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Evening star., 1933-12-27

A very different story of life among
the wild animals comes from the pen
of this intrepid woman, who has lived
in the heart of Central Africa and
faced the perils attendant upon life in
part of the world where the kingly
beasts reign supreme and neither love
nor fear the two-legged creatures who
have the temerity to settle in the re-
gions which they inhabit.
This Is another tale Of adventure in
which imagination plays no part, ior
the events recorded in the chapters OF
this altogether thrilling and exciting
volume are true stories OF experiences
through which its author has not only
passed, but has survived sufficiently
long to love and enjoy her existence III
the land of the perpetually unexpected.
There is not much choice in the mat
ter of sportsmanship in the heart OF the
lion country. 1t is a case of kill or be
killed. and while there is perhaps nat
ural shudder on the part of the un-
initiated in the Staying of these beauti-
full and majestic beasts of the tropics,
there is not much sense Of regret In
cases where it is a question of whether
man or beast Is to survive.
No country in the world has more ap-
peal for the Stay-athome than Africa
Every story which has been written by
those who have sojourned in the Dark
Continent has created desire on the
part of it's readers to brave the dangers
and thrill to the adventures which il
offers. And this work by one who has
ourageously responded to every mood
of that strange and alluring section OF
the world is no exception. Only the
most timid of souls can peruse the pages
of this book and still want to remain al
home.
But there Is much more than will
derness and danger. There is another
bfe in Africa which the foreigner may
enjoy, If the distances be not too great
Where Western civilization has estab.
lished itself the gayness and the regu-
lar life which prevails IN q metropon-
Evening star., 1933-12-27

THEODORE W. MOVES. ). Editor
Evening star., 1933-07-15
No Lights, Too Many Spinsters.

Blewbury, England. will have no street
lamps. The reason. Blewbury has too
many sptnsters. and such illumination
would drive counting couples cut of the
vlLcge. The proposal was turned down
at a recent mass meeting. Blewbury
has 274 males and 297 females and has
the reputation of having higher per-
centage CT spinsters than any other
village in that country.
Evening star., 1933-07-15

Down.
1. Capital of Nova Scotia.
2. To glorify.
g. Lass
4. Frigid.
S. Egyptian deity Of sun.
g. Reconcile.
T. Meager.
g. American poet.
9. Is indebted to.
10. Married !
II. Exclamation Of hesitation.
IL. Royalty.
13. Town in New Zealand.
IS. Rapids.
l8 River in France.
2l Mental soundness.
90 In advance.
"a To tell in detail.
25. Two-footed animals.
81. Trimmed.
%. To renounce allegiance.
80 Egyptian deity Of the underworld
81 Alone
49, Yielded.
"a Small cranes on ships side.
35. Intense sufferings.
36 Card game.
81. Reddish yellow pigments.
So Produced as clear profit,
40. Scene of an annual international
rowing regatta on the Thames.
43. Having less color.
A. Division of long poem.
46. Gasp.
At. Rudely concise.
49, To stimulate.
so. To permit.
So. Personal pronoun.
54. Greek letter.
Evening star., 1933-07-15
Scots to Send Trade Ship.

With an exhibition of Scottish indus
tries on board steamer will visit
Scandinavia this year 1t will stop at
Bergen, Oslo. Aarhus, Copenhagen, Hell
singfors and Stockholm, and prepara-
tions for greeting it are under way in
these cities. The plan of a floating ex-
hibition of Scottish products was start
ed BY the Glasgow Chamber of Com
merce.
Evening star., 1933-04-22
Safety Oh tie Rails.

From the Roanoke WorlGN-ws.
Not a single paying passenger was
killed On an American steam railroad IN
the year 1882. a record Of safety be-
lieved to be unique in railroad history.
The one passenger fatality of the year
was railroad employe, eff duty. riding
"deadhead" in motor passenger car
which was in collision with train.
The record of not single passenger
fatality in 1882 compares with 1881,
when four passengers were killed in
train accidents, that having been the
best previous year. There were seven
passenger fatalities in 1880.
The one passenger killed in 1882 COM
pares with 480,000,000 carried. Against
this ratio of one to 480,000,000. there
was in 1881 one fatality for every 49,
8C7,0 passengers carried; and in 1880
one for every 101, ,141 900 passengers car
ried. Passengers injured in train acci-
dents last year numbered 40. low
record as compared with 493 in 1881.
As compared with more than thirty
thousand deaths on the highways of
the United States last year. it is obvious
that train travel has it all over motor
travel for safety. Comparative figures
are not available as to regular airplane
carriers, for it is to be remembered that
the large majority of fatalities in air.
planes are among stunt flyers, and that
accidents have been reduced to an
amazing minimum among regular char
tered passenger planes flying on definite
schedule.
Now that the railroads have achieved
a degree of safety that was not believed
to be possible generation ago, there
is hope that they may che day turn
their attention to comfort and cleanli-
ness, in which elements they are still
generation behind the times. The motor
bus could give them pointers on venti-
lation and the larger passenger air.
planes on seat design. About the safest
place one can be is on a moving railroad
passenger train, but it is net yet the
cleanest or the most comfortable place
to be.
Evening star., 1933-04-22

Toledo Blade feels that "it will be up
to the Federal agents who make the
leans and the appraisals to exercise
good judgment and fine discrimination"
The Akron Beacon journal argues that
"depositors and stockholders in private
building and loan associations will
hardly be benefited by Government
competition The Abilene Reporter cd
vises that ito be effective, the plan
must be very simple and capable of be-
ing worked at high speed" The
Lowell Evening Leader holds that there
has been an approach to agencies de-
signed to protect us from what were
formerly regarded as the risks we must
take On our own responsibility. The
Chicago Daily News concludes: TO
make the refunding of mortgages
available to even the minority Of dis
tressed home owners. two amendments
of the plan appear to be advisable. The
$4,000 limitation we'll might be applied
to mortgages instead of to the total
value OF the r,ortgaged property. and
amortization of the principal of mort
cages should be extended over con-
siderably longer period Of years
Evening star., 1933-04-22
William the Silent.

, The celebration of the quater-
centenary of William of Orange, COM
monty called William the Silent, has
reached its height in the Netherlands
this past week, and the world seizes the
opportunity to pay tribute to one of the
most remarkable personalities of Euro
pean history and to the sturdy, unpre-
tendingly good and noble people whose
hero he is.
Perhaps it is not too much to say
that all the fundamental virtues of the
Dutch nation were embodied in the
great prince born at the Castle of Dill
enburg in Nassau on either April Is or
April Is, 1888. His devoted patriotism,
his modesty and moderation. his dogged
persistence in the face of strenuous
difficulties, his sincerity and loyalty, his
willingness to labor tirclessly and. for
small reward, his adherence to the high
est ideals of truth and freedom derived,
it would seem from his "Duitscher"
spirit, the basic character of the Dutch
people. He was the George Washing
ton of his country, its father and its
best exemplar, but he might have lived
and died in vain had it not been that
his age provided men and women
competent to appreciate him and to
hand down to later generations the
traditions of his deeds and dreams.
Honoring him. therefore, the people of
the Lowlands honor the finest qualities
in their own nature.
Williams biography makes fascinat-
ing reading. He was known b. the
sobr.quet Silent" not because Of any
Evening star., 1933-04-22
In Alien Service.
ON the Rockford Resister-Republic.

From the Rockford REGISTER Republic.
The spirit of adventure which calls
men Of one nationality into the service
Of another is understandable to most
of U.s. They seek out sections Of the
world where they find fascination by
taking part, often in humble roles, In
momentous events there occurring.
But almost invariably their partici-
patton under such circumstances reacts
against their own country. A case in
point is selection Of Lieut.. Col. Mario
Bernardo, famous Italina aviator, for
chief of the air fcrce of the Republic
of China. Gelazzo Ciano, Premier Mus
solinis son-in-law, stationed in Shang-
hal, is said to have been instrumental
in effecting the appointment.
Bernardo is to take to China group
of highly-tratned mechanics and also
some planes. While he does not expect
to get into the active fighting. because
he will be occupied with executive and
organization work, that possibility always
exists for any commander OF combat
forces.
America had an unhappy experience
of its own in this same zone Of conflict
when a young United States flyer was
shot down in action by japanese airmen
after he had sent one Of the latter's
planes down n flames. The incident
stirred up an hs<ense feeling Of resent
ment in Japa.1 End it did nothing to
cement friendly relations for that
country in this Nation. Bernardi's par
ticipation in the Chinese air forces
hardly can help causing similar re-
action against Italy. In days when the
general international situation Is 20
delicate 1t Is impossible to tell when
such seemingly trivial circumstance may
be the match which win touch Oh the
dvnamitA
Evening star., 1933-04-22

oppressive taciturnity, but rather be-
cause on . dangerous occasion in his
youth he had the genius to hold his
tongue. Actually, he was fond Of con-
versation and was . brilliant talker,
a skilled expositor, a gifted orator, not
ably eloquent. The common notion that
he was inordinately stolid likewise is an
error. On the contrary. he was a man
Of action, ceaselessly busy, peculiarly
apt and quick. He was an excellent
horseman, q good sailor. an intrepid
campaigner; he enjoyed swimming and
played tennis. In his own day he was
mistakenly supposed to be lacking In
interest in scholarship and learning,
but that, too, was baseless Legend
he had little time for academic
pastimes, but he entertained q warm
appreciation of the arts and sciences.
For philosophy also he had high re-
gard, and for his religion he was
privileged to die, the victim Of an as
sassin to whom he had shown charity.
Possibly, II he were remembered for
nothing else, he would be recalled as
the first statesman in Europe to make
q practical application in government
of the principle of liberation.
Between the people of the United
States and those Of the Netherlands
there are numerous bonds, but the most
notable of these, doubtless, is that
which traces back to the founder Of the
Dutch Republic. Many Of his followers
came to America and shared Id the
work of establishing a liberal civil
zation on this side of the Atlantic:
their descendants have been among the
most eminent of national leaders, past
and present. And one tie Is especially
significant-it was the American his
torian John Lothrop Motley who wrote
the best chronicle of williams achieve
ments. Trojan labor Of research. COM
pilation and analysis.
Evening star., 1933-04-22
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRAcEWELL.

only q few such scoundrels, and patriot
ism still remained the glorious sane
tuary Of millions who loved their native
land.
Hope might seem to be, at times, the
refuge Of the weak, but that would be
only because such q good expectation
could not be denied even the lowly.
In times such as these entire nA-
tions, high and low, are united In at
least one thing-divine hope.
Men who formerly might have sneered
at hope are willing now to indulge In 1t.
~ ~
Hope is widespread
1t Is no longer the pet possession OF
some, but the universal favorite of all.
1t seems as II the reservoir of hope
grows larger and larger as the world
needs it more.
It is self-expanding. meeting all
needs. IL
so the world is rich In hope. II not
in gold.
Few men know what gold IS, after
all, but everybody has experienced hope.
If there Is anything immortal, 1t is
hope. which rises above all, and tri-
umphs at the very grave.
4 X
1t is well to hope, and to keep on
hoping, because in dealing with this
commodity, indeed, every one deals with
something which he knows how to
handle.
1t Is not so Of money.
Education in the use Of money has
been lacking in the past. Optimism,
which is by no means the same as hope,
stepped In to complete a woeful pic
ture, Turing those who had little into
the improper spending Of the little
they had.
But hope Is so common, 80 universal,
that 1t requires no training. A man
may be rich In hopes without exciting
envy.
He may hope when others have given
up hope, and as long as he achieves
this quality In himself, no one else
can take 1t away from him. It thrives
on hardshirs, nor fears scorn.
No one should get the idea that
hope, as thus practiced, is easy. or
among those things chosen because no
other course Is open at the time.
Hope must be intelligent.
That is why spurious optimism, long
on words and short on deeds, can never
tdhC tAlC pldCC Va 1lOllCot 4lOPC.
Hope Of the right sort Is based on
intelligence and faith.
A human being can no moro get
away from some use Of intelligence and
some use Of faith than q fish can from
water
If he does, he suffers.
The intelligent mind cannot fool It
self, at least not very far. 1t Is its
own check and balance. In this pleas
ant task 1t brings in faith, the real,
based on no mean survey, but upon
the aspirations of mankind.
\ 4 X
There Is every reason to feel that
the worldmind of man, in the crisis
which confronts the nations. will be
able to think along hopeful lines.
The goal is plain enough.
The maximum hope of the world
mind ought to be the sum of the mini
mum hopes Of individual minds.
More hope, not less, is needed.
Here is chance for every citizen to
think hope, rather than talk calamity.
The latter is bit more exciting, but.
as talk, calamity has a nasty way of
working itself out in its own kind
Hope pays-or, at least, we still hope
it does-in the gold Of happier life
as We go along. And that is, or ought
to be. the real gold, after all.
Evening star., 1933-04-22

even more important, Is an experienced
student of the Latin temperament and
Our neighbors to the South
long have been inclined to complain
that the diplomatic representatives dis
patched to them by the United States
too inadequately understand the peoples
to which they are accredited.
President Machado and other Cubans
will not be able to make such COM
plant with reference to Mr.. Welles. His
extensive career in the foreign service
has been devoted almost exclusively to
questions affecting our relations with
the sister Americas. A former chief of
the Latin American division Of the
State Department, he was commissioned
by President Harding to negotiate with
the Dominican Republic, incidental to
the withdrawal of American Marines.
During the World War, Mr.. Welles was
assigned to a special mission in Argen-
tina, where German influences were
strong and dangerously at work.
It Is evident that President Roosevelt
concluded that the background and
talents possessed by Mr.. Welles would
enable him to render more vital service
in Havana than at Washington. He
will take up his duties there at time
when, both in Cuba and some quarters
in the United States, demands are
heard for another American interven-
ton under the provisions Of the Platt
amendment. Unfortunately, there are
all too many indications that the Ma
chado regime has generated political
turmoil and unrest far more serious
than outward signs of tranquility in
Cuba would suggest. There is little
doubt that something resembling a
reign OF terror Is the rule under which
the island at present has its fevered
existence.
The United States Government, in
any event, will soon have at Havana an
official observer who is fully qualified to
elicit the facts, to gauge them in their
true inwardness and to report the un-
vanished truth to his superiors at
Washington. The rest Of the country
will do well to await such developments
before jumping to rash conclusions
about the "inevitability" Of Intervention
or otherwise.
Evening star., 1933-04-22

The worlds stock Of hope is larger
today than ever as q direct result OF
the depression. This Is something to
be thankful for because hope, unlike
imitation and the gold standard, IS q
thing every one can understand
Hope has had great many things
said about 1t over the ages; perhaps
1t will be well for us to review a few
Of them in order to see what the
universal verdict is.
Hope travels through, nor quits us
when we die" said Alexander Pope, who
had q way Of saying q great deal IN a
few words.
And there is that couplet Of his,
known to every one:
Hope springs eternal in the human
breast:
Man. never is, but always to be blest u
X X X
Yet Christina Rossetti, strange genius
assigned hope only q temporal life:
Hope dead lives nevermore,
No, not in heaven"
Paul spoke of one "who against hope
believed in hope"
An English novelist said that who
ever bid him hope, in that very word
had restored peace and transport to
his soul"
whittier, our own. expressed himself
as follows:
Behind the cloud the starlight turks,
Through showers the sunbeams fall;
For God, who loveth all his works,
Has left His hope with all"
Even the misanthropic Duke de la
Rochefoucauld could say nothing worse
Hope, deceitful as 1t is, serves at
least to lead us to the end OF life
along an agreeable road"
X \ y
These are fair samples of the things
that have been said about hope over
the years. Not all is favorable. and
that is good thing, for there are
two sides to every question.
In the main, however, the worlo
believes in hope, and is glad that such
q quality exists in human nature.
MY hopes are not always realized,
said Ovid, but I always hope"
One Of our Senators said almost the
same thing the other day when he
announced: How do we know these
Ellis won't work? Nothing else has
Oliver Goldsmith, In his famous lines
said:
"The wretch condemned with life to
part.
Still, still on hope relies;
And every pang that rends the heart
Bids expectation rise"
\ X X
Hope is expectation and desire ccm-
bined.
When We hope for thing 1t is with
expectation and desire.
And we never give up!
MY hopes are not always realized
but always hope!"
That was written hundreds OF years
ago, but it is as modern as the sun
rise.
1t shows very well how little human
nature has changed over the centuries
What has changed is that such good
hope Is available for more people, es-
pecially in such q dear land as our
own.
It is just as well to remind ourselves
that even hope has been denied persons
in the past.
Hope, as old as 1t IS, is still new
for many. And through its immortal
qualities, it remains ever new to those
who accept it in the right spirit.
Patriotism was once called "the
refuge of scoundrels.' but there were
Evening star., 1933-04-22
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

Stop q minute and think about this
fact. You can ask our Information
Bureau any question Of fact and get
the answer back In q personal letter.
It Is a great educational idea intro
duced into the lives Of the most intelli-
gent people in the worh-American
newspaper readers. It Is part Of that
best purpose Of a newspaper-servtce.
There is no charge except 8 cents in
coin or stamps for return postage. Do
not use post cards. Get the habit OF
asking questions. Address your letter to
The Evening Star Information Bureau,
Frederic ]. Haskin, Director, Washing
ten, D. @.
@. If q person has a deposit in
closed bank and also owes the bank on
a note can the amount on deposit be
applied to pay the note?-W. w.
A. In Scott VS.. Armstrong. 146 q: s.,
400, the Supreme Court Of the United
States held that "a customer OF a
national bank has an equitable
right in case Of the insolvency and dis
solution Of the bank and the appoint
ment Of a receiver to have the balance
solvency applied to the payment OF his
Indebtedness on the note"
@. OF what kind of wood are beer
kegs made?-E. M. M.
A. The Forest Service says that the
type of wood most commonly used in
the manufacture Of beer kegs is white
oak.
@. How did England acquire a con-
trolling interest in the Suez Canal?-
E. J. C.
A. English shares in the Suez Canal
were obtained from the Khedive OF
Egypt in 1875. This ruler found him
self compelled by heavy debts to offer
for sale his 176,602 shares in the Suez
Canal. Disraeli, at that time prime
minister Of England. received early in
formation, borrowing the necessary
"a O00, 900 from the Rothschilds. This
made England, which had originally
opposed the canal project, the heaviest
owner in 1t.
Q. How fast is paper run through
large newspaper printing presses?-J. l..
A. At an approximate rate Of 81 miles
per hour.
@. Has Stribling or sharkey made
mere money?-N. O. N.
A. Stribling has earned more money
in the prize ring, but It is reported that
Sharkey has been more fortunate In his
investments.
@. Where Is the driftless area in the
United StateS?-S. G.
A. It includes several hundred square
miles in Wisconsin and adjacent por-
ticnS of Minnesota, Iowa and Illinois.
It has never itself undergone glacial
action Of any kind. Just why this area
should have escaped the glacial action
that went on all around 1t Is by no
means clear and has never been abso-
lutely explained.
@. How is Delano accented in Presi-
dent Roosevelt's name?-M. B.
A. It Is accented on the first syllable.
@. Why does human being consume
more oxygen in the light than in the
dark?-A. M. v.
A. Generally speaking, it is because
a perscn is more active IN the light
than in the dark.
@. What Is Chancellor Hitler,s pro-
gram for Germany?-C. B.
A. Included in Chancellor Hitler S
program are the economic rehabilitation
of Germany with the reputation of
reparations; the revision of the Versailles
| treaty, particularly with respect to Ger
| many's present limitation of arms; also
an effort will be made to obtain for
Germany return of at least part of