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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-18
Says Yorktown Should
Have Place i'm Pageant

To the Editor Of The Star:
Just a few lines about The Sur
render Of Yorktown" In a pageant to be
held next year in the celebration OF the
200th anniversary of the birth of our
first President, George Washington.
The writer has had the pleasure of
meeting the associate director of the
George Washington Bicentennial Com
mission, Representative Sol Bloom Of
New York, and he is absolutely correct
when he states that the true facts re-
lating to the surrender" scene should
be enacted. Because why should any
one be ashamed to enact true version
of the Revolutionary War. Every Amer
lean should feel very proud of that
great victory, even If it hurts the feel
ings of any one connected with the
nation that lost the battle.
But when We consider what this great
country did for England in the World
War alone, England should feel indebted
to the United States for a million years
Because. regardless Of what any one
states to the contrary, without the help
of this country with money and men
England and France would be the ma
tons asking for the same help that
Germany Is asking today.
FELIX A. URY.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-18
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

have been the first to condemn slavery
as violating the brotherhood Of man.
@. How many independent cities are
there in Virginia?-H s.
| A. There are now "a.
@. Must person be a resident Of the
State in which he takes q civil service
examination?-S. T.
A. Generally he must be q resident
and must have been actually domiciled
in the State for a year previous to the
examination. There is a provision, how
ever. for examination Of applicants
temporarily absent from their legal
domiciles. Their applications are then
credited to their legal residences.
@. Is it correct to pronounce "ac-
climate" with the accent on the first
syllable?-F. p.
A. 1t is not. The accent is on the
second syllable.
@. Was there either q United States
gift or loan of money to the Japanese
at the time of their last great earth
quake?-W. E. H.
A. The United States Treasury nei-
ther lent nor gave money. Red Cross
aid was given. The japanese govern
ment and the City Of Toxic borrowed
largely in the United States after tn;
1928 earthquake. but through bond
Government subscribed nothing.
@. What is the difference between
veneered construction and plywood In
furniture?-S. r.
A. These terms are used inter
changeably. They both refer to furni.
ture in which several layers OF woo6
the uO0a with
beautiful grain being used on the
surface Some of the finest furnitur'
is made in this fashion.
@. When and where is the SALUTE
to the Union fired?-O. H. H.
A. The salute to the Union-one gu
for each States fired at noon on tn
Fourth of July at every military pos
and on board commissioned naval yes
sells belonging to the United States.
@. Who has the original manuscript
of "Alice in Wonderland"?-D. r.
A. Eldridge r. johnson is the pres
emit owner of the manuscript It wa
brought to this country by S. W. Rosen.
bach. who purchased 1t at q sale II
London.
@. What were the provisions Of the
Magma Charta?-C. A. v.
A. There are So articles In the
Magma Charta. 1t is said that the three
articles of enduring value are: Justice
shall not be sold or denied; no man
shall be deprived Of his liberty or prop
erty except upon judgment Of his equals
or the law of the land; no taxes except
the customary feudal taxes can be lev
led by any one without the consent OF
the National Council.
@. How large is Palestine?-F. z. M.
A. 1t is small territory, only 140
miles long. north and south; % miles
wide in the north and 80 in the south.
But 5000 square miles are comprised in
its area.
@. What is meant by the law of
averages2-R. L. z.
A. The law of averages aims to dem
onstrate that while the trend of human
affairs cannot be forecast with Ger
tainty, it can be worked out to q con-
siderable extent automatically by arriv-
ing at averages based on statistics re-
lating to the event.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-18
Value of Cotton Week
Shown by Retailer

from the Little Rock Arkansas Democrat
With the passing of high-power sales
manship went similar "Americanisun"
the week" six or seven DAYS set,
aside as time when the people are
supposed to concentrate on this. that
or the other. All Of us remember
some to our sorrow-the days when we
had apple, pear, peach. prune, peanut
prayer, live at home. and Heaven only
KNOWS now many other weeks.
But there has been one week" which
has brought real results, has meant
something to producer. retailer and con-
sumner. That is Cotton week" Evil
dence OF its success has been supplied
by heads OF some Of the biggest stores
and corporations in the country.
That this concerted effort to call pub
lie attention to cotton and its uses has
resulted in substantial increase in re-
tau sales volume is shown In letters re-
ceiyed by the Cotton Textile Institute
In commenting on those letters. George
A. Sloan. president of the institute,
says: National Cotton week was not a
Nash in the pan but was conceived as
the inaugurs ton Of an era Of concerted
selling effort
One letter. from a New York COM
pany's president, is indicative:
National Cotton week had a contin-
uing favorable effect on our business.
Our buying department in New York,
which handles the more staple cotton
goods, will ship 70 the stores for the
month Of June a considerable increased
quantity over year ago. This increase
amounts to over 10 per cent in dollars
and over 33b per cent in actual guam
tity. We feel this actually represents
| demand created by the sales Of cotton
goods during the current month"
These results came from an intelli-
gent campaign. Why cannot many
other commodities be so exploited,
| thereby breaking into the so-calleo
buyers strike" We hear so much about
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-18

who can speak from actual experience
instead Of theory. Prof. Picard, cd
dressing o distinguished audience In
Brussels concerning the remarkable
balloon ascent Of more than fifty thou
sand feet above the earth, which he
made . few weeks ago, had this to say:
One positive result of our experience.
at least, was attained. namely, it proved
that travelling IN Q high altitude, where
four hundred miles an hour can
be attained with airplanes properly
equipped with compressors and alright
cabins for passengers, Is without danger.
Constructors contemplating intercon-
tinental air travel can safely push on
their work in this direction and take it
for granted that travelling through the
shakespeare Is not dangerous. Man
kind can live in the irrespirable layers
Of the earth's atmosphere. They may
rest confident Of 1t.
Prof. Piccard's observations are of
absorbing interest. He experiment was
as daring as 1t was successful The
discoveries he made are Of great scien-
tific value. Humans, Of course, can live
on artificial air. That has been shown
in the ordinary routine aboard sub
merged submarines. The first step, of
course, in constructing airplanes capable
of pushing through the shakespeare at
speeds of four hundred miles an hour
or more Is the development of an engine
which will support a ship at that alti-
tude. The present record for an air
plane Is something more than forty
thousand feet, but this height was at
tanned only by special equipment which
could probably not be applied in its
present state Of development to heavy
transport planes. It is significant to
note, however, that In establishing this
record the pilot was not inclosed in an
alright cabin, such as that used by the
Belgians, but was able to keep conscious
ness by means Of an oxygen mask. So
long road must be travelled before five
hours to Europe through the strato-
sphere can become an actuality. But In
this day and age. with all its engineer
ing miracles. anything seems possible,
and it may well be that some Of US now
living will weekend on the Continent
In as convenient o fashion as We drive
or train to the nearby beach today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-18

has been called to this condition, the
Police Court cells have, with measur-
able justice, been hkened to the In
famous BLACK hole" Of Calcutta.
Things will be better when the new
court building is erected. That Is to
say. it is hoped that they win be better.
The public expectation Is that tie court
building will be designed with decent
regard for the custody Of persons who
are so unfortunate as to have to wait
there for trial. 1t is, of course, not de-
sirable that these quarters should be
luxurious or comparable with hrstI
class hotel accommodations. But they
should be elem: they should be COM
modious enough for decency. and there
should be facilities for sanitation. They
should be thoroughly ventilated and
cooled in Summer and heated In
Winter.
Whether the occupant Of detention
cell at Police Court is awaiting trial or
is. after conviction, awaiting transpor-
tation to the jail, he, and especially
she, should be merely kept in restraint
and not subjected to the punishment OF
tormenting conditions. The person who
has not yet been tried is in the eye CT
the law presumably innocent, though
probably guilty. A person who has been
convicted has been sentenced merely to
detention for . period and not to as
phyxiation or exposure to disease. 1t
is the business Of the District, through
the grace Of Congress, which allots the
funds for such and other uses. to pro-
vide a model place Of detention at the
Police Court.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-18

Many readers send In questions
signed only with initials, asking tina
the answers appear in the newspaper
The space is limited and would not &C
conmodate q fraction of such requests
The answers published are ones tina
may interest many readers, rather thar
the one who asks the question only
All questions should be accompanied By
the writer's name and address and
cents in coin o. stamps for reply. Senc
your question to The Evening Star In
formation Bureau, Frederic J. HaSkin
director, Washington, D. C.
@. Were the race horses, Man o. Wal
and Sir Barton. the same age?-R. H.
A. Sir Barton is year Older thar
Man o. War, as he was 3-year-olc
when he won the Kentucky Derby ir
1919. Man O. War was a 3-year -old tr
1920 when he won the PreakneSs. o.
course there may not be q whole year.
difference in the ages Of these two
horses, as a race horse Is arbitrarily
called a yearling on the 1st of January
following the date on which he was
foaled.
@. In playing poker, when pre-
MUM is decided upon for "fours," mus
the hand be called in order to collect
the premium?-L. D.
A. 1t need not. The holder collect;
whether the hand is called or not.
Q. What Is profane history?-C. s.
A. Profane, in this sense, means sec
ular. Profane Is the opposite Of sacrec
or religious history.
@. How many ocean-going Ameri-
can vessels are equipped with radio?-
j. S.
A. There are about 1900 American
vessels equipped with radios. Vessel:
travelling 200 miles or more and carry
, ing so passengers or more are required
to carry radios.
@. Is England connected with India
by airmail?-M. H. c.
A. Airmail service between Eng
land and Karachi, India, was estab-
liShed in 1929 This service Is operated
weekly in both directions.
Q. Is rabbit fur sold by the pelt o,
by the pound?-H. w. M.
A. By the pound.
Q. When did John James Audubon
lve?-A. X.
A. He was born near New Orleans
in 1880 and died in New York in 1851
Audubon was not learned scientist OF
a great artist, but his self denying en-
thusiasm for his subject and the uni
formly pleasing qualities of his work
made him the most distinguished and
best loved Of pioneer American natural
lists.
@. Who were the EsSenes?-A. H. D.
A. They were Jewish brotherhood
originating probably In the Maccabean
period. second century, Be- and dis
appearing after the second century
AID. They were sort of religious sep
aratists. No record of them Is found In
the Bible or in rabbinical literature
but they are spoken of by Pliny, Jo-
sephus and Philo They were opponents
of ceremonial purity, asceticism, hyper
Sabbatarianism and believers in COM
munity goods and interests. Entrance
into the order was difficult, probation
being required one year for admittance
and two more years for membership
The principal occupations were agricul-
ture and handicraft. Trading was pro-
hibited to members as tending to COW
etousness. The Essences are said to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-18
Police Court Prisoners.

Five men and a woman were over
come by heat yesterday in the cell
rooms of the Police Court and had &c
be taken to the hospital for treatment
It is not surprising that this has oc-
Cured The accommodation" for
prisoners at the Police Court are. snd
have always been, decidedly inadequate
There has been some improvement II
late years. but the best the District has
ever had in the way of detention cells
at this court has been lamentably de-
acient. At times. when public attention
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-18

Alfonso continues to assert that he
has not resigned from his position as
King of Spain but that he has exer-
ctsed the privilege enioved by any cit
tzen. Of taking Summer yaca ion. A
short time will suffice TO tell whether
he will join the tourists who return to
their old occupations at about the date
that is designated in this country as
Labor day"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-18
Strange Freak of Fate.

When tramp creeps into box car
on siding, for a nights rest, he
reckons himself lucky for finding so
snug and safe a shelter. The utmost
that could happen would be possibly
the shifting Of the car during the
night, perhaps It's dispatch over the
road. But that would not be untoward.
for tramp never objects to transpor-
tation.
This was probably the reflection Of
the six itinerants who climbed aboard
an empty" at Horace. Kans.. the other
night. They were in luck. During the
night the wind rose and it blew as it
blows in few places so furiously as out
on the Kansas prairies. 1t blew so
hard that the four box cars, in one Of
which the six tramps were sleeping,
we're started down the siding. They
switched themselves to the main track.
and there a few minutes later they
were hit by an express train. Three
of the tramps were killed and the
others we're badly hurt.
This is one of the strange freaks of
fate. The chances OF a string Of
empties being blown from q siding to a
main track are negligibiy small. The
chances Of one Of those cars being oc-
cupied are smaller still. And yet. that
one car OF that one particular string
of empties was occupied on the one oc-
casion in the history of railroading out
in that part of the country when the
wind was high enough to move them
from the siding to the main line, and
time TO be bumped by q fast train.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-18

on q ranch in Mary Austin's Starry
Adventure Gard Stillwell. son Of an
exacting invalid father and a mother
who devoted herself to the invalid, liv-
ing in comparative poverty on the
Rancho Arriba. still looked forward to
80 IS a starry adventure. Life did not
make good his expectations Of 1t. Per-
haps the reason was that ne dreamed
of great things which should happen
to him. instead Of planning place for
himself In fEork which he could DO
usefully andA well
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-18
An Advocate of Rapidly.

which party emblem do you prefer,
the elephant or the mule?"
We'll" replied Farmer Corntossel,
"as things go nowadays both them
animals is pretty slow. What one OF
the great parties ought to do is to asso-
ciate its ideas with something like the
airplane."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-18

Expert publicity requires the stimu-
lation from time to time of originality.
Even weddings and divorces have be-
come such usual matters that the COM
petent press agent no longer regards
them as especially helpful to a popular
entertainer
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-18

Trafic congestion complexities parking
problems. even on the rural highways
1t is not ALWAYS easy to keep q car from
parking itself upside down in q road
side ditch
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-18

Every temptation was placed before
Charles Lindbergh to take a personal
part in politics. He decides upon a
tour over Siberian wastes. Lindbergh is
a fearless man, but he prefers to exer-
else some right of selection as to the
kind Of peril he will meet.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-18

Suggestions that Mr.. Dawes exchange
his work as Ambassador for that of
National Committee chairman empha-
size the impression that American
party relationships offer al present the
greatest possible opportunity for high
class diplomacy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-18

Sometimes a sage and philosopher
comes out far ahead in the game of
life. Einstein. equally at home in the
realms of distant space or in gay Holly
wood. appears to be one of the few very
eminent German citizens who have sue
ceeded In enjoying themselves.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-18
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-18
Pride and Luck.

Some men seem to enjoy bad luck, "
remarked the cynical observer.
"I never met any such person"
"Oh, yes, you have. Every fisherman
YOU ever knew took more pride in the
fish that got away than in those he
actually caught
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-18
lust Same Old Stuff.

From the Rochester Register Republic.
The new republic Of Spain opens its
career with "a political parties in the
field. But you will notice the two prin-
cipal parties are, Republican and Re-
publican Democrkt
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-18
New Wav Out of Sing Sing.

From the Hamilton (ontario) Spectator.
A base ball team has been organized
at Sing Sing and there shouldn't be
much difhculty getting volunteers to
hop over the fence and look for balls.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-18
Warm Weather.

The asphalt pave grows soft at noon;
The tar begins to ooze;
Twill not be safe to cross it soon
Without your overshoes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-18

Some Of the European statesmen who
have experienced sleepless nights doubt
less wish that a f1ve-hour day could be
established for the benefit of overworked
oficials.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-18
Every Man to His Job.

From the Oakland Tribune.
Author to Quit Writing and Start
Chicken Ranch" At q time when q
lot Of chicken raisers are wondering II
they could not turn an extra penny BY
writing poetry y
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-18
Advice.

Whateer may be the public need.
Before you give advice, take heed.
Advice too Oft ere life Is DER
Becomes a habit-nothing more.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-18

Some men" said Uncle Eben, am
jes like dat yaller dawg OBJ min. Ef
he KANT git noticed no uddah way
he's pufnckly willin' ter takeAP beatin'."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-18
waiting His Turn.

You are not so prominent in public
attention as you used to be-"
MY turn will come again" answered
Senator Sorghum. MY wife and I are
living happy, and am not mixed up
in any alleged graft. These facts pre-
vent me from participating in the pres
ent lines Of notoriety.'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-18

A great many people regard them
selves as martyrs when they are, strictly
speaking, advertisers.
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Madame de Lafayette" Ida Rose NC
Cabe shows both the girl wife and the
mature woman accompanying ana urIe-
GREETING. Adrienne D'Ayen OF the
prominent Noailles family was not yet
Is when she married Lafayette, VINO
was just Is. When he dashed OH 10
America to aid the Colonists in their
Revolutionary cause, he was only IL.
Adrienne had one child and was eX-
pecting another. Except for loneliness
and anxiety over the fortunes OF ner
husband in the wilds and dangers OF
Colonial America. her lot was not ~
this time a hard one. She had ram
ily Of wealthy and influential relatives
all devoted to her Though they dld not
approve of her husband), ana Lara
yettes income was large one. Later
when the French Revolution broke sne
knew real hardships and suffering. Sne
was imprisoned and her mother ana
sister we're guillotined. When sne was
able to Join Lafayette in his exile, she
was really happy.
y ~
when Dana Yves the Sun: A story
OF Personal Journalism" by Charles j;
Rosebault. reconstructs the old days Of
journalism. when Journalism was moi
then business Neither was 1t pro.
fession. 1t was high adventure, ano
that editor outshone his rivals VINO
could most impress the imagination Of
the readers. That Dana did 1t better
than any other was due to the fac'
that he possessed that rare combina'
ton. a giSHt intellect and the sym
pathetic understanding which makes
Tor tolerance of human weaknesses
likewise POSITIVE mind and the hlsf
courage to follow its dictation against
every obstacle" BeScre becoming ed.
tor. Dana was a clerS IN a genera
store In Buffalo. Harvard So. ano
Transcendentalist member Of tbs
Brook Farm community.
A rich background in New Mexico
gives charm TO q not remarkable story
Of the childhood and youth Of o boy
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-29
Observation-Disclosures.

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