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Evening star., 1933-09-23

Many readers send in questions signed
only with initials, asking that the
answers appear in the newspaper. The
space is limited and would not accom-
modate fraction Of such requests. The
answers published are ones that may
interest many readers, rather than the
one who asks the question only. All
questions should be accompanied by the
writer's name and address and cents
in coin or stamps for reply. Do not use
post cards. Send your question to The
Frederic j. Haskin, Director, Wash
ington, D. G.
@. Can men in the Civilian Conser-
vation Camps re-enro1 for another six
month periodic. c.
A. They may re-enroll If after max
ing an honest effort, they fail to find
work.
@. What was the cost Of collecting
the internal revenue taxes in 1882
N. r.
A. In the fiscal year closing June 80,
1888, the cost was Sl.S5 per Sl00 as
compared with S2.17 for the previous
fiscal year.
@. Does Henry Ford belong to the
National Automobile Chamber Of Com
MERCER. T.
A. He is said to be the only automo-
bile manufacturer in the United States
today who does not belong to this Or
ganiZation.
@. Is it more expensive to educate a
child in city school or rural school?
M r.
A. In a city school. A relatively re-
cent reckoning is to the effect that the
yearly cost per capita in a rural school
is S72.0l as against $10095 in the city.
@. What day in December will be the
shortest day Of the year?-H. S. M.
A This year it will be December %.
mortal for the Wendell family?-W. Y.
A. A room in Mead Hall at Drew
University, Madison N j., is being pre-
pared as a memorial to the Wendell
family who have been benefactors of
the university to the extent of S23,000,-
900. The room will be furnished with
articles from the New York home of
the late Ella Wendell.
@. How tall is Secretary of Labor
Perkins and how much does she weigh?
&C. M
A. Miss Perkins is feet inches tall
and weighs $50 pounds.
@. Are there more women than men
in Germany?-A j.
A Germany has 100000 more
women than men.
@ Has there been year when not
single passenger has been killed on
an American railroad?-E. S. D.
A. In 1892 not single revenue pas
senger lost his life in a train accident
that year. This is believed to be an
all-timc record in railway history.
O. What is a humanist?-L. S. NJ.
A. A humanist is one who studies the
humanities-that is. the affairs of men
in contrast to the abstract.
O. Is honey from alfalfa blossoms as
good as white clover horey?-W. F.
A Alfalfa blossoms are considered
good for honey, although they do not
yield quite SO excellent a quality Of
honey as white clover.
@ Will tourist camps be considered
Evening star., 1933-09-23
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

up more satisfactory than the "best-
laid plans OF mice and-landscape
architects"
And in great many cases, especially
after one has poked around in the soil
for several years, ones instructive pref
erences tend to become more and more
artistic in every sense.
And they become good gardening, too
There Is growth takes place in the
mind and heart of the home gardener,
growth in him as we'll as in his
plants: He may become less and less
fearful that what he does will not
meet the approval OF the experts"
Experts, after all. are just gar
deners.
This Is momentous discovery to
make.
In all things it is the difference be-
tween maturity and childhood.
One becomes grown-up, at any age,
when one discovers that the big beard
and the impeccable clothing of the doc
tors and the lawyers and the scientists
hide men mostly like unto ones
precious self
Some little exact knowledge, more
knowledge less precise, and a great
deal of experience-such a man, any
man, anywhere.
One is child, at any age, when he
lets the whiskers and the clothes i'm
press him, and an adult-at any time
when he sees the essential man in all
men.
Garden experts are charming fellows,
mostly. who work by a neat set of
rules because 1t is easier to work that
way.
No business or profession could get
along without its rules. whether you
| call them a code" or whatnot
Drop into yonder store and ask the
girl for an article which you have seen
there. but which she cannot imme-
diately find
A fioorwalker. or whatever this dig
nitary is called nowadays, happens to
overhear the conversation.
Instead of turning to you, the GUS
toner, and saying, Yes. we have that,
sir. here it is,' he utterly ignores you,
the patron.
His conversation is With the clerk.
Not by so much as a glance or a
word does he indicate that you exist.
You mildly wonder to yourself about
this. feeling that it would be better
psychology for him to include you. the
customer, in the talk.
But he doesn't, and you finally con-
clude that it must be a rule of the
establishment, or something. The world
is so in bonds to rules and regulations
that often the human side is forgotten
| in the rush and roar
Gardening has its rules and regula-
tions, too, but no adult gardener is
going to let them worry him
He knows that some of them are
tradition, handed down by generations
of writer's. who solemnly accept with
out proving them.
He knows that others are very good
in their way, and in their garden, but
that not every way is theirs, and Ger
| tainly not every garden.
Especially he realizes that the gar
dener, himself, is the real pivot of the
garden world. This little splendor in
few feet would never exist without
him. 1t is all for him. and to him.
and he must make the best Of it, and
get at what the natural writing means
He agrees with the English garden
book. that one should be leisurely in
removing anything which at first
glance seems to demand to be taken
down. or to be cut out. or Topped off.
Maybe something can be made out
of it. after all. with Natures generous
assistance. Half the fun in gardening
lies there.
Evening star., 1933-09-23

An English gardening book supplies
the wise advice. When in doubt about
removing anything, don't do it. Wait!"
If there is a tree which one thinks
ought to come down, dent be in too
big a hurry to rush out with the ak.
If there is little gully some place
in the yard. do not fill 1t in imme-
diately. You might be able to do big
things with it.
hump or small mound has sur
prisingly large pcss Utilities Never be
in too great hurry to level it. as If
f1atness had any merit in itself.
i; x i *
1t is an amazing thing. how so many
come by the usual.
Most gardens are fiat, therefore their
own must be-
Most gardens possess no natural
features in contour. so they are afraid
of them in their own.
In this fear they will be backed up
by the universal opinion of handy men.
Handy Andy. as a type, is an arrant
coward, when it comes to the diff
ferent and the slightly unusual.
x x X !;
If you hire Andy to NOV the lawn
he will look with huge disfavor upon
the slight rise in the ground to the
east
That ought to be leveled off, he
says pointedly. Looks funny"
It's a natural feature" the home
gardener replies not without some hon.
est fear in thus exposing his knowl-
edge.
Handy Andy may be afraid of any
thing different. but he has no fear
whatever of a home gardener.
His reply is invariably monosyllabic
utterance which may be printed in the
form of HIN" or Hum" neither of
which does any justice to the sound.
1t is noise at once whitening,
blasting and expressive of high ridicule.
1t indicates that, while you, the os-
tensible gardener, may be able to pay
for real gardeners, your knowledge of
what is required is almost less than
nothing at all and you had better keep
your mouth shut. Natural feature, in
deed!
Yet nothing is truer than that Ma
ture has an amazing faculty at turn
ing something just tolerated into an
enjoyable feature of the home grounds.
The old lady co-operateS with the
gardener to create things of beauty. and
if the latter is quite honest about it
he will have to admit that in many
cases she knows great deal more
about it than he does.
Consider these great sprawling shrubs,
which have grown up untrimmed, each
trying its best to outdo the other.
The sensitive eye of the tidy gar
dener-one of the 100 or SO varieties
shrinks from contemplation of such a
mess. He wants everything neat and
shorn. even polished, il that were
possible.
Overgrown shrubs have certain
beauty all their own. however.
They possess luxuriance. and luxu-
rance is one of Natures real charms.
If the gardener happens to like
sprawly shrubs he should let 'em
sprawl.
That way garden happiness lies: If
there is no personal happiness in gar
dening. what Is the use of it? In
commercial paintings happiness may be
a poor second, or even third, but in
home gardening it takes first place.
One must think with some commits
Grafton of the hundreds of mistaken
persons who are gardening to set
plan, somebody else's plan, when it
ought to be their own plan.
However faulty ones own plans may
be, they have something in their make
Evening star., 1933-09-23
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKiN.

unfair competition for hotels?-P. j., jr.
A. National Recovery Administration
says that tourist camps will not be con.
sidered unfair competition for hotels.
@. What Government building is be-
ing put where the old Center Market
in Washington, D. c., Vase. G. S.
A. The Archives Building.
@. When steamers pass in opposite
directions on river, which one has the
right Of way?-N. B.
/. A. The steamer descending the
stream. The ascending steamer, how
ever, gives the first signal for passing.
@. Is the Irish Free State a COM
pletely independent state?-C. E.. S..
A. 1t is not. Under the Irish Free
State act of 1922 it became a co-mem-
Der OF the Community of Nations form
ing the British Commonwealth of Ma
tions.
Q. What was the original use of gar
goyleS on buildings?-N. A. H.
A. They were projecting spouts, lead
ing the roof waters from buildings.
@. When were visiting cards first
used?-A. E.
A. 1t is probable that some form of
notice Of calls on absent friends was in
use in early times, perhaps in China or
some other Oriental country. 1t is be-
ieved that visiting cards were first used
in Germany in the sixteenth century,
in France in the Sevente enth century,
and in England in the eighteenth CEN
tury.
@. Is Greta Garbo's father living?-
D. D.
A. He died when she was IA years DID,
@. In whose reign was the Coliseum
in Rome built?-G. B.
A. 1t was commenced in the reign Of
Vespasan. between SO and 70 AID, and
finished in the reign of Titus about 80
AID. 1t is said to have held 100000
spectators, $4,000 of whom were seated.
@. Has gambling been legalized in
Nevada?-B. j. S.
A. On March 19, 1881, bill legal
izing gambling in the State Of Nevada
was signed by the Governor. All games
must be run "on the square" and
operated and maintained under State
license and supervision, on percentage
basis.
@. What are the twelve articles or
symbols of the disciples?-H c. o.
A. The twelve articles are as follows:
l. Peter, I believe in God the Father
Almighty, Maker of Heaven and Earth.
2. John, tand) in Jesus Christ, the only
son. 3. James the Greater. who was
conceived by the Holy Ghost. 4. An
drew. suffered under Pontius PLATE. S.
Philip. He descended into hell. 6.
Thomas, the third day He rose. Z.
James the Less. He ascended into
Heaven and sitteth on the right hand
of God the Father Almighty. 8. Mat
thew, from thence) He shall come to
judge the quick and the dear g. Ma
thaniel. I believe in the Holy Ghost.
10. Simon, the Holy Catholic Church.
H. -. the forgiveness Of sins II.
Jude. the resurrection Of the body and
the life everlasting.
O. When did the Mckinley tariff act
go into effect?-T S.
A. The Mckinley tariff act went into
effect October l. 1890 II was super
seded by the Wilson-Gorman act, which
went into effect August 27. 1894. Some
Of the provisions Of the Mckinley tariff
are still in effect.
Evening star., 1933-09-23
A Municipal Center Allotment.

Representative Mary T. Norton, chair
man of the House Committee on the
District OF Columbia, has sent a letter
to the Public Works Administrator.
urging an allotment from the SO 3OO,-
100000 fund for the construction of a
courts building for the District. Mrs.
Norton correctly states that there is
20 more important project to be con-
s!dSred at this time. She notes that
she has frequently called attention to
the deplorab.e conditions of the Police
Municipal and Juvenile Courts and
ether branches Of the District admin
lstratton, and she truly SAYS that
she is voicing the sentiments of the
people Of the District in asking that
the present opportunity be grasped for
the cure OF these conditions by the erec-
ton of the judiciary unit of the Mu-
nicipal Center.
The District, without Federal as
sistance. has bought the land for the
Municipal Center at cost of Sc 600 900.
The 1892 appropriation bill carried an
item of million and half dollars to
build the first unit, to house the courts
and other municipal Offices, such as
those of the recorder of deeds, register
CT wills and police headquarters. There
was then pending a contract authorize
ton for the expenditure of $4,000 900
for this building. This plan was aban-
doned by the District Commissioners
because they could not see where the
money was coming from, and conse-
.quently no work has been done The
were available work could be started
Immediately, giving employment to a
large number of men. An allotment by
the Public Works Administration would
permit the starting of this construction.
Representative Norton does not exag-
gerate in saying. as she does in her let
ter to Secretary Ickes, that the Police
Court Building is disgrace to the Gov
ernment 1t was outgrown many years
ago. 1t is now but makeshift. 1t
would be a waste of money to enlarge
it in view of the plan for commodious
permanent housing as feature of the
Municipal Center, which must be re-
garded as assured at some future time.
The Municipal Court and the Juvenile
Court have never been properly housed.
The police headquarters, ousted from
the present District Building, which
itself was outgrown some years ago, is
wretchedly accommodated in a struc-
ture that will be razed to make room
for the Municipal Center.
There is no economy in postpone
ment of this project. 1t must some
day be undertaken and delay means
waste of funds and loss of efficiency.
The present District Building is pre-
empted by the National Government
and will eventually be taken over by
it in the completion of the program
of Federal building constructions in
the Mall-Avenue triangle. The entire
Municipal Center work should be prose-
cuted now, but most important is the
immediate construction of that unit
which will house the Districts judicial
and police branches. An allotment
from the public works fund will per-
nit this undertaking and will carry
out the primary purpose of that fund,
which is to provide employment and
thus aid in the restoration of prosperity
to this country.
Evening star., 1933-09-23
Disarmament Progress!


Paris cables report that substantial
progress" toward some kind of a dis
armament agreement at Geneva in
October was achieved in the French
capital yesterday as the result OF the
three-power conversations in which
representatives OF Great Britain, France
and the United States participated.
This country's spokesman was Norman
H Davis.
The question of armament control.
rather than immediate reduction or
limitation, is the subject on which a
semblance of agreement appears to have
been reached Hitherto the British
have revealed no enthusiasm for inter
national supervision of arms. They now
assent to it, at least as an experimental
proposition, over period OF three or
four years, during which armaments
are to remain stationary. Great Britain
stipulates that the French shall! begin
reduction of their armaments imme-
diately after the ending Of the test
period, on a scale to be determined by
a preliminary convention.
While both of these points mark a
considerable advance by both sides
toward agreement, there are still out
standing the questions Of how super
vision during the test period shall be
organized and what measures shall be
taken in the event that infractions OF
the agreement are discovered. While
dhe American representatives indicate
broad accord with the Franco-Britisn
understanding, the United States for
the moment stands on President Roose-
velt's declaration of last May that this
Government would be willing to CON
suit with other powers regarding al
legged treaty violations, and, if satisfied
that such had occurred. would forbid
commercial intercourse with the Offend
ing nation. The French would like far
more substantial guarantees by the
United States, but lay paramount stress
upon a satisfactory understanding with
the British.
From this distant viewpoint arrange
ments of the sort discussed at Paris on
Friday, despite the qualification they
seem to have excited there, appear to be
remote from the real objective sought
at Geneva-actual and practical and
reasonably early disarmament. But
European statesmen obviously feel that
the measures upon which they are now
seeking to agree are essential prelim-
inaries, and if progress with them is
achieved the ultimate goal is brought
ever nearer
With Europe at the moment on tenter-
hooks in a dozen directions, the brutal
truth is that hardly any power-France
deast of all-is in mood to consider any
scheme designed to reduce defensive
strength. Germany continues to hold
the key to the situation. Until her
aims are clarified-or appeased-the
European disarmament situation, en-
Visioned from this side of the Atlantic,
looks clouded To the point of hopeless
ness But it is at least cause for en-
couragement that statesmen of the prin-
cipal powers are coming to grips with
conditions and cropping zealously for
way out. The problems perplexing them
are fundamentally European, but the
American people are glad to sit in on
them and contribute for what it may
be worth the benefit of our disinterested
counsel. Meantime there is unfortu-
nately slender reason to expect mil
lennial results from the disarmament
debate shortly to be resumed at Ge-
neVa
Evening star., 1933-09-23
THE LIBRARY TABLE
BY SARAH C.. BOWERMAN.
ROBERT BURNS. BY Catherine Cars
well. Great Lives Series. New
Uo.L. THE Hocp,}lIon In

ROBERT BURNS. BY Catherine Cars
well. Great Lives Series. New
York: The Macmillan Co.
EARLY in the eighteenth century
there was in Kincardineshire a family
called Burnes or Burness." 1t was
family whose roots went back through
many generations, but the family tree
had produced nothing more distln-
guished than tenant farmers. wrights,
masons, gardeners-all peasants. They
stood well with the gentry. One OF these
Burnes peasants wandered away from
Kincardineshire and after some years
Of irregular jobs came to Ayrshire,
where he was able to buy few acres
of land at Alloway. He built himself
a thatched, clay cottage, took a wife,
and became the father Of seven chill
dren, the first of whom was named
Robert. The birthplace OF Robert
Burns. on the edge OF the town OF Ayr,
visited every year by many tourists, is
in much better condition today because
of careful restorations than it was at
the time of his birth. When he was
| 10 DAYS old a wild Atlantic wind bieW
| in an end of the cottage ana mother
and infant were taken in by nelghporS
while repairs were made. From tnis
humble beginning came Scotlano 5
greatest folk-poet, poet loVeo IN many
home throughout the world 80.
Catherine Carswell has written WIN
unusual sympathy Of Burns. and III
narrating his life much sympathy is
needed. Carlyle noted this in his 'ES-
saw on Burns" probably the most COM
pretending piece c! Burns biography
ever written The life OF Burns was
tragic, from the time Of early maturity
| to the end in early death. HIS cove
nantlne ancestry and auStere upbrlnglng
! did not preserve him from sinking deep
| into dissipation and becoming tle
! father of illegitimate chlloreh: ms
| theological bent involved him IN tne
! controversy between the New Llght
and "Old Light partSans IN the hrk;
He enlisted with the New Lights ana
aided their cause with his verse. he
had his feet squarely set on Ayrshire
| earth and from the soil drew not only
his poetic inspiration, but strength for
the life which was always a struggle
against poverty ard the criticism OF
| disapproving public. Carlyle has SAID
that the tragedy of his life was its lack
of unity-that he could not accept
! single minded devotion 10 poetry, WIN
honest poverty, but continually !ongeo
for the fieshpots and the appreciation
| of those of higher station. Miss Cars
! wells estimate of his catastrophe oil
character. following the official inquiry
into his conduct on the charge OF dis
loyalty in connection with the Napo-
! leonic War. is excellent. The incident
was the last and fatal turning point III
his life. In the past he had been guilty
of many follies in the worlds eye, m nuI
! he had always been ready to pay the
price and preserve his souls integrity.
He could hold up his head ana meet
societys frown with haughty STAR:
But now, to his despair, his head was
bowed under the accumulated burdens
of life. Burns last years were a trag-,
| edv. not of a degenerated nature, but OF
great spirit and a passionate pooy
broken"
Evening star., 1933-09-23
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Vox Populi.
Everybody hollerin' loud,
Each a different way.
Everybody in the crowd
Has his special say.
When it comes to meanin' less
Stead of meanin' more,
There's a lot we cannot guess
In the general roar.
And there seldom r-cms chance,
Though for years we try,
To make plain the utterance
OF old Vox Populi.
Evening star., 1933-09-23

Instead of waiting for war on crime,
the criminals have proceeded to make
it more of a war by crime than ever.
Law-abiding citizens have not been able
strictly defensive.
Evening star., 1933-09-23

1t has been stated by former Mayor
Walker that in contemplating New York
politics he sometimes feels like an old
fire horse that hears the bell. He can
not fail to suspect that hitched up with
the Tammany tiger he might not find
the running entirely comfortable.
Evening star., 1933-09-23

If the wealth of Wall Street is moved
Quoting the war on crime will have at
least the satisfaction of knowing it was
not the work of organized kidnapers.
Evening star., 1933-09-23

Herbert Hoover was the object of
enthusiastic acclaim at Chicagos great
Century of Progress celebration, proving
that a statesman does not necessarily
become a forgotten man when he re-
linquishes the microphone.
Evening star., 1933-09-23

A certain amount of currency ex-
pansion might in the present perplexity
be considered an offset to the reduction
Of cotton and wheat.
Evening star., 1933-09-23

A gangster sometimes talks for pub
it easier for a professional psychoanalyst
who might be employed to rescue him
on a plea of total depravity.
Evening star., 1933-09-23
The Real Champion.

From the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
No doubt some men will pick wives
from this years crop Of beauty contest
winners, but We are laying our money
on the damsels whose biscuits are like
those mother used to make.
Evening star., 1933-09-23

Far from being secluded in cell rooms,
gangsters still render it impossible to
keep them out of the glamorous prom
inence Of the front page
Evening star., 1933-09-23
Huey's Huskies.

From the Columbia Is. CO. Record.
It may now be pointed out that good
manners require that any host or
hostess seeking Senator Huey Long Of
Louisiana as a guest should also in
clude an invitation for his bodyguard.
Evening star., 1933-09-23
Hunting Pomegranates.

From the Des Moines Register.
Pomegranates are the newest bid for
reduction of weight. The trick is to
walk eight miles to find store that
carries pomegranates.
Evening star., 1933-09-23
Pleasant Justification.

Pleasant MystificatiOn.
"Do you enjoy classical music?"
every much!" answered Miss Cay
enne.
But do you really understand it?"
my dear, In these highly intellectual
days nobody is supposed to enjoy any
thing he really understands
do not pretend to be dangerous
when you are not" said Hi Ho the sage
of Chinatown "The wolf in sleeps
clothing may have a cruel advantage,
but a sheep in VOLTS clothing would
look merely foolish"
Evening star., 1933-09-23
A Cheerful Sacrifice.

From the Detroit News
Are there any overwhelming obiec-
tions to including seersucker suits in
the cotton to be plowed under?