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@. How far from the borders Of the
United States is Campobello Island, the
objective OF President Roosevelt's SAIL
ing trip?-C. L.
A. Campobello is an island In the
Bay of Fundy, eight miles long and
part. One point OF the island Is only
stones throw from United States
! terrttory-the coast Of the State of
| Maine, while the Canadian mainland
is a two hours sail distant. President
Roosevelt has visited Campobello many
times; In fact has had summer home
there since 1905.
@. Did Washington, d. c., ever have
q cholera epidemic?-R. H.
A. The Public Health Service says
that while Washington, D. C.. never
had a severe cholera epidemic, 1884
was the year in which 1t had its worst
threat.
@. Please suggest occupations for
persons who are shut 1n-cannot get
out to work.. w. l..
Tho troncorjDti0D nf manllScr1DtS
into Braille, basketry, weaving, the
copying of manuscripts. original writ
ing, pottery making, the preparation
of designs for wall papers and textiles
are among the occupations followed Dy
persons who are not able to go ou$ 10
places of employment.
@. Did Paul Revere own the horse
that he rode to warn the colonlsts mat
the red-coats were coming Pr. j. G.
A. He rode one OF Deacon Larklns
horses.
@ Who were the tribes of Israel?
| p. c. R.
A. The name, tribes Of Israel" dis
tinguished the families and descendants
of the twelve sons Of Jacob, who was
| the son of Isaac, who was the son OF
Abraham. For many centuries the
twelve tribes lived as one nation. After
| the nation was taken into captivity,
the records and identities Of ten Of the
| tribes became lost or confused, and
they are spoken Of today as the Lost
Tribes of I-rael. The tribes OF the
families OF Judah and Benjamin re-
turned to Jerusalem, and in time de-
veloped the Kingdoms of Judah and
Israel.
@. When was the first clearing
house established in the United
States B.
A. In New York City IN 1858. In
1854 the clearings Of the New York
Clearing House aggregated $3.50 .455,-
9s7. In 1929 they ran close to $780,
600, 900.
@. OF what weight material are
canoes usually made?-C. E. S.
| A. Canvass canoes are generally
made of waterproofed 18-ounce canvas
@. Was a picture ever taken just Of
Abraham Lincoln and Mrs. Lincoln?
w. T.
A. 1t is said authoritatively that all
of the pictures which show President
Lincoln and his wife together are made
photographs since they never posed
for one of this kind.
| @. What is the derivation OF the
expression "hoi polloi"?-B. M.
A. It is Greek and means the many
| As used today it means the common
people or the crowd.
@. Did Edwin Markham write the
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spirit II one will be 70 fair to hilnsel
as to recognize 1t.

| spirit II one will be 70 fair to himself
a. to recognize 1t.
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In respect to Nature, there are. In the
main, three divisions OF humanity-those
who never recognize her except when
they have to, those who both recognize
her and make their living from the rec
ignition, and those who merely recog-
niZe her.
The first class is very large, the sec
ond very small, and the third comprises
where, In city and town, in country and
on the prairies, who manage to find end
less entertainment and interest In
watching natural manifestations Of all
sorts.
These people love the birds and watch
| for their coming in the Spring.
They put tiny wren houses In small
yards, and are as excited when the
birds set up housekeeping as the little
songsters themselves.
r X n
They spend evenings pottering around
over their flowers, or moving the grass
or sprinkling the same.
They collect tropical fishes, or even
butterflies, or. what appears stranger to
some, moths.
There Is an old Georgetown house
which looks much the same as other old
Georgetown houses from the outside,
but once you get inside you note rows
and rows of cabinets In the high-ceil-
inged rooms.
Opened, the cabinets reveal hundreds
Of moths. some specimens mounted In
the finest professional manner, others
the living creatures.
One never saw so many moths, some
as big as ones hand, or ever knew they
occurred in such variety and coloration
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It Is not necessary, however, to be q
specialist In order to enjoy Nature In
general All that is essential is that
clear recognition that this Is, indeed, a
show surprising, at which We are privi-
legged to sit for time.
With all these spectacles Of day and
night, it would be a great shame, would
it not, II we were to keep our faces To
the milestone too closely, If we EMU
lated squirrels in treadmills more than
we have to, If we suffered any Of these
scenes and sights to get away from us
through our own indifference?
Many persons think to grasp the uni
verse entire by travelling, only to md
at the end of the road that the birds
sing sweetest at home.
\
Nature Is not grasped so easily, and
numbers verify mean little to her Those
who put their faith In . multitude OF
specimens may be nimble computers OF
such things, and earn handsome uv-
ing at it, but it yet has to be shown
that they derive any more real satisfac-
ton from life than those humble friends
Of Nature who go their way easily be-
cause they do not ask too much.
Not distance, but interest, spells the
real conquest Of Nature. Great discov-
cries almost invariably have been SIM
pie. found by no more exertion than idly
looking at an apple fall, or spider
swing on its strand. 1t was prior In
terest which made the discoveries
which enabled the man to know. when
he understood.
Most of us will make no grand deter
limitations unless We find out, at last
that each little advance Is . sort OF
personal discovery, valuable in itself
though without monetary profit. He
who discovers this has found the very
fountain Of youth.
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The Master Key Menace

from the ROCK 4Sl6nQ Argus.
There IS a movement on foot to have
q bill passed by the Illinois Legislature
prohibiting the manufacture, sale and
possession of master keys which give
access to 80 per cent Of the automobiles
in use Similar Federal action Is urged.
According to an investigation made
by the Chicago Motor Club, about 60
per cent of automobile thieves have
master keys that will At the various
makes Of cars. In the Chicago metro
politan area such keys can be purchased
at $500 locations, the price Of sets rang
ing from $3.50 to $11.50.
A bill has been drafted under the
terms Of which any one found In pos
session of q master key designed to
open doors, ignition or transmission Of
motor vehicles with intent to commit
larceny, or any individual or concern
manufacturing, selling or possessing
such keys, win be subject to . prison
term of not less than one year or more
than two years.
While the possession Of master keys
by certain automobile dealers and by
garage and accessory men Is doubtless
legitimate, there is no reason why 9TH
ers should have them, and the proposed
legislation should by all means be en-
acted by both Federal and State gov.
oEnmentS.
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The Worlds Biggest Bridge.

The imagination staggers and thrills
over the figures which tell the story OF
the mighty San Francisco-Oakland Bay
Bridge, for which ground was broken
on Sunday. President Roosevelt, who
at the White House pressed gold
plated telegraph key which started con-
struction with blast Of dynamite, well
said that this huge $75 ,000,0 900 under
taking "symbolizes the upturn that has
come in our industrial life" for 1t Is to
employ an average Of $500 men directly
on the Job during three years Of con-
struction, while the peak OF such en-
ployment will reach about $4,000.
Thousands Of other hands in all parts
of the country will meantime be at
work fabricating materials for the
bridge. It Is the most extensive build
ing Job TO be started in the United
States this year and will require 81
per cent Of the entire 1888 output OF
the Nations steel industry. Mills In
California, Pennsylvania, New jersey
Massachusetts, and Indiana are making
s22,000,00o worth Of steel and iron for
the giant span.
The San Francisco-O Oakland Bridge
will dwarf all other works Of its kind
Its length Of eight and quarter miles
Is q little more than four times that OF
the new George Washington Bridge
across the Hudson at New York, and
two and q half times greater than the
famed Firth Of Forth Bridge in Scot
land. ,et present the worlds longest
The d. Francisco Oakland STRUCTURE
vii ccnsist Of two enormous Suspension
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stretches Of steel extending to each
shore and swinging away from . cen
tral anchorage on Yerba Huena Island,
In midday, where they will be con-
nected through . 50o-foot tunnel.
California and the United States join
In this inspiring project, which has
been . dream ut the Golden Gate since
1856. It was finally brought within
the realm Of achievement when the Re-
construction Finance Corporation
agreed to purchase $62, o00, 900 in con-
struction bonds.
Generations yet unborn will take
pride in this magnificent monument to
American engineering skill and in all
the circumstances which enabled its
creation.
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The Districts Case.

Secretary Ickes announces that Fed
ersi heip can be given only to those
commur7 es that have brought their
expenditures into line with their re-
sources. Under the rule so postulated
the District of Columbia is most fortu-
nately situated, for, as every one
knows, at the end Of the fiscal year it
will have a surplus Of approximately
one and a half million dollars. Surely,
this being the case, the Government
cannot refuse its assistance, condi-
tons being what they are. 1t would
be cruel contradiction Of logic to bar
local needs in this re- 'rd while CO.
incidentally debating a limitaticl Of
freedom Of choice with .espect to the
gasoline tax revenue.
Perhaps the administration is not
sufficiently aware of the multiplicity
and completely Of the. problems which
the people of the District face A large
portion Of the taxes they pay goes for
the support of institutions and mech
anisms which the Government uses
gratis. Then, when surplus accu-
mulates. the purposes for which it may
be employed are decided more or less
arbitrarily. But meanwhile the city
has its full quota of social obligations
Thousands Of its poor have felt the
rigor Of the slump quite as drastically
as those Of other centers of population.
Multitudes of its home owners have
been obliged to permit their property
to deteriorate for lack Of money for re-
pairs, many have been unable to meet
their tax responsibilities, many are be-
hind with their payments on mortgages
and loans. many are in debt for the
necessities Of life. Practically every
family is bearing in part the burdens
of relatives and friends. even of
strangers. The ancient myth that
Washington is immune to punishment
when depression sweeps over the land
has been knocked into the everlasting
discard
But the Capital has a special difi-
Guilty in that here, to q far greater
degree than elsewhere, political changes
spell distress for the people. Just now
there are about eight thousand indi-
viduals in the District who have been
furloughed or dismissed because of the
economy program Of the administra-
ton. They have been added to the
already great army of the unemployed.
Is it right that they should be barred
from benefit in the new reconstruction
plan? Certainly not!
Yet the only way in which relief
can be given to the District, the only
way in which it can participate in the
vast design toward which it must con-
tribute its proportionate share of the
costs, Is through the decision of Sec
rotary Ickes, the chosen representative
of the administration in the manage
ment of the public works fund. Just
and reasonable as he has shown him.
self to be in other matters, he doubtless
will see without special urging the
merit Of the Districts case, but, should
he fail, it may be hoped that he at
least will be willing to make . par
ticular study of its claims A stranger
relatively in Washington, he cannot be
expected to be informed about every
phase Of the problem, and it may be
that he will wish the counsel of dis
interested persons who are familiar
with the subject. If so, they are
available.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-07-11

Charges that America has bSen made
laughable In the eyes of Europe may
be heard with philanthropic forbear-
ance. It may be that what Europe
needs at the present moment is a good
laugh. A laugh is not based on any
logical principle, but Is a more or less
nervous reflection Of individual sense
Of humor.
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"Deadline" for Codes.

The administration of the industrial
recovery act Is considering a dead
line" for the filing of codes of fair
competition by the key industries of
the country. The failure of these in
dustries to come forward with their
own codes up to date is the fly in the
ointment. Having obtained the passage
Of the industrial recovery act and set
up the machinery to carry it out, the
Roosevelt administration does not pro-
pose to let the matter go by the board.
So Gen. Hugh S. johnson, admins
traitor Of the recovery act, has clearly
indicated that unless the major in
dustries-coal, lumber, oil, steel, gar
ments and the like-do not of their own
initiative prepare and submit codes. the
Government will set dates for public
hearings and bring about the writing
of codes which may be approved by
the President for these industries.
After a code shall be set up the units
in the industry will be expected to
abide by 1t. II necessary, the Gov
eminent has the power to begin the
licensing of the industrial units. With
out license, under such circumstances,
a manufacturer could not operate.
The unwillingness Of industry-n it
really amounts to that-to cooperate
with the Government in bringing about
full operation Of the recovery act is not
a hopeful sign 1t is not improbable
that industry is hanging back because
of the upward turn In prices, or because
1t wishes to take advantage of cheap
raw materials and low labor costs be-
fore It comes under the codes Of fair
competition. It is being said in some
quarters that recovery Is here without
the operation Of the relief acts put
through the Congress at the special
session at the behest Of President
Roosevelt. ..
It Is true that there have been signs
Of recovery. With wheat and cotton
prices soaring and mills beginning to
operate at full time. But that recovery
has not been due to anything that in
dustry itself has done. 1t is equally
true that had there been no such signs
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High Lights on the Wide World
Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands
Princess Denounced for
Buying Paris Gowns.

Corriere Della Sera, Milan-Ine
Giornale dItalia, with reproaches un-
mitigated, assails Roman princess
who, though not member OF the
royal family, is of such collateral emf
nence that she has long dominated the
fashion tendencies not only Of the cap
ital, but of all italy. This lady, &C
cording to her journalistic critic. has
bought all her Summer gowns IN Paris,
ignoring completely the recent an
nouncements that an italian exhibition
of the current modes and vogues has
been opened at Torino (Turin). where
all our ladies with the welfare and
prosperity of Italy at heart should go
to select and purchase their apparel.
Since this fashion institute was In
augurated two or three years ago 1t
was confidently expected that women
in the more elevated stations OF LIE
would no longer buy their clothing and
millinery abroad.
The Giornale dTtalia declared, In con-
GLIDING its polemic, that this Italian
princess, whose name we will be so
charitable as not to mention, Is setting
a very poor example of patriotism and
native patronage In patronizing foreign
modiStes.
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THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

It Is . wonderful experience. In Sum-
mertime. to walk songless for . mile
then to hear the thrush singing In your
own Backyard
Nowhere else had this sweet singer
been heard. In all the blocks. though
many and leafy trees beckoned to him
Now, at the end of the way, he per-
forms unbidden, in the very tree one
hoped he would be.
This Is one of the little surprises
which q kindly Nature reserves for
these who are more than ordinary In
terested in her.
Not all Of Nature is cruel, ruthless.
There are many manifestations OF
love and gentle kindness. too, and OF
sheer interest there are Thousands.
There Is scarcely anywhere one can
turn that something interesting cannot
be discovered In the multitude OF forms
and growths which we call natural.
This Is because Of the mind. The
animals live In the same world, but
they do not know, as We know.
It Is the spark of interest, which we
share as human beings. which con-
stitutes our tie that binds with creation
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The striking schemes. plans. adapta-
lions, in Nature-they interest us, and
it is impossible to believe that they
did not interest Some One, in the crea-
ton, else they would not be now.
Our interest Is q sort OF proof OF q
prior interest.
It is not a mathematical proof. but
a proof. nevertheless, to the human
mind which is interested In what Is,
irrespective of mankind.
The Nature lover, as he Is called, is
a distinct specimen himself.
Not that all men. at times. do not
pay attention to the Mother Of All.
She sees to that.
Many, however, tend to forget her Is
much as possible.
The Nature lover-there seems to be
no better term-in a peculiar way has
a direct kinship Of which he u always
conscious.
This means that he will ind points
Of interest where the other and pre-
ponderating type Of human being will
see nothing at all.
Interest!
It is the keynote to man and Nature,
the vertable key to them.
Interest means that nothing which
is, is foreign or strange, at least IN a
theoretical sense.
Everything is a part Of the stupen-
dous whole, as the poet said SO long ago.
There is no chance Of exhausting
this study.
Man-maoe works may be run
through, the books Of any one author
read from first page to last, even II
he possess the fecundity of Mr.. Wells
himself, but there Is no end to the
boon of Nature.
In truth, the ordinary. garden va
riety of Nature lover has no real con-
ception of the limitless nature CT Ma
ture, until he happens to look over the
work of q human specialist in any ope
field.
These endless varieties Of plants,
fishes, gems; these hundreds. Of va
rieties Of shrubs, of trees; meteorclogy
and all its branches: the fair Of worlds,
in creation; the expanding universe
There is no end to it. and every
where some portion Of it reaches out
to impinge on the human mind ana
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There is no calamity in the destruc-
ton of pearls by Japanese merchant
in order to sustain the market. Pearls
cannot be eaten and Is wearing ap-
parel their protection is scant. In these
respects they differ from agricultural
products.
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A strike at Hollywood relates not to
players, but to technicians. The play
ers may nearly always be depended on
to feel the urge Of art and make ad-
justments in order to keep in relations
with the press agent. But the tech
nician's position is more obscure and
involves little tnducement beyond the
days wage for the days work.
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SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Getting On.

Getting On.
Perhaps these critic folk are right
Who come from other lands
And hint that Uncle Sans not quite
Abreast with their demands.
He hasn't made much literature
Nor built a navy which
Might be expected to secure
A nation proud and rich.
While his great powers they admit,
They scrutinize to see
Some little qualifying bit;
Something that ought to be.
But sturdily by him each cut
OF wit or sage Is passed.
Your Uncle Sans not perfect-but
He's young and learning fast.
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The Lorton Reformatory will put up
stone walls-just to keep careless pris-
oners from wandering away into the
moonlight and maybe falling under the
influence Of bad company.
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The award Of the Nobel peace prize,
expected to honor the Russian foreign
commissar, Is after all most important
as an expression Of critical opinion
backed by real money.
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Having lived to be ninety-four years
of age, John D. Rockefeller poses
cheerily for camera men and goes on
with his daily bit of golf. He remains
still q useful citizen in offering an
example of how to grow old gracefully
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Studies in Sacrifice.

Studies IN SaCr1nCe.
do you think women ought to take
an active part in politics."
YES" replied Senator Sorghum. "But
I'm afraid that a girl who sacrifices her
life in politics Is going to have some
thing like the customary experience Of
girl who marries . man to reform
him"
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1t is possible for almost any kind OF
conference to become sufficiently en-
snarled to make means to an ad-
journment look like q comparative
success
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Hitler is still telling German citizens
what they may or may not believe.
There was never time when the "ver-
boten" sign held so conspicuous an au-
thority in Berlin.
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Guessed It.

"They tell me you have been trying
stocks?"
"Yes," was the response Of the sad
hearted, II made a purchase on q mar
gin q few weeks ago"
WAS 1t q good buy?"
Eyes. That's exactly what 1t was
a good-by'"
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The economic advantage Of reducing
cotton crops may cause the boil weevil
to be regarded not a. menace but as
q benefactor.
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Another Corps"

From the Cincinnati Times-ster.
It's said that the Federal camps for
unemployed women come under the
head Of the conversation corps.
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Song Of the Season.
IT'S now the folk who live to kick
One simple song rehearse;
Its hot as blazes in July
And In August it Is worse"
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Prosperity cannot be regarded as true
prosperity if it is based In any degree
on the toll and privation Of children.
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Keeping Chickens.

"Hit mus be heap Of expense ter
keep sech er lot er chickings," said
Erastus Uinkly, as he stopped at the
gate to cast a glance at Farmer Corn
tosseYs poultry yard.
"Oh, not such . greddeal," replied
Farmer Corntossel.
What am de principal items OBJ ex-
pense?"
Powder an shot"
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Every man wants to have his say. "
remarked Uncle Eben, AN when he gets
his say he's liable to be sorry he evez
said anything"
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Dollar Wheat and No Wheat.
From the Lowell Evening Leader.
And at that, the dollar Eheat does
not look 20 good to the 4 ner Il he
happens to have none togee y