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Evening star., 1932-09-20
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@. How tall is Helen Wills Moody
and what is her weight?-I. B.
| A. She is feet 7lk inches tall
and weighs about 1875 pounds.
@. How is telephone communica-
ton accomplished between Washington
and Honolulu?-W. H.
| A. 1t is by means of wires between
Washington and San Francisco, some
5000 miles. and by short-wave radio
! channel from San Francisco to Homo
lulu. about 25oo miles. Despite this
though the participants were in the
same city.
@. How can an atom be split? Can
the process be observed?-A. T.
A. The Bureau Of Standards says
that atoms are split by using other
atoms as projectiles. The actual proc
ess cannot be observed, only the results
of the splitting process are observable.
The usual method Of splitting atoms is
to direct a stream Of alpha particles
(high speed helium nuclei) at the sub
| stance the atoms Of which are to be
disrupted.
| @. How much must the receipts of
q post Office be in order that 1t be
ranked as a first-class post ofice?-
| A. S. j:
A. All post Offices having receipts
of $40 900 o. more are first-class Offices
from $1,000 to $4,000, second-class
Offices; $4,000 to $500, third-class
Offices. and less than $500; fourth
class offices.
@. Was the author Of the Book OF
Luke Jew?-G. A.
A. Luke considered the most liter
aTy among the writer's Of the New Tes-
lament, was not Jew. His name
and his profession Of physician sug-
gest that he was the son of a Greek
freedman Of some Roman family.
@ When were horseshoes first made
by machinery?-C B.
A. In 1885. by Henry Burden. at
Troy. N. Y.
Q. What is the function of the
American Engineering Council? e.
NJ B.
A. 1t was formed in December, 1920,
as the Federated American Engineer
ing Societies The name was changed
March II, 1924, to the present title.
Its object is to further the public well
! fare wherever technical and engineer
ing knowledge and experience are in
volved, and to consider and act upon
matters OF common concern to the en-
/ gineering and allied technical profess
sionS. Each year the council conducts
Cne major research in the realm Of
engineering, industry or in the semi
economic field.
@. What was a gimmel ring?-W. N.
! A. 1t was an old-style wedding
| ring composed Of two loops.
@. Was Jumbo the largest elephant
| ever meaSured?-R s.
| A. Jumbo, the famous elephant of
! the Bsrnum & Bailey Circus, was 10
/ feet 10 inches tall and weighed ap-
| proximately six tons. Jumbo was one
of the largest elephants ever in cap
! tivity. but there are records of larger
| elephants which were not taken alive
! but killed. One elephant shot in East
Africa measured IL feet Sl2 inches at
the shoulder. had a total length from
trunk to end of tail Of Is feet 5 inches
| and a girth of forefoot of feet 5l4
inches.
Evening star., 1932-09-20

ues-and yet the cry for another book
goes on without break.
Only word, this last word, to say
that Teaching Procedures despite its
title. is book reaching toward other
classes. toward other individuals, than
this purely professional one toward
which i is Manifestly. % preiesdoa,
Evening star., 1932-09-20
Australian Makes
Strange Requests.

Daily Telegraph, Sydney,-strange be-
quests and orders were included IN the
viii Of Charles Wynford Horneman, a
North Coast grazier. who died last Au-
gust, leaving an estate of f4,555.
My coffin Is to be roped on the back
form a foundation. Ny coffin is to be
made in Warwick (Queensland), and
- Is to have nothing to do with my
funeral" read one passage.
Should die at Koreelah" (his sta
ton property, he wrote, my body is to
be taken to the Legume Cemetery and
buried beside dear Alan's grave. Ten
pounds only are to be spent on a head
stone, with Alan's name and my own on
y, the dates Of death, and nothing
else"
An ash walking stick from a tree
broken by shot and shell by relative
of the dead man, who was in the 67th
Foot Regiment during the Battle of
Waterloo, was left to one son.
ITO my son, w. B. F. Horneman," the
box, presented to nay aunt, Pauline
Anne Horneman. by Princess Will
hemina of Denmark, and 1t must never
on any account pass from the Horne
man family.
ITO my son, w. B. r. Horneman, my
grandfather's sword, my fathers minia-
ture painted In 1894, and my fathers
coat OF arms. My fathers court dress
uniform, his undress uniform, papers
relating to his rowing feats and honour
able service In an artillery regiment, my
family Bible and a history OF Napoleon
Ranaparte.
"To my daughter Alice ! leave my
pictures and crested silvefware, my
green hleedstone seal and model of
Shakespeares house ! leave her also
nay teethpiek and ear cleaner, made by
Danish prisoners of war and given to
my grandfather In 1906. To Francis
Eric Horneman I give EGO sterling"
The residue was left for the benefit
OF the widow and children.
Chinese Coalies Find
Traffic Lights Troublesome.
North China Daily News, Shanghai
A little more Intelligence in handling
the traffic and operating the signal
lights is urgently needed at the end of
the Szechuen Road Bridge. Constitut-
ing the steepest gradient in Shanghai,
1t Is hard pull for q ricsha coalie ever
the bridge and when he is once over 1t
Is almost Impossible for him to retard
the speed of the ricshs down the slope.
What frequently happens Is that the
coolie gets over the bridge and Is half
way down the slope when the tfafae
unfortunate passenger measures his e.
cape from accident by inches as the
coole endeayors to pull up and miss
Evening star., 1932-09-20
: PETIT MARSEILLAIS. Mar
seilles.-Those interested will be
gratified, no doubt, to hear that
six bulls will be engaged at

AreneS du Prado. just as Is done
over the Spanish frontier, in the pic
turesque amphitheater of that locality.
Admission to well shaded seats, from
where an excellent view OF the whole
performance may be obtained, is 10
francs. For an even more ridiculous ex-
penditure, places may be secured in the
open air at francs, no doubt equally
desirable, as the weather promises to be
fair and moderate.
Six superb bulls from the herds of
Aueustin Lescot will be combatted,
without horses, by some of the most
noted matadors of Madrid and BARGE
Iona. including Silvio Zafon, Nino de la
Estrella and Jose Espano. accompanied
by their own banderilleros, brought
along from Spain. A seventh bull,
decorated with a cockade. will be re-
leased in the ring after the Others have
been disposed of, to give the amateur
bull fighters chance to show their
skill. The individual retrieving the
cockade will be the hero Of the occa-
sion.
Evening star., 1932-09-20

As an evidence Of his enduring per-
sonal prestige, interviewers who can
not persuade ex-Mayor Walker to talk
90 ON as usual describing the cut OF his
clothes and the color of his necktie.
Evening star., 1932-09-20

One reason that the eighteenth
amendment is made the subject Of so
much ebquence Is, no doubt, that 1t Is
so much easier to understand than the
tariff and other problems of interna-
tional relationship.
Evening star., 1932-09-20

Republicans regard Democrats as
iniouitous and Democrats denounce Re-
publicans. The only candidate who es-
canes is Mr.. Norman Thomas, and this
is probably for the reason that as
practical vote-getter he is not regarded
as counting.
Evening star., 1932-09-20

At the age of 81, Elihu Root is to ad-
dress the American people on behalf o.
the Republican party. The campaign
program clearly contemplates utilizing
the energy of youth under the guidance
OF mature experience.
Evening star., 1932-09-20
Analysis of Motives.

Don't you think our friends belief
that no one except himself can save
the country denotes great patriotisme
Not exactly" replied Senator Sor'
ehum. Its rather q case Of eeeism
rushing to the rescue of pessimiSrh."
Evening star., 1932-09-20

Much political pride of personality
continues to be exploited in Germany
in spite of the fact that the questions
uppermost in the minds Of the people
are, What shall We eat, how much and
when?"
Evening star., 1932-09-20

Pipers and Swimmers.
From the Des Moines Tribune.
An English swimmer, accompanied
by a bagpiper in q rowboat, failed to
cross the Channel. A further attempt
will be made, we hear, with the bag
pipes In pursuit.
Evening star., 1932-09-20
Easy.Mark Lunch Stands.

From the indianapolis News.
One State figures that its citizens
spend more for automobiles than for
feed, but probably overlooked the eat
ing that motorists do an visits to the
old home place
Evening star., 1932-09-20

If there is anything that could str
al Smith to the point Of breaking
silence, it would probably be the amount
Of overelaborated sympathy that Is
being extended to him.
Evening star., 1932-09-20
Forced Banting.

From the Miami Daily News.
A New Jersey girl lost IL pounds
when her boy friend deserted her. Part.
ing may be sweet sorroV, but IT doesn't
seem to be ene of those sweets the
stout girls have to avoid.
Evening star., 1932-09-20
Cruel Stripe.

Prom the Tulsa World.
The war in Brazil is not exactly of
the comic opera variety. 1t has been
running rearlN eight weeks, and sev.
eral people hsvb been hurt.
Evening star., 1932-09-20
Tax on Hopes.

From the Florida Times Union.
A wage Garner now pays a tax on
what he earns ana what he spends.
Hew Will We And new ways to make him
pap . tax en- what he expecta2
Evening star., 1932-09-20
Supercilious Youth.

when that young man asked you to
marry him." said Mr.. Cumrox, why
didn't you tell him to see me?"
II did," replied his daughter, de-
murely. "He said he had already seen
you and that he didn't find your ap-
pearance especially objectionable"
Evening star., 1932-09-20
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Evening star., 1932-09-20
He Beat the Game.

kkS DSSv sA4S N'AAA~s
There was man who led q lie
With apprehension vexed.
He said: "This year is filled with strife
And verse is coming next;
And. candidly, have a fear,
Which daily haunts me, that
The world will find the following year
Is even worse than that"
And so he missed the sunshine bright
That gilds the present hour,
Until trolley car in fight
Overwhelmed him with its power.
His ante-mortem statement seemed
A sigh of bliss intense
1--WE missed the perils which. dreamed
Might get me 10 years hence"
de man dat likes to talk about his
SET" said Uncle Eben, generally gifts
mad when other felix's git 70 discussin'
him" -
Evening star., 1932-09-20
Fine Distincti0nS.

Distinctions very fine are spread
Before us, day by day,
'Twixt what statesman really said
And what he meant to say.
Evening star., 1932-09-20
Taking Their Measure.

do those people who moved into the
fat across the hall seem to be desir-
able neighbors?" asked the man.
Ne" replied the woman, Il watched
everything that came out Of the moving
van. They haven't q thing that we
would care to berrew,"
Evening star., 1932-09-20
M.mber Of the Associated Press.

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled
IN the use for republication OF all news Gas
natches credited to it or not otherwise creG-
tied in this paper and also the he,hs,cation ,Hc Of
special dispatches herein are also reseIveo
Evening star., 1932-09-20

intelligent and wise seizure of exist
ence, his own and those in social bond
around him. In very direct way he
defines the background of learning. its
aims and purposes, upon this simple
basis.
This is much too big book. big in
spirit and specific instruction for
teachers-and who is not a teacher
nowadays?-to deal with in any degree
OF particularly. 1t seems to me that
the best thing to say about 1t is that
It, for everyday purposes and all-time
purposes as well, covers the subject OF
an expert consideration. But that is
not all. This domain Of literature has
been dull one in print at least. Read
ers. students of the teaching brand
have taken 1t up with reluctance Les
sons to be learned (Oh, those reluc-
ta1t. back-dragging LESSONS to be
learned! terrible Indictment, In fact y
But here is a book as engrossing as Il
is useful. An enthusiasm of a book.
A minute back we said everybody is
q teacher nowadays. What with parent
teacher associations, clubs for instruc-
tien in this, that and the other, it
comes to be not an exaggerated state
ment to give to teaching so wide a
range. And here Is book for these
installed ones. Literature? All right
Take this book to guide you to its ways
Of acquiring appreciation. Appreciation,
to be taught. in literature. music, art?
So DR.. Ruedinger says, and talks about
It with certainty, having seen it done,
having done ID himself. Picking almost
at random, because have to. here is a
section that talks sanely and p-acti-
oaIly about organizing the mind. And
we agree that this is a priceless bit Of
practical knowledge to come upon.
know people, no end of them. who. read
ing omnivorously. this book and that
one and that. have no faint faint notion % @ OF
assigned To their value within the
reader. grouped ascording TO these val
Evening star., 1932-02-04
.P|CKENS SELECTED
SPORTS DIRECTOR
Alabama Man UnofficialIy at
Work for Months on
BicentenniaI Job.
~ HAMP P1CKENs of Tuscaloosa,

HAMP PICKENS of Tuscaloosa,
Ala, is under way officially to-
day as sports director OF the
Washington Bicentennial, al
though the Southerner, appointed on
the recommendation of Grantland Rice,
has been on the job more or less for
several months. He was a leading fig
ure in the promotion Of the triple
header foot ball game here last Fall
that sweetened the Washington unem-
ployed's kitty by $1,000.
Pickens comes to Washington with a
record of 80 years of achievement in
the field of promotion. A University
of Alabama alumnus, he promoted the
charity foot ball game on the Pacific
Coast in 1880 in which the Notre Dame
All-Stars met a Coast eleven. He ar
ranged Alabama's first appearance in
the Rose Bowl game and carried on In
two others.
Host to Scribes.
At a luncheon yesterday at the Har-
rington Hotel in which he was host,
Pickens outlined his plans to the sports
editors Of local newspapers and named
them an advisory committee. II the
directors plans materialize, his list Of
events will include outstanding attrac-
tions in all leading sports.
His problems are many, centering in
the main in financial handicapS, but he
has expressed confidence they will be
surmOunted
Evening star., 1932-02-04
MONTGOMERY SERIES
CLASH AT SHERWOOD
Takoma-silver Spring Basketers
League Leaders, Look for
Keen Contest.

SILVER SPRING, February 4.-Ta-
ma-Silver Spring meets Sherwood at
Sandy Spring in the Montgomery
County Basket Ball League feature to-
morrow.
Playing in the small court against a
tight zone defense, which has held
Sherwood's last two opponents to lone
field goal, the league leaders expect the
hardest battle of the season.
Bethesda Chevy Chase and Damas-
Gus are expected to keep neck-and-neck
in the second-place battle when Be-
thesda meets Rockville at Bethesda and
Damascus plays Gaithersburg at Gal
thersburg.
Takoma Silver Spring had little
trouble in defeating Woodward Prep
School, 1916, at Silver Spring. Headed
by Leizear and Bobievich, the Takomas
piled up an early lead and reserves fin
iShed the game.
In preliminary the Rockville jun
iors scored their first victory of the
season, defeating Takoma-Silver Spring
juniors, 21-9.
SUNNI aries.
Evening star., 1932-02-04
GAMES AT HYATTSVILLE

HYATTSVIILE, Md, February A.
Company F basket ball teams will play
two games tonight on the National
Guard Armory floor here with Wash
ington quints.
The Soldier first team will meet Ohm
sted Grill tossers in the main game and
Company Fs Reserves will engage Com
pany G, Marine Reserves, in the pre-
| liminary at 7:30 o'clock.
Company F first-stringers have booked
Potomac Boat Club of Washington for
Sunday. A game for the reserve team
is sought. Call Lieut.. Hugh T. McClay
at Hyattsville 521-J after $50 pm.
Games for shipley Midget basketers
are sought with 130-pound quints hav-
ing courts. Call Donald Hollingsworth
at Greenwood 1891.
Richards Colonials downed Gridiron
Club tossers of Washington, % to 49,
Hamilton led the winners attack with
8 points,
Evening star., 1932-02-04
SEM|-PR0 QU|NTETS
BATTLE OUTSIDERS
Easton Pals, Lyceums Here
Sunday to Play Vicmen
and Eagles.

A MOTHER invasion by road court
~ teams this week will find the
~ Vic Sport Shop and SkinKer
Eagles entertaining Sunday a
pair of semi-pro basket ball clubs which,
from advance reports, are calculated to
give the locals some red-hot competi-
ton.
The Vicmen will play host to the
EaSton, Pa, Pals, headed by Frank
CRUDE, catcher for the Chicago White
sox. In the Silver Spring Armory az
o'clock.
On the Boiling Field court, which the
Eagles use for home floor, the 81;
Wenceslaus LyceumS will be entertained
at $3.50 o'clock.
In a preliminary to the Vic-Eastern
Pals game, the Jewish Community Cen
ter five and knights of Columbus WILL
tangle.
Last nights court scores:
Community Center League.
Crescents, a; Washington Aces, 25.
Mount Vernon M. E., 27; Iremonts,
Government League.
Bureau Of Investigation, 27: Interior,
is.
Pointers, "A; G. P. O., %.
Patent Office, "a; Commerce, IA.
Independent.
Centennials, 26; Brookland, 7.
Kelleys, 40; Shamrocks, 80.
st. Msry's Lyceum, "a; Virginians, 2l'
Swami Service, IS; Brethren, 70:
Quantico Marines, 90; Langley, 70.
lambda Sigma, 80; De Molay, 28.
Delaware & Hudson, 40; Ross Jewel
ers, g..
Bethesda Firemen, So; Rockville, 19.
Scholastics, 26; Company E, IT.
Knights of Columbus, 33; Maryland
Park, 81.
United Typewriter Grays, 50; Pet
worth Nets. 16.
United Typt~riter Gray (girls)' ~;
Satellites, 7.
Arcadians, IS; "Y" Flashes, ~.
Evening star., 1932-02-04
20 YEARS AGO
CHANGES in foot ball rules just
~ made include. Field shortened
IN THE STAR,

CHANGES In foot ball rules just
~ made include: Field shortened
from 110 to 100 yards, four
downs to be permitted to gain 10
yards, forward passes to be legal to
a point 10 yards over goal line, on
side kick eliminated, 20-yard zone
abolished, kickoff TO be from q
point so yards from defending
teams goal line, after a touchback
the ball to be put into play at a
point 20 yards from the goal line,
value Of touchdown to be in
creased from five points to six,
position Of field judge abolished.
Ty Cobb and Sam Crawford
doubtless have added more offensive
strength to the Detroit Tigers than
any two players ever have added to
q team. Cobb hit .420 last season,
the average being the marvel Of the
season. Other players have had
higher averages, but before the foul
strike rule came into effect
Kemp, Johnson, Augustus and
Harrison made the Maryland Agri-
cultural College relay team in time
trials conducted yesterday. Kemp
is the only member of last seasons
four. Duckett and Morris, veteran
members Of the team, are not run
ming this season. Grace. Trimble,
Hook, Harris and Binder make up
the Farmers second team.
Evening star., 1932-02-04
PICKED T0DEFEAT
CENTRAL, WESTERN
Teams Primed for Clashes
in Second Round of High
School Basket Series.
TASTERN is figured to defeat
r Central and Tech to down
IL Western tomorrow in pub

TASTERN is figured to defeat
r Central and Tech to down
IL Western tomorrow in pub
lie high school basket ball
championship games on the Tech
court, in which event the East
Enders and Mckinley still will be
tied for the series lead. Each now
has won five games and lost one.
1t Is expected that the Central
Eastern match, to be played first, start
ing at $3.50 O'Clock, will be the best.
Eastern found Central stout opponent
in the first round, conquering Bert
Coggins' proteges by only a point, and
may find them plenty stubborn again.
Loss Of Bill Burke apparently has not
hurt Central so much, Judging from its
decisive win over Business Tuesday.
Jack Moulton, VINO became eligible as
Burke became ineligible, scholastically,
gave an exhibition against the Stenogs
that indicated the team is going to get
along quite well without Burke.
Should Central contrive a win over
Eastern, 1t probably would mean that
the best Eastern could do would be to
tie Tech for the title. Tech Is a heavy
favorite to defeat Western In the other
end of the double-header. True, the
Gray barely doWned the West Enders
in the first round of the series, but
Tech doubtless is at least as good as
it was then, despite the loss Of Reed
regular center, through ineligibility, and
Western Is weaker.
LIVE other games for scholastics are
i booked tomorrow. Business will
meet Boys Club tossers on the lat
ter's court, Georgetown prep will en-
counter Friends, which surprised by
beating ST. Albans the other day, at
Friends. and Emerson will face Wash
| ington-Lee freshmen at Lexington, Va,
In afternoon engagements. GonZaga
will engage Wilson Teachers at Con-
Zaga and st. Johns will meet Leonard
Hall at Leonardtown, Md, in evening
| encounters.
Central was to face Catholic Univer-
| sity freshmen in the lone schoolboy
court tilt slated hereabout this after
noon. Business was to clash with
SWavely at Manassas and Emerson
with Staunton Military Academy at
| Staunton.
TECH HIGH SCHOOL scored a
l. highly priced victory yesterday
when 1t downed the University of
Maryland freshmen, Is to a. 1t
marked the first time since 1880 that
a Maryland cub team was beaten on
its own floor.
| Summary:
Evening star., 1932-02-04
Lucky to Be Alive, Says Zahn
1lO-Foot Sail in Bobsled Accident Biggest
Thrill of Adventurous Life.

ding I've been in five accidents,
not bad average for any sport, but
I never before took an airplane
ride on bob. You know, we really
should have been kiled-take a man
and throw him through the air at
terrific speed for 110 feet, then drop
him As feet more into a thicket Of
trees, stumps and rocks, and you
expect to find him dead. I feel
something like the cat with nine
lives.
Every member Of my team is keen
to get back into the game. I guess
that's what bobsledding does to
you. You take hold of it and you
can't let it drop-at least until it
drops you.
But I must say this is wonder
full place to have an accident II you
must be injured somewhere. If we
can't race In the games at least we
can take our places with the Ger
man delegation at the ceremonies
today. I would do that II I had
broken both legs. -0....--.,-t..--.