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Today Is the
Anniversary OF
LAENNECsS BIRTH


On Feb. II, 1881, Rene Theophile
Laennec, French physician famed for
his invention Of the stethoscope, was
born at Quimper, Brittany.
His invention, by means of which
a physician can listen to sounds pro-
duced by the body, was at first a
mere roll of paper. His idea, crude
as it was, was rapidly diffused into
every country.
But Laennec did far more than
introduce a useful and convenient
device into medicine. He explored
with extraordinary skill the physical
signs in the chest which correspond
to a large number of diseases. The
major part ON our chest-lore and
much of the technique and nomencla-
ture of chest examination came di-
rect from him.
Despite continual bad health and
the shortness of his life, Laennec's
brilliance and devotion to duty at a
Paris hospital enabled him to trans
nit his views and methods to many
other physicians. He is said to be
among the greatest physicians Of all
time.
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mate made in 1923, the rate had
| risen to 736 for men and TIA for
women. The 1880 census figures for
these percentages are not yet COM
pleted.
Q.-What is the farthest known
star from the earth? ]. D. S.
A.-Dr. Shapley of Harvard Col
lege Observatory says that recent re-
search indicates that the greatest
distance as yet estimated is for
CLOUD D" in the Coma Virgo Super
gdlaxy-17O,00o 900 light years. This
is, of course. a far greater distance
than that of Arcturus.
Q.-When was the City of Phila-
dclplia planned? M. Y. H.
A.-The town of Philadelphia was
| planned before William Penn left
England in 1852. Before 1888 Phila-
delphia mad more than 500 In
habitants.
@. What is athletes foot? G. T. N.
A. This term originated with DR..
Charles F. Pabst to designate ring
worm of the foot.
@. Please publish names of the
people who have been buried in the
| Washington Cathedral. F. A. G.
A. Many years ago congress passed
a special act authorizing the author
i;;oc nf yUo chirufor Cofhodyo1 RI houo
four burials a year in the Gothic ed
ifice now rising on Mount Saint AL
ban. Since the foundation stone Of
the Cathedral was laid by President
Roosevelt in 1907, there have been
fourteen burials in the crypts: Right
Reverend Thomas John Claggett,
first Bishop of Maryland and first
| Bishop to be consecrated on Ameri-
can soil, and Mary CAN'T Claggett,
his wife. (Their remains were trans
planted to the Cathedral from the
church yard at Crome, Maryland, in
accordance with action taken by the
General Convention of the Protest.
ant Episcopal church,. George
Dewey, Admiral of the Navy and
trustee of the Cathedral Foundation.
Right Reverend Alfred Harding, Sec
end Bishop Of Washington, and JUS
tine Prindie Harding, his wife. Her
mar Henry Kohlsaat-journalist, edi-
tor, and publisher, noted for his serv-
ice to the public. Reverend Walden
Myer, Canon of Washington Cathe-
dral, and trustee of the Cathedral
Foundation. Reverend j. Townsend
Russell, Canon of Washington Cath
edral. Right Reverend Henry Yates
Satterlee, first Bishop of Washing
ton, and Jane Lawrence Satterlee,
his wife. Henry Vaughan, first arch
itect of Washington Cathedral. Wood
row Wilson, twenty eighth president
OF the United States. Henry White,
former ambassador to France, dis
tinguished diplomat and trustee of
the Cathedral Foundation. Melville
F. Stone, journalist, a founder of the
Associated Press.
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DON'T OVER-EXERCISE WITH
YOUR FORK

Some time ago Thomas A. Edison
gave out some of his opinions on
health and diet to a group OF report
ers. In view of his age, eighty-four,
and the tremendous amount OF men,
tai and physical work which he per-
forms, his views r intensely inter-
esting. MI. Edison said: Sickness is
pretty hard on the working nal now.
It's hard for them to get a good doc
tor, and proper care Is expensive.
| There is too much sickness; some
thing will have to be done about 1t,
and that is where biology and chem
istry come in" When the reporter
asked, "Will science tell us to eat less
as it has told us to drink less?" MI
| Edison answered: Eighty per cent
of our deaths are due to over-eating.
After the age of twenty-one q large
variety and quantity of food is un-
necessary. All those things crowd the
stomach and cause poisons. 1t takes
| courage to learn restraint, but all that
eating is unnecessary. I find that my
weight keeps up on a glass OF milk
alone, every two hours"
Successful men are almost united
on the opinion that heavy eating is
not conducive to heavy thinking.
Usually they have arrived at this
from their own experiments. They
r1ay differ a great deal as to which
foods are best for them, but they are
united in the view that the use of
moderate amounts is the safest plan.
Henry Ford as we'll as Mr. Edison has
trained himself to eat in moderation.
If you will notice carefully you will
find that you are never at your best
mentally after a heavy meal; drowsi-
ness and a lack of ambition are COM
monty noted. In fact, the chief rea-
son that I have found for that uni
versal tired feeling in the afternoon
is %overeating at luncheon.
Distinguished patients are always
in a great danger when their doctors
are afraid to let them go for many
hours without food. In this connec-
ton, I was glad to read the words of
a noted news c0lumniSt: Many that
might recover die because loving rela-
tiveS or unwise doctors insist on their
taking nouriShment. A sick man is
CAAiAAAAAdtAilS POAoO1lS. his SySIcM =
do that and absorb nouriShment at
the same time. Those who forget it
are apt to die"
OvereaCing is never the best policy
even during health, and it is one of
the worst things that can happen
during sickness. If you feel you are
among the millions who eat too much,
I would suggest you begin today to
reduce the size of your meals. This
is n of the best and safest remedies
for sleepiness, lack of pep and gen.
eral sluggishness. This is the wisest
plan, especially for those who are be-
coming advanced in years. If you are
accustomed to large meals, your sto-
mach may feel empty for awhile, but
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its chance with the rest.-Helen Will
kinson, British M. p.
* X X
I am confident that the peace OF
the world will be preserved and that
before long a new era of prosperity
will dawn.-Premier Mussolini of
Italy.
X X X
If I were not a writer I myself
could be a very capable criminal, and
it would be very easy for mt to earn
money by swindling.-Edgar Wallace.
X 4
Boys and girls should be kept apart
all through the lower schools, high
schools and universities. In short, I
think, they should be kept apart
through the whole of their educa-
tional period.-Dr. Clarence Cook
Little.
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KFYR


Wednesday, February 18th
$40 Kilocycles-545.1 Meter
A. NJ.
7:0O-Farm flashes.
7:10-Weather report. -
7:15-Farm reporter in washington.
7:3O-O1d-time music.
Decentralization period.
S:00-Around the Town; Radio floor
walker.
9:00-Sunshine hour.
9:3O-World Bookman.
1o:o0-Opening grain markets; weath-
err report.
10:1O-Aunt Sammy; daily household
1o:so-Primer for town farmers.
1O:57-Arlington time signals.
IL :0O-Grain markets.
11:15-German program.
11:3O-Organ pregnant: Grace Duryee
12:00-Grain markets; Bismarck Trib-
une news and weather.; lunch
o program.
2:O0-Grain markets.; high. low and
close: Bismarck Tribune news,
weather and ST. Paul livestock
2:30-Siesta hour Good News Radi>
s:oo-Music.
5:00-Music.
5:15-Uncle Paul's kiddie time.
5:35-Stocks and bonds.
5:50-Music.
5:45-Bismarck Tribune news.
5:40-Bismarck Tribune sports items
6:0O-Dinner hour organ recital:
Grace Duryee Morris.
6:15-Jennie Thompson and Ethel
Moore Bauer.
embarrassing.
7:OO-Trinity Lutheran mixed quar-
7:15-Legislative tidbits.
7:30-Jackie Sherman.
7:46-Royars poet of the organ.
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Tin Pan Alley Is said to be capital
izing the latest Hollywood incident
with q new tune: "Keaton on the
Keys"
\ \ X
At least, the Tully- Gilbert, Keaton-
Keys alterations have given certain
Hollywood stars opportunity to view
brighter consultations.
X = X
Unlike most fighters, however, Bus
ter isn't asking for a return engage
ment.
X i
Women are poor losers when it
comes to dieting.
* x *
Some New York magistrates, like a
third string ball player. seem to serve
no other beneficial purpose than
warming the bench.
X X X
It is no indication a farmer is do
nestle merely because he belongs to
the sowing circle.
Copyright, 1881, NEA Service. 1nc.)
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The End of a Legend

One trouble with the world these days is that there
are so many people who like to go about destroying
all of our harmless and pleasant little illusions.
There is, for instance, Miss Beatrice Grinshaw. who
declares-in her recent book, isles of Adventure"-tha
there are no more cannibals in New Guinea.
She qualities it a little, of course. There are a few,
way back in the hills; but they are rather ashamed OF It,
and they are dying out anyhow, and nobody in New
Guinea is in the slightest danger Of being plopped into
some cannibal c~hieftains dinner pot.
Here, we submit, is a fine sample of subversivs ltera-
ture. If there are no cannibals in New Guinea, there
should be some. AT the very worst, nobody ought to come
right out and reveal the uninspiring truth. The world
is getting prosaic enough as it is. We have a right to
keep a few of the old traditions.
The trouble really began seversl hundred years ago.
When Columbus headed across the Atlantic and, instead
OF reaching China. bumped into a wild and sparsely
settled continent. he killed a whole set Of exciting tradi-
lions. To be sure, he led to the creation Of many new
ones; for years thereafter people could dream Of the
golden city Of Manoa, and the seven cities of Cibola,
and that weird land in the northwest where mems faces
grew out of their chests, and tribes Of faar-skinned, won
drously- beautiful Amazons ruled the country. But those
legends, in their turn, faded and were no more: and by
the time the twentieth century arrived the really stirring
tales Of distant lands were few indeed.
AS q matter Of fact, the explorer Is q less useful Great
rre than he is supposed to be. He IS supposed to be q
visionary. but in reality he IS Ill too practical. The true
visionary would be content to dream about tabled lands
and perlous seas; the explorer goes and looks at them
in the flesh, and never any more are they places OF
fable and alluring peril. Instead they become mere
for the exporters Of New York and Hamburg, or
coalinx stations for the oddly named cruisers ard gun
boats Of the British fleet.
How many places ore there left. on al the globe. about
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soon notice that If you eat a heavy
meal, such as you were previously ac-
Customed to, you will Immediately feel
distressed and over-full.
I realize that this rule for increas-
ing your pep and health will probably
seem too easy and simple to produce a
remarkable improvement, but I can
promise you that if you wish to gain
your best health, you will have to
learn to guard against ~overeating un-
til it becomes a habit with you to
take no more than is needed, and to
make sure that the foods which you
do eat are best suited to the needs of
your body.
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which one can let ones Imagination run wild, unchecked
by any prosaic facts? You can count them on the
fingers Of one hand. The polar regions. the Cobb desert.
the African interior. the islands Of the P~acific-their
mysteries are vanishing like snow under an April sun.
We know altogether too much as it is. If we must have
more books describing these places, let them be written
by talented and imaginative liars.
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Quotations

In a period of depression we must
run as fast as We can to stay where
we are.-Cyrus H. K. Curtis.
X \ X
Now that so many other careers are
open to women, marriage has to take
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
MOngOlian Type

Question: Mrs. H. writes: my
doctor tells me that my little girl is
a Monaghan type. Is there any hope
CT this child ever becoming normal?"
Answer: OF course, I do not know
enough about your child's case to give
you a very good opinion, but many
of these children are able to learn
enough so as to take care of them
selves and not be a burden to So
ciety.
Cream of Tartar
Question: Mrs. G. H. asks: rs
one-half teaspoonful of e of tar
tar in water every morning any bene-
fit to the nervous system? What can
be done for extreme nervousness
caused by great shock and fear?"
Answer: The cream of tartar would
be of no benefit and probably be
harmful to you if you took it every
morning. If your nervousness is
caused from shock and fear you
should read some good books on
psychology or consult a psychoanalyst
who can teach you how to straighten
out your mind and think construc-
lively.
Skin D~iscOloratiOn
Question: G.. r. asks: Can you
tell me the effect the liver would
have on q persons skin? My nose is
mostly brown and looks as though !
had been tanned, but someone said
1t looked like liver trouble. I am 20
years Old
Answer: Liver trouble usually
causes a vellowish tinge to the skin
and whites of the eyes. In some cases
brown spots occur on the skin. I
would advise you to have a careful
examination to determine what is
causing the discoloration of your nose,
as it may not be liver trouble.
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Expert researchers, who a get
you any information on any subject,
are at your command. without charge
to you. A two-cent stamp will bring
You a personal answer to any in
quiry of fact you may make. Thou
sands of newspaper readers use this
great service. Try it today. Make
your inquiry easily read and easily
understood, and address the Bis
n,arck Tribune Information Bureau,
Frederic j. Haskin, Director, WASH
ington, D. G.
Q.-Where is the largest steel cur
tain in She country w. D.
A.-variety says that the one used
at Convention Hall, Atlantic City. is.
II Is 108 feet in width, and is a steel
frame covered with asbestos cloth.
Next is the one at the Alamac Temple
in Los Angeles. covering 104 feet.
Solid steel curtains r not generally
used or required except in Chicago,
where there Is one 70 feet In width
ct the Granada Theatre.
V.-kAV kOAA, dAC WHICH 4OACo
played only in the winter? J. B. C..
A.-The expression, winter rules, is
in a sense a misnomer, for a green's
committee may post the sign, "Play
Winter Rules" at any time when in
the judgment of the committee it is
advisable to require the improving Of
lies through the fairways in order to
protect the course as much as pos
sible from damage. Usually, however,
playing winter rules comes in the
winter or early spring when ground
conditions are at their worst.
Q.-What it the name given to the
upper left-hand corner of the edi-
torial page of a newspaper or other
similar publication, where the SUBJ
seription rates appear? A. S.
Alt Is known as the masthead.
Q.--Should a flag be used as a
table or desk cover for a speaker?
q. G. G.
At is not considered respectful
to use the American flag as a table
cover.
Q.-Where in England is the
church known as the Round
Church.? E. P.
A.-You probably refer to Saint
Sepulchre, a church in Cambridge,
England, commonly called the Round
Church. It is a Norman building
dating from 110l.
- yXyt,ay, mo fha Die xyuro,pd or,H
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Answer: &Qla s!|a6sS
A&'::a::, ,s E'!1IsI Ea,ss@l.:zs.@

and others. Theodore Roosevelt was
honorary president.
| Q.-When did the practice of vac
cination against smallpox begin?
r. r.
Alt began about 1896. Before
this time, many people were inOcu-
lated with the disease.
Q.-When was the first life insur-
ance policy issued? N. G.
A.-The earliest policy of which
anything definite is known was is
sued in 1888 in London, insuring the
life of William GIBBONS for a twelve
month. This policy was underwrit-
ten by 10 persons acting individually
and the premium was $4,000 a
thousand.
Q.-What is meant by the term
Timing" as generally used in refer
cree to the improvement of soil?
M. L.
A.-The term lining as generally
Used means the application to the
soil of the element known to chem
lists as calcium in one of two forms
either calcium carbonate, more
commonly known as carbonate of
lime, or calcium oxide, the ordinary
burned lime of commerce. Carbonate
OF magnesium mixed with carbonate
IF lime, As in dolomitic or magne-
sian limestone, and the mixed oxides
resulting from burning such lime
stones are included also under the
term lime.
Q.-What does the abbreviation p.
a. following a lawyers name in a
legal notice mean? H. D. N.
Att signifies per quod" and
means whereby. In this last it
means the lawyer attaches his sig
nature and the reason whereby it is
official is the fact that he is a notary
appointed at a certain time, giving
the expiration of his term of office.
Q.-When was the New York Stock
Exchange formed? j. E. N.
A.-The present stock exchange
traces its origin to a group of men
who held daily meetings under a but
tonwood tree which stood at what
is now IS Wall Street. New York City.
1t was in 1882 that a formal organi-
Zetion was effected.
Q.-How many white men and
women out of 1000 born live to be
50 years old? F. E. T.
A.-According to the 1920 census,
out of 1000 white males born, 674
lived to be fifty. Out of each 1000
white females born, sos lived to the
age of fifty. According to an esti-
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Editorial Comment

Editorials printed below show the trend OF though
by other editors. They are published without regard
to whether they agree or disagree with the Ir'o-
une's policies.
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Q.-When was the Playground and
Recreation Society OF America
formed? M. L.
Alt was organized in 1906 by
Jacob Riis, Luther Halsey Gulick,
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if you decrease your meals until your
stomach has become accustomed to
the smaller sized helpings, you will

DR.. Mccoy will gladly answer
personal questions on health and
diet addressed to him. care OF
The Tribune.
Enclose q stamped addressed
envelope for reply.
The Washington times., 1931-04-06
EDWARD ]. McQUEENEY

Funeral services for Edward j.
McQueeney, 54, of 1858 East Capi.
tol St., chief engineer at the East.
ern High School, who died yes.
terday at Emergency Hospital
following a brief illness, will be
held Wednesday at $40 a. m
from the residence of his sister,
Mrs. Mary Lynch, 1929 ILL.,, Ave
N. w. Mass will be said at 8
a. m. at the Church of the
Nativity, with burial in Mt. OliVet
Cemetery.
Mr.. McQueeney, who was a
native of Washington, had been
employed with the public schools
of Washington for 81 years. His
brother, Hugh F.. McQueency, is
superintendent of janitors, and
another brother, William Nc,
Queeney, is assistant superinten-
dent of janitors. All three
brothers have been employed for
several years by the school board
Beside his two brothers and
Mrs. Lynch, Mr.. McQueeney is
survived by another sister, Mrs
Katherine Sweeney, also of Wash,
ington.
The Washington times., 1931-04-06
MANY WORSHIP
On EASTER

Nearly 10000 negro church
communicates of the city at,
tended special Easter services at
the many churches throughout
the city yesterday.
Among the visiting clergymen
we're Bishop J. S. Caldwell of
Philadelphia, who spoke at John
Wesley A. M. E. Zion Church at
the morning services, and DR.. E.
H. Cult Of New York, missionary
secretary of the A. M. F. Church,
who spoke at Metropolitan A.
M. E. Church.
Holy Communion and ser
mon on The One Fundamental
Law Upon Which the Resurrec-
ton Is Based" by the Rev. j.
F. Whitfield was the feature of
the exercises at the Twelfth
Street Christian Church. The
Rev. r. w. Brooks of Lincoln
Temple spoke on Immortality
a Living Hope"
At the Friendship Baptist
Church. the Rev. B. H. Whiting
used as the text of his sermon,
"The Resurrection and It's Sig
nificance." Similar sermons on
the Resurrection we're delivered
by the Rev. William H. King of
Plymouth Congregational Church,
the Rev. Julius Carroll of Mt.
Zion M. E. Church. the Rev. C.
T. Murray of Vermont Avenue
Baptist Church, the Rev. E. C.
Smith of Metropolitan Baptist
Church, the Rev. R. A. Farley
of Tabor Presbyterian Church,
the Rev. H. T. Gaskins of Lib
erty Baptist Church and the
Rev. George Bullock of the Third
Baptist Church.
The Washington times., 1931-04-06

@ ' N
WELLS A. HARPER

Funeral services for Wells A.
Harper, 10, a founder and mem,
ber of the first board of directors
of the District National Bank, who
died yesterday in Leesburg, Va,
following short attack of pneu.
monia, will be held late today at
the Presbyterian Church, at
Leesburg with burial in Union
Cemetery.
Mr.. Harper, who was a son of
the late Robert Harper, was one
of the leading farmers of Lou.
doun county, where he had lived
during the greater part Of his
lifetime. His brother, Robert N
Harper, former president of the
District National Bank, is his
only survivor.
Leon Ulman, John F.. Maury
and C. j. Gockeler will represent
the bank at the services today.
Joseph Wilson, 35 years. found in
Potomac River.
The Washington times., 1931-04-06
MRS. LILLIAN R. HIGGINS

Funeral services for Mrs. Lii.
liar r. Higgins. native Of
washington, who died Satul day
at Walter Reed Hospital follow,
ing a six-weeks' illness, will be
held tomorrow at 10 a. m. from
her home, 232 Fourteenth st. N
W., with the Rev. Alfred e. Bar,
rows officiating. Burial will be
in Prospect Hill Cemetery.
Active in local club circles,
Mrs. Higgins was a member of
the Ladies Auxiliary of the Vim
cent Costello Post Of the Ameri.
car Legion and other clubs.
She is survived by her husband
Henry J. Higgins; a son, Henry
G. Higgins; four brothers. Fred,
Charles, Christopher and George
G. Bartelmes, and one sister,
Mrs. Mary Webster. all of this
city,
The Washington times., 1931-04-06
1930LYNCH|NGS
DOUBLE THOSE
FOR 1929
Total for Year Is Put at II;
Six States on Honor Roll
Lose Rating, Report Says

NEW YORK, April 6.-The
ninth annual honor roll, showing
States free from lynching in the
year 1880, has just been an
nounced by the commission on
race relations of the Federal
Council of the Churches of
Christ in America.
The record shows that lynch
ings took place in nine States,
as compared with five States in
1929.
The number of victims was 21
during 1880, more than double
> the number of the previous year.
OF the FL persons lynched, one
was white and 20 were negroes.
Six States Lose Rating
Six States which have been
on the honor roll because free of
lynching in former years lost
their rating because of lynchingS
in 1880. These States were Ala,
bama, Georgia and South Caro-
lima, free of lynching since 1927;
North Carolina, free since 1921;
Oklahoma, free since 1926, and
Indiana, which had not had a
lynching since 1908. Kentucky
and Tennessee, which lost their
places on the roll in 1929, have
regained them by having no
lynching record in 1880. Said
the report:
can analysis of the figures
shows that last years spread of
the evil was similar to the
reactions that took place in
1924 and 1926.
Trend Is Favorable
"The general trend since 1922
has been toward a fewer num-
ber Of victims in a smaller
number of States and a larger
number of lynchings prevented,
of which there were 40 in 1880.
"This indicates that vigOr on
the part of officers of the law
and an aroused public con-
science can make America a
lynchleSS land. To free our
territory from the sway of the
mob is a most vital challenge
to all adherentS of the churches
and to all patriotic citizens"