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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-09
The Deal Is Closed.

The Southwest Farmers Market deal
has apparently been closed. A parcel
OF ground originally offered to the Dis
trict by the Terminal Refrigerating g.
WarehouSing Corporation for S69, GAO
has been reduced in price to $4,000.
Another parcel OF ground offered for
$4,000 and condemned by a jury which
, awarded the same owners $4,000, will
be sold for $4,000. Still another plot,
appraised by District witnesses at Sc, 500,
| appraised by the property owner at
$12,640, and condemned by jury which
! awarded $4,558, will be sold later when
the property owners appeal from the
condemnation award is heard. And
whatever difference there is between
the final award and $4.559 will be paid,
in effect, by the Terminal Refrigerating
g. Warehousing Corporation. which will
make proportionate reduction in the
price fixed for the land it is selling the
District.
The District is left with about $50, 900
out OF an appropriation of 5000, 900, and
it will utilize this balance to construct
the sheds for the befriended farmers
and others.
From this deal it may be construed
that the District has been saved ap-
proximately $78,640-the difference be-
tween the original asking prices and
the final agreed prices for the purchase
of land from the Terminal Refrigerat-
ing & Warehousing Corporation. Or,
looking at it another way, the Terminal
Retrigerating g. Warehousing Corpora
ton has sacrificed about $78,640 in
order to assure the development of the
wholesale farmers market.
But no matter how one regards this
transaction. it certainly reflects no
glory on the Congress which hastily
committed the District to spending the
money for the market in the face of
objections from the taxpayers. And it
reflects no glory on the District off,
Gals who were willing to spend $4,000
for land they will finally buy for $4,000
and, before publicity brought the mat
ter to the attention of Controller Gen
eral McCarl were planning to go as
far as they could on the market prop
osition with what money they had and,
after waiting for two years, were going
back to Congress and ask for more.
The taxpayers of the District, I'M
represented in the Congress which ap-
propriates their money and fixes their
taxes accordingly, have right to expect
a vigilant and alert guardianship of
their interests at the Municipal Build
ing.
1t is to be hoped that the sheds to be
erected at the market site will be ade-
quate to protect the farmers and their
cabbages from the sun in Summer and
the rain and sleet in Winter; that the
Terminal Refrigerating & Warehousing
Corporation and the Pennsylvania Rail
road will prosper, and that the tax
payers, who furnish the 100000, will
learn In time why they were called upon
TO make the investment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-09
A Saga in the Rough.

Paul Bunyan is the legendary hero
OF the North woods, whose keen ak
could fell great trees at blow. John
Henry Is the giant whose feats with a
ten-pound maui driving railroad spikes
and with bales of cotton on the levees
of the Mississippi have been sung in
song and story. And there are, of
course, Casey Jones, and, more appro-
PIRATE still, just plain Casey. But now
We have the interesting spectacle of a
Legendary hero in the making, none
other than the current idol of the
bleachers, Mr.. Pepper Martin of the
st. Louis Cardinals.
The legend makers are already &C.
cumulating their data. Those who
knew him when" recall that Mr.. Mar
tin, before he joined the Cardinals,
used to go out on the Texas prairies
after rabbits. Martin would run along
beside rabbit, lean down to feel the
rabbits ribs, and if the rabbit was thin
and scrawny, let him go. If the rab-
bit was fat and husky. Martin would
pick him up and stow him in his bag
as he ran. OF course, that tale is rela-
lively tame, compared to what Mr.. Mar
tin has done at the bat and on the
base paths in the world series.
And twenty years hence Martin will
be credited with other wondrous things
-unless! The prospect is too awful to
contemplate, but just supposing that
the Athletics were to fill the bases in
the ninth inning, that with two out
Mr.. Simmons of Philadelphia were to
swat one on the nose and send it hard
and high toward center field and that
Mr. Pepper Martin, racing as he races
after rabbits on the Texas prairies,
leaped high and caught that ball as it
started to clear the fence-and dropped
it! That is not dream. That is a
nightmare.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-09
Patrons of the Art Defend
Intelligence of Ministers

tailment of whistling production and
an improvement in the quality"
"a great many persons do whistle to
keep their courage up-so many that
the expression has become proVerb,
agrees the Lynchburg News, but 1t holds
that "the professors trouble seems to
be in generalizing too much" and that
had he made his remarks less sweep
ing. he would have been nearer the
truth The Rochester Times Union.
however, voices the suspicion: After
all, We doubt if Prof Shaw took his
charge as seriously as did his students.
We rather imagine he was emulating
the little boy who was scolded by his
Sunday school teacher for whistling in
church. Well said the boy by way of
explanation Of his conduct. I was just
trying to make Sunday school little
more interesting"
1T is possible" says the Milwaukee
Sentinel, that it is easier to think to
a fiddle or to monograph than to
whistle Perhaps the doctor had traffic
policemen in mind. Some persons must
find it easier to think to music. All
such persons cannot play musical in
struments; indeed. playing the fiddle
while they think will interfere with the
earning of their living. A paperhanger,
for instance, canont play the fiddle
while he works, and yet he may be
thinking sprightly thoughts which cry
for the accompaniment Of music. Will
DR.. Shaw deny his intellectual power If
he whiStles?"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-09
VOlstead Act Change
Held UP to Congress

To the Editor OF The Star.
The editorial appearing in The Star
OF the twenty-ninth regarding the de-
mand now being mde for a modification
of the Volstead act to permit the sale
of light wines and beer is hardly up to
the standard expected by the many
readers of The Star. In the first place.
Congress. which passed the Volstead
act. defining the alcoholic content at
cne-half of one per cent, unquestionably
has the authority to change that law
and to decrease or increase the present
content as fixed by the Volstead act.
The editorial was therefore misleading
to the extent that it strongly indicated
that such a change is beyond the pow
er of Congress.
Assuming that Congress might have
the right to modify the Volstead act.
the editorial goes on to predict that
Congress would hesitate to enact such
legislation because it would be a multi
f1cation of the Constitution. The pres
ent provision fixes the alcoholic content
at one-half of one per cent. Had the
Congress originally fixed the content at
three or four per cent, no question
would have arisen as to its authority to
do so. The exact point at which a
beverage becomes intoxicating may be
d OeDdLaDle question:, DuC II CIle InaCCeT
were ever to be contested in the courts,
common sense at once shows that the
overwhelming weight of opinion would
be to the effect that three or four per
cent alcoholic content Is not intoxicat-
ing
The editorial finally concludes that
should Congress modify the Volstead act
as suggested the proponents of the
change would encounter hopeless task
in their inability to prove to the
Supreme Court that the content fixed
by Congress was on-intoXicating. This
statement is also misleading because it
preSupposes what the lower courts
would hold and wrongly presumes that
the burden Of proof would rest upon
the proponents of the modified act. The
case must first be tried by lower court
and in such a proceeding the burden
of proving that the content fixed in the
modified law is intoxicating would rest
upon those who brought the proceeding
those opposed to the modification.
Should the lower courts sustain the
Congress and the case be appealed to
the Supreme Court, there would be no
shifting there of the party on which
the burden Of roof rested Moreover,
the Supreme Court is not fact finding
body. Its decisions are based and
rendered on the weight of evidence ad-
duced in the lower courts.
w. T. PARROTT.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-09
Chicago Must Limit
Convention Prices

From the Rock Island Argus.
Chicago is making strenuous efforts
to secure both the Democratic and Re
publican National Conventions. Mayor
Cermak Is asking 200 mayors OF cities
of more than $4,000 population to sup
port Chicago'S ami itionS. 1t cannot be
denied that CHICAGO has every possible
facility for handling conventions.
However, there are some who hold it
against Chicago that when the Repub-
lican National Convention met there
in 1920 exorbitant prices were charged
for food and lodging. When Chicago
sought the Republican National Con-
ventfons of 1924 and 1928 it was not
successful mostly because OF the high
hotel and restaurant charges OF 1920.
If Chicago wants the convention OF
either or both political parties in
1882 it must be able to convince the
Committees that prices will not be in
creased and that no visitor TO the CITY
will be- overcharged.
Illinois people outside of Chicago
would be glad to have Chicago
designated as the convention city of
one or both parties, and in that event
/ tlet would visit Chicago by the thou
sands if such q designation was made.
It devolves upon Chicago business men
to guarantee that prices OF entertain
ment will be right ana the hotel ana
restaurant proprietors must enter into
q definite and ironclad agreement not
to inflict excessively high charges upon
guests. Both Cleveland and Kansas
City acquitted themselves SO creditably
In this respect that convention visitors
remember the hospitality extended to
them with pleasure. Chicago must put
a stop to excessive charges and be able
to keep its prices down to reasonable
limits If 1t wants q national political
convention.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-09

nipulation. 1t Is said that he could at
any time have gone upon the stage with
as much success as any Of the masters
OF magic who have amused and fooled
and mystified millions Of people. But
he remained, first Of ALL jeweler and
kept his hobby in the secondary place
ing his life. Yet 1t became an impor-
tant factor In his career, for he used
it to the delight Of great numbers Of
children, inmates Of institutions. pa
tients in hospitals. little folks with few
pleasures. Estimate has been made that
he performed annually before no less
than $4,000 youngsters. He took no
fees for these shows. though OCCASION
ally he would consent to give enter
tainments for the benefit of charitable
institutions, turning over all receipts
to their funds. His home was a ver-
liable museum Of the paraphernalia of
the magician'S art. and even his place
of business held quantities of the APP
planes that he used in his programs.
Probably everybody who has ever seen
a stage magician do his tricks has
wished to be able to do as we'll Only
few have the manual dexterity and
the patience and the peculiar capacity
for visual deception permitting this line
of tricks. Magic" sets are sold in great
numbers to ambitious young people,
who acquire a few parlor stunts merely
to find that the role of the true ma
gician may be filled only by dint of
incessant practice, and by gifted few
at that. Mr.. Mayer persisted and the
children OF his world for at least two
generations past have been made the
happier in consequence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-09

about 1886. and the product was intro
duced under this name to the medical
profession at the meeting of the Amer
lean Medical Association in Chicago in
June, 1887.
@. What is the altitude record for
glider? Who holds it?-y. M.
A. The altitude record Of 1900 feet
above the point of take-of is held by
w. Hawley Bowlus
O. When was the old Shoreham Hotel
in Washington, D. c., briit?-E. II.
A. The permit was issued in Septem-
Der, 1892.
@. In the Order of B'nai Birth,
what do the last words mean?-W. c.
A. They mean Sons of the Cove
nant. The order Is the Oldest Of the
Jewish fraternities.
@ When was the American Tele-
phone 81 Telegraph Co. formed?-B. M
A. 1t was incorporated in 1885 70
carry on the ng-distance toll business
of the American Bell Telephone Co.,
and all of the stock of the American
Telephone e. Telegraph Co. was
owned by the American Bell Telephone
Co. until 1900. when the stock of the
latter was turned into the company in
exchange for stock of the American
Telephone 81 Telegraph Co.
@. What is the name of the 12-
yearold boy who has been appointed
professor of the violin by Mussolini?-
C. E.
A. He is Will Cornides Won Krein-
rach. He was appointed as professor
Of the violin at the new Juvenile
Academy Of Music in Rome, Italy.
Q. What does "spizzerlnckam" mean?
C. F. D.
A. 1t is slang expression usually &C
copied as the equivalent of what 1t
takes whether energy, pluck or even
money-whatever is necessary to cope
with given situation.
@. How many people in the United
States are engaged in business on their
own account?-W. E. L.
A. National Income and It's Pur-
chasing Power says that in 1927 there
were $4,000 individuals in manufactur-
ing industries and ,499o0 in mercan-
tile concerns.
@. Did the Sandwich glass house
make the first pressed glass?-M. w. P.
A. The Sandwich glass house was the
first to adopt and perfect method Of
manipulating glass by pressure instead
of by blowing. 1t Is customary to credit
this factory with the invention of the
pressing process, but pressing is almost
as ancient as blowing The specimens
in which collectors are most interested
are the ones turned out during the first
Is or 80 years Of the company's exist
ence Practically every conceivable de-
sign and color was used in the manu-
facture of this glass.
q Who owns the Union Station in
Washington, D. C.?-E. E. S.
A. 1t is the property Of the Washing
ton Terminal Co.. Which is owned
jointly by the Baltimore & Ohio and
the Pennsylvania Railroads.
O. How many toll bridges are there
in the United States?-F. NJ.
A. There are about 300. They are
privately owned and fees are only sup
posed to be assessed until the costs of
the bridges are betrayed. The Govern
ment has the power to fix the fees. but
only interferes when the fee charged
by the owner is excessive.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-09
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

The answers to questions printed
here each day are specimens picked
from the mass Of inquiries handled by
our great Information Bureau main
tanned in Washington, D. C. This val
liable service is for the free use of the
public. Ask any question Of fact you
may want to know and you will get an
immediate reply. Write plainly, inclose
cents in coin or stamps for return
postage, and address The Evening Star
Information Bureau, Frederic j. Has
| kin, Director, Washington, D. c.
O. Can motion picture be taken
of motion picture?-D. M.
A. 1t is not possible, so far as We
can find out. actually to make a real
movie of another movie. Light would
be necessary and consequently the
movie being photographed would not be
visible and could not register on the
film. The experts say that, of course,
| through double exposure the effect of
a movie of movie could and has been
given or that the same thing might be
done through pen or wash drawings.
In other words, an advanced form If
animated cartoons.
c. What is a jump-shift in contract
bridge?-N L.
A. 1t is raise or shift made by bid
higher than needed merely to overcall
the last preceding bid.
@. What is the daily average for
passengers carried by The BIN. T. in
New York;. D. E.
A. The rapid transit lines elevated
and subway Of the Brooklyn-Ma
haitian Transit System collect daily ap-
proximately two million fares.
Q. What pronunciation of Latin did
the Pope use when he broadcast during
the opening exercises OF the Vatican
City radio station?-C. w. C.
A. He used the Italian pronunciation.
G. How was the Labor party formed
in England?-R. S.
A. Agitation for labor representation
in the British Parliament commenced
as early as 1856. In 1874 two Labor
members were returned, Alexander
mcdowell and Thomas Burt. The
labor representation group from which
the present Labor party sprang origi-
mated in conference in Memorial Hall,
London. February 81, 1901. composed of
trade unionistS and socialist bodies, in
consequence of a resolution passed by
the Trade Union Congress the previous
September to form a labor representa-
ten committee. The organization was
nOC kIlOWn as Jne DdDOT party unLll
1906, when 20 members were returned.
The party received great impetus in
1908 through the adherence of the
miners organizations. BY 1917 it had
become truly national and in 1924 the
first Labor government took office.
@. What is knife money?-C. B.
A. 1t is a form of bronze currency
long in use in China. Money knives
were highly ornamented and bore char
acters on the blades indicating their
value in the money market. The han
dies were usually in the form of disk
with a hole in the center SO that the
knives could be strung on q cord with
other such money.
@. What is meant by neologist in
religion?-G. B.
A. One who introduces or supports
new doctrines. The name was applied
tc certain rationalists or free thinkers
in Germany In the 18th century.
@. Who coined the name matted
mike. H.
A. 1t was coined by William Horlick
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-09
News Reel Called
Caricature of Finland
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
In one of the leading motion pic
ture theaters in Washington there has
been running for the last two weeks
a picture concerning Finland, which,
to say the least, is somewhat one-sided.
In this picture a news-reeler under
takes to figure out the reason for the
international successes of Finnish ath-
letes. and arrives at the highly original
conclusion that athletics flourish In
Finland because conditions there are
such as to render athletics entirely
impossible; in other words, that life
in Finland is so terribly hard that the
struggle for existence-and very mis-
cradle existence at that-requires all
the time and energy of the people,
which, apparently, is the reason why
they have such splendid opportunities
for training for the Olympic games!
Following up this theory, the news
reeler proceeds to show certain scenes
of Finnish life, chosen with view to
depicting it as primitive and full of
hardships as possible, and ostensibly
being typical of the country at large.
Suppose somebody were to show film
of the United States on which were
seen (a) hut in a snowStorm in Alaska,
(b) some fishermen on the coast of
Maine in Midwinter, (c) and a glimpse
of a modern hotel said to be baronial
castle built centuries ago, which three
items, together with the additional in
formation that the Great Lakes are
frozen during nine months Of the year,
and that the complications Of modern
life seem as far away as Mars, were
expected to explain the fact that
Americans are the greatest athletes in
the world, and, besides, to give an
accurate idea of the country. Every
body, all over the world, would take
it as a grotesque joke, and am sure
that not many of even those who 90
not happen to know much about Fin
land have taken this Finnish film too
seriously. The truth is, of course, ex-
actly the reverse Of what we are Shown
and told. Finland is not covered with
eternal snow and ice, excepting the
farthest north; the climate corrc-
spends to that of New England, with
fairly long and often very warm Sum
mers. Finland is not inhabited by
people resembling Iapps and Es-
kimo, but Is a country with an old
and solid cultural and economic back
ground, with concomitant amount
Of ease and leisure, without which no
athletic proves, in the true sense of
the word, would be Imaginable; most
Of the famous Finnish athletes. in fact,
hail from the cities, where life Is as
comfortable and up-to-date as in
american cities. The complications OF
modern life are just the same as In
any other civilized country. The Aim
does not show Finland, but Q eariea-
ture Of it.
MISS H1IKEA NRo -.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-09
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

The Racketeer.
Why does the Ruthless Racketeer
Arise to power grand,
And make his name q word to fear
Throughout a generous land?
1t is because the toady small,
When some great frog he'll see,
Will bow and for his favor call
And sing, "Al, you know mel"
So many a group to him will troop
For gains beyond their worth,
And let their morals loop the loop
While they stay safe on earth.
The Racketeer's a liberal boss.
They want him for a pal.
And so their caps in air they toss
And sing, "You know me, All"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-09
A Master of Magic.

It is not often that mems hobbies
are put to such good use and ends as
that of Josh. w. Mayer, who has just
died In New York, where for many
years he has been at the head Of a
large and prosperous jewelry manufac-
turing business. Mr.. Mayors hobby was
magic, the art of legerdemain. AS a
young man he became interested in this
fascinating pastime, and, applying him.
self to it as diligently as he did to his
business, he became an expert In ma
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-09

1t is confidently expected that the
warm wave threat will be definitely dis.
posed of in time to give the usual op-
portunity for the early holiday shopper
to assert himself reliably as a favorable
business influence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-09
A Foot Ball Classic.

For the first time in years, Washing
ton tomorrow will be the scene of a
truly big foot ball show. In recent
times many games have been played on
Capita gridirons that broughHPut all
the Grit and fne foot ball tie most
Gskical could ask, but for all-round at
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-09

Don Jaime, the pretender. and AL
fonso. the recent exile, were on terms OF
mutual esteem before the death of the
former. AS the Handy Book of Quota
tions has it, "A fellow feeling makes us
Wondrous kind"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-09

The life of Lindbergh has been a re-
markably happy one, but no man, how
ever favored by fortune, is permitted to
enjoy only triumphant happiness. 1t
is something worth while to deserve
the universal sympathy now accorded
the great aviator and his devotedly
courageous wife.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-09

Stock market calculations are COM
plicated and brain tagging, which may
explain why some prominent Wall Street
worker likes to go to one European re-
plain ordinary gambling
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-09

AS a good reporter Calvin Coolidge
does not undertake to antagonize au-
thority in political publicity. He has
studied in a school Of practical journal
ism that enables him to understand
the cares of a campaign managing
editor and to respect his responsible
ties
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-09

Warnings are seldom needed Elk
plosions of gas tanks, in time of peace,
have no value as reminders on a very
small scale OF what might happen
should another war" actually arrive
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-09
Member Of the Associated Press.

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled
to the use for republication OF all hewS ais
patches credited to it or not otherwise cred
tied in this paper and also the local new
published herein. All rights of publication of
special dispatches herein are also reserved.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-09

Banking has progressed in dignity
and responsibility. First it was an ad-
junct of trade. 1t became profession;
then an art. Now it demands studious
attention as a science.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-09

The career Of Edison will extend far
beyond the limitations of his life. His
laboratory is treasure house filled with
ideas still to be perfected in form for
human benefit.