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Fingerprints-and Names.

When Emma Kirk was strangled TO
death in 1926 the police found left
thumb print on one of the old lady's
eyeglass lenses. Detective Sergeant Fred
Sandberg enlarged the Photographic
copy Of the print and pasted it under
the glass cover of his desk. 1t matched
none of the prints he could find on
file, but some day it might match one
Of the hundreds of prints sent into
the Washington bureau every day from
police departments all over the coun-
try. The fngerprint lacked one Of the
essentials, however. There was no
name on which TO hang it.
In the Summer of 1925 Sergeant Sand
berg was called TO New Jersey as an
expert witness in the Hall-Mills trial.
He was there for ten days. And while
he was there a circular reached the
washington bureau from Denver, ask
ing the police of all cities if anybody
wanted" George Pearce Tucker for
anything. The fingerprints Of Tucker
were attached. The police here went to
i their files, looked up the name of
| Tucker, found none to correspond with
| the Tucker arrested in Denver, and filed
the circular, with the fingerprints, for
possible future reference. II Sergeant
sandberg had been here, he may have
made himself famous overnight for solu-
I ton of a crime by chance discovery
that the Denver prints matched the
print under the glass cover of his desk.
But he was not here. He was In New
Jersey.
Yesterday, when word reached police
that a George Pearce Tucker had con-
fessed TO the Kirk crime, it took only
few minutes to check his prints
against those of the Tucker arrested in
Denver and a few minutes more to
check the left thumb print against the
print under the glass cover Of Sergeant
Sandberg's desk. And to all intents and
purposes the crime has been solved.
ALI Of which shows the strength, and
the weaknesses, Of the mysterious and
deadly accurate weapon held by the
police in the form Of identification by
fingerprints.
When there is a name, or an alias
that suggests a similarity in names
checking two ingerprints is a matter OF
minutes. But when there are no names
and merely the fingerprints, one among
millions of others, the Identification is
J another thing entirely. The police here
receive hundreds Of circulars every day
bearing nngerprints. The Division Of
J, Identification of the Bureau Of Invests
cation. Department of Justice. receives
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-20
Home Declared Better
Than Nursery School
ne Editor of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
According to reports of plans existing
in the minds of educational progress
! sives," our school system is to be
augmented by a subfanily OF nursery
schools designed to relieve parents of
| responsibility for their children shortly
after teething sets in. For six hours
daily, five days week, infants from the
age of 10 months onward are to be
nursed out of public funds or private
| charity until the kindergarten auto
matically receives them for regimenta-
ton into first grade.
Does the American home need nursery
schools? Consider the program: At 9
o'clock the children assemble to be
| looked over by the nurse, who sends
home any child with Slight defects.
such as colds" Each child gets drink
of water. At 10 o'clock orange Juice is
administered. Next comes constructive
play, planned to induce whole-arm
movements with the idea of muscle de-
velopment." Then follows a period of
rest" At IL is served a dinner "of
things specially good for youngsters,
whose idiosyncraSies of food likes and
dislikeS are eliminated" Then the
children are put to bed for two hours.
Then they get another drink of water.
AT 8, papa or mama comes to take the
child home.
Now, what is there in this schedule
that the home cannot provide? Should
not parents know, or learn to know.
the symptoms OF common colds? Either
their physician or handbook will help
them qualify to look down the childs
throat and hunt out disturbing details,
There is indeed a power of good in
drinking water, but as a mere man re-
marks, it seems long way to send
child for drink Of water. Orange
juice, too, may be administered at
home, the childs little chair being set
by the child's little table, as at school,
while he drinks. Plays inducing
whole arm movements" prevail rather
generally in homes blessed with healthy
babies who busy themselves tossing a
rubber ball, pushing chairs about,
helping mother make beds, and so
on. 1t has long been acknowledged
that no set of prescribed exercises can
rival in value the unhampered, I'M
directed play of children. The rest
period" follows naturally at home, the
baby ceasing his activity when he gets
tired.
AS for the good dinner" used as
an inducement to draw these infants
from home, how many mothers will
confess their inability to prepare a mid
day meal of vegetable soup, mashed
potatoes, turnipS and brown bread,
WIFI possibly cottage cheese on q let
tuce leaf, and baked apple? AS to
eliminating idiosyncrasies," do parents
confess to such spinelessness as an in
ability to correct children's table man
ners?
Physically. it would appear that the
only useful purpose served by the nurS-
cry school is in its capacity of orphanage,
an institution ministering to children
for whom an ordered home life is an
entire impossibility. From the view
point of moral and mental health, a
side is presented which right thinking
people cannot ignore, and which cam
not be dealt with briefly
ELLA FRANCES LYNCH.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-20

Many readers send in questions ST. ed
only with initials, asking that the an
swers appear il the newspaper. The
space is limited and would not accom-
modate a fraction of such requests
The answers published are ones that may
interest many readers. rather than the
one who 5 the question only. AL
questions should be accompanied by
the writer's name and address and
cents in coin or stamps for reply. Send
your question to The Evening star In
formation Bureau, Frederic j. Haskin
direct e, Washington, d. c.
Q. What was the song Ruth Chatter
ton sang in Sarah and SONIA. c. D
A. 1t was 'Wiegenlied," by Brahms.
@. Where do the Mexicans buy their
radio sets?-F. K.
A. About 30 per cent of the radio
setJ in use in Mexico are American
made.
@. What are the average earnings OF
wage earners in industry?-W. L.
A. Estimates only are possible. Va
rious economists have estimated them
as $23.17 $24.6l and SGT.
@. Is the present-day Russia inter
ested in the drama?-B. j.
A. 1t is said that a spontaneous anna
teur theater movement has sprung up
in the Soviet Union. Performances take
place in factory towns. Village club
workers write, produce and act their
own plays. There are some IS 900 of
these club theaterS in cities and towns
and about 10000 in the villages. Troops,
known as Blue Blossers. travel about the
country, performing before local trade
unions and peasant clubs Their roper
\ Nr.4w fvNrl fYr1r
and satirical sketches. There are about
10000 of these. In the Spring of 1928
there were 8,767 motion picture display
places in the Soviet Union.
@. What is the average height Of men
in the United States?-E. j.
A. The average is feet 9 inches.
@. What is meant by a trump par
liament"?-A. CT.
A. 1t has grown to mean parlia-
ment which no longer represents the
will of the ma jority of the people. The
famous Rump Parliament in English his
tory was the Long Parliament, after
it was purged by Pride of all but the
independents in 1648.
@. How many caribou are there in
continental United States?-M. D.
A. There are 400 caribou. They are
on Isle Royale, in Lake Superior.
@. What is the population of Macao?
B. M.
A. Macao, country under the Por-
tuguese government, is one of the most
iensely populated countries in the world.
1t has a population of 74,666, and the
population per square mile is 1857.
@. Please describe Italy's hag.-G.
A. A.
A. The royal standard of Italy con-
s:sts of square blue field, on which is
centered the national coat of arms.
When Napoleon made the northern
provinces of Italy into a kingdom in
1905 he gave it flag Of three colors-
green next to the Flagstaff. white in the
middle and red at the fly end. This
flag disappeared when Napoleon was
overthrown, but was revived when Vic
tor Emmanuel, King of Sardinia and a
member of the house of Savoy, became
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-20

Birds are late in arriving this year.
Even to the natural bowers to the
north of our great city, where the birc
population is the highest in the land
few have yet come.
One or two robins have been seen and
the cardinals, loveliest and most faith
full of birds. are at hand, but the re-
mainder of these friends are yet absent
Perhaps it is too early to expect them
in numbers.
There is a small feathered fellow OF
mingled brown and gray, with sort
of crest on his head, who sits in tree
/ and calls. Pussy, pussy, pussy, pussy!
He is called, in our neighborhood, the
puSsy-bird, on account of his melodious
cry.
So far there has been little twittering
! at dawn.
Last year. about a month later, it is
| true, the noise about 4 am. was deaf
! ening.
Scores of invisible twitters engaged
I Justify in a contest to see which could
make the most noise.
! 1t would have been a stretch of the
meaning to have called their cries
songs.
Mostly it was noise, peculiarly loud
on account of the time Of day.
| hour, after which it would die down
with real bird songs standing out
! thereafter.
That preliminary blast beginning just
as the violet lights appeared through
| the trees to the east, resembled the
tuning up of symphony orchestra.
Now there is no other aggregate
sound in the world like that of great
orchestra tuning up. The little runs
and trills of the flutes combine with
| the hoarse muted tones of the big
! horns, and the tests across the four
strings of the violin with the throaty
runs of the golden harp.
Only the morning songs of the birds
can equal it, unless 1t be the opening
strains of the overture to Wagner S
Flying Dutchman." Recently this has
been popular on the radio, with the re-
! suit that millions of persons never
! knew when it began, but thought 1t was
! the instruments being put in tune.
A bird song must be taken by itself,
| If the listener wants to appreciate 1t.
The morning cacophony with which
they greet the world is scarcely praise
worthy, unless one enjoys tuning-up.
Some do.
And certainly there is a strange de-
light in listening to the weird sounds OF
either human or bird orchestra, as they
blow and tootle their hardest, as If
each, man or bird, was determined TO
make himself heard above the pack.
X X y
It is too early to see what effect the
drought has had on the bird population.
1t would seem at this writing as if
there were to be far fewer birds this
Spring than last.
We will watch with interest their ar
rival. To date there are only the cardi-
mails, a few blue jays, the so-called
pussy-bird and a few small brown fell
lows we fondly imagine to be wrens.
Occasionally a flock of blackbirds
settles in the yard, to peck eagerly at
invisible things, and then to fly away
together.
The drought must have worked havoc
among them all. Surely there should
be more OF them in evidence at this
date, especially after the comparatively
milder days of the past three or four
weeks.
Birds are companionable creatures,
pleasant to have around, interesting in
their comings and goings. They have
been associated with mankind since the
dawn of history. His earliest attempts
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-20
Bus Size and Speed.

The tragic accident early today on
the Richmond Washington road below
Alexandria in which three persons were
killed and twelve injured draws re-
newed attention TO the fact that road
construction in the United States is
not keeping pace with the steadily in
creasing size Of buses and the in
crease in volume of bus traffic, thus
making the bus not only a menace
to its passengers but to other road
users as well. The Richmond-Wash-
ington Boulevard has been the scene
Of other bus accidents, and these &C
cidents have occurred in spite OF
the roads comparative width. For
this reason it apparently boils down to
the fact that these heavy vehicles on
the average road are too large and are
driven too fast for the safety on high
ways that the entire country is striving
80 earnestly to obtain.
On highways, such as the
washington Baltimore Boulevard, this
method Of transportation is safe and
comfortable. The road is wide enough
TO accommodate all classes Of users
But this is one Of the comparatively few
super-highways of the country and con-
ditions Of safety on it are altogether
different from the average narrow ar
terry, with soft shoulders at the sidi
and with buses carrying twenty o.
more persons laundering along at forty
htty and sixty miles an hour.
Obviously, there are only two alter
natives to correct a situation that
rapidly approaching the acute stage
Wider roads must be constructed o
suAa1ier and slower husses< rpust b
AVERE The drsk af course. Y aesrshls
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Lewis and Obstructionists.


Senator James Hamilton Lewis OF
Illinois, who returns to the Senate after
a twelve years absence, looks darkly
upon obstructionist tactics. He does not
believe that a President of the United
States, even though he be Republican,
should be under constant and scurrllous
attack for political reasons alone. The
newly elected Democratic Senator takes
the view that President of the United
States. having been placed in office by
the vote of the people, is entitled to an
opportunity to carry out the program
enunciated by him and his party during
the election campaign. If the people
are not satisfied With the program and
with the manner in which the Chief
Magistrate administers the affairs of
the Government they will turn to the
opposition party in the next election.
The Illinois Democrat has arrived in
Washington at time when obstruction
is the watchword of the anti-Hoover
members of Congress, some of them
found on the Republican side. When
the Congress was about to convene last
December. seven Democratic leaders,
outstanding men in the party includ-
ing Alfred E. Smith, John w. Davis
and James NJ. Cox, not to mention the
Democratic leaders of the Senate and
House, Robinson and Garner, signed
statement pledging to the Hoover adj
ministration cooperation in the matter
Of bringing about the adoption of re-
lief program. What happened during the
recent session of Congress, what meas
ure of cooperation" was accorded the
White House and the regular Repub-
icans in the Senate is matter Of too
recent history to require comment. 1t
is on record, however, that no sooner
had the statement issued by the Demo-
cratic leaders been published than
members of their party began shooting
at it, describing it as an apology" for
having won victories in the recent con-
sressional elections.
The statement issued by the seven
Democratic leaders, however, struck
responsive chord out in the country,
where there was more interest in get
ting something done than in playing
politics. The interview now given by
Senator Lewis also will strike a respon-
sive chord among the people, who, after
all, have much more common sense
than some Of the senatorial leaders
grant to them. It is refreshing to hear
a demand from a member of a minority
party in Congress that mere partisan
politics be avoided in the interest of the
country itself When the next Congress
convenes the political battle will be on
once more, with a national campaign
only few months away. The prediction
has been made in some quarters that
the new Congress will be in a greater
turmoil than was the last. Perhaps,
however, a reaction will set in. Perhaps
public opinion, which, after ALL supports
those who desire to accomplish rather
than those who merely desire to OBJ
struct, will make itself felt. 1t may be
too much to hope for, but should such
q situation arise the country will be
pleasantly surprised. The new Demo-
cratic Senator from Illinois, with
closer contact with the people than
those Of his colleagues who spent the
Winter in Washington, has already
sensed the opinion Of the public.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-20
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
The Life of Idleness.

The Life of IdlenesS.
I envy lives Of lettering ease,
With every hour supposed to please;
Where every clock sends forth its chime
In silver tones of tipping rhyme;
Where beauty blends with rest
And all seems for the best.
II such blissful place find,
oh, what will be my state of mind?
Would I sit down with useless hands?
Some busy thought each mind demands.
Could I shun honest care
And just play solitaire?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-20

An official enjoying the extraordinary
popularity of Mayor Jimmie Walker
might find a new incumbent who could
90 the work, but scarcely one who could
be so efficient in the line Of gladstone
greeting.
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Rate by MaiI-Payable in Advance.
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All Other States and Canada.
Memher Of the Associated Press.

The Associated Press is exclusively ertitied
TO the use for republication OF all newS dlS-
patches credited to IL or not otherwise cred
tied in this paper and also the local news
published herein All rights OF pubhcatlon o.
special dispatches herein are also reserved
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-20

Prison riots tend to lessen the SYM
pathy which many feel toward convicts.
The unruly element makes it hard to
carry out the sincere ideals that would
make reform and moral education the
chief purposes Of penal discipline.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-20

A visit TO this country by the King
and Queen of Siam will be a notable
event, involving all the courtesies of
diplomacy, but with none Of the subtle
acrimony that often arises when per-
sonages Of distinction meet.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-20

A good comedian is not in too great
a hurry to demand his place in the
center of the stage. Huey Long displays
good showmanship in allowing his ma
tional audience to wait for him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-20

Hopeful natures are confident not
only that there will not be another war
but also that arrangements can prevent
gangsters and hold-up men from carry
ing on battle as private enterprise.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-20

Nobel prizes were intelligently pro-
vided for but could not quite forestall
the possibility, which arises frequently
in competitive demonstration, of argu-
ments with the referee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-20

When President Hoover takes brief
vacation trip, several American states
men who oppose him find opportunity
for period of recuperation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-20
Elusive Water.

From the Charleston CIV. va.) Daily Mail
Cometh a new invention, one which
will detect water In anything but
stock. The latter still battles effort
to q large extent, desirable a. some
method 81 detection would be.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-20

Airplanes have their tragedies. They
are also swift and effectual messengers
Of mercy when human distress sends
out a call
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Taxing AWAY Warfare.

From the San Francisco Chronicle.
Doubtless warfare will continue until
somebody thinks to erect a mammoth
bronze statue of a tax receipt.
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Few "Ahemn Monuments.

From the New Castle News.
Few Of our nobler public monuments
were erected to statesmen who made
practice OF answering direct CUES
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-20
Too Far AWAY.

From the Savannah Morning News
"l24 Gangsters Sent to Prison" That
is heading in big type. But-pshawI
1t isn't from Chicago, but from some
outlandishly named town in Sicily.
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Some Progress.

From the Dayton Daily News.
Detroit is reforming. They are begin
ming to close the speakeasies that are
near schools, instead of shutting down
the schools.
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Page Mr.. Volstead.

From the Memphis Commercial Appeal.
And now we are in favor of adding
pot liquor to the other liquors prohibited
by law.
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Rate nv Carrier Within the City.

The Evening Star. 45c per month
when Sundays -. e0c per month
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Orders may be sent in By mail or telepbone
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Avenue Observation.

The buildings show us many a freak
AS we look up and down.
To put one up will take week,
And years to pull it down.
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Concurrent Sentiment,

your friends say you need vaca-
ton"
Opinions on that point are unani-
NOUS" said Senator Sorghum, though
motives differ. My enemies say the
same thing"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-20

"Dey is talkin' bout evolution again,"
said Uncle Eben. II is neither fur it
nor as'in' it bein' as hoNI I ain got any
inauenee IN de- question xhateYsxHr
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Among Men and Nations.
What human kind has met
In its career of doubt,
Is getting into debt
And trying to get out!
No Ovation Desired.

I'VE are going to give you grand
ovation the next time you come to
Crimson Gulch. Everybody will stand
around and gaze at you and wait for
you to say few words"
Don't do it," protested Cactus Joe.
II know it'll all be meant in friendship.
But the last man I saw treated that
way was feller that had been caught
stealth HOSES"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-20
More Talk. Less ExnIosives.

From the Springfield Cdass.) Republican.
Gen. Buffers quitting the Marines
TO enter the lecture field will mean more
vlvld talk, but 1t won't have so much
explosive matter in it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-20

The Evening Star Newspaper COmpan.
Business ONCE:
18th st. and Pennsylvania Ave-.
New York once; Ito East 42nd St.
Chicago once: Lake Michigan Building
European once: IA Regent st., London.
England.
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Jud Tunkins says it's easier to inter
est people in something they don't
understand. If you make something
perfectly plain they're sure that with a
little time they'd have thought 1t out
for themselves.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-20
Those Examination Papers.

Those EXaminatIOn Papers.
We never quite get out Of school.
The income tax applies this rule,
And punishment will prove quite strong
If we should get the answer wrong.
"Our vices" said Hi Ho the sage Of
Chinatown, create more interest, and
for that reason sometimes appeal to an
unfortunate sense Of vanity. The VII
lage inebriate is reprehensible, but he
is at least famous"
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wAsHIN GToN, D. c.
March 30, 1881
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THEODORE W. MOVES. !. Editor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-20

John Joseph Leary, -jr, of New York,
who has Just been appointed by Presi-
dent Hoover 70 investigate European
employment agency systems, was an
idolatrous supporter Of Theodore RooSe-
Yelt and stu publicly describes himself
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-20

@. Is there tree called the "ague"
tree?-M. N. B.
A. The sassafras tree is sometimes
called the ague tree.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-11

l. Always before sold at much
 higher prices. So soft and
 cuddly; can toddle with a lit tie help. Smartly dressed in organdy-rubber panties, too. Sleeps, cries. IS inches tall.