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Evening star., 1933-11-18

message to the British museum which
in part read as follows: Have discov-
cred tomb of an important Pharaoh who
reigned from 1410 to 1926 BIC. and who
died at the age of AZ years, leaving two
sons and two daughters. Great wealth
found in sarcophagus. One Of his sons
died shortly after his reign began, etc.,
etc.
THE museum officials at first were
aStonished," continued Fordney, but
examination of the communication
quickly told them it was either a very
stupid fake or an attempt at a practical
joke
They were right In their belief that
the message did not come from Sir
Joshua Beckwith. He did make most
important discovery. but tell me, how
did the museum authorities know the
communication was not authentic?
Quickly now!"
HOW DID THEY KNOW?
(For Solution See Page A-9)
Perhaps you have story or problem
you would like to submit to Prof. Ford
ney. If SO, send it to him care of this
paper. He will be delighted to receive it.
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j. II u w Z u 3 Z anu
a bility to read
l1ieroglyphics, had
definitely e S t a b =
Iished the date Of
the birth and the
reign of a great
Pharaoh W h os e
mummy he had
discovered. A man
Of volatile temper
and e m p h a t i C
scientific vi e W S
which he did not
hesitate to express
in exposing char
latinism, ne had
many enemies.
"Imme d i a t e ] y
upon his discovery
he dicpotpl1nd a
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LAST LOUISIANA POST
FILLED BY ROOSEVELT
Antagonist Of Huey Long Named
U. S. District Attorney for
Eastern Area of State.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The curtain was brought down yes
terday upon the patronage pageant in
Louisiana as President Roosevelt made
the last important appointment, again
naming a political antagonist Of Sen
ator Huey P. Long.
Rene A. Viosca of New Orleans was
named United States district attorney
for the eastern district of Louisiana
Just before the President left for Warm
Springs, Ga.
Viosca is a law partner Of Jared Y.
Sanders, former Governor of Louisiana
and leading political opponent of
Long.
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FELLERS IS NAMED
TO STAMP DIVISION
Post Office Official Appointed Super
intendent to Succeed
Eidsness.

Robert E. Fellers, disbursing officer
for the Post Office Department, today
was appointed superintendent of the
division Of stamps in succession to
Michael L. Eidsness. who recently re-
signed.
Mr.. Fellers, Marylander, has been
in the department for more than IS
years, and was appointed disbursing
officer in 1880. He is 40 years old.
He resides at 443l Fifth street.
In his new post Mr. Fellers will have
charge of the manifold philatelic activ-
tiles of the Government.
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ing board for a coroner's jury in fixing
the extent of and responsibility for in
juries in traffic accidents, and to obtain
enforcement Of pedestrian rights and
pedestrian control on the streets Of
the city. Committee chairmen and
members appointed today to sponsor
these drives included Charles H. Cooke
Grover Blackstone, D. s. Schmidt,
Eugene S. Wilson, Jr, w. S. Friel,
Leon Arill and Edward s. Pardoe.
George E. Keneipp, general chairman
Of the committee. presided at the
luncheon.
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PAY CUT COMPROMISED
Maintenance Of Way Workers on

Canadian Railroads Accept Pct.
MONTREAL, November ID C4).-The
Brotherhood Of Maintenance Of Way
Employees and the Railway Association
of Canada yesterday reached a COM
promise agreement with the railways
for a 5 per cent cut in basic wage rates
in lieu of the second 10 per cent deduc-
ton wanted by the companies. From
December l, for one year, the total cut
will be Is per cent. About 10000 men
are affected.
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Coal Aids Bean Sales,

According to records kept by cafe
terias and quick-lunch restaurants, a
sudden cold wave in Summer brings a
swift leap in the demand for baked
beans,
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M | Nu t C.
I'1YSTERy
Cap You, d4
SOLNeH 10 &

DR.. Fordney is professor OF criminology
at famous university. His advice is often
sought by the police Of many cities when
confronted with particularly battling cases
This problem has been taken from his case
book covering hundreds of criminal IN
NestiEations.
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of relativity in 1905. to talk to
you chaps today. Unfortunately he
cannot be present. SO I shall tell you
of an exploit of another famed scientist,
Sir Joshua Beckwith, professor of heir
ology in London.
He had uncovered an ancient tomb
in Egypt and, through his undisputed
Evening star., 1933-11-18
hpzyv Mrs. Smith

Mrs. Smith is the average woman-representing
eighty-6ve per cent Of the purchasing power in the
retail stores She offers vote of thanks to the far
sighted merchant who has Joined with his fellows to
follow the advice of the President of the United
States by adopting a Code code dealing first With
hours of labor and wages and then with Fair Com
petition in Advertising and Selling.
Partially the merchant is se1fsh-unfair methods
in advertising and selling injure not only the public,
including Mrs Smith, but also hurt his own business.
There is something grand and exhilaraing about
merchants adopting strict code for their polio
ing - legslating against themselves for Truth in
Advertising.
The merchant and the public look to the Better
Business Bureau. This organization for years has
been supported by many Washington business in
terests for the mutual protection of the public and
legitimate business.
Mrs. Smith will call the Bureau when she suspects
violation of the Code relating to advertising and
selling MIR. Merchant likewise will ask for prompt
and impartial investigation of suspected violations.
The Better Business Bureau welcomes its opportunity
and pledges itself to see that the Code is enforced
lNE WASHINGTON
WTTEk BUSINESS BUREAJ
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Glass Day.
BY III. A. RIPLEY

HAD hoped" Fordney said to
his class, Ito have the great
physicist, Prof Albert Einstein.
who first promulgated the theory
Evening star., 1933-11-20
The Chest Drive Opens.

A few days more than fifteen years
ago the American Army in France was
launching the final phase of its cele-
brated Argonne drive against the Ger
man lines. Through the ranks ran a
curious stir of preparation, psychological
Is we'll as physical; men gathered
themselves, frightened their nerves in an
ticipation of the command: Forward"
The spirit Of the troops rose toward the
apex Of passion which was to carry
them lover the top" and through no
mans land" into the enemy's territory,
m irresistible force which only the
armistice could stop. 1t was the supreme
moment Of the war. and the humblest
rookie was conscious of the meaning
cf it.
At noon today similar drive was
started in Washington. The annual
Community Chest campaign got under
way. More than six thousand men and
women organized in peace-time army
are engaged In the effort to defeat
poverty and disease, distress and
disaster. Motivated by the ideal of
mutual aid, they are joining in an
endeavor to protect the poor and needy,
the dependent young and old, against
pitiless poverty; and the best defense,
they believe, is militant opposition.
They are marching out to meet the
foe with the same determination as that
which distinguished the doughboys of
1918, and they are calling on every
Evening star., 1933-11-20
Beer Taxes.

The United States Brewers Associa-
ton has come forward with a proposal
for light tax on beer light in alcoholic
content and heavy tax on beer Of q
larger alcoholic content. To be specific,
it proposes that the tax of IS q barrel
now levied by the Federal Government
on 80 per cent beer be reduced to So,
and that the tax on beer with more
kick be taxed at 81 q barrel This
plan, which is said to have the backing
of seventy-flve per cent of the brewers
Of America, or at least Of their repre-
sentatives, will be laid before the House
Ways and Means Committee next
month when it gets down to work on
liquor taxes and q revision of the reve-
nue. laws.
Obviously, such an adjustment Of
taxes would have the effect of making
1t possible to sell the beer with q light
alcoholic content at lower price, and
at the same time the beer with higher
alcoholic content must retail at a con-
siderably higher price. Either beer
drinkers would stick to light beer at
low price-beer which has been labeled
by Congress at least Is non-intoxicat-
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ins-or It would pay . higher price for
beer that had q more exhileratins inllu-
ence. The "a per cent beer has proved
. popular beverage. The brewers
doubtless have 1t in their minds to
make it more popular at . nickel .
glass. with the lower tax paid to the
Government.
II the beer drinkers of the country
insist upon having = stronger beer than
81 per cent Of alcoholic content, then
under the plans Of the brewers they
will have to dig down in their jeans
and pay . higher price than they have
been paying for the lighter beer under
existing law. If the Government tax
Is boosted to 81.
The brewers are in the beer business
to make money. Uncle Sam, it appears,
Is anxious to raise Is much revenue as
possible from alcoholic beverages. Just
where the beer drinker, the ultimate
consumer. finds himself between these
two millstones may provide food for
thought.
From Panama, however, comes the
report that the newly elected mayor of
New York, Forello La Guardia, pro-
poses to erect city-owned, non profit
making beer gardens, at which the peo-
pie Of the great metropolis may quench
their thirst. Perhaps the new mayor
has in the back of his head the idea of
taking the liquor traf1ic locally out of
politics. On the other hand, his plan
might make available q lot of new city
jobs, and If the mayors administration
lives up to its campaign promises many
of the faithful who have been on the
rolls of the old machine will soon be
needing new jobs. The brewers, how
ever, are not looking with pleasure at
the proposal of the new mayor. 1t may
occur to them that 1t is only step
from municipal beer gardens to munich
pal breweries. Anyway, they fear that
the city owned and operated beer gar
dens would seriously injure the private
ly owned and operated trade. Decided
ly the repeal Of the eighteenth amend
ment is not closing the door to discus
sion and argument Of the liquor ques-
ton.
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individual In the city to cooperate
that the goal may be the sooner and
the more effectively won.
The present campaign, 30 viewed, Is
but one of numberless enterprises In
behalf of the maintenance of the civil
ization which patriots in a long series
of wars have fought to establish. Il
is the current phase Of the everlasting
battle with the forces which necessarily
threaten the life and happiness Of the
people. And it'must be carried to .
victorious conclusion.
Let there be no mistake about 1t:
Sacrifices will be necessary. Hundreds
of contributors to the Chest this year
will have to forego personal convenience,
personal comfort. to give. But their
giving will be all the more impressive
for that reason. They will be emulating
the boys of the Argonne, thousands Of
whom gave all that they had. They
will be defending the same nag, serving
the same Nation. It is upon such un-
such charity and such love
that America was founded and provi-
dentially still prospers.
Evening star., 1933-11-20

Rome. thou hast lost the breed Of
noble bloods
When went there by an age. since the
great flood,
But it was famed with more than with
one man?
When could they say till now. that
talked Of Rome,
That her wide walls encompassed but
one MANI"
The reader here may object, at this
point, that we had no right to attribute
Shakespeare to the man In the trash
wagon.
Surely one has a right to credit such
man with the best, rather than with
the worst, or the mediocre
He who reads, with shaking fingers,
IN the cold, Is as good q reader, to say
the least. as one who sits in a nice
warm house while he peruses the print
ed page.
He might have been reading almost
anything at all, trash collections con-
tain so many treasures.
Once upon q time a small boy found
collection of old books, abandoned In
an attic.
What treasure trove 1t wasl
Ihere was copy of Shakespeare
Plays, an old edition of the official
'Materia Medica," and a very old "doc-
tors book" of the sort then in stvle
Camphor was the mainstay of the
latter work. The Japanese were felici.
tated upon giving this product to man
KIND, and upon using it so freely in
their own healing.
As memory serves, camphor was rec
commended for every ailment under the
sun. especially for colds.
rnere was some sort OF a camphor
loot bath, which was supposed to take
away all signs OF cold over night.
The "Materia Medica" proved a vast
~ interesting volume to a small bow in
terested In plants.
There were pages of enhancing in
formation about all the common drugs.
ana many not SO common.
lnH was q fine, great book. biz
enough to hold endless hours of browso
ing.
As the volume is recalled. it was
bound In calf, falling into disrepair,
. Now there IS something really
"oQoky" about the appearance Of A
Many years ago a number of sets of
popular authors were put out in this
form.
Among them were the works Of Dick
ems. Scott and other writer's Of the era.
:. unless one stops to think about IT,
1t Is somewhat difficult to realize how
lew bound books are printed in double
columns to the page.
Most lines, In perhaps 95 per cent or
more OF our books, run right across the
page There Is a maximum width,
about inches, which is supposed to
De good for the eyes. Over that, the
eyes are said to suffer.
Every reader will have to decide that
Tor himself; 1t Is sufficient to say that
there is a width. beyond which it is
dlmcult for some eyes to carry over
from the end Of one line to the begin
ming OF another. Sometimes magazines
offend in this matter by an attempt at
display. which results in lines so long
especially Of Christmas poems, and the
like, that the reading becomes extreme
ly ttresome, without the reader realiz-
ing what Is wrong.
*%H
A good reader will find something to
read anywhere.
Our ragged man sitting in the trash
truck, with q book In his shaking fin
gers, was good reader.
That Is why we have credited him
with a good book
A man who can read under such
conditions, and display genuine inter
est. Is a man who deserves the title of
booklover, and we hereby give il to him
Evening star., 1933-11-20

@. When did the Peace Jubilee be.
gin on the Boston Common, following
the Civil Wars. A. H.
A. 1t commenced June Is, 1869, with
concert of 1871 voices and 1904
instruments.
Q. Was the ivy growing on the man
sion at Mount Vernon planted by
George WaShlngton?-T. S. 4.
A. Col. Harrison Dodge, Superintend-
ent OF Mount Vernon, says that there
Is no ivy growing on the mansion En-
tries In the diaries of Gen. Washington
snow that ivy was planted by him on
the garden walls in 1785.
Q. What Is a concertina?-C. d.
A. 1t is a musical instrument re-
sembling an accordion, with extensible
bellows, usually between hexagonal
end-pieces.
@. How much has the death rate
fallen of in this country since the be-
ginning OF the centuy?-H. S. H.
A. II has fallen of 6.6 deaths per
thousand. In 1900 there were lis
deaths per thousand in the death reg
lstrat1on area, while in 1882 there were
lO.9 deaths per thousand.
g. When eating a roll at q dinner
table, should the uneaten part be re-
turned TO the bread and butter plate
or rested on the dinner plate?-L. II.
A In eating roll, one breaks from
II Dut q morsel at time: thus there is
no remaining piece to be placed on the
bread and butter plate after one has
taken bite.
g. What is the significance of the
rloerleSs morse with boots reversed, at
cavalry mans funeral?-W. W. G.
A. In a military funeral, when the
riderless horse is led In the procession.
SaooIed. with the owners boot reversed.
II indicates that it Is the soldiers last
march and that the end of the earthly
journey has been reached This is a
very old custom and its origin is not
known.
@. Is THANKSGIVING day celebrated
in England?-I. L.
A. Thanksgiving day, as we know it,
is primarily an American institution. It
Is not observed in England. except bv
Americans who happen to be living
there.
@. In what year did Jenny Lind first
come 5onan to this c0untry2IE ,na NJ.
Lind). the Swedish singer, came to THIS H
country n 1850.
Q. What is the name of the poem
reclted by Jane Cowl on the dedicatory
progl am of the n B. C. studio build
Ing in Radio Clty?-M. r.
A. The selection was Joseph Addi-
sons The Spacious Firmament on
High"
Q. What teams compose the South
eastern and Southern Foot Ball Con-
Ierences, since the division Of the
Southern Conference?-N. L.
A. Teams in the Southeastern Con-
ference are: Georgia, Alabama Wander
blt. Tennessee, Kentucky, Tulane. Mis-
slsslppi Auburn. Georgia Tech, Florida.
Louisiana, Mississippi State and Se-
vance. Southern Conference: South
Carolina, Duke, North Carolina, WASH
lngton and Lee. V. NJ. l., Clemson, Vir-
glnia Tech, Virginia, North Carolina
State and Maryland.
@. What is the difference between
TEA and a high tea?P D.
A. Tea may be little more than the
name implies-tea accompanied by
toast, mullins and cakes, while a high
tea offers. in reality. meal served
earlier than a dinner would be. A
choice OF several meats, salads, breads
OF various kinds, cakes, a sherbet or
ice, and tea and coffee or other bever-
ages are usually offered the guests.
Evening star., 1933-11-20
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

1t was cold that morning, early
about 19 degrees above zero, by thu
omclal' Weather Bureau tube, but a.
low as IA degrees by many reliabl,
thermometer in the suburbs.
There was trash wagon going dowr
the wide avenue. It was heaped VI
with papers. magazines and what ap.
peared from q distance to be ole
books with the covers torn of.
Crouched down against the cold
AMID that litter Of papers, was q
shabbily dressed man.
He was reading eagerly, his hands
shaking Nsibly from the low tenn
perature.
What had he found there?
1t might have been a joke, 1t might
have been q short story or q murder
account. or something about the gold
standard
1t might have been Shakespeare.
The blocks bowled along, but the
man read on, while his mate In the
big front seat calmly attended to his
own business Of plotting the truck.
The high seat protected the reader
a bit from the rush Of wind caused by
the movement of the vehicle, but aside
from That there was no warmth there
AT all, on such a bitter morning.
y
calmly the man turned his pages
never once looking up.
Ali 1t was Shakespeare he was read.
ing. no doubt Of 1t at all.
Perhaps he was reading one of the
purple patches" from Julius Caesar. >
gn0kpn hu thu
slus, Just after Brutus declares:
Another general shout!
! 40 believe these applauses are
For some new honors that are heaped
on Caesar"
Ihen comes that most memorable
speech, in play of memorable speeches
when Cassius says:
Why, man, he doth bestride the mar
row world
Like a Colossus, and We petty men
Walk under his huge legs and peeu
about
To find ourselves dishonorable graves. u
Then we have one of the most famous
coupletS in all literature, two lines
known and loved the world around:
The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our
stars, n
But in ourselves, that we are under
1t is well to break Shakespearean
speeches into their component parts. II
seems to US.
Blank verse, even the best, has a way
OF appearing hard to read, and arti-
nclal, when printed in huge slices
whereas smaller portions are easier to
handle, giving a better comprehension
10 your average reader.
Note the timeless quality in the fol-
lowing:
"Brutus and Caesar; what should be in
that Caesar?
Why should that name be sounded more
than yours?
Write them together, yours is as fair
name;
Sound them, it doth become the mouth
as we'll:
Weigh them, 1t is as heavy; conjure
with EN-,
Brutus will start spirit as soon as
Caesar"
Then comes that mighty interroea-
CATION:
Now, IN the names Of all the gods at
once,
Upon what meat doth this our Caesar
feed,
That he is grown so great?"
There is question for you, two thou
sand years ago, in Shakespeare's own
day. or today, at this very peak of
And the conclusion Of the whole
age. thou Art shamedl
Evening star., 1933-11-20

or acquiesce in its provisions is the
only logical hope for the ultimate con.
dition OF temperance, which is the OBJ
JectlVe OF those who set aside the eight
zenith amendment. They did not vote
lor the return of the saloon. They
know too well the danger of the huge
prof1ts in liquor sold by the drink. They
are 1or plan which will regulate its
olStrloutlon to those who will not abuse
tne privilege. Other nations have sue
ceeoeo In enforcing such regulations"
Gov. Pinchot's State control for
mula, records the Philadelphia Eve
nng Bulletin, prevents the return of
the bar room by its careful definition
OF the privilege of selling liquor to be
consumed on the premises. It elimi-
mates the element of private profit from
Ine retail traffic in bottled LIQUOR.
whether or not it takes the LIQUOR prob-
lem out OF politics to the degree that
ltS advocates argue is to be doubted
STATE dlspensary experiments of one
klno or another in several States have
not peen satisfactory, and political ma
nlpuIators have not been slow to see
tne advantage in the control of this
patronage. The weakest point in the
pl,Iogram is In the possibility of this DO
nt.caI apuSe. The Morgantown Do
control seems to commend itself more
favorably than any other plan" while
the Altoona Mirror believes that the
rncnot idea of eliminating private
pro Pronts Us Is at least worthy of trial"
put the Scranton Times very SERIOUSLY
doubts the wisdom of the State enear.
ing directly in the liquor traffic" The
Rochester Times Union offers the YER
dict keeping private prof1t o,1t ~ ~.
sale of liquor is the only W real Ius solution III io
" me pTQnlcm Let DTlVQta DvnNl IN
and manifold evils and attempts to s,hl ~
vert the best meaning regulations come
ssnf W11h IL The direct way to keep liquor
to handle it," ' S'''e
reasonable regulation" is advocated
oy the Cincinnati Times-Star. local
control. by the New York sun: .void-
ance OF drastic laws or too high taxes
Dy the San Antonio Express: co-oner,,
tlon OF good citizens, by the Yo,Inos-
town V1ndicator: "ironclad law to keep
i!quor under proper social control" bv
the Cleveland Plain Dealer: limitation
OF licenses to restaurants, hotels. clubs
and railroad diners, as under the New
YORK law, by the Newark Evening News.
opposition to the selfish, the greedy the
and the profit grabbers
oy the Providence Bulletin: avoidance
OF TOO many restrictions, by the Rich
mond Times Dispatch; a system Ito
promote true temperance, by the Akron
Beacon Journal. and the package sale
OF LIQUOR. by the Roanoke Times
The New York system is worth studv
In other States" urges the Baltimore
Sun. while the Salt Lake Deseret News
declares: The saloon and the private
profit in liquor, which made such
tragic record prior to prohibition. should
be abolished forever"
Evening star., 1933-11-20

Mary McCormic says Prince Mdivani
demanded an agreement prohibiting
her from making wisecracks about him.
This seems . peculiarly selfish demand
when it is urged that the American
sense of humor must do its part in the
process of recovery
Evening star., 1933-11-20

When Senator Glass complains Of
Communism in this country he brings
up the old doubt as to whether am
ateurs in any line can be expected to
give as convincing . performance as
professionals.
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President Roosevelt refers 10 .

many years. He also mentions the
American sense of humor which may
be pardoned for a slight effort to laugh
things on by sending for DR.. Royal S.
Copeland.
Evening star., 1933-11-20

The names of Lenin and Trotsky are
no longer linked. Employing the ver-
nacular, Lenin was reverentially en-
balmed, but TrotSky, though physically
surviving, was ruthlessly canned"
Evening star., 1933-11-20

In contemplating present conditions
there is considerable approval of the
Idea of regarding Kerensky as the for
Eotten man.