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Evening star., 1933-12-21
The Christmas Dream.

The sleep of little people these nights
must be rich with the dream of Christ
mas. Visions of beautiful Christmas
trees. hung with brilliant ornaments:
of prodigious stockings, filled with gifts;
of piles of wonderful toys, of turkey
dinners, with plum pudding on the
side, must parade through their minds
as they await such fulfillment of their
innocent hopes as fortune may bring.
And Of course there must be per-
sonalities in their reveries of slumber.
st. Nicholas and Santa Claus, Ger
tainly, are present in the imagined
scene, the latter riding behind his REIN
deer, decked with bells. Cinderella,
Snow White, Huckleberry Finn, Tom
Sawyer, Dorothy, the Tin Woodsman,
the Scarecrow, the Cowardly Lion,
Robin Hood, Little John, Uncle Remus,
Kim, Rip Van Wrinkle, the Little Lame
Prince, Robinson Crusoe, Mogli, the
Frog; Alice in Wonderland, 10 March
and her sisters, the Five Little Pep
pers, King Arthur, Lancelot. Br'er Rab-
bit, Beautiful Joe, Black Beauty and
thousand other characters of the
imaginary realm of child thought are
likely to pass in review.
Older boys and girls will summon up
Lorna Doone, John Ridd, Sidney Car
ton, Lochinvar, Tom Brown at Rugby
and oxford, Edmond Dantes. Natty
Bumppo, Harvey Birch, the Moby Dick
and Treasure Island companies, John
Halifax, Jean Vatican, Gil Bias. Ivan
hoe. Quentin Durward. Sir Nigel, David
Balfour. Hiawatha, Lemuel Gulliver,
Micah Clarke, Paul, Virginia, Nydia,
Ulysses, Balder the Beautiful, the Vicar
of Wakefield. Cyrano de Bergerac. Peter
Ibbetson, Sherlock Holmes, Pippa, Ro-
nleo and Juliet, all in a delightful con-
fusion, but all as real as life itself in
the pictures Of the youthful brain.
1t is the time of year when romance
comes alive, when dreams have chance
of coming true. And at least some of
the hopes are justified. The children
may not understand exactly why it
should be so, but they have no doubt
about the fact of the realization Only
the students of the history of mankind
know the explanation. They read the
annals of the race. and in them they
find the influence of the first Christmas
Of all, the influence Of the Central Fig.
ure in the tirst Christmas story-the
Holy Child, who came to lead human
ity out of seldshness and fear into love
and confidence. Sociologists speak of
the evolution of social conscience"
but they mean the same thing-the fell
lowship of those who give rather than
take.
Specifically, it may seem a curious
circumstance that even the toddling in
fant should reflect the Christmas vision
and feel its power. But actually it is
not so. Hence it was that one mother
asked no questions when her baby son
one day casually remarked. "I saw the
Little Lord Jesus in a dream"
Evening star., 1933-12-21
Too Much Civilization.

From the Santa Rosa Press-Democrat.
Too much civilization is given by
scientists in a Chicago university as the
reason for so much badness among
men. Their advice is to 60 back to the
farm. where life is more simple.
These scientists probably never have
lived on a farm, and therefore are not
aware that a farmers life is far from
simple. The average modern farm, II
you'll look around, is pretty well clut-
tered up with modern appliances and
things relative to civilization.
And there isn't any proof that farm
ers are immune to badness. In fact,
they are not. Most farmers Seem to
have lost about everything else in the
last few years, and good many OF
them have also lost their hair.
Evening star., 1933-12-21
Roosevelt Recovery Plan
DeplOred in Hungary.

Hungarian Economic Review, Buda-
pest.-From America comes the an
nouncement that there Is, after all, .
reasonable relationship between national
and international economics. President
Roosevelt has declared that each coun-
try, however, must first put its own do
mestic markets in order before hoping
for any general expansion of worldwide
trade. Yet it has been painfully evi-.
dent that the economic experiment OF
the United States in accordance with
such a policy has really PLACED new
obstacles and dangers into these de-
sired external reciprocations, the re-
suits of which in their ultimate dis
comftures are scarcely capable OF esti.
nation While the total number OF
unemployed fell throughout the world
from 100000 to 26,o00,000. most OF
this decline was due to new schemes IN
local and Federal works programs
arbitrarily set up through fresh taxa
tion levies in the United States and
Germany These measures have shown
at least temporary reductions in un-
employment by raising prices and short
ening working hours, thus giving oc-
cupation and nominal wages to larger
group of people It is too soon, though,
to deduce definite conclusions as to
the net advantages OF this novel IN
dustrial project.
Dealing with the other countries Of
the world, little improvement. in COM
rr,ercial reciprocity may be noted. In
fact, the number of. countries is grow
ing in which, ewing to continual
shrinking of international trade, there
are marked difficulties as regards set
Element of foreign debts. Without COM
paratiyely large exports Of manufac-
tured and produced commodities, no
land can long maintain a favorable
credit balance, and for this reason dur
ing the past few years, and now more
than ever, special agreements for trade
and foreign exchange relations have
become the order of the day. This is o
particular drawback to countries, such
Evening star., 1933-12-21
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

the Nations" Rosalie Hickler of Wal.
than, Mass, won the second prize.
O.. What is the origin of the word
knuckle?-A. N. B.
A. 1t Is probably the diminutive CT
German word knoke, meaning bone.
Q. How long ago was Arthur, Duke
OF Connaught. given a title by Canadian
A. On the occasion Of the first visit
of Prince Arthur to Canada, In 1859, he
was given the title. Chief Of the Sly
Nationx"
@. Is it advisable to shake a hooked
rug when trying to clean it?-T. NJ
A. Hooked Rugs and How to Make
Them" says: Never shake a hooked
rug" The author explains that when
rugs are shaken there is q strain on
the fiber at the point where the rug
Is held, and it Is apt to be torn to
pieces by its own weight.
Q. Where was the poet Milton
buried?-R. E. M.
A. In the Church Of st. Giles, Cripple
gate, London.
@. On what date in our calendar does
the next Chinese New Year Gomez
A. L. S.
A. February IA, 1884.
@. Please give a biography Of James
Joyce, author of ulysses" III. L. M.
A. This Irish author was born in
Dublin on February 2, 1882, and was
educated at Clongowes Wood College,
Belvedere College, and at University
College, Dublin. His first published
work was a small volume of lyrics,
Chamber Music" Q90D. "Dubliners'
followed in 1914, and in 1916 a novel,
"A Portrait of the Artist as a Young
Man" In 1922 appeared the fruit Of
his work between 1914 and 1921, "Ulys-
ses," published in Paris.
@. For whom was Lincoln County
KY, named?-M B.
A. For Gen. Benjamin Lincoln, an
officer in the Revolutionary War.
@. What is the meaning of the word
hoya, used at Georgetown University?
H. w. E.
A 1t is identified exclusively with
Georgetown University, but has no
actual meaning. 1t is merely an ex-
preston used for cheer.
@. Who caused I'm God We Trust"
to be placed on American coins?-
w. -. w.
A. Secretary Salmon P. Chase. He
was as bitterly criticized for placing 1t
as Saint-G -Gaudens was, many years later.
for emitting it.
@. How many Catholics and Luther
ans are there in Germany?-C. L.
A, In 1880, there were 13,194,34l
Catholics, 40,014,677 Lutherans, and 87,.
$50 of other faiths. Later figures are
not yet available.
@. How long should skis be?-E. 81.
A. As to the length an expert, CaIifp
field, lays down this rule: when you
are standing with your arm full length
above your head, the ski, placed up
right, should be at least long enough
for its tip to reach the roots of your
fingers; it may well reach a few inches
beyond the finger ends" The width
should be about 234 inches in the mar
rowest part, where the foot rests, to 334
inches at the front bend, and the
thickness should be from IL inches to
2s of an inch. The toe end of it is
sloped gradually upward to avoid OBJ
stacles and narrows to a point at its
extreme limit.
@. Was Marshall Hall built before
Mount Vernon?-J. T.
A. 1t is much older. 1t was built in
17OO.
Evening star., 1933-12-21
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PhLANDER JOHNSON.
Humpty Dumpty.

AS Christmastide brings gentle glee
Mid thoughts of long ago
I vainly wish that could see
A Humpty Dumpty show.
My feelings often have been moved
BY stories Of the past
In which poor Humpty Dumpty prove
A scrambled egg at last.
I'd like to see old Humpty's face,
With smiling so grotesque.
And Columbine, whose dainty grace
Brought beauty to burlesque.
We're missing many a merry elf
And vainly do I beg
For Humpty Dumpty just himself
And not the scrambled egg.
Evening star., 1933-12-21

The answers to questions printed here
each day are specimens picked from
the mass Of inquiries handled by our
great information bureau maintained
in Washington, D. G. This valuable
service is for the free use OF the public.
Ask any question of fact you may want
to know and you will get an immediate
reply. Write plainly and inclose 3 cents
in coin or stamps for return postage
Evening Star Information Bureau,
Frederic j. Haskin, Director, Washing
ton, D. C.
@. How much wine was produced in
this country before prohibition?-T. T. B.
A. The annual average production was
about 50,000,000 gallons; 40000,0 900 gal
Ions Of this were produced In California.
At the beginning of this fiscal year,
California had %, ,619, 1853 gallons Of wine
in storage.
@. How many immigrants have been
admitted from Ireland this year?-
M. j. P.
A. For the nine months ending Sep
tember 80, 1888, 205 immigrants en-
tered the United States from the Irish
Free State and 81 from Northern Ire
land.
@. How deep is the Grand Canal in
Venice?-R. L. ].
A. The average depth of the Grand
Canal is II feet. Some of the lesser
canals are shallower.
@. How does the importation of lum-
Der in this country compare with ex-
portation?-A. P. l..
A. The total imports of lumber in
1891 amounted to 758, ,454 900 feet board
measure; total exports, l,770,058,000.
@. Why is the science which treats
OF coins called numismatics?-S. G.
A. The word comes from the Latin
numisma, which means a coin.
Q. How does a person qualify for the
80 days grace period in homesteading?
j. M. F.
A. At least 80 days of war service is
required for an individual to qualify fer
the 80 days grace period in homestead
settlement. The only exception is in
the case Of a veteran whose disability
was acquired in war service. and who
for that reason was discharged and
did not serve 80 days.
Q. What city is called the City Of
A. New Haven, Conn, is given the
title because Of the magnificent elms
planted there more than 100 years ago.
Q. How many agencies of the Govern
ment collect statistics?-G. S.
A. A Government pamphlet entitled
Guide to Original Sources for the Ma
jor Statistical Activities of the United
States Government" lists 65 such
| sources.
@. What salaries are paid to the
! president of the Stock Exchange and
the Curb Exchange?-C. F. K.
A. The presidents Of the exchanges
serve without pay.
@. Are any rail buses in use in this
| country?-S. M.
| A. A railcarbus has been manufac-
| tured for the Hillsboro & Northeastern
| Railway and will supplant steam power
on this Wisconsin railroad. The unit
consists of power car, in which pas
Sengers, mail and express will be car
ried, and a trailer for freight. The
| design is similar to that of the larger
buses used SO widely.
@. Who won the peace hymn prize
offered by the League Of Nations Asso-
ciation?-W. j. G..
| A. The poem given first prize was
Josephine Daskam Bacon's Hymn for
Evening star., 1933-12-21
High Lights on the Wide World
Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands

as Hungary, which are dependent on
goods exports to maintain an economic
organization, and all the more so be-
cause, on the other hand, continual
stream of production can be secured
only by imports of foreign raw mate
rials, the cost of which is balanced by
no reciprocity in trade.
X X
All-Night Dances
Opposed in Ireland.
Irish Independent, Dublin.-When
granting an occasional license for a
dance in Ennis, from II pm. to am.
Mr.. Gleeson, D. j., said he thought
the Legislature should do something
about these all-night dances. He did
not see why these dances could not
start much earlier and finish at a rea-
sonable hour. In every other country
in the world dances were conducted In
fairly reasonable hours, but It seemed
impossible to get anything to start and
finish at the right time in this country.
Evening star., 1933-12-21
Examination.

I do not ask about what kind
OF dollar I somehow can find.
Make it of platinum or brass,
I'm only asking will it pass?"
As the professors question it
To ascertain If it is fit
To be an honor to its class
I truly hope that it will pass.
Evening star., 1933-12-21
Advice to Children.

Now. children, when you go to school
Stop at the soda fountain cool.
Let the dispensary alone
And buy yourself an ice cream cone.
Evening star., 1933-12-21

Figures of speech are often mislead-
ing. When Administrator Hopkins says
that Gov. Talmadge is always yapping,
that does not necessarily mean that
civil works are going to the bow-wows
Evening star., 1933-12-21
A San Jose Jest.

From the Butte Montana Standard.
In San Jose. Calf, now somewhat
questionable wisecrack is going the
rounds to the effect that the boss "just
stepped out to lynch"
Evening star., 1933-12-21

The slayer of soprano in California
says he is willing to commit suicide
This offer of compromise should be
sufficient to appease the vengeance Of
any mob.
Evening star., 1933-12-21

Farmers in the Tennessee Valley are
to be financed for the purchase of elec-
trical equipment and the population in
the vicinity of Dayton may find it
easier to sit up nights reading up on
the theory of evolution.
Evening star., 1933-12-21

Initials are becoming confusing and
party lines are so far effaced that 1t is
not always clear what the letters r
and D stand for after a speakers name.
Evening star., 1933-12-21
But 1t Has Virtue.

From the Miami Daily News.
A musician asserts that every person
Is deaf to certain sounds, which may
explain why SO many fail 70 near the
knock Of Old Man opportunity.
Evening star., 1933-12-21

Strange reactions are found in his
tory 1t would not be surprising if the
impeuuous Hitler should find himself
classified by political scientists as
among the unfit.
Evening star., 1933-12-21
Chinese Officials Wear

Collegiate Garb.
North China Herald. Shanghai.-n
you enter a Chinese government de-
partment in the near future and inad-
vertently address the presiding official
as professor" it will be an error only
in ofncial designation and not sartorial
appearance.
According to the China Times, the
minister of interior has decided on the
new uniform for civil officials. 1t will
consist of long blue gown with wide
sleeves, and the collegiate atmosphere
will be emphasized by the wearing of
a square hat similar to the collegiate
mortar board. Shoes of Chinese manu-
facture will also be worn.
Evening star., 1933-12-21
Tardy Occupation.

From the San Antonio Evening News
William Hohenzollern has turned to
archaeology. Too bad that the all
highest war lord could not have devel-
oped that interest before August, 1914
Evening star., 1933-12-21
The Kindness Of Justice.

From the st. Louis Globe-Democrat
It is a lucky break when the pro-
prietor of q weather-bound Michigan
nudist colony Is sentenced to go davs in
jail.
Evening star., 1933-12-21
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Evening star., 1933-12-21
Mardi Eras Outdone.

From the Rochester Times-Union.
The Mardi Gras at New Orleans
probably will seem pretty tame in COM
parison with the Long senatorial In
veStiga.an show.
Evening star., 1933-12-21
Blue Eagles Homers.

From the Newark Evening News.
Those employers who had their en-
blems taken from them for violation
Of the N. r.. A. code found the Blue
Eagles were homing pigeons.
Evening star., 1933-12-21
A Sincere Program.

"What do you intend to do when
Congress meets?"
Listen to the opening prayer" said
Senator Sorghum, "and then devoutly
hope that it will be answered in full"
Evening star., 1933-12-21

Critics of N. r. A. are inclined to
regard the Blue Eagle as the only bird
in captivity ever known to lay a hot
scrambled egg.
Evening star., 1933-12-21
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Evening star., 1933-12-21

The N. R. A, Is calling attention TO
the Blue Eagle as the patient bird that
covers a multitude of initials.
Evening star., 1933-12-21

Pecora goes ahead with diligence
with what is a prolonged and melan-
choly post-mortem.
Evening star., 1933-12-21
1906 Chinese Coolies
Arrive at Dairen.

Manchuria Daily News, Dairen.-A
stream of 19,505 Chinese coolies>arrived
in the port of Dairen during August
by steamer, while 10,626 coolies sailed
from this port during the same month,
according to an announcement by the
local marine Office. A total Of 8,879
more coolies arrived than departed.
Evening star., 1933-12-21

when two men accuse each other of
talkin' too much" said Uncle Eben, "de
chances are dat dey is both right"
Evening star., 1933-12-21

cit is so easy to detect mistakes"
said Hi Ho, the sage Of Chinatown,
that it seems strange that humanity
should after all these centuries have
left so many of them uncorrected."
Evening star., 1933-12-21
Coethe's Comfort.

Prom tnt IUIeuO bIdut,
It Is comforting to note that Goethe
said the one uncomfortable condition in
the world was continual prosperity.
Evening star., 1933-12-21

ters to Santa Claus and don't realize
that Santas reply may depend on the
answer father gets to the letter he wrote
to his Congressman.
Evening star., 1933-12-21
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Evening star., 1933-12-21
The Xaiser's Competence.

From the Atlanta Constitution.
The ex-Kaiser is said to be worth
SITS, 900 zoo. No wonder he can affoid
TO saw wood and say nothing.
Evening star., 1933-12-21
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Evening star., 1933-12-21
Checking I'm ON Fraud.

"Are you going to favor reform in
elections?"
Eyes, sir" answered Cactus Joe,
"we're goin' to make every man who
accepts pecuniary persuasion finger
print his ballot so he can't commit false
pretenses"
Evening star., 1933-12-21
DAILY NEWS, CO.
lombo.-The Sangha Sabha,
after further deliberation today,
. pronounced Rev. DehigaSpe

not becoming Buddhist monk in wear
ing trousers and coat while engaged
in missionary work in England.
Regarding the allegation that by that
act he deprived himself of the right Of
priesthood, the Sangha held that the
complainant had failed to prove the
charge.
AS to a suitable punishment the
Sangha Sabha undertook to consider
it in keeping with the Vinaya rules and
make it known to the public through
the medium of the press while COM
municating it to the accused also.
Evening star., 1933-12-21

@. Why is the science which treats
OF coins called numismatics?-S. G.
A. The word comes from the Latin
numisma, which means a coin.
Evening star., 1933-12-21

@. How does the importation of lum-
ber in this country compare with ex-
portation?-A. P. l..
A. The total imports of lumber in
1891 amounted to 1853, ,454, 900 feet board
measure; total exports, l.77O,058. 900.
Evening star., 1933-12-21

x y X
The Republican party in New York
State, which seemed to be coming to
life again with the overthrow of the
Democratic organization in New York
City by Mayor-elect Fiorello La
Guardia and Fusion" is in the throes
of a party row again. with w. Kings
land Macy, Republican State chairman,
fighting it out with the Republican
leadership in the Assembly. Mr.. Macy
declared that the leadership in the
Assembly should be changed. that it
was dominated by the public utility
interests. Whereupon the Republican
members of the assembly, considering
themselves insulted, put through a
resolution for the appointment of a
commitsee to 3.nn inquire INT into the charges
Macy claims is merely a whitewashing
expedition, which seems reasonable
enough. Efacy said he believed an in
quiry, If it is to be made, should be
conducted by Judge Samuel Seabury
for example, who did the job on the
Democratic city government of New
York and Is himself an independent
Democrat. The specific charge made
by Macy was that H. Edmund Machold
a former speaker of the Assembly and
former State chairman. has exer-
cised control over the Republican
Assemblymen In the interests of power
companies through Fred w. Hammond,
clerk of the Assembly, who has wide
powers.
, New York Republicans were begin
ming to think rather well of their
chances of electing Governor next
year. Some of them now fear that
this intra- party strife will have a bad
effect. However, the G. o. p. leader
ship in the State seems to have gone
completely reform" and it may turn
out better than it appears on the
surface right now.
Evening star., 1933-12-21

@. How many Catholics and Luther
ans are there in Germany?-C. L.
A, In 1880, there were 13,194,344
Catholics, 40,0l4,677 Lutherans, and ST..
$50 of other faiths. Later figures are
not yet available.
Evening star., 1933-12-21

@. How deep Is the Grand Canal in
Venice?-R. L. J.
A. The average depth Of the Grand
Canal is II feet. Some of the lesser
canals are shalloWer.
Evening star., 1933-12-21

@. Who caused I'm God We Trust
to be placed on American coins?-
w. A. w.
A. Secretary Salmon P. Chase. He
was as bitterly criticized for placing 1t
as Saint-G -Gaudens was, many years later.
for emitting it.