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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-26
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES \. TRACEBELL.

Why do clerks and others who give
change at counters almost invariably
lay the coins down tails up?
It is seldom that you will receive q
quarter. for instance, with Lady Liberty
facing you. Nine out of ten times it will
be the eagle.
If any one doubts this. just let him
keep track Of the matter for a few days
There seems TO be some strange con-
spiracy afoot among cashiers. clerks and
all others who hand out change from
behind little desks, through windows
and over counters.
They conceal Lincoln's noble head
the likeness OF the official Indian, and
give us instead the equally official but
| falo and the eagle and the mace or a
large v.
We know An astute WaShingtonian
who refuses TO receive his change in
this manner.
Before he will pick 1t up he invariably
turns each coin over.
When asked why he does this he
replies: II am not superstitious, but
simply prefer to receive my change
heads up. II it can be handed to me
heads down, l do not see why l cannot
turn it heads up"
And so he does.
This original gentleman is also one
who clanks his mug Of coffee twice on
the table between each sip.
When asked to explain this eccen-
tricity he was not so explicit. 1t was
simply nervous habit. he asserted
which should have been a matter of no
comment to any one.
In fact, he said. he wondered why
any of his companions should notice so
trivial a habit.
If he had been more of a student OF
the human race he would have known
that nothing so attracts the attention
of human beings as difference.
Variation is the one thing that
animals cannot stand. They resent it
and ordinarily will not forgive It, Men
and women, as animals primarily, par
ticipate in this trait, although often it
is covered up.
Good breeding often conceals 1T
altogether.
One Of the easiest ways to detect lack
of breeding in any one, no matter how
we'll clothed he is or what his pre-
tensions, is TO put him in situation
where he has an opportunity to note
something out of the usual.
The way he reacts to such a situa-
ton will mark him for what he is
Manners, as the world uses the word,
mean the way we act with one another
especially with so-called social equals
True manners, we like to believe
carry over as far as thsy may with all
types of human beings, not with equals
only.
There are. OF course, many branches
to this interesting study. A great deal
of fun has been poked at etiquette"
books during recent years. but thou
sands of persons would be better off
for the study OF them.
One of the ways in which this good
breeding shows itself is a willingness
to overlook any variation and especial
ly to avoid any pointed or covert COM
ment upon It,
The well bred man or woman, 1t may
be said without any snobbery, does not
purpoSely hurt the feelings of any one
This is primary, but it must be stated
for our purpose.
The man lacking in essential breed
ing will never fail to note anything
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-26
Interstate Murder.

In all the fantaSmagoria of crime
there has perhaps been no murder
quite like that which is just now under
inquiry in several States and is appar-
entity brought TO solution. Happily
Washington has no part in the grue-
some affair, which for a brief period
seemed likely 10 involve this jurisdic-
ton in some aspect of it. Fiast came the
discovery Of the body of woman in
thicket in Virginia, evidently dragged
there after death and mutilation and
torn by birds until recognition was next
TO impossible. Then came the dis
closure that a woman had disappeared
from her home in New Jersey. The
husband went TO the scene of the dis
covery of the body in Virginia and iden-
tined 1t as his missing wife. Next came
revelation that a man living in the
same New Jersey city had, after a pro-
longed intrigue with this woman, lit
orally taken her for a ride" Staying
her in his motor car and then carrying
the body around in the machine for
several hours, showing it to relative.
confeSsing to his wife that he had COM
mitted the murder, and then driving
of with the horrible relic of his crime
with the intention Of concealing it.
His acknowledgements to his relative and
hts wife came 70 the ears Of the police
after the finding Of the body in Viz
gina, and his arrest on suspicion in
North Carolina, where he was pausing
in his flight, followed.
Such O taptaStis tale would tax tha
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-26

From the Champaign News-Gazette.
Unless radio broadcasting stations
throughout the country heed the hand
writing on the wall they are doomed
to suffer the wrath of an aroused pup
lie. Unless they adhere more closely
to their fundamental purposes OF pro-
vidinp clean and wholesome entertain
went and the spread of general knowl-
edge their usefulness will be so greatly
Unmarried that the public will return
to the monograph for home entertain.
nent. 1t will be the only means OF
escaping the unwelcome features that
are now forced upon them.
Lee De Forest, radio engineer and
executive, a pioneer in wireless and
man with the welfare OF broadcaStlng
at heart, has publicly sounded the
warning that has been voiced by OBJ
scure individuals. Listen to his indict-
nent against conditions which threaten
the very life of an industry to which
he has given years and years OF
thought and effort. He says
"a radio menace, steadily growing
greater, more ruthless, more deserving
of suspicion and more generally de-
tested, is the use of the broadcast for
direct and blatant advertising in larger
and longer doses"
De Forest would have the radio in
dustry, that came out of his dreams,
continue to grow and become more
useful with the years. He would have
it become a necessary part of present.
day life and filling need in the chain
of modern communication. He is look
ing at the situation as an engineer,
hoping and working for further i'm
provements, and as an executive, in
terested in the radio as an industry
adding wealth to the world. His
opinion must, therefore, be considered
as unbiased and sincere expression
Of his conyictionA
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Hig Nights on the Wide World
Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands

make fun of it when the pictures from
China are submitted to them. Unless
something very unusual or big happens
am afraid we shall not be able to
make very much more use of Chinese
war pictures" This statement bv the
manager OF a picture agency in Lon
don is significant of the general feeling
that prevails abroad regarding Chinese
warfare. Newspapers, which depend
upon the public taste for their sales,
naturally are quick to sense a change
in the publics news appetite. Chinese
war pictures, unless something big or
unusual" occurs, are no longer news,
hence the papers will not purchase
them. This indicates a significant
change in public opinion abroad upon
which many interpretations may be
placed, but the most logical interpre-
tation is that the outside world is more
or less fed up" on news regarding
warfare in China and has turned to
something else more interesting.
Maiden Lady Discovers
Easy Road to Great Wealth.
Daily Mail, London-In times OF
general depression special interest at
taches to the discovery of any method
of quickly amaSSing great wealth.
Such discovery has just been made
by a maiden lady of South Hackney,
whose solicitors recently in due form
summoned the Daily Mail to appear in
the High Court to defend a suit for
$4,000 tas a first installment, pre-
sumablyD.
This considerable sum is claimed as
the penalty, or part of the penalty,
due to any common informer who will
sue for it on proof that the defendant
is guilty of advertising or causing to
be advertised any public entertainment
or amusement on the Lord S
day. to which persons are to be ad-
mitted by the payment of money or by
tickets sold for money"
So runs clause 3 of the Sunday
Observance Act, 1880, by which the
English Sabbath is protected, as re-
cent judicial decision has reminded us.
from proclamation by the opening of
those "disorderly houses" called cinema
theaterS.
Much as it would distress us to
appear in the white sheet Of Sabbath
breaking impiety, we have to confess
that there are some formidable pro-
visions in this high-minded, If slightly
doe-eared statute Indeed, we can on "
express, in all humility, our gratitude
10 the pious plaintiff for her Christian
forbearance in claiming so small sum
as $4,000.
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unusual in the appearance or acts of
others, and, what is more to the pres
ent point. he will never hesitate a
second to speak about it.
Some people call this frankness, As
they say, but really ii is nothing but
lack Of bringing up" In the old days,
now seemingly gone beyond recall, poor
people We'd with rich people, and mod
erately well-off folks with moderately
well-oh folks. in rearing their children,
as they called the process, to be God
fearing decent men and women.
Bringing up" was not matter of
money at all Thousands of men and
women totally without education, espe-
cially with little or no money some
how managed to learn the essentials
OF good conduct.
If their children pointed to a cripple
and made any comment. such parents
their offspring for their lack of
manners"
If mankind wishes to hide its animal
heritage. as sometimes it seems bent on
doing, there is no better beginning than
TO refrain carefully from noting and
commenting on variations and differ
ences. This is federation taken out of
theory and put Squarely into practice.
In an interesting new book, THE
Island OF the Penguins," by Cherry
Kearton (McBride), it is pointed out
that pengu.ns, those amazing dress
suited fellows of the polar stretches,
spend hours In prosecuting the few
OF their kind whose markings show the
slightest variation from the normal
1t is the abnormal. then, even the
slightest variation, which the animal
world rsSents. Mothers of other breeds
have been known to kill their offspring
because they we're not of the right
color, or were crippled etc.
Even in civilization if you dare to
turn over coin before you pick it up.
you will find some bright-eyed person
whom the action has not ESCAPED.
He, mighty normal one, takes I'D his
coins without bothering which way they
lie AS far as he knows, the remainder
of the world. legally sane, is glad to pick
up It's change in any manner what
Soever.
Therefore, ne VINO dares to pick and
choose, as it were, not only is abnormal.
but he is at the Same time fioutine the
great herd OF the sacred and the sane.
wherefore, he who accepts his COINS
as they come Is very eager to lnuuire
into the strange, ridiculous and absurd
sbnormality presented by the man who
happens TO have noted, with much in
trest, relish and amusement, that most
coins are presented in change tails I'D.
Tapping coffee cup on a table twice
between slps-why, the man is a can
didate for the insane asylum, not be-
cause his action hurts any one. but be-
cause we, mighty and perfect coffee
drinkers, do not do it,
We, us and company, the herd. the
mass, the mob constitute Gods chosen
people, and surely wisdom will die
with us.
Be careful, therefore, all ye innocent
persons, of whatever persuasion, who
would fondly hope to go through life
n1inoing your own business and hoping
that others will mind theirs.
They will not, and if you can be sure
Of nothing else. you can be sure Of that.
II you want TO be a happy penguin
among the other penguins, be sure that
you look, walk and talk exactly as all
other penguins look, walk and talk
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-26

The resources Of our free Informa-
ton Bureau are at your service. You
are invited to call upon it IS often as
you please 1t is being maintained
solely to serve you. What question can
we answer for you? There is no
charge at all except 2 cents in coin or
stamps for return postage Address
your letter to The Evening Star Infor-
nation Bureau. Frederic j. Haskin, di-
rector, Washington. D. C.
@. How are the old silent movies
made over with sound? I understand
THE Birth OF a Nation" now has
sound ID. E.
A Usually when sound is added to
silent pictures they are remade. Dia-
logue is written for them and they are
re-enacted THE Birth of a Nation"
is an exception. Sound effects not
dialogue. were prepared and added to
the film or put on disks which are
synchronized with the film.
O. How does the per capita cost of
running our Government now COM
pare with It's cost in the early days?
S. M
A. Randolph Leigh, in a current
article on The American Constitu-
ton" says that for the first year the
Government was organized 789-the
per capita cost was approximately 20
cents, while at present 1t is about $40
per inhabitant.
@. Does Easter ever come before
the 2lst of March?-G. E. H.
A 1t does not The date for the
observance of Easter Sunday was de-
cided by the Council OF Nicaea in 325
as a movable feast. occurring the first
Sunday after the first full moon fol-
lowing the vernal equinox, which oc-
ours on or about the 2lst of March.
Q. How old is the plot of "Hamlet" !?
R s
A. Hamlet is based on a crude story
told by the thirteenth century Saxo
Examinations, a Danish chronicler, in
his Historic Danica," first printed in
1914 which found place in Pierre de
Belleforests Histories Tragiques"
1570), French miscellany Of trans
lated legend and romance.
O. How did we acquire Wake
Island, Midway islands, Baker Island
and Rowland Island?-F. S.
A. Wake Island was acquired by
the United States in 1893, as result
of the Spanish American War, and was
ceded to this country by Spain under
the treaty of Paris, which ended the
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credence of q reader Of fiction--a slayer
travelling about with the corpse Of his
victim, showing it, then mutilatine 1t
and finally dragging 1t nude into the
woods in q distant region and leaving
it on the chance of its non-discovery
until it was beyond the possibility Of
recognition. Analysed, 1t indicates a
singular combination Of courage. craft.
cowardice and bestiality There was
really no chance of escape, even If the
body had not been quickly identified.
The confession in New Jersey to cousin
and wife would surely have in time set
the police on the trail of the slayer and
LED to his eventual arrest if alive. The
finding of the body merely hastened the
solution But If the body had perma-
nently disappeared the solution of the
crime would have been incomplete. The
extreme difficulty of dispoSing of the
body is one of the heaviest handicapS
upon both the murderer who plots his
crime and the one who Stays in mo-
ment of passion.
A legal question arises in this case,
which may not be answered unless the
slayer confesses and tells the whole
grim story. Just where did the killing
take place? Upon the answer to that
query rests the jurisdiction over the
crime. The woman may have been
killed in New Jersey OF in New York
the arrest CT the killer in North Caro-
lima does not constitute jurisdiction
in those States, any more than the
transit of the killer and his dead victim
the District in the search for a
this community the responsibility for
trial.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-26
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHnANDER JOHNSON.

Decrease In Numbers.
A census taker made his way
To get statistics day by day.
Said he, You will be glad to know
The populations thus and So"
A gangman said, When did you get
The list which you before US Set?"
The answer was that this display
Was gathered only yesterday.
The gangman's voice grew loud and
strong.
Said he, your figures are all wrong.
Since yesterday, think what a lot
or folks have been put on the Spot!'
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cans to defeat the progressive" Repub-
lican Senator.
* X X
The program laid down by Senator
Norris and other progressive Republic
cans at the outset of the present SeS-'
sion of Congress as a sine qua non If
an extra session of the new Congress
after March 4 was to be avoided has
come along surprisingly. Muscle Shoals
has been voted upon and put in form
that pleases the progressives. The
Lame duck" constitutional amendment
resolution of Senator Norris has been
voted in the House with certain amend
ments, and may be submitted to the
States for ratifeation. Some of the
Wagner bills dealing with the problem
Of unemployment have been put
through. One demand, that for pas
sage OF the bill limiting the use of the
Injunction in labor disputes with en-
ployers. has been sidstraeksa
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A Missed Chance.

From the Fort Worth star-TeleEram.
Perhaps the Senate has overlooked
the strategy of ratifying the adherence
resolution and then referring ITS own
disputes with the President to the World
Court.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-26

The New York World may, in the
course Of business transactions, cease
TO be named as an independent factor
in American journalism. Joseph Pulitzer
will nevertheless be remembered not
only as a genius himself but as a dis
coyerer of genius.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-26

Interlocking directorates have been
the subject Of economic objection. The
idea assumes a new aspect when 1t is
discovered that a financial institution
under investigation in New York City
has three Of It's stockholders on the
grand jury.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-26

General rejoicing is reported from
Wall Street because of an upward turn
in the stock market. No one has ever
been able to guess how far prices will
go in either direction. An improvement
in business cor ditions helps the country
But the ancient and perfunctory advice.
Don't gamble" still holds good.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-26

"Vagrant,' is a word that offends Al
Capone An underworld chieftain is not
very sensitive. But he prefers to super
wise the gang vocabulary and for the
sake of discipline 10 choose his own
epithets.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-26

Interpretation of the law Is expected
TO be deliberate. 1t may be that the
New Jersey court which attempted by
one decision 70 wipe out the eighteenth
amendment as unconstitutional was try
ing TO work entirely too fast
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-26

bomb placed in the palace of Presi-
dent Machado did no harm An occa-
sional explosion has in some lands
come to be regarded more or less as a
perfunctory tribute to conspicuous
authority
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-26

Lame ducks are creating more anxiety
than the wise birds that have so man
aged themselves as to be able to paddle
their way to success in other waters
than those OF politics.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-26

Naval equipment is the great subject
of discussion among nations. Yet many
authorities continue to assert that in
the event Of crucial test aircraft will
have the last word.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-26

Having studied Shakespeare, it may
wants a night that will last = lifetime
he can get into literature with a defense
Of the Baconian theory.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-26
StumbIers.

From the Haverhin Evening Gazette.
Developing airplanes that win have
q low landing speed is worth while
And can't something similar be done
for human beings who slip 0r stub
than toen2
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-26

Even the old authors who have cult
waited gruesomeness would be little
startled if they could read the reports
OF homicidal horrors day by day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-26
Winning I'm a Walk.

To win our admiration true
What different things men have to do!
Now Charlie Chaplin views the crowd
Competitive for honors proud.
Some Sweetly sing. Some wisely talk.
But Charlie merely has TO walk.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-26
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

war. Midway Islands are now a part
of the Hawaiian group, and under the
jurisdiction Of the Hawaiian govern
ment. They were discovered by Can't.
u. c. Brooks in the ship Gambler on
July S. 1889. and officially taken pos
session of in the name of the United
States on August %, 1857. by Capt.
Reynolds of the u. S. s. Lackawanna.
Baker Island was taken possession OF
in the name of the Unites States in
1889 by an American named Michael
Baker. who first discovered it in 1892.
Rowland Island was discovered hy
George E. Netcher in 1912, and on
cially possessed in the name Of the Unit
ed States in 1887.
Q. What countries were represented
at the firSt meeting Of the peace con-
ference * M @.
A. The first meeting was held In
the Sale de la Paix, formerly known
as the Sale de Horologie COR Hall OF
Mirrors, and the following countries
were represented: France, Great
Britain, United States, Japan, Brazil,
Belgium, Serbia, Greece, Rumania,
Czechoslovakia. Poland, China, Hedjaz,
Canada, Australia, South Africa, India.
Siam, New Zealand and Portugal.
q. Is II cruel 10 shoe horSeS?-R. NJ.
A. 1t is not. In fact, TO use unshod
horses for heavy work is very cruel
An unshod horse doing much walking
or heavy work may become seriously
lame.
O. Is there such a place as Grau-
stark B.
A. There is not. The little princi-
pality was created by an American
novelist.
@. When will the Hoover Dam be nm
ished?-C. T.
A. 1t Is estimated that II will take six
and half years TO complete it. When
finished, it will store enough water To
cover the State of New York TO a depth
Of foot.
@. Why are doctors prescriptions
written in Latin?-S. S. l..
A 1t is because for many centuries
Latin was the language OF learning. At
the present time, due to this fact, 1t Is
the one language which is universally
studied by those engaged in the legal,
medical and many other learned pro
LESSONS Consequently a French doc
tor would understand the terms Of
prescription equally well as 4 Czecho-
slovakian doctor.
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A Statesman Fain Would Fishing Go
The statesman now Is wishin'
For the sparkling rivers brink.
He says he's goin' fshin',
But he wants a chance to think.
He will not be detected
If his score shows only naughts.
Though no FISH may be collected,
He'll at least collect his thoughts
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-26
Prize Winners,

A generous man SurmiSes
He can aid some worthy elf.
He gives many famous prizes
But cannot win one himself.
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ImpOlite Politics.

Didn't our rough friend tell you
that his local campaign was all over
but the shouting?"
II misunderstood him. admitted
Senator Sorghum. What he said was
that it was all over but the shooting"
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These GOssip DAYS.

Why don't you write book"
For two reasons" answered Miss
Miss Cayenne: IF I wrote one that
didn't sell, I'd be disappointed, and if
wrote one that did sell, I'd be
ashamed"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-26

After hearing both sides of a story"
said Hi Ho. the sage of Chinatown,
you may find yourself compelled to
yawn because the story wasn't worth
telling In the first place"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-26

II don't believe in ghos eS," said
Uncle Eben. Even il dar is any, I
never heard of DER bein any help to
anybody"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-26

Jud TunkinS says some folks appear
TO prefer quiet weddings jes' for the
fun of havin' noisy divorce.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-26

O. Is there such a place as Grau-
stark B. B.
A. There is not The little princi-
pality was created by an American
novelist.