. N. j., cost 600 live
and in 1881 one In Vienna, Austria
cost GAO lives.
@, what are miracle plays9-J. Ar
A. This name is given to mediev,
dramatic presentations OF TIE miracle
OF Christian saints.
Q. What is luck?-G. K.
A. Luck is generally described
something that happens seemingly b
chance. It may be an event, either
good or evil. which affects the interest
or happenings OF an individual. hu
this happening is entirely casual. Luck,
however, carries the idea Of good luc.
only.
q. What Is the alluslon when p
woman Is called Nine Pernelle?--M. Y
A. She u Q character in Moliere.
''Tartuffe. She interrupts every on
without waiting to hear what Yves to
have been said to her.
Q. Have the smooth-lookinr seal. on
the rocks on the coast Of Maine any
hair2-F. H. w.
A. All seals have hair. The coat of
the hair seal Is quite different from
that OF the fur seal, in that the hairs
are OF sthe same length and lie down
very closely and smoothly to the akin.
Being Of . uniform color. the hair seals
coat, therefore, looks very much like
skin when wet.
q. what relation to Louis Nv wus
Louis XVII. T.
A. Louis XIV was the great-gxand.on
OF Louis XIV and succeeded 10 tia
throne In his early childhood.
Q. L. electricity manufactured ar
only released from certain materiaIs7
Fl. p.
A. The Bureau of Standards aavs
that electricity is not manufactured.
IL Is produced by the conversion Of one
form Of energy into another, 6 chem
ical into electrical or heat into elec-
trical.
@. Where Is the unusual home az
Frank Lloyd Wright, the architects,
A.. 1t Is Tsliesin. spring Green, Wis
consin.
@. Where does the Delnarya PENN
sula get It's nane7-A. r.
A. It Ii 30 named because within IT'S
confines are the state Of Delaware, part
OF Maryland and two counties Of Vir-
gffaia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-10

An interview with Stain is hard for
persons of prominence and responsible
ity to arrange. although he is easily &C
cessible to the general populace. A dc
tator depends on having all the CONVEX
sation his own way and naturally takes
advantage CT the "inferiority complex"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-10

Grape concentrate labels warn the
purchaser to be careful to handle the
article in way that will not cause IT
to generate alcohol. There might be a
way of going after 1t under laws that
forbid concealed weapons and threats.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-10

When great financial organization
reduces dividends, there Is every ex-
pectation that they will soon be resumed
on the old systematic and satisfactory
basis. The transaction is another ex-
preston Of the moratorium habit to-
ward which the world is drifting.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-10

Friends and admirers Of Edison are
already beginning to disregard physi-
Clans bulletins and make preparations
for the great inventors next birthday
party.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-10

continues TO draw additional Demo-
cratic adhaRents. Senator Harris Of
Georgia one 81 u. dryest Of the drys.
insists that the BOutnsEn. Democracy Is
for the New York Governor. Senator
Harris couples with Cow Roosevelt
Senator james Hamilton 1ewis Of 1lli-
nois rs q vice preaidentlMAe oNndidate.
Lewis - Eetter even than 0eevelt.
9ait be hailed originals from - @nuthz
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-10

Pacifsts say that poets who glorify
war should be suppressed. ThAs sounds
like an ugly dig at some Of the greatest
figures in epic song, including old Virgil
himself.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-10

Street war on gangsters is liable to
interfere with the New York salesman
whose duties include showing the out
of-town buyer a good time at the night
clubs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-10

EApFesSloEls OF UpInlOM-
How about interviews7" asked the
young man who is learning politics.
TRY for safe and middle course, "
replied Senator Sorghum. Some of us
never talk for publication and others
never talk for any other purpose"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-10
No Pickinss.

From the Hartford Daily Times.
New York police point to a sharp de.
cline In pocket-picking. They wisely
take no credit for the situation which
may be Que to the new vogue of empty
pockets.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-10
A Changed Coast.

N1AN1NANNNN NDVH1Sts
When Pilgrim Fathers found place
Upon a stern and rock-bound coast,
They founded an important race,
A much admired and honest host.
But could they come again today
Upon that rock-bound coast to dwell
They'd have TO move. They couldn't pay
The price Of board at q hotel
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-10
DiSregArded.

Il see you put up q sign No Mos
quitoes'"
Yep" replied Farmer CorntoSsel
but the mosquitoes don't pay any more
attention to 1t than gunners pay to the
sign No Trespassing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-10
CompIImented.

Aren't you annoyed by that breach
OF promise suit2"
Not at all" replied the serene citi-
zen. Il consider the assumption that I
would be q desirable husband rather
flattering"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-10
No Interest in Success.

From the Wheeling Intellisencer
Aviation has developed to the point
where there no longer is news in q
major flight unless il fails.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-10
A Market Breaker.

From the Cincinnati Tlmes-star.
The Kentucky hen that lays over.
sized eggs has no economic sense a,
ell.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-10
No War in This.

From the Pittsburgh Post-GaEette.
The English sparrow, It Is claimed,
Is an enemy of the japanese beetle, but
this is rot likely to disturb the existinr
international alliances
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-10
Mashed Ont.

Prom the Columbus Ohio state journal
Owing to heavy rainfall, the Chinese
war Is now running 20 battles behind
schedule.
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Wrong Kind Of Lawbreakers.
From the Akron Beacon Journal
Modernism: mo, they don't belcna
g our set. Thssk hreak entirely dfffsr.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-10
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-10

An Other states and Canada.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-10

@. What is luck?-G. K.
A. Luck is generally described q
something that happens seemingly b
chance. It may be an event, either
good or evil, which affects the interest
or happenings Of an individual. hu
this happening Is entirely casual Luck,
however, carries the idea Of good luci
only.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-10

@. what relation to Louis xTv ~
Louis XVII. T.
A. Louis XIV was the great-grandson
OF Louis XIV and succeeded % the
throne In his early Childhood.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-10

@, What are miracle plays7--J. A. =
A. This name is given to mediev,
dramatic presentations OF TIE miracle
OF Christian saints.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-10

q. What Is the allusion when 2
woman Is called Mime. Pernelle?--M. Y
A. She u o character in Moliere.
''Tartuffe. She interrupts every on.
without waiting to hear what was 10
have been said to her.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-10

@. Where Is the unusual home Of
Frank Lloyd Wright, the architects
A. It Is Tzliesin, Spring Green, WIS
consin.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-10

@. Where does the Delmarya PENN
sula get It's nanea-A. r..
A. It Ia 30 named because within IT'S
confines are the state Of Delaware, part
OF Maryland and two counties Of Vir-
ginia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-10

@. What was the first steamboat on
the Ohio River?--C. d.
A. The first of which the Department
Of Commerce has record was the New
Orleans, which operated as early As
1911.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-10

@. How many missions were estab-
hshed by the Spanish missionaries H.
California?-S. w.
A. Seventeen in Lower California ane
81 IN Upper California.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-10

ma RocssNalt bonn fra President
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-10

Q. L electricity manufactured or
only released from certain materiaIs7
p p.
A. The Bureau of Standards aavs
that electricity is not manufactured
II Is produced by the conversion Of one
FORM OF energy into another, IS chem
ical into electrical or heat into elee-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-10

CACCb1OAAbs
y 4
Former Senator Joseph I. France of
Maryland, the only announced candi-
| date for the Republican presidential
nomination against President Hoover,
has promised, IL nominated and elected,
to cooperate with Congress and not
attempt to lead the Republican party.
If Mr.. France should succeed In all his
ambitions he would be the first Presi-
lent o. the United States to accomplish
such harmony with the legislative
branch. But more likely he might ind
himself following while Congress did
the leading. Mr.. France expresses en-
tire confidence in his victory in the
next Republican National Convention
II he and President Hoover are the sole
entrants In the presidential nomination
race. Any candidate who goes into a
political campaign must express conf
dence in victory,
Three New England states promise
to be real battle grounds politically next
year, Massachusetts,, Connecticut and
Rhode Island. Maine, Vermont and
New Hampshire seem reasonably sure to
continue in the Republican column, al
though there have been signs OF revolt
and discomfort in New Hampshire. In
Connecticut the Democrats elected q
Governor last year. But the Democrats
in Connecticut are not without their
own factional strife. Coy. Cross turned
out the chairman Of the Democratic
state Committee, James j. Walsh. 1t Il
generally understood that Gov. Cross
a favorable to the nomination Of Gov.
FRANKLIN %. Roosevelt Is President and
that walsh 10 for Al Smith.
ma RAnnAHAlk boom fnR PHeaadent
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-10

G. How did q drinking cup get the
name mag?-D. Y.
A. In early days the drinking Gun
was made In the form of face. Mug
Is an old term for face.
@. What can be planted on a raw
s SsssH psi,A 70 no,u ~ some thing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-10

@. Who wrote the "Spotless Town"
verses that acre used in advertising
several years Ago9-D. 8. A.
A. j. K FrasAr. who is now president
of the BlRckmah company. an adver-
Using concern.
Evening star., 1931-06-21

This here is to your second cousin at Red
Stick. If pass in my chips promise you'll
send this to him."
IT promise" whispered Villa.
That's Henery Brent, the widowed fellow
with the five young kidS?" Mississippi inquired.
He was disregarded again
MY will is in that. and my instructions"
said Gar Brent. "Henery is to work this horse
ranch for you, and hold it in trust until you're
81 years old"
Don't you mean 81 Mr. BrentP" Mississippi
offered.
"Thirty-one said!" Gar Brent paused to
glare at Mississippi Tyler, then at the Thunder
Pumper. who had sneaked back in, and re-
garded Brent with dolorous interest.
Il got one other last request" Brent went
on. Il know that what you promise, Villa,
that you'll do. From here out. want you to
have nothing more TO do with this Mississippi
Tyler"
There was a moments silence while the
labored breathing of Gar Brent continued reg
ularly. Then Villa said slowly her voice low:
Why Dad"
"This' said Gar Brent sis the last thing
I'll ever be asking of you It's Tor your own
good; and you owe me that much, Villa, if only
SOS die in peace"
But" began Villa, her voice queer and
stopped.
Il reckon" said Mississippi "Tn be going
now Don't answer him yet, VILLA; don't want
to hear this, guess"
Wait, Mississippi" said the girl.
you hadn't ought to ask me-" said Tyler.
"Moo-woh," commented the Thunder Pumper
in dolorous moan.
Shut up, PumpS!"
Take that dog out and shoot it," snarled
Gar Brent.
Pardon me, Mr.. Brent?"
"If you think I'm joking, I'll put it like this"
said the strained voice of the old man: "Shoot
that worthless hound and I'll take my request
backi'
That's ridiculous, Mr. Brent"
ut amt the dog" said Brent, 80 much as the
principle of the thing. It's test. to see if you
can choose between Villa and your own worth
less ways"
IT'S plumb tyrannical old whim," said
Mississippi.
eff you like that dog better than VILLA that's
up to you"
But" the girl put in, her eyes dark with
emotion, "n he'll get rid of Pumps some other
way"
NO" Mississippi supplied; I'm not going to
get rid Of Pumps, not in any way at all. Now,
if you'll excuse me, I'll 60"
And you don't need" the raving voice of
Gar Brent followed him-"you don't need to
come back! Worthless Mississippi hound
puSher-"
ever, he delayed a bit. The little half
broke mustang on which he sat kept jigging
and skittering sideways, anxious to be gone.
But Mississippi held him in, and waited.
He had hunch that Villa was going to
come out and speak to him, just once more.
And after minute or two she proved him
right.
He swung off his pony as she came out to
him, and when he saw that Villa Brent's lips
were quivering, and that her eyes were full of
tears, he took step toward her to pick her
up in his arms. But, for some reason, he did
not.
"Im sorry MissiSSip'; I've liked you-a lot: I
guess you know"
He waited. sra u dsSo ,sIssnT 1 jsdW--. nts2s
Evening star., 1931-06-21

peculiar about it. Only followed along to
make sure she was all right
BY and by I begun to worry and pressed
along pretty hard. So before night come on
her night camp. She seemed to have shot
something to eat.
Next day, early, found her pony in Cross
Canyon. He'd fell and busted leg and she'd
shot him through the head. I'd have supposed
shed turn back, butt instead, she'd walked on"
MISSISSIPPI was counting back THAT
would have been about last Tuesday" he
computed. WHY was within two miles of
Cross Canyon that morning!"
That maybe accounts for her walking on"
said Harky, talking to the fire. Heard your
hounds likely, and hoped to borry an animal to
go back on. Did she signal you, that you
know OFF"
II heard shots, over thataway thought it
was somebody hunting" said Mississippi in a
strained voice
And then-weI, now that you mention being
over there, it looks like she'd just kind of fol-
lowed you on"
"Oh, good Lord!" burst out Mississippi He
remembered that he had worked all up and
down and across that ragged and forbdding
country of pine and broken granite and he
could imagine how often Villa had heard his
away again, taunting her like will-o -the-wisp
of sound
Il managed to work out the trail to within
few miles of Crackman's Rocky before lost
it in the rocks. The trail had got kind of
wandering and uncertain by then, like as if
she wasn't going to be able to go on much
more Mississippi, we've combed the Crack
man country with a currycomb since then.
There's been about 20 fellows searching last
few days: we've hallooed and fired off guns fit
to raise the dead
But she's disappeared into thin air Today
heard your dogs coming nearer all day. and
rode to meet you, to see if maybe you'd picked
her up Or else-I thought we might give the
dogs try at following her across Crackman's
Rocky
Were starting now," said Mississippi
Mississippi saddled his horse and they set
out with the dogs following.
Il can't figure why on earth she should take
it in her head"
Cant say blame her much for running
out" said Harky. Ever since Gar Brent
"Since Gar Brent what?"
"You didn't know her paw was dead? Why,
you was there the afternoon he was took!"
81 supposed it was just another of those
wolf-wolf conniptions"
yeah that's what any of us would of
thought. Well she sent a letter he'd writ to her
second cousin at Red Stick: and Gar hadn't
been buried a week when this Henery Brent
moved in on her with his five kids. Quite a
heap of washing and cooking to- come down on
a girl, all in lump. And Henery, he just set
around watching her work. And, MisSissip' boy,
them fiendish kids! 1 could see how she might
get driven out of house and home, all right"
"And me gone hunting" Mississippi almost
wept "I should have kept better track, Clem.
Only-her paw made her promise she wouldn't
have anything to do with me. should be shot
for paying any attention to It,"
"Yeah you should" Glenn monotoned.
Everybody knew Villa was right sweet on you,
MissiSSip'. Everybody but you, anyway. And
Evening star., 1931-06-21

good luck stuck just as
close to mississippi" Tyler as did
that big foolish hound of his that
was the laughing stock Of the Rim