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World Aid for China.

One Of the most grandiose interna-
tional relief projects ever proposed-a
scheme which aims at nothing Shart of
putting China's teeming milr1osS on
their feet-is now engaging the auk~u-
ton of subcommittee of the Senate
Committee on Foreign Relations. 1t
has the double purpose of bringing
prosperity and peace to war-racked
China and ameliorating worldwide eco
nomic depression.
In a nutshell, the plan calls for a
heavy loan of silver to the Chinese
Nationalist government by the Ameri-
can, British and Canadian governments
in particular, but in active association
with the governments Of France and
Japan. A resolution authorizing the
President of the United States to enter
into appropriate negotiations with other
interested powers is expected shortly to
emerge from the Foreign Relations
Committee. If its prospectively broad
terms, looking to financial and adj
visory aid to China" are ever carried
cut international support for the re-
Mobilization Of that vast realm would
be contemplated on prodigious scale
Canada appears 70 have been taking
the lead in this unprecedented relief
program. The new Bennett govern
ment at Ottawa is credited with having
in mind a $1,000, 100000 world loan to
Marking, the object being to restore
the value of silver, as well as effecting
general economic recovery. Canada
also proposes the shipment of 100000
600 bushels of wheat to China. Both the
United States and British India have
a special interest in an attempt to bring
back the normal purchasing power of
silver. The enterprise includes far
flung arrangements for public improve
ments in China.
Senator Pittman's subcommittee
which has been quietly, but thoroughly,
exploring the wide ramiflcations of this
extraordinary undertaking, has heard
testimony which throws a graphic light
on conditions in China. President
Chang Kai-Shek and his government,
it is represented, are required to divert
their attention necessarily to suppress
sion Of civil war because the National
ist regime has failed to provide work
for the Chinese. A China with wage
earning employment is set forth not
only as a peaceful China, but a China
capable Of becoming rich market for
foreign produce of all descriptions. The
theory underlying any international aid
on the gigantic lines proposed is, there
fore, that in helping China the outside
world will be helping itself.
It goes without saying that there are
many bridges to cross. First Of all
the American, British, Canadian and
French governments will want to be
well assured that money invested in
China relief is not money squandered.
AS to Marking, a Nationalist govern
ment which seized power largely on the
issue of abolishing foreign control Of
China will, on its part, also demand
assurances. 1t is altogether unlikely
that its present rulers would even con-
sent to such advisory" or supervisory
cooperation in the ordering of China's
destinies as was in vogue in the old
days Of treaty ports and spheres Of in
terest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-09
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Bigger and Better Investigation.
Let us investigate each day
And reach results as best we may,
Let us look into every cause
And give our views on natures laws.
Let us investigate the rules
Observed in various kinds of schools.
Let us inspect the government
And learn what causes discomfort.
Nor fail TO find reason clear
When drought makes harsh the atmos-
phere.
Let us endeavor to explain
What planets wait with new domain
When this we leave Let's go into the
sky
And learn how stars move on and why.
In short, since knowledge is at last
So accurate and still so vast
From billions which the bankers lend
To fences neighbors ought to mend,
Let's bid our Seers-we might do
worse
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ture art, We're held up in the course
of motor drive in the Bronx, New
York, and robbed They we're, in fact,
first kidnapped, according to the modern
custom of the knights of the road, car
ried OF way and there Invested of
their valuables. Carpenter, who is still,
despite the passing of years, quite clever
with his fists, made no defense. When
chided on the subject of his supine be-
havior in such a crisis he remarked,
do you think I am crazy? They had
guns pointed at my heart. Who could
fight with gun pointed at his hearth"
Which shows that Carpenter is really
a hero. 1t takes heroic stuff to enable
man to meet such crisis with COM
mon sense. A real hero is not neces-
sarily rash person, one of those who
rush in where even angels fear to tread
who defy the mechanism of modern
perative fact without turmoil of mind
and with Judgment. Once In a while
person, suddenly confronted with a
deadly weapon, himself unarmed, flames
into resistance and attack, only to fig
ure little later as the subject of an in
quest. There is no heroism in that
sort of thing.
Carpenter, alive today and explain
ing why he submitted to robbery, is a
much better man than Carpenter dead,
with the papers full of his obituary and
with praises for his courage and his
instructive resort to the weapons of his
former profession, his fists It is better
to take little chatting S|tze than much
praise dead.
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ganization Of the Senate and to cast
his vote for Democratic candidates for
President pro Tempore of the Senate
and for chairmen Of the standing com
mittees. The political complexion of
the Senate in the next Congress is 40
Republicans, AZ Democrats, including
Mr.. Long, and 1 Farmer-Labor Sena-
tor. 1t is conceivable that the Demo-
Gratis, with detection or two among
the Republican Progressives from the
q. o. P. leadership, might have chance
to organize the Senate. Mr.. Longs
absence, however, makes it more GER
tain that the Republicans will organize
AS Mr.. Long has pointed out, there
are precedents for his clinging to the
Office of Governor after the day has ar
rived when as Senator-elect ne is en-
titled to assume the duties of Senator
of the United States. The late David
B. Hill, Democratic Senator from
New York, was elected to the Senate
January l, 1891, for the term begin
ming March 4, 1891, but did not take his
seat in the Senate until January Z,
1892. Mr.. Hill had presidential aspira-
lions. He did not wish to leave the
Governors chair, his political oppo-
nents said, because he feared that some
of his friends in New York might lose
important party positions if he came to
the Senate. In the end, however, he
made the leap into the Senate, but
faded out of the picture as a presiden-
tial aspirant. Senator Hiram johnson
OF California was another who held on
as Governor after the beginning of his
term Of Office as Senator, but not for
long. Senator johnson was elected to
the Senate November Z, 1916, for the
term beginning March 4, 1917, and con-
tinued as Governor until March 16,
when he assumed his senatorial duties.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-09
Never give good advice.

Never give good advice.
The better 1t is, the more 1t Is re-
sented
This is one of those generalities, of
course, against which we recently in
weighed, but it will be found to fit be-
tween 60 and rs per cent of all cases.
The trouble with giving advice is
that no one wants it, not even when he
asks for it.
mind. He is thinking aloud, and you
become the buffer.
Just why he resents your advice,
however, is not altogether clear, unless
1t hinges upon the fact that the aver
age person does not care to be a beggar
Advice which costs money comes
without the scope of this discussion.
We are concerned here with the ordi-
nary garden variety, such as almost any
one can receive in large quantities for
the mere asking.
Probably what inks the average man
as much as anything about such ad-
vice is that it is seldom based on any
real desire on the part of the other to
look at the matter from the standpoint
of the one asking for help.
Scarcely ever is any real attempt
made by the donor of advice to put
himself into ones shoes and regard the
proposition from the only viewpoint
which counts, that of the person in
volved.
At first one is inclined to be critical
and feel that the advice giver has gone
back on one, until a calmer moment
permits one to see the truth, which
simply is that no one can get out of
his own skin.
This which we ask of the advice
giver. that he see things from our
standpoint, is impossible, for most often
We are both unable and unwilling to
put him i'll possession of all the facts.
We hold out" on him and then look
aSkance at him for holding out" on us.
But in the nature of things we should
expect nothing else.
X X X X
Then, too, he is attempting the i'm
possible, to work up in a few moments
the same interest which you, as the
asker, have incorporated in your own
heart and mind after many hours, or
even days, weeks and years, of vital
interest.
Therefore the wise man or woman
seldom seeks advice except of those
closest and nearest. And he is chary
of giving it, no matter how good and
to the point he knows it to be.
Suppose him to be the exceptional
person, the father-confessor type, to
whom others turn instinctively be-
cause they know that he will do a
rather better than average job of look
ing at matters from their own view
point.
Even then he hesitates to give ad-
vice, because he knows that the better
it is the more likelihood there is that
it will be repudiated. He draws back
from the responsibility, not so much
because he dislikes the reputation, but
that he knows his advice will do no
good.
Even in so simple matter as ad-
vising another upon book to read, he
knows from experience that his very
enthusiasm causes the invisible mental
hairs of the other to bristle.
How easy it is to rub human beings
the wrong Wayl
If it were not for this trait in all of
US, the world of men would now be
centuries in advance of itself. But all
through the ages no one has been able
to advise another except at the cost of
misunderstanding, heartache and often
disaster.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-09

the exact locality having the heaviest
snowfall, but accounts for a single
season Of above 700 inches have been
reported from the station at Summit on
the line OF the Southern Pacific Rail-
road. running between Sacramento,
lest snowfall recorded there occurred
in the Winter of ls79-SO and was 1873
inches.
@. If man walking could main
tain pace of l meter per second,
day?-F. D. G.
A. If he walked the full "a hours
ne would cover 5S,686 miles,
Q. What are the advantages and
disadvantages of vapor heating sys-
tem?-D. E. j.
A. Experts list the advantages as
small consumption of fuel, no dust,
changes temperature quickly and all
rooms are easily heated, while the dis
advantages are high cost of installa-
ton, no ventilation and the space taken
up by the radiators.
Q. Can you inform me as to what
is meant when 1t is said of a couple
that they were married over a broom
,Stick?-L. G..
a. To marry over the broomstick
means to go through a mock marriage
ceremony in which both parties jump
over a broomstick.
@. Where are the Roaring Forties2-
B. V. r.
A. In modern slang the term is
used to designate Broadway and con-
tiguous territory from Fortieth to Fiji
tieth streets. In the nautical sense it
refers TO the storm region Of the North
Mt In hoNvr- n n
and is sometimes used with reference
to the same zone in the South Atlantic.
Q. What is meant by "a monkey"
in speaking of a sum of money?-A. w.
A. monkey" is used to mean 500
pounds sterling, or, sometimes, $500.
Q. How are telephones on trains
operated?-A. X s.
A. Telephoning from q moving train
Is made possible by use of the lines of
the telegraph wires that parallel alI
railroad tracks. The conversation is
broadcast to them, runs along the wires
to central station and is then trans
ferred to ordinary telephone wires. The
instrument looks not unlike a radio
oroadcaster. An ordinary telephone is
used and the voice transmitted by the
broadcaster to the telegraph wire. The
process involves the disintegration and
feaSSemDllllg or the human voice, Tor
the words spoken into the telephone or
the train vanish into high frequency
cycles and are precipitated from the
train to the carrier current telegraph
wires. At the pickup stations the
voice is reaSsembled and so transmitted
further.
@. How often is there a change OF
ministry in England?-H M. c.
A. 1t is seven years unless interrupted.
Frequently on major proposal a men,
Der of the opposition will move vote
of mo confidence" or of censure In
the event of this motion being carried,
general election will. be held through
out the country, and the result will de-
termine whether the present minister
remains in power or whether the King
will call some one from the opposition
side to form cabinet.
@. How much money has this coun-
try spent in enforcing prohibition?-
w, H. E.
A. The United States has spent $685.
409, 778,21 for the enforcement Of pro-
hibition since 1920.
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ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKTN.

Have we had the pleasure of serv-
ing you through our Washington In
formation Bureau? Can't we be of
some help to you in your problems?
Our business is to furnish you with
authoritative information, and we in
vite you to ask US any question of
fact In which you are interested. Send
your inquiry to The Evening Star In
formation Bureau, Frederic j. Haskin.
director. Washington, d. C. Inclose 2
cents in coin or stamps for return
postage.
Q. How does the popularity of golf
compare with base ball?-T. P.
A Golfdom says that last year the
attendance at major league ball games
was about 100000, while at least
Is 100000 games of golf were played in
the territory covered by these leagues.
Q. What were the draft ages in the
Civil War?-I. w. p.
A. The soldiers drafted into the
Union Army were between the ages Of
18 and as. The first draft law of the
Confederate States, 1862, gave the age
limits as 18-35-this was later increased
to As. The act of 1864 drafted into
military service all white men between
II and so, those between II and 18 and
As and so to constitute reserve.
Q. Is George Gershwin an Amer
ican?-A. j.
A. He was born in New York City.
@. What will keep sleet from freez-
ing on the windshield of an auto
mobile?--C. c. D.
A. 1t is suggested in a recent bull
letin that the rear hook of the engine
hood be unfaStened and the hood raised
slightly SO the heat from the engine
Will strike the windshield If the
wind is blowing across the car, the
use OF paSteboard box to carry the
heat closer to the glass is recommended.
For vehicles having inside heaters, the
suggestion is made that a piece of tire
tubing be carried and used to carry the
neat directly to the lower side of the
windshield. A small bag of salt
fastened to the upper end of the wind
shield wiper is said to afford some re-
lief, but the melted salt forms a smear
that may require the use of alcohol for
removal.
Q. Which star is the farthest away
and which is the neareSt?-H G.
A. The farthest known star is Arc
turus whose estimated distance is $50
trilllon miles or 100 light years. The
nearest star so far as we know is Alpha
Centauri which is about &c triliion
miles distant
@ Where is Patagonia A. L.
A: Patagonia is a name now gen.
orally applied to an indefinite region
lying east of the Andes and south of
Rio Negro. 1t was formerly applied
to the whole southern portion of the
South American Continent.
@. What is the word for causing
the death by scientific means of people
who are hopelessly ill?-R. M.
A. The term is "euthanasia." It Is
OF Greek derivation and means a pain
less, happy death.
O. Did England send a governor
general to America before the Revolu-
tion?-G. M.
A. There was no governor general
before the Revolution. Each colony
had separate governor paid by the
crown.
@. What part of the United States
has the heaviest snowfall?-C. K. @.
A. The heaviest snowfalls in the
United States occur in the central
portions of the Sierra Nevada of
California. 1t is impossible to state
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-09

An immense amount of re-employ-
ment is reported by railroads and big
industrial concerns. 1t may become
suitable to shift the dates around
little so as to make Washington's birth
day day of general rejoicing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-09

In order to end unemployment, bust
ness doctors who professed an ability
to find something for everybody to do
should be promptly placed under OBJ
servation to ascertain whether they
can live up to their claims.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-09

Theaters that are doomed to be torn
down to make way for the Govern
ment are merely yielding to the
march Of improvement. Some Of the
shows have been not very good, but
bad shows are as likely to keep a thea
ter going as to destroy it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-09
Carpenters Courage.

Georges Carpenter, one-time pugilist,
champion Of France and, but for a mis-
adventure with the eminent John
Dempsey, champion Of the world, has
Just demonstrated that heroism is not
a matter Of standing up and taking
punishment. The other night he and
n lady friend, coadjutor in motSon pic
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-09

Every man has his day. 1t is doubt
tul whether Theodore Roosevelt would
in this era of combinations command
the same old enthusiasm by references
to trust busting and malefactors of
great wealth.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-09

The famous trial involving the ques-
ton of Simian ancestry apparently left
Mr.. Scopes with large amount of
publicity which would have been val
liable in expert hands, but which he
evidently did not know how to manage.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-09

Bootleg liquor is being treated by
the authorities in an odoriferous way
which would warrant a moonshiner in
need of farm relief in requesting at
least that contents of the still be
sprinkled on the soil to see whether it is
of any value as fertilizer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-09

Aviation eliminates terror from the
human mind. The examination is in
tricate, but the question which counts
more than the others is the defiant in
uuiry, Who's afraid?"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-09

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled
Patches credited to 1t or not otherwise cred
lted IN this paper and also the local news
SunnSneq herein All rights of publication of
Speclai dispatches herein are also reserved
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-09

A homicide sensation usually brings
to notice some notoriety. A question
which remains unanswered Is what a
man will do with his notoriety after he
get IT,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-09

From the Des Moines Tribune-CapitAl.
Who said environment didn't count?
A Seattle rooster placed with ducks has
learned to take a daily swim.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-09

The "five-year" plan is beginning to
look to few of the Soyietists like the
greatest creation in the way OF a
numbers" game ever evolved.
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Wasted Energy.

From the Bosta1 Transcript.
ASnSg 10 indoor sports Of hard
WthSeJ r. chat of telling the world how
hAinaNs depressions may hereafter be
s~1SSrA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-09

Maybe Lipton's Lucky Number.
From the Florence (Ala.) Herald
If Sir Thomas Upton is superstitious
he will probably skip a number when
he gets to Shamrock XIII.
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Santa's Mechanics.
m the Hamilton Spectator.

From the HamlIIbn 5pbCIaIuI'
If all the mechanical toys Santa c9ASAG
left were laid end to eEd :: FAi%~e Toe
possible IL irE - sSn: GJkN
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-09
A Real Kick.

From the Louisville, Times
Any man who seeks something with
kick to 1t might try pulling a pair IT
leggings onto healthy 4-year-old.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-09
A Delicate Connection,

Didn't Crimson Gulch take up the
idea, just for novelty, of offering a prize
for the toughest-looking MANI"
yes" answered Cactus Joe. "But
the enterprise fell through There
wasn't anybody who would have had
nerve enough to face men who was
maybe jest lookin' for trouble and
formally announce to one OF them that
he had won the prize"
"He who knows when to say nothing"
said Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, sis
as one who by adding a cipher to 1000
may increase its value tenfold."
Seriousness and FriyOlity.
Sometimes the news Of real grief
Mid jest is broke.
Just now the farmer needs relief
And That's No Joke.
de radio" said Uncle Eben often
sounds SO much like good preachin' dat
I don't feel right cause dar ain nobody
rs dc contribution plate"
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Life Has Become a Serious Matter.

much deplore the hours that
misplace
In studying ads that might improve my
face.
know I'd nearly perish with regret
If the wrong tooth paste I should
chance to get,
And break into an agonizing scr,am
If 1 went wrong in buying shaving
Creami
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The Evening Star Newspaper COmpahy

18th st. and Pennsylvania Ave.
New York once: ITO East 42nd st.
Chicago once: Lake Michigan Building
European once Ia Regent St., London,
England.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-09

Jud Tunkins says he never argues
with his wife. He listens respectfully
to everything she says; but you can't
call that arguing"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-09

II have heard it said you would never
intentionally hurt the feelings of a
friend"
That's correct" answered Senator
Sorghum. I'm willing to state my
views but I don't know Of any worse
politics than nc dlessly hurtin' any
oody'S feelin'S."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-09

Q. What is meant by "a monkey"
in speaking of a sum of money?-A. w.
A. A monkey" is used to mean 500
pounds sterling, or, sometimes, $500.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-09

Q. Can you inform me as to what
is meant when 1t is said of couple
that they were married over a broom
StiCk?-L. G..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-09

a. To marry over the broomstick
means to go through mock marriage
ceremony in which both parties Jump
over broomstick.
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Polite poIifics

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