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Evening star., 1932-05-07
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

the seeds form. they may be held down
to minimum.
AS desirable as a fine lawn is, it is
a question whether it is worth half the
fretting it causes many people.
A balanced viewpoint on dogs &C
cept5 them as CHEEKY, clownlike fell
lows, intent on investigating this world
in which they find themselves at what
ever cost.
When it comes to persistence, dog
is even more so than a cat.
Imagine the CONSERVATION caused
Fido a collie, when he came to the
rear line of a yard which he had
wandered through many happy
morning, and found there a neat fence
barring his ingress.
Fido stopped as if turned to stone
He looked to the right, he looked to
the left.
Here was something new. and. as
something unusual, worth looking into
by any mans dog.
He ran along for few feet. then
ran back about three yards, as If sig
mailing to a friend.
Sure enough, here came Rover. a
great police dog.
The two of them took up their stand,
as If talking the matter over.
Then they went back ten or twelve
paces, as If calling for reinforcements.
Then came "the dog with the tail, !"
as we call him, for want OF better,
and Bozo, a white dog OF unknown
lineage.
The dog with the tai' is a small
fellow. something on the beagle order
but whose tail is SO large ana cluopy
that it Immediately attracts attention:
He has a habit of never lifting his
nose from the ground.
This morning he lifted his head. now
ever. to get better view OF the strange
blockade.
All four dogs lined up, and gazed
through the obstruction.
No land looked quite so fair to them,
at that moment. as that yard,
Their four heads came together, as
If they were holding parley.
What should they do?
It was decided in fash
They took off, with one accord: along
the back of the fence, rounded 1t, ana
owav thew went, as If nothing had
happened at all to break up their morn
Ing IOuIAlC- .-.E,.kt
There are two small dogs out our way
of which we are particularly fond, lor
no particular reason except that they
seem to like us. .,,.o
One is a Shetland <-'.e, we pelleVe'
and the other a water spaniel.
TIL first stands about 10 nches hlgn,
is somewhat longer, and has very mild
face. HIS is utterly without the one oo-
noxious habit of the large collies ana
shepherds, that of hopping up on one,
He is a very self-respectfhg. stalo
little fellow, quite the gentleman IN
every way. We have never heard MIN
bark.
The water spaniel is more demonstra-
tive, but only in very well bred man
ner, and he seems to be the frleno OF
the entire world.
AS for large dogs, notably Of the So
called police breed, one must treat them
with vast respect and call them nice
doggy" in ones most ingratiating man
ner, unless one wants leg chewed of.
At least, that is the way some OF them
impress one.
A big surly fellow ran up to US the
other morning, and said, "Woof, in
none too pleasant tones. Nice doggy,
nice old doggy" we replied, hastily.
Wool" said he again, shifting our
hand We thought some one should
teach him something about this bal
anced viewpoint business.
Evening star., 1932-05-07
President Doumer.

Here in the United States, where as
sasSins have laid low three of our Chief
Magistrates, we know how to sympa-
thize with France today in the grief
into which the murder of President
Doumer has plunged her. He has met
death as his predecessor, M. Sadi-Car-
not. did in 1894. and as our own mar
tyred Lincoln, Garfield and Mckinley
met it.
Yesterdays tragedy at Paris impress
ss peoples and governments afresh with
their helplessness against the insane
vagaries Of fanatics who seek by politi
cal assassination to right the fancied
wrongs of nations. The crazy White"
Russian, Gorgoulof. let his anti-Bol-
shevist passions inf1ame him into be-
lieving that the French and American
governments are conniving with the
Soviet authorities at Moscow to keep
national Russia" in Communist sub
jugation. The taker of President Dou-
mers life proclaims himself "Facist"
and from his prison cell rants his
love" for Musso'ini and Hitler. The
fevered brains Of wilkes Booth, Guiteau
and Czolgosz were fired by kindred de-
mentia when they wrote their names in
the scroll of infamy in this country.
Paul Doumer was the thirteenth
President OF France-perhaps supersti-
tious souls will read omen in that nu-
merical circumstance. He was ocmplet-
ing his first year at the Elysee Palace.
Evening star., 1932-05-07
A Sane Tax Method.

Out Of the melee in the Senate
Finance Committee, where efforts to
frame revenue bill capable of balanc-
ing the budget are under way, came a
concrete suggestion Thursday to which
the Congress could tie with benefit to
the country. Senator David A. Reed
OF Pennsylvania proposed a one per
cent manufacturers sales tax to be
levied on all manufacturers except
those producing food, clothing, medi-
clnes, farm implements and fertilizers
The Treasury Department, Senator Reed
said, estimated that his proposed tax
would make it possible to balance the
budget and at the same time to cut
from the revenue bill the high Excise"
or sales taxes on many selected indus
tries These industries are automobiles,
soft drinks, toilet preparations, furs,
boats, radios, refrigerators, sporting
goods, firearms and ammunition, cam
eraS, matches and chewing gum. And
to make the tax proposed by Senator
Reed still more acceptable, it would
render unnecessary the higher normal
income tax rates yesterday inserted in
the bill by the committee on motion Of
Senator Connally of Texas.
Senator Reeds amendment for a one
per cent manufacturers sales tax was
defeated in committee by vote of IL
to 8. The support which the proposal
received demonstrated that it is not
without considerable strength, and that
If the fight is carried to the floor it
may yet have a chance to become law
provided it receives adequate consider
alton by Senators who have not closed
their minds and refused to admit the
fairness and reaSonableness of such a
tax. In the committee the Reed pro-
posal was earnestly supported by an
important and influential Democrat
Senator David l. Walsh of Massachu-
sets. On the other hand, it was op-
posed by four Republicans, Senators
Jones of Washington. Couzens of Mich
igan, La Toilette of Wisconsin anc
Thomas OF Idaho. The amendment's
sponsor, Mr.. Reed. promises to offel
Evening star., 1932-05-07
Use of Wood for Trim
On U. S. Buildings Asked

From the Portland OREGON Journal.
Senators and House members from
Western States are pressing the Federal
Treasury Department to use wood as
sash, door frames and trim in all Fed
eral buildings.
The country has run wild in the use
of substitutes for wood. 1t has been
shown that frames and trim Of wood
are produced that are perfectly suited
for any building. Architects at Wash
ington have stated that window frames
in use for over 1870 years are still sound
and in good condition.
Anyway does the Federal Treasury
function for all the States or merely for
a few States that produce iron? In
prosperous days a measure of the Fed
eral expenditures belongs of right to
oregon, Washington, California and
other wood-exporting States. In times
like these, when numbering for years
has been in the dumps, 1t Is the Treas
ury Departments duty to give a fair
share of governmental uSufruct to every
State. When it comes to paying direct
and indirect taxes, from which these
buildings are constructed, it is notice
able that oregon and Washington and
the other Western States are all called
upon to pay their full share. There is
no moratorium out here in the big open
spaces on debts or taxes or other pay
mentS due the Federal Cove, nment.
Everybody in the IL Western States
must pay, pay, pay.
And so. it is perfectly fair that these
States. with their wood products to sell
fer building purposes, should have equal
treatment with the other States.
Bureaucracy at Washington is much
subject to fadS. One of them is the
idea that wood products belong to the
past. Wood frames and sash more than
l3O years cid, still sound and in good
condition" as testified to by architects
at the National Capital. are everlasting
proof that wood products are a perfect
material for this twntieth century and
are not at all of the stone age.
Give the Western lumbermen the
rights and patronage that belong to
them and that the big, wide West Is
entitled to.
Let no man be contemptuous Of the
products of the forest. No agency has
contributed more to the development OF
thu American home than the forests
that provide shelter from Summer sun
and Winter blasts.
If the little board fashioned from
natures own trees could speak II Would
say: Il am the wooden cradle in when
babes have always been rocked l am
the high chair at the table and the
boards from which the table IS formed.
am the bed on which you lie, the
timber that built your boat, the handle
of vour hoe. the beam of your plow and
the door of your family home.
II am the beam that holds your
house the shingle that shields your
children from the elements and the
body of the trolley car that conveys you
to and from your business.
And, finally, I am the church In
which the last rites will be pronounced
over your insensate form, and the shell
Of the coffin that will be your last rest
ing place on your way to eternity"
Can humanity In its weakness afford
10 disdain the priceless products of the
forest?
Evening star., 1932-05-07
Tributes Paid Shakespeare
As Memorials Are Dedicated

torian, dramatist and writer, and there
is more than enough left to keep him
in his immortal place as one OF man
kinds proudest glories."
x x
"Shakespeare's influence" as esti
mated by the Chattanooga Times. "has
been so gentle, so unobtrusive that, even
among those most aware of 1t, 1t has
lent itself to intellectual appreciation
rather than monument building. And
how great that influence has been since
Colonial times, and is today, no man
could measure. Production of the mas
ter's plays has not the place in the
country'S life it once occupied. And in
these days there are countless sets of
unthumbed volumes of Shakespeare's
plays on the library tables Of American
homes. But the language and thought
of Shakespeare, like the language and
thought of the King James version of
the Bible, have become enshrined in
the thought and speech Of the people.
Largely unconsciously, but nevertheless,
as Carlyle says, We speak and think
by him.
Evening star., 1932-05-07
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

last two years. The total value Of
Havana real estate was placed at S48e,-
100000 in 1890 by the Cuban National
Statistical Commission. while rents COL
lected amounted to S32, 400, 900. or an
average Of $50 for a house and $40 for
an apartment. The total value today
is placed at $500. 900. 600. while house
rents are down to s45 and apartment
rents to $50 This is a much sharper
drop than has occurred in the United
States.
@. How much money has been spent
by the Government for the enforcement
of prohibition?-A H. D
A.. About sll2,263 600 has been ex-
pended.
@. What was the name of the engine
which pulled the first passenger train?
L A
A. Due to the persuasion of George
Stephenson, the Stockton g. Darling
ton in England decided to use steam
instead Of animal traction. At the
opening Of this railway on September
q, 1925, the first passenger train in the
world was drawn by Stephensons loco
motive Active.
@. What is meant by an historical
novel?-T L.
A. 1t means that the book is to a
large degree based on fact. Often the
plot is fiction, but the background OF
the tale is historically correct,
@. Did Gainsborough make many
etchings or aquatints?-M. E. c..
A. He did very little in the way Of
etchings or aquatints. only Is of the
former being known and Of the latter.
They resemble his chalk drawings, but
are not colored.
O. What large cities have the great
est number of telephones in proportion
to population H S.
A. San Francisco with 40.2 telephones
for each 100 inhabitants leads the larger
cities of the world in telephone develop
ment. Washington, D. c., is second,
Seattle third and Denver close fourth.
@. How many patents were granted
in this country last year?-J. l..
A. The first patent granted in 1881,
on January 6, was numbered 1,7S7, 424.
The last patent issued in 1881 (Decem-
ber 29) was numbered 1,839,l89. This
made total Of 81, ,765 patents granted.
@. How much does a complete set Of
devices for a trap drummer, such as
one sees in Jazz orcheStras, cost?-O. j.
A. The late John Philip Sousa said
that while some trap drummers spend
as much as 81 900 on their instruments,
the A pieces which go to make up a
set can be purchased for 81 ,689.15.
@. What is the meaning of the name
Conowingo?-R. B.
A. The Bureau of Ethnology says that
the word Conowingo was formerly Con-
newango. The name applies to a Seneca
village. In the Seneca dialect the
word means "at the falls"
@. What kind of stone is used in the
Washington Cathedral?-T. D.
A. Indiana limestone.
%. How many of the plays Of Eurip-
ides are still existent?-A. G. N.
A. Out of about 80 titles Of plays
known there are 19 still extant-18
tragedies and l satire drama. "Cyclops"
is the earliest and 'Medea" the best
known.
q. Can jelly be made from rhubarb?-
R. S.
A. It can. but it is necessary to add
an equal amount of juice from tart
apples or use commercial pectin, &C
cording to directions.
Evening star., 1932-05-07

Washington is the worlds greatest
storehouse of all kinds Of knowledge.
You can draw on it free Of charge
through our bureau here. Any ques-
ton of fact you may ask will be
answered promptly in q personal letter
to you. Be careful TO write Clearly,
give your full name and address and in
close 2 cents for reply postage. Send
your inquiry to The Evening Star In
formation Bureau. Frederic J. Haskin,
Director, Washington, d. G.
O. How many base balls are made
in the United States in a year?-E. O'C.
A. In 1929, there were 709. $50 dozen
base balls made. They were valued at
$3,261 All.
@. From what city will the July
Olympic stamps be issued to get first
day covers?-E. J. B.
A. 1t is contemplated that Los An
geles, Calf, will be the only city
where the olympic stamps will be is
sued for the first day covers.
@. Did the law pass which made a
copyright in this country an automatic
protection abroad?-H. D.
A. The law providing for the United
States to join the International Copy
right Union did not pass.
@. How much money has been re-
turned as excess income tax in the
last 10 years?-M. Med.
A. The Bureau of Internal Revenue
says that the following are the refunds
of taxes allowed by the bureau for the
fiscal years 1922 to 1881, inclusive: 1922,
S48, ,134,12783; 1923, Sl23, ,992 ,820. ga ;
1924. $137,006, ,225 IS; 1925, S151, ,885, :
415.60; 1926, S174120,177.74; 1927,
S1O3,858. .637.78; 1923, SI42, 1893, ,56717;
1929. $I90,164 ,35948; 1880, $126,836,-
1892; 1881, s6s,476, ,93O26.
@. What event is being commence
rated by the Chicago Exposition in
1933?-M. c. w.
tury Of Progress il her worlds fair in
1888.
@. Where do prairie chickens grow
wild?-B. B.
A. Prairie chickens are now entirely
extinct in the West, and at present are
found in considerable numbers only on
the Island of Marthas Vineyard, off the
coast of Massachusetts,. They were
mercilessly prosecuted both for sport
and for food and will probably never
again be found in large numbers any
where outside of game preserves.
Q. What does E Pluribus Unum
mean?-J M R.
A. 1t is the Latin for one out of
many or one composed of many. 1t is
the motto of the United States, usually
taken to mean one Government formed
by the uniting of States.
@. How many major generals and
brigadier generals are there in our
Army?-L. L. K.
A. There are 81 major generals and
As brigadier generals at the present
time.
@. What is the Swiss language
G. F.
A. The principal languages of Swift
zerland are German, spoken by II per
cent OF fhe people; French, by 81 per
cent, and Italian, by per cent. Other
languages are Romanshe and Ladin. BY
the federal constitution of 1848 and
1874 German, French and Italian are
recognized as national languages.
@. How do rental costs in Havana
compare with those in the United
States "A. S.
A. Havana real estate values and
rentals have declined sharply in the
Evening star., 1932-05-07
Preventing Inhuman Treatment.

To the Federal employe, who since
the beginning OF the wave OF Federal
budget balancing economy has felt
that the greater part Of the burden
will descend upon him either through
drastic salary cut or loss OF employ
ment. there is comforting reinsurance
in the Presidents special message to
Congress. And there is still hope that
through more considerate action Con-
gress will achieve the ends Of economy
without infiicting the disastrous blow
on Federal personnel that still Is
threatened.
with the reduction proposed in the
original budget" the &President wrote
together with the uther reductions
here proposed, it viii be necessary to
discharge $4,000 to 100000 employees
unless we divide the remaining work
of the Government among the whole
of its employees just as has been done
in industry. I know of nothing more
inhuman in the present situation than
for the Government to add to the pool
of unemployment and destitution when
it is entirely Unnecessary and can be
provided against by the same measures
which were undertaken by industry at
the request of the Government itself
nearly three years ago."
Emasculation of the House Economy
Committees bill, as passed by the House,
and decision of the House to send to con-
ference the Senate ten per cent cut action
on appropriations for Commerce, Labor,
State and Justice Departments leaves
the issue of economy as it will affect
Government personnel still in the air.
1t is doubtful in what degree the House
will approve the Senate ten per cent
cut on the remaining appropriation bills.
1t is doubtful what action the Senate
will take on the straight salary cut
issue.
The way out, it would seem, would be
legislative Endorsement Of the Presi-
dents furlough plan, modified possibly
to confine its operation to cases where
actual reductions IN pay rolls viii make
its application necessary, and the REIN
forcement of that plan by permitting
the Interchangeable within depart
ments of fifteen per cent of appro-
priationS, resting final approval Of such
fund transfers with the Budget Bureau.
The only sane view to take of the
situation now developed is that Con-
gress. in meeting the tremendous re-
sponsibilities Of budget cutting, should
leave to the executive branch Of the
Government the matter of distributing
resultant burdens among Government
personnel. If Congress follows a policy
Of drastic curtailment of appropriations
and refuses to give the department
heads the necessary leeway in spending
what money is left it will have been
guilty of that inhumanity of which the
President speaks. 1t is not believed that
Congress will deliberately follow an in
human course, especially when the
President offers to take the RESPONSE
bility of avoiding it.
Evening star., 1932-05-07
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Exercise,

Exercise.
Take exercise" says old Doc Wise,
ITO keep your body strong;
Weak grows the arm that idly lies
In fear of going wrong.
Do not draw near task in fear
Your strength may not avail,
But gather strength and persevere,
Though you at first may fail.
THE plan you'll find works with the
mind,
And also with the heart.
Take exercise that is designed
To fit you for a part.
The man worth while can always smile,
And maybe sing a song,
And keep his spirit up in style
To help the work along"
Evening star., 1932-05-07
Natural Resources.

'Mongst the blossoms where the zephyr
Gathers sweetness on its way,
We behold the gentle heifer
In her somewhat awkward play.
We admit the tones she'll utter
AS true music cannot live;
But just think about the butter
And the milk that she will giveI
In our hours of idle pleasure
She is not household pet;
But she brings us wondrous treasure,
And we'll know her value yet,
We will have to get together
And admit her future use,
When we estimate the leather
She is going to produce.
Evening star., 1932-05-07
Highlights on the Wide World
Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands

public their responsibility for their own
personal safety in the streets? At any
time of the day in our busy thorough
fares may be witnessed the most gross
examples of carelessness by pedestrians,
children and adults alike.
The Glasgow Corporation is to be
complimented on its efforts to awaken
public interest in TINS matter. But
that is not enough. The law must be
made to regard 'jaywalhng' as a
crime on part with attempted suicide,
and as such made a punishable Of
fense.-I am, etc, j. D.
Evening star., 1932-05-07
An Influence.

What book do you think has ex-
erted most influence on that aggressive
politician?"
II don't know" replied Senator Sor-
ghum, but think it must be an old
fashioned novel 1 vaguely remember,
entitled Put Yourself in His Place
Evening star., 1932-05-07

A hearing in the Wendell will case IN
New York had to be shifted from the
Surrogate's Court to the residence OF
the venerable attorney for the estate.
If this precedent is followed and the
case purSueS the usual course of contests
over the property of multi-millionaires,
there will be many another octogenarian
lawyer asking that the court be brought
to his own premises.
Evening star., 1932-05-07

1t has lately been disclosed that the
estates Of Abraham Erlanger and Harry
Houdini, the former a theater manager
and play promoter and the latter stage
magician" have proved to be all but
"in the red" The Erlanger fiscal fizzle
is attributed to his generosity. Houdini
perhaps willed his vanishing" powers
to his assets.
Evening star., 1932-05-07
A Suimise.

That" said the musician, lis a
Stradivarius 1t is worth thousands"
"H'm!" replied Mr.. Cumrox, rather
YEARLY. II suppose music is something
like the drug business. Things cost
more when you call em by their Latin
names"
Evening star., 1932-05-07

Lambasting Congress has one great
advantage as means of political at
tack. 1t is aimed at a collective insti-
tuition the individual components Of
which can always maintain that they
are not responsible for the sins of the
aggregation.
Evening star., 1932-05-07
A HaIY Impression.

Whats your idea of true poetry"
"I haven't any," replied Mr.. Cumrox.
According to mother and the girls. it
has to be something I don't under
stand, written by somebody whose
name 1 can't pronounce"
Evening star., 1932-05-07

1t was just too bad for Al Capone to
be so swiftly eclipsed in the news, right
after he became number at Atlanta,
by the revelation Of the enterprise OF
CASTOR Means, whose operation showed
him to be by no means piker but quite
Caponian in breadth of proceedings.
Evening star., 1932-05-07
Markham Just a Piker.

From the New Orleans Times-Picayune.
Markhams Man With Hoe" is said
to have been the worlds most profitable
poem, netting it's author $250.000 in 80
years If he dug that much with a
hoe, think what his return would have
been II the poet had Tritten about the
man with the steam Shovel.
Evening star., 1932-05-07

A Chicago doctor says that the de-
preston is making people healthier be-
cause they are eating and drinking less.
This does not apply to those residents
Of that city who have been put on the
spot.
Evening star., 1932-05-07
Diverted Attention.

why do you encourage your boy to
take so much interest in his studies?"
We'll" replied Mr.. Bliggins, Il sus-
pect I have unconsciously been selfish
in the matter. 1t keeps him from
coming home and showing of how
much more he knows about philosophy
and the higher mathematics than 1
do"
Evening star., 1932-05-07

Ambassador Mellon in a London
speech declined to predict the date of
the economic recovery in this country
which demonstrated that he has learned
the language Of diplomacy even as he
long ago learned that Of finance.
Evening star., 1932-05-07

CASTOR Means experience, as mar
rated by himself, in the miscued restitu
tion of a hundred thousand dollars to
his benevolent employer, demonstrates
that the number eleven is not as lucky
now as it used to be in the days when
policy" was widely played.