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Evening star., 1933-09-07
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Q. Is archery popular SPORT
A. Louis O. Smith. secretary of the
National Archery Association, estimates
the number Of archery enthusiasts In
the United States at 100000.
.u9'.asG% 8; wnsye y y Joaquin Miller the poet
A. He died at Oakland, Calf. Feb
ruary IL, 1913. In compliance with his
last wish his body was cremated and the
ashes taken up into the sierras and
cast to the winds.
q. When was the frst open-air con-
cert given by the Marine Band In
Washington?-A. w.
A. The hrst recorded open-air con-
cert by the Marine Band In thet Capital
City was an informal one on August 81,
1900, when Washtngtonians thronged
the Marine camp ION the Hill" to hear
the band, led by William Farr, its first
leader.
Q. Where was DR.. Grenfell born and
who were his parents?-A. J.
A. 'Wilfred Thomason Grenfell, med
ical missionary, was born at Mostyn
House, arkgate, near Chester. Eng
of Algernon and Jane Georgiana
(Hutchinson) Grenfell
@. When was Martha Washington
first called Lady Washington" L.
A. When she stopped in Philadelphia
en- route to Join her husband at Cam
bridge.
@. What is the name of the new
naval prep school In New Jersey p. J..
a. Admiral Farragut Academy, at
Toms River, N. j., is to open September
rs. Admiral 8. s. Robson, U. 8. NJ,
former head Of Annapolis, Is its super
intendent.
9. How large was the site OF the
Columbian Exposition Of 1893?-D. K. C..
A The site of the 1893 exposition
covered 666 acres, and extended two
miles along the sshore of Lake Michi-
gan. More than $50 buildings were
erected and the Manufacturers and Lib
sral Arts Building was the largest
building ever constructed for an ex-
position up to that time. It covered
nearly 81 acres, and the roof was mostly
Of glass with iron supports.
@. When IS the American Dahlia
Society show?-C.B B.
A. The nineteenth annual dal1lia and
Fall flower show Of this organization
will be held at the Pennsylvania Hotel,
New York City, September 81 and %.
Q. Where was Leo Carrillo, radio
artist and actor, born?J. w.
A. MI. Carrillo was born In Los An
geleS and Is q descendant of Carlos
Antonio Carrillo, the first Provisional
Governor Of California.
Q. Where did the stars originate?-
A. The origin Of stars Is still = mat
ter Of speculation, but numerous
theories have been advanced. One Of
the most recently suggested is that by
Jeans, who believes that stars origi-
mated In the nebulae, which having as
sumed q rotating movement gradually
Evening star., 1933-09-07
THIS AND THAT
BY cHARLEs Z. zRlcEHELL.

undsrstandins: but the tssmins 3snss
Boys, and those Of their elders who
have not Lost the soul Of youth, despite
what the years may have done to the
body Of y, revel IN queer sounds.
That , why It Is not good TO reprove
any one for making IN unusual noise.
ne may b initiating . timber volt. or
Tar1an, o. . Lion. or some unusual crea-
ture seen-and heard-foe Q feW>hrief
moments ct an animal park.
Fur every person really gifted In such
limitations there are perhaps Thousands
who have the desire but not the abili-
ties.
They lack the requisite mouth and
throat formations and controls which
would make such sounds easily
No one has written . hook on this
subject, but some day somebody VIII, and
We predict for 1t . large sale.
The interest In sounds - m authen-
tic interest. It springs from the plain
relationship Of man and the animals.
related forms Of life In . universe
which seems curiously dead" With the
exception Of the LIE forms.
The sticks and the stones and the
soil, the good earth itself, seem unable
TO make any voices for themselves, ex-
cept those rusheS and thumpo ana
clangs resulting from the operation OF
the laws Of physics.
The many sounds made by the AMI
mails and the birds are as much In
tentions - our own talk, although but
rudimentary, and unconscious.
The bark Of the dog, the meow Of
the cat, each Is not Just one sound, but
many; the range Of sounds Is Q great
deal broader than Is commonly BE-
lieved. II 1t Is impossible to say they
really talk, stilI it Is but just to admit
that their noises vary according to their
emotions, and that, after all, about ATS
human conversation, except that ours
has some amount Of conscious mental
control.
We were talking the other day to q
hard-boiled Army man who Is fond OF
both dogs and cats. He has Travelled
all over the United States with q cat
as companion. One cat he has taught
to say "All right" In response to the
question, How are you?"
This may seem an impossible achieve
ment, and % It would be to the aver
age person, because such .. training
feat requires . persistence and patience
uOt pooeo0Co " tA1S SVeAuSe 0oASokl
being.
whether the cat has any real con-
ception Of what 1t 1 saying, in our
sense, or why, Ii another question; its
trainer believes that 1t does, and surely
he Is In . better position to know than
the rest Of Us.
Templeton Jones, experimenter In
animal noises, and specialist lately In
monkey sounds, once had q kitten
which said, Of it, own free viii, and Is
clearly as one could ask, Me all right,
In response to . question - to its
health.
These sounds were uttered not once,
but several times. In response to IN
early morning inquiry ss to the crea-
lures state Of health. They were, of
course, Q pure coincidence, with some
aid Of the Imagination, but, all in all, q
curious speciality.
Jones kept his bottle (and his big
cork In order to practice in his spare
moments at chattering like q monkey.
Maybe It resembled the violin. which,
no matter how long one practiced 1t,
| required more, and more practice.
Evening star., 1933-09-07

to expose its occupants to death and
injury. Had It been oe standard steel
body the toll Of the disaster would
not have been nsarly - great. The
wooden railroad car Il supposed to be
obsolete. It win be interesting to a.
certain how many Of these dangerous
cars are still In use ON other lines.
Evidently the only present way Of DEM
onstratins the fact Of the employment
Of these death traps II to smash . train
and precipitate IN inquiry.
Wooden car. an advisory" automatic
train control system and an engineers
blunderl Fourteen dead and nearly .
hundred injuredi VIII there be some
effective correction Of the conditions
Of operation that win prevent another
terrible lesson IN bad railroading?'
Evening star., 1933-09-07
High g Lights on the Wide World
Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands

while It Is engaged In the sometimes
tedious process Of reforming them.
Higher Taxes Held
Certain ut Glaagow.
Evening Times, Glasgow. - Today'a
meeting Of Glasgow Corporation's
Special Economy Committee was
held In private, and no Official state
ment was made at its close. but unofa-
cially We learned that . rates increase
In the city Is regarded - inevitable.
In connection with the Public A.
sistance Department alone there Is un-
derstood to be N increase of about
f300, 900 - compared with last years
estimate-representtng unemployment.
Even II 0lasgow gets the fullest pos
sible share In the government grants
to distressed areas. 1t u stated that
there Is likely to be IN increase Of at
least Cd per Fl In rstes for this de-
partment, while education costs are also
understood to be higher.
Evening star., 1933-09-07
Bad Railroading.

It required but little inquiry into the
Binghamton wreck, 1t appears, to de-
termine that the primary cause Of the
disaster was the failure Of the engineer
of the colliding milk train to observe
the warning signals that indicated that
the track ahead was occupied. A state
ment of one Of the officials Of the road
is to the effect that both Of the signals
involved were in automatic train control
territory and were 80 equipped that the
engineer. before passing them, had by
the rules to acknowledge them. The
travelling public, anxious on the score Of
safety, is disposed to ask wherein lies
the security Of the automatic train con-
trol system II an operative can ignore
it and still maintain dangerous head
way The. theory Of the automatic
train control is that II warning signals
are not observed the train Il brought
to halt. It would seem that in the
case In point the system is no more
effective than the vigilance and judg-
ment Of the engineer, whereas 1t should
be . positive protection against the
human error" that has In the past cost
20 many Lives.
Another fact brought to Light In this
connection raises . serious question re-
specting the equipment Of the line. The
latest records Of the Interstats Com
merce Commission show that the road
has In service eighty-nine wooden
construction passenger coaches, Ike
that In which most Of the victims
Of the Binghamton, wreck were nd
Ing when the train Wa struck. The
g9yetage p9 ~ sqlDh ~ - -
Evening star., 1933-09-07
U. S. Called "Shylock"
After Helping France

TO the Editor Of The Star.
Your issue Of September first carries
former Ambassador James w. Gerards
plan for making France pay her debt
to the United States. As have thought
On the same line. herewith submit
my plan.
united States. I'd lick laaseS candy,
and swing upon the gates"
My taste has changed, and II were
PfsGtdent now would sever diplomatic
relations with France, recall our
Minister to France, dismiss the French
Minister and forbid the issuance Of
passports to those desiring to 60 to
France, Or to any other land Of
welchers. Moreover, I would earnestly
entreat all Of our citi1ens now In
France, to leave that land Of welching
Take our citisens out Of France and
that ungrateful country would see .
great white light, and the French
people would fan over Themselves In
their haste to pay their debt to the
United States.
Kiping has . line: "HArn the hate
Of those ye guard"
We have earned the hate Of those
we saved from the German yoke. But
for cur intervention, the German nag
would now fly over the French capitol.
Furthermore, absentees in France,
and IN other countries, have greatly
deepened, and also prolonged, our de-
preston. Billions Of American dollars
are now spent In foreign lands, and
II these dollars were spent at home
they would aid very materially In our
recovery.
During the World War no American
It was not our fight, and our butting
into the World War was - ouixotic Is
was the doughty don's war On wind
mills.
And the thanks that we get are to
be dubbed Uncle 6hylock."
NJ. n. JAYNE.
Evening star., 1933-09-07
A New Chain Bridge.

Announcement Is made that It a
possible that the new viaduct which It
Il hoped will some day soon replace
the old Chain Bridge across the Po-
tomac above Georgetown viii be located
IN . different position than at present
In order that 1t may have proper road
way connections" fit.ing into the plans
for the George Warrington Memorial
Parkway. The National Capital Park
and Planning Commission Is now study
ing this matter and other possible sites
for the bridge are being considered.
While the paramount question i that
Of new bridge in substitution for the
old, narrow and not assuredly secure
structure, there Is one point to be urged
In respect to It's location. II It Is kept
relatively In it, present position It should
be provided with . safer approach on
the District side. The right-angle turn
from the road to the bridge ON the
north side Of the river has long been
. point Of great danger. Both road and
bridge are narrow and the most care
full driving is required on entering and
leaving the bridge to avert accident.
The banks Of thesriver are so high on
both sides at the point of crossing
either above or below the present
bridge line a. to permit suspension or
cantilever construction which would
allow much broader and safer lines Of
approach. The suggestion Of such .
type Of bridge has been heretofore made
and should be considered seriously by
the commission.
But whatever the location chosen,
there should be q replacement. The
present decrepit structure Is not ade-
quate; in fact. not aasuredly safe. It
bears . heavy trafnc, certain to increase
with the development Of the area on
the Virginia aide. It Is . favorite route
of travel from Washington to western
Virginia points. and those who use 1t,
knowing its real condition, are always
uneasy In transit over 1t.
The Park and Planning Commission
has under consideration plans for .
super highway between the North and
the South skirting the Capital II they
are adopted the Chain Bridge-what-
ever may be its future name-wiu be .
vital link. Great care should therefore
be exercised in the adoption Of design
and In the location Of this viaduct, 80
essential TO the proper movement Of
traf1c on this line.
Evening star., 1933-09-07
Nazis Want Peace, and Why.

It may be the merest coincidence, but
It happens that at the very moment last
Sunday when Chancellor Hitler was
winding up the extravagant Nad mill
tary orgy at Nuremberg with a touching
assurance to the world that Germany
toraves peace, not war, the announce
lment was forthcoming of an impending
entente between Poland and Soviet
Russia. When concluded it will con-
stitute the newest link in the chain
which is being steadily forged around
the Reich as the result Of the defiance
and provocation the Nazis have been
exhibiting toward the rest Of Europe.
The Polish Russian rapprochement is
70 be launched on November z, when
Marshal Pilsudsh, dictator-ruler of
Poland, will be the guest of the Soviet
government on the sixteenth ami
rersary Of the Bolshevist revolution.
The Polish leader will go to Moscow
at the personal solicitation Of Stain.
The marshal's visit, 1t is intimated, Is
to pave the way to q military under
standing between the bitter World
War foes and subsequently unfriendly
peighbors.
The purpose Of the pact would be
plain-to present . common front
,against Germany. The Poles and the
Russian Communists share Nad hatred
"a about equal degree. Poland on her
part has never concealed her antipathy
TO the Bolshevists and has carried on
y systematic campaign to discredit
Them. But Hitlerism so aroused the
Years Of both countries that they de-
5eided to bury their mutual antagonisms
and in August signed one Of M.
titvinof's non-aggression treaties.
T., Announcement Of the Pilsudski mis-
bion to Moscow closely follows the ne.
kotiation of . Russo italian non-ag-
gression pact, similar to the one the
6oviet recently concluded with France
he yjpg Of political friendships. the
1uQsh ess draxlng around GE
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assumed the form Of IN oblate spheroid
and eventually separated.

assumed the form Of an oblate spheroid
and eventually separated.
Q. What k the worlds gliding
record2-S. d. N.
A. The record Is now held by Kurt
Schmidt, q student at Konigsberg UNI
versity, Germany, who made . motorless
flight of SO hours IS minutes.
Q. What II the daily schedule at .
reforestation camps. K.
A. The time schedule Of the refor-
estation camps varies to some extent
according to the location Of the camp.
sonnel rise at 5:45, have breakfast at
$50, and start to work at O'Clock,
stopping work at I o'clock. One-half
an hour Is allotted for lunch. They
work an eight-hour day and i've days
q week.
@. What celebration was held at
Nassau Hall, Princeton University, In
August?-C. M.
A. It was the l5Oth anniversary of
George Washington's receiving the
thanks OF the Continental Congress for
his conduct Of the Revolutionary War.
At the time Of the original ceremony
the Congress was sitting at Nassau
Hall. The method of celebration con-
siSts Of Illuminating every room Of the
building and turning q spotlight on the
belfry. This is the modern equivalent
Of the Colonial system of placing .
candle IN each window on the occasion
Of celebrations.
q. How much American money Is in
vested In Cuba-S. L. @.
A. There is between 81 ,2S0 900 900
and 81 500, ,00Q, 900 Of American money
invested in the island.
Q. When was the pony express hrst
used?-E. p.
A. It was started in 1850, when an
| impending crisis made the rapid COM
munication Of news between the Older
States and far-distant California .
national necessity. The animals used
were, Of course, not ponies but deet
American horses.
Q. How many people have been de-
ported from the United States Is unde-
sirable aEens?-R. B.
have been deported with prohibition OF
return.
@. Should cards be removed from
| flowers sent to funeral?-M. B.
A. A person should be delegated to
| receive flowers as they arrive, remove
the cards, and enter names Of senders
with description Of flowers in . book
provided for that purpose. This makes
| 1t possible to acknowledge the flowers
with an intelligent allusion to them
later.
Q. In what year did . fire destroy .
part Of the United States Patent Once?
Tux.
A. The fire occurred September ~,
1877.
G. In America, what war-work So
ciety functioned before the Red Cross
was organtzed?-C.C CIV.
A. The United States Sanitary Com
mission in the Civil War. The Ameri-
can Society Of the Red Cross was Or
ganized by Clara Barton In 1881.
Q. Do pigeon hawks eat their prey
in the air?-H. r.
A. The Bureau Of Biological Survey
says that hawks, including the pigeon
hawk, do not consume large prey in
4 flight, although Of course butterflies
and similar food material are swal-
lowed ct one gulp.
| @. What does peccavi mean?-D. p. :
A. Il is Latin and means Il have
stnned."~ It is used to express the
| thought, The fault 10 mine
Evening star., 1933-09-07
Reassuring Latin America.

President Roosevelt has taken prompt
and practical steps to reassure Latin
America that the United States policy
toward Cuba Is marked by an earnest
desire to avoid Intervention and con-
cerned only with the earliest possible
establishment of truly stable gov
ernment at Havana. The formation
of such a government, the President
indicates. would automatically and i'm
.mediately obviate American interven-
ton.
Mr.. Roosevelt has thus JUSTIFIED afresh
the title of Apostle of Action" re-
Gently conferred upon him by Gen.
Hugh s. johnson, in giving these as
> 'surances to the other Americas. For
that purpose he late on Wednesday
afternoon invited to the White House
khe Ambassadors of Argentina, Brazil
Chile and Mexico. Secretary Hull and
Assistant Secretary Of State Canery
participated in the conference. the
chiefs of other Latin American mis-
sions would have been asked. too, but
for the impracticability Of convening
30 large an assemblage on short no
tice. The President told his visitors
from the Latin republics that he wants
them to have complete and constant
information about the Cuban situation
to the fullest extent that the United
States has the facts; that this coun-
try has absolutely no desire to inter-
yene In Cuba, and is seeking every
means to avoid doing so, and that the
washington Government has but a SIN
gle hope, that the Cuban people will
obtain as rapidly as possible gov
ernment of their own choosing, and,
equally important, one that Will be
able to maintain order.
It Is impossible to overemphasize the
wisdom of the Presidents action In
taking the sister Americas thus fully
into his confidence. His purpose Is
transparent. The administration Is on
the verge of initiating its new good
neighbor" policy of closer and better
commercial relations with all the lands
to the South of the Rio Grande. The
seventh Pan-American Conference. at
MonteHdeo. approaches. It would be
highly prejudicial, both to our pro-
posed economic program with the Latin
countries, as well as to the prospects
for q successful conference at Monte
video, If anything the United States
may require to do In Cuba were mis-
construed in other countries, or to re-
arouse the old suspicious Of North
American imperialism" In Latin
breasts.
It is very much to be hoped, as there
3 every reason to believe. that Presi-
dent Roosevelt's fortnight action In
laying Uncle Sans cards on the table
will produce throughout Latin America
the result he desires and intends. What
he has done is well designed to spike
the guns Of those professionally anti
American elements IN Cuba, which at
moments like these. and to serve their
own subversive interests set up the
scry of foreign meddling," and would
|; enlist the sympathy Of other Latin
peoples against the so-called "aggres-
Zion" Of the United States.
Evening star., 1933-09-07

Reading somewhere that . monkeys
chatter could be initiated successfully
by rubbing Q wet cork over the side OF
. bottle, Templeton Jones requisittoned
every bottle and cork In the house:
He first tried It with . small bottle
and . small cork, with the result that
he got no sound ut all.
Not q monkey quavered.
Then he secured . somewhat larger
Carefully dipping the latter into
water. our experimenter began to rub
Il across the round Of the glass.
A thin, high-pitched squeak rewarded
him.
This was better. but far from . mon
Jones called for larger bottles and
fatter corks.
he would evoke the spirit Of wrath
fuj monkeys il it took him, ali day.
II that was the way they did It be-
fore Q microphone, there was no reason
Why he, Jones, could not achieve It In
the quiet Of his own home.
Like most men, Jones would put As
much time on gadgets and experiment.
Ing with the same a. II something really
vital depended upon 1t.
The larger the bottle. and especially
the bigger the cork, he discovered. the
better monkey he got, but still there
was Q great deal left to the imagination.
Then came . stroke Of inspiration.
He turned the cork on edge, while
rubbing II vigorously over the side Of
the glass.
Eureka! Z.
The Jonesian countenance relaxed
into q pleased smile.
This sound was not bad.
It was really something like the high,
quavering chatter Of q monk when dis
pleased With something In particular or
life In general.
Every one who visits the Zoo has
heard this sound.
full-fedged monkey noise to spring out
Of glass and cork was beyond Temple
ton Jones, he freely admitted, after
further experimentation.
Maybe the article didn't give fun d.
rections. (0ften enough, alas. articles
do not)
At any rate, the Jones anthropoid
remained very much Z matter Of cork
and glass, rather than desh and bones.
His monkey chatter wouldn't have
fooled any one. he thought-not even
q radio listener.
4 +
It put him In mind. however, Of al
the queer sounds evoked from animal
throats, including that Of man.
sAnd especially boy.
Small boys are much given to imi-
tations. but often one is unable to tell
what 1t Is they are trying to initiate.
It takes . small boy to use that ex-
tremely flexible instrument, the throat,
to its full hexibility.
The range of queer noises Of which
their throats are capable Is astounding,
even In the animal kingdom.
\ y
Here Is . youngster who Is playing
Tarzan:" with results that would have
amazed that redoubtable personage
himself.
The ferocious growls and gutteral
noises issuing from one small mouth
are almost beyond belief, except Of
those finest Of instruments, the ears.
Just what animal the youngster
thinks he Is initiating is beyond adult