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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-08-26
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS

campaign and the present rush OF bust
ness and of callers and OF news at the
White House. But it would occasion no
surprise if the Coolidge Ted" whose
political acumen and realistic approach
to current affairs is highly appreciated
at the White House, remains there un-
til Election day.
Whenever and wherever Mr.. Hoover
addresses the Nation he speaks pri-
marily not as candidate for reelection
but as President of the United States.
That is the public-spirited view of the
radio broadcasting systems in extending
their radio facilities without charge as
a matter of public service. Thus the
broadcast of the Hoover acceptance
speech on the most gigantic scale in
radio history did not cost the Repub-
lican National Committee one penny.
Gov. Roosevelt, by delivering his &C
ceptance speech at the Chicago conven-
ton, likewise obtained Nationwide radio
coverage without charge, since the pro-
ceedings of the national conventions
were freely broadcast in the public in
tereSt and as super-entertainment fea-
ture Of the radio programs. Subsequent
speeches, past and future, of the Demo-
cratic nominee go on the air at regular
commercial rates. The same was true of
the Topeka Kans., speech of Vice Presi-
dent Curtis and Secretary of War Hur-
leyS Providence speech this week, and
SO on.
Expense accounts of House and SEN
ate are given salty airing in the latest
volume on Capital affairs to come from
a Washington writer. In Washington
SWindle Sheet" just published, Will
liam P. Helm, veteran newspaper cor
respondent, details the spendings Of
Congress for Investigations, mileage.
stationery and its miscellaneous items
during the fiscal year 1881. Mr.. Helm
goes to the official record for his figures
and facts and spares neither names nor
amounts. In bookkeeper's slang" he
says, 1.-The expense account is known as
the sWindle sheet. 1t is with that mean
ing in mind that this book is written"
The book deals purely with the little
known financial side of Washington
affairs and personalities and is breezl-
ly-written revelation of what Congress
does with its own expense account.
X X X
The assignment of Secretary Mills to
the stump in Maine bespeaks the fever
ish desire of the Republican high COM
mand to make a fine showing in the
Maine election September IL and be-
trays their apprehension as to this
barometer State. Vice President Cur
It's, Dolly Gam and Secretary Hurley
are headliners in the Republican all
star cast, but with Coolidge in retire
ment and Borah on strike, Ogden Mills
in person is the biggest stellar attrac-
ton and would ordinarily be held in
reserve to be billed only on "big time"
From Republican Eastern headquarters
in New York comes word that the nor
NAL CD Republican plurality of from
$4,000 to $4,000 is expected in Maine.
(Copyright, 1922
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-08-26
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

@. When was the Hofstadter Com
mittee organized and what Is its
budgets. L.
A. The Hofstadter Committee, which
is investigating the New York City ad-
minlStration, was authorized by joint
resolution of the State Legislature on
March %, 1881, and ordered to report
not later than February. 1882. In two
bills $500C00 was appropriated for its
expenses. On January 81. 1882, a bill
extending the committees life until
February l. 1888, was approved. and
on March IL, bill appropriating $780,
coo for additional expenses went into
effect without the Governors signature.
@. Who was Agnes Sorel?-T. T.
A. She was attached to the service
of Isabel of Lorraine. Queen of Sicily,
wife of Rene of Anjou. the brother-in-
law of Charles VII. From 1444 until
hsr death in 1850 she was the acknowl-
edged mistress of the King the first
woman to hold that semi-ofticial posi-
ton which was to be of such great i'm
portance in the subsequent history of
the old regime.
@. What is the derivation Of the
word "steptorian?"-R. S.
A. In the Had, Stentor was a herald
whose voice was as loud as that of so
men.
Q. Did Lincoln kneel during the
pastoral prayer at DR.. Gurley's Church?
"A. J. w.
A. When DR.. Phineas D. Gurley Of
fered the pastoral prayer" Lincoln
always stood. So also did Senator
Bradley.
@. Where was Pearl Buck, who won
the Pulitzer prize, educated? Is she
married?-K. L. NJ.
A. Her parents were missionaries
from Virginia, who were sent to China,
where most of her life has been spent.
Her early education was given her by
her mother and she attended school at
Shanghai. At II she was sent first to
Europe and then to Randolph Macon
College in Virginia. She is married and
lives in Marking
@. Why, in referring to foreign
rights under a copyright, is it necessary
to say, including the Scandinavian"?-
T. T G..
A. The copyright Office says that the
phrase including the Scandinavian
sometimes seen in connection with the
copyright notice does not involve any
additional protection, since the United
states law gives the copyright holder
the exclusive right to translate the work
into any language. Such restriction,
therefore, is entirely unnecessary.
@. Does woman sit at the right
side or left side of a vehicle when
driving with mama v.
A. In Europe the woman sits at the
right. Except in official life. this rule
IS not closely followed in the United
States.
@. What is the meaning of the word
"lagniappe?"-L. A. NJ
A. 1t means a trifiing present given
to customers by tradesmen, or in
broader sense, a gratuity.
@. How many Beers were killed in
the Transvaal war?-G. H.
A. The Beers loss in killed was
1000 and the number taken prisoners,
10000 These were released on the
conclusion of hostilities. The British
loss was, killed, STA; wounded, 22,829.
@. Is it necessary to use new rub
Der rings on glass jars each canning
season?-R. B.
A. Rubber deteriorates and 1t is fool
ish to use the rings second time. The
cost of them is small compared with
the risk Of having fruit and vegetables
spoil when old ones are used.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-08-26
Farmers Strike.
From the Chicago Daily News.

From the Chicago Daily News.
Cooperation by farmers in the pro-
duction and marketing of crops long
has been recognized as the remedy for
distress prices of farm products But
large numbers of farmers are, from the
point of view of organizers OF farm
co-operatives, incorrigible individualists.
While declining to share the cost and
the responsibility attaching to mem
DerShip in co-operatives, they are ready
to participate in any benefits deriyable
by them from the operations of those
organizations. Such so-called 1nde-
pendent farmers in many cases are sup
posed by members of co-operatives to
be recipients of special favors from
private marketing agencies. Those
facts and assumptions may help to ex-
plain some of the incidents growing
out of farmers strikes now in progress
in Northwestern Iowa. North Dakota
and elsewhere. The Iowa strike ap-
pears to have developed systematic acts
of violence by farmers picketing coun-
try roads against other farmers who
attempt to market milk, vegetables,
fruit and other perishable products.
Desperation in the farming districts
because of inadequate returns obtained
for marketed crops cannot be viewed
"A1A SAAoAAAAAAAbJ Wy NASy A"CAACAo' Ac
latter have profited through the years
of the depression by low prices for
food, but they realize that in the long
run it is not to their advantage when
farmers in large numbers are sold out
by the sheriff. Depressed farm prices
did much to bring on the present time
OF closed factories, restricted consump-
ton of all forms of manufactured goods
and widespread unemployment. 1t is
conceded that restoration Of normal
purchasing power to che farms would
bring good times to the cities.
Mob law and destruction Of property
in farming areas is about the worst
possible substitute for voluntary imita-
ton OF production and orderly market
ing of farm products. The farmers
problem is in a sense everybody's prob
lem. The national administration has
done much, wisely or unwisely, to as
sist in the building up Of farm CO.
operatives. 1t is planning to do more.
In so doing and planning. 1t Is not
bestowing favors upon single class
of citizens alone, but is working with
method to overcome an important ele-
ment of the depression.
Self-intereSt of city jewellers should
lead them to give encouragement to
the extent of their opportunities TO
legitimate cooperative movements by
the farmers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-08-26
Journey Into Shakespeare
Stirs Hope for New Air Lanes

ment, the Indianapolis News comments:
Immediate lack of applicability means
nothing. When Roentgen discovered
the X-ray, laymen did not foresee 1t as
the basis of remarkable advance in
medicine and as the precursor of radio,
which was employed by Picard to send
messages from the skies in his epochal
journey. BY demonstrating that one
may survive in the shakespeare. II
properly safeguarded. the daring Bel
gian may have helped to give eventual
substance to the dream of engineers
that planes can be fitted to speed
through it at thousand miles an hour"
What the scientific significance Of
this journey is remains undetermined,
according to the Atlanta Journal.
after all, his altitude exceeded only
by some 5000 feet the first effort, and
it is not likely that 5000 feet in the
shakespeare will reveal an overwhelm-
ingly startling new set Of facts; GER
tainly not of the type that will be I'M
derstandable to the average person. He
talks casually now of repeating his ex-
plot over the North Pole. and there will
be few to doubt that he can repeat 1t
when and where he will. Presently he
may become mayor and first citizen OF
The SHAKESPEARE, and honor our dull
earth with but occasional visits in his
queer little space-scorning balloon"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-08-26

Questioned as to where they had OBJ
tanned their artillery, they said they had
an arrangement with woman to pay
her one-quarter of the loot obtained by
the display and use Of her particular
variety of hardware. She did not urge
the boys to go out felonizing; no, she
merely equipped them for their depre-
dations.
The incident provides an illuminating
sidelight on the kind Of world we live
in and the kind of city it is over the
government of which the Hon. James
J. Walker presides.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-08-26

An eminent entomologist met his
death experimenting with hydrocyanic
gas. His object, moth destruction,
scarcely seems worth the sacrifice. Yet
science has made some of its greatest
advances through developments of
ideas at first addressed TO apparently
humble purposes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-08-26
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PH1LANDER JOHNSON.

Men and Ideas.
How happy we'd be could we view with
content
An election as only sporting event,
Assured when the great competition was
done
That suspense was quite through when
they told us WHO won.
But they show us platform and tell
us to note
The theories new which economists
quote.
who wins?" is no longer the question
we ask.
What wins?" is the governing point of
the task.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-08-26

Did you ever write a letter to Fred
eric J. HaSkin? You can ask him any
question Of fact and get the answer
in personal letter. Here is a great
educational idea introduced into the
lives of the most intelligent people in
the world-American newspaper readers.
1t is a part of that best purpose of a
newspaper-service. There is no charge
except 3 cents in coin carefully
wrapped for return postage. Address
Frederic j. Haskin. Director, The WASH
ington Star Information Bureau Wash
ington, D. c.
@. What were the receipts of the
Olympic games?-N. A.
A. Unofficial estimates on the closing
day were that gate receipts amounted
to 100000 and that paid attendance
would total close to 100000.
@. How old is the cross as a religious
symbol?-A. NJ.
A Its use as a Christian religious
symbol is probably the most modern
adaptation. For thousands of years
before the Christian era the cross was
Of religious significance among widely
separated peoples and in different ages
Its origin is lost in antiquity.
@. Where does the Mohawk trail be-
gin and end?-L. B.
A. The Mohawk trail starts at Boston
and ends at Albany, N. Y.
@. Where is there a monument to
Wheat?-A. G. r.
A. At Winnipeg a monolith has been
erected on the site of the mill where
the first shipment of wheat from
Western Canada was assembled The
monolith is a 12-ton granite boulder
| appropriately inscribed to commemo-
rate the shipment which left Winnipeg
on October 81, 1876.
@. Who was the first person to be
killed in the Air Service?-W. D.
A. The first fatality in the Army Air
Corps was that Of First Lieut.. Thomas
! E. Selfridge, a passenger in a Wright
biplane. He was killed September IT.
1908, at Fort Myer, Va, in crash.
@. Please describe the habits of the
Iquitcs.-E. M.
A This tribe Of South American In
dians is divided into many branches,
some on the River Tigre, others on the
Nanay. Missionary efforts have failed
and they remain savages. worShipping
| figures carved in the shape of birds
and beasts They brew the Indian fer
mented liquor chicha better than any
| of the neighboring tribes, flavoring it
with the shoots of some plant which
has the effect of an opiate.
@. What temperature should a slow
oven be? A hot oven?-M. N.
A. A slow oven means one with a
| temperature of from $50 to 300 de-
grees Fahrenheit, moderate oven one
OF from 800 to $50 degrees, and a hot
oven is from 400 to $50 degrees.
@. Did Congress provide 100000,
| 600 for the Reconstruction Finance
| Corporation to be lent to private bust
ness, banks and Railroads.&c.. OH.
A. Congress appropriated only $780,
| 100000 for this purpose, and this sum
| is to be repaid. Congress authorized
| the corporation, itself, to borrow an
! additional 81 500 900, 900 from the pub
| lie to make such further loans as may
seem necessary.
@. In Shakespeare's day. what were
| the school hours?-P. R. c.
A. In Summer, from in the morn
| ing until at night; in Winter, from
| daybreak until dusk.
@. Where should one go to enlist in
the Foreign Legion?-M. L. c.
A. A dispatch from Marseille says
| that Americans are no longer permit
ted to enlist in the French Foreign
Legion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-08-26

Credit is regarded by expert econ
omists as a complicated science. Like
litigation or drugs, its habitual use Is
not considered the best way Of attain
ing a satisfactory working knowledge
of the subject.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-08-26

Denmark is reported to favor wide
open free trade policy. 1t is an attitude
Of confident self-reliance. In spite Of
some figures of passing perplexity.
Hamlet is the only Dane to be described
as melancholy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-08-26

1t Is reported that Al Smith is a
constant attendant at the Broadway
theaters. If this Is the case, the fair
ana well-phrased criticism so often de-
sired In New York may at last be re-
vealed in the pages Of the Outlook.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-08-26
AL and Jack.

From the Roanoke Times.
Jack Garner invaded Al Smiths pri-
vate Office the other day and after
three quarters of an hour the Speaker
emerged alive and smiling. This speaks
volumes for AIS powers Of self-control
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-08-26

Bicentennial tribute to George Wash
ington proceeds despite the fact that
interest in the President for the next
four years overshadows interest in the
First President.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-08-26
Crowding 1t On.

From the New York Times.
Believe it or not, but it needed des-
perate struggle in the Austrian Parlia-
ment before that body could be induced,
by vote of 81 to 80, to accept a loan
of $40. 900 900.
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Hard-Boiled Fact,

From the Miami Daily News.
Chicago aldermen are considering an
ordinance to ban the sale Of fiction
based on crime. Up In Chicago crime
doesn't come under the head Of fiction.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-08-26

Midwest farmers are offering no re-
marks on prohibition. The hip flask
Is of no importance as compared with
the milk bottle.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-08-26

Publicity for loans does not involve
enough embarrassment to deter any
body really needing one from asking
for it.
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Brief Visit.

From the New York Sun.
Those who don't think much Of the
stratosphere will notice that the pro-
feSsor didn't stay there long.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-08-26
Vegetarians.

From the Toledo Blade.
II you have ever cultivated Q garden
you may have observed that most of
the bugs and worms keep In perfect
health on a vegetable diet.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-08-26
Opportunity for Optimists.

From the New York Sun.
One Job calling for resHTcefulness Is
that of making gratifying reports daily
to presidential candidates
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-08-26
Hitler's Aspiration.

From the Rochester Times-Union.
Hitler wants to boss Germany His
enemies my be mean enough to let him
have the job.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-08-26

Campaign orators are now depended
on to afford serious relief to the COM
edy programs presented by radio.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-08-26

From the Omaha Evening world-Herald.
Sioux City man invents mouth closing
device. No home, no political parry
complete without one,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-08-26
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Heritage.

Heritage.
do you see signs Of unrest In the
rising generation?"
yes" answered Senator Sorghum.
and I'm not sure the youngsters an
cestors used to labor to leave the boys
and girls large fortunes to be peacefully
enjoyed. Now we leave 'em mostly
problems to solve and debts to liqui-
date"
Jud Tunkins says now that it costs
three cents to mail letter, mebbe the
additional expense will make people try
harder to think up something worth
sending.
Change Desired.
The Katydid again is loud.
We wish 1t would by chance
Give up the tune that sounds so proud
And learn to do a dance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-08-26

de best you kin do" said Uncle
Eben, "is to listen to advice politely and
den decide fob yohself.".
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-08-26
The Evening Star Newspaper Company

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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Change Desired.
The Significant Side.

The Significant Side.
did you sit on the right hand of the
hostess?"
NO" said the social expert. "but I
had the place OF honor, though no one
realized the fact. The lady is left
handed"
owing to pride of personality" said
Hi Ho, the sage Of Chinatown, "even
small annoyances seem highly impor-
tant to the one to whom they attach
themselves"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-08-26
Autocratic Attitude,

The COW beside the wheatfleld stood,
Her temper was no longer good.
Said she, however scant the feast.
Folks must have bread and milk, at
least"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-08-26

@. What is the derivation Of the
word "steptorian?"-R. S.
A. In the Had. Stentor was a herald
whose voice was as loud as that of so
men.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-08-26

@. What is the meaning Of the word
''lagniappe?"-L A. NJ.
A. 1t means trifling present given
to customers by tradesmen, or in q
broader sense, a gratuity.
Evening star., 1932-02-26
FIVE PERSONS HURT
IN AUTO ACCIDENTS
Two Children Among Those
Taken to HospitaIs-Wom-
ans Car Hits Truck.

Five persons, including two children,
were injured in traffic mishaps yester-
day. Two suffered fractured skulls.
William King, 6, of the 300 block of
L street, was in a critical condition in
Emergency Hospital today with a frac-
tured skull and pelvis, received when
struck by an automobile operated by
William L. Peterson, %, colored, of the
1900 block Of Eighth street.
The other child injured was Helen
Davis, 6, who received cuts about the
head when the automobile in which she
was riding, operated by her mother,
Mrs. Emily K. Davis, of 1914 Varnum
street, was in collision with a truck
operated by Major P. Holmes. 18, colored,
of the 900 block of Sixth street south
east. The collision was at Thirteenth
and r streets.
Mrs. Fannie Barlow, 80, of 701
Seventh street southeast, a passenger
on the truck, received cuts, but refused
treatment, police say. The Davis child
was treated at Children's Hospital
Peter A. Hicks. 25, a taxicab driver
of 1900 block of Vernon street, was held
for operating with bad brakes, after
his vehicle had knocked down Mrs. Ida
Blackman, "a, Of 2107 o street, at
Dupont Circle, fracturing her skull
She was treated at Emergency Hospital.
Mrs. L. L. Garn, so, of 3711 Benton
street, received an injury to the hip
when knocked down by an automobile
at Eleventh and K streets. She was
treated ct Emergency Hospital.
Evening star., 1932-02-26
HARM0NICA BAND FORMED
AT FRIENDSHIP HOUSE
16 Boys in organization-Mis
Jessie Olin Opens Another
Music Studio.

A 16-piece boys harmonica band was
organized last night at Friendship
House, 326 Virginia avenue southeast,
with Oliver Dryver as director.
The band is designed to furnish q
musical outlet for group of boys whose
voices are changing, preventing them
from singing, according to Miss Jessie
Olin, head of the music department at
the Settlement House.
Miss Ohn has just opened another
music studio at Friendship House, pre-
vious quarters having proved inadequate
to accommodate the large number Of
children receiving musical instruction.
Officials of the settlement said today
Friendship House is anxious to obtain
the use of piano for the new studio,
which will belong to Miss Olin person.
ally, and would like to get in touch with
some one who has piano in storage
and would rather have it receive careful
use than remain laid up.
Evening star., 1932-02-26
ATTACKS U. S. ADVOCATE
OF SOVIET HOME IDEAL S
Rev. Ignatius Smith of Catholic q.
Scores N. E. A. Speaker-Sees
America Holding to Traditions.

A recent statement by speaker at a
National Education Association banquet
that the system of family life in Russia
might well be introduced in the United
States was condemned yesterday as "ut-
terly materialistic" by Rev. Ignatius
Smith, professor Of philosophy at Cath
olic University, in Lenten sermon at
the Shrine of the Sacred Heart.
1T Is not likely that the American
people shall ever submit to a profana-
tion Of the institution Of the home upon
which their Nation has been built
Father Smith declared.
He said the home also is an essential
factor in the development of the church
and religion. There are seven main
causes of wrecked homes, he asserted,
and listed them as follows: Pride and
unwillingness to surrender anything for
the sake of others, covetousness and
greed, lust and birth control, anger and
quarreling, gluttony or drunkenness,
suspicion, jealousy, nagging and hen
pencking and, finally. laziness or sloth.