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Evening star., 1931-12-26

But the automobile has changed all
this, and the accident Of Thursday Is
another demonstration of need for a
careful inspection Of hazards that could
be removed by the provision Of proper
safeguards. This is especially true of
the stretch of roadway through Rock
Creek Park that connects Tilden street
and Park road. A few years ago this
was merely another link in the system
of park drives. Now it is one of the
most heavily Travelled of traffic high
ways. Thousands of drivers every day
choose this, the most direct route from
east to west Of the park north of the
Taft and Calvert Street bridges. And
as the r rk is relatively free from IN
tersectiol :, the cars proceed at high
speed, t more dangerous because of
the netAre Of the park roadway. The
road y rather winding, and. although
Wideucd and resurfaced within the last
year, the curves are not well banked
ana the surface becomes slippery and
treacherous with the first few drops of
rain. At the point where the accident
occurred on Thursday road branches
of from the upper driveway to connect
with the lower roadway that follows the
creek. To the east of this junction
there Is rocky cliff. A stone wall nf-
fords ample protection for the greater
part of the way, but for a few feet a
wooden fence, not very strong, serves
more as a warning than anything else.
There are other places in the park
drives that need additional safeguards.
These should be provided, either by
heavy wooden fences or cables that will
not yield under the impact of skidding
automobile.
Evening star., 1931-12-26
Bring Back lO.Cent
Hog, SAYS Nebraska

From the Omaha World-Herald.
What Nebraska needs more than 60
cent corn is 10-cent hogs. The latter
would add dollars where the former
would add dimes to the agricultural
cash income of the State.
The fuss which is made over grain
prices, compared with the lack Of it
over live stock prices, considering the
relative Importance of the two to this
State, presents a curious phenomenon.
Nebraska is pre-eminently and pre-
ponderantly d producer and marketer
of live stock and its products. Less
than a third of its corn crop leaves
the State as surplus cash crop. The
remainder is marketed ION the hoof. ~
The States cash income from all the
corn, wheat, oats, rye and barley
which it sells is less than from either
its cattle or its hog sales.
A. E. Anderson, Federal and State
crop statistician, estimates a gross
cash income to Nebraska farms for
the year ending June 80, 1880, of $464,-
100000. Live stock and live
products brought In $330,000,000 OF
that. cash crops $134, 900, 900. The ag-
gregate farm income for the past 10
years has been more than $4,000, 900 600
Of which II per cent was derived from
live stock and 20 per cent from cash
crops.
Hogs have been celebrated In Ne
braska husbandry as mortgage lift
ers." But q hog that sells for 81 a
hundred can't lift a mortgage very
high and 1t takes pretty well finished
hog to bring as much as "a q hundred
on the Omaha market these days. Be-
sides which freight, commission and
yardage charges have to be deducted
from the price before the farmer Is
paid.
Bring back the 10-cent hog and 60
cent corn will take care Of itself with
out any warehouse laws or S25,000 spe-
cial sessions of the legislature.
Evening star., 1931-12-26
The Weakest Link.

A remarkable feature of the tragic
accident Christmas eve in Rock Creek
Park, when skidding automobile
crashed through wooden guard rail
to plunge over the edge of sheer drop
twenty feet or so to the roadway beneath,
is the fact that had the car got out
of control a fraction Of a second later
1t would have ended its slide against a
strong stone wall. In other words, the
roadway at this point is well and ade-
quately protected, except for relatively
short stretch of wooden fence that af-
fords, as demonstrated, no protection.
No road is safer than the most unpro-
tected spot, and this was the scene Of
the accident.
The roads in Rock Creek Park were
laid out for leisurely carriage drives.
The sharp turns and the sudden drops
Aeld no dangers for the walking horse.
Evening star., 1931-12-26

attached to another ministry. such as
treasury, public works, commerce, etc.
O. What does shavian mean?-
H. B.
A. 1t is an adjective indicating an
alluslon to George Bernard Shaw.
O. Is the Pharos near Alexandria,
Egypt, still in existence?-P. D. P.
A. This lighthouse, which was one of
the wonders of the ancient world, was
destroyed by an earthquake in 1903.
@. Is Mount Desert Island off the
coast Of Maine really a desert?-B. D.
A 1t is not. The name desert was
given with the French significance Of
wild and solitary. The island vegeta-
tion is exceptionally vigorous.
@. What is meant by a month of Ave
Sundays?-F. c. V.
A To say that one will do a certain
thing in month of five Sundays is
the equivalent Of saying one will sell
dom do it.
@. What Is the name Of the char
acter who Is the mother of Mrs Win
dermere in Lady Windermere's Fan"7
Il. J.
A Mrs. Erlynne.
@. When was the first hospital
founded?-D. M.
A. 1t was founded by st. Basil in 369
AID. and consisted of large number
of buildings with houses for physicians
and nurses, workshops and industrial
schools. 1t was the first hospital, in
the sense we know them today, Of
which there is any record.
@. Where is the country which has
the denseSt population in the world?
e. G..
A. Java is one of the Dutch East
land mass in the world, 648.4 to the
square mile.
@. Have the last two Vice Presidents
cast votes in the Senate?-J. J.
A, The librarian of the United
States Senate says that practically all
Vice Presidents have, on various
occasions, cast the deciding or tie vote,
both Vice President Dawes and Vice
President Curtis having cast such votes
several times. The last tie vote cast
by Mr.. Curtis was in connection with
an amendment to the tariff.
O. Where is the Roerich Mu-
seum?-J. A.
A. 1t is in New York City. 1t
houses a permanent collection of more
than 300 paintings by Nicolas Roerich.
O. Why was it said that if Cleo
patra's nose had been shorter the whole
face of the world would have been
charged?-D. E. S.
A To convey the idea that if Cleo
patra had been less attractive she
would not have enslaved Julius Caesar
and Mark Antony
O. What city or town is known as
Little Venice?-B. H
A. Arendal, Norway.
Q. How large is the Salton Sea-
D. McC.
A. The Salton Sea is lake in the
wide Colorado Desert or Imperial VAL
ley, in Southeastern California. Under
ordinary conditions it is a salt marsh
covered in places by shallow lakes
about 80 miles long, II miles wide and
$50 feet below sea level At times Of
freshets the lakes expand into water
body covering from 10000 to $4,000
acres.
Evening star., 1931-12-26
u. S. Should Overcome
Communist Propaganda

From the Chicago Tribune
That American society should be sub
jected in the midst of its efforts to
meet its problems upon its own terms
and with its own resources to an in
vasion of foreign Notwithstanding Is
an intolerable inf1iction deserving more
efficient measures than have yet been
adopted. Politicians of high rank are
in confidential correspondence with a
foreign instrumentality deliberately or
ganized and bent upon inflaming igno-
rance and misleading discomfort and
misfortune not only in our own Amer
ican household but throughout the
world. Here in Chicago it is at work
with no prospect of any results except
the fomenting Of futile but tragic
violence. 1t is so in other countries.
The purposes of the Russian bolShevik
government, operating through the in
ternational activities of the Communist
internationale, are perfectly known by
its announcements and its action. 1t
IS financially supporting as well as or
ganizing and directing groups through
out the United States engaged in edu-
eating youth to violence and to ideas
subversive of American principles and
10 our social peace. Yet not only
do men in high public place openly
favor giving the immense prestige Of
American official recognition to this
regime, but Russia is full of American
citizens engaged for high pay in per-
forming services which communism
cannot get from its own system.
To bolster up regime which con-
spires and is making every practicable
effort to destroy the American democ-
racy is an amazing folly To permit
our country to be overrun by secret
emissaries engaged In an effort to de-
Stroy 1t is fatuous beyond belief. It
is time to correct it. Foreign agitators
should be run down and expelled Their
American allies should be punished
under our laws. 1t is a duty of ma
ttonal defense as clear as the duty of
defense from any other invasion. The
Communist regime centered at Moscow
has declared war against democratic
America and its invasion should be
met and defeated. The American Gov
ernment was established by the Amer
ican people for "the common defense"
1t should fulfill that duty.
Evening star., 1931-12-26
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
ION Yoh Way

ION Yoh Way"
December go a-slippin' along
Whar de sky is cold an gray,
An as she go she sing dis song:
"On yoh way, chile! On yoh way!
Oar ain no use Of a-turnin' back
To travel de recollection track.
You wants to look forward, fur fack-
On yoh way, chile! On yoh way!
"Oh, January's mex in line,
An it ain so long till May,
When de flowers will bloom an de sur
will shine
On yoh way, chile! On yoh way!
Dar's gineter be ice an sleet an snow
An de weeks will seem to travel slow,
But smile an song will help 'em go
On yoh way, chile! On yoh way!"
Evening star., 1931-12-26
THIS AND THAT
BY. CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

The countryside In a mild Winter is
quite different from the countryside
during normal Winter.
No doubt the weather Is the chief
difference
Whether It Is changing or not is q
matter about which meteorologists may
dispute, but never the so-called man
In the street.
He is convinced that the weather
Is changing.
If any one doubts this he points to
the Christmas just past.
The entire Autumn and Winter sc
far, what are these but proofs that the
weather Is changing?
At any rate the countryside, In the
average Winter is not so green.
Rosebushes, in many instances, have
scarce lost their leaves.
Privet stays fresh and many other
things grow luxuriantly, to say moth
ing of beginning to put forth leaf buds.
The grass Is greener IN most places,
while lawns, new-sown last Fall, are as
bright as emeralds at this time.
This unusSal depth of color touches
the entire countryside, giving it an In
tensity seldom seen, even in such q
comparatively mild climate as Wash
ington and vicinity.
4
Squirrels are particularly fat this
Winter.
AS one walks along the suburban
streets and along country roads he will
see scores OF these merry fellows their
little bodies fairly bursting with fat.
What plumes of tails the squirrels
haunt this year
Never has the countryside boasted
fatter squirrels, and this despite the
pessimistic utterances of the amateur
weather forecasters, who predicted a
tough time Of 1t for the wild things
this Winter. This inaccurate prognos-
tication was based. evidently on the
first evidences Of rodent fat. It is true
that the Winter may not continue
warm. There is plenty of time left
for a severe time of 1t. But 1t must be
in the future.
II that time comes the squirrels will
be In good condition to meet 1t, judg-
ing from the fine specimens which may
be seen racing along sidewalks, bound
ing up and down trees campering
along old fence rails.
These rodents seem to get a peculiar
pleasure out OF an ld-fashioned rail
fence. We mean the sort with bark
on. 1t is this bark, no doubt. which
makes the little fellows with the big
tails feel right at home.
The tree is the squirrels habitat. 1t
is at home there 1t is his place of
refuge. 1t is hts playground. It is his
street and his circus. Surely he has
the time OF his life as he leaps and
races through the branches, or even
contemplates tree from afar.
If the squirrels could do 1t, they
would select Joyce Kilmer's poem,
Trees" as the squirrel national an
them.
There are more squirrels along the
country roads this Winter than in
years. In the suburban residential sec
tions they have come out in force.
taking possession of the great oaks as
their own by right.
1t is seldom that the suburban
dweller can walk a block without see
ing at least dozen We counted 20
Of these interesting rodents in two
blocks one morning shortly before
Christmas.
One fat fellow ran up a shrub about
7 feet high and perched himself on the
twig at the very top.
Now what are you going to do?" we
asked him as he gazed down upon us.
He gave us a roguish look, as If to
say, Watch mel"
Then he made flying leap into a
tree which grew on the other side of
the walk
Evening star., 1931-12-26
Cooperating Wet Forces
Studied as Political Factor

be made by official connivance and
entrance into conspiracy to defeat
law. 1t is so the world over. It will
be much better to have a licensed
salocn, with all the corruption that fol-
lowed in the wake of the old saloon.
than to have liquor administered bv
the State. with all the political do
minion and sideStepping and graft that
1t would entail"
Neither party can establish a claim
to being the wet party" in the opinion
OF the Charleston IS. c. Evening
Post. The Democrats have taken the
lead in the North against prohibition
but in the South they still cling for
mally to it. The Republican party is
ofnclally the dry party, since its tit
ular leader, Mr.. Hoover, is committed
to the support Of prohibition until he
definitely declares otherwise, and he
Will be held strictly to an accounting
by the dry organizations that claim
MIN as their own. The wet bloc In
Congress should move with a single
aim and make no pretensions as to
party aflliation or advantage. If that
Is done, progress toward a sane atti-
tude on the subject of the liquor traffic
Will De possible"
1t is believed by the Baltimore Sun
that "it may be quite a while before
the desires of the growing reform group
are reflected in the national pronounce
ments of the Republican party and
1t finds suggestions of "a popular
awakening that ought to make it easier
Tor the Democratic party to get itself
finally right on this issue" The Sun
continues: And if the Democratic
party cannot get into line behind a
proper settlement, there are still non-
partisan agencies that can be made
to respond to the desires of that in
creasing army Of citizens who see in
the eighteenth amendment and the
Vostead act the instrumentalities of
graft, corruption and crime without
parallel and who would march forward
to decency and reform"
Evening star., 1931-12-26
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

Stop q minute and think about this
fact. You can ask our Information Bu-
reau any question Of fact and get the
answer back In personal letter. It is
q great educational idea introduced into
the lives Of the most intelligent people
in the world-Amertcan newspaper
readers. 1t is part of that best purpose
Of newspaper-service. There Is no
charge, except 2 cents in coin or stamps
for return postage. Get the habit of
asking questions. Address your letter TO
The Evening Star Information Bureau,
Frederick J. Haskin, Director, Wash
ington, D. c.
O. Are there any other big races run
at EPSON Downs, England, besides the
Derby?-T. r.
A. Other EPSON races aside from the
Derby include the Oaks, on the fourth
day Of the May meeting, and the City
and Suburban and the Great Metro
politan, both handicap races.
@. How many children of school age
are out of school because they are en-
ployed?-R. B:
A. III normal year about 2,12O,00O
@. What Is the worlds present gold
supply expressed in dollars?-C. P. F.
A. 1t Is approximately $4,000 900 900.
@. Does the moon shine at the Poles
during the long nights?-G. K.
A. The Naval Observatory says that
the moon shines in the Arctic and Ant
arctic regions for q part Of the time
during the long nights. At the Pole
itself the moon Is above the horizon
ho1 of nj,
lunar month and below the horizon con-
tinuously during the other half In the
Wintertime full moon occurs when the
moon is above the horizon and new
moon when it is below, while in Sum-
mertime new moon occurs when it is
above the horizon and full moon when
it is below.
@. Are there at present any burning
coal mines?-L. NJ. B.
A. There are many burning coal
mines. The most famous is the anthra-
cite mine at Summit Hill, Pa, which
has been burning since 1860. A coal
deposit near Brownsville, Pa, is said to
have been burning since before the Civil
War
@. What is an osier wythe?-R. A.
A This Is another name for willow
twig
@. How many tax-free bonds are there
in the United States?-H L. H.
A. 1t is estimated that the whole
volume of bonds on which no Federal
income tax applies totals $4,000, 900 ,00O
@. How many electric railway cars
are there in the United States?-
A. N. L.
A. About $4,000.
@. At what age are most woman
prisoners committed?-G. A. s.
A. From q to "a years of age.
O. When was the French postal
service established?-J. H.
A. The establishment of a state post
in France goes back to 1854, though
its early history is very obscure I'm
provements were made from time to
time in this organization. Napoleon in
1904 replaced a committee that had
been appointed to manage the postal
service by single director general, and
his organization has remained in gen.
eral outline unchanged. OF recent
years the post Office has usually been
Evening star., 1931-12-26

Pennsylvania, only few years ago
almost denuded of her deer, reports
1900 of them killed in Somerset County
alone this past season. How come?
Well, not by reason of long season
and slack supervision. Sportsmanship,
craftsmanship and conservation are a
trio hard to beat in the long run.
Evening star., 1931-12-26

II Washington central telephone
Offices are just now enduring extra and
inexplicable trouble, it is probably due
to subscribers who have read of the
trussed-up bank cashier who dialed a
number with his tongue and who are
trying to see if they can do the same
stunt.
Evening star., 1931-12-26

What toys do children prefer?" asks
a correspondent of a question and
answer column. It has been the ex-
perience Of many many parents that
they seem to prefer those presented to
their brothers and sisters.
Evening star., 1931-12-26
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Evening star., 1931-12-26

Britain is inaugurating a series Of
piscatorial names for her submarines,
her newest having been christened
"Swordfish." 1t is wondered If she
will patriotically include Yarmouth
Bloater."
Evening star., 1931-12-26
Plenty of Talent.

From the Hamilton Spectator
The king Of the hoboes declares his
recent resignation was caused by his de-
cision to marry, but there are wives who
will have personal nominations to make
for the vacated throne.
Evening star., 1931-12-26

Demonstrations Of how British goods
are manufactured are being staged in
London's subway stations. We have no
program quite so comprehensive, but in
ours we do, at least, show how sardines
are packed
Evening star., 1931-12-26

A Cleveland youth is in the tolls Of
the law because for twenty-one con-
secutive evenings his goodnight to his
sweetheart consisted In pulling a false
alarm, with all the resultant rumpus.
She must be a siren.
Evening star., 1931-12-26
Varying Circumstances.

Varying Circumstances.
THAT man prides himself on saying
exactly what he means"
Does hep" exclaimed Miss Cayenne.
Don't you admire him?"
IT don't know Saying precisely what
you mean may be virtue; and then,
again, it may be only carelessness."
Evening star., 1931-12-26

Santa Claus has of recent years
graduated from furs to a slicker and
gum-boots. 1t may be that eventually
this traditional figure will wear linen
duster and carry palm-leaf fan.
Evening star., 1931-12-26
Insomnia.

Politics makes strange bedfellows.'
mot always" replied Senator Sor-
ghum. Politics is liable to get us all
so worried that nobody can sleep"
Evening star., 1931-12-26

"Talkin' bout yoh troubles" said
Uncle Eben, "ain' liable to make 'em
any less Hard-luck stories is most al
ways de kind dat allus winds up to be
continued" -..., e.-
Evening star., 1931-12-26

Cheer up, housewives; the last spruce
or pine needle will be out of the rugs
and corners by next Christmas.
Evening star., 1931-12-26
Natural EIOuuence.

Oh, let me roar and shout things,
Nor chide my thoughtless way.
If thought more about things
might have less to say.
Evening star., 1931-12-26
Worldly Wisdom.

Have you read that scientists latest
estimate Of the age Of the world?"
NO" answered the pessimistic per-
son. 1.-THE exact age of this erratic
world does not interest me. Whatever
the exact figures may be, there's no
doubt that it is old enough to know bet
ter"
Evening star., 1931-12-26
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Evening star., 1931-12-26

A man who has struggled into the
glare of the spotlight may find that It
reveals defects more relentlessly than
an X-ray machine.
Evening star., 1931-12-26
Delay.

Investigations, like as not,
Will mystify the average man.
Before they're finished you've forgot
Just how the trouble first began.
Evening star., 1931-12-26
THEODORE w. MOVES. Editor :
The Evening Star Newspaper Company

llth st. and Pennsylvania Ave.
New York ONCE: ITO East 42nd 81.
Chicago once: Lake Michigan Building.
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England.
Evening star., 1931-12-26
lligghlights on the Wide World
Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands

~ RAVDA, Belgrade special
u tribunal for the defense of the
state of Belgrade has COM
i menced the hearing of the case
Evening star., 1931-12-26

other accused A similar tribunal at
Smederevo has also commenced the
case against the police superintendent
Radoch Djiditch, who is charged with
total of 96 cases of Misrepresentation
of public funds. At Mitrovitza the tri-
bunal for the defense of the state has
sentenced Djuro Brkitch to II months
hard labor under the laws for such re-
preston.
Evening star., 1931-12-26


attaching to "Sheridan's Ride" He i.
inclined to believe from the evidence
that Sheridan moved rather slowly or
that occasion and that his military
tactics were not of the best. He EN-.
phasizes the fact that Sheridan's mill.
tary fame is based on three achieve.
ments-the taking of Missionary Ridge
IN 1868; the devastation of the Shen.
andoah Valley in 1864, and the obstruc.
tlon OF Lees retreat in 1865, so thai
Lee was forced to surrender to Grant
Sheridan was a favorite with Grant
Mr.. Hergesheimer says, who gave hin
his opportunities. Sheridan, though
quiet" and "unimpressive, won ane
held the devotion of his men.
Grace Hegger Lewis, first wife o.
Sinclair Lewis, has written a novel
Half Loaf" portraying the difficultie.
OF the wife of successful author-ane
OF the author himself. Critics havt
not failed to suggest that 1t has ar
as,utobiographical tinge. Timmy Hale
the author, and his wife Susan go
along fairly well as long as Timmy was
poor and struggling, but when hi.
third novel brought success domestic
troubles followed. Timmy was crude
eccentric, of plain New England stock
transplanted to the Middle West. Susar
was aristocratic in her tastes, snobbish
with New York City background. Il
was not unnatural that they separated
with relief to both.
The Palestine mandate, established al
the Peace Conference following tht
World War, has worked only moderately
well, If we are to Judge by the frequen
Ara nc
In two volumes, Fannie Fern Andrew.
discusses the whole question of 9TH,
Holy Land Under Mandate" Palestine
+ about the size of the State Of Maryland
has been the scene of almost continuou
strife throughout history. When Gen
Allenby entered Jerusalem durin,
the World War, the day of the Turf
seemed ended and both Arabs ant
Jews became hopeful. How these hope
have been affected since the war i
part Of Dr.. Andrews story. .-