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Evening star., 1933-09-29
Brains Dying QUIT

DR.. j. !. ]. Hurst Of Cambridge Uni.
versity says that brains are dying out.
Owing to the decreasing birth rate
among the most intelligent families" I"
he declares, the intelligence index Of
population Is declining SO rapidly as to
endanger the safety of modern civili-
zation."
But there is no real cause for alarm.
Brains always are dying out, and by the
same logic brains always are surviving,
developing. prospering. Modern civili-
cation always is in danger, and also
always enjoying q considerable degree
of safety.
DR.. Hurst, apparently, makes the mis-
take Of thinking Of intelligence as be-
ing the special possession of single
class, an aristocracy. Fortunately, that
Is not true. Even so-called "savages"
have minds competent to their need,
and the canny wit and sober judgment
Of humble peasants are proverbial It
may come as shock to certain critics,
but it happens that there is just as
much potential brain-power in Cheap
side as in Mayfair. The average
child Of the slums OF New York is Just
as quick to learn as the average child
Of Park avenue.
Brains constantly are dying out in
individual families. That is conceded
But the democratization of cultural
advantages promotes the creation Of q
new supply to fill the vacuum. The
falling birth rate Of one social group
does not spell disaster for oil the
others.
Poverty and ignorance no longer are
imperative synonyms. Society has cor
rected, is correcting, that condition.
No poor boy or girl need any longer
go untutored in either England or
America. There are abundant educa-
tional opportunities in both for all
classes. And while that is true brains
will not utterly perish from the earth.
Evening star., 1933-09-29
Frances Propaganda
For Larger Families
IA the Editor of The star.


A contributor to your esteemed
paper recently called attention to the
award of medals by the French govern
ment to parents Of large families and
suggested that this should be of in
terest to birth-control protagonists.
Indeed 1t is Of interest to the prota-
gonists, but not In the sense that the
gentleman supposes. The French gov
ernment wants soldiers because Ger
many has soldiers and Italy wants
soldiers because France has soldiers. and
30 It goes until war comes and dissi-
pates the large families of which the
governments pretend to be SO proud.
Those who have impartially studied
the population question know that the
rich, the strong and the intelligent
are not often found among the winners
Of such absurd medals. Large popula-
lions are danger spots In civilization,
for too much life invariably results In
too much death.
It may be interesting to reflect that
the same French government also
awards medals to parents whose sons
have been manned, disigured. blinded
and killed In wars. It would be anus
ing to think Of what people will do for
q medal II 1t were not so shamefully
tragic. HARDIMAN F. BASLOWE.
Evening star., 1933-09-29

Did you ever write letter to Fred
eric j. Hasktn? You can ask MIN any
question of fact and get the answer in
q personal letter. Here Is q great edu-
cational idea introduced into the lives
Of the most intelligent people in the
worh-American newspaper readers.
1t is . part Of that best purpose OF
except cents in coin or stamps Tor
return postage. Do no use post CARDS.
Address Frederic = Haskin, Director,
The Evening Star Information Bureau,
Washington. D. G..
@. What four banks in Washington
have the largest number Of de-
positors?-W. F.
A. The American Security & Trust
Co., $4,000: the Riggs National Bank,
GO. 900; National Savings & Trust Co.,
50. ZOO, and the Washington Loan d.
Trust Co., 10000. There were approx
imately 10000 accounts on the books
Of the banks being merged into the
new Hamilton National Bank, scattered
all ever the wof.d. How many Of these
will prove their claims and remain In
the new bank is unknown. The num-
Der Of depositors has little or no rela-
ton TO the amount OF money on de;
posit In bank, the Riggs National
SIC, ,o00. 900 on deposit.
@. How many men are normally en-
ployed in the mineral industries in the
United States?-L M.
A. These industries employ more
than 100000 men and furnish over
half the tonnage handled by the rail-
roads.
@. What amount Of power is lost
between the engine and the rear wheels
Of an automobile?-J D. M.
A. The Bureau of Standards says
the amount Of power lost between the
| engine and the rear wheels in an auto
| mobile will vary considerably, depend
| ing upon the power delivered by the
engine and the efhciencies Of transmits
sion, universal joints and differential
| gearing. Under favorable conditions Of
! normal load and speed, direct drive and
warm lubricant, about 95 per cent Of
| the power delivered by the engine will
| be transmitted to the rear wheels, this
overall efficiency decreasing as load Is
reduced, If lower gears are used, or II
the lubricant in transmission and dif-
ferential is cold.
Q. Does the Post ONCE Department
pay the railroads a fixed price per
pound for carrying parcel post pack
ages?-D. s. A.
A. The pay basis Is on so much per
mile for a specified amount Of space
making 1t a space basis rather than
| weight basis.
@. Do employees have to make up
time lost for holidays, under the Blue
Eagle?-E l.. S.
A. N. r. A. says when legal holi-
days fall in the middle of week. it
is the intent of the Presidents re-
employment agreement that employees
who are employed by the week or the
month should not be compelled to make
up time so lost, but should receive their
full weekly or monthly pay when it is
customary to shut down the plant
office or place Of business during such
holidays.
@. Is Marie surname as well as q
first name?-M. B. 8.
| A. In France Marie occurs as q
surname, and is often found as a given
name for men as well as women.
Q. Why is mansard roof 80
| called2-N g.
Evening star., 1933-09-29

Nothing Is more pleasing to the home
gardener ct this time Of the year than
to see the new grass blades coming up
In profusion.
Early in the month he sowed his
seed, In the hopes that it would oust
the so-called June grass" which had
begun to wither.
At this date the objective seems to
have been won, but whether the IA
mouse Kentucky blue is a permanent
victor In this interesting struggle re-
mains to be seen.
Some home owners will tell you no,
others say that the blue grass has at
least an equal chance with the Sum-
mer grass" as 1t sometimes Is called.
X
Experimenting with the lawn Is one
Of the perennial pleasures Of garden
ing.
Those fortunate mortals whose lawns
remain perpetually perfect do not know
what they are missing.
Despite their felicity in a sense, they
are not permitted by Nature to partici-
pate in the worrisome happiness Of
annual lawn making.
This Is reserved for the great middle
class Of lawn enthusiasts. who md
they must put constant work upon their
grass plots II they expect to have any
at all.
They must exercise vigilance at all
times, they realize. II success h to be
theirs.
Well, that Is more or less life, isn't II?
Unless one Is exceptionally fortunate
very little is ever gotten by sitting down
and waiting for something to happen.
Things happen In books. and to
other people, but scarcely ever to mel"
So says the average man. and he Is
right-especially in regard to bigger and
better lawns.
II he wants good grass, he has to
work for 1t, and he has to be constantly
on guard against the other sort.
In the aggregate. all the things that
can happen to lawns, in an iniYmical
sense, seem to occur right In the home
grounds.
Dry spells turn 1t brown, wet spells
make 1t soft and easily tramped out,
one week it is "just right" the very
next it appears withered and sere.
X y
Life Is q see-saw, Of ups and downs,
so said an old comic opera song. and 1t
was a good song, too.
Surely it applies with particular force
10 Cne nome ldWU, dS usually SccIl.
It may not be very good, but it IS not
very bad.
If there are periods of lawn depres-
sion, there are weeks of very good
grass, too.
The keen eye of the gardener notes
each period, and accepts it for what
it Is.
The seasons have taught him that he
must not expect too much Of them or
Of his lawn.
There may be perfect lawns in exist
ence, without flaw, but certainly his
own Ia not Of that type.
Seriously he wonders II any plot OF
sward ever Is.
Perhaps 1t Is here as with so many
other things-one never knows about
them unless living with them day after
day. a
It is 30 easy to take q glance at
something or other and imagine it per-
feet, when If one were to cast dozen
glances. or q hundred glances. at the
same thing, 1T different times Of the
day and the year, he might find that
everything was not as rosy as his frst
glance showed.
Evening star., 1933-09-29
Veterans Compensation.

On the eve Of the opening of the an
nual convention of the American Le-
gion in Chicago, Henry H. Curren, di-
rector of the National Economy League,
has written the national commander Of
the Legion asking bluntly If the Legion
believes that disabled veterans, whose
disabilities have no service connection.
should receive no compensation for
those disabilities It is pertinent ques-
ton, in view Of the expected drive at
the coming session Of Congress to re-
store to the compensation rolls many Of
the veterans whose disabilities are not
traceable to war service. Under the
economy act put through at the last
session the principle was laid down that
veterans disabilities for which compen-
sation Is paid by the Government must
be service connected.
It is clear that should it be the an
nounced policy that disabled veterans are
to receive compensation for disabilities
In no way connected with their war
service every time veteran becomes
Ill or suffers injury accidentally the
Government must foot the bill. As every
veteran is mortal, and subject to illness
and injury, the expenditure to which
such a policy would lead the Govern
ment Is almost without limit, especially
In view OF the fact that more than
1000, 900 men were in the service during
the World War. Furthermore, If this
policy Is adopted. 1t would be unfair to
pay for the non-servtce connected dis
abilities of one group Of veterans and
decline to meet the expenses Of other
groups.
The Congress, during the years since
the close Of the World War, had
amended the veterans compensation
laws in such a maner that many non
service ce-connected cases of disability
were added to the rolls. Tremendous
pressure is always brought on members
of Congress for legislation extending
benefits to veterans. The Roosevelt
administration has attempted to call a
halt on the ever-mounting compensa-
ton bills. This attitude Of the admin
istration has brought much criticism.
The battle for more compensation for
Evening star., 1933-09-29
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Uniform Pattern.

Uniform Pattern.
Machine-gun man arrested;
He weakened like a rat;
The money folks invested
No more Is standing pat.
An airplane's smashed to splinters;
We drop q passing tear;
One of the coolest Winters
We've known will soon appear.
Another strike is ended;
At Hitler people scott;
New roads will be extended,
But the mixers must keep Oh.
Just add to the collection
Sports items as you choose,
And you have q collection
OF each days first-page news.
Evening star., 1933-09-29
Nation Shows Uncertainty
In Appraisal of Public Works

explains the New York Times, there re-
mains the question of how promptly
allotments formally approved are being
translated into actual construction, ana
thereby into pay rolls. Here Mr.. Ickes
has been charged by some critics with
exercising too scrupulous care in the
expenditures of the Public Works Ad-
ministration. His reply is that he and
his associates regard this fund Of $3,-
300, 100000 as trust fund, to be spent
only with intelligent economy"
Evening star., 1933-09-29
Naval Rule at Toxic

There has been no more striking evi-
dence Of militarist supremacy in Japan
than the ordinance proclaimed in
Toxic last night whereby the naval
ministry is relieved Of any further re-
sponsibility to, or control by, the civil
ian cabinet, but henceforward reports
to and takes its orders from the En-
peror exclusively. This means. of
course, that the navy becomes prac-
tically q power unto itself, with au-
thority even over the government where
anything efiecting the navy Is con-
cerned.
This development. which can have
few. II any. parallels In the peace
time history of governments. repre-
sents complete triumph for the mill
tary and naval zealots, typifed by men
like Gen. ArakL who have been in
culcating in the Japanese people the
theory that Japan was criminally "be-
trayed" by its government in the Lon
don naval treaty OF 1880. The treaty
was ratified by the government over
the violent opposition OF the naval
party, led by Admiral Kato then chief
Of staff. Soon afterward ensued the
assassination Of Premier Inukai and
other political excesses engendered in
q spirit Of fanatical patriotism over the
"injustices" to which, 1t was held,
Japan was subjected. The court
martial Of the naval officers and cadets
implicated In those crimes has Just
been concluded. Proceedings were con-
Quoted under circumstances designed
to bolster up the militarist fiction that
the 1880 government had truly sacri-
feed Japans vital interests in accept
ing the London treaty.
The new deal at Toxic, whereby the
navy becomes arbiter of its own des-
TIMES, subject to the purely formal sane
ton of the throne, looks to the future
rather than to the past. It contem-
plates In particular the 1885 naval con-
ference, which will review and possibly
revise the naval ratio situation then
existing. Japans openly avowed pur-
pose is to demand two years hence full
parity with the fleets Of Great Britain
and the United States and scrap the
ratio inferiority assigned the island en-
pire by existing treaties. With the un-
trammeled authority now reposed in
the naval ministry, its spokesmen at the
next naval conference will be the
emissaries Of the naval staff and will
not be hampered by any Of the restric-
tions which resulted In Japan's being
"tricked" into disadvantageous agree
ments at London three years ago.
Apparently the arrangement just
promulgated at Toxic stops short of
clothing the navy with the full right
to create naval strength, as new con-
struction involves finance, which re-
quires cabinet approval. But 1t is
clearly established that the cabinet may
henceforward not accept any naval
treaty opposed by the naval authorities.
The navy WILL dictate its own figures
at the 1885 conference, but it appar-
emily will continue to be the preroga-
tive Of the civilian government to pro-
vide and control the wherewithal for
laying down ships.
Therein seems to lie the sole remain
ing hope that insensate militarism may
yet be checked in Japan before it runs
a course economically ruinous to the
tax-burdened Japanese people and
definitely dangerous to the peace of the
world
Evening star., 1933-09-29

In making distinction in favor Of
Aryans, Hitler encounters the fact that
few Aryans know enough about the
fatherland even to speak the German
LANGUAGE
Evening star., 1933-09-29

When q payment is designated rs a
3eeit Is not 80 easy TO make q computa-
Aon Of hours and capability as In the
case Of regular wages.
Evening star., 1933-09-29

The ultimate consumer cannot strike
The laws Of nature, which disregard
attorneys or mediators, compel him to
60 on CONSUMING.
Evening star., 1933-09-29
Queens Of Ocean.
1.-The finest navy up to date!"
Why can we not devise
A beauty competition great
And just award q prize?
Queens Of Ocean.
Sport.

Sport.
"Is Crimson Gulch in favor of re.
peal?" asked the travelling salesman.
II think so." answered Cactus Joc
80 far as principle is concerned. But
I think some of the inhabitants will
want to 60 on bootlegsah' and high
jackin' Just for the fun Of It,"
Silver represents the moon," said
Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, "and
many of us grow up as If we were still
children, crying for it in vain"
Evening star., 1933-09-29

Cuba is now expected to announce
on the authority Of good business doctors
that it has had its revolution and Is now
fully recovered.
Evening star., 1933-09-29

Jud Tunkins says he sometimes wishes
he were back In the old days, when Z
man could get q reputation Is an aero
naut by going up in . balloon at .
county fair and coming down In pink
tights with . parachute.
Evening star., 1933-09-29
Turn About.

"You are having . great deal to say
about currency" remarked the con-
stituent.
Turn about IS fair play" answered
Senator Sorghum. We've heard a lot
about money influencing legislation
Now we're going to see whether legisla-
ton can't influence money"
Evening star., 1933-09-29

"Some men," said Uncle Eben. "is
like de horn on q flivver. Dey don't
help none to push things along, but dey
sounds like dey's de whole works."
Evening star., 1933-09-29

My Radio.
My radio! My radio!
A charming song you bring
And information you bestow
On almost everything.
As you instruct me or amuse,
shall confess to you
I wish I could afford to use
AL that you ballyhoo.
Evening star., 1933-09-29

u. WHY IS
s,
Evening star., 1933-09-29

@. Is Marie q surname as well as q
first name?-M. B. 8.
A. In France Marie occurs as q
surname, and is often found as given
name for men as well as women.
Q. Why IS . mansard roof 30
Evening star., 1933-09-29

According to Department Of Labor
statistics the average retail price of food
in the United States as whole is up
Is per cent since the low point reached
in April. The largest increase has oc-
CURED In flour, up SIS per cent. Meats
have risen per cent and dairy prod
ucts 8 per cent.
Evening star., 1933-02-26

Corsican, who had put away Josephine his
first wife, because she did not bear him a son
had married the Archduchess Marie Louise
daughter OF the Hapsburg Emperor Of Austria
Marie Louise, who had feared him at first and
VINO later came to love him. presented him with
son, and Napoleon believed that the son
eventually would be Emperor of France
The great soldier seemed a different man
after that He could never see the child enough
His first 6eeth, his first spoken words, his first
totter1ng steps were as important to the mon
arch as are the same things to the poorest and
fondest father in the land. Like any other
father, he dreamed day dreams about his boy
All" said he, Il envy him. Glory awaits
him, while had to run after it. I will have
been Philip. He will be Alexander To seize
the world, he has only to stretch out his arms"
Never did royal father give more thought
to royal son. His education was to start from
babyhood.
The great royal porcelain works at Sevres
made special plates for the child. On some were
depicted the principal episodes in the history Of
Rome and the history Of France On others
Against the day when he would begin 70
read and study. Napoleon gathered together a
gorgeous library Of 1000 volumes, containing
the best works in all kinds Of human knowledge
and culture. No matter how busy Napoleon
was his study was always open to the little boy
The sesame:
II want to see my father I am the little
king"
The usher threw back the doors and solemnly
proclaimed: His Majesty. the King Of Rome!"
But soon the shadows began to close in. The
halcyon days of happiness were over.
Napoleon had beaten the Russians and Prus-
Evening star., 1933-02-26
BY MILTON BRONNER.

-- HE eaglet of vanished empire is
coming back to France. The eaglet
used to be known as the Duke of
Reichstadt His real name was
Napoleon Francis Joseph Charles
Bonaparte. He was the son of the
great Napoleon, he was given the title OF KING
of Rome when he was born. and little later
his father called him Napoleon II; but for
century France has known him as LAigion-
the Eaglet-and has made Of his tragic story
a national legend.
1t was just little more than century ago
that he died The end came to him in exile;
he had not been allowed to visit France, for
the princes of Europe feared that the French
people might rally around the son of the great
Napoleon and try to revive the power and
splendor of the First Empire.
But nobody worries about that now The
House of HapSburg which had taken leading
part in keeping the Eaglet out OF France has
lost its royal position, and Austria. where he
was kept q virtual prisoner, has fallen from
power.
So, next May, the body of the long-dead
King of Rome is scheduled to be transferred
to Paris-by airpane, it is said, as becomes an
Eaglet In the Invalides, at the foot Of the
great sarcophagus where Napoleon sleeps has
been prepared place for Napoleon's son.
THE story of Napoleon II is one of the most
] pitiful of an the romantic old stories Of
Europe.
His birth-it took place on March 20. 1911
was q great event. 1t made secure the new
dynasty of Napoleon, so Europe believed The
Evening star., 1933-02-26
Metternich, Austrian chancellor, tUIOse
hatred Of Napoleon rented itself upon
LAiglor after the Emperor death.

months later that the little boy learned the
news and broke down in a fit of weeping.
Metternich's hatred continued. The few
pitiful things Napoleon had with him in exile
and which he desired should be sent TO his
son never reached him. Metternich saw to
that. The Duke of Reichstadt beginning
to forget his French and to speak only In
German
Two people entered his life, who were to
be the only ones dear to him.
Prokesch Won Osen, soldier and diplomat,
became his great and faithful friend with
whom he could talk of his hopes and dreams.
The other friend-and more than friend-the
Princess Sophie Of Bavaria, welded to one Of his
Austrian uncles. She gave him the only real
woman'S love he ever knew.
A NUMBER of times the young duke
u thought to escape from Austria and take
his chances. But he was too closely watched.
There was something, too, the matter with his
health that made him prone to make reso-
luton and then weakened.
He had grown up tall and very good looking.
For time he did active service with the regi-
ment of which he had been made an officer.
He was tireless horseman. But he had in
herited from his mother a weak throat and
weak lungs.
He prayed for death to put an end to his
atrocious suffering. He died July ~, 1857.
They took him with pomp to the crypt OF the
Church Of the Capucines in Vienna.
Evening star., 1933-02-26

stipulated that the duke should take rank
after the Austrian princes and archdukes
Time passed. Napoleon was dying in exile.
He was reiterating to his faithful friends
message he wanted them to convey to his
son:
Never forget that you are French prince!"
Napoleon died May S, 1921 1t was two
Detroit tribune. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1933, 1933-11-04
LEGAL NOTICES

held at the Probate Court Room in
the City of Detroit. on the four
teenth day of October in the year
one thousand nine hundred and
thirty three. Present Joseph A.
Murphy. Judge of Probate.
In the Matter OF the Estate OF
Mollie bernardo. also known as
Mollie Armandi. Mollie Armando,
and Mollie Saddler Deceased. On
reading and filing the petition OF
David Saddler praying that admin
istration OF said estate be granted
Charles w. Jones or some other
suitable person.
II is Ordered. That the fifteenth
day of November. next at ten
o'clock in the forenoon at said
Court Room be appointed for hear
ing said petition.
And II is further Ordered, That
o copy of this order be published
three successive weeks previous
to said time of hearing. I'm the De-
troit Tribune a newspaper printed
and circulating in said County OF
Wayne.
JOSEPH A. MURPHY
Judge OF Probate
AUGUST DIEDRICH
Deputy Probate Register
10-2l-11-4